Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 13 April 2018
Could armed Jews have prevented the Holocaust? (an obscene question)
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
US: No evidence Pastor Brunson guilty of any crime
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
The scars that don’t heal: Bangui pastor recalls church shelling
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Stop badging us by our religion, Chaldean patriarch tells Iraqi government
(Christian Today)
Will Iraq's new 'tribal court' undermine rule of law?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Muslim groups call protest rally to ‘save religion, save country’
(Mohammed Wajihuddin, Times of India)
Berman Lecture: Tibet is successful exiled government, leader says
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Uzbekistan: Prisoners of conscience freed, others not
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal to be heard
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jewish Congress members circulate letter urging Israel not to demolish Palestinian villages
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kenyan bishops urge compensation for victims of post-election violence
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Vietnamese court jails Catholic activist for subversion
(Catholic News Service)
The big questions for Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s role in Burma
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Zuckerberg barely talked about Facebook’s biggest global problem
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Facebook CEO apologizes for 'mistake' of blocking Catholic content
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
"We had to stop Facebook": When anti-Muslim violence goes viral
(Megha Rajagopalan and Aisha Nazim, Buzzfeed News)
5 facts about religion in Saudi Arabia
(Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Factank)
Generic evangelicals working hard to build bridges between Israel and Syrians
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Chinese city orders Christian residents to register with government as crackdown on religion continues
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
Women at the front lines of Gaza protests
(Hana Salah, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Top Chinese religion cadre promoted in new structure
(UCA News)
China: clampdown reaches Christians in Henan
(World Watch Monitor)
'Two or three illegal' church crosses torn down in central China
(Channel News Asia)
What's big news? Major Mormon event showcases varying views on what's a big story
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Religion & Leadership
(Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Pakistan: Police officials urged to provide security to Christians on trial for blasphemy
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Netanyahu invokes Holocaust to sow fear, hate
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Indonesian groups target children to tackle intolerance
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCANews)
ICC signs letter advocating for human rights in North Korea
(Linda Jones, International Christian Concern)
Pakistani group demands equal rights for women, minorities
(UCANews)
Portraits of dignity: How we photographed ex-captives of Boko Haram
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
Nigeria: 149 women and children rescued from Boko Haram
(Al Jazeera)
Chibok abductions: ‘We are bitter, 122 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram’
(World Watch Monitor)
Israel ‘alone in fight’ against Iran in Syria
(Ben Caspit, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nigerian president assures UK archbishop of efforts to secure release of Christian girl
(World Watch Monitor)
Evangelical head sets out ambitious vision for rebuilding CAR
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
At UN meeting, Holy See calls for 'human-centered approach to migration'
(Catholic News Agency)
As US mulls Syria airstrikes, Francis calls for peace
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Israel's reluctance to embrace lessons of the Holocaust
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
India: Caste and religion to play a major role in this coastal district
(Naveen Menezes, India Times)
Teach religion in public schools to combat discrimination and violence, say panellists
(Janet French, Edmonton Journal)
Islamic scholar says Bitcoin is compliant with sharia law as price surges
(Conor Maloney, CCN)
Voting for God: How religion shapes elections in Indonesia
(The Economist)
Opinion: What laïcité is and what it is not
(Lise Ravary, Montreal Gazette)
Church and mosque closures in Rwanda show the increasing power of the state
(World Politics Review)
‘It is like we have regressed 100 years’: Report warns of resurgent global anti-Semitism
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)
Archbishop of Kenya speaks out against politician’s polygamy suggestion
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Orthodox believers will never stand in open opposition to state authorities, head of a Synodal Department believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia rids itself of anti-Semitic image, but Jews blamed for 1917 revolution, Russian Internet full of anti-Semitic content – report
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian government claims Jehovah's Witnesses have right to their confession
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness wins postponement of trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Leading House members urge Iceland to back down on circumcision ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Children should be baptized in the faith, Pope Francis says
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
The Gospel isn’t single-issue: Pope Francis warns against narrow ideologies
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)
Caring for migrants is as important as opposing abortion, Pope says
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Pope Francis: The Church cannot be silent about economic suffering
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Indonesia’s Aceh to take caning indoors after backlash
(Associated Press)
New report on worldwide antisemitic incidents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indian religious leaders pledge to check hate
(Saji Thomas, UCANews)
Another Catholic statue desecrated in eastern India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Portugal's pres. calls for combating "Islamophobia", avoiding conflicts
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
Why the Australian Christian right has weak political appeal
(Geoffrey Robinson, The Conversation)
Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics
(Aijaz Hussain and Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press)
EVENT, 12-13 April 2018: War and Peace and Religion: Religious Freedom during the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom Dr. Andrew Bennett joins the Religious Freedom Institute
(Religious Freedom Institute)
RFI Interview: Dr. Andrew Bennett, former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom and new Religious Freedom Institute Senior Fellow
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Pope Francis turns the corner on the abuse scandal
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pope admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile abuse case
(Nicole Winfield and Eva Vergara, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis says he was wrong in Chilean sex scandal
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Museum honoring Christians persecuted in Japan open in Nagasaki
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
As Sikhs make headlines, the Vancouver Sun tries a little psychotherapy (and it works)
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
New Zealand to repeal blasphemy law
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Coordination among religious scholars, HR activists needed to promote interfaith harmony
(Zubair Qureshi, Pakistan Observer)
The Vietnam War revisited
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
End the Buddhist terror in Myanmar now
(Hozan Alan Senauke, Religion News Service)
The right to kill: Should Brazil keep its Amazon tribes from taking the lives of their children?
(Cleuci de Oliveira, Foreign Policy)
Kensington Temple pastor barred from Morocco calls for religious freedom
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Can Muslim feminism find a third way?
(Ursula Lindsey, The New York Times)
Corruption in a religious spotlight: The Summit of the Americas in Lima
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Vatican urges Buddhists to join fight against corruption
(Associated Press)
Converting to Buddhism as a form of political protest
(Krithika Varagur, The Atlantic)
Myanmar official meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camp
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Report: Anti-Semitism rises, but violence against Jews falls
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
India's rights advocates fear government's new committee to regulate online media
(UCANews)
Easter brought spate of violent attacks on Christians in India
(Christian Today)
'Imprisoned' Palestinian Christians down to last 1,000 in Gaza; Priest pleads for prayers
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Traditional antisemitism is back, global study finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Gold-backed and Sharia compliant cryptocurrency launches
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
‘Doubting Thomas’ story is about gratitude, not doubt
(Diana Butler Bass, Religion News Service)
More anti-Semitism, but less of it is violent, report says
(Aron Heller, Religion News Service)
The Defining Moment: Standing up when everyone else sits down
(Barry W. Bussey, The Weekender)
Kazakhstan: State demands young worshippers' personal data
(Forum 18 News Service)
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The Saudi Crown Prince thinks he can transform the Middle East. Should we believe him?
(Karl Vick, Time)
U.S. press bestows blessing on 'frenemy' Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman, perhaps prematurely
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Seeking complex reactions to latest Pope Francis ink? Head over to Crux, not New York Times
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mixed reaction from U.S. pro-lifers to pope’s latest challenge
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New study shows religious people are most trusted
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
UN appeals for humanitarian access in Myanmar's restive regions
(John Zaw, UCANews)
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