Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 19 November 2018
FSB searches apartments of Jehovah's Witnesses members in Crimea's Dzhankoy
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses raided in Crimea
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
No cheeks left to turn: The double persecution of Africa’s largest church
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
Runners Without Borders: Jews and Arabs connect at their own pace
(Elhanan Miller, Plus61j.net.au)
No one happy after Shabbat diverts El Al flight to Athens
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Making a militant: A mysterious Shia group has Nigeria worried
(The Economist)
Chinese city urges those 'poisoned by extremism', who follow conservative Islam to confess crimes
(Reuters)
Iranian police relocate buried corpse of Baha’i woman without family’s permission
(Iran Human Rights)
“White” on the new black-list
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
FoRB on the frontlines: Under threat of violence
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
FoRB on the frontlines: Fighting misconceptions on a daily basis
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
UNESCO launches Holocaust education website
(Associated Press)
How do conservatives respond to archaeologists’ skepticism about Bible history?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Can megachurches save El Salvador?
(Molly O'Toole, The New Republic)
Saved in El Salvador: Lots of media are flocking to cover gang members-turn-evangelical story
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Argument: Asia's oldest democracy takes a hit
(Neil Devotta and Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy)
Friday, 16 November 2018
Shrine to Vietnamese Lady of La Vang rises in Southern California
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
Catholic, international aid agencies press for end of war in Yemen
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
World looks the other way at Christian persecution, Pope says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jewish expert says John Paul II had it right on Church/State relations
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Greece’s Church says priests should keep state jobs
(Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press)
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Jordan's king receives Templeton prize
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
The plight of Asia Bibi should have everyone in the West trembling
(Charlotte Gill, The Telegraph)
Asia Bibi case shows the danger of courting religious extremists
(Rahila Gupta, CNN)
Imran Khan’s treatment of Asia Bibi is a dangerous betrayal
(Samira Shackle, The Guardian)
Pakistani Christians fear backlash over Asia Bibi acquittal
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pakistan Christians wary as asylum offers flood in for Asia Bibi
(World Watch Monitor)
Asia Bibi not offered asylum by U.K. over fears of unrest and attack
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
The UK should offer safe haven to Asia Bibi, and persecuted Christians like her
(Tim Stanley, The Telegraph)
Foreign Office 'allowed Pakistan mob to dictate Asia Bibi asylum case'
(Patrick Wintour, The Guardian)
Canada in talks with Pakistan to offer Asia Bibi asylum
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Justin Trudeau says Canada in talks with Pakistan over Asia Bibi
(Staff and agencies, The Guardian)
Asia Bibi: Canada in talks with Pakistan over asylum
(BBC News)
Christians marginalized from Iraq's government formation
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Church leader in Nigeria still hopeful of Leah Sharibu's safe return
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Tales of survival and loss from the Mandera stoning attack
(ICC's East Africa Correspondent, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pastor of Guangzhou House church detained
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Turkish students protest Patriarch's visit
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Persecution and grace fill Iran's streets
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
U.N. rights officials criticize China over Muslim internments
(Nick Cumming-Bruce, The New York Times)
Neighborhood watch: Will Asian countries turn a blind eye to Uyghur issues in China?
(Sarah M. Brooks, The Diplomat)
China says foreign concerns over Muslim rights unwarranted
(Christopher Bodeen and Sam McNeil, Associated Press)
Survey conducted on persecution of the church in China
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Four Christians in Nepal arrested on 'forced conversion' charges
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Nigerian Christians upset by Prince Charles avoiding visit to Jos
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Violent intruder disrupts Cairo church, injuring two
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Chin refugees fear returning home to Myanmar
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Egypt eliminates Muslim Brotherhood leaders' names from streets
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The politics behind Iranian women's entry to Azadi stadium
(Maziar Motamedi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Istanbul’s LGBTQ community finds pride on soccer field
(Danny Deza, Al-Monitor)
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition struggles to be heard
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Can Tehran’s next mayor unite Iran’s Reformists?
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Riyadh seeks death penalties in Khashoggi killing as US sanctions Saudis
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Bishops continue to define response to sex abuse despite Vatican call for delay
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
Detention of Bishop in China's Zhejiang casts doubts on Vatican deal
(Radio Free Asia)
The Vatican: The papacy is working hard to combat the sex trade
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
U.S. embassy concerned by Kiev's St. Andrew Church attack
(Interfax-Religion)
The Hoax: False demonstrations against Chinese refugees in Seoul South Korea
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Religious liberty seen as key to societal advancement around the world
(Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service)
Pope meets Israeli president at the Vatican
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
UN body seeks to define abortion and assisted suicide as a ‘human right’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Attackers target church in Ukraine amid religious split
(Associated Press)
Is India waging a 'war' on Islamic names?
(Soutik Biswas, BBC News)
Egyptian women and the fight for the right to work
(Leslie T. Chang, The New Yorker)
Israeli defense minister resigns over Gaza cease-fire
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
The Pope's message of peace on the WWI centenary
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
The Vatican swoops in
(Olivia Paschal, The Atlantic)
The Quaker told he was too young to have a conscience
(William Hetherington, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on returning the Rohingya to Myanmar: don’t make them go
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Amid arrests and killings, Bangladesh and India must fight censorship
(Arundhati Roy, The Guardian)
In Kenya, a pastor’s refusal to marry an HIV-positive bride stirs debate over AIDS stigma
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Khashoggi’s death is just one reason to boycott hajj. Every Muslim has reasons not to
(Dilshad Ali, Religion News Service)
Blasphemy laws: An excuse for persecution
(Editorial Board, The New York Times)
Wolterstorff, “Religion in the University”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Russia cracking down on Jehovah’s Witnesses even more often than on Islamist radicals
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
As immigrants come north, ‘Let Our Families Go’ caravan heads for border tent city
(Eric Berger, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Duma proposes drawing up map of Greek churches, monasteries Russian Orthodox believers can visit
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin stresses importance of friendly relations between Russia, Muslim countries
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian patriarch and president in tandem
(Andrei Melnikov, Artur Priimak, Nezavisimaia Gazeta)
Why Muslim news media have shied away from covering the Uighur persecution story
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Lion elected Jerusalem mayor in victory for ultra-Orthodox
(Associated Press)
Law enforcement moves against Siberian Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Siberia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president's plans hit bumpy road
(Union of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News)
Case of Danish Jehovah's Witness continues
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president and Moscow church in stand-off
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Sisi tackles discrimination, religious freedom in his talk at WYF
(Egypt Today)
The price we pay for decades of school funding based on religion
(Ross Gittins, The Sydney Morning Herald)
The call of covenantal pluralism: Defeating religious nationalism with faithful patriotism
(Chris Seiple, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Nigerians spotlight children in UN review after seeking world churches help
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Kyrgyzstan: "The attackers are in freedom"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Poroshenko no-show at Kiev Monastery of the Caves to meet with Ukrainian Church clergy
(Interfax-Religion)
Rising hate in India
(Annie Gowen and Manas Sharma, The Washington Post)
Hindu vs. Muslim in India: The Washington Post covers a battle that's getting worse
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Experts say Francis faces uphill battle to persuade Europe on immigration
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South African bishops seek better compensation for suffering miners
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saudi Arabia is misusing Mecca
(Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, The New York Times)
An ancient community in Pakistan fades as conversions to Islam rise
(Haq Nawaz Khan, The Washington Post)
India court to review lifting of temple ban on women of menstruating age
(Malini Menon and Suchitra Mohanty, Reuters)
Vatican asks US bishops for delay in responding to sex abuse crisis
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
At Pope's request, U.S. Bishops postpone vote on new conduct standards
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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