Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Togo’s crisis takes religious and ethnic dimensions; country’s bishops are worried
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
CCLA and NCCM launch legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 62
(Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
US to give $500,000 to any NGO that promotes religious freedom in India
(Hindustan Times)
Bar Ilan University takes on Nationality Law
(Gil Ronen, Arutz Sheva)
Two groups challenging Quebec law on religious neutrality
(RDNewsNow)
In New York Times, a bizarre story about a fake wedding (yes, there are holy ghosts)
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia – where did it come from?
(Peter Lehr, The Conversation)
Hope for Indigenous Supreme Court justice swells as appointment recommendations loom
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)
Driving ISIS out of Iraq isn't enough, contend survivors
(Persecution)
Eritrea forces Christian schools to close, all schools now public and secular
(Persecution)
Christians in northern Iraq caught between Kurdish and Iraqi forces
(Persecution)
Lives in limbo – Iraqi Christians’ long wait for asylum in Lebanon
(World Watch Monitor)
Karachi university holds conference to promote tolerance and counter extremism in Pakistan
(Persecution)
Christians in Nepal petition government to remove anti-conversion law
(International Christian Concern)
Duterte's zero-tolerance drug policy has resulted in almost 4,000 deaths
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
New book sheds light on conspiracy theories surrounding Pope John Paul I's death
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
China deports hundreds of South Korean Christians for helping persecuted North Koreans
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Light breaking through the darkness in Nicaragua
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Religious Practice around the World: Photos of the week 10/27-11/02
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Indonesia ruling lifts blasphemy prosecution threat to religious minorities
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
Indonesian court recognizes native religions in landmark ruling
(Tom Allard and Jessica Damiana, Reuters)
For the first time in Saudi Arabia, women authorized to issue fatwas
(Arab News)
Women will soon be issuing fatwas in Saudi Arabia. This isn’t as groundbreaking as you’d think.
(Richard A. Nielsen, The Washington Post)
An Iraqi town where Muslims, Jews, and Christians coexist, in theory
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)
'Terrorist rehab' opens its doors in northern Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Is the celibacy of Catholic priests coming to an end?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
US announces funding to promote religious freedom in Sri Lanka
(Colombo Gazette)
Russia: Muslim prisoner of conscience tortured
(Forum 18 News Service)
UPR side event: The denial of religious freedom in Pakistan
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Casualties in religious attacks in Afghanistan rise steeply: U.N.
(Reuters)
For Afghan farmers, climate change is 'god's will'
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)
Pope makes emotional plea against war
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Kerala high scout orders police protection for interfaith couple wanting to get married
(Neethu Reghukumar, News 18.com)
Canada's Supreme Court hears arguments in ecclesiastical abstention case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada's high court to decide whether courts can hear church membership cases
(ReligiousLiberty.TV)
Pope Francis meets with Kofi Annan, other members of “The Elders”
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How the Islamic State uses ‘virtual lessons’ to build loyalty
(André Gagné and Marc-André Argentino, The Conversation)
Trafficking expert tells Vatican summit, ‘Slavery was never abolished’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Quebec's face-covering law heads for constitutional challenge
(Benjamin Shingler, CBC News)
Has Uzbekistan’s repressive government helped radicalise its emigrants and exiles?
(John Heathershaw, The Conversation)
Monday, 6 November 2017
Global churches act together calling COP 23 to deliver climate justice
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Are Christians supposed to be communists?
(Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
World Jewry more worried by Haredi than Arab growth in Jerusalem, study finds
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Preserving Jewish history in Mexico City
(Alan Grabinsky, The Tablet)
What was the Jewish role in 1917 Russian Revolution? This Moscow museum gives a full picture.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. bishop: Congo tensions high; church teaches democratic practices
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Luther goes global
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Adventists mark Reformation’s 500th anniversary with launch of new book
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
Critics fear for Turkey’s secular foundations as religious marriage law passes
(Fulya Ozerkan, The Times of Israel)
Law conference highlights atrocities against religious minorities
(Baha'i World News Service)
Gay rebels: why some older homosexual men don’t support same-sex marriage
(Peter Robinson, The Conversation)
Supreme Court ruling clears way for Jumbo ski resort on sacred Indigenous land in B.C.
(Brian Platt, Calgary Herald)
Can anyone stop the tragedy in Myanmar - before it's too late?
(Ben Pauker, Foreign Policy)
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
(Robert Muggah, The Conversation)
How Nike’s hijab sports gear is taking on Islamophobia and patriarchy
(Nuraan Davids, The Conversation)
'It's Our Right': Christian congregation in Indonesia fights to worship in its church
(Matthew Ozug, NPR)
NPR gets it right about how bad things are for non-Muslims in Indonesia
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Indonesia's youth share thoughts on religion, identity and dreams
(Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Advocacy for Christians returning to Northern Iraq
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Traditional meets modern in Israel's ultra-Orthodox art
(Mordechai Goldman, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The week in Christian history: Dante exiled, pastor murdered, Martin Luther's birthday
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
'I miss them so much': Myanmar's lost Rohingya children plead for their parents
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)
The war against Pope Francis – podcast
(Andrew Brown, read by Andrew McGregor and produced by Simon Barnard, The Guardian)
Will a Mars colony need religion for survival? Scientist says yes
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Using prayer to defeat North Korea?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Top Israeli newspaper agrees: Biblical creation stories are just fables
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Remembering and forgetting about Christianity and freedom on Luther’s anniversary (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Elizabeth Prodromou, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Stand (essay on the Reformation)
(The Economist)
How Martin Luther changed the world
(Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)
Martin Luther and Ethiopian Christianity: Historical traces
(David D. Daniels, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
500 years after the Reformation, 5 facts about Protestants around the world
(Neha Sahgal, Pew Research Center Fact tank)
University student dismissed for expressing Biblical view on homosexuality
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Mutharika attends Ijtima festival for Malawi Muslims: Call for continued religious co-existence
(Sylvester Kumwenda -Mana, Nyasa Times)
Steps to a secular India
(Dhruv Gaur, Brown Political Review)
Iraqi Shiite militia will fight Islamic State in Syria border town
(Reuters)
First Nation Canadians, sacred sites and judicial review: Ktunaxa
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 3 November 2017
Canada's Supreme Court rejects aboriginal tribe's religious objection to ski resort
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Presence of Indigenous sacred sites doesn’t bar ski development, SCC rules
(The Lawyer's Daily)
Cross demolition campaign in China
(China Aid)
How states can wield ‘official Islam’ to limit radical extremism
(Michael Robbins and Lawrence Rubin, The Washington Post)
Poll: 68% of Israeli Jews want Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Bomb threat cancels Balfour Declaration event at Florida Jewish museum
(The Jerusalem Post)
On All Souls' Day Pope Francis warns warmongers that the only fruit of war is death
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Kazakhstan: UN call for prisoner of conscience's release
(Forum 18 News Service)
As Australians vote on same-sex marriage, concerns for religious liberty loom
(Tyler Arnold, National Review)
For the first time Christian evangelicals met with Egypt's president
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Science tells moms to prioritize motherhood in the first three years
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)
Preparing for IDOP: Learning the stories of the persecuted Church
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Validity of Kenya’s election in question
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Zoroastrian takes center stage on Iran’s political scene
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egyptians highlight human rights abuses as government campaign backfires
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Pakistan court backs first wife in landmark polygamy case
(Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan court fines and jails husband for polygamous marriage without wife's consent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan fulfills promise to recognize Christian marriages
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Nineveh Christians still talk of emigration, despite Iraqi-Kurd peace agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt church reopened after 22 years seen by some as gesture to US
(World Watch Monitor)
Dozens killed as Islamist violence erupts again in eastern DRC
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran MPs seek to change law so voters can only vote for candidates from their own religion
(World Watch Monitor)
Eritrean Christians told to remove crosses as schools forced to go public
(World Watch Monitor)
Archaeologists say rebuilding Jonah’s mosque should wait
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Gilgamesh Nabeel, Religion News Service)
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