Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 15 September 2017
Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
(Bouazza ben Bouazza, Religion News Service)
The things they carried: the Iraqis who fled Mosul
(Cengiz Yar, Foreign Policy)
Christians are divided over Australian gay marriage debate
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Australian bishops call for month of prayer ahead of same-sex marriage vote
(Catholic News Agency)
Egyptians make their way to Mecca by many means
(Rami Galal, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Controversy erupts over women's role in political life in Egypt
(N.A. Hussein, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: ex-kidnapper admits ‘they get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in’
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Israel eats up more Palestinian land rights in Hebron
(Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Season of culture unites Jerusalem
(Debra Kamin, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The rise and fall of Israel's ultra-Orthodox party
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli legislator quits in dispute over nephew's gay wedding
(Reuters Staff, Reuters)
Assisted dying laws to be debated in New South Wales and Victoria
(Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
New film about the Apostle Paul will star James Faulkner and Jim Caviezel
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Conservative Christians’ anti-marriage equality lines ‘betray gospel of grace’, says reverend
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
We need more analysis and less emotion in the marriage equality debate
(Bede Harris, The Guardian)
Fr Tom: Jesus was with me every day I was held captive
(World Watch Monitor)
Singapore's first female president will be Muslim
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Stunning destruction of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious rights in Russia
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Bahrain and Jewish rights group lead effort to call out extremist clergy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary, without pope
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
UN experts urge India to act after slaying of journalist who fought Hindu extremism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Fire at Malaysian boarding school kills 24, mostly students
(Russell Goldman, The New York Times)
Russian movie chain won't show Tsar 'affair' film after threats from Christian hardliners
(James Macintyre, Christian Today World)
Russian police ready to curb provocations, ensure security of Matilda film viewers
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses ask presidium of Supreme Court to void liquidation
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
The Senate must act now to save Christianity in Iraq
(Carl Anderson, The Hill)
When the U.S. Government tried to fight Communism with Buddhism
(Joe Freeman, Politico Magazine)
Leftist Jewish youth groups in Rio boycott Israeli folk dance festival
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Netanyahu to meet with US Jewish leaders
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalainga: Religion is misused in Central African Republic conflict
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
A discussion with Rokhaya Thiam, midwife and president of a women's dahira
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Case Commentary on Shayara Bano v. Union of India
(Vedant Churi, GLC Mag)
Indonesian woman caned after adultery conviction in Aceh sharia court
(Samantha Hawley, ABC News (Australia))
Vladimir Putin's Christianity is a facade, says expelled US missionary
(Harry Farley, Christianity Today UK)
Umayyad Mosque in Syria's Aleppo to be restored with Kadyrov Fund money
(Interfax-Religion)
FJCR building in suspected Molotov cocktail attack
(Interfax-Religion)
Firebomb hurled at Russian Jewish group’s Moscow offices
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russian Federation’s illegal ban on the Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Massive drops in migration to Italy bring Libya’s problems to light
(Justin Salhani, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
For the first time, the papal nuncio to Italy is not Italian
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Why are opposing sides in U.S., Europe cheering Pope on immigration?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How Pope Francis reframes the politics of being ‘Prolife’
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Malaysian Prime Minister urges Trump to support moderate Muslim regimes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
High Court strikes down law that postponed ultra-Orthodox draft
(Times of Israel)
Israel's High Court strikes down 2015 law on draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Haredi Orthodox lawmaker resigns from Knesset after coming under fire for attending same-sex wedding
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Mexican Jews welcome Netanyahu — despite backing for Trump’s wall
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Netanyahu's son Yair draws fire after posting 'antisemitic cartoon'
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
‘Emerging’ Jewish groups cheer Israeli plan to ease visa requirements
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
Australian Christian Lobby not worried about marriage campaign vilification law
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
UN: Poverty, abuse of power, push young Africans into violent extremism
(Lisa Schlein, VOA)
Catholic sexual abuse partly caused by secrecy and mandatory celibacy, report finds
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Rights organizations rally to reveal fate of Syria’s disappeared
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Shiite iconography electrifies Iranians on Syria
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egypt unwavering to US pressure over North Korea
(Amr Eltohamy, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Why do Sikhs wear turbans? You asked Google – here’s the answer
(Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian)
Faith key to rebounding from refugee status, apostle says
(Mormon Newsroom)
Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it
(Peter Harrison, edited by Sam Haselby, Aeon)
Israeli court annuls law exempting religious from military
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Reforming Catholic liturgy should be like updating software
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)
Who cares for the pastor’s spouse?
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Free speech and vilification in the marriage law postal survey
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
‘Lessons in hate’ taught in Saudi Arabian schools
(Editorial, La Croix International)
Pope Francis moves to develop a more decentralized church
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)
Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker resigns after attending gay wedding
(Associated Press)
Tunisian women’s rights plan rattles Muslim traditionalists
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
As Rohingya flee violence, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi skips UN meet
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Caste, India's apartheid
(Father Myron Pereira SJ,, La Croix International)
Jihadist support for Rohingya puts Pakistan and China on the spot – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Elder Holland speaks at Windsor Conference on Mormon refugee experience
(R Scott Lloyd, Deseret News Faith)
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
LDS reaches major milestone in Philippines
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Haredi, religious MKs up in arms over court's conscription order
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Bulgarian Tourism Minister: 'Bulgarian-Russian relations in the sphere of tourism were very successful this year'
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Tajikistan: Id al-Adha restrictions, haj returnee celebrations banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Religion and climate change: The Dalai Lama’s planet
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down law increasing number of draft exemptions for yeshiva students
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UN ambassadors encouraged to follow example of Archbishop Romero
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Report: Priest kidnapped in Yemen in 2016 has been released
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis meets with Indian priest kidnapped by Islamic militants in Yemen
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
(The Associated Press, The Associated Press Religion)
Indian state of Kerala rejoices release of Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil held in Yemen
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Remarks to the Opening Session of the 2017 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
(Ambassador Michael Kozak, Head of US Delegation, US Mission to the OSCE)
16 years after 9/11, al-Qaeda is back
(Zack Beauchamp, Vox)
Nashville and Sodom
(Aaron Taylor, First Things)
Empathy Is Not Charity (a review of *Silence*)
(Patricia Snow, First Things)
Egyptian government acts to support religious minorities
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Science is beating religion in Britain and Canada
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks commemorated in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses ask Supreme Court to reverse ruling declaring them extremists
(Interfax-Religion)
No compassion for the mentally ill: Canada's obsession with the 'right to die'
(Eric Metaxas, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Palestinian refugees to return to Damascus camp after four years in the dark
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Churches reject attempts to weaken Christian presence in Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Sabbath summit unites Israel's rival ultra-Orthodox parties
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Don’t let the Islamic State slip the noose in Syria
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
Egypt: Coptic churches ‘closed for security’ reopen
(World Watch Monitor)
Pope criticizes Trump's action on DACA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 11 September 2017
UN rights chief: Rohingya seemingly face ‘ethnic cleansing’
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press International News)
Kenya elections: change is a constant theme
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)
Most Catholics now back abortion - poll
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Lots of scientists believe in God. Why should that surprise us?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
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