Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 18 April 2019
FSB director says concerned about anti-Islamic terrorism, psycho killers
(Interfax-Religion)
Rwandan bishops apologize for letter urging release of old, ill convicts
(Catholic News Service)
Bolivia finally gives Evangelicals the same rights as Catholics
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Kazakhstan: 18 prisoners of conscience, 11 restricted freedom sentences
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Religious extremists exploit blasphemy laws in Indonesian election, says USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
(Mandy Truong, Bianca Calabria, Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, and Naomi Priest, The Conversation)
Education and religion to fight IS mentality in Anbar
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)
Religious freedom is for all or it will be for none
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Post)
Bulgarian Council of Ministers allocated additional BGN 800 000 for the reception of Pope Francis in Bulgaria
(novinite.com)
Infamous Russian anti-Cultist Alexandr Dworkin again charged with defamation
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
There is ‘hope’ for Sudan’s Christians after al-Bashir’s ouster, advocate says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Morocco is a trove of Jewish history if you know where to go
(Leanne Italie, Associated Press)
Rabbi Yoshiahu Pinto appointed Morocco's chief rabbinical judge
(Arutz Sheva)
Morocco names Chief Rabbinical court master, ending 100 years of vacancies in the post
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indonesia elections: Personality, religion and politics
(Wesley Rahn and Hans Spross, Deutsche Welle)
Liberté against laïcité: Quebec wants to ban public servants from wearing religious clothing
(The Economist)
Pakistan cares about the rights of all Muslims—except those oppressed by its ally, China
(Maya Wang, Newsweek)
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Opinion: All men must stand and fight rising femicide
(Okore Scheaffer, Daily Nation)
Doug Bock Clark writes beautifully on a sorrowful topic in North Korean life
(Get Religion)
5 things to know about the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
(Catholic News Agency)
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
(Yonat Shimron and Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
UN says it will support France in rebuilding
(Associated Press)
If churches keep getting vandalized in France, should American news outlets cover the story?
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
Parishioners return to the restored Armenian church in Aleppo
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin offers sympathy over Notre Dame Cathedral fire, offers sending best Russian specialists to Paris – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Korean cardinal affirms Church’s abortion teaching after court decision
(Catholic News Service)
Church says government, NGOs underestimate Cameroon violence
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indian archbishop: ‘Cow vigilante’ murderers ‘brainwashed by propaganda’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistani minority Shiites end days-long protest in Quetta
(Associated Press)
Indonesia candidates: Metal fan, cleric, soldier, tycoon
(Associated Press)
Russian court grants early release to would-be IS bride
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Egypt lawmakers pass amendments now headed to referendum
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
USCIRF condemns terrorist attack on Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Muslim Family's 100 Years Service Of A Church Reflects Strong Bond Of Interfaith Harmony In Pakistan
(Fahad Shabbir, Urdu Point)
Web of hate is rooted in putting all Muslims in one category
(Moha Ennaji, The Conversation)
Brunei wants to punish gay sex with death by stoning – can boycotts stop it?
(Paula Gerber, The Conversation)
Indonesia’s election focuses on: Who will be more Islamic?
(Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times)
‘It’s going to be close’: As Indonesia heads to the polls, identity politics loom large
(Stanley Widianto and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)
Why Notre Dame Cathedral is so important to Catholics worldwide
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Kazakhstan: Muslim faces closed trial in Shymkent
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
What's at stake in Indonesia's elections? The world's third-largest democracy goes to the polls.
(Benjamin Soloway, Foreign Policy)
Indonesia’s presidential election: Is Jokowi ‘religious enough’ for conservative voters?
(Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, The Conversation)
Monday, 15 April 2019
Three dozen journalists and media companies indicted over Pell trial gag order
(Catholic News Agency)
Paris archbishop, Holy See call for prayer as Notre-Dame burns
(Catholic News Agency)
Fixing climate change will require a culture change
(Charles C. Camosy, Religion News Service)
Indian Christians express grave concerns going into national election
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Group claims Nigeria has become a war zone for Christians
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
BJP leaders incite religious nationalism as India’s holds national election
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
111 Egyptian churches receive legal status
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
North Korea celebrates the birthday of eternal president Kim Il Sung
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Is Islam receptive to religious freedom?
(Paul Marshall, Christianity Today)
Full text of Benedict XVI essay: 'The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse'
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Benedict on child abuse: A former pope blames the swinging sixties for clerical crimes
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Ex-Pope Benedict XVI writes about church's sex abuse crisis, laying blame on the sexual revolution and liberalization of church teaching
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse
(Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, The Washington Post)
Benedict’s unfortunate letter ignores the facts on the Catholic sex abuse crisis
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
Russian church meddles in Ukrainian election
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Investigation bureau pursues Jehovah's Witnesses in southern Siberia
(Website of Investigative Committee of Russia for Khakassia, Russia Religion News)
Collusion between Russian government and church
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Brief reports of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saratov, Surgut, and Khakassia
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
What faith groups have to add to debates on artificial intelligence
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Free press watchdog calls Peru prelate’s charges ‘really concerning’
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Politics and piety in Turkey
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The state of Islamisation in Turkey (Responding to: Politics and piety in Turkey)
(Gökhan Bacık, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Islamist regime and the emergence of a new secularist generation in Turkey (Responding to: Politics and piety in Turkey)
(Ahmet Kuru, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
State monopolization of religion and declining piety in Turkey (Responding to: Politics and piety in Turkey)
(Yusuf Sarfati, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Repressive religious political strategy and everyday politics in Turkey (Responding to: Politics and piety in Turkey)
(Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
AKP’s radicalization of Turkish Islam among minorities at home and the Turkish diaspora (Responding to: Politics and piety in Turkey)
(Ihsan Yilmaz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Iranian who removed headscarf sentenced to year in prison
(Associated Press)
Bishop asks Nicaraguans to ‘fight for freedom’ in speech
(Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)
Pakistan watchdog decries forced conversions, curbs on media
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Reflections on the Israel Folau affair
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Saturday, 13 April 2019
Pope kisses feet of South Sudan’s leaders to encourage peace
(Giada Zampano, Religion News Service)
Conservative rabbinical group selects new leader
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
On Vaisakhi, making the spiritual and long ago immediate and personal
(Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals issue principles on benefits, challenges of artificial intelligence
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Food deprivation, beatings and jail as Christians suffer in Jharkhand, India
(Christian Headlines)
EVENT, 12-13 April 2019: Religion and Law in North America
(Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion in Public Life, University of Alberta)
Quebec proposes ban on religious clothing for public workers
(Tracey Lindeman, Associated Press)
Friday, 12 April 2019
After a mammoth public consultation, NZ euthanasia bill hangs in the balance
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Pakistan’s Prime Minister assures that Asia Bibi will soon leave the country
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
‘I don’t want assisted suicide ads to make me feel unworthy of care’
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Is Secular Humanism a religion?
(John Staddon, Quilette)
Facing uproar, Brunei says stoning law is meant to ‘educate’ and ‘nurture’
(The New York Times)
Jewish Canadian mayor compares bill that would ban wearing religious symbols to ethnic cleansing
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Friday Five: Pope emeritus news, Beto O'Rourke's holy dirt, Israel's election, religious press awards
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
As fighting intensifies, bishop urges Filipinos in Libya to return home
(Catholic News Service)
Spy agency: Russia TV ‘demonized’ religious group in Estonia
(Associated Press)
Retired Pope Benedict weighs in on clergy sexual abuse of minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Explainer: trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings
(Kris Gledhill, The Conversation)
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Religion and education: A look inside a Pakistani madrassa
(The Economist)
How a past and (maybe) future pope are providing crucial leadership in age of Francis
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses have long wait for trial in Orenburg
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian church tries to appear politically neutral
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Uganda bans alcohol sales around martyrs shrine
(Godfrey Olukya, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
On the brink: Can Qatar overcome its contradictions?
(Thomas Albert Howard, Commonweal)
Morocco, commander of the (African) faithful?
(Sarah Alaoui, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pakistan court lets converted Hindu girls live with husbands
(Associated Press)
Pope kisses feet of South Sudan’s leaders to encourage peace
(Giada Zampano, Associated Press)
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