Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Protecting religious freedom after “Yes”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Turkish marriage law a blow to women's rights, say activists
(Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian)

Ceasefire holds but food shortage threatens Sudan’s Nuba people
(World Watch Monitor)

IS renews threat to Copts as Al-Azhar head says Islam ‘at war with itself’
(World Watch Monitor)

Vatican releases pope’s schedule for visit to Chile, Peru
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Persistent Fulani violence ‘indicates ethnic cleansing’ of Nigerian Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

Cameroon cardinal says France to blame for ‘Anglophone crisis’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Can religion help end nuclear weapons?
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Imprisoned Chinese Christian lawyer in recaptured in daring escape
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Buddhist light festival shoos away bad luck in northern Thailand
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Monday, 13 November 2017

Communiqué on the legal status and protection of ‘places of worship’ and ‘holy sites’
(The participants of the ecumenical Conference ‘Places of Worship and Religious Sites in Europe and the Middle East’, Conference of European Churches)

Soviet Union managed to build "a kingdom of justice," church official believes
(Interfax-Religion)

Baptists perceive revival of Soviet times
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses leaders rehabilitated
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Labor leader: the Left forgot what it means to be Jewish
(Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)

Global church leaders urge climate conference leaders to act as talks' progress slows
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Versions of nihilism: Jihadism and far-right fanaticism viewed as responses to the same malaise
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Buddhism is more 'Western' than you think
(Robert Wright, The New York Times)

Global cooperation needed in response to climate change, pope says
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

In Uganda, missionary nun determined to tackle child begging
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

World leaders are meeting at the Vatican to discuss nuclear weapons. Here’s why.
(Kevin Clarke, America Magazine)

Hindus too a minority in some states
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune India)

The belief that Africa’s Quranic students are passive victims needs to change
(Anneke Newman, The Conversation)

Religious photos of the Week: 11/03 – 11/09
(Shane Epping, Religious News Service)

Australia: Religious freedom law sought for gay marriage opponents
(Al Jazeera)

Pope's Chile-Peru trip to include focus on indigenous people
(Associated Press)

Turkish Jews open doors to confront antisemitism
(Colin Shindler, The Jewish Chronicle Online)

In India, Christian leadership comes from the marketplace
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Iran taking Saudi rhetoric, actions seriously
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Women's 'digital heels' leaving impression in Turkey
(Riada Asimovic Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Hanging on for dear life, hardliners change tack on same-sex marriage
(David Marr, The Guardian)

'YouTube Islamist' Anwar al-Awlaki videos removed in extremism clampdown
(Alex Hern, The Guardian)

How has the Orthodox church changed in the 21st century?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Pope reaffirms conscience as heresy debate divides church
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 13-15 November 2017: Faith-Based Urban Thinkers Campus, Engaging the New Urban Agenda, Singapore
(Urban Shalom Project)

Saturday, 11 November 2017

After 'avalanche' of emails, Canada MPs vote to save Criminal Code section protecting religious services
(Brian Platt, National Post)

Wall accuses Governor General of mocking faith
(D.C. Fraser, Regina Leader-Post)

Courts have no business reviewing religious decisions
(Barry W. Bussey, The National Post)

CCCC makes oral argument at Wall case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)

Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (religious autonomy case)
(Court ot Appeal of Alberta)

Obstructing worship and the Canadian Criminal Code
(Alan Perry, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Canada: Faith leaders push to keep law protecting religious groups
(Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News)

Friday, 10 November 2017

Indonesia Constitutional Court declares discriminatory religion law unconstitutional
(Jurist)

Indonesian Constitutional Court requires recognition of indigenous religions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Top Indonesia court overturns discriminatory religious law
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)

Indonesian law requiring citizens to identify with 1 of 6 religions is overturned
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Indonesia Court ruling on Recognition of Native Religions (decision in Indonesian)
(Constitutional Court of Indonesia)

Witnessing for Christ: through the eyes of a persecuted pastor in Sudan
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Israeli women chime in on #MeToo campaign
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why some religious Israelis are saying women are weakening the army
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

How Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas Party lost its way
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

5 Christian families flee Pakistani village after teen falsely accused of blasphemy
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Considering our options: Deepening religious freedom, witness, and argument in the public square
(Margaret Harper McCarthy, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng escaped, recaptured
(International Christian Concern, Christian Headlines)

‘It will help future generations’: Muslim schools in north India set to modernise
(Amrit Dhillon, The Guardian)

‘My daughters have no future in the Middle East’
(World Watch Monitor)

Pakistani Christian sent to prison for ‘insulting Islam’ despite mental ill-health
(World Watch Monitor)

Christians deported from China after helping North Korean refugees
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Holy smoke! Vatican to stop selling cigarettes
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

New book alleges gay sex in Vatican dorm, shady banking
(The Associated Press)

More than 13 million gather in Karbala for Arbaeen
(The Associated Press, The Religion News Service)

Life without religion
(Alex Izza, The World Weekly)

Pakistan’s religious parties announce revival of MMA after a deacde
(The Hindu)

NGO seeks leave to appeal spanking judgment
(IOL)

Nepalese Christian leaders demand repeal of law criminalizing evangelism and conversions
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)

Pakistan blocks off roads into capital as blasphemy law supporters stage sit-in
(Saad Sayeed, Reuters)

Do Indonesia’s anti-pornography laws protect morals or encourage discrimination and abuse?
(Max Walden, South China Morning Post)

Communism and the eradication of religion
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

After Communism, in the shadow of materialism (and not just in Russia)
(Peter Kopa, MercatorNet)

Muslim World League leader tells World Council of Churches, 'we must combat extremists'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Cardinal says Vatican wants contact with North Korea to ease tensions
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ahead of papal visit, Myanmar cardinal warns against hate speech by religious leaders
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

UN nuncio: Peace maintained by ‘mutually assured destruction’ is not real peace
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Egyptian lawmaker to propose anti-gay bill as part of crackdown
(Reuters)

Grand Imam of Azhar meets Pope to talk peace
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)

Vietnamese diocese begins rebuilding church ruined in ’67 U.S. air raid
(Catholic News Service)

Amid political crisis, Kenyan bishops plan national dialogue forum
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)

Amid growing U.S. – North Korea tension, Vatican hosts meeting on nuclear weapons
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christian leaders in Zimbabwe criticize stifling of dissent by Mugabe regime
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

WA Government seeks legal advice on religious schools’ right to discriminate against LGBTI teachers and students
(Phoebe Wearne, The West Australian)

Same-sex marriage: 'More than a dozen' conservatives prepare alternative bill to protect religious freedoms
(Lucy Barbour, ABC News)

Why Muslims of Gujarat are voting for BJP
(Afroz Alam, Wion)

"Everyone blames me." Barriers to justice and support services for sexual assault survivors in India
(Human Rights Watch)

Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Are stunning Saudi corruption arrests about reforms or power? Yes.
(Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor)

Saudi ban: disaster for Yemen
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)

Saudi Arabia: Journalistic whiplash follows a crown prince's political crackdown
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Amid a Saudi purge, women face the test of a lifetime
(Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Policy)

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Papal loyalists become dissidents
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for UN climate talks in Bonn to recognize ‘urgent priority’ of climate change
(Religion News Service)

Catholic official: Bangladesh should apologize to India for nun’s rape
(Catholic News Service)

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