Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 4 March 2019
Kazakhstan: One city, two raids, three fines
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sunday, 3 March 2019
Why does the Catholic Church keep failing on sexual abuse?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Saturday, 2 March 2019
The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Believers resist joining state-approved churches (video)
(Yang Xiangwen, Bitter Winter)
Global Muslim body urges India, Pakistan to talk
(Associated Press)
Muslim amateur women boxers can now wear Hijabs
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Friday, 1 March 2019
India’s general election: the politics of religious conversion in pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Unity among Cuban Christians unprecedented following constitutional vote
(World Watch Monitor)
Holy See supports efforts to end conflicts in Africa
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Assisted dying can be “inhumane”, experts claim
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
At least 40 Christians killed in two attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria
(Morning Star News)
India sees rise in public lynchings of Christians
(National Catholic Register)
Five Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Lenin's birthplace
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Where is American Christian outrage on Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses?
(Rebecca Moore, Religion Dispatches (via Rewire.News))
British Broadcasting Company highlights Jehovah's Witnesses
(BBC Russian Service, Russia Religion News)
Persecutors pile on Jehovah’s Witnesses, in Russia and worldwide
(Doug Bandow, National Review)
Church leaders in India, Pakistan call for peace in South Asia
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest under siege in battle over Venezuela’s political soul
(Scott Smith, Associated Press)
Canadian suit challenges failure of Hasidic schools to follow provincial curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attempts fo address the issue of foreign terrorist fighters continue
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Philippine Christian groups accused of being Communist fronts
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Pakistani Christian refugees subjected to unfair treatment by UN
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Buhari announced as winner of Nigerian presidential elections
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Human rights discussion again missing at Trump-Kim summit
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Tajikistan’s religious regulations leaves little room for country’s Christian community
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Sudan council of churches holds workshop on religious freedom
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Islamic Regime initiates wave of persecution against Rasht’s church of Iran
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Syrian militants attack Christian city of Mhardeh — again
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
NGO report shows continued discrimination and violations in Sudan
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be indicted for bribery, breach of trust
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
United Methodists pass Traditional Plan, keep ban on LGBTQ clergy, same-sex marriage
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
‘In this to the end’: LGBT United Methodists express hurt, hope after vote
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Somali sheikh leads a seven-year campaign to end female genital mutilation
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Jewish youth organization nabs $25 million gift to help empower young women
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Methodists vote to keep ban on same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Cardinal Pell story is an extremely tangled web, but readers need alternative media to know that
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Reporting on Cardinal Pell conviction is examined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The abuses in Chile were not stopped in time because “in institutional terms, the Chilean Church was not prepared,” says Monsignor Fernando Ramos
(Rosa die Alcolea, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Kazakhstan: Germany rejects extradition request
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
500 religious groups, leaders seek end to ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
(Catholic News Service)
Ex-Hasidic couple's battle with Quebec government over education to go to trial
(Benjamin Shingler, CBC News)
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Opinion: Rome has spoken and Rome is finished: The Vatican’s sexual abuse summit ‘failed miserably’
(Mary Hunt, Religion Dispatches (via Rewire.News))
Pope encourages joint community service by rabbis, parish priests
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
90 years after Lateran Pacts, ties between Italy and Vatican still tense
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Words can incite and spread violence – and Asia Bibi knows it best
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Why have faith now? 'Nothing man-made can ever approach what God can do for His children.'
(Russell M. Nelson, The Arizona Republic Opinion)
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Photos of the week
(Religion News Service)
Indonesia, Google and the Surveillance State
(Paul Marshall, Religious Freedom Institute)
European court acts fast on Jehovah's Witnesses' report about torture
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Greek court refuses to extradite dissident to Iran
(Associated Press)
USCIRF urges President Trump to address religious freedom abuses in North Korea
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
South Africa: Prophet slapped with lawsuit for resurrection hoax
(Khaya Koko, The Star)
In South Africa, funeral homes sue church over fake resurrection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Will terrorism continue to decline in 2019?
(Gary LaFree, The Conversation)
Cuba expands rights but rejects radical change in updated constitution
(Maria Isabel Alfonso, The Conversation)
Kazakhstan: 19 years' jail to follow forcible return?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Public schools of Ukraine will study history of new church
(Interfax-Religion)
India’s Hindu nationalists vow to restore deity’s birthplace to former glory
(Religion News Service)
Australian Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sex abuse
(Richard Gonzales, National Public Radio)
Australian court convicts Cardinal Pell on child sex abuse charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sexual abuse in the church: The downfall of Cardinal George Pell
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russian Orthodox Church Synod calls on Ukrainian govt to cease persecution of canonical Сhurch's followers
(Interfax-Religion)
Venezuela bishops demand that Maduro allow foreign aid, end violence
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Attack on Argentine chief rabbi raises fear of anti-Semitism
(Almudena Calatrava, Associated Press)
Ex-Muslim rebels now governing volatile Philippine region
(Associated Press)
USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore calls on Pakistan to release prisoner of conscience Abdul Shakoor
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US religious freedom envoy: Pakistan has ‘desire to change’
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)
Egypt’s president says he will provide synagogues if a Jewish community re-emerges there
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Egypt will build synagogues for any resurgent Jewish community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rohingya: killings should remind all nations of their responsibility to protect victims of mass atrocity crimes
(Maria Jellinek, The Conversation)
Religiosity, risky behaviour and young people: a South African case study
(Joel Msafiri Franci and Neo Morojele, The Conversation)
Why ‘money’ gospel followers aren’t simply credulous dupes
(Ilana van Wyk, The Conversation)
Moral education protects kids from extremism, says expert
(Ismail Sebugwaawo, Khaleej Times)
Cornerstone Forum: Considering the Religious Dimensions of the Conflict in Ukraine
(Andrew Bennett, Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Andriy Chirovsky, Charles North, Religious Freedom Institute)
Monday, 25 February 2019
Karekin II, Aram I meet with Pashinyan to discuss ‘national agenda’
(The Armenian Weekly)
Post-Ruddock Report developments
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Brazil’s conservative government is resurrecting pro-Christian legislation
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist, Patheos blog)
Australia: Seven religions hold event for religious freedom, peace
(The Nation)
Religious freedom in Islam?
(Daniel Philpott, Volokh Conspiracy)
Turkey urges China to protect religious freedom in Xinjiang
(Al Jazeera)
Religious violence is on the rise. What can faith-based communities do about it?
(Robert Muggah and Ali Velshi, World Economic Forum)
How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices
(Afef Abrougui, Global Voices)
With open alms: Care for migrants is changing the world of religion
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jehovah's Witness loses his job
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News)
Misunderstandings hinder parishes joining new Ukrainian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Israel briefly detains senior Muslim official in Jerusalem
(Associated Press)
Pope Francis addresses bishops' summit on protection of minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Explainer: what’s at stake in Kenyan court case on gay rights
(Adriaan van Klinken, The Conversation)
‘The inherent dignity of every human being must be firmly placed at the center of our reflection and action’
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Sunday, 24 February 2019
Saying It Is time to eradicate abuse and cover up, Pope reminds Lord’s words saying those who harm little ones would be better off being drowned in the depths of the sea
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Saturday, 23 February 2019
Human Rights Council's 40th Session: Priorities to protect free expression
(Article 19)
How the rule of the rabbis is fueling a holy war in Israel
(Jonathan Cook, Antiwar.com)
Religious leaders in Cuba outspoken and critical of proposed constitution
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Journalist Valentina Alazraki urges bishops to reject secrecy
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Archbishop Jędraszewski: Process of purifying Church radically began with St. John Paul II
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
With accountability demanded at day two of summit for the protection of minors, Pope appeals for valuing women as ‘the Church’
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
At sex abuse summit, Catholic bishops tangle with details
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
At Vatican summit, talk of destroyed files riles bishops’ critics
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Why the Catholic Church needs a Eucharistic response to the sex abuse scandals
(Daniel Philpott, America: The Jesuit Review)
Why Catholic moral theology is a sign of hope in today’s church
(Bill McCormick, S.J., America: The Jesuit Review)
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