Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
The state of Islam in Brunei
(Kerstin Steiner, La Trobe University, East Asia Forum)
Catholic priest says repeal of law penalizing act of ‘wounding religious feelings’ makes no sense
(Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin)
United Arab Emirates pledges to help rebuild Catholic churches in Mosul
(Catholic News Agency)
Uzbekistan: Raids, eviction threat for Urgench Baptists
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
'We need to talk about religion and patriarchy': Bangladeshi activist
(Rodion Ebbighausen, Deutsche Welle)
Chile’s religious leaders condemn violence; call for justice
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UN mission head says risk of genocide recurring in Myanmar
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Can new amendment undermine Egyptian women's rights to divorce?
(Shahira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Behind Egypt's gift to Islamic Jihad
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Palestinians seek Egypt’s support to join free trade pact
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
What's steering the PA ban of importing Israeli calves?
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Lebanon’s protests continue to gain momentum
(Nicholas Frakes, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Cardinal Turkson says ordination of married men may be subject of further study
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu fails to form unified government
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Suicide rate for kids ages 10 to 14 nearly tripled in last decade: CDC
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
EJIL: Live!
(List of podcasts in video and audio, The official podcast of the European Journal of International Law)
Shamima Begum: Stripping citizenship put her at risk of hanging, court hears
(BBC News)
The Power of Words: The role of religion, media and policy in countering hate speech
(KAIICID Dialogue Centre)
Lebanese Patriarch Béchara al-Rahï backs demonstrators
(Malo Tresca, La Croix International)
Lay Catholics organize march against graft in DR Congo
(Mélinée Le Priol (with Le Monde), La Croix International)
The Pact of the Catacombs (Domitlla): A poor servant Church
Synod on Amazon renews Catacomb Pact
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)
Focus more on peace, not power-sharing, say South Sudan bishops
(Catholic News Service)
What a withdrawal from Afghanistan would look like: Learning to live with the Taliban rule
(Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs)
What is the effect of Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring on Lebanon?
(Michal Kranz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Why Trump’s sanctions failed to shock Turkey’s economy
(Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Who betrayed Syria’s Kurds?
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Syrian democratic forces commander says Turkey violated the ceasefire order
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Turkey, aggression, and the right to life under the ECHR
(Adil Ahmad Haque, EJIL: Talk!)
Turkey, aggression, and the right to life under the ECHR: A reaction to Professor Haque’s post
(Pavle Kilibarda, EJIL: Talk!)
Russia's historical mission is to keep Europe from breaking away from the Christian tradition - Foreign Intelligence Service chief
(Interfax-Religion)
Yes, Russian interests in Syria are political, but there are centuries of religious ties as well
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Monday, 21 October 2019
FoRB on the Frontlines: “If I can kill a priest then I can kill anyone”
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
UAE to begin Iraqi church restoration
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
As synod deliberates, vandals dump controversial indigenous carving into the Tiber
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Religious violence in Bangladesh leaves 4 dead, dozens injured
(Daily Star, Asia News Network)
Transgender cyclist wins femal cycling world championship
(Tobias Hoonhout, National Review)
Ayodhya: How Rajiv Gandhi’s plan to use the Ram temple for the Congress party came undone
(Zoya Hasan, Scroll.in India)
There is no room in Islam for clerics who abuse women—not in Iraq, not anywhere
(Mohammed Al-Hilli, Newsweek Opinion)
Longer jail time asked for Jehovah's Witness in Siberia
(Taiga.info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Nineteen Jehovah's Witnesses' homes penetrated
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Rights activist points to plan to destroy Jehovah's Witnesses
(Svetlana Kravchenko, Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Hong Kong’s spiritual battle: With parishioners split over politics, pastors try to keep churches together.
(Jillian Kay Melchior, The Wall Street Journal (Opinion))
Mexican bishops call for peace, conversion amid growing violence
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Lebanon’s Catholic patriarchs support protesters seeking economic reforms
(Catholic News Service)
Hong Kong leaders apologize for water cannon use at mosque
(Kelvin Chan, Associated Press)
Library removes Sikh memorial after criticism from India
(Associated Press)
Religious freedom and security as mutually reinforcing objectives: Reflections on the new OSCE/ODIHR policy guidance
(Dmytro Vovk, Jeroen Temperman, Mine Yildirim, Asma Uddin, Peter Weiderub, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Can you protect religious minorities and still withdraw from Syria? A story of life and death
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, due NOW! Artificial Intelligence and Religion – AIR2020
(International Conference, 3-5 March 2020, Centre for Religious Studies Centre for Information and Communication Technology Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento)
Pope affirms Catholic Church’s duty to indigenous Amazonians hurt by climate change
(Vincent J. Miller, The Conversation)
Japan funding for imperial ceremonies sparks rare dissent
(Asia One)
World Evangelical Association deeply concerned at suffering of vulnerable, including Christians, on Syria-Turkey border
(Ecumenical News)
Christians, Hindus must show world peace is possible, official says
(Catholic News Service)
Emerging from Isis genocide, Yazidis in Armenia open religion’s biggest ever temple
(Independent)
China demolishes 3,000-seat megachurch during worship service
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Coptic Christians in Egypt fear martyrs are being forgotten
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hindu exremists, police shut down worship services in Uttat Pradesh, India
(Morningstar News)
Hong Kong court rules against same-sex unions
(Tiffany May and Gerry Mullany, The New York Times)
Melbourne Anglicans find regional same-sex blessings move ‘profoundly disappointing'
(SBS News)
Decision time begins for Amazon bishops as synod enters final week
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Study: Religious attendance flatlining, but giving remains strong
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Syria crisis tests Trump’s global religious freedom vows
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Some US forces to remain in northeastern Syria, SDF sources say
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Bishop warns of mass exodus of Christians in Syria
(Heather Preston, Premier)
More than 1 billion people celebrate on Diwali. What does it mean to them?
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)
Muslim-majority UAE commits to rebuilding 2 churches destroyed by ISIS in Iraq
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Nine Iranian Christians sentenced to five year imprisonment
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
I, Pastafari: we all have something to learn from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
(Tony Meacham, The Conversation)
The myth of the Secular: Religion, war, and politics in the twentieth century
(Walter A. McDougall, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
On World Mission Day, pope urges Catholics to share Christ's love with all
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Christian leaders in Pakistan express concern over increased violence
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Who are the Kurdish people in Syria being attacked by Turkey?
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Live updates: Syria Kurds begin withdrawing from Turkish border
(Haaretz, DPA, The Associated Press and Reuters, Haaretz)
African students excluded from China’s churches
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Adult illiteracy is holding back progress in Madagascar, Catholic charity says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Millions march in Iraq in annual Arbaeen Shiite pilgrimage
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Hadi Mizban, Associated Press)
Architect of UN’s first anti-Semitism report says it is ‘long overdue’ (Podcast)
(Times of Israel)
Christian tourists warned to not display Bibles in Saudi Arabia
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
'Sad day' in Algeria as officials seal buildings of country's largest churches
(Christian Headlines)
Franklin Graham says he won’t second guess Trump on Syria
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
As Angola drought continues, Catholic Church calls for emergency declaration
(Catholic News Agency)
UN set to elect slave state to human rights council
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
In India, a long-running religious fight nears a crucial day in court
(Stratfor)
Hong Kong court says redefining marriage is beyond its authority
(Catholic News Agency)
Mexican diocese prays for peace as capture, release of El Chapo's son sparks violence
(Catholic News Agency)
India’s court ends hearings in Hindu-Muslim temple dispute
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Court in India reduces power of ecclesiastical courts in Goa
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
After call from Indian official, library pulls Sikh ‘genocide’ memorial
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Indonesia’s Christian minority region resists Halal tourism
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Bishops in Middle East urge prayer for northern Syria
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Pakistani Christian children given Islamic name to avoid abuse
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Leader of Russian nationalist forum rejects western democratic values
(Interfax-Religion)
Vatican denies Indian nun's appeal of dismissal from religious life for disobedience
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Moroccan king pardons woman who procured abortion, those who participated
(Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 18 October 2019
Egyptian church burned, faces potential rebuild barriers
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Sudan rebels and government meet in first round peace talks
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
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