Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Regulating Religion in Asia: Norms, Modes, and Challenges
(Jaclyn L. Neo, Arif A. Jamal, Daniel P. S. Goh, eds., Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core))
Turkey: Erdogan calls for annulment of Istanbul election
(Eurasia Review)
President Buhari announces plans to restore Fulani grazing routes
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Philippines anticipates Holy Week with heightened security
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Faith-driven pursuit of democracy leads to jail in Hong Kong
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Iran stumping for support among Iraqi tribal sheikhs
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Egypt to amend controversial NGO law as Sisi visits Washington
(Walt Curnow, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Blue and White ignored Israeli Arab vote at own peril
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Protests drag on as Algerians demand real change
(Simon Speakman Cordall, Al-Monitor)
How Netanyahu’s win could further polarize American Jews
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
India’s Hindu prime minister touts hometown’s Buddhist links as vote nears
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
Learning how to mourn among the Maya
(Julia Lieblich, Religion News Service)
As Venezuela refugee crisis builds, Church struggles to carry out pope’s call
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Close vote in Israel extends tiny ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties’ outsized sway
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Pakistan will restore and return 400 Hindu temples
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Australian pro-lifers lose challenge to abortion clinic buffer zones
(Catholic News Agency)
In the world’s biggest election, India’s Modi pushes fear over hope
(Joanna Slater, The Washington Post)
Religious nationalism and India's future
(Milan Vaishnav, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Why giant statues of Hindu gods and leaders are making Muslims in India nervous
(Indulata Prasad, The Conversation)
Islamic State: the ‘caliphate’ is off the map for now, but will evolve in dangerous ways
(Harout Akdedian, The Conversation)
Malaysian minister meets Myanmar interfaith leaders over Rohingya
(John Zaw, UCA News)
South Africa : interfaith leaders commit to societal renewal
(African Daily Voice)
Japan Catholic Church to begin investigating sex abuse cases
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
Quebec's ban on religious symbols 4.0
(Matt Sheedy, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Far from the crumbling caliphate but haunted by ISIS: Yazidi refugees in Canada live with profound and persistent trauma — and they fear for their families still in Iraq and Syria
(Emily Rauhala and Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post)
People can call police if secular dress code not adhered to, Quebec Public Security Minister says
(Le Perreaux, The Globe and Mail)
China’s crackdown on Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Lindsay Maizland, Council on Foreign Relations)
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Religious pluralism off the table after Haredi electoral success - analysis
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Foreign Minister: Bulgaria gave clear signal to Turkey over Çavuşoğlu statement on religions law
(Sofia Globe)
Donbas: Luhansk: Orthodox cathedral, more Protestant churches raided
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Tajik court sentences former functionary of prohibited Islamic party to 15 years in prison
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Baptists defend their rights
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Spike in anti-Semitic vandalism: What you need to know
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Peruvian journalist threatened with second criminal defamation charge
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious leaders in Philippines condemn ‘red tagging’ rural missionary group
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Radical transgender rights overhaul passes into law in Tasmania
(Matthew Denholm, The Australian)
Israeli civil rights group negotiates settlement with Airbnb to retract policy of redlining of Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria region, resolving federal lawsuit brought by Jewish-American property owners
(Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center)
In settlement Airbnb agrees to allow listing of West Bank properties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
High Court upholds abortion buffer zone laws
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Crosses desecrated at Christian cemetery in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Turkey’s repeated airstrikes force Christian villagers in Iraq to flee
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Shaanxi government plans to demolish more churches
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Pakistani minorities call for legislation to combat increased forced conversions
(International Christian Concern)
Indonesian woman loses Supreme Court appeal over blasphemy conviction
(Catholic News Agency)
Next task for pope's cardinal advisors: Women's leadership in the Vatican
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
South Korea's abortion ban could be overturned this week
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
LDS President pleads for all to know God because "time is running out"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Iraqi atheists forced to hide their beliefs as Shite and Sunni fight for control
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Imam in eastern Uganda faces wrath of Muslims after putting faith in Christ
(Christian Headlines)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins re-election despite pending criminal indictment
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Argentine teachers give students Easter eggs with pro-abortion slogans on them
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
The International Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief: Sketching the Contours of Common Framework
(Marie Juul Petersen and Katherine Marshall, The Danish Institute for Human Rights)
Mexico’s culture of impunity part 1: Mediation in lieu of justice
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
India: Christians look to Supreme Court for religious freedom
(Eurasia News)
Eastern vs. Western Christianity on church & state
(Gene Veith, Patheos)
World churches body raises awareness about impact of Cyclone Idai on Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Bulgaria postpones visit by Turkish Foreign Minister over religions law row
(Sofia Globe)
Key question: Can American Jews vote in Israel's high-stakes balloting for prime minister?
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Passover to prevent Jews from voting on April 21 "before star-rise" - Ukraine's chief rabbi
(Interfax-Religion)
Kiev court finds involuntary renaming of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to be unlawful
(Interfax-Religion)
Speaker of Ukrainian legislature challenges court action
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury to host retreat for South Sudan’s leaders
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
USCIRF Commissioners adopt American pastor David Lin through the Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Horse stabbing denied: Police search for satanic documents
(George Block, Otago Times)
Philippine Catholic clergy say they've received death threats
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Let the children be Yazidis
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Sikhs to plant one mission trees to celebrate 550th birthday of Guru Nanak
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
In Québec, Christian liberalism becomes the religious authority
(Hannah Dick, Religion News Service)
Monday, 8 April 2019
Indian Christians look to Supreme Court for religious freedom
(UCA News)
Don’t blame Sharia for Islamic extremism – blame colonialism
(Mark Fathi Massoud, conver)
Islands, churches and partition: The uneasy co-existence of national struggles and conservative clerics
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Beautification works, dismantling of illegally erected crosses underway at Kuropaty
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses charged with crime of financing extremism
(Vremya Birobidzhana, Russia Religion News)
Rights advocates demonstrate for Jehovah's Witnesses
(OVD-Info, Russia Religion News)
Religious free speech after Ruddock
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Just war vs. responsibility to protect: The ethics of military intervention
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Dozens protest in London against Brunei’s anti-gay laws
(Associated Press)
India’s leader rallies his base with Hindu mega projects
(Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
Ardern names judge to head royal inquiry into mosque attack
(Associated Press)
Christians combat depression and suicide too; pastors and ministers share how they get through
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
Pope’s Via Crucis to highlight suffering of trafficked people
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Conversion requires a resolve to sin no more
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Cattle paid to South Sudan families after girls died in Catholic school fire
(Catholic News Agency)
Christian activist fined $55,000 for calling transgender woman a biological male
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Hamas leader says 'Israel will suffer' if war breaks out in the Gaza strip
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Police responsible for disappearance of pastor in Malaysia, Rights Commission concludes
(Christian Headlines)
Quebec's new law forbids religious symbols to be worn by public workers
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Friday, 5 April 2019
HRWF FoRB and Blasphemy Prisoners Database - updated 1 April 2019
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iraq's atheists go underground as Sunni, Shiite hard-liners dominate
(F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News)
The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, power and hard-line Islam
(Alan Yuhas, The New York Times)
The uses and abuses of the e-word: Authoritarians worldwide define religions they don’t like as extremist
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Moscow Pentecostals win appeal against meeting ban
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Malaysia won’t join ICC over pressure from Muslim opposition
(Associated Press)
Pope’s Good Friday meditation to focus on human trafficking
(Associated Press)
“Religion in the Modern World”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Montreal teachers vow to ignore 'stupid, wrongheaded' religious symbols ban
(Martin Patriquin, The Guardian)
Thursday, 4 April 2019
Religion and the race for the Knesset
(Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
Religious communities in Russia begin joint efforts for restoring schools in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
Rabbi Lazar thanks Putin for his help in returning home Israeli soldier's remnants
(Interfax-Religion)
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