Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 28 March 2019
Moscow press conference regarding Jehovah's Witnesses
(Rosbalt, Russia Religion News)
Efforts build to repeal Uruguay's controversial transgender law
(Catholic News Agency)
Top Chinese leader says crackdown on Uighur Muslims must continue
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
China’s Guangzhou encourages citizens to report ‘illegal religious activities’
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
China bans 1,000-member church in Beijing, demands members vow not to attend
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Pakistan’s major problem with kidnappings and forced conversions to Islam
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Church leaders in Mali condemn massive attack on Fulani tribesman
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Russian activist: Open probe into Jehovah’s Witness abuse
(Associated Press)
Past tragedies create tension for Pakistani Christians celebrating Lent
(International Christian Concern)
How the White House is courting evangelicals on its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Egyptian seminary renews its claim as arbiter of Islam’s true meaning
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El-Tohamy, Religion News Service)
A startup factory helps African nuns spread the word on social enterprise
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
For Israeli lunar lander, faith provides inspiration and challenges
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
In Mexico, modern witches celebrate ancient rites of spring
(Irving Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)
Muslim from Canada and Indian Christian share sun rising over Lake Geneva praying together
(Ecumenical News)
Quebec to ban public sector employees from wearing religious symbols
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Quebec to ban public workers from wearing religious symbols
(Julie Gordon, Reuters)
Quebec bill bans religious symbols such as kippahs
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Quebec to ban public employees from wearing religious symbols
(The Guardian)
Mike Pompeo urges China to immediately halt detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
China & UN: What if Nazi Germany’s human rights record had been reviewed by the UN?
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Vietnam’s Hmong Christians are persecuted for their beliefs. Why does their faith make the government so uneasy?
(Josep Prat, South China Morning Post)
Kiev court throws out claim re president lacking powers to seek tomos from Constantinople
(Interfax-Religion)
Another prosecution of protestants for sharing their religion
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Pope’s visit to Morocco shows ‘Christians and Muslims are not enemies’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Amnesty slams Brunei’s new ‘vicious’ Islamic criminal laws
(Associated Press)
Chile court orders Catholic Church to compensate victims
(Associated Press)
Human Rights Council extends Dr Shaheed's mandate
(Ahmed Aiham, The Edition)
Gravestones are mockingly vandalized, and those left behind mourn a second time
(Matt A. Hanson, Forward)
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
President Nelson's wife describes revelations leading to the drop of 'Mormon' moniker
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
After Christchurch, here's how we can end hate speech and Islamophobia
(Osama Bhutta, TIME)
Christchurch attack: Al Noor mosque handed back to Muslim community
(Charles Anderson, The Guardian)
The Canadian Council of Christian Charities has warned Parliament that undermining tax exemptions of religious institutions will severely hamper the country’s giving sector
(Daniel Proussalidis, Convivium)
How we handle scandal
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
Protestant attorney warns about religious persecution
(Znak, Russia Religion News)
The end of an era? The abuse crisis redefines church sovereignty
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Pakistan places 2 Hindu girls in protection after conversion
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
After cyclone disaster, church organizations mobilize to help devastated Africans
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The Church of Almighty God members detail arrests in China, seek asylum
(Thomas Maresca, Religion News Service)
‘Just fall that is all’: A look at Sudan’s protests, why now and what next?
(Mohaned Mustafa El-Nour, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Pope Francis calls on City of Rome to be welcoming to immigrants
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 25 March 2019
Moroccan Court acquits man accused of proselytizing
(Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, La Croix International)
Raising religion [the Russian Orthodox Church]
(Beverly Brown, Harvard Political Review)
Wave of arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russian Far East
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Neglected victims of persecution
(Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, The Conversation)
UOC sues Ukrainian culture ministry over name change
(Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan Onufry calls on Poroshenko to put end to takeovers of UOC churches
(Interfax-Religion)
Girls can retain religion as Pak law does not approve marriage of minors: Lawyer
(Yudhvir Rana, Times of India)
Vatican negotiator reveals decades-long path to China deal
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Love Allah, love China
(Liwei Wu, Foreign Policy)
China's Muslim gulag is tough to cover, but a few reporters aren't giving up
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Catholic diocese in Colombia has served 1 million meals to Venezuelan migrants
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
'End Times' thinking: Do biblical prophecies explain why so many evangelicals back Israel?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Russia: Obstructions to Protestant theological education "systemic, intentional"?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Philippine president says he will ‘really kill’ molesting priests
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nearly 2 million attend March for Life in Argentina
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Secularism isn’t the answer to Islamic extremism, but arguably its cause
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Erdogan proposal to make Hagia Sophia a mosque irks Greece
(Associated Press)
Human Rights Courts as Norm-Brokers (Abstract)
(Michael Hamilton Antoine Buyse, Human Rights Law Review)
The Round-Up: Christchurch, Islamophobia, Home Office Failures and Modern Slavery
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)
Church leadership in India calls for followers to pray for peaceful elections
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Vatican celebrates day of remembrance for martyrs
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
The Islamic state is officially defeated
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Montreal to take down 80-year-old crucifix from city chambers
(Martin Patriquin, The Guardian)
Pope Francis has refused the resignation of a convicted cardinal
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
New Zealand school bans hijab
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
World Help facilitating aid to help Zimbabwe recover in aftermath of devastating Cyclone Idai
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Conservative United Methodists gearing up for church court battle over ‘Traditional Plan’
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Christian genocide in Nigeria: 5 facts you need to know
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Catholics bring pro-life voices to the UN Commission for Women
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Bethlehem nuns prepare for court hearing
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Mexico president asks Spain, Pope to apologize for conquest
(Maria Verza, Associated Press)
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Interview: Azza Karam on UN Taskforce on Religion
(Religion & Diplomacy)
International conference on the SDGs: Listening to the cry of the earth and of the poor
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Islam, the West and the far right: Finding a new equilibrium after Christchurch won’t be easy
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Bloodshed in the headlines: What is the current world situation with religious persecution?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)
Islamic State group claims Kabul attack on Shiite shrine
(Associated Press)
Vietnam orders monks to stop profiting from karma rituals
(Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: More raids on worship, fines
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Friday, 22 March 2019
SDF commander lays out conditions for reconciliation with Damascus
(Al-Monitor)
Turkish intervention could trigger Syria's 'second great war'
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Some Palestinians worry Saudis reconciling with Israel
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Israeli court closes holy site flashpoint, goads Jordan to respond
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Desperate Israeli Labor yells Mizrahi discrimination
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iraqi controversy over the return of Sunni figures accused of terrorism
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Is Tehran trying to distance Qasem Soleimani from Iraq?
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
US evangelical leaders met, prayed with Brazil’s conservative President Bolsonaro
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Civil disobedience is a fundamental right, says Venezuelan cardinal
(Catholic News Agency)
In Edmonton, growth puts pressure on Catholic school enrollment
(Catholic News Agency)
It’s been a week since the New Zealand attack. Our leaders have a choice to make
(Shaun Kennedy, Religion News Service)
Egypt begins societal debate on constitutional changes
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Boko Haram violence In Adamawa state
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Six reasons why experts are arguing for and against the electoral college
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
150-year-old Bible survives 2 church fires: ‘A great testament to our faith’
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Police in India file charges against pastors for refuting false account of attack, sources say
(Christian Headlines)
Sikhs celebrate Hola Mohalla
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Jewish celebration of Purim
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Rabbis express concern about excesses of Purim celebrations
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
4 facts about religion in New Zealand
(Katayoun Kishi, Stephanie Kramer, Joey Marshall and Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
How this city became Israel’s model of Jewish religious tolerance
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
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