Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Israel's nationality law knows no boundaries
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Women revolutionize Israeli air force
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Egypt's feminists laud mass appointment of women as top judges
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Comeback actress stirs hornet’s nest on hijab in Egypt
(Shahira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Assad’s advances heighten Iran-Russia rift in Syria
(Makram Najmuddine, Al-Monitor)
Stolen Buddha statue to return to India after being found in UK
(Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)
Modi speaks out against ‘menace’ of mob attacks for first time
(World Watch Monitor)
Australian senator demands "final solution" for immigration
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Australian party leader hails speech calling for 'final solution' on Muslim migration
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)
Australian senator calls for 'final solution to immigration problem'
(Katharine Murphy and Amy Remeikis, The Guardian)
Australian’s Parliament speech on ‘final solution’ condemned
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Dodging dangers, mission groups weigh risks and rewards
(Steve Rabey, Religion News Service)
Clergy divided as Kenya moves to save forest, evict 40,000 settlers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Questions remain for faith-based agencies as border crisis passes
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Jews and the "culture wars"
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
We ignore the culture wars at our own peril
(Daniel Mark, Jewish Press)
Massive internment camps, religious cleansing in Western China
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Beijing blasts 'anti-China forces' for claim of million Uighurs in prison camps
(Reuters, The Guardian)
Chinese spokesperson refutes claims China has Muslim internment camps
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
(Sam McNeil and Yanan Wang, Religion News Service)
Senior Chinese monk resigns amid sexual misconduct claims
(Associated Press in Beijing, The Guardian)
Muslims protesting demolition of Mosque in China
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Australian Senator calls for ‘final solution’ to Muslim immigration
(Isabella Kwai, The New York Times)
Pennsylvania sexual abuse report is another setback for Pope Francis
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
The Catholic Church’s Rotherham
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review)
Predator priests: CNN notes pope is silent on (a) secular holiday or (b) holy day celebrating purity?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Where are the bishops who will defend faithful priests?
(A diocesan priest, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
Chile police raid Catholic church HQ in sex abuse investigation
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Trinity Western students won't have to sign covenant banning sex outside straight marriage
(Bethany Lindsay, CBC News)
Catholic LGBT group rejected by event pope will attend in Dublin
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Global network of rainbow Catholics denied participation in world meeting of families
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Blasphemy accusation draws mob to Pakistan town’s only Christian street
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Ethiopian PM sends condolences to Orthodox Church after 15 priests killed
(World Watch Monitor)
Pope to youth: Dream, don’t let fear make you pessimistic
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli bill
(Shlomo Mor, Religion News Service)
In central Africa, a cathedral shelters Muslims amid sectarian violence
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
TWU drops mandatory community covenant
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Trinity Western students won't have to sign covenant banning sex outside straight marriage
(Bethany Lindsay, CBC News)
Still seeking law school, Trinity Western drops sexual 'covenant' for students
(Joseph Brean and Chris Selley, National Post)
Trinity Western University poised to make community covenant optional
(Jon Woodward, CTV News Vancouver)
Trinity Western University's community covenant no longer mandatory
(Stephanie Ip, Vancouver Sun)
Archbishop Miller supports TWU’s dropping of community covenant
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)
How religion defends freedom
(Gianna Englert, Law and Liberty)
Russia: 2017 prosecutions for religious literature - list
(Forum 18 News Service)
Bangladesh minister meets interfaith group over Rohingya
(John Zaw, UCA News)
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy
(Associated Press)
Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians
(Hamza Hendawi and Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Monday, 13 August 2018
Euthanasia, assisted suicide aren’t palliative care: Canadian bishops
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)
Turkey’s lira crisis tests Erdogan’s authoritarian approach
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants
(Umar Farooq, Religion News Service)
Apatheism is more damaging to Christianity than atheism and antitheism
(Paul Rowan Brian and Rex Sixsmith, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Politicians use religion to divide Nigerians – cleric
(Fred Ezeh, Sun News Online)
Sanusi warns politicians on exploitation of religion
(Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Danjuma Michael and Charles Ogugbuaja, The Guardian (Nigeria))
Maldives government sinks Fairmont’s ‘idols’ – and the mood to innovate?
(Raini Hamdi and Feizal Samath, TTG Asia)
New religion needed to address today’s issues
(Global Times)
New book examines Christian response to persecution
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Russia: Prosecutions for religious literature continue
(Forum 18 News Service)
Check of leader of Jewish movement Shahar for extremism might have to do with social media post - lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Judges countermand law enforcement against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Pro-Moscow Ukrainian church camp promotes Russian expansionist views
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Jews become target of antiextremism tactics
(Interfax.ru, Russia Religion News)
Pro-Moscow lawmaker tries to involve Turkish government in Ukrainian question
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Harassment of African students under anti-evangelism law continues
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Pentecostals enlist officials in honoring founder of Pentecostalism in Russia
(Website of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Filipinos welcome U.S. vow to return historic Catholic church bells
(Catholic News Service)
Chaotic scenes as police arrive to interview Indian bishop accused of rape
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China tries more members of banned religious group 'Almighty God'
(Reuters)
China’s campaign against Muslim minorities
(Marco Rubio, The Wall Street Journal)
China newspaper defends Xinjiang Muslim crackdown
(Associated Press)
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
(Associated Press)
Sudan court rules in favour of church in governance dispute
(World Watch Monitor)
Whitewashing India’s religious freedom
(Mike Ghouse, The Indian Panorama)
Sunday, 12 August 2018
Students take to the streets in Lahore for Qutub Rind, killed for 'blasphemy'
(Kamran Chaudhry, Asia News)
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Nineveh Christians renewing their future after the Islamic State
(Asia News)
Declaration at 70: Freedom of thought and religion
(Verena Borton, Enterprise)
Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs?
(Simran Jeet Singh, The Conversation)
Religion in decline in Australian schools
(Pallavi Singhal, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Pope Francis’s challenging lesson in mercy
(Edward T. Mechmann, National Review)
India marks Prison Ministry Sunday
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leader calls on Togo politicians to be ‘patriots’ and end crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UN condemns rising incitement to hatred in CAfrican Republic
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
New UN human rights expert on Iran seeks cooperation and dialogue with Government
(Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Modi’s party weighs expanding contentious Indian citizenship rules
(Iain Marlow, Bloomberg)
Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis
(Associated Press)
Islam’s struggle with modernity
(History Extra)
Friday, 10 August 2018
Archbishop makes plea to remember Ukraine’s ‘silent and forgotten war’
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
A down payment on making hajj easier for Muslim women
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
The job of Human Rights Chief isn't what you think
(Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Policy)
Turkmenistan: Conscientious objector's maximum two-year jail term
(Forum 18 News Service)
Reviving pre-Christian religions: Neo-paganism offers something old and something new
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russian Foreign Ministry asks Greek embassy for explanations on problems with issuing visas to priests
(Interfax-Religion)
The millions of Hindu devotees walking across India
(BBC News)
Indonesian president picks cleric as running mate in 2019
(Stephen Wright, Associated Press)
Rebuilding mosques priority for devout on quake-hit Lombok
(Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press)
St. Petersburg resident sentenced to 5 years in prison for preparing Kazan Cathedral terror attack
(Interfax-Religion)
Thursday, 9 August 2018
What the early church thought about God's gender
(David Wheeler-Reed, The Conversation)
Buddhist monks in the Himalayas get ready for winter – in pictures
(The Guardian)
Could Brunson’s release ease Turkey’s diplomatic standoff with the US?
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
‘How can reading the Bible be acting against national security?’ asks Iranian Christian from prison
(World Watch Monitor)
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