Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 4 August 2017
Buddhist nationalists raise new fears among Myanmar's Muslims
(Reuters)
Burma told by World Islamic body to protect rights of Rohingya Muslim minority
(Serajul Quadir, The Independent)
Report: 479 women accused of 'witchcraft' killed in Tanzania
(TeleSurTV)
A case of judicial overreach
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune India)
On Religion: Rabbi: Believers face sobering choices in these tense times
(Terry Mattingly, Herald and News)
Catholic voices to be heard at Supreme Court in religious freedom case
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic Register)
Australian court upholds decision to ban building of synagogue over possible terror threats
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian municipality: Don’t blame us for banning synagogue on terror grounds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Kazakhstan: Fines for offering religious literature
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan Jehovah's Witnesses assert their rights
(Radio Azattic, Russia Religion News)
Did International Law Kill Charlie Gard?
(LifeNews)
What the Charlie Gard controversy teaches us about parental rights
(Sherry f. Colb, Justicia: Verdict)
Learning from Charlie Gard
(Charles Camosy, First Things)
Keeping the faith: religious diversity in Australia – photo essay
(Michael Wickham, The Guardian)
USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s deportation of Uighur Muslims to China
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
$2M fundraiser launched to rebuild Christian town decimated by ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
India, 70 years on from independence: a painful history but a bright future?
(Nitin Mehta, Kartar Uppal, Jane Ghosh, The Guardian)
Israeli soccer team attacked by Polish skinheads after game
(Allon Sinai, Jerusalem Post)
Jerusalem chief rabbi: Pride parade is causing more damage than benefit
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)
Kenya's churches seek peace in highly contested elections after official's murder
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Malawi’s government encourages local Catholic media
(Catholic News Agency)
Another state in India proposes anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
English-speaking bishops call for end of school boycott in Cameroon
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Muslim nations meet to discuss Jerusalem tensions
(EuroNews)
Islamic school seeks to steer sons of militants to new path
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
China targets Muslim Uighurs studying abroad
(Emily Feng, Financial Times)
'We really feel afraid': Indonesia's religious pluralism under threat – report
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)
Grattan on Friday: Marriage on the rocks in divided Liberal Party
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Friday essay: the photographer, the island and half a million lifejackets
(Cameron Muir, The Conversation)
Govt prioritizes stronger inter-ethnic, inter-religious accord – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Temple Mount wrap up: Where religion, nationalism and politics keep colliding
(Ira Rifkin, The Conversation)
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
(Associated Press, KSL)
Pioneering scientists edit genes in embryos to stop inherited diseases
(Oliver Moody, The Times)
Scientists edit human embryos to safely remove disease for the first time – here’s how they did it
(Joyce Harper and Helen O'Neill, The Conversation)
Guilty by association: Increased targeting of family members in Cuba
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Pope Francis sends letter to interfaith prayer meeting in Japan
(Vatican Radio)
‘OIC favours interfaith dialogue to resolve Rohingya issue’
(Prothom Alo)
Langley’s private Christian university back in court this autumn over law school
(Heather Colpitts, Aldergrove Star)
Globally, people point to ISIS and climate change as leading security threats
(Jacob Poushter and Dorothy Manevich, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes and Trends)
Same-sex marriage: 'Profound shift' in Australian views
(BBC News)
Entsch warns against ‘ambush’ meeting on marriage, amid speculation about postal ballot
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
EVENT, 3 August 2017: Justice for the Yezidis: ISIS and the crimes of genocide
(Hudson Institute)
India: Cabinet approves law to prevent religious conversions
(The Pioneer)
Indian politician reveals that most Indian Muslims are descendants of Hindus
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
70 years after independence, the India I know is losing its way
(Mihir Bose, The Guardian)
Fatwas restrict individual's constitutional freedom, India must create laws to insulate citizens
(Tufail Ahmad, First Post)
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Nîmes imam: Unless political Islam is condemned, there will be more victims like Fr Hamel
(Dr Hocine Drouiche, AsisNew.it)
Archives belie Israel's narrative of Palestinian conflict
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Sisi now controls Egypt's top courts
(Muhammed Magdy, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Saudi engagement with Iraqi Shiites stirs talk of opening with Iran
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Heads roll at top of Turkey's military
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Sanctity of human life faces opposition in New Zealand
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Indonesia’s capital city to jump islands
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Mental health deteriorates in Grecian island camps
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Life on the old Silk Road: the Uighurs of Kashgar – in pictures
(Kevin Frayer, The Guardian)
Faith in recovery pt. 2: The surprising truth about religion and drug use
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
No veil, no visa? Saudi Arabia may ease rules for tourists
(Aya Batrawy, Religion News Service)
Blast at Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills dozens
(Amir Shah, Religion News Service)
Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo metro stir debate
(Menna Zaki, Religion News Service)
Book Review: The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East: Prevention, Prohibition, and Prosecution. Ronald J. Rychlak and Jane F. Adolphe, editors
(Stephen Herreid, Acton Institute: Transatlantic Blog)
Google should turn its attention to battling Islamophobia
(Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Malay Mail Online)
An Almighty Con? Taiwan’s ‘Purple Shirts’ and their Master
(ZiQing Low, The News Lens International)
Malaysia: The welfare and interests of child comes first
(Ti Lian Ker, Malay Mail Online)
MHP supports Turkish government's controversial draft law allowing 'mufti marriages'
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Turkey defends plan to allow religious marriages amid controversy
(AFP, The Independent)
Why Tunisia's new law that aims to ending 'all violence' against women is exceptional
(Faisal Al Yafai, The National)
Mass Nigerian arrests for 'homosexual acts' in Lagos State
(BBC News)
Russian punk rocker decides not to return home from US due to Jehovah's Witnesses ban
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tajikistan: Fines, questioning, threats for wearing hijab
(Forum 18 News Service)
Support in Ukraine for united Orthodox church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Vatican justice branch sets anti-corruption goals for 2018
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Saudi Arabia and Qatar battle over Hajj pilgrims
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of 'declaration of war' in row over Hajj
(Middle East Eye)
China bans entry of Buddhist sect head from Australia
(The Economic Times)
Nun officiates Catholic wedding in Canada with local bishop and Vatican's permission
(Deborah Gyapong, America Magazine)
Draft constitution’s freedoms not acceptable say Beida government’s religious authorities
(Libya Herald)
Escaping Pakistani persecution, Ahmadi activist finds refuge — and purpose — in U.S.
(Madiha Waris Qureshi, Religion News Service)
Understanding freedom of conscience
(Brian Bird, Policy Options Politiques)
Jharkhand Cabinet approves Religious Freedom Bill 2017
(Jitesh Jha, Jagran Josh)
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Jehovah's Witness on trial in Caucasus
(Liudmila Maratova, Kavkazskii Uzel)
The open-ended Extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held at the level of foreign ministers, in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 01 August 2017
(Final Communiqué, Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
Bogotá to host 2018 Global Christian Forum gathering
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pluralism, polarization, and the common good
(Suhail Khan, David Kyuman Kim, and Jack Moline, with Sally Quinn moderating, Council on Foreign Relations: Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop)
The rise of ethnonationalism and the future of liberal democracy
(Jocelyne Cesari, Jack A. Goldstone, Pankaj Mishra and Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations: Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop)
Karen Armstrong: Don't blame religion for terrorism
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
New Tunisian law takes long stride toward gender equality
(Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
A Jewish professor taught at a Catholic school in a Muslim country. Here’s what happened.
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jehovah's Witnesses report freedom in Kazakhstan
(Bud v teme, Russia Religion News)
'Our future will be violent extremism': Kazakhstan — Central Asia’s most stable state — is waking up to the fact that Islamic extremism has planted its roots and is here to stay
(Reid Standish, Foreign Policy)
Local Muslims: Rise in Temple Mount visits is attempt to even the score
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)
Gregorius Soetomo: The Jesuit priest who studied Islam
(Sebastian Partogi, The Jakarta Post)
Qatar’s support of Islamists leads to global terrorism
(Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post)
Russia, West must put peace before partisan interests – Cardinal Parolin
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Islamic State: the West must embrace local state ownership of the region’s conflicts
(Peter Hain, The Conversation)
Diocese in Philippines will “fully cooperate” after priest arrested for child prostitution
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuela’s bishops reject vote to rewrite national constitution
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russia: Misuse of the anti-extremism legislation against religious minorities
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Infant’s death cause for grief, work, ethicists say
(tom Strode, Baptist Press, BR Now.org)
VPNs are a vital defence against censorship - but they're under attack
(Joshua Franco, Amnesty International)
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