Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 15 December 2017
Indonesia's Constitutional Court refuses to criminalize all sex outside of marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Parsi woman who married outside religion can enter fire temple, says Supreme Court in major ruling
(Dev Goswami, India Today)
Religious freedom review appointee has argued for limited sharia law in Australia
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Lutherans offer replica of 'Christ of Bojayá,' Colombian symbol of hope, to Pope Francis
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russian law enforcement descends on Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Peruvian prosecutor requests jail for Sodalitium founder
(Catholic News Agency)
Bishops condemn selling of Nigerians into slavery in Libya
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)
Catholic priest and activist points finger at government in peacekeeper attack in Congo
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Concerning Jerusalem, Donald Trump, Arab Christian anger and, yes, American evangelicals
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Argument: From Bahrain to Jerusalem
(Simon Henderson, Foreign Policy)
Inauguration of first church rebuilt in Nineveh Plains since ISIS invasion
(Maria Lozano, Abouna.org)
Chinese authorities collecting DNA from all residents of Xinjiang
(Benjamin Haas, The Guardian)
China collecting DNA, biometrics from millions in Xinjiang: report
(James Griffiths, CNN)
Daphne Bramham: Legal rights, not religion, may result in polygamy convictions being stayed
(Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun)
Jerusalem
(Paul Mendes-Flohr, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
A global snapshot of same-sex marriage
(David Masci and Drew Desilver, Pew Research Center Factank)
Fears rise over LGBT discrimination in conservative Paraguay
(Pedro Servin, Associated Press)
Aid group: At least 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
(Associated Press)
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
The meaning of Hanukkah - the miracle of light
(Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, The Christian Post)
Do you know the history behind these 10 Christmas traditions?
(Danika Delallo, Christian Headlines)
In India, 6 people get death penalty for 'untouchable' attack
(Scott Neuman, NPR)
Egyptian women get inheritance rights
(Ayah Aman, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Islamic Jihad pushes Hamas into a corner
(Shlomi Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Grappling with Rome: David Marr's lessons from the royal commission
(David Marr, The Guardian)
Why extend the church's ‘freedom’ when it's abused what it already has?
(Richard Ackland, The Guardian)
Chrysalis of crystal: A Baha’i temple offers a new kind of sacred space
(Michael J. Crosbie, Religion News Service)
Puerto Rico Senate approves religious freedom bill
(Eve Kucharski, Pride Source)
Constitutional arguments begin in Canadian polygamy case
(Associated Press)
Uzbekistan: No books allowed, Bible ordered destroyed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Court sets deadline for trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Orel News, Russia Religion News)
European court asks Russia to answer Jehovah's Witnesses' challenge
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Muslim leaders declare 'East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine'
(Deutsche Welle)
Leader of Church in Cameroon calls on president not to seek re-election
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Muslims told no religious reason not to stand for judge
(Matthew Benns, Herald Sun)
Explanatory note on the judicial process and participation of Muslims
(Public Statement, Australian National Imams Council)
Australian imams publish guidance for Muslim witnesses in judicial proceedings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump and Jerusalem: New York Times analysis tells the story behind the headline
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
New York Times trips on pope's 'Lord's Prayer' story, but Houston Chronicle recovers
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Freed prisoner witnessed radicalization in Egyptian jails
(Associated Press)
Israeli Jewish radical sentenced to 4 years for church arson
(Associated Press)
Court endorses confiscation of Jehovah's Witnesses' headquarters
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Vatican voices concern over Trump's Jerusalem move
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Analysis: What the Vatican does to stop money laundering
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Analysis: What is the context of Pope Francis’ words on the Lord’s Prayer?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
The devastating but little-noticed DRC refugee crisis
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Open Doors presents UN with hope for the Middle East
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Sexual abuse survivors fear being 'deserted' after royal commission ends
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
The traditional Chinese dance troupe China doesn’t want you to see
(Nicholas Hune-Brown, The Guardian)
Congregation fights to save church where Harriet Tubman worshiped
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Tens of thousands of Israelis attend ultra-Orthodox rabbi's funeral
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Nigeria: Plateau attackers arrested, as Christians call for grazing ban
(World Watch Monitor)
Over 800,000 call on UN to protect Christians in Middle East
(World Watch Monitor)
Bizarre murder-suicide of Shinto Priestess
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Reaction to Trump's Jerusalem move
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Launching year-long campaign leading up to the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights
(Linda Wieland, World Religion News)
Countries around the world and their status on gay marriage
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The identity crisis of Hanukkah
(Donniel Hartman, Religion News Service)
Menorah lightings planned around the world for Hanukkah
(The Editorial Board, Religion News Service)
Celebrating Hanukkah where the dominant winter holiday isn’t Christmas
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar’s armed forces
(Kristen Gelineau Elineau, Religion News Service)
Religious faith can help people to build better cities – here’s how
(Chris Ives and Andre Van Eymeren, The Conversation)
High commitment to religious freedom
(Daily Express)
Monday, 11 December 2017
Global peacemakers join march in Oslo after Peace ceremony saying 'No' to nuclear weapons
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egyptian religious leaders to shun US vice president Pence over Jerusalem
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russia: Falsified "evidence" helped convictions?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Hindu man in India kills a Muslim and posts the video
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times)
Catholic archbishop challenges Malawi’s leaders on abortion law
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Amid embassy furor, Vatican cautions against ‘new cycle of violence’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In a rare court challenge to its abortion ban, Brazil grapples with its own version of Roe vs. Wade
(Jill Langlois, Los Angeles Times)
A mostly Christian city in the Philippines lays out the welcome mat for displaced Muslims
(Ralph Jennings, Los Angeles Times)
Why faith actors are essential to promoting religious tolerance: a guest blog from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
The pope’s Myanmar plight recalls church struggles with rotten regimes of the past
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Religion is as much about social glue as staying true
(Zakir Hussain, The Straits Times)
After decades of suppression, Baha'is celebrate publicly in Baghdad
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor)
Call to anti-Lingayat religion campaigners to shed differences
(The Hindu)
M.B. Patil attempts to show Lingayat was separate religion
(The Hindu)
South Africa: Efforts to curb commercialisation of religion
(Tania Page, AlJazerra)
Respecting religious diversity
(Jan Figel, The Nation)
In sign of gently warming ties, Bahraini delegation visits Israel
(Times of Israel)
Liberated and angry: Months of fighting drove the Islamic State from the Philippine city of Marawi but left behind distrust and destruction
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)
EVENT, 11-13 December 2017: The Fourth Assembly of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies - "Global Peace and the Fear of Islam: Roadblocks on the road to Radicalism," Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
(Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies)
What will Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?
(Maha Nassar, The Conversation)
The National Post delivers intriguing story on Quebec and the Catholicism it loves to hate
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Ban the niqab, keep the cross?
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)
From postal survey to parliament: how Australia legalised same-sex marriage
(Amy Maguire, The Conversation)
Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings
(The Japan Times)
UN works to send home Libya's stranded migrants
(Onize Ohikere, Christian Headlines)
Occult groups in Nigeria kill, kidnap Christian
(Morning Star News Nigeria)
Over 10,000 people attend Franklin Graham rally in Vietnam
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Report: Iraq is 'fully liberated' from ISIS control
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help?
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Mohsin Hamid: 'If you want to see what tribalism will do to the west, look at Pakistan'
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Guardian)
Who’s going to learn the Lord’s Prayer again?
(Barbara Ellen, The Guardian)
The Reckoning, part 1: David Marr on the road to the child sexual abuse commission – podcast
(David Marr, Miles Martignoni, and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Nigeria: Government failure and the spread of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Adamawa state
(World Watch Monitor)
CAR Christians and Muslims risk crossing ‘red line’ to establish peace
(World Watch Monitor)
Mali: ‘Christians can simply be slaughtered’
(World Watch Monitor)
Ethiopian Jews are changing centuries of tradition
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
The world doesn't need religion for morality
(J. M., World Religion News)
Religious potos of the Week: 12/01 – 12/07
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)
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