Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 30 September 2017
Kurdish vote won’t slow push to help Nineveh Christians, organizers say
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Some Turks blame US for Kurdish independence vote
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Friday, 29 September 2017
Pope's trip to Burma comes amid 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Cardinal Parolin: Iraqi Christians are called to be 'artisans' of reconciliation
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Iranian parents face difficult decision in child education
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Meet Pakistan's modern middle class
(Ammara Maqsood, The New York Times)
Australia asks for international prayer to protect marriage
(James Cordon, Christian News Wire)
Is this the beginning of the end for Idlib's jihadi groups?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Iraqi citizens' sentiment may be softening toward Israel
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Myanmar Rohingya hatred has roots in Buddhist nationalism
(Grant Peck, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 29 October 2017: United Nations launch of the OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
(OSCE, ICLRS, ADF International)
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Lukashenko suggests organizing meeting between Patriarch Kirill, pope in Minsk
(Interfax-Religion)
Syrian authorities are doing everything to protect Christians – Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church will be built in Kabul
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbek leader plans to meet with Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witness in court for possessing banned literature; escapes fine
(Website of Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office, Russia Religion News)
Canada at long last opens national Holocaust memorial
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Nigeria: Catholic group casts NGO bill as attempt to promote Islam
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vietnam & a century of Catholic teaching on war and peace
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Saudi Arabia continues to allow hate speech
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Sierra Leone arrests pastor who blamed Islam for 'every terrorist act in history'
(Cooper Inveen, The Guardian)
Saudi Arabia: Prince Mohammed plays his biggest card yet
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)
The ’Splainer: What is Navaratri?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Tunisian women in interfaith marriages welcome repeal of ban
(Akram Khalifa and Salma Ben Taher, Religion News Service)
ISIS cyber jihadis are 'garbage' at hacking, top researcher says
(Jack Moore, Newsweek)
ISIS leader Baghdadi speaks of North Korea 'nuclear' threat to U.S. in new speech, suggesting he is alive
(Jack Moore and Tom O'Connor, Newsweek)
Contemporary tyranny and Catholic social doctrine
(James Kalb, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
Why I believe in Islam
(Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
Joyous celebrations mark return of Iraqi Christians to Nineveh Plains
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)
Cult wars in Odessa: The applied sciences association and the anti-cult movement
(Massimo Introvigne, European Association for the Study of Religion Annual Conference)
Scientology, documents and updates from CESNUR
Russia and Religious Liberty: Some reflections after the Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology cases
(Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR))
Scientologists arrested in Russia: An open letter to President Putin
(Alekseyeva Lyudmila Mikhailovna, chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group and many others, CESNUR)
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Saudi decree will allow women to obtain drivers licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women in Saudi Arabia still can't do these things
(Jamie Tarabay, CNN)
Eight things women still can't do in Saudi Arabia
(Bethan McKernan, Independent)
After Jehovah's Witnesses ban, Russia takes on Scientology with controversial results
(Damien Sharkov, Newsweek)
Patriarch Kirill to visit Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)
NY rabbi to lead first congregational mission to Bahrain
(Danielle Ziri, The Jerusalem Post)
Moscow patriarchate objects to U.S. State Department's criticism
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Mormon apostle's visit requested by Peruvian president
(Jason Swensen, Deseret News Faith)
Kenyan bishops urge politicians to participate in pre-election dialogue
(Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service)
Average people hold key to nuclear disarmament, Vatican official says
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Vatican official condemns discrimination against women
(Matt Fowler, Catholic News Service)
Zimbabwe opposition tries to form united front to oust Mugabe
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fairness in news: Is Australian church message board row 'sign' of things to come?
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
A path to détente in the war over abortion
(Julia D. Hejduk, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Gift-Motherhood, the Prius, and the Peace Corps: Reducing abortion by incentivizing adoption
(Julia D. Hejduk, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Stoicism, Platonism, and the Jewishness of Early Christianity
(Troels Engberg-Pedersen, OUPblog Religion)
The death of secularism
(Andrew Copson, OUPblog)
Islamic extremism rising in Indonesia
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
The physical and spiritual dangers of an expanding refugee crisis
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Why 'why Buddhism is true' is true
(Adam Frank, NPR)
Turkmenistan: Another disappeared prisoner of conscience dies – of torture?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Otto Warmbier was 'systematically tortured' by North Korea, say parents
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Desperate plea from the Catholic Patriarch in Iraq: 'We cannot endure another war'
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Police show Gaza women how to stay safe online
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
A trip through Iran's Sunni heartland
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Catholics in Papua New Guinea a sign of the Church's universality
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Mexico City archdiocese offers free medical care for earthquake victims
(Catholic News Agency)
Saudi women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018
(Abdullah al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, Religion News Service)
Driving change: Saudi Arabia will finally allow women to drive
(The Economist)
Why has Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women drivers at last?
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
May Allah be praised? Saudi women finally get to drive (for some vague, secular reason)
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
‘This is a huge step for us’: jubilation as Saudi women allowed to drive
(Martin Chulov and Nadia al-Faour, The Guardian)
Study finds Saudi government still tolerates hate speech
(Aya Batrawi, Religion News Service)
Kosher? Historic ruling lets Israeli diners decide
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Ten books you should be sneaking into synagogue on Yom Kippur
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
EVENT, 26 September 2017: Nuclear Disarmament and Development: The Hopes of the Holy See
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Pedophile priests. The social construction of a moral panic
(Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR))
Russia honors Kalashnikov, a man whose faith was too complex for this New York Times story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
In Tunisia, an ancient Jewish community braves uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religion and state in Israel: Charting a new course for 5778
(Shuki Friedman, The Jerusalem Post)
Why not quote Buddhists in news about Buddhist mistreatment of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingyas?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Monk-led mob attacks Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka
(AFP, The Times of India)
Bangladesh: Rohingya orphan children to be rehabilitated State Minister for Social Welfare says
(The Daily Star)
Investigation of alleged human rights violations and abuses against the Rohingya
(UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya lack food and water
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Twentieth anniversary of Russia's religion law
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
3 very religious reasons to end the barbaric practice of kapparot with live chickens
(Haim Ovadia, Forward)
Religious minorities need protection, says top Vatican official
(Matt Fowler, Catholic News Service)
Holy Land Christians frustrated by lack of legal action against vandals
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Mexico City archdiocese offers free medical care for earthquake victims
(Catholic News Agency)
'No way back' in Myanmar's crucible of communal hate
(Agence-France Press)
Harvey, Irma, Jose... and Noah
(David Brooks, The New York Times)
Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confiscates Christian literature as ‘publicity stunt’
(World Watch Monitor)
Russian human rights activist asks Putin to reverse arrest of Scientologists
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Witch doctors are sacrificing children in drought-stricken Uganda
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Iraqi Kurds voted in their independence referendum. Now what?
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Will outlawing ‘instant divorce’ advance justice for Muslim women in India?
(Z. Fareen Parvez, The Conversation)
Divine to divided: How Occupy Central split Hong Kong's Christian leaders
(Jayson Albano, Marta Colombo, and Maria Christhin Kuiper, South China Morning Post)
Bangladesh: On marriage, convenience, rights, and politics
(Arpeeta Shams Mizan, The Daily Star)
Monday, 25 September 2017
Sectarianism in Iraq peaks ahead of Kurdistan referendum
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Refugees’ fate in limbo as Iraqi Kurdistan referendum nears
(Dilshad Hama Khidhir, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
As Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, Turkey dials up hostility
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Why is Turkey so disjointed over the Iraqi Kurds?
(Merve Tahiroglu and Aykan Erdemir, The Washington Post)
'Miracle of the Kurds' author shares why he supports a forgotten people
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
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