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Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Trejo, “Popular Movements in Autocracies: Religion, Repression, and Indigenous Collective Action in Mexico”
(Andrew Rosati, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Monday, 19 May 2014

Tunisia welcomes Jewish pilgrims
(Yasmin Najjar, Magharebia)

WCC congratulates WCRC’s new general secretary
(World Council of Churches)

On pope’s trip to Israel, rabbi and sheik will be traveling companions
(Ruth Ellen Gruber, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Hunters want to use mystical powers to find 276 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists
(Associated Press, US News & World Report)

The Modi era begins
(A.R., The Economist: Banyan Asia)

Jordan: terrorism amendments threaten rights
(Human Rights Watch)

Young leaders continue Middle East peace talks online after negotiations collapse
(Ian Deitch, Huffington Post)

The White House says the peace process is never over—but neither is the conflict
(Lee Smith, Tablet)

Britain summons Sudan diplomat over death penalty for Christian convert
(Guy Faulconbridge and Khalid Abdel Aziz, Reuters)

Nigerian president faces increasing pressure over kidnapped schoolgirls
(David Smith, The Guardian)

Boko Haram may release kidnapped girls with new agreement
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

Boko Haram: We are at war with Christianity
(Ryan Mauro, Juicy Ecumenism)

Nigeria: Religion not yardstick for next governor – Fashola
(PM News)

Dear Sudan: Stop ‘slut-shaming’ women with religious double standards
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

What Jordan can teach the Muslim world in welcoming Pope Francis
(Dale Hanson Bourke, Religion News Service)

Our spontaneous Pope
(Russell Shaw, Aleteia)

Family cannot be done away with, archbishop tells UN
(Catholic News Agency)

Libya: Islamist militias called to face general
(Esam Mohamed and Maamoun Youssef, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Tel Aviv Catholic church serves growing migrant community
(Indrani Basu and John Albert, Religion News Service)

Syrian civil war casualties tops 160,000
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)

Australia: Controversial Holocaust Jesus video removed
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

Syria: The west should stop raising false expectations
(Nikolaos van Dam, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Pope receives king of Bahrain, where the largest church in the Arabian Peninsula will be built
(AsiaNews.it)

Indonesia: Jusuf Kalla to run as Jokowi's VP in July presidential poll
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Nigerian church spreads African-style zeal across North America
(John Burnett, NPR)

Pornography faulted as a root of human trafficking
(Christian Telegraph)

State department stands idly by as pregnant Christian awaits execution
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)

Families evacuate Benghazi as renegade general vows more attacks
(Ayman Al-Warfalli and Ulf Laessing, Reuters)

New Anglican university to encourage inter-tribal harmony in Burundi
(Bellah Zulu, Anglican Communion News Service)

Pakistani Taliban chief vows fight for Sharia
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Egypt court acquits 169 Brotherhood supporters
(Tom Perry, Reuters)

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Manmohan Singh bows out as PM after 10 years at helm
(PTI, The Economic Times)

Egypt courts convict 170 in mass trials
(Hamza Hendawi, Arab News)

Saturday, 17 May 2014

'War on Boko Haram': African, Western nations unify in hunt for Nigerian girls
(Michael Martinez, Pierre Meilhan and Faith Karimi, CNN World)

Liberman: US ‘mistaken’ in blaming settlements for failed peace talks
(The Times of Israel)

Does intermarriage drive young Jews away from Israel?
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

If religion doesn't start wars, it's clear it can make some conflicts harder to solve
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

African leaders pledge 'total war' on Boko Haram
(Al Jazeera America)

Coptic Solidarity condemns death sentence of pregnant Sudanese Christian
(Hal Meaward, Christian News Wire)

65-year-old man accused of blasphemy shot dead in Pakistani police station
(The Guardian)

Egypt prosecutor criticizes court over death sentences: state media
(Shadia Nasralla and Lilian Wagdy, Reuters)

West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram
(John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters)

India's Christians fear rise in persecution under BJP
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

State dept. makes Boko Haram top priority
(CBN News)

Jewish holiday Lag Baomer begins Saturday
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Chile: Catholic priests investigated over stolen babies
(Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian)

Why India must put any overtures to Pakistan on hold
(Vikram Sood, Observer Research Foundation)

Accused of blasphemy, man killed in police station
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Tiananmen Psychosis: lawyer and activist Tang Jingling arrested
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)

Reach out to Muslims, India's major papers urge Modi
(Arab News)

Select-a-faith: Latinos are quitting the Catholic church
(The Economist: Religion)

15 facts on African religions
(Jacob K. Olupona, OUPblog)

Surrogate motherhood creates an ethical minefield
(Margaret Somerville, MercatorNet)

Friday, 16 May 2014

Bring back the girls—quietly
(Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)

But Pope Francis really means it about income inequality
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Chris Seiple to serve as Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Morocco anti-homophobia campaign sparks debate
(Mohamed Saadouni, Magharebia)

USCIRF strongly condemns apostasy prosecution of Sudanese woman
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

A Divine lesson in governing: The Passover holiday signifies freedom, while Shavuot shows the virtue of law and purpose
(Joseph Lieberman, The Wall Street Journal)

Arabs: We want democracy - like Israel
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

New initiatives explore relationships between ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue
(World Council of Churches)

India's pro-business Modi storms to historic election win
(Rajesh Kumar Singh and Aditi Shah, Reuters)

Indian Muslims wary of man poised to take reins
(Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times)

Does Narendra Modi threaten secular and liberal India?
(Sunny Hundal, CNN)

Concerns over religious tolerance in India raised as BJP's Modi is elected Prime Minister
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hindu group says won’t ‘remote control’ Modi
(Arab News)

Special Report - In Modi's India, a case of rule and divide
(John Chalmers and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)

Teenager kills man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan police station
(Katharine Houreld, Reuters)

Man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan killed while in police custody
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-Semitism: The Israel factor
(William Saletan, Slate)

Do we really care if Muslim extremists kidnap 300 girls in Nigeria?
(Lola Adesioye, Tablet)

Security officials, imam assassinated in Benghazi
(Magharebia)

Pakistan Parliament's call on the government to protect churches and temples praised and criticised
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Obama congratulates India's Modi, invites him to US
(Arab News)

Christian in Sudan sentenced to death for faith; 'I'm just praying,' husband says
(Salma Abdelaziz, Catherine E. Shoichet, Daniel Burke and Ed Payne, CNN)

Jazeera journalists’ lawyers quit over ‘insult’ to Egypt
(Arab News)

Modi faces mammoth task
(Arab News)

Israeli rabbi bans renting apartments to lesbian couples
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

From the Archive: Laos, LAOS and anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Lebanon's Hezbollah disapproves of patriarch's Jerusalem trip
(Dominic Evans and Dan Williams, Reuters)

Canadian Christian University under fire for upholding Biblical standards
(Dennis Crowley, Juicy Ecumenism)

Pope Francis stresses the importance of Christian history in mass sermon
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

Given 72 hours to renounce Jesus, Sudanese mom refuses, is sentenced to flogging, then death
(Rob Kerby, Christian Headlines)

Christians condemn death penalty for Sudanese doctor accused of apostasy
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Muslim clerics resist Pakistan’s efforts to end child marriage
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)

The Al Qaeda split in Syria is now official
(Priyanka Boghani, Mint Press News)

Pope’s trip to Holy Land stirs diplomatic dilemmas
(Daniel Estrin and Daniela Berretta, Associated Press, Mint Press News)

Kazakhstan: Two months' jail for religious meetings without state permission?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Sudan woman faces death for apostasy
(BBC News Africa)

Sudan: Pregnant woman accused of ‘apostasy’, sentenced to death
(Mohammed Saeed, Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)

Condemned to hang, pregnant Sudanese doctor refuses to recant
(World Watch Monitor)

Indian Jesuits downplay reports of Vatican censure
(Christopher Joseph, UCA News)

Women take Rabbinate ordination tests for first time
(Kobi Nachshoni, YNet News)

Iranians demand hijab rules enforced
(Agence France-Presse, Arab News)

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Censorship is no way to counter religious extremism online
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

How to paint the sorld as Anti-Semitic
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg World View)

One Uighur man’s journey in two cultures
(Chi Zhang, Tea Leaf Nation)

Opposition wins India vote in early tally
(Al Jazeera)

Pope Francis: Without the Church, you are not a Christian
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

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