Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 December 2019
Pope prays for ‘Normandy Summit,’ peace in Ukraine
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)
Religion shouldn't play a role in economic decisions: UAE official
(Sarwat Nasir, Khaleej Times)
Arabs believe religion, politics should be separate
(Theodore Karasik, Al Bawaba)
Sudan prime minister meets with USCIRF, shares plans to improve religious freedom
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Study sees religion as the moral compass of Arab societies
(Caline Malek, Arab News)
Russia: Nationalism and Xenophobia in November 2019
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
The future of adoption is in a child's own community
(Kristi Gleason, Religion News Service Opinion)
For Rohingya refugees, there's no return in sight
(Meenakshi Ganguly and Brad Adams, Foreign Affairs)
Sunday, 8 December 2019
9 Ways to say Merry Christmas around the world
(Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia)
‘Soldiers of Jesus’: Armed neo-Pentecostals torment Brazil’s religious minorities
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
Friday, 6 December 2019
Methodist Church Southern Africa enters new era as women take up top positions
(Dion Forster, The Conversation)
US House passes Uyghur Act calling for tough sanctions on Beijing over Xinjiang camps
(Ben Westcott and Haley Byrd, CNN)
Persecution of the Uighurs: The West must respond to Chinese oppression
(A Commentary by Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online)
China blasts passage of US bill ordering sanctions over Uighur detention
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
China: The temple demolition campaign devastates devotees
(Yang Xiangwen, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Anti-Semitism is a public health crisis
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
Is 'A Christmas Carol' anti-Semitic?
(Seth Rogovoy, Forward)
In Brazil, historic black lay Catholic 'brotherhoods' fight to survive
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis wants you to set up a Nativity scene to fight banal consumer Christmas
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
India’s Muslims split in response to Hindu temple verdict
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Thousands protest Indian citizenship bill excluding Muslims
(Associated Press)
African prelate says development, not denunciation, way to fight witchcraft
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Australian government revising religious discrimination legislation
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Patriarch Kirill asks Mayor Sobyanin to help restore Orthodox Church in America's representation church in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior receives 2nd bomb threat this week
(Interfax-Religion)
Thursday, 5 December 2019
EVENT, 5 December 2019: Global Conversations
(The Parliament of the Worlds Religions)
Anglicans in Canada are facing a kind of ecclesiastical near-death experience
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
Canada: Church of Atheism denied charitable status as court finds it isn't a religion
(Nicole Thompson, National Post)
Is atheism a religion? The Ministry of National Revenue is a non-believer
(Jason Proctor, CBC News)
Atheism is not a religion, Canadian court rules in tax case
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
At Madrid climate talks, Catholics work to provide ‘moral perspective’
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Mexican diocese suspends evening Masses due to insecurity
(Catholic News Service)
Indonesia to deploy 160,000 people to protect churches for Christmas
(Catholic News Service)
Elderly Jehovah's Witnesses woman locked up for half a year
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Moscow patriarchate promotes conservative social views
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Serbian president invites Putin to attend opening of St. Sava Cathedral in Belgrade
(Interfax-Religion)
Saint Isaac's Cathedral and 5 other churchs in St. Petersburg received bomb threats
(Interfax-Religion)
Zelensky urges clerics to back Ukraine's initiatives in run-up to Normandy-format summit
(Interfax-Religion)
Jürgen Moltmann, theologian who survived life under Nazi regime, leaves students spellbound with his account
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Time for Iraq and Lebanon to ditch state-sponsored sectarianism
(The Economist)
Arabs are losing faith in religious parties and leaders (Religious zeal is also falling in the region, particularly among the young)
(The Economist)
National-religious leaders call on Netanyahu to quit
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
'In the Name of Belief': Indonesia embraces indigenous religious education
(Ardila Syakriah, The Jakarta Post)
Lavish religious ceremonies in Turkey draw angry criticism
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
New international research project to study religion’s impact on family size and child health
(Mirage News)
India’s plan to identify ‘illegal immigrants’ could get some Muslims declared ‘foreign’
(Haimanti Roy, The Conversation)
At UN climate conference, Episcopal delegation urges nations to act swiftly and justly
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Mosques lose Islamic symbols, repurposed for government use
(Xin Lu, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Hungary, Brazil and US talk declining birth rates, abortion at Capitol Hill conference
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Vatican committee asks UN for World Day of Human Fraternity
(Catholic News Agency)
Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, 'nobody is listening'
(Catholic News Agency)
Egypt arrests Coptic community rights activist amid heightened surveillance measures
(Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
India's cabinet sends religion-based citizenship bill to parliament
(Devjyot Ghoshal, Zarir Hussain, Reuters)
Opinion: These journalists have confounded China’s massive propaganda machine
(Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post)
Climate crisis could reverse progress in achieving gender equality
(Nitya Rao, The Conversation)
Bishops in eastern Congo urge more protection, back day of strikes
(Catholic News Service)
Top Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have backed street protesters
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Pope demands action for failing fight against climate change
(Paige Hanley, Catholic News Service)
Why is homosexuality still taboo in many African countries?
(Kate Hairsine, Deutsche Welle)
The US treats asylum seekers so poorly
(Sylvie Qwasinwi Ngassa Bello and Sharon Stanley-Rea, The Hill)
Canadians divided over the role of religion: poll
(Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International)
Could a 3rd election in Israel hinge on religious pluralism?
(Stewart Ain, The New York Jewish Week)
Fast-track religious freedom, Israel Folau urges
(Chris Merritt, The Australian)
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Faith and Development in Focus: Philippines
(Supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD), World Faiths Development Dialogue - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)
5 Christians wrongly imprisoned for over a decade released by India Supreme Court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Turkey flirts with buying even more Russian missile systems
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
What comes after Iraqi PM's resignation?
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Palestinians condemn Israeli closures of institutions in Jerusalem
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Intel: How Russia is changing course in Syria
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Temple collapses in Cambodia, killing 3 and injuring 13
(Associated Press)
Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Myanmar’s cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
(Catholic News Service)
FSB reports detention of 9 Hizb ut-Tahrir members recruited Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow Jewish Museum to break stereotypes - director
(Interfax-Religion)
What's a bus got to do with religion? A whole lot when it comes to violating the Sabbath in Israel
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Lesson in diplomacy for India’s Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty
(Nyla Ali Khan, Counter Punch)
Defiant Islamists rally in Jakarta
(Asia Sentinel)
India: Religion and court’s jurisdiction (Sabarimala Temple issue)
(GB Reddy, Baglekar Akash Kumar, Telangana Today (India))
Declare Sikh as separate religion: Bhubaneswar lawyer To PM
(Odisha Bytes (India))
Gadhimai Hindu festival: World’s ‘largest animal sacrifice’ under way in defiance of ban
(Samuel Osborne, Independent (Nepal))
Crimea: UN call to halt Cathedral eviction
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Monday, 2 December 2019
Christmas movies and the religious dimensions of story structure
(Russell Johnson, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here’s what you can do if you see it or experience it
(Derya Iner and Mehmet Ozalp, The Convers)
Australia's bishops protest national move to force priests to reveal confessions
(Catholic News Agency)
Australians back religious freedom for people, not for institutions
(Nick O'Malley, The Sydney Morning Herald)
USCIRF “adopts” 35 Chinese prisoners—25 are members of The Church of Almighty God
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Safeguarding tolerance in Semarang
(Yunantyo Adi Setiawan, Inside Indonesia)
What Sultan of Sokoto said about VP Osinbajo
(PM News Nigeria)
In death and life, Lebanese woman shows religious law fight
(Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church calls for end of infowar between Ukraine, Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Manger relic from time of Jesus birth returns to Bethlehem from Rome
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China: Early Rain Church leader sentenced to four years in prison over Gospel tracts
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post)
Brampton councillor thinks city is blurring line between church and state
(Graeme Frisque, Brampton Guardian)
SC to consider plea against polygamy and Nikah-Halala after winter break
(Nilashish Chaudhary, Live Law (India))
Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law
(BBC)
Persecution has ‘strengthened the prophetic role of church’ in Asia, priests say
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Blood and soil in Narendra Modi’s India
(Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker)
'Humanity is my religion': Jagan Mohan Reddy replies to barbs over his faith
(Jahnavi Reddy, The News Minute (India))
Maldives: Countering religious extremism – analysis
(SATP, Eurasia Review)
Erdogan uses religion, fear to stay politically afloat
(Yavuz Baydar, Ahval)
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