Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 18 October 2018
What you might want to know about Sabarimala
(ET Online, The Economic Times (India))
Hindu nationalist-led state changes Muslim name of Indian city
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Iraqi Christian boy Noeh, under his own roof again
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian Islamist extremists kill aid worker ‘for work for Red Cross’; Christians ‘slaves for life’
(World Watch Monitor)
Kenya: Two Christian teachers killed by suspected Al-Shabaab attackers
(World Watch Monitor)
1,000 days since kidnap of 84-year-old doctor in Burkina Faso, family plea for freedom
(World Watch Monitor)
'It’s part of who I am': proposed Quebec law could push hijab-wearers out of jobs
(Martin Patriquin, The Guardian)
Archdiocese releases names of ‘credibly’ accused clergy
(Ashraf Khalil, Religion News Service)
‘Acknowledging reality,’ a splinter church in Kenya ordains married Catholic priests
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
Tired of war, South Sudanese pray for latest peace deal
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Wentworth byelection: Jewish voters split over embassy switch to Jerusalem
(Anne Davies, The Guardian)
For Mexico’s Virgin of Zapopan, a 300-year-old journey home from Guadalajara
(Ameyalli Diaz Castro, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Austsralia: There’s no argument or support for allowing schools to discriminate against LGBTIQ teachers
(Mary Lou Rasmussen, Andrew Singleton, Anna Halafoff, Gary D. Bouma, The Conversation)
Australia: Freedom of Religion policy-making debacle
(John Warhurst, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Ruddock report (part 3): religious schools and gay teachers
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
One mixed-religion marriage exposes Israel's religious tension
(Eric Tlozek, The World Today)
‘This is not OK’: American Jewish students harassed for their support of Israel
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Malaysia to repeal death penalty and sedition law
(Richard C. Paddock, The New York Times)
Religion is ‘spiritual anesthesia’: The ideology behind China’s Uyghur crackdown
(Bonnie Girard, The Diplomat)
China breaks silence on Muslim detention camps, calling them 'humane'
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
China says camps for Muslims lead them to ‘modern’ life
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Nikki Haley slams China's 'free vocational training' internment camps
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
USCIRF strongly condemns codification of repression in Western China
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Witches are free to operate in Guyana after dismissal of colonial laws
(Nduta Waweru, Face 2 Face Africa)
Churches and refugees: When houses of prayer become places of shelter
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Israel and US postal services issue joint Hanukkah stamp
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites
(Associated Press)
Brazil presidential candidates woo religious leaders
(Associated Press)
US briefs Iraq Chaldean head, Vatican on aid after critique
(Associated Press)
Islamists vow to kill a Christian woman if a Pakistan court acquits her
(Marlo Safi, National Review)
Pakistani judges receive threats over upcoming blasphemy decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Recent Chinese dealings with faith groups reflect a pattern of government restrictions on religion
(Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Gudziak: UGCC hopes that after unification of Orthodox into one local Church dialogue will become easier to manage
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine prelate says Orthodox independence is ‘affirmation of rights’
(John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
In historic decision, Ukrainian church severs ties with Russia
(Frank Viviano, National Geographic)
Opinion: Orthodox Church rift is a defeat for Vladimir Putin
(Konstantin Eggert, Deutsche Welle)
Lawsuit filed in Turkey over attempt to give independence to Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Non-canonical Turkish Orthodox Church says sues Constantinople Patriarchate over Ukraine
(Fakhir Rizvi, Urdu Point)
Over 54% of Ukrainians positive about idea of creating single local church - poll
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian president reacts to Moscow's action
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos: “Ukraine has always been the canonical territory of the Ecumenical Patriarchate”
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels restrict religious liberty
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
A different approach to the ecclesiastical discussion about Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Kazakhstan: Ten years jail if Germany extradites Muslim?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Israeli court orders reversal on ban for WCC's deputy general secretary
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Poroshenko about breakup of relations between Moscow and Constantinople: We are on the right path
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what they mean
(Jennifer Nourse, Religion News Service)
More than a dozen Russian Jehovah's Witness women facing charges
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Argentina feminist rally ends with Molotov bombs thrown at church
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops of Cameroon urge caution as presidential election votes counted
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Food and Faith: How can religious organizations help end world hunger?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Taking responsibility for the root causes of world hunger: The challenge facing religious communities (Responding to: Food and Faith: How can religious organizations help end world hunger?)
(Michel Desjardins, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Food alone does not end hunger (Responding to: Food and Faith: How can religious organizations help end world hunger?)
(Anna Sofia Salonen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The power of faith through advocacy to end hunger everywhere (Responding to: Food and Faith: How can religious organizations help end world hunger?)
(Rebecca Middleton, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A genocide incited on Facebook, with posts from Myanmar’s military
(Paul Mozur, The New York Times)
Myanmar military incited Rohingya genocide through fake Facebook accounts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fear grips churches in Northeastern Kenya as Muslim extremists kill two Christian teachers
(Morning Star News)
Allahabad is now Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approves proposal to rename city
(Scroll.in)
Monday, 15 October 2018
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
G20 Interfaith Forum 2018: Highlighting ethical dimensions of global issues
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Islamic State fighers are back, and this time they're taking up arms with Shiite militias
(Vera Mironova, Mohammed Hussein, Foreign Policy)
Court throws out Pentecostals' suit seeking agreement with penitentiary service on prison visits in Astrakhan
(Interfax-Religion)
Relations with Pakistan remain stable, says China
(Letters, The Guardian)
The black-lists: The evolution of China’s list of “illegal and evil cults”
(Edward A. Irons, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
China is engaged in mass detention of Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-Halal crackdown in Xinjiang City, China
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The leaders who unleashed China’s mass detention of Muslims
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
(A. Ananthalakshmi, Reuters)
Israeli PM favors naming envoy to Christian world
(Associated Press)
Syria passes draconian new law governing religious life
(The New Arab)
Pakistan's Islamist Party warns government of countrywide protests on blasphemy verdict
(Madeeha Anwar, VOA)
Ruddock Report: religious schools and same sex attracted students
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Ruddock Report (part 2): changing the law on religious schools and gay students
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
View from The Hill: Conservatives may come to regret stirring hornets’ nest of religious freedom
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Two images that show we need to be sensitive about our photos
(Paul Chadwick, The Guardian)
Russian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Orthodoxy’s leader
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Constantinople
(Andrew Roth and Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Ukraine never was, never will be Russian Orthodox Church's canonical territory – Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin, Russian Security Council permanent members discuss situation of Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian authorities to respect decision by flock who want to keep unity with Russian Orthodox Church – Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)
Two cakes, two courts, two countries: Same result
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Pope defrocks 2 more Chilean priests accused of sex abuse
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
It is almost too late to save our planet
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
The highs, lows and distractions of the Vatican synod on young people
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
The new anti-papalism
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
What is the best way to fight BDS?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
Lives of love: Pope Francis canonizes Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
Pope canonises Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Romero – video
(The Guardian)
Pope’s canonization of Paul VI, Romero personal, political
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Azerbaijan’s multiculturalism discussed at International Law and Religion Symposium in U.S.
(Azertac)
VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the contest in Wentworth, the Religious Freedom report leak and fast-tracking tax cuts
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Orthodox Church to move forward with Ukrainian independence
(Yuras Karmanu, Associated Press)
Kremlin vows to defend Orthodox Christians' interests in Ukraine using political, diplomatic methods
(Interfax-Religion)
Catholic priest killed in northern Mexico
(Christopher Sherman, Associated Press)
Saturday, 13 October 2018
Kremlin shares Russian Church's concern over Ecumenical Patriarchate's decisions – Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Chinese official says 'sinicization' of religion in Xinjiang must go on
(Reuters)
Jehovah's Witnesses released from pretrial custody
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Australia to stop religious schools expelling gay students
(Nik Martin, Deutsche Welle)
IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate
(Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
Pastor Brunson is released
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
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