Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 22 January 2018

5 dead, dozens injured as Congo police disperse protests
(Saleh Mwanamilongo and Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press)

Russian Orthodox bishop assails Putin, won’t vote for him
(Associated Press)

Vandals attack another church in Chile after Pope visit
(Associated Press)

Jerusalem community center offers new tune to ultra-Orthodox
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iraq's Islamists dump religion for upcoming elections
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Mashhad in the spotlight: inequality plagues Iran's holy city
(Phil Hoad, The Guardian)

Syrian church in Turkish-hit enclave calls for aid
(World Watch Monitor)

Russian jury still out on Turkey's Afrin offensive
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Erdogan vows to 'destroy all terror nests' in Syria
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Jehovah's Witnesses are target of religious discrimination laws in Kazakhstan
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

EU reiterates support for future Palestinian capital in Eastern Jerusalem
(Reuters and Algemeiner Staff, The Algemeiner)

Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
(Nicole Winfield and Christine Armario, Religion News Service)

'Sicker than healthy': Pope blasts Latin America's corrupt politics
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Pope apologizes to abuse victims, but defends Chilean bishop
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope offers partial apology to victims but insists bishop did not cover up abuse
(Associated Press aboard the papal plane, The Guardian)

Droves fill pope’s final Mass in restive Latin America trip
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Russian Orthodox bishop assails Putin, won’t vote for him
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)

Yemen's Houthi rebels intensify persecution of Baha'i minority
(Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph)

Are the gods indifferent?
(Louis B. Rosenblatt, OUPblog)

Saturday, 20 January 2018

Aum trials seen near completion as top court upholds life term for Katuya Takahashi
(The Japan Times)

'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria
(The Guardian)

Can Justin Trudeau tolerate real diversity?
(Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail)

Podcast: Bary Bussey speaking on the Canada Summer Jobs Program
(Alberta at Noon)

Friday, 19 January 2018

Pope Francis says Amazon indigenous people under greater threat than ever
(Dan Collyns, The Guardian)

Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’
(Nicole Winfield and Christine Armario, Religion News Service)

Sex abuse scandal isn't the only 'pain' for the Pope in South America
(Emily Green, NPR)

Pope Francis accuses Bishop's critis of slander, riling sex abuse victims in Chile
(Bill Chappell, NPR)

It's time for female deacons in the Catholic Church
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

In Xi we trust - Is China cracking down on Christianity?
(Wesley Rahn, Deutsche Welle)

Putin's Epiphany dip shown in media because it took place in public with many believers present - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)

Baptism madness seizes Russians on Epiphany
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

In wake of Trump furor, Vatican delivers show of solidarity for Africa
(John Allen and Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Is this the beginning of the end for freedom of the press in the Philippines?
(Manuel Quezon III, The Washington Post)

Religious buildings in Kazakhstan to be labeled 16+
(Jelena Rakocevic, Modern Diplomacy)

Khamosh calls for seminary reforms
(The Nation)

Interfaith group to contribute to Rakhine rebuilding
(Aung Kyaw Min, Myanmar Times)

Religious Liberty Sabbath highlights a core Adventist value
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)

Archives chronicle decades of Baha'i persecution in Iran
(Baha'i International Community)

Pence plan to target aid for Christians in Iraq sparks concern
(Rhys Dubin and Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy)

Women's campaigns flourish beyond Iran protests
(Sstefania D'Ignoti, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Why protests won’t change Iran’s foreign policy
(Hamidreza Azizi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Why is Foreign Policy magazine grumpy about U.S. aid going to Christians in Iraq?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Christian persecution is already at an all-time high, North Korea retains top spot
(Eric Metxas and Stan Guthrie, The Christian Post)

Indonesian Christians fighting Trump deportations likened to Jews fleeing Nazis by federal judge
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Evangelical megachurch in China blown up by military police
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Why no news coverage of Trump silence on China's destruction of evangelical megachurch?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Women start filling up tanks at Gaza gas station
(Amjad Yaghi, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Israeli female pilot raises rabbis’ ire
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

IS families lose their homes in Syria’s Akhtarin
(Khaled al-Khateb, All Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Israeli nationalists' messiah complex
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Living a different answer — Father Deacon Andrew Bennett, director of Cardus Law, celebrates Christmas with hundreds of Millennials who respond to old holiday questions with a new zeal for Truth
(Andrew Bennett, Convivium)

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Russian Orthodox priests consecrate all oceans on Epiphany eve
(Interfax Religion)

The United Nations’ shameful treatment of persecuted Christians
(Alexander W. Titus, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy)

In Israel, a rabbinical plan to hide Africans facing deportation
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

More Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews buck tradition and head for the army, higher ed
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Will religious instability destroy Bangladesh
(Doug Bandow, The National Interest)

Pakistani humanist denied UK asylum after failing to identify Plato
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Philosophical failing in denial of Pakistani humanist’s asylum claim
(Letters, The Guardian)

For first time, Pope Francis marries couple in flight
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Wing and a prayer: pope marries couple on plane over Chile
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Why would a Bible translation use the word 'Palestine'?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)

Iranian Christian convert leaders 1,500 Muslims to Christ in Sweden
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Global rights group says Malaysia sliding towards conservative Islam
(Free Malaysia Today)

More difficulties for Protestants in use of meeting places
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

As church/state tensions mount in Congo, Vatican trip in limbo
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cancelling Haj subsidy is a good step, now the government should stop spending on all religions
(Faizan Mustafa, The Wire)

Rep. of Imam Khamenei in Syria visits Christian leader
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Pakistan: Ministry gives ‘Human Rights Award’ to UIPM
(The Nation)

#MeToo women, you have more in common with pro-life women than you think
(Helen Alvaré, Washington Examiner)

Pakistan's minorities fleeing over denial of religious freedom
(Ani, Daily News and Analysis)

Understanding Love and Marriage with Rousseau
(Paul Seaton, Law & Liberty)

The term ‘LGBTI’ confuses desire, behaviour and identity – it’s time for a rethink
(Dennis Altman, The Conversation)

EVENT, 18 January 2018: TWU Intervener Discussion Panel
(Moot Court Room, University of Toronto Faculty of Law)

Pope urges Chile to welcome migrants, holds airborne wedding
(Nicole Winfield and Peter Prengaman, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Pope in Chile to say Mass on contested land used for torture
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope meets with abuse survivors, weeps with them in Chile
(Peter Prengaman and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope shocks Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slander
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Prison reform could be immediate fruit of Pope’s Chile trip
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Peru indigenous ask pope to push for land rights
(Associated Press)

Dr Agnes Abuom: “I dream of a world where every man and woman’s dignity will be upheld”
(World Council of Churches)

Mahmoud Abbas says Trump must choose: "Jerusalem is the gate of peace and war"
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif International Conference on Supporting Jerusalem
(Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches)

WCC says future of Jerusalem must be a shared one
(World Council of Churches)

Police expel Jewish group from Temple Mount, citing provocations
(Udi Shaham, The Jerusalem Post)

Continued attacks on churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Court calls off tormentors of Pentecostal church in Naberezhnye Chelny
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

The lingering dream of an Islamic State
(Azadeh Moaveni, The New York Times)

In Canada, new law could mean changing route of March for Life
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic News Service)

Visiting bishops praise Gazans, but say Christian presence is shrinking
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)

Philippine church leaders expect more deaths as police relaunch drug war
(Catholic News Service)

What’s at stake when Francis and Erdogan sit down to talk Turkey
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Inter-American human rights court recognizes same-sex marriage and transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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