Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 17 December 2018
"A hard rain's a-gonna fall": The nationalization of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine and Russia (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Victor Roudometof, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Beyond theology and canon law: The Ukrainian Church crisis from an institutional analysis perspective (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Vasilios Makrides, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Morrison wants Religious Discrimination Act passed before election
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Archbishop of Burundi leads march against gender-based violence
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Who are Yemen’s Houthis?
(Myriam Renaud, The Conversation)
Myanmar debates women’s rights amid evidence of pervasive sexual and domestic violence
(Stephanie Miedema and Tharaphi Than, The Conversation)
Faith in turbulent times: a priest’s autobiography of life under apartheid
(John de Gruchy, The Conversation)
Hundreds of Egyptian Christians protest at police killing
(Reuters)
Race and religion - when 'new Malaysia' faces off against old forces
(Amy Chew, Channel News Asia)
Iranians are converting to Evangelical Christianity in Turkey
(Fariba Nawa, National Public Radio)
Vatican-Vietnam: Holy See delegation meetings in Hanoi
(Asia News)
Egypt approves 168 more churches
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Ukraine Orthodox bishops create independent church; Moscow Patriarchate rails against 'State interference'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ukrainian legislature proposes laws as result of creation of new church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian parliamentary speaker invites Patriarch Bartholomew to speak before Rada
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious freedom: America scolds Pakistan, eases up on Uzbekistan
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Poroshenko to travel with Metropolitan Epiphany to collect Constantinople's tomos in person
(Interfax-Religion)
Some reflections on the mission of John Allen Chau
(Arun W. Jones, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
The extremely high stakes of the China-Vatican deal
(Paul P. Mariani, America Magazine)
Can South Africa's 'cradle of Islam' survive gentrification?
(Eoghan Macguire, Al Jazeera)
How India's sacred cows are creating havoc on the streets
(Manasi Gopalakrishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Ukrainian autocephaly: Subverting the Russkiy Mir (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Myroslaw Tataryn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church
(Yuras Karmanau and Efrem Lukatsky, Associated Press)
New Ukrainian Orthodox leader gives 1st liturgy, urges unity
(Associated Press)
Onetime Indian politician convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
(Associated Press)
Sikh temple could build bridge between India and Pakistan
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Kremlin responds cagily to Ukrainian church developments
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
American embassy takes note of Ukrainian church situation
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine
(Yuras Karmanu, Associated Press)
Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece’s holy Mount Athos
(Shaun Walker, The Guardian)
Former Indian MP jailed for life over 1984 Sikh massacre
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Sunday, 16 December 2018
Trump working on Gülen’s extradition, Turkey says
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Saturday, 15 December 2018
Philippine church hasn't heard these bells on Christmas Day for 117 years
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Reading the Jesus storybook Bible in Iceland
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Police in Laos arrest grandmother, three other Christians during worship
(Morning Star News)
China cracks down on unofficial church, arresting pastor and 100 members
(Morning Star News)
Vatican Christmas concert will support refugees in Iraq, Uganda
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis to visit Mother Teresa's birthplace in 2019
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Arrested Chinese house church members criminally charged
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Basra Christians slowly abandon the city
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pastor in India arrested for attempting to show film about Jesus Christ
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
India's Christians relieved as Hindu nationalists lose five key state elections
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Egyptian police officer murders two Christian men
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Christian bookstore reopened by Algerian court
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Indonesian police foil terrorist plot before Christmas
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
India continues downward trend in US religious freedom report
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
We’ve got the degrees, so why do Muslim women struggle to get jobs?
(Aina Khan, The Guardian)
‘I must denounce this wickedness openly’ – detained Chinese pastor
(World Watch Monitor)
Aaradhya's India: The whole world is our family
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)
Pope will visit the Macedonian birthplace of Mother Teresa in May 2019
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Desires for power: sex scandals and their proliferation
(Amanda Lucia, OUPblog | Religion)
Friday, 14 December 2018
Australia PM promises stiffer laws against religious discrimination
(Colin Packham, Reuters)
Australia religious freedom aims to ‘respect’ country’s diversity of faith
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thai Islamic leaders tighten rules on child marriage
(Associated Press)
The Mufti demands lawsuit against UK embassy in Libya for anti-Islam activities
(Abdulkader Assad, Libya Observer)
Libyan mufti wants to sue British embassy for its equality program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cardinal wants international inquiry in church massacre in Central African Republic
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
USCIRF applauds Canada’s move toward abolishing blasphemy law
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Philpott, “Religious Freedom in Islam”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
The EU sees signs of hope in its external action to promote Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Don Zeeman, Evangelical Focus)
Jordan moves to improve lives of Gazan refugees
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Discrimination bill could lead to challenges to school chaplains program
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
A sacred light in the darkness: Winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions
(Ruben G. Mendoza, Religion News Service)
Prominent Chinese pastor held on suspicion of inciting subversion
(Christian Shepherd, Reuters)
Pakistani province announces plan to protect religious minorities
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican climate negotiator looks to NGOs to override government inaction
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When it comes to migration, Vatican’s as progressive as they come
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Celebrating Christmas in exile: IDPs speak on the yuletide season
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Myanmar president criticized for claiming improvement on human rights
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
US commission releases report on anti-conversion laws in South Asia
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Mosul experiences reconstruction setback
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Coalition to unveil new laws to guard religious freedom but stalls on LGBT students
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
George Pell: Pope Francis removes Australian cardinal from inner circle
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Religious freedom and LGBT kids: Coalition kicks can down the road with yet another review
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Indian Christians heave sighs of relief as Hindu nationalists lose elections in key states
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan joins US list of worst religious freedom violators
(World Watch Monitor)
President Trump signs bill to aid religious genocide victims in Iraq and Syria
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
The aftermath of genocide
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
The dangers of postmodern thinking
(Jean-François Mattei, La Croix International)
Beneath the summer jobs controversy
(Peter Stockland inteviews Andrew Bennett, Convivium)
Voters elect first woman to local council in Aleppo, Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
New book references what national constitutions say about religion
(Eron Henry & Associates)
State Department names the world’s worst violators of religious freedom
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
New USCIRF report: Anti-conversion laws on the rise in South Asia
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US condemns 10 countries for severe religious freedom violations
(Jennifer Hansler, CNN)
US downgrades Pakistan in religious freedom rankings
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
US designates Pakistan a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pakistan rejects US rebuke on religious freedoms
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
US sanctions senior North Korean officials over human rights abuses
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
USCIRF calls on Cuba to cease harassment of religious leaders, strengthen religious freedom language in new constitution
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF statement on Chinese authorities’ crackdown on Early Rain Covenant Church pastor and congregants
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF welcomes President Trump signing the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UK parliamentary group calls out 27 countries for ‘significant’ religious freedom violations
(World Watch Monitor)
Canada: The government finally blinks on the summer jobs attestation — or so it seems
(Barry W. Bussey, National Post)
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
South Africa not planning to ban adhan: Muslim body
(Hassan Isilow, Andalou Agency)
What if the Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be solved? An interview with Micah Goodman
(Michael Schulson, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Morrison’s stand on freedom of religion
(Joe Kelly, The Australian)
MP collects signatures of 200 members to omit religion from National ID Card
(Sarah El-Sheikh, Daily News Egypt)
Based on religion, India should have been declared Hindu nation after independence: Meghalaya HC judge
(Hindustan Times)
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