Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Power and Faith: Law and Religion in a Jewish State [YouTube]
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Why Jewish leaders are fighting about Qatar
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Submission to Religious Freedom Review until 14 February 2018
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Maldives: trouble in paradise
(The Japan Times)
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Dhaka police arrest sister of Bangladeshi woman facing terror charges in Australia
(Kamran Reza Chowdhury, Benar News)
Faith and enlightenment in dark times
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
US-educated Ghanaian to take the helm of the Global Christian Forum
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
John Wamwara: Christianity and Human Rights in Africa Lecture Series Part 1 [YouTube]
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
AIMPLB prefers ‘societal correction’ of triple talaq
Bermuda bends back the arc: The territory’s abrupt repeal of marriage equality proves there’s nothing inevitable about civil rights.
(Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
New York Times writer: The most sympathetic sources may lie – even Rohingya refugees
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Is Israel about to go to war with Iran?
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing charges of bribery and corruption
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Post-election contention ongoing in Kenya; Christians setting example of unity
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
ISIS presence in Iran draws attention to the mobility of terrorism
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Year of the Dog exposes growth of Islamic conservatism in Malaysia
(Bard Wilkinson, CNN)
Vatican agreement with China could 'deal blow' to Catholic church
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Christian Schools Australia defends right to hire and fire teachers over beliefs
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Kazakhstan’s new secularity
(Boiko Hristov, New Eastern Europe)
ACT government says religious freedom inquiry could undermine Human Rights Act
(Katie Burgess, Brisbane Times)
Russian Jehovah's Witnesses get help from Norwegians
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
It's in our hands how the flawed religious freedom inquiry will play out
(Rodney Croome, The Guardian)
What did Jesus wear?
(Joan Taylor, Religion News Service)
Vatican expert to meet delegation in Chile bishop dispute
(Eva Vergara and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Gabbay lambastes national-religious rabbis for extremism
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Love is in the air. That’s the problem.
(Manis Friedman, Religion News Service)
Love, marriage and food for the heart
(Gary Edmonds, Religion News Service)
Azerbaijan: State's theological review bans book on Islam
(Forum 18 News Service)
Lebanese judge orders 3 Muslims to memorize Quran verses hailing Mary, Jesus
(Al Arabiya)
Pope, Patriarch say mass for “persecuted Christians of the Middle East”
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Work of religious sisters against trafficking “nothing short of miraculous,” expert says
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious girls protest pressure to join Israeli army
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘I feel trapped’: Violence fuels fear among Myanmar Muslims
(Foster Klug, Associated Press)
Men without conviction, churches without people
(George Weigel, First Things)
Monday, 12 February 2018
Morocco leads foreign funding for French mosques
(Sana Elouazi, Morocco World News)
Tibetan monk arrested during visit from India, jailed on unknown charge
(Radio Free Asia)
Swiss Radio: Religious freedom – the key to economic success?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Inside business: Business and religion
(BBC Radio)
Religion and politics in the feud between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
(Mordechai Kedar, Arutz Sheva)
The female Quran experts fighting radical Islam in Morocco
(Dina Temple-Raston, The Atlantic)
Indian government acknowledges surge in religion-based violence
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
Israeli Govt. expected to approve aliyah of 1000 Ethiopians within a month
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
New campaign opposes guidance for religious girls on IDF service
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
China’s price: Catholics argue over the value of a breakthrough deal with China
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Moscow patriarchate drags feet on meeting with the pope
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
More details about harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Muslim leaders raise alarm about public danger
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)
Despite Olympics diplomacy, North Korea relentless in persecution of Christians
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt sentences to death suspect in Coptic priest’s killing
(Associated Press)
Muslim World League chief: People must accept religious, intellectual diversity
(Al Arabiya)
India, UAE condemn use of religion by states to justify sponsoring terrorism
(India TV)
Pakistan's Media Authority reminds licensees to refrain from promoting Valentine's Day
(Madeeha Anwar, Voice of America)
Iraqi Shia scholar meets with Pope Francis and calls for tolerance and moderation
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Religious leaders must understand how followers interpret what they teach: Masagos
(Cheryl Goh, Channel News Asia)
People called on to maintain interfaith harmony
(Antara News)
Attacks on religious leaders aim to create instability
(Andi Abdussalam, Antara News)
First Pakistani woman from Hindu minority to become lawmaker
(Adil Jawad, Associated Press)
Dominicans worldwide pray for their deceased parents
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)
The Guardian view on the Catholic church and child abuse: Pope Francis gets it wrong
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Otto Warmbier’s father joins Pence at Olympics to highlight North Korean abuses
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian bishops accuse government of failing to protect citizens from ‘terrorist’ herdsmen
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria: 9 churches burnt down and Christian students attacked as violence continues
(World Watch Monitor)
How do I become a Baha'i
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Chinese scholar says fight the state on religion
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Catholic Church expert: #Metoo, Chile bishop scandal a wake-up call
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
‘I feel trapped’: Violence fuels fear among Myanmar Muslims
(Foster Klug, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 12 February 2018: Religion, Secularism and Democracy in Duterte's Philippines
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Speaking grace to political power
(Don Hutchinson, Convivium)
Calling for true pluralislm
(Raymond J. De Souza with Andrew Bennett, Don Hutchinson, Convivium)
UN denies complicity in Central African Republic massacres, but questions remain
(World Watch Monitor)
Sunday, 11 February 2018
When the monks met the Muslims
(Johan Elverskog, Tricycle Magazine)
Saturday, 10 February 2018
Israel strikes Syria, downs Iranian drone, as F-16 crashes
(Aron Heller and Srah el Deeb, Associated Press Top News)
The Latest: Netanyahu speaks to Russia’s Putin about Iran
(Associated Press Top News)
Abbas tells India PM he seeks multi-country peace mediation
(Mohammed Daragmeh, Associated Press)
Church School of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies obtained state accreditation in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Security Service initiates a case against UOC priest for a post with St. Georgy ribbon in Facebook
(Interfax-Religion)
Identity of subjects of criminal case confirmed: Evidence against Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo collected
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Influx of Cameroon refugees into Nigeria worries Catholic Church
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
No more nukes? Am exchange
(Michael C. Desch and Gerard F. Powers, Commonweal)
Bombings at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kill 2, injure 75
(Rami Musa, Associated Press)
SACRALS Meet 2018 - "Religio-Legal Parameters for Social Harmony"
(South Asia Consortium for Religion and Law Studies, Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (SACRALS), Interfaith Foundation India, New Delhi)
Friday, 9 February 2018
Biblical translation leads to tussles, clashes
(Matin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
“Cross”-examining the biblical witness in war for the Planet of the Apes (on religion in science fiction, part 1)
(Audrey D. Thompson, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
Deus ex machina (on religion in science fiction, part 2)
(Emanuelle Burton, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
Parable of the times (on relition in science fiction, part 3)
(Rebecca Raphael, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
Muslims of Ukraine sign Social Concept
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Bill on recognition of Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide submitted to Israeli Knesset
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
How Iran uses a compulsory hijab law to control its citizens – and why they are protesting
(Moujan Mirdamadi, The Conversation)
Hijab protests expose Iran's core divide
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)
Women need not wear religious robe known as abaya, senior Saudi Muslim cleric says
(Daniel Khalili-Tari, Independent Online)
UNESCO: Yemen war threatens history
(Al-Jazeera)
How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village
(Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe OO, Simon Lewis, and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters)
Hong Kong cardinal warns against Vatican-China deal
(Kelvin Chan, Associated Press)
Cardinal: Rohingya faced elements of ethnic cleansing
(Associated Press)
Bombings at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kill 2, injure 75
(Rami Musa, Associated Press)
King Hamad’s Global Centre for Interfaith Dialogue highlighted
(Bahrain News Agency)
Rastafarians misunderstood, discriminated in Malawi — Galawanda
(Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times)
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