Law and Religion Headlines

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Religious test for military draftees in Russia
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Russian high court reverses application of anti-evangelism law
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

The dangerous myths about Sufi Muslims
(H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic)

Would we be better off without religion?
(Al Jazeera)

NGOs condemn persecution against the Church of Almighty God
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Ambassador, Elder Bednar switch on Washington DC Temple lights
(Andrew Phillips, Deseret News)

Pope urges continued dialogue between Orthodox, Catholics
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pontifical Univ. gives Brian Grim religious freedom award
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

UNESCO releases new research on youth and violent extremism on social media
(UNESCO)

Afghan girls' robotics team wins first place in European competition
(Katie Van Syckle, The Cut)

Pakistan belongs to all Pakistanis regardless of religion, province and tribe: COAS
(Dunyanews.tv)

The "Interfaith Mediation Center" from Nigeria conferred the 2017 Intercultural Innovation Award
(Business Wire)

Ethiopia is an outlier in the Orthodox Christian world
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center Fact tank)

Religion, a private matter, says Rahul
(Mahesh Langa, The Hindu)

Russian priest deflects accusations of anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)

Pope demands ‘decisive measures’ to resolve Rohingya exodus
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

African women embark on pilgrimage in Burundi
(World Council of Churches)

With holy oil and paint roller: Coptic icon painters place memorial to victims of terror attacks
(Katja Dorothea Buck, World Council of Churches)

Egypt Mosque attack: targets of Islamist extremism
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State
(Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz, The Washington Post)

Child suicide bombing and Boko Haram’s future
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Turks explore Ottoman past in visits to Jerusalem
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Why so many Turks took Black Friday as insult to Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Bitcoin pronounced ‘un-Islamic’ by Turkish religious authority
(RT)

Syrian refugee camp in Jordan goes solar
(Mohammad Ersan, Al Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Can Israeli left make peace with Judaism?
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Children born of sexual violence under Islamic State need support
(Eithne Dowds, The Conversation)

Cairo women ride in peace with first female bus driver
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

By not saying 'Rohingya', Pope Francis was just protecting his own
(Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian)

Pope Francis disappoints Rohingya by failing to condemn persecution
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)

Controversial monk and Dalai Lama aide replaced amid corruption accusations
(Rory Carroll, The Guardian)

For Mormon women, saying #MeToo presents a particular challenge
(Andrea Smardon, The Guardian)

Pope Francis pushes Catholic Church towards interfaith dialogue on travels
(Deutsche Welle)

New discovery has dated Jesus' tomb at 345 C.E.
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

One of the biggest threats to international religious freedom is also a biblical commandment
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Sudanese parliament says claims about lack of religious freedoms “exaggerations”
(Sudan Tribune)

Analysis: Cardinal Rai begins strategic call for Saudi religious freedom
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Religious freedoms ‘poorly protected’, committee to say
(Dennis Shanahan and Joe Kelly, The Australian)

Want to better understand Victoria’s assisted dying laws? These five articles will help
(Sasha Petrova, The Conversation)

Tourists are stuck at the airport, but erupting Mt Agung has a deeper significance for the Balinese
(Graeme MacRae, The Conversation)

Australia: Marriage bill clears Senate – now for the lower house
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

WCC Executive Committee envisions future for unity, justice and peace
(World Council of Churches)

Australia attempts to avoid U.S. pitfalls in same-sex marriage legislation
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Headlines)

Labor is right to block ‘religious freedom’ amendments to protect same-sex marriage bill
(Anja Hilkemeijer and Amy Maguire, The Conversation)

Is the Philippines the next caliphate?
(Patrick B. Johnston and Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy)

Comic explainer: what is lone-actor terrorism?
(Wes Mountain and Raffaello Pantucci, The Conversation)

Turkey’s Alevis on edge after homes vandalized
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Foreign parliaments are not powerless to help the Rohingya – their pressure on Myanmar is vital
(Wessel Vermeulen and Andreja Pegan, The Conversation)

Freedom For, From and Within - Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves
(Five Minutes of Religious Freedom, Newseum)

Campus culture wars: Why universities must ditch the dogma
(Paul Axelrod, The Conversation)

Church and state collide at 250 Clark St. Powassan
(Laurel J. Campbell, North Bay Nipissing)

Rare manuscript describes Jews battling antisemitism in 18th century Caribbean
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

Baptist Church in Australia apologizes to domestic violence victims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Egypt mosque attack: new level of horror in decades-long struggle to control Sinai
(Beverley Milton-Edwards, The Conversation)

New York Times misses mark in coverage of Australia's rejection of unidentified Muslim refugees
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Palestinian artist urges women to talk about sexual harassment
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Iraqi archbishop pleas with Trump to save 20,000 persecuted Christian families
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians in Egypt lose more worship sites
(Morning Star News)

Karnataka’s black magic law targets caste and gender discrimination, not Hindu religious practices
(Varuni Bhatia, Scoll.in)

Church counsels Haitians who fear loss of status
(Mark Sullivan, Associated Press)

Pope meets with Suu Kyi, urges greater tolerance in Myanmar
(Kyodo News)

Pope Francis meets with religious leaders in Yangon
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Rohingya crisis: 'It's not genocide,' say Myanmar's hardline monks
(Katie Hunt, CNN)

Pope dives into Rohingya crisis upon arrival in Myanmar
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope demands rights for all in Myanmar, omits 'Rohingya'
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Pope Francis fails to mention Rohingya in Myanmar speech
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)

The Latest: Rights groups, Rohingya disappointed in pope
(Associated Press)

Congo’s bishops ask Kabila to declare he will not run for president again
(Catholic News Service)

Balancing religious freedom rights is not “discrimination”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Beijing bans tours to Vatican amid strained ties
(UCA News)

China bans tours to the Vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew calls to stop the war and aggression in eastern Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

To find the extremism behind the Egypt terror attack, start with anti-Sufi preachers
(HA Hellyer, The Guardian)

Chinese president wants pictures of Jesus replaced with his photo
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Third International Religious Freedom Conference to spotlight persecution of Christians and impending disappearance of Christianity from the holy lands and Middle East
(Religion News Service)

Russia - Islamic World group to meet in Saudi Arabia in 2018
(Interfax-Religion)

Monday, 27 November 2017

Vatican to UN: We must eliminate causes of human trafficking
(Catholic News Agency)

‘Pope’s sociologist’ fights human trafficking from the Vatican and in her own parish
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Pope lands in Myanmar for difficult visit amid Rohingya crisis
(Poppy McPherson and Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)

Rights campaigners think up gay persecution issue in Chechnya - Kadyrov
(Interfax-Religion)

Charges against strange Russian cult
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Why Muslim extremists attacked this mosque in Egypt
(Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post)

Haredi Orthodox minister resigns post over Shabbat railway work
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Refugees escaping Myanmar hope Pope’s visit will bring peace
(Rishabh R. Jain, Associated Press)

Pope meets generals in Myanmar
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Islamic anti-terror coalition is not against any country, sect or religion, says commander
(Noor Nugali, Arab News)

Pakistan army called on to stop 'blasphemy' clashes in Islamabad
(BBC News)

Pakistan troops clash with Islamic protesters who accuse law minister of blasphemy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Opinion: Pakistan's ignominious surrender to Islamists
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

Sufis and the separatist identity
(Tahir Kamran, The News on Sunday)

Indian police ask interfaith couples: Is it love or terror?
(Rupam Jain and Jose Devasia, Reuters)

Boko Haram, pilgrimage, education, others: Churches interrogate religious freedom in Nigeria
(Rita Okonoboh, Nigerian Tribune)

A Muslim's defence of atheists
(Hanipa Maidin, Free Malaysia Today)

'No evidence' Hamilton school board violated dad's religious freedom over sex ed.: judge
(Flora Pan, CBC News)

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