Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Europe wants Egypt to drop death penalty
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egyptian men's rights activist sees oppression in female empowerment
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Will Iraq's Sunnis get own political-religious authority?
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iranian interference in Iraqi election stirs anger among Iraqis
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Clergy christen church relocation from Baghdad to Erbil
(Rudaw)
Bible burning in southern India shows depth of hostility toward Christians
(Morning Star News)
Catholic Church considers married priests to ease Amazon clergy shortage
(Luciana Magalhaes and Francis X. Rocca, The Wall Street Journal)
Unconfirmed number of persons killed in Nigera town Muslim-Christian clash
(John Shiklam and George Okoh, This Day)
McCrudden, “Litigating Religions”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, Center for Law & Religion, St. John's University)
University of Sydney says it is powerless to stop violent hazing of students
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
Women should not have to dress modestly
(Pipa Monjardino and Jill Rooney, The Guardian)
Holy alliance: the Catholic church’s best fashion moments
(Lauren Cochrane, The Guardian)
Cultural disintegration
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
Female execs and filmmakers advancing interfaith understanding & peace gather in Seoul, South Korea
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Monday, 26 February 2018
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre shut in land policy protest
(Y Net News)
Iranian women said 'at risk of long jail terms' for protesting hijab
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Has Pakistan's top judge failed Asia Bibi?
(Zahid Hussain, La Croix International)
Indonesian Muslims protest against Islamist extremism: The Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam
(Kent Hill, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
Hong Kong Catholics condemn China-Vatican deal
(Suzanne Sataline, Voice of America)
Israel is the world's only democracy with religious law so instilled in its military
(Haaretz)
Tajikistan: Almost 2,000 mosques closed in 2017
(Forum 18 News Service)
Pentecostal pastor tries to collect damages from prosecutor's office
(Vladimir Ozolin, Religiia i Pravo)
Malaysia still on the wrong path on women’s rights
(David Hutt, The Diplomat)
Iraq court sentences 16 Turkish women to death for joining ISIS
(Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Israeli rabbinic group challenges Chief Rabbinate’s kosher monopoly
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Congo’s bishops: Two killed during protests against ‘dictatorship’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Euthanasia in hospices ‘a serious error,’ says Vancouver archbishop
(Catholic News Service)
Tens of thousands at Jerusalem funeral of influential rabbi
(Associated Press)
Church officials: Holy Sepulchre to remain closed
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Jerusalem church leaders shut Holy Sepulchre church to protest Israeli move
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will be allowed to reign forever
(The Economist)
Persecution to continue as China nixes leader term limits
(UCANews)
Nearly 50,000 baptisms registered in China in 2017, says Vatican agency
(Herald Malaysia)
Six Pakistani Christians charged with blasphemy for allegedly insulting Islamic poetry
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Peace deal after Pakistani Christians flee blasphemy mob
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCANews)
EU says Christian woman's release will determine future trade with Pakistan
(Cara Bentley, Premier)
Boko Haram kidnaps 110 schoolgirls; Nigerian president declares 'national disaster"
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church closes in tax protest
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)
Jerusalem: thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attend rabbi's funeral
(Associated Press in Jerusalem, The Guardian)
Lathmar Holi festival: colour and beating with sticks – in pictures
(Arnel Hecimovic, The Guardian)
Amnesty: ‘Discrimination rife in all regions of the world … with deadly consequences’
(World Watch Monitor)
Indonesia: Ahok’s appeal ‘last chance’ to clear name
(World Watch Monitor)
In world report Sri Lanka listed among countries unsafe for Muslims
(Colombo Gazette)
Christians shutter famous Jerusalem church to protest taxes
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Remarks upon the signing of a bilateral agreement on Libyan cultural property
(I. Steven Goldstein, US Department of State)
USCIRF concerned by denial of Lautenberg refugees from Iran
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Nissim Baruch Black: the rapper who gave up bling for Jewish redemption
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Asma Jahangir (1952-2018): Pakistan's lion-hearted human rights champion
(Farahnaz Ispahani, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
The EU remembers Asia Bibi
(European Union Cooperation in Pakistan)
Update on the Canada Summer Jobs Program: positives & negatives, and lawyers will be Involved
(Reflections by Winnipeg Free Press Faith Page columnist John Longhurst, On Faith Canada)
Women are free, and armed, in Kurdish controlled northern Syria
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)
Benjamin Netanyahu extends condolences to Billy Graham's granddaughter at meeting in Israel
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
America, Russia and Christianity: Why Billy Graham went to Russia
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Because of Billy Graham, the world will never be the same
(A. Larry Ross, Religion News Service)
Why Billy Graham was determined to globalize evangelicalism
(Melani McAlister, The Atlantic)
Russian media note passing of Billy Graham
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Friday, 23 February 2018
Scientology is adding mega-churches two at a time
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Zimbabawe pastor Evan Mawarire has fears military-installed president may rig elections
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Danish Jehovah's Witness faces more than year in prison with no crime proved
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
South Sudanese leaders don’t know how to make peace, say Catholic bishops
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Congo bishops “deeply concerned” about state of country
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egyptian women say their time is coming in presidential races
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
A slaughter in Nigeria goes unreported
(Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun)
Christian students forcibly converted, beaten with whip, mentally tortured
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
China warns of crackdown on large protestant church buildings, groups
(Qiao Long, translated by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia)
Islamic State regroups in Somalia, ‘without many obstacles’
(World Watch Monitor)
Archbishop of Erbil: Christians in Iraq are ‘scourged, wounded, but still there’
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Attacks against India’s Christians doubled in 2017
(Catholic News Agency)
Christians in India call for independent probe into mass desecration of crosses
(UCANews India)
India: Videos show Hindu nationalists attacking Christians, burning Bibles
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious leaders demand action against extremist groups in India
(UCANews)
Why Justin Trudeau is being snubbed in India
(Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic)
As Muslim women we don't need you to speak for us, and we don't need to be saved
(Ghena Krayem, The Guardian)
Turkish state blocks election of a new Armenian Patriarch
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Saudi Arabia is modernising, but will it include greater freedom for religious minorities?
(World Watch Monitor)
Fire rips through Jokhang monastery in Tibet
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Myanmar bulldozes what is left of Rohingya Muslim villages
(Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 22 February 2018
At the Olympics, thousands of missionaries compete for souls
(Madeline C. Mulkey, Religion News Service)
A secular argument for religion in the public square
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
Religion currently poses less danger to democracy than other social movements
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty Blog)
Why is Russia becoming less tolerant of religious minorities?
(World Politics Review)
Australian churches ask the government to protect religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)
Lavrov warns against involving Orthodox Churches in political games
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajik Salafis intending to join terrorists in Syria dressed up as women to escape police
(Interfax-Religion)
To eliminate ISIS on its territory is not enough, its cells remind about themselves in Russia - Metropolitan Hilarion
(Interfax-Religion)
Is China hiding information about Tibet's Jokhang Temple fire?
(Charlotte Gao, The Diplomat)
Pagan evangelist charged with attracting recruits
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video
(Associated Press)
Venezuelan pastor fills presidential void left by opposition
(Ricardo Nunes and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press)
EVENT, 22 February 2018: Can China Rise Peacefully? Confucianism and Realism in Traditional and Contemporary China
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Billy Graham, America’s pre-eminent evangelist, dies at 99
(Alicia C. Shepard and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Billy Graham, charismatic evangelist with worldwide following, dies at 99
(Bart Barnes, The Washington Post)
Religious freedom is necessary in pluralist Australia
(Ashleigh Banks, mnnews.today)
Pakistan govt. to change law and severely punish accusers who falsely allege blasphemy
(Mohammad Imran, Dawn)
Clergy could do for countering terrorism in Dagestan more than security services - human rights council head
(Interfax-Religion)
Total of 20,500 Muslims from Russia could carry out hajj in 2018
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian religious leaders condemn terrorist act in south of Russia
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
World Council of Churches joins Pope Francis' call for day of prayer for South Sudan and Congo
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
The peculiar position of India’s third gender
(The New York Times)
Nearly 50,000 baptisms registered in China in 2017, says Vatican agency
(Wyatt Noble, Catholic News Service)
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