Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Israelis, Palestinians are the only ones who can resolve their differences
(La Croix International)
West African Christians face Islamic terror as US weighs troop withdrawals
(Lela Gilbert, Religion Unplugged Opinion)
Modi says Indian Muslims had nothing to fear in new law
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Bishop in India ‘categorically denies the false allegations of forced conversion’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In Philippines, lawmakers move to make divorce legal
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Siberian Jehovah's Witness forced into psychiatric examination
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Yakut shaman complains to ECHR
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Will church's alleged "fire safety" violations be resolved?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
The Pope and the bomb
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Expansive love in a borderless world: Nuclear disarmament in fraught times (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(Emily Welty, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Nuclear disarmament and the power of the Catholic church (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(Joan Rohlfing, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The church and nuclear disarmament in a schizophrenic time (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(Gerard Powers, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The coming age of diplomacy (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(James E. Goodby, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Pope and the bomb conference: Some emerging insights (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(Margaret R. Pfeil, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Unlocking the Catholic potential for nuclear disarmament (Responding to: The Pope and the bomb)
(Kevin G. Ahern, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Latin America’s new war of religion
(The Economist)
Greece joins US-led International Religious Freedom Alliance
(Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter)
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Morocco co-sponsors meeting on prevention of hate speech and incitement to discrimination
(The North Africa Post)
Argument: India's new laws hurt women most of all
(Nilanjana Bhowmick, Foreign Policy)
Abu Dhabi marks interfaith effort a year after Pope's visit
(Associated Press)
No religious freedom in ASEAN?
(The ASEAN Post)
Pope Francis met woman who grabbed him New Year's Eve
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Israeli left paralyzed over Trump’s peace plan
(Ksenia Svetlova, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Intel: Pentagon pauses program that helps Turkey target PKK
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Will Tunisia have a seat in future Libyan dialogues?
(Elizia Volkmann, Al-Monitor)
What brought Iranian forces to Idlib front?
(Hamidreza Azizi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Pope, with eye to Argentine debt, urges financial solidarity
(Associated Press)
Will developments in Idlib force Ankara to turn to the West again?
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iran’s Khamenei defends pre-election purge of Reformists
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Syrian mercenaries fight Turkey’s battles in Libya
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
US peace plan quashes hopes for Israel-Hamas cease-fire
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Muslim nations reject Trump’s Mideast plan in Saudi meeting
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Trump’s 'peace plan' rewards settler violence
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Former missionary to lead Brazil’s isolated indigenous unit
(Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
Indonesian acquitted of blasphemy for taking dog into mosque
(Associated Press)
Indonesian sentenced to life in prison in bomb plots
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Vatican has 'no information' on Gänswein leave of absence report
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican seeks to explain absence of aide after book scandal
(Nicole Winfield)
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
The importance of Papal diplomacy: Francis re-commits to international cooperation & dialogue
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Argentine journalist uses conspiracy theory about Jews to explain Kobe Bryant’s death
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Save our rainforests, say Indonesian religious leaders
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)
Nigerian church torched by suspected Fulani; over 2 dozen killed in attacks
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Uganda 'studying' to see if embassy should be opened in Jerusalem
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Algeria battles larger countries to vie for leading role in Libya peace process
(Simon Speakman Cordall, Al-Monitor)
Iraqi Jews in Israel watch protests with hope
(Lujain Elbaldawi, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
EU’s top diplomat in Iran to discuss fragile nuclear deal
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Netanyahu back in charge after scoring points in US, Uganda
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nepal's next census to count LGBT+ people for the first time
(Gopal Sharma and Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Russia convicts 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses amid crackdown
(Associated Press)
The erosion of secular India
(The Economist)
Protecting cows and persecuting people
(Ajay Sarma, Harvard Political Review)
Church's suggestions to violate separation of church and state fester
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Two more Jehovah's Witnesses convicted on faulty evidence
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Another court intervention in Jehovah's Witness case
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian Orthodox Church could discontinue practice of blessing WMDs
(Interfax-Religion)
Donbas: Luhansk: Soviet-era prisoner of conscience to be jailed again?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
World Council of Churches head appointed presiding bishop for Church of Norway
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Anti-Semitic incidents fall to 15-year low in South Africa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why do they hate the Jews?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
Intel: Morocco played up Iran rhetoric as it eyed US-Israel deal on Western Sahara
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)
Escalation in Syria and Libya tests limits of Erdogan-Putin ties
(Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Erdogan threatens Assad forces, seeks de-escalation in Idlib
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syria clashes, Ukraine visit test Turkey-Russia relations
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Monday, 3 February 2020
6000+ members of The Church of Almighty God arrested in 2019 in China
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Iraqi protesters demand UN protection from violence of authorities
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraqi protests swell despite clash with Sadrist supporters
(Gilgamesh Nabeel, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Netanyahu's land of the settlers
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Rival Palestinian factions unite against US 'deal of century'
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Moscow, Tel Aviv exchange favors as Netanyahu shops for support on US plan
(Marianna Belenkaya, Al-Monitor: Russia / Mideast)
Intel: Why Russia’s warming ties with Israel may lead Moscow to embrace Trump’s peace plan
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia / Mideast)
Syrian Kurdish center sets out to defang 'cubs of the caliphate'
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
EU-India trade: Call to include 'strong' human rights clause, suspension mechanism
(Counterview)
Rohingya genocide case: why it will be hard for Myanmar to comply with ICJ’s orders
(Pon Souvannaseng, The Conversation)
Trump has expanded the travel ban to 6 more countries
(Nicole Narea, Vox)
Pakistan delays decision on movie that offended Islamists
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Mormon missionaries being cut in Liberia over supply worries
(Associated Press)
China’s Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust
(Associated Press)
20 dead in stampede at Tanzania church service
(Associated Press)
Canada’s bishops call assisted suicide plan ‘deeply troubling’
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
American diplomats have demonstrative visit with Ukrainian church leader
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Working group to discuss appropriateness of mentioning God in Constitution – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Marriage, not family should be defined as union between man and woman in Russian Constitution - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Pompeo praises Uzbekistan for progress in upholding religious freedom
(Interfax-Religion)
China’s embassy in Israel apologizes for comparing coronavirus concerns to the Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Business ramps up fight on religious freedom law
(John Kehoe, Financial Review)
Why Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-making
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Open Democracy)
The perils of mixing religion and politics: the case of Turkey
(Haldun Gülalp, Open Democracy)
Underground Catholics ignore China's religion rules amid dangers
(UCA News)
Christians 'persecuted even after death' as China cracks down on religious funerals: report
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Iraq's Christians flee in the face of lawlessness and sectarianism
(Colin Freeman, The Telegraph)
As abortion debate becomes increasingly polarized, poll shows the views of many Canadians are more complicated
(Sharon Kirkey, National Post)
Kerala churches come out against raising of abortion time limit to 24 weeks
(The New Indian Express)
In Colombia, lawsuits seek to ban legal abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Ugandan archbishop forbids receiving Holy Communion in hands
(Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Libyan divide deepens as eastern forces shut down oil ports
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Religion Photos of the Week ending February 1, 2020
(Kit Doyle, https://religionnews.com/2020/01/31/photos-of-the-week-109/)
World Hijab Day, February 1, 2020 - Better Awareness. Greater Understanding ...
Six hijab-wearing trailblazers to know on World Hijab Day
(Arab News)
The irony and hypocrisy of World Hijab Day
(A.J. Caschetta, National Review)
On World Hijab Day, women across the globe are polarised
(Kairvy Grewal, The Print)
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