Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 16 February 2019
As Uighur Muslims demand video evidence of loved ones, USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee calls on China to release prisoner of conscience Gulmira Imin
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Western governments want to have more influence on Muslim practice with their own borders
(The Economist)
Where ‘religious freedom’ means avoiding a bloodbath
(Doug Bandow, The American Conservative)
Former US Archbishop dismissed from clerical state
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
McCarrick becomes most senior cleric to be defrocked over abuse scandals
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 15 February 2019
Israeli city breaks with status quo on the Sabbath
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: israel Pulse)
Archaeologists may have found the Old Testament City of Ai
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
In Haiti, bishops say country must ‘wake up’ to solve national problems
(Catholic News Agency)
South Korean bishops call for an end to the death penalty
(Catholic News Agency)
Charges filed against detained Iranian Christian
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
District Council in Pakistan votes to employ only Christians as sweepers
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
No evidence of Indonesians involved in Jolo church bombings
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Christians in India’s Uttar Pradesh state endure rising number of persecution incidents
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Priest’s kidnap four months ago still hurting community
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Coptic Christians forced to hold funeral in street
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Nigerians deeply divided by religion on key issues
(RJ Reinhart, Gallup)
Christian-Muslim tensions cast shadow over Nigerian elections
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Dozens killed in central Nigeria ahead of presidential election
(Deutsche Welle)
Central Nigeria: Overcoming dangerous speech and endemic religious divides
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Will President Buhari continue to rule Nigeria despite failing to address havoc in the Middle Belt?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Christian and Muslim leaders issue joint call for peaceful elections in Nigeria
(KAICIID, PR Newswire)
Muslims, Christians in Nigeria pray for peaceful elections, disagree over candidates
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Explainer: factors that foster conflict in Nigeria’s Kaduna state
(Damilola Agbalajobi, The Conversation)
Women wearing tefillin cause a stir in Jerusalem
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Mormon missionaries can now phone home once a week
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, Religion News Service)
Labor and religious Zionism – together again
(Amotz Asa-El, The Jerusalem Post)
Jehovah's Witnesses group shut down in Khanty-Mansiysk District
(Interfax-Religion)
Salacious new book says homosexuality is rampant at the Vatican
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
40 years later, Iran’s Islamic revolution feels threatened by house churches
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Anti-Semitism has spread through the Islamic world like a cancer
(Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post)
Religious “vilification” not unlawful in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Inside the genocide: Pray for Nigeria
(Carlie Chiesa, International Christian Concern)
Greece: Article 3 of Constitution on church-state ties to be revised
(ekathimerini.com)
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Remembering the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians murdered by Daesh
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Historical Moscow monastery that was place of torture in Soviet era now thriving theological school
(Ivars Kupcis, Ecumenical News)
Religion Watch, February 2019, Volume 34 No. 4
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Pope calls on world leaders to eradicate poverty, hunger
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Will the Pope’s Arabian adventure affect the turbulence within global Islam?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Bishop Gedeon deported from Ukraine over his appeal to U.S. Congress - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
No grounds so far to reconsider stance on Jehovah's Witnesses - Russian Justice Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
International outcry against sentencing of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Russian justice ministry shows sensitivity to sympathy for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine deports Russia-aligned priest, strips citizenship, in church rift
(Christopher Miller, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Ukraine bars entry to Russian Church-affiliated bishop
(Associated Press)
'Alien religion': Tajik customs officials burn 5,000 Baptist calendars
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Russian authorities detain three Crimean Tatars accused of being extremists
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Indonesia’s next election is in April. The Islamists have already won.
(Eka Kurniawan, The New York Times)
Senate committee report on “Religious Schools and Discrimination” bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
British court upholds conviction for holocaust denial on YouTube
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A document on human fraternity for world peace and living together
(Pope Francis and Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, Libreria Editrice Vaticana)
Herders, farmers sign peace pact in Jema’a LG
(Ahmed Ali, Daily Trust Nigeria)
Stop Friday events, it's our prayer day - Lamu Muslim leaders tell government
(Cheti Praxides, The Star Kenya)
Kazakhstan: Three years' jail, five years' religion ban
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
New Amazon documentary theorizes Jesus is actually a Greek philosopher, sparks outrage
(Sarah Martin, Christian Headlines)
Asia Bibi stuck in Pakistan, frustrated and afraid amid threats
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Imran Khan’s failing revolution
(Madiha Afzal, Foreign Affaits)
New technological developments are rapidly expanding the Bible's global reach
(Sarah Martin, Christian Headlines)
Muslim influence is declining in Turkey
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Vatican's Office of General Auditor gets new statutes
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Why some young Muslim women are leaning into arranged marriages
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Nigerian bishops beseech voters to pray for fair election
(La Croix International)
Religious tolerance in Bahrain
(Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, The Washington Times)
A clash of the sacred and the secular (In response to: Islam, blasphemy, and the East-West divide)
(Nader Hashemi, Law & Liberty)
The worrying return of anti-Semitism
(Bernard Gorce, La Croix International)
50 Ahmadiyyas injured in co-ordinated attack on the community in Pachagarh
(Sazzadur Rahman Sazzad, Dhaka Tribune)
“Situation for India’s religious minorities is at tipping point” – report
(World Watch Monitor)
Opposition delegation says Vatican supports new elections in Venezuela
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Colombian cardinal encourages humanitarian aid for Venezuelan people
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope warns Maduro that talks to end Venezuelan crisis must be serious
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church in Rwanda has ‘never stopped weeping’ since genocide, archbishop says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gay Muslim comic gone from Instagram after Indonesia warning
(Stephen Wright, Associated Press)
EVENT, 13 February 2019: Religion, Governments, and Preventing Violent Extremism: What Have We Learned?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Foreign Jews accused of illegal missionary activity
(Katerina Ivanova, Komsomolskaia Pravda)
Russian courts' ban on Jehovah's Witnesses founded - Justice Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Revision of Jehovah's Witnesses case possible in event of ECHR's decision - Lebedev
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses not persecuted for belief, penalized for illegal activity - Lebedev
(Interfax-Religion)
Opinion: Russia cannot have freedom of religion
(Alexander Soldatov, Novaia Gazeta)
Believing in Darwin: Many people still reject Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jehovah's Witnesses' situation stirs Supreme Court's attention
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Religious freedom > Trade wars
(Dan Granfield, The Bulwark)
UN committee blasts Italy for complicity in Church’s abuse scandals
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
US strikes IS-held mosque as Syria battle intensifies
(Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
After years of silence, Turkey rebukes China for mass detention of Muslim Uighurs
(Gerry Shih, The Washington Post)
She fled China's camps--but she's still not free
(Reid Standish, Foreign Policy)
For Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses and China's Uighur Muslims, politics trump religious freedom
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)
EVENT, 12 February 2019: The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs: Book Launch and Panel Discussion
(Religious Freedom Center, Washington DC)
In Malaysia, Lunar New Year keeps ethnic Chinese in touch with ancient customs
(Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service)
Year of the Pig: Is it really a problem for Muslims?
(BBC News)
Year of the Pig: in Muslim Malaysia, brands tread carefully for Chinese New Year
(Tashny Sukumaran, SCMP.com)
Monday, 11 February 2019
Pagans vs. Christians in the modern world
(Rachel Lu on book by Steven Smith, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Woman acquitted of blasphemy still can’t leave Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Pakistani authorities stopping Asia Bibi from leaving country, despite asylum offer
(Will Maule, CBNNews.com)
Asia Bibi unable to leave Pakistan after Supreme Court upheld acquittal
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Holy See receives Venezuelan opposition delegation
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Francis’s new journey to islam: a pathway to freedom?
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Globalc Justice)
ICC restores shattered church community in Nepal
(International Christian Concern)
Sheikh Abdullah tells of need for greater interfaith dialogue
(Nick Webster, The National UAE)
Mixed signals from Kremlin about Jehovah's Witnesses
(Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaia Gazeta)
Religious sects: Jehovah’s Witnesses often clash with earthly powers
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jailing of Jehovah's Witness triggers warning of a crackdown on Russian minorities
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
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