Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 October 2017
African bishops call on continent’s political leaders to do more to end misery
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In defense of Islam
(Alexandra Prior, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tent Schools offers hope to children in the Middle East
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Indians protest attacks on Dalits for sporting mustaches
(Ritu Sharma, La Croix International)
Pope Francis advised to use 'healthy realism' with Beijing
(Michael Sainsbury, Dili (Timor-Leste) and ucanews.com reporter, Hong Kong, La Croix International)
Iran, sanctions, and developing a heart for the Farsi-speaking world
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Erdogan's Iran visit sparks talk of Iraqi Kurdistan as 'new Israel'
(Al Monitor)
Turkey lays out plans for Iraq's Kurds after independence vote
(Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Fourth Nigerian priest kidnapped this year, released when no ransom given
(International Christian Concern)
Sudan: human rights violations, religious persecution abound - US sanctions must stay
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
Terrible fate awaits North Korean women escapees in China
(International Christian Concern)
The betrayal of Vietnam's forgotten Montagnard Christians
(International Christian Concern)
Global terror groups set to exploit violence in Myanmar
(International Christian Concern)
Rohingya not the only group persecuted in Myanmar, Christian minorities are as well
(International Christian Concern)
Study shows link between abortion and breast cancer in China
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Iraqi Christians are in 'state of fear' after Kurdish Independence Referendum, bishops warn
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
We live in a religious power vacuum
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
More Catholic than the pope
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery — still riveting after 70 years
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq stand on the brink of extinction
(Chris Smith, Religion News Service)
Back from Puerto Rico, the Rev. Gabriel Salguero shares ways to help
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 5 October 2017: Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace, with Bishop Robert Kasun, CSB
(St. Philip Parish, Toronto, Cardus: Faith in Canada 150)
Fall religion reading: Heavy-duty edition
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Many countries favor specific religions, officially or unofficially (Islam is the most common state religion, but many governments give privileges to Christianity)
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Religious leaders' dialogue promotes peaceful Karabakh settlement - head of Muslim Board of Caucasus
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkmenistan: Pressure in schools, sackings, haj restrictions
(Forum 18 News Service)
Turkmenistan: Raids, fines, torture, detentions, threats
(Forum 18 News Service)
Pope Francis wants to see 'fake news' confronted
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church hosts delegation from World Council of Churches
(Ecumenical News)
Disputes within Russian Orthodox activist community
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Jewish reporter says she faced anti-Semitic harassment at Australian TV station
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why was Taj Mahal excluded from Indian tourism brochure?
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Some think interfaith dialogue goes nowhere. A veteran rabbi begs to differ
(Michelle Chabin, Deseret News Faith)
Churches in Vietnam, Japan agree to jointly care for migrants
(Catholic News Service)
Bishop urges U.S. to remain party to Iran nuclear deal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Dozens of Catholic institutions mark St. Francis feast by defunding fossil fuels
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Experts say online child abuse pervasive, growing, and needs coordinated response
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
'Who is a Jew?' can now be answered by genetic testing
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Israel's Chief Rabbinate urged to allow DNA evidence to prove Jewish descent in some cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New report on official and favored state religions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents slam transgender push to remove gender-specific terms in school sex ed
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
In Indonesia, a Mosque and a church foster friendship amid religious tensions
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Christian persecution reports increase out of Pakistan
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Christians under ‘the squeeze’ in Iran, but creative partnerships advance Christ
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Egyptian Church ravaged by sectarian violence in 2013 finally reopens
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Religion given government benefits in nearly half of countries - new poll
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Sudan church leader interrogated after refusing to hand property to state
(World Watch Monitor)
How does redemption fit into faith and treatment?
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church
(Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian)
Some think interfaith dialogue goes nowhere. A veteran rabbi begs to differ
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Freud and other ‘god-killers’ are here to stay
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Iraq danger grows after Kurdistan independence vote
(Sarhang Hamasaeed, Dr. Elie Abouaoun, United States Institute of Peace: The Olive Branch)
A Way Forward: Prioritizing freedom of religion or belief in U.S. policy to end recurrent religion-related conflict in Iraq
(Lena Smith and Tina Ramirez, Hardwired, Inc.)
News media take heed: Tunisia, not Saudi Arabia, is where Arab Muslim women are truly advancing
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Is Saudi Arabia really changing?
(Simon Henderson, The Atlantic)
Sierra Leone government moves fast to quell tension over religious hate speech
(Abdul Rashid Thomas, The Sierra Leone Telegraph)
Vatican conference tackles new technology and medicine
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Iraqi nun: We pray for ISIS militants. It helps us forgive.
(Alvaro de Juana, Catholic News Agency)
More than 20% of countries have official state religions – survey
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Catholic church to make record divestment from fossil fuels
(Arthur Neslen, The Guardian)
Hindu festival chokes Indian waterways with flowers and idol debris
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Unexpected footprints deal blow to evolution
(Julie Borg, Christian Headlines)
Monday, 2 October 2017
A Right for All: Freedom of Religion or Belief in ASEAN
(Executive Summary, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF releases new report: A Right for All: Freedom of Religion or Belief in ASEAN
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF issues report on religious freedom in Southeast Asia
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Saudi woman's 'mixed feelngs' about winning the right to drive
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
Two dozen of Egypt's Nubians arrested for protesting, face hearing
(Fatma Lotfi, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Will the Jewish archive return to Iraq?
(Saad Salloum, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
The 'good monk' myth
(Joe Freeman, The Atlantic)
The misunderstood roots of Burma's Rohingya crisis
(Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic)
Relief efforts continue in earthquake-battered Mexico
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
The challenges to constitutional government: a conversation with Michael Greve
(Michael S. Greve, Library of Law and Liberty)
Government anxious to rush through haredi military service exemption law
(Lahav Harkov and Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Attempt on life of religious figure averted in Ingushetia
(Interfax-Religion)
Commuting to Nairobi, the train becomes a church
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Danish Jehovah's Witness loses in Russia court again
(Denis Volin, Orel News)
“The Conversation” misleads on impacts of same sex marriage
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
India Dalit man killed 'for watching Hindu celebration'
(BBC News)
This week in Christian history: Saladin, Jim Bakker, and a martyred Bible translator
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Iranian Shia Muslims attend mud-rubbing ritual – in pictures
(Atta Kenare, The Guardian)
Why Pope Francis is reviving a long tradition of local variations in Catholic services
(Joanne M. Pierce, Religion News Service)
Mormon leader Robert D. Hales dies; served on top panel
(Brady McCombs, Religion News Service)
A proposal for Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)
Sunday, 1 October 2017
LAST CALL, due 1 October 2017: Nominations for Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards 2018
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
New rules could mean less freedom for China’s Christians
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Saturday, 30 September 2017
Shayara Bano and others v. Union of India and others, Writ Petition (C) No. 118 of 2016
(ESCR-Net)
Africa prepares to host Mission and Evangelism conference in changing continent
(Ecumenical News)
Russia: Jehovah's Witness Bible, Jewish, Christian, Muslim books banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
US-Turkish relations: A pastor becomes a pawn in a spat between America and Turkey
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Patriarch Kirill positively evaluates relations between Uzbekistan's Muslims, Orthodox
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill equals insulting believers' feelings to extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
State Duma deputies who watched Matilda see it as movie, give filmmaker right to realize idea
(Interfax-Religion)
18 Jewish House members press Netanyahu on pluralism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How Yom Kippur fasts became all about the feasts
(Deena Prichep, NPR)
Bring this to synagogue on Yom Kippur
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
What the Yom Kippur fast means to a Ugandan Jew
(Sara Toth Stub, NPR)
Brazil to allow religion classes at state-run schools
(La Croix International)
Brazil's Supreme Court upholds denominational religious classes in public schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 30 September 2017: Our stories shape us: history, faith and practice of the indigenous church in Canada
(Regent College, Vancouver BC, Cardus: Faith in Canada 150)
CALL FOR PAPERS, Response due 30 September 2017: 2018 ACLARS Conference: Law, Religion, and Human Flourishing
(Steering Committee, African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
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