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Monday, 24 October 2016

Pictures of two Egyptian children engaged to be married trigger outrage — once again
(Heba Mahfouz, The Washington Post)

Chibok girls happy to ‘be back’ but talk of captivity
(World Watch Monitor)

How can we make the world’s cities safer for women and girls?
(Caroline Moser and Cathy McIlwaine, The Conversation)

Kyrgyzstan: Mobs twice exhume body – with impunity?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Kazakhstan: Judges' religious freedom to be restricted?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Kazakhstan: Criminal case, fines, warnings, imprisonments for uncensored literature
(Forum 18 News Service)

Iraq alcohol: Parliament imposes ban in a surprise move
(BBC)

Iraq's parliament passes law banning alcohol
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Turkey’s ‘democracy crisis’ has grown with state of emergency: Former ECHR judge
(Zeynep Bilgehan, Hürrieyt Daily News)

Triple Talaq a religious issue, PM has no right to intervene: AIMPLB's Jilani
(Debayan Roy, News 18.com)

News alert: Freedom From Religion Foundation has an agenda; journalists might consider that
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Teesta Setalvad tried to 'mix religion with politics', spread disharmony: HRD Ministry panel
(Daily News and Analysis)

Religious Minorities in Diverse Societies: Consultation in Croatia builds bridges
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)

Russia: Many meetings raided and evidence planted
(Forum 18 News Service)

Majlis podcast: the shrinking space for religion in Central Asia
(Qishloq Ovozi, Radio Free Europe)

Vatican and China in final push for elusive deal on bishops
(Lisa Jucca and Benjamin Kang Lim, Religion News Service)

Vatican close to agreement with China on appointment of bishops
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Chinese Government sends religious monitors to Xinjiang's Hotan
(Radio Free Asia)

Prayers in the kitchen: Why religious groups fear a loss of freedom in China
(Saša Petricic, CBC News)

Evangelical Christians are on the left too
(Timothy J. Williams, The Conversation)

Sweden opens first atheist cemetery to cater to growing non-religious population
(Caroline Mortimer, The Independent)

A fight for religious liberty in Pittsfield Township
(Barbara L. McQuade, Detroit Free Press)

Opinion: Religious freedom
(Rabbi Hillel Goldberg, Intermountain Jewish News)

Sunday, 23 October 2016

Are God and chance compatible?
(David Bartholomew, OUPblog Religion)

Children on Christian or Secular Swings?
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Law and religion round-up – 23rd October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 20-23 October 2016: The Call of Christians in the Law: Justice, Mercy, Humility
(2016 National Conference, Christian Legal Society)

Saturday, 22 October 2016

Dalai Lama calls for narrowing the gap between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma
(Lin Thant, The Irrawaddy)

Supporting caste: A peek at the massive machine behind the enormous Maratha rallies
(Mridula Chari, Scroll.in)

Is there a war on Christmas?
(Gerry Bowler, OUPblog Religion)

Turkey’s misguided policies now haunt it at Mosul
(Fehim Taştekin trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Hamas calls for return of Haniyeh’s government
(Ahmad Abu Amer trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Legal implications of same sex marriage for Christian life and ministry
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Syrian regime promotes another image of the war-torn country
(Mustafa al-Haj trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Chinese Christians on trial for spying as crackdown on churches continues
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)

'God helped us come out of bondage,' say 21 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)

Iraqi Christians look homeward toward Mosul, uncertainly
(World Watch Monitor)

Ahead of US poll, Hindu American group sends booklet on Hinduism to candidates – and a questionnaire
(Bhavya Dore, Scroll)

Friday, 21 October 2016

Hindus, Muslims and Christians ponder Pope’s eco-teaching
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The personal is political: Why Donald Trump personifies what Mormons don’t believe in
(ERASMUS and H.G., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Utah is the political conscience of the nation
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)

Volunteers, safeguarding and the CofE
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Egypt MP stirs controversy with call for virginity tests
(Ahmed Hidji, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt's fight against Islamic militancy makes enemies
(Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

In the West Bank, Samaritans provide a sanctuary
(Daniel Estrin and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Jewish settlers invited Palestinians over for the holidays. All went well until the guests headed home.
(William Booth and Sufian Taha, The Washington Post)

Islamic State forces attack Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)

Their first goal in rural N.C. was disaster relief. The other: Being the face of Islam in a red state.
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)

Religious groups discuss practical ways to tackle extremism
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Questions over age of refugee children show how ugly Britain has become
(Simon Goodman, The Conversation)

How decent data can help African girls overcome second class status
(Yassin Brunger, The Conversation)

Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
(Amy Maguire, The Conversation)

Civilians in Mosul face 'impossible choice’
(Paul McLeary and Dan de Luce, Foreign Policy)

From Muslim to Christian: The Atlantic offers sensitive look at Berlin community
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)

It's time to add the Saudi-Iranian proxy war in Yemen to the journalistic shopping list
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Anti-abortion activists take a worrying new approach to clinic campaigns
(Pam Lowe, Graeme Hayes, and Sarah-Jane Page, The Conversation)

Kazakhstan school hijab ban upheld
(Transitions Online)

UK: After Louis Smith’s treatment and Fatima Manji’s Ipso complaint, are we creating an atmosphere of exceptionalism for Islam?
(Janet Street-Porter, Independent)

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Religious freedom and healthcare — what our candidates should know
(Jonathan Imbody, The Hill)

Horizon Christian Fellowship v. Williamson
(Information page, Alliance Defending Freedom)

The “spaghetti dinner” clause that launched the latest religious freedom suit
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)

Banning triple talaq – infringing on religious freedom or a step towards empowering women?
(Sharika Nair, Her Story)

Porn free city: Australia's Toowoomba mayor, Christian ministry behind campaign
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Displaced Iraqi Christians fearful of returning home even after ISIS is defeated, says Christian aid worker
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Religion in search of a place at the campus diversity table
(Betsy VanDenBerghe, Real Clear Religion)

Christian parents fight 'after school satan club' opening at Washington elementary school
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

OIC says Palestinian people have inalienable rights to Temple Mount, calls for swiftest stabilization of situation in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)

Taliban 'too strong' to enter peace talks with Kabul
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)

Boko Haram: Why would 100 Chibok girls want to stay with their captors?
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)

Why religious singers are gaining power in Iran
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Prevent is failing. Any effective strategy must include Muslim communities
(Miqdaad Versi, The Guardian)

Channel 4 presenter says hijab ruling means it's 'open season' on Muslims
(Matthew Weaver, The Guardian)

Kidnap in Niger of US missionary a ‘terrible tragedy’
(World Watch Monitor)

40 killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen raid Christian community in Nigeria
(World Watch Monitor)

The tide of hate directed against Jewish journalists
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Rome 'decorum cops' remove mural showing pope as graffiti artist
(Philip Pullella and Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Italy abortion row as woman dies after hospital miscarriage
(BBC)

Thai Muslim remembers bomb attack as king visited troubled south
(Surapan Boonthanom, Reuters)

These Israeli women marched from the Lebanese border to Jerusalem. Here’s why.
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Russia opens new cathedral complex in Paris, without Putin
(Agence France-Presse)

Mosul offensive going faster than planned, Iraqi PM says
(Stephen Kalin and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)

Same-sex marriage: Romanian president blasts Orthodox Church
(The Sofia Globe)

Romanian leader urges tolerance for same-sex couples
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

OIC says Palestinian people have inalienable rights to Temple Mount, calls for swiftest stabilization of situation in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)

OIC foreign ministers denounce U.S. justice against sponsors of terrorism
(Interfax-Religion)

Muhammad Ali’s wife calls for ‘Islamic mercy’ for imprisoned Iranian-Americans
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)

Atheists dismiss lawsuit over proposed KC payment to Baptists
(Lynn Horsley, The Kansas City Star)

Dallas church to gay member: ‘We lovingly … call you to repentance’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

California man sentenced to 30 years for conspiring to support Islamic State
(John R. Emshwiller, The Wall Street Journal)

Columbia church finds itself at center of U.S. Supreme Court squabble
(Rick Montgomery, The Kansas City Star)

Pentecostal minister punished for evangelism
(Rambler Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Catholic bishop objects to changes in Ukrainian laws
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Prosecutor tries new tactic to get Jehovah's Witnesses
(Murmanskii Vestnik, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox zealots exploit anti-evangelism law against non-Orthodox
(Newsru.com, Russia Religion News)

Italian man arrested for anti-Semitic slurs against Jewish man at Brazilian airport
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Catholic charity in India says it will recruit transgender people to fight bias
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

German authorities struggle with radical Salafist preachers
(Anne Mailliet, Jessica Saltz, France 24 International News)

New polling results on candidate morality and religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights announce Superior Court complaint against landlord for rejecting Muslim apartment seeker
(Press Release, Office of the Attorney General (New Jersey))

Apartment owner sued over rental discrimination against Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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