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Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Militants cut off priest’s hands in Odessa during Trade Union House's attack – eye-witness
(Interfax-Religion)

Mine exploded near a church in Slavyansk, woman killed
(Interfax-Religion)

Muslim activist returns to suburbs after decade in exile
(Allison Hantschel, Chicago Tribune)

Myanmar seeks views on religious conversion bill
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Opinion analysis: A new limit on the death penalty
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Pakistani blasphemy law used against popular TV channel, Jehovah’s Witnesses and more
(World Watch Monitor)

Patriarch Kirill wishes Poroshenko reconciliation of Ukrainian people
(Interfax-Religion)

Pope and patriarch at prayer marks historic chapter in Ecumenism
(Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register)

Pope delivers blockbuster day in Middle East
(John Allen Jr., Boston Globe)

Pope Francis and Middle East peace
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)

Pope says favors celibacy for priests but door open to change
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Eric Walsh, Reuters)

Pope to hold first meeting with sexual abuse victims
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Pope will meet with abuse victims; O’Malley to have role
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)

Pregnant Christian woman sentenced to hang for faith gives birth to baby girl in prison; says she won't renounce Christ
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Pro-Russian militants seize Church of Christ in eastern Ukraine during Sunday worship
(Erik Tryggestad, Christian Chronicle)

Renowned Hispanic Evangelical leaders to headline east coast leadership movement
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)

Report of Confab Committee on Religion Matters: 'No more government-sponsored pilgrimages'
(Mu'Sodiq Adekunle, Daily Times Nigeria)

Sacred history, sacred grievance: Hard to get over
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Steve Jones at the Hay Festival: Falling birth rates in Europe and rising ones in Africa could spell decline in atheism
(Jamie Merrill, The Independent)

Suspected Muslim rebels launch attacks in Thai south, at least one dead
(Reuters, MSN News)

Swedish spy chief warns of rise of Islamist threat
(Alistair Scrutton, Reuters)

Ten commandments challenge in Oklahoma moves forward
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Three newborns challenge pro-abortion assumptions
(Andrew Branch, WORLD News Service)

What keeps Judaism alive?
(The Algemeiner)

Your Faith is now intrinsically offensive. Are you ready for the fallout?
(Jim Tonkowich, Juicy Ecumenism)

Zvyagintsev's Leviathan wins the prize of the Cannes Film Festival for the Best Screenplay
(Interfax-Religion)

Anatomical teaching & research and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy gives birth in prison
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Thailand: Stopping the cycle of blame through collaboration
(Jared Kuruzovich, Bangkok Post Opinion)

Thailand: Journalists summoned and arrested as Thai army gets tough on media
(Eurasia Review)

John Calvin’s authority as a prophecy
(Jon Balserak, OUPblog)

Pope’s visit to Holy Land spurs various reactions
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)

The Brussels Jewish Museum murders came as no surprise to the city's Jews
(David Meyer, The Guardian)

Morocco - Tunisia: A successful partnership to serve Maghreb region - OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)

Asia Bibi appeal postponed for a fifth time
(Christian Today World)

Nigerian government knows location of kidnapped girls
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

The “momentum effect” in same-sex marriage litigation
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Police captain who refused order to go to “Law Enforcement Appreciation Day” at mosque — or send his subordinates there — loses his lawsuit
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Faisalabad: Muslim activist saves a Christian from blasphemy charges
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Israeli couple slain in Brussels attack laid to rest
(Marissa Newman, The Times of Israel)

Ukraine’s Jewish leaders celebrate defeat of far right
(JTA, The Times of Israel)

Saudi Arabia: Job termination for teachers who promote critics of government
(Arab News)

Sri Lanka: Tamils defy government to remember Fr Sara, who died during the civil war
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Rai becomes first Lebanese religious leader to visit Israel
(The Jerusalem Post)

California bill modernizes birth certificates for gay parents
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

Investigators divided on terror motives in Brussels Jewish Museum shooting
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

Mega-church pastor issues “statement” on child abuse case
(Rob Kerby, Christian Headlines)

Iranian men wearing hijab in anti-feminist campaign
(AsiaNews.it)

China's first contemplative monastery since the days of Mao Zedong opens
(AsiaNews.it)

Data backs up Pope Francis - Religious hostilities critical in Israel & Palestinian Territories
(Brian J. Grim, Weekly Number Blog)

Pope's visit coincides with campaign against Christian school
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

Pakistan woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved
(Mubasher Bukhari, Arab News)

Monday, 26 May 2014

Egypt's new president needs strong shoulders - OpED
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)

Morocco debates religious discourse
(Imrane Binoual, Magharebia)

NCCM commences defamation lawsuit against PMO
(Press Release, National Council of Canadian Muslims)

Pope Francis says papal retirements could become normal in Church
(Reuters, Yahoo! News)

Religion and law round up – 25th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Swiss group to allow assisted dying for elderly who are not terminally ill
(Maddy French, The Guardian)

Yakut pagan creed recognized in Russia
(Alexey Eremenko, The Moscow Times)

Critics hit U.Va. Prof. Douglas Laycock with FOIA
(Walter Olson, Overlaywered)

LGBT activists take UVa professor to task for his stance on cases
(Derek Quizon, The Daily Progress)

Hybrid war of the ROC
(Tetiana Derkach, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

New Zealand: Don’t meddle with marriage any more
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet: Conjugality Blog)

UN panel slams Vatican on priest sex abuse, citing anti-torture treaty
(John Heilprin and Nicole Winfield, Huffington Post)

Pope Francis to meet with sex abuse victims, investigating bishops
(Nicole Winfield, Huffington Post)

The Pope and peace in the Middle East: we are all Francis now
(Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Huffington Post)

Michigan appeals court: ecclesiastical proceedings toll statute of limitations; hierarchical structure poses factual question
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

WCC condemns Brussels museum shootings
(World Council of Churches)

Narendra Modi must take steps to protect India's religious minorities from attack
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

Eglise Protestante Unie condamne l'attentat en Belgique
(Eglise Protestante Unie de Belgique)

CEC condemns shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)

Ukrainian chief rabbi's residence attacked again
(Interfax-Religion)

Orthodox businessman crosses barcodes on his production
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia's stance regarding Schneerson books legally impeccable - Shvydkoy
(Interfax-Religion)

Republican Gov. decides after 'immense struggle' not to appeal striking of Pa. same-sex marriage ban
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

New Boy Scouts president Robert Gates supports inclusion of openly gay adults but vows to oppose reopening issue
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Church of England dioceses approve women bishops
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Last unchallenged U.S. state banning same-sex ‘marriage’ to face federal lawsuit
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)

Sudan faces mounting condemnation over pregnant woman's death sentence
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Ukrainians back Poroshenko to find way out of crisis
(Richard Balmforth and Alastair Macdonald, Reuters)

Gospel Coalition council member suggests that tone of online discourse keeps focus off sex abuse victims
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Makkah: ‘It rejuvenates and purifies my faith’
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)

Indian Church calls on Modi to work together for the poor, the marginalised and minorities in society
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Pope to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem: May we learn to understand the sufferings of others
(AsiaNews.it)

Egyptians set to elect a new president with Al-Sisi the almost certain winner
(AsiaNews.it)

Xinjiang: more than 200 Uighurs arrested in connection with the Urumqi attack
(AsiaNews.it)

Belgium museum attack claims fourth victim
(Al Jazeera America)

Police hunt Brussels Jewish Museum gunman, France tightens security
(Robert-Jan Bartunek, Reuters)

Indonesia's religious minister resigns over pilgrimage graft case
(Jonathan Thatcher, Reuters)

China Politburo endorses campaign against Xinjiang extremists-media
(Michael Martina and Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)

Pope Francis invites Israeli, Palestinian presidents to talks at the Vatican
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis voices support for Palestinian sovereignty
(Carly Andrews, Aleteia)

Israeli, Palestinian leaders accept Vatican invite
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

EVENT, 26-28 May 2014: Law and Religion in Africa: The Quest for the Common Good in Pluralistic Societies
(University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Second Annual African Law and Religion Conference)

Sunday, 25 May 2014

‘Illegal’ stipends for yeshiva students to be canceled
(Yifa Yaakov, Times of Israel)

A Vatican library for all
(Christopher S. Celenza, Al Jazeera America)

Bahrain frees leading human rights activist
(Ismaeel Naar, Al Jazeera America)

Bahrain says no plans to return ambassador to Qatar soon
(Arab News)

Jewish NYU professor claims discrimination at the college
(Kathianne Boniello, New York Post)

Museum attack comes as no surprise to Belgian Jews
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

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