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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Catholic clergy trained in Taiwan return to China
(Shih Hsiu-chuan, Taipei Times)

Egyptian Christians cautiously optimistic: Under the new military-backed president, they may be allowed to build churches
(Rafik Greiche and Oliver Maksan, MercatorNet)

Buddhist radicalism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar: differences in motivations
(Roomana Hukil, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Infant killed, 8 hurt in suspected terror attack on Jerusalem light rail
(JTA)

Enemies of Islam ‘spreading evil and lies through Twitter’
(Arab News)

Uzbekistan: Prison death result of accident, illness, torture, neglect?
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)

Somalia's al Shabaab says stones man to death for rape
(Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)

South Korea takes down 'Christmas tree' border tower
(BBC News)

Rise in divorce in Iran linked to shift in status of women
(Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)

New freedoms in Tunisia drive support for ISIS
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)

CALL FOR PAPERS: ReligioWest Project Working Paper Series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) - European University Institute (EUI))

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Opinion: Al Baghdadi and doctrine behind the name
(Farhang Jahanpour, Inter Press Service)

Russian medical university bans hijabs, religious clothes
(Ria Novosti, Eurasia Review)

The Pakistanization of Turkey beyond "Zero Problems"
(Masoud Rezaei, Iran Review)

William Carey: Into all the world
(Timothy George, First Things)

India: Catholics and Hindus "working together against the globalization of indifference"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Christian group calls for international pressure to stop Pakistan from executing Christian mother of 5 Asia Bibi
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Lahore: Christian activists ask Supreme Court to deliver speedy justice for Asia Bibi
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

The Lahore court’s decision to uphold Asia Bibi’s death penalty is far from just: Unless influential people oppose Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, there’s no hope for her or many others facing execution
(Samira Shackle, The Guardian)

Medieval golden age, modern barbarism
(Andrew Doran, First Things)

Church should not fear change, pope says at synod close
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Priest kidnapped, dozens killed amidst renewed violence in C. African Rep
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Ashira Silverman and her role in women's rights in Israel
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

It's hard to change the Catholic Church--even if you're the Pope
(Daniel Burke, CNN World)

India: High Court rejects plea of man who sought divorce on religious grounds
(Ruhi Bhasin, The Indian Express)

Synod wrap: What else got discussed, how Francis concluded
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)

Tanzanian teacher murdered in church, pastor and wife on Zanzibar attacked by extremists
(World Watch Monitor)

Pakistan: Forced to marry and convert to Islam by force, a young Christian girl’s struggle for justice
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Islamic authorities slam "I want to touch a dog"
(AsiaNews.it)

China’s crackdown slows Tibetan refugee crossings to freedom in India
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attack Jerusalem buses over ad
(Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Netanyahu reportedly withdraws support for conversion bill
(JTA)

Top U.S. aid recipient is set to hang a Christian woman for blasphemy
(David French, National Review Online: The Corner)

Palestinians throw firebombs at Jewish-owned building in eastern Jerusalem
(JTA)

Five key questions answered on the link between peace & religion
(Institute for Economics and Peace)

Understand concept of ‘infidel’ to understand risks of Islamic radicalization
(Jacob Zen, World Watch Monitor)

The road to sedition: Malaysia and Myanmar crackdown on dissent
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Risen again: China's underground churches
(Emily Rauhala, Time)

Monday, 20 October 2014

More than a number: Violence and freedom of expression in Honduras
(Council on Hemispheric Affairs)

Asia Bibi's husband distraught after court upholds death sentence: 'How can I tell my children their mother is not free?'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today World)

Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released: But Chibok mediator says government sponsors keep Boko Haram alive
(World Watch Monitor)

Poll: Most Israeli Jews oppose Palestinian state on ’67 lines
(JTA)

New Indonesian president must face religious issues, academics say
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Surge in public executions in Saudi Arabia raises questions about country's justice system
(Christian Today)

Iranian women attacked with acid for 'bad hijab' — attackers may be enforcing law, not breaking it
(Inquisitr)

Jerusalem bus ads featuring young women in prayer shawls vandalized
(JTA)

Australia's Parliament House lifts short-lived veil ban
(Rod McGurk, Associated Press)

Malaysian state says it will enforce mosque attendance law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

LFL: Kelantan’s three-strike Friday prayer rule is unconstitutional, oppressive and unworkable
(Press Statement, Lawyers for Liberty (Malaysia))

Catholics bishops: No agreement on gays and lesbians
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)

Conflict, croissants and communication (editorial)
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)

Pakistani Christian loses appeal against death sentence for blasphemy
(Reuters FaithWorld)

Iranian human rights lawyer barred from practise
(Middle East Eye)

Seven Christians arrested for prayer gathering, released in Laos
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Catholic bishops narrowly reject a wider welcome to gays, divorced Catholics
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Interreligious marriage: a look at the synod from India's perspective
(Elise Harris, CNA)

Pope Francis lends friendly support to Anglican Church in North America
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis' closing synod speech received with standing ovation
(Catholic News Agency)

Catholicism and capitalism: Redeeming the system
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

State elections in India: The second Modi wave
(A.R., The Economist [Banyan: Asia])

First woman sentenced to death in Pakistan over blasphemy charges
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

From bad to worse – religious persecution growing in China
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

China launches massive rural 'surveillance' project to watch over Uighurs
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)

Even state-recognized church in China targeted for persecution
(Catholic Online)

Sunday, 19 October 2014

Large church building in Qufu [China] causes dismay
(Marlin Jeschke, Goshen News)

Inside China's secret churches: How Christians practice their faith under an atheist government
(Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post)

Pakistan appeals court upholds Christian woman's death sentence for blasphemy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nigerian court upholds ban on head scarves in public schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Vatican and Vietnam edge closer to restoring diplomatic relations
(South China Morning Post)

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Iran appears to fight Islamic State, but are their ultimate goals too similar for comfort?
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)

Nepal, Muslim women defy tradition and pray in public
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Purwokerto: Hundreds of children, teachers and priests at a Catholic pride day
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Canada's Supreme Court hears challenge to city council invocations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No excuse for violence against women is theme for YWCA drive
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Vatican document on family revises language on gays
(Philup Pullella, Reuters)

$40k for employee fired for refusing to work on Saturdays
(OneNews (New Zealand))

Meulenbroek v Vision Antenna Systems Ltd (Seventh-day Adventist Saturday work case)
(Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand)

Boko Haram agrees to free over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls; CANAN wants 'proof' of their well being
(Benge Nsenduluka, The Christian Post)

Nigeria and Boko Haram 'agree ceasefire and girls' release'
(BBC News)

CAR: The Mission: A last defense against genocide
(Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker)

Islamic State propaganda magazine threatens "Roman Crusaders"
(Greg Daly, Aleteia)

Nowhere to lay their heads: Christians in Iraq face uncertain future
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Message of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 18.10.2014
(The Vatican)

Friday, 17 October 2014

Lagos judge upholds ban on hijab in schools
(AFP, Yahoo News)

Pakistan court upholds death penalty for Asia Bibi despite serious legal loophole in trial
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Blasphemy, Pakistan and Ireland: An evil that resonates
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

Pakistan court upholds death sentence for Christian woman accused of blasphemy
(Julie Deisher-Edwards, Jurist)

Christian mother of five death sentence for blasphemy upheld by Pakistani court
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Court upholds Pakistani Christian woman's blasphemy death sentence
(Al Jazeera America)

Hillsong’s Brian Houston defends handling of abuse case, sidesteps questions on gay marriage
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

As Ebola epidemic tightens grip, west Africa turns to religion for succour
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)

Australia: Overhaul of Pentecostal churches needed to protect children, royal commission hears
(Rachel Browne, Sydney Morning Herald)

As Brazilians drift away from Catholicism, Virgin Mary procession as popular as ever
(Benjamin Soloway and Alexandra Ellerbeck, Religion News Service)

Polish missionary priest kidnapped by Central African Republic militia
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Ghana: Religious bodies urged to do more to eradicate corruption
((Rev Dr. Abamfo Ofori Atiemo), GhanaWeb)

Ex-Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia
(Elizabeth LaForgia, Jurist)

Ex-immigration minister Jason Kenney ‘dictated’ niqab ban at citizenship ceremony, court told
(Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star)

China protests at Japanese PM’s latest WW2 shrine tribute
(The Guardian)

Myanmar: Former Min. of Religious Affairs sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment
(Thanoe Wai, Democratic Voice of Burma)

Karnataka's state government rejects (false) report on 2008 attacks on churches
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

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