Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 29 January 2018
The good swastika
(Joshua Hammerman, Religion News Service)
Bolivian Christians can still evangelise … for now
(World Watch Monitor)
Saturday, 27 January 2018
Pence's speech to Knesset gets theological criticism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 26 January 2018
Outraged women in India threaten mass suicide over Bollywood film
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys
(Ben Hirschler, Reuters)
Right to dignity of Christian women in Pakistan
(Naumana Suleman, Daily Times)
Canada: Rabbis sign open letter opposing federal requirements for jobs grant
(Paul Lungen, The Canadian Jewish News)
The unveiling of Christian nationalism
(William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Religion News Service)
Growing anger in Israel over refugee deportation
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Responding to the global refugee crisis in 2018
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
Despite persecution, Pakistan’s Church is growing and maturing
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Christians in China working out of faith
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
Sudanese refugees facing arrest in Egypt
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Children from the red light district finding hope for the future
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
The truth about religious freedom in China
(Eric Metaxas, G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post)
China's faith-friendly facade: What they don't want you to know
(Eric Metaxas, G. Shane Morris, Christian Headlines)
Why some Catholic defend the kidnapping of a Jewish boy
(Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic)
Pope Francis compares fake news to snake in Garden of Eden
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Quebec community rallies for mosque attack hero: 'He sacrificed his legs for us'
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Syria church leader condemns Turkey’s ‘unjustified aggression’
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran protests saw people ‘turn their backs on political Islam’
(World Watch Monitor)
Do Christians really ‘thrive’ in Israel?
(World Watch Monitor)
Evangelical churches in Turkmenistan want official registration
(World Watch Monitor)
Pope Francis’ blind spot on sexual abuse
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Brian Grim to speak on faith's power at Davos
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Patriarch Kirill alarmed by spread of cryptocurrencies
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia without future if it follows Europe's example in issues of religion - Deputy Speaker Tolstoy
(Interfax-Religion)
Cooperation with secular universities makes Islamic education 'fundamental' - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
'Threat of fake news' is focus of Pope Francis 2018 World Communications Day message
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Rohingya, religion, response: Part One
(Kelsey Ritchie, The Baines Report)
Rohingya, religion, response: Part Two
(Kelsey Ritchie, The Baines Report)
I visited the Rohingya refugee camps and here is what Bangladesh is doing right
(Sabrina Karim, The Conversation)
Priests, nuns arrested for anti-Kabila protests in Congo
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Schools in Yogyakarta overlook religious tolerance: Study
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)
I would like it if politics based on caste and religion did not exist, says RSS chief to Mumbai bizmen
(Hindustan Times)
Israeli journalist threatens to sue U.S. Embassy over sex separation during Pence visit to wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Journalist to sue Western Wall rabbi, U.S. Embassy over gender segregation during Pence visit
(Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz)
Riots in Indian cities on eve of Hindu queen film release
(AFP)
US Policy toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government
(Joshua Landis and Matthew Barber, Syria Comment)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January 2018
(World Council of Churches)
Last remaining mysterious parts of the dead sea scrolls deciphered
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Government has issued more information on the CSJ Program
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
CCCC’s Response To Government’s Supplementary Information on CSJ
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
The Origins of the Reformation Bible
(Edmon L. Gallalgher and John D. Meade, OUPblog | Religion)
Kyrgyzstan: Church arson follows long-standing government failures
(Forum 18 News Service)
UN, OSCE, EU should react to harassment of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)
New attack on evangelicals in historical context
(Politsovet, Russia Religion News)
Russian presidential candidate may pray with American lawmakers
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses again frustrated in court
(Telegraph, Russia Religion News)
Padmavat: Violence after India top court lifts ban on film
(BBC News)
Pope appeals for peace in Democratic Republic of Congo
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Brazil takes “decisive steps towards gender equality” with election of its first female bishop
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Doctrine of Discovery: Still relevant when covering Pope Francis' outreach to indigenous tribes
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Nigerian bishops speak out against increasing attacks by Fulani herdsmen
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Punishment won’t stop teenage pregnancies in Tanzania because ‘bad behaviour’ isn’t the cause
(Kate Pinock, The Conversation)
Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends
(Haidar Khezri, The Conversation)
Kenyans are a worried lot over religious affiliations in Jamhuri High School
(Fay Ngina, UReport)
Clash in Jamhuri High School over religious affiliations
(Fay Ngina, UReport)
Islamic State attacks Save the Children charity in Afghanistan
(Sayed Salahuddin, The Washington Post)
New York Times misses the nuances on Canadian battle over abortion, religious freedom
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Perception and Acceptance of Religious Diversity among the European Population
(Professor Detlef Pollack, Principal Investigator, Association of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA))
For Chinese Muslims the cost of becoming a Christian is loneliness
(World Watch Monitor)
Niger’s churches rebuilt, but West African nation ‘no longer tolerant’
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Mike Pence, Zionist thinker
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Pope compares fake news to ‘snake tactics’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Fake news is the work of the devil — Pope Francis
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
Egyptian parliamentary committee responds to 'Coptic issues' memo released by US Congress
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)
Egypt: Two Minya churches obtain legal recognition, officially open
(Egypt Independent)
Virtuous evildoers: On the paradoxes of virtue
(Gilbert Meilaender, Adventist News Network)
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Pope Francis and World Council of Churches head address Davos participants
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Unregistered Baptists caught in violation of Yarovaya Package
(OVDInfo, Russia Religion News)
Republicans and Democrats grow even further apart in views of Israel, Palestinians
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
New Pew poll reveals Republican embrace, Democratic ambivalence, in American public’s support of Israel
(Ben Cohen, The Algemeiner)
Palestinian Christians slam Pence’s pro-Israel faith
(Karin Laub, Religion News Service)
Jordan urges Pence to ‘rebuild trust’ after Jerusalem pivot
(Ken Thomas, Religion News Service)
Pence speaks to Israel's Knesset
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence in special session of the Knesset
(The White House)
Bishop calls tension on India-Pakistan border “worrisome”
(Catholic News Service)
Churches in Syrian enclave say Turkish bombing is killing civilians
(Dale Gavlak, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops of Dem. Rep. of Congo seek international help to ensure elections
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Agree with abortion or lose Government funding: Watch Intersection
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Family and Community: The secrets of Jewish endurance
(Pini Dunner, The Algemeiner)
Over 80 Christians killed in Benue State, Nigeria, in January
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Hindu radicals burn down church and Christian businesses in Northern India
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Bombs target historically Christian district in Damascus, severely damaging churches
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Christians in Nepal petition government to repeal religious conversion ban
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Chinese government plans to implement stricter regulations on Christians
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Why Israel-Jordan crisis lasted so long
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Former Turkish Alevi federation head protests Education Ministry’s new cemevi description
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Mexico City Policy ensures US funds won't force 'abortion ideology,' backers say
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
'An assault on the body of the church'
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Muslim refugees team up with anarchists in an effort to shame Greece
(Zareena Grewal, The Atlantic)
Pakistani student kills school head in blasphemy law row
(Reuters, The Guardian)
El Al is a Jewish airline
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Tveit: Beyond national borders, we are one humanity
(World Council of Churches)
WCC, UNICEF deepen collaboration to protect and provide for children
(World Council of Churches)
Egypt: Copt thrown out of village and fined over ‘attack’ he denies
(World Watch Monitor)
China planning to release new religious affairs regulations
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
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