Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Will Iraq's Sunni provinces join in on protest movement?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Did concert in Iranian holy city topple an ayatollah's ban on music?
(Rohallah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Residents of Cairo's historic buildings make plea to prevent demolitions
(Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Why Israel’s Nationality Law could be good for Palestinians
(Akiva Eldar, The Christian Post)
Turkey accuses Trump of jeopardizing long-standing ties
(Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Israel's looming civil war
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
Military chaplains could be atheists if discrimination complaint upheld
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
How one movie is sparking a conversation on being Baha'i: An interview with "The Gate" documentary creators
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his ‘kith and kin’ – Christian Association of Nigeria
(World Watch Monitor)
What the early church thought about God’s gender
(David Wheeler-Reed, Religion News Service)
Poroshenko dismissed an official who promised him autocephaly to the Day of Russia's Baptism - media
(Interfax-Religion)
More details in case of Kostroma Jehovah's Witnesses
(Website of Investigation Department of SKRF Kostroma, Russia Religion News)
Abortion bill a matter of life and death, Australian bishop says
(Catholic News Agency)
Philippine Church leaders fear blast may heighten tensions with Muslims
(Catholic News Service)
How faith-based organizations can respond to climate change
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The importance of creation care (Responding to: How faith-based organizations can respond to climate change)
(Mitchell Hescox, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith-based organizations as advocates for climate action (Responding to: How faith-based organizations can respond to climate change)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Anubhavam: A call to Hindus to support environmentalism and combat global warming (Responding to: How faith-based organizations can respond to climate change)
(Hari Venkatachalam, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pope seeks to abolish death penalty, changes church teaching
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Egypt Coptic Church stops accepting monks after bishop death
(Menna Zaki, Associated Press)
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride amid surrogacy uproar
(Caron Creighton, Associated Press)
Imran Khan's election in Pakistan presents a global dilemma
(Mihir Sharma, Economic Times)
The Roman Catholic Church and the death penalty
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
ECHR condemns Pussy Riot and Anna Politkovskaya cases
(BBC News)
Who are Pussy Riot? A guide to the Russian activist group who crashed the World Cup Final
(NME)
They came, they killed, they destroyed, and it will happen again
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
From the archive: church faces crisis over Pope’s ruling on birth control - July 1968
(Jean Stead, The Guardian)
USCIRF condemns detentions Iranian house church pastor and congregants
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
What are madrasa schools and what skills do they impart?
(Myriam Renaud, The Conversation)
Israel’s most prolific actor: 'The synagogue of the Zionists was the theatre'
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)
More than 8,000 Rwandan churches closed following government directive
(World Watch Monitor)
Sri Lankan Christian: ‘They took everything from us’
(World Watch Monitor)
UN tells Algeria to ‘guarantee freedom of religion to all’ after church closures
(World Watch Monitor)
Brunson’s third Turkish hearing focused on PKK allegations
(World Watch Monitor)
U.S. sanctions Turkish officials to protest American pastor’s detention
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Bad vibrations: the implosion of the New Age cult
(Steve Kilgallon and Tony Wall, Stuff)
How can the church punish bad bishops?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Religious leaders’ hands are tied in countering violent extremism
(Qamar-ul Huda, Religion News Service)
Reversal of previous reversal regarding Jehovah's Witnesses on internet
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Congo cardinal says he will not run for president, after parties back him to lead country
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Argentine doctors protest legal abortion ahead of key vote
(Almudena Valatrava, Associated Press)
China promoting flying of state flags at religious events
(Associated Press)
Israeli military faces Druze uproar over Jewish nation law
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
Does a thaw in relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia offer hope for Christians?
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Adelaide archbishop Philip Wilson resigns after covering up child abuse
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Views from Tokyo: What does religion mean to you in your everyday life?
(The Japan Times)
Pope accepts McCarrick resignation as cardinal amid sexual abuse allegations
(Guardian staff and agencies, The Guardian)
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
New twist: Supreme Court accepts Buddhist claim in Ayodhya dispute
(Valay Singh, The Economic Times (India))
The Catholic Church and justice: The Vatican shows an overdue decisiveness on sexual abuse
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Ulianovsk Jehovah's Witnesses fail in attempt to give property to Portuguese coreligionists
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Hindu elected to Pakistan parliament vows to seek reforms
(Associated Press)
IS claims Tajikistan attack that killed 4 foreign cyclists
(Maria Danilova, Associated Press)
Nationalism, pluralism, and the World Cup
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Intermarriage on the rise: How does Catholicism view Catholic-Jewish weddings?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Churches for sale: New York Times visits a sexy former Catholic sanctuary in Quebec
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
India’s crackdown on illegal immigration could leave 4 million people stateless
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
Indonesia's blasphemy law survives court challenge
(Michelle Winowatan, Human Rights Watch)
What Richard Dawkins doesn’t get about the Muslim call to prayer
(Rose S. Aslan, The Conversation)
A viral photo of lovers kissing offended many in Bangladesh. The man who took it says he was beaten and fired.
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
Analysis: Kissing liberty goodbye?
(Tanin Ahmed, Dhaka Tribune)
Of firearms and weak women: sex discrimination in Hülya Ebru Demirel v. Turkey
(Alexandra Timmer, Strasbourg Observers)
Monday, 30 July 2018
Religion a punchbag for Indian election
(Uman Manzoor Shah, La Croix International)
Turkmenistan: Three more conscientious objectors jailed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Political fallout from celebrations of baptism of Rus
(Pavel Skrylnikov, Nezavisimaia Gazeta)
State Department Ministerial produces religious freedom declaration, action plan, skepticism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
No searches being conducted at Sofrino - source
(Interfax-Religion)
Indian Catholic leaders protest call to ban sacrament of reconciliation
(Catholic News Service)
Tens of thousands rally in Nicaragua to defend Catholic bishops
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
AP Interview: Israel’s Herzog vows to bridge Jewish divide
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
The billionaire yogi behind Modi’s rise
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
NYT profiles wealthy Hindu holy man with rising political power in India
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judaism and abortion
(Daneil Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
The Jewish position on abortion isn't what you think it is
(Mitchell Rocklin and Howard Slugh, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Pope accepts resignation of McCarrick from the College of Cardinals
(Christopher White and Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal McCarrick amid growing sex misconduct charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Photos of the Week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Is there a scientific explanation for religious devotion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Belief in British Columbia: New Canadians are injecting vigour into the country’s religious life
(Erasmus, The Economist)
Voters not easily swayed by 'race and religion', says Guan Eng
(Ian McIntyre, The Sun Daily)
Podcast: The importance of religious freedom around the world
(Katrina Trinko and Daniel Davis, The Daily Signal)
Poroshenko sees Russian Orthodox Church as threat to Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin sees Christianization of Kievan Rus as start of Russia's statehood
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin: Christianity is the foundation of the Russian state
(Associated Press)
Putin joins religious procession marking 1030th anniversary of Christianization of Kievan Rus in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Orthodox did not get hoped-for independence on national holiday
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Constantinople sends highly placed emissary to Kiev
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Let’s talk about the nation-state
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Friday, 27 July 2018
Law against racial, religious hatred can’t have room for abuse, rights groups say
(Loghun Kumaran, Malay Mail)
Faith-based organizations key in global HIV response bridge-building, says UNAIDS chief
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Turkmenistan: Appeals against 12-year jail terms fail
(Forum 18 News Service)
About 250,000 attend cross procession in Kiev - organizers
(Interfax-Religion)
Kostroma prosecutor reports case that sounds like Jehovah's Witnesses
(Website of prosecutor's office of Kostroma oblast, Russia Religion News)
Pence announces Genocide Recovery Program for Iraqi minorities
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Cardinal Ouellet reminds Canada to be mindful of migrants, refugees
(Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News Service)
Duterte OKs bill creating Muslim autonomous region in south
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Philippine officials: Duterte OKs Muslim rebel autonomy deal
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Philippine clergy, advocates say human rights dying under Duterte
(Catholic News Service)
Patriotic songs and self-criticism: why China is ‘re-educating’ Muslims in mass detention camps
(Michael Clarke, The Conversation)
US officials, lawmaker slam China over religious persecution of ethnic Uyghurs
(Radio Free Asia)
Argument: Islamic leaders have nothing to say about China’s internment camps for Muslims
(Nithin Coca, Foreign Policy)
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