Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 5 January 2019
British parliament criticizes India for failing to protect religious minorities
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Church asked to remove first commandment by Chinese official in Henan
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pope Francis says sexual abuse scandals have damaged the church
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
House Democrats slash aid to Egypt
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)
Friday, 4 January 2019
Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition
(Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters)
Rakhine Buddhist rebels kill 13 in Independence Day attack on Myanmar police posts
(Thu Thu Aung, Shoon Naing, Reuters)
Hebron's only Orthodox church quiet on Christmas
(Aziza Nofal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Intel: Why the Saudis can’t put the Khashoggi case to rest
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor)
Turkish battle plan for Syria shaky despite Trump's promised pullout
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Amid tense election, DRC bishops concerned about voting irregularities
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope calls for unity and conversion in letter to US bishops
(Catholic News Agency)
Australia to implement new program that has kids wearing clothing of opposite gender
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Official notice posted to close Algerian church
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Africa was the deadliest continent for Catholic clergy in 2018
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Desecration of cross grave markers happen again in Indonesia
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Central Java, two more cemeteries desecrated
(Mathias Hariyadi, Asia News)
Christian graves desecrated in Central Java
(Asia Times)
Hardline Hindus push Modi to allow temple on disputed Indian site
(Mayank Bhardwaj, Reuters)
Protesters kept women out of a prominent Indian temple for months — until today
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Protests break out in India after two women become first to enter Sabarimala temple - video report
(Monica Cvorak, The Guardian)
Persecution by poisoning: Uganda’s victims of faith
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
‘I didn’t take the easy way’: Curtis Cheng's son on fighting hate with tolerance
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
Mass arrests in India amid protests over women entering forbidden Hindu temple
(Deutsche Welle)
Third woman enters flashpoint Indian temple
(Agence France-Presse)
Indian Christians applaud new state government's efforts to promote interfaith harmony
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Is the Kerala temple battle about gender, law or religion? Unfortunately, all three
(Nikhil Kumar, CNN)
The Guardian view on India’s temple dispute: faith and politics
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Third woman enters Indian temple amid protests at lifting of ban
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Vatican's press director, Greg Burke, resigns
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Who is Fethullah Gulen? And why is the US talking about extraditing him to Turkey?
(Claire Sadar, Religion News Service)
Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
Taking a legal leap of faith
(Greg Craven, The Weekend Australian)
Resisting China's crackdown on religion
(Chicago Tribune)
Pastors reject government policy on religion
(Misairi Thembo Kahungu, Daily Monitor)
Ukrainian politicians still resisting changes in churches
(Olga Tsvilii, Russia Religion News)
British report scolds India govt over religion-based violence
(UCA News)
AP tells how nuns in India go after predator bishop as sex abuse crisis reaches Asia
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Nuns in India tell AP of enduring abuse in Catholic church
(Tim Sullivan, Associated Press)
Filipino bishop tells Catholics to ignore Duterte anti-church tirades
(Catholic News Service)
In Brazil and Nicaragua, Church faces ‘back to the future’ dilemma
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Non-Jewish governor of Brazilian state requests sound of shofar at his inauguration
(Marcus M. Gilban, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Vatican: Argentine bishop at Holy See under investigation
(Nicole Winfield and Debora Rey, Associated Press)
'I can do it in robes': Japanese monks post videos in protest at driving fine
(Justin McCurry, The Guardian)
Japan’s premier: New emperor’s era to be announced April 1
(Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press)
Thursday, 3 January 2019
Authorities order closure of another church building in Algeria
(Morning Star News)
Sudanese Christian refugees in Egypt treated as third-class citizens
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Marriage training for Chinese pastors
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)
Big vision for Sudan in 2019.
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
Syrian children reluctant to return to homeland
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
Pope criticizes US bishops for lack of unity over sexual abuse crisis
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)
Orthodox Christians celebrate the Feast of Nativity on January 7th
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Cardinal Kasper is far from controversies for a change, and happily so
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Pope urges US bishops to heal divisions, repair trust
(Jeff Karoub)
Congo’s Catholic church says data show clear election winner
(Mathilde Boussion and Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press)
Turmoil in Congo underscores desire for hope.
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Evangelicals seek detente with mideast Muslim leaders as critics doubt motives
(WFAE 90.7)
Tunisia says 2 jihadists blow themselves up in security raid
(Agence France Presse, Yahoo News)
Buner — where Sikhs and Muslims live in harmony
(Geo News)
Qadri calls for concerted efforts to promote interfaith harmony
(Radio Pakistan)
Lao Christians detained at New Year are freed
(Radio Free Asia)
India deports second Rohingya group to Myanmar, more expulsions likely
(Zarir Hussain, Reuters)
Argument: Bolsonaro's Christian coalition remains precarious
(Catherine Osborn, Foreign Policy)
US-Palestinian man gets life sentence for selling home to Jews
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
UN seeks to raise awareness of bias against African-Iraqis
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Khashoggi’s murder three months on: new clues, new dynamics?
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Why Iraq's president can expect warm welcome in Turkey
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Meet Iran's first ever Sunni female ambassador
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
US-led coalition scrambles to realign Islamic State mission following Syria exit
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor)
Muslims join Christians in appealing church demolition
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Government minister in Pakistan calls for greater interfaith harmony
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Lao Christians arrested during Christmas service are freed
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Burkino Faso enters state of emergency after Islamic militant ambush
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Indian women just did a remarkable thing – they formed a wall of protest
(Snigdha Poonam, The Guardian)
British parliament group report names India for religious freedom abuses
(Taylor Benson, Mission Network News)
Tolerating distraction
(David Marno, Religion News Service)
A global religious shift underway? What it means for Christians and Israel
(Christian Ellis, CBN News)
Legal chaos follows developments of Ukrainian church situation
(Council of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News)
Church leaders plead for peaceful elections in Senegal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hindu hard-liners paralyze Indian state over women at shrine
(Associated Press)
How cow vigilantism is undermining the rule of law in India
(Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, Al Jazeera)
US officials discuss Turkey’s request for cleric’s return
(Associated Press)
People in Turkey becoming less religious - Konda research
(Ahval News)
Islam is 'religion of peace,' says head of Turkey's Diyanet
(Anadolu Agency)
Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse
(Associated Press in Mexico City, The Guardian)
Laos authorities crackdown on Christians: ‘Christianity is religion of Europeans and Americans'
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Wednesday, 2 January 2019
We need understand religious communities with their religious character: Philpott
(Javad Heirannia, Tehran Times)
Theologian says Christianity can foster democracy, good governance in Africa
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The last Jews Of Tajikistan
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Keeping the faith: With missionary work banned, Mormons in Russia 'just making friends'
(Matthew Luxmoore, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Jehovah's Witnesses have filed more than 40 complaints in European court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religion vs religious nationalism
(Varghese K. George, The Hindu)
80 churches, affiliated service buildings legalized
(Egypt Today)
Sisi issues decree to establish committee counters sectarian strife
(Egypt Today)
Myanmar’s Buddhists block Rohingya Muslims from blood supplies, report says
(Timothy McLaughlin and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)
China’s gulag for Muslims
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)
Houthis push for abrupt court hearings in Sana’a, endangering Baha’is in Yemen
(Bahá’í International Community)
Pope warns predator priests to prepare for "divine justice"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Pope laments disjointed world, says politics is the realm of all as Catholic Church is chastised
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Official recognition for Ukrainian church roils Orthodox world
(Nikolia Apostolou, Religion News)
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