Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
When saints fall
(Thomas Reese SJ, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Jean Vanier and the corrupting power of sexual sin
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
How can I reconcile the good and evil of Jean Vanier?
(Collenn Dulle, America: The Jesuit Review)
The startling prayer life of Søren Kierkegaard
(Karen Wright Marsh, America: The Jesuit Review)
Iran’s ID-card policy turns unrecognised religious minorities into ghosts
(Article 18)
UNHCR High Commissioner issues challenge to religious leadership on forced migration
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Togo puts archbishop under house arrest after he disputes election results
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian government bodies compete for Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Sakhalin.info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Reference to God in Constitution doesn't encroach on atheists' views - ombudsman
(Interfax-Religion)
Peskov on mention of God in Constitution: Russia will not stop being secular state
(Interfax-Religion)
Iranian dissident film clinches Berlinale Ecumenical Jury Prize
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)
The psychology of riots: Communalism is the dark side of religious identity. Beware demagogues availing our group narcissism
(Sudhir Kakar, Times of India)
Monday, 2 March 2020
Finding hope in humanitarian crisis
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A personal reflection on hope in a time of crisis (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Donald M. Kerwin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Standing up for welcome (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Nazanin Ash and Joshua Kurtz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Finding hope in welcoming communities (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Rachel Peric, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith communities on the front lines of refugee response (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hoping against hope (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Danielle Vella, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Finding hope in humanitarian crisis: A wonderful consequence of a recent executive order (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Ashley Feasley, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Remaining hopeful in humanitarian work (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Maryanne Loughry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Service learned at home, hope discovered in Africa (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Infectious religion: Religion and its surprising-but-not-unprecedented role in the spread of the coronavirus
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Hope realized in people: Muslim action on humanitarian crisis (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Keeping faith in humanitarian response (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Haroon Altaf, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Humanitarianism is not enough in an angry world (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Serge Duss, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sinicization of Islam: Xi Jinping thought instead of Quran
(Li Mingxuan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)
Opening by Vatican of WWII archives of Pius XII, the pope who failed to condemn the Holocaust
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Will Pope Pius’ archives shed light on his silence during the Shoah?
(PJ Grisar, Forward Culture)
Opinion: How China corralled 1 million people into concentration camps
(The Editorial Board, The Washington Post)
Carrying forward Shahbaz Bhatti’s “unfinished business” to protect religious minorities in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
When is a girl ready for marriage? After her first period says High Court in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Is the ICC finally heading towards justice for Darfur, Sudan, at last?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
South Korea: Coronavirus and Shincheonji: Stopping the Witch Hunt – Urgent Appeal from Human Rights Groups
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
USCIRF delegation travels to Sudan to assess post-revolution progress toward greater religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
In Israel, a radical textbook for asylum seekers teaches Hebrew — minus Zionism
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward Culture)
UN decries lack of reforms and widespread abuse in Eritrea
(Lisa Schlein, VOA)
Putin’s new amendments revere God, ban same sex marriages
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
As India counts dead, brutality of Hindu-Muslim riot emerges
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Deep roots: Can the Orthodox Church defend Palestinians’ interests?
(John Colin Marston, Commonweal)
African bishops call for ‘binding’ international treaty on transnational corporations
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Q&A: The real objective of mob violence against Muslims in India
(Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker)
Death toll in Delhi violence mounts to 46
(India Today)
While Muslims are being murdered in India, the rest of the world is too slow to condemn
(Patrick Cockburn, Independent Opinion)
Q&A: Why India's Muslims are in grave danger
(Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy)
Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive (Violence in India’s capital has left more than 40 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage, stoked by the rhetoric of Narendra Modi’s populist government)
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)
Delhi Riots: PIL filed in Supreme Court for national guidelines on prevention and accountability of communal violence
(Shruti Mahajan, Bar and Bench (India))
Putin grants church's requests for changes in constitution
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Letter from Africa: Ethiopia's lost Armenian community
(Ismail Einashe, BBC News)
Putin submits plans for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
(Andrew Roth, The Guardian)
Crimea: Six months in Russian prison punishment cell
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian government interferes in protestants' training of ministers
(Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill insists on inserting God reference in Russian constitution
(Interfax-Religion)
Constitutional God reference to bring about real change in Russians' lives - chief mufti
(Interfax-Religion)
Catholics protest increasing anti-Christian violence in Nigeria
(La Croix International)
New churches in Nigeria serve as haven from anti-gay society without embracing LGBTQ identity
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Hindu nationalism joining forces with European nationalists
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
When Salafists loot cultural assets, religious norms are also at stake
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Use of religious beliefs to justify rights violations must be outlawed says UN expert
(UN News)
Lanka says report of UN official on freedom of religion bristles with inaccuracies and biases
(Newsin.asia)
Singapore Parliament: Law protects both religious groups and LGBT community from threats, says Shanmugam
(Fabian Koh, Straits Times)
From job bans to child marriage, countries told to scrap sexist laws
(Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
U.N. group says Salvadoran women unfairly locked up for abortion crimes
(Anastasia Moloney, Reuters)
A modest proposal: Spread the priesthood by eliminating clergy
(Gabe Moran, National Catholic Reporter Opinion)
Saturday, 29 February 2020
Religion Photos of the Week - February 28, 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Higher power to deliver: The overlooked nexus between religion and development
(Paul M. Bisca and Rebekka Grun, Brookings)
Images of Indigenous resilience
(Alan Hustak, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Why beauty matters
(Dana Gioia, First Things)
FINAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, through 29 February 2020: Tokyo 2020 — 3rd Biannual Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards
(The UN Global Compact and Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Halt of Muslim pilgrimage over virus brings worldwide dismay
(Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Virus or not, religion dominates in land of Islamic shrines
(Arsalan Shahla and Marc Champion, Bloomberg)
Fast-spreading coronavirus pushes Iran closer to lockdown
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Caution, cancellations mark Ash Wednesday in time of virus
(Nichole Winfield and Jim Gomez, Religion News Service)
Iran says Qom 'almost stable' after coronavirus outbreak
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Cults and conservatives spread coronavirus in South Korea
(S. Nathan Park, Foreign Policy)
Friday, 28 February 2020
Hindus, Muslims clash over India citizenship law
(Krishna Pokharel, The Wall Street Journal)
Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims protest India violence
(Associated Press)
Delhi protests: death toll climbs amid worst religious violence for decades
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)
Prayers at fire-bombed mosques as India’s riot toll grows
(Sheikh Saaliq and Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
USCIRF condemns violence in India’s capital city
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Indian citizenship has now been reduced to ‘us’ versus ‘them’
(Rahul Sambaraju and Suryapratim Roy, The Conversation)
Over 100,000 people greet president Trump in India
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
The Guardian view on Delhi’s violence: Modi stoked this fire
(The Guardian)
Trump defends Modi on religious freedom amid protests in India
(Morgan Chalfant, The Hill)
Death toll rises to 24 from Delhi riots during Trump trip
(Sheikh Saaliq and Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
Archdeacon murdered as Christians killed and kidnapped in multiple attacks in Africa and Asia
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Pakistani Christians attacked over church construction, 1 left partially paralyzed
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Mexican bishops offer support for women; Chile, Nicaragua bishops address civic unrest
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trinidad and Tobago archbishop apologizes at Black Power 50th anniversary
(Laura Ann Phillips, Catholic News Service)
Ethiopian cardinal, other church leaders barred from entering Eritrea
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Significance of belief in God to Russia's development should be reflected in Russian Constitution - Klishas
(Interfax-Religion)
Leaders of Russia's leading religions support idea of mentioning God in Constitution
(Interfax-Religion)
Saudi King hosts top British rabbi at landmark interfaith summit
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
Bahrain’s only Jewish MP attends landmark event at Sephardi shul
(Jewish News)
Indians hold religious freedom dearer than free media, speech or judiciary: Pew survey
(Saira Aslam, The Hindu)
Australian Hindus demand apology after treasurer's 'demeaning' references to Indian religion
(Evan Young, SBS News)
Jean Vanier, once seen as a Nobel or sainthood candidate, now accused of abusive sexual relationships
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post - Religion)
Report: L'Arche Founder Jean Vanier abused multiple women
(Sylvie Corbet in Paris - AP, Christianity Today)
Canadian bishops lament Vanier's misconduct, while affirming value of L'Arche
(Catholic News Agency)
On being Jean Vanier
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
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