Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 3 November 2017
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
(Robert Muggah, Religion News Service)
Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Indonesia hosts first conference for Asian religion journalists
(Herald Malaysia)
Islam, the State, and security in post-Soviet Central Asia
(Eurasia Net)
Buddhism and Islam in Asia: A long and complicated history
(The Diplomat)
Hundreds of religious leaders gather in S. Korea to promote peace
(Press Release, Pacific News Center)
Dia De Los Muertos comes to lifes across the Mexican diaspora
(Isabel Dobrin, NPR)
U.S. pastors planning pilgrimage to Holy Land urge Christians to support Israel
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
'Shocking behavior': only 1.5 percent of Syrian Christians accepted into Western nations
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
The Guardian view on Israel and Palestine: escape the past
(Editorial, The Guardian)
A century on, the Balfour Declaration still shapes Palestinians’ everyday lives
(Simon Mabon, The Conversation)
Before Balfour: the Reformation helped to create the state of Israel
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Egypt's president Sisi meets with US evangelical leadaers for first times in Cairo
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Patriarch Kirill criticizes 'color' revolutions for using quasi-religious rhetoric
(Interfax-Religion)
For what reason was another Ukrainian inter-religious council estabilshed and what did it achieve?
(James Wilson, World Religion News)
Pakistan should be called country of concern over religious persecution
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Benin bishops say poverty fuels country’s health care crisis
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Orthodox Jewish family wants brain dead son's death certificate rescinded because faith won't accept he's deceased
(Tom Blackwell, National Post)
Orthodox Jews in Canada challenge brain death as end-of-life test
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why the census in Canada showed a steep drop in the number of Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine
(BBC News)
Yogi Adityanath govt to toughen laws on use of loudspeakers at religious places
(India TV)
Minister witnesses peace declaration of Merauke interfaith youth
(Kemenko PMK, The Jakarta Post)
Rajasthan HC raises question on woman’s conversion to Islam, interfaith marriage
(Dinesh Bothra, Hindustan Times)
Rajasthan High Court seeks govt answer on Religious Conversion Law
(Sangeeta Sharma, Daily News and Analysis)
How the Día de Muertos tradition continues, even after losing everything in the 7.1 quake in Mexico
(Kate Linthicum, The Los Angeles Times)
Day of the Dead: A unique understanding of death
(Al Jazeera)
What ancient cultures teach us about grief, mourning and continuity of life
(Daniel Wojcik and Robert Dobler, The Conversation)
The 100-year-old letter that still divides the Middle East
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Dispatch: For Uzbeks, radicalization often begins abroad
(Amie Ferris-Rotman, Foreign Policy)
What draws ‘lone wolves’ to the Islamic State?
(James L. Gelvin, The Conversation)
Old friends from Argentina reunited in New York. Five died together in a terrorist attack.
(Max Radwin, Anthony Faiola, Samantha Schmidt, and Amy B. Wang, The Washington Post)
Germany marks 500th anniversary of church’s Reformation
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Reformation turns 500: Authors explain 'what remains at stake' between Catholics, Protestants
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Reformation commemoration a 'powerful symbol of hope' says German Protestant bishop
(Ecumenical News)
Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The rights of infidels in a new world (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(David Lantigua, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity and liberty: Closer friends than you think (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Daniel Philpott, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity’s growth in China and its contributions to freedoms (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Fenggang Yang, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity and freedom: Peril and promise (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Allen Hertzke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious freedom's roots and fruits, from antiquity to the present day (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Timothy Shah, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wittenberg in the spotlight: Luther rules, 500 years after Reformation
(Brian Melican, The Guardian)
Martin Luther's children: the top 10 Protestants in fiction
(Peter Stanford, The Guardian)
Quick facts about Protestantism on its 500th anniversary
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Why the ecumenical movement is a historical event on par with the Reformation
(Thomas Reese, RNS column: Signs of the Times)
Is the Reformation over?
(Chris Castaldo, Religion News Service)
Recipes for reformation: A menu to mark Martin Luther
(Jason Derose, NPR)
Martin Luther: The Monk who stood against an empire and changed the world
(Bethany Blankley, Christian Headlines)
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
#Reformation500: Washington Post tackles the modern Protestant Reformation happening in Brazil
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Saudi crown prince rattles Turkish Islamists
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Caritas Venezuela warns that 280,000 children could die of malnutrition
(Catholic News Agency)
Amid Pence promises, persecuted Iraqi Christians still in perilous limbo
(George Russell, Fox News)
Muslims in Sri Lanka: Strangers in their own land
(May Jeong, Moment)
Lebanon looks to recreate Palestinian society in refugee camp
(Daniel Hilton, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Pope: the saints weren't perfect, but they allowed God to touch their lives
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Some Indonesians fear country's religious intolerance is growing
(Ari Shapiro, NPR)
'It's our right': Christian congregation in Indonesia fights to worship in its church
(Matthew Ozug, Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Church leaders arrested in Sudan
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Media attack on religions with American origins
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Media attack on Jehovah's Witnesses
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
India's 'love jihad'- Are women being recruited for 'Islamic State'?
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Pope Francis gets sleep whenever he can, even while praying
(David Greene, NPR)
Faith, finance and ecology: Green investors and right-wing sceptics clash on the meaning of scripture
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Turkey: What do parents and pupils think?
(Dr. Mine Yildirim, Forum 18 News Service)
Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women
(Jenny Graves, The Conversation)
Social media study points to a close result in the same-sex marriage vote
(David Tuffley and Bela Stantic, The Conversation)
Real fake news: Facebook's role in Buddhist Myanmar's deadly war against its Rohingya Muslims
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
At Facebook, hand-wringing over a fix for fake content
(Mike Isaac, The New York Times)
Russian Jews point out to Patriarch Kirill’s special role in opposing Anti-Semitism and xenophobia
(Interfax-Religion)
Challenging the notion that religion fosters violence
(Maxell Kennel, The Conversation)
Travelling the world to study interfaith initiatives
(Farida Master, The Times NZ)
Iran: Fariba Kamalabadi, religious prisoner of conscience, released
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Russia's inter-religious faith council backs curb on artistic freedom
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet)
The Islamic World doesn't need a reformation
(Mustafa Akyol, The Atlantic)
Family of Toronto man declared brain dead says finding goes against his religion
(National Post)
The Balfour declaration isn’t history, it’s an everyday reality for Palestinians
(Yasmeen el Khoudary, The Guardian)
Pakistani Christians face discriminations in prisons too
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Blasphemy law used to accuse Pakistani Christians
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Divorce divides Pakistan's Christian marriage law debate
(Zahid Hussain, Karachi and Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)
This is no way to treat the dead
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Pope pained by attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, NY
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Bitan assures US Jewish leaders that Kotel crisis will be resolved
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Patriarch and president dedicate memorial to victims of Stalinism
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Local justice ministry asks court to dispose of Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Federal Press, Russia Religion News)
‘Bubble zone’ law could end Ontario’s March for Life, bishop warns
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic leaders welcome more troops in Central Africa, but want weapons
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Sister Agatha: A Nigerian peacemaker at work
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Two pastors in Burma sentenced to prison
(Morning Star News Burma Correspondent, Christian Headlines)
Here are the 10 worst countries for Christian persecution according to a UK report
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Egypt's Christians appeal for help after churches are forced to close
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Scientists suggests why the sun stood still for Joshua in battle
(Laura Lacey Johnson, Christian Headlines)
Turkey pays informants to target most wanted terrorists
(Mahmut Bozarslan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syrian Kurds focused on federalism
(Mohammad Bassiki, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Kurdish crisis imperils US anti-terror fight in Syria
(Jack Detsch, Al Monitor)
Local radio station uses airwaves to fight extremism in northern Syria
(Sara Manisera, Al Monitor)
Central African Republic IDPs angry at UN failure to protect them
(llia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Cameroon: 6 siblings kidnapped by Boko Haram escape to safety
(World Watch Monitor)
Jordan charity ‘restoring dignity’ to Iraq’s refugees
(World Watch Monitor)
Britain's Prince Charles attends interfaith dialogue with religious leaders and young people
(Joanna Seow, Straits Times)
Monday, 30 October 2017
Hindu nationalists stir up controversy over Taj Mahal
(Julie McCarthy, NPR)
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