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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Ultra-Orthodox mayor wins vote in Israeli town torn by religion
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)

Islamic scholars establish prizes for peace, recommend Muslim peace teams
(Reuters FaithWorld)

Nigeria’s churches will not stay silent during violence, leader says
(World Watch Monitor)

Rohingya dying from lack of health care in Myanmar
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)

A year on, Pope Francis faces challenges meeting reform hopes
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Myanmar’s upcoming census could spark anti-Muslim violence
(Patrick Winn, Mint Press News)

Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)

Third teen hospitalized in Lev Tahor hunger strike
(CTV News)

Court upholds writer’s five-year prison sentence for insulting religion
(Rana Muhammad Taha, Daily News Egypt)

Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” movie (starring Russell Crowe) banned in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))

Knesset passes draft law requiring haredi Orthodox men to serve
(JTA)

Israel passes law meant to draft ultra-Orthodox
(Tia Goldenberg, Time)

Abuse charges roil heavily Catholic Puerto Rico
(Danica Coto, ABC News)

Al Jazeera and the Qatar squabble - OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)

Tibetans in Nepal targeted by authorities: summary arrests and raids
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Vietnamese police fabricates evidence, distorts witness statements to convict blogger
(AsiaNews.it)

Only religious freedom can ensure China's social and economic stability
(Brian J. Grim, AsiaNews.it)

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Pope Francis: has his revolution even started?
(Paul Valley, The Guardian)

Israeli Christians seek more integration into country
(Michele Chabin, USA Today)

Fewer than 1,000 Muslims left in Central African Republic capital
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

The new face of terrorism
(Lorenzo Vidion, The International Relations and Security Network)

Religion, ethnicity and state formation in Algeria
(Lisa Watanabe, The International Relations and Security Network)

Chaldean Patriarchate and Caritas Iraq aid Muslim families fleeing violence
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)

Exchanged for the wife of an al Qaeda member, Ma'aloula Sisters shout "Allah Akbar"
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)

Use of intimidation to stifle Israeli critics rebuked by academics
(Les Neuhaus, Mint Press News)

John Wesley and religious freedom
(Mark Tooley, First Things: Religion and Public Life)

Jewish culture was not always a response to non-Jewish culture
(Adam Kirsch, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Putin’s Jewish embrace: Is it love or politics?
(Cnaan Lipshiz & Talia Lavin, The Global Jewish News Source)

Israel 'regrets' killing judge as row with Jordan widens
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Syria says only 25 free in exchange for nuns
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Release of Syrian nuns belies persecution of Christians in rebel areas
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistan: Simmering cauldron in Punjab
(Ambreen Agha, South Asia Terrorism Portal)

India: Advantage squandered in Bihar
(Mrinal Kanta Das, South Asia Terrorism Portal)

Aung San Suu Kyi tiptoes around Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim crisis
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Saudi Arabia: Feminization of shops to blame for SR800m loss
(Arab News)

Israel's grip on Evangelical Christians loosens
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Fatah endorses refusal to recognise Israel as Jewish state
(Yahoo! News)

Muslim Brotherhood: A pariah that should be shunned by all
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)

Iraq's prime minister slams Saudi Arabia, Qatar for supporting terrorists - OpEd
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Indonesian Church urges citizens to vote to fight corruption and political crisis
(AsiaNews.it)

Al Shabaab leader urges Somalis to battle old enemy Ethiopia
(Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)

Nebraska shocked to learn it has Parti Québécois-style religion law
(The Canadian Press)

Francis in Korea, five days for young people and for peace in Asia
(AsiaNews.it)

Monday, 10 March 2014

Iran's Dervishes on hunger strike inside, outside prison
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Nova Scotia bar society told to tolerate Trinity Western University's same sex policy
(The Canadian Press, The Vancouver Sun)

Pakistan's 1973 Constitution is not Islamic
(Kasim Javid, New Civilisation)

Why Pakistan cannot defeat the Taliban
(Sushant Sareen, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Pope to go to South Korea in August for youth fest
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)

'Demon of religious cleansing must be stopped' in Central African Republic, says UN High Commissioner
(Thomson Reuters, Global Post)

Palestinian killed after attacking Israeli soldier reportedly was Jordanian judge
(JTA)

Can an Israeli-Palestinian business coalition push leaders to make a deal?
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Abbas cannot make concessions on any core issue
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

Ma'aloula nuns freed in exchange for 150 rebels held prisoner
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)

Nuns and other Christians in Syria: Finally, a little good news
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Kidnapped nuns thank negotiators after being freed in Syria
(The Guardian)

Letter on release of kidnapped Syrian nuns
(Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches)

Saudis put terrorist label on Muslim Brotherhood
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)

Fleeing Lev Tahor sect members sent back to Canada
(JTA)

UN starts Central African Republic investigation
(John Heilprin, Associated Press)

Young Pakistanis are asking: If there can be secular Jews, why not atheist Muslims?
(Mina Sohail, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

India: Muslims told to take part in poll process
(The Times of India)

Pope Francis wants you to get over him
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

What it means to be Catholic now
(Peter Manseau, New York Times)

How to really measure the 'Francis effect'
(Daniel Burke, CNN Living)

Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis opened door to gay civil unions debate
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Comic superhero Ultraman slain by Malaysian censors because of “Allah”
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)

Malaysian ministry bans use of term 'Allah' by non-Muslims
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Arab envoys say no to Israel as Jewish state
(Miami Herald via The Associated Press)

India in post-2014 Afghanistan: Challenges and opportunties – Anaysis
(Dr Shanthie Mariet D Souza, Eurasia Review)

Taliban threatens to disrupt Afghan elections
(Al Jazeera America)

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flock to lower Manhattan to protest Israel's proposed draft of religious citizens to its army
(Associated Press via Daily News)

Sunni Muslim institution in Egypt issues fatwa over the film 'Noah'
(Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times)

Myanmar and Sri Lanka: The modern axis of Buddhist hate
(Jake Scobey-thal, Foreign Policy, The Reporter)

Dalai Lama representative: Tibetan spirit still strong, Beijing must listen
(AsiaNews.it)

Why should we care about Crimea?
(Gerard M. Gallucci, TransConflict)

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Ballot is battleground for Israeli town torn by religion
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)

Catholicism growing in heart of Muslim world
(John L. Allen Jr., Boston Globe)

China: Kunming Terrorist Attack
(Col. R. Hariharan, South Asia Analysis Group)

Before Crimea was an ethnic Russian stronghold, it was a potential Jewish homeland
(Jeffrey Veidlinger, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Iran's Rohani to visit Saudi Arabia
(Al Bawaba News)

Pakistan's new security policy and madrases: Will it curb the venom? - analysis
(Gaurav Dixit, Eurasia Review)

Nuns kidnapped in Syria freed
(Al Jazeera America)

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Google battles legal fallout of copyright ruling on anti-Islamic film
(Rory Carroll, The Guardian)

Call for Iran to free women activists
(Human Rights Watch)

50 powerful women religious leaders celebrate on International Women's Day
(Huff Post Religion)

Religion and advertising: Competing to be the real thing
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

How we miss the point of International Women’s Day–and how to get it right.
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)

International Women's Day 2014: Inspiring Change

Religious Freedom & Business Foundation upcoming events
(Brian J. Grim)

Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq
(Suadad Al-Salhy, Reuters)

Syria's Christians find themselves, once again, persecuted and taxed for their religion
(Adam Wernick, Public Radio International)

Rift deepens between Women of the Wall activists
(Spencer Ho, The Times of Israel)

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata sentenced to 9 years in prison
(Mainichi)

Use of ‘Allah’ still unresolved for Malaysia’s Christians
(Matt K. George, World Watch Monitor)

Experts tell Netanyahu to remove criminal sanctions clause from haredi draft bill
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Regional consultation on promoting the freedom of religion and beliefs in ASEAN
(Muhammad Hafiz, Game Magazine)

Pope Francis’s first year: Faith, hope—and how much change?
(The Economist)

Friday, 7 March 2014

Crucial Obama visit to Saudi Arabia requires decisive action
(Riad Kahwaji, INEGMA)

Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C.: China 'great' but government system is 'harmful'
(Matthew Pennington, Deseret News)

Protesters denounce the Dalai Lama as a ‘dictator’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

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