Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 23 August 2019
Opinion: Cardinal Pell is innocent. Those who persecute him are not
(Michael Warren Davis, Crisis Magazine - A Voice for the faithful Christian Laity)
Pell verdict an emotional, polarizing case for Australians
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Anti-Pell vandalism at campus of Australian Catholic University
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Australian prison chaplain nervous about cardinal inmate
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Five reasons the world needs a wake-up call on religious persecution
(Ewelina Ochab, The Conversation)
Australian pro-life leaders organize to block bill legalizing abortion
(Catherine Sheehan, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Iraqi church formerly defaced by IS is rededicated as the tyrannical groups shows signs of stirring again
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Bulgaria and Jordan will deepen their cooperation in the security, counter radicalization and rerrorism fields
(novinite.com)
Ukrainian government adds bureaucracy to oversee religion
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
The West is repurposing religion toward nationalist aims
(Matthew McManus, Arc)
South Africa’s bishops continue to fight country’s AIDS crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
As Trump questions loyalty of US Jews, Israeli PM is quiet
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
New global study: Do religious freedom and LGBT rights have common ground?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Cardinal Pell loses his appeal against conviction for child abuse
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Japanese bishop calls on government to do more in trade spat with S. Korea
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistan’s religious minorities ask government for protection and rights
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)
Australian court upholds Cardinal Pell child sex convictions
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
China releases Early Rain Covenant Church elder 8 months after arrest; pastor still jailed
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
If China prevails in Hong Kong, religious freedom could be the first right to disappear
(Mary Vought, USA Today)
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
A new book on the Islamic State
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate
(Abdel Bari Atwan, University of California Press)
Young activists push interfaith gathering to act on climate change, justice
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom: can the PM stay true to his word?
(Kevin Donnelly, Catholic Weekly)
Will France foil Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to take over?
(Hanan Fayed, Egypt Today)
Pro-choice doctor on abortion and Israeli law: In this case, the story is complicated
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Al-Assad asks for Russian language teachers in Syria to counter Western culture and Wahhabism - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)
Reports about Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses go to trial after more than a year in pretrial custody
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
It's time to fight for global religious freedom
(Jacek Czaputowicz, National Interest)
Why do terrorists attack places of worship?
(Deutsche Welle)
Cameroon bishop: ‘I am not safe’ after speaking out against conflict
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How to avoid religious crisis, by experts
(Omolara Akintoye, The Nation)
Ukraine has made a great contribution to combating antisemitism - Netanyahu
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian customs finds Jehovah's Witnesses' literature on traveler
(Yaromir Romanov, Znak)
Half dozen Jehovah's Witnesses confined while awaiting trial in Smolensk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Pentecostals complain of national campaign against them
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal turned down by Supreme Court of Dagestan
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)
Greek Orthodox bishop convicted of hate speech resigns
(Demetris Nellas, Associated Press)
Jordan summons Israeli envoy over holy site clashes
(Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: Years of intrusive questioning
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
A look at the Islamic State affiliate’s rise in Afghanistan
(Associated Press)
How Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists fell from power to persecution
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Religion News Service Opinion (the Conversation))
Australia: Religion 'shield' laws to be revealed soon
(Paul Osborne, 7 News)
Coalition stops short of 'licence to discriminate' in religious freedom bill
(Sarah Martin and Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
Churches, same-sex ministries and the law
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Churches, same-sex ministries and the law: discrimination and religious freedom (full text)
(Neil Foster, Associate Professor, Newcastle Law School, Liberty Christian Ministries Inc, Elective Seminar)
Bibles are excluded from tariffs on Chinese goods
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bibles escape Trump’s tariff fight with China
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
Monday, 19 August 2019
The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there
(Hadeel Al-Alosi, The Conversation)
Kazakhstan: Serikzhan Bilash free but silenced
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Indonesian students seek govt OK to fight extremism
(UCA News)
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Four million Indians in one state risk being denied citizenship. Most are Muslims
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar, The New York Times)
Jehovah's Witnesses get official audience for their torture claims
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
USCIRF applauds sanctions on Salah Gosh for gross human rights violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UN envoy appreciates govt’s efforts to guarantee safety following Easter attacks
(Ada Derana)
Friday, 16 August 2019
What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?
(Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation)
Argument: A generation of girls is missing in India
(Ira Trivedi, Foreign Policy)
Nigeria's child veterans are still living a nightmare
(Audu Bulama Bukarti, Foreign Policy)
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Malaysia to question Indian Islamic preacher over remarks on religion
(Reuters)
Young voters care about abortion policy. Argentine politicians are ignoring them.
(Ana Ionova, Foreign Policy)
Georgia: Who needs a religion law?
(Mariam Gavtadze, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witness awaits verdict in Khabarovsk court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Turkish government clamps down on liberal imams
(Burcu Karakas, Deutsche Welle)
Israel bars entry to outspoken US congresswomen
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
‘A dormant volcano’: Kashmir’s streets are quiet, but residents seethe with resentment
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Troops let Muslims go to mosques in locked-down Kashmir
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Modi’s Hindu vision of India sees smooth passage on Kashmir
(Amrit Dhillon, Associated Press)
Captured ISIS fighters get short sentences and art therapy in Syria
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Modi ushers in a new intolerant India and revokes multicultural democracy
(Reeta Tremblay, The Conversation)
Explaining ‘Rakshabandhan’ – a Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief to visit Sri Lanka
(MENAFN)
USCIRF Commissioner Tenzin Dorjee calls for release of religious prisoner of conscience Gulmira Imin
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF statement on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF applauds announced changes to Saudi male guardianship system
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Lawyers commenting on NSW abortion law changes
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Quebec's totalitarian moment and lost of Catholic culture
(Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, The Catholic Thing)
Quebec’s Bill 21 and the enforcement of ‘liberal values’
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Podcast: India and Pakistan clash in Kashmir, the most dangerous place in the world
(Dorothy Wickendon, The New Yorker)
Kashmir curfew partially eased for prayers amid lockdown
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
As China cracks down on Uighurs, a Uighur American joins the White House
(Amy Mackinnon and Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Malaysia ministers want Muslim preacher Zakir Naik expelled
(Al Jazeera)
Melbourne archbishop ready to defy law over seal of confession
(Catholic News Agency)
Archbishop says prison preferable to complying with child abuse confession law
(Lisa Martin, The Guardian)
An openly gay candidate is running for president in Tunisia, a milestone for the Arab world
(Claire Parker, The Washington Post)
Spot the news here: First openly gay presidential candidate in 'Arab' or 'Muslim' world?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Over 60% of Russians identify as Orthodox, 1 out of every 6 is atheist - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Scholars declare Jehovah's Witnesses' biblical citation extremism
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
African bishop: Church must work to end violence against albinos
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
As Amazon synod approaches, new focus given to indigenous rights
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jordan halts film that refers to historical Jewish presence
(Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press)
New survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after Christchurch shootings
(Simon Chapple, The Conversation)
Khmer Rouge genocide: Nuon Chea’s death has major implications for justice in Cambodia
(Rachel Killean and Peter Manning, The Conversation)
Religious feast highlights interfaith unity in Senegal
(Qantara.de)
Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?
(Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Howrah protest linked to rate card, not religion: Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal
(Live Mint)
Rather die than prove my religion before entering temple: Mamata Banerjee
(NDTV)
US asks Palestinians to explain hate speech, antisemitism
(Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post)
Nizhny Novgorod Jehovah's Witnesses lose court appeal
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
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