Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo metro stir debate
(Menna Zaki, KSL)
Indonesia: Draft law to ensure rights for religious minorities met with skepticism
(Jakarta Globe)
Sudan sticks to clear religious freedom policy
(Xinhuanet)
Monday, 31 July 2017
The Kingdom in a war zone
(Hannah Marazzi with Emily Way, Convivium)
Sudan’s president, head of Anglican Church discuss religious freedom
(Sudan Tribune)
Amid persecution, Sudan becomes Anglican Communion's newest province
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks ‘strongly’ to Sudan President of religious freedom for Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Remembering Peter Berger
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Canadian Council of Christian Charities granted intervener status in TWU Case: The Supreme Court changes course on TWU interveners
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Eight churches in Baghdad close their doors forever as Christians continue to flee Iraq
(Sandra Elliot, Christian Headlines)
Iraq must now rebuild itself – and that means fixing its dreadful governance
(Pamela Abbott, Andrea Teti, and Kevin M. DeJesus, The Conversation)
Prime Minister of Pakistan steps down
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Myanmar journalist detained for 'defaming' anti-Muslim monk
(Joseph Hincks, TIME)
Myanmar police detain journalist ahead of defamation trial
(Esther Htusan, KSL)
Mystery shrouds disappearance of first female mayor in Egypt’s Sharqiyah
(N.A. Hussein, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Trump’s plan for Mideast peace fades
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
What the Holy See told the UN about Middle East Christians
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders are protesting a coal mine in Australia
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
The El Salvadoran who helped rescue 40,000 Jews from the Holocaust
(Catholic News Agency)
Huge protests all over India about Muslim violence, both Christians and Hindus get involved
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
India: Ministry combats trafficking through victim rescue and community transformation
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Pope calls for greater commitment to fight human trafficking
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Dalai Lama says caste system is against religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
What can you wear to the beach if your religion insists on modesty?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Muslim cemetery latest ban disappoints and angers
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
A ban on Muslim cemeteries is an attack on us all
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
A battle for the souls of refugees
(Jenn Lindsay, Religion News Service)
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
(David W. Stowe, Religion News Service)
Yes, I kissed the Western Wall
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)
Prominent Russian punk-rocker defects to U.S. over Jehovah's Witnesses ban
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Vietnam: Religious prisoner of conscience pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh released
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Duterte's plan to scrap Philippine rights body angers some Catholic bishops
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Istanbul to host meeting of ministers on Al-Aqsa crisis
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Jehovah's Witness musician seeks refuge in West
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses tolerated in eastern Ukraine
(Official website of Donetsk People's Republic, Russia Religion News)
Australian state Labor Party votes to recognize a Palestinian state
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
26 Venezuelan Jews flee social chaos, immigrate to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it
(Robyn J. Whitaker and Jason Goroncy, The Conversation)
In its first-ever U.N. vote, the Holy See says ‘no’ to nuclear weapons
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Why offshore processing of refugees bound for Europe is such a bad idea
(Daria Davitti, The Conversation)
Peace group hits ‘arbitrariness’ of military rule in Marawi
(Paulo C. Rizal, Davao Today)
Malaysia: Hadi contradicting himself on Constitution with Shariah Bill, interfaith group says
(Malay Mail Online)
Polygamy should never be linked with religious freedom
(Lorna Dueck, The Globe and Mail)
Are American Jews giving up on Israel?
(Debra Kamin, Foreign Policy)
Does Turkey face day of reckoning with al-Qaeda in Idlib?
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Bishop Younan accepts the Niwano Peace Prize
(The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land)
EVENT, 31 July 2017 (Jakarta): Relations between Religious Minorities, Majorities and the State in Indonesia and the United States: Current Trends and Issues
(Brett Scharffs, Yenny Wahid, Nur Syam, Febi Yonesta, Sponsors: Indonesia–US Council on Religion & Pluralism, SETARA Institute for Democracy and Peace, Wahid Foundation)
Democracy in Turkey teeters on brink of extinction
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Victories put Iranian Reformists on path to repeat past failures
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Netanyahu's crusade against Al Jazeera in Jerusalem
(Shlmi Eldar, trans. Danny Wool, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Erdogan’s anti-Israel rhetoric may not have impact he expects
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Interfaith dialogue after the murder of Father Jacques Hamel
(Marco Ceccarelli, ABC Religion and Ethics (Australia))
Absurd violence? Breaking the cycle of hate after the murder of Father Jacques Hamel
(Austen Ivereigh, ABC Religion and Ethics (Australia))
In a bid to promote diversity, Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue
(Jacob Wirtschafter, Religion News Service)
USCIRF praises nomination of a new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Greek Foreign Ministry condemns Turkish attempts to convert UNESCO World Heritage Site Hagia Sophia to a mosque
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
New-old habits of the postmodern heart: 'When people choose not to believe in God, they do not ... '
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
FJCR President welcomes law on the Victory Day adopted by the knesset
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses' translation of Bible goes to court
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Indian Muslims who support Hindu nationalism
(Abhimanyu Kumar, Aletta André, Deutsche Welle)
Venezuela’s bishops blast referendum, call on military to defend the people
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 28 July 2017
Charlie Gard has died, his parents say
(The Guardian)
Why Charlie Gard’s life was worth fighting for
(Brad Wenstrup, National Review)
The end of a chapter: Charlie Gard
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Kremlin receives no notice from Kadyrov on readiness to resign as Chechnya head to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov suggests holy sites on Temple Mount be returned under Jordan's control
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president gets into church affairs
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Indian tribals demand ban on religious conversions
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)
Emmanuel Macron was wrong on Africa - as were most of his critics
(Mathew Otieno, MercatorNet)
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Palestinian Christians, Muslims come together over Al-Aqsa protests
(Ahmed el-Komi, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Palestinians cheer Israel's removal of security measures at historic mosque
(Bill Chappell, NPR)
Palestinians: The metal detector scam
(Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute)
Fatah leverages Temple Mount crisis to confront Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Clashes erupt at Jerusalem shrine as Muslims return to pray
(Ian Deitch and Mohammed Daraghmeh, Religion News Service)
In apparent de-escalation, Abbas calls for return to prayer at Al-Aqsa mosque
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Great Ormond Street wants Charlie Gard moved to hospice to die by Friday, court hears
(Robert Mendick, The Telegraph)
Charlie Gard: judge to decide on parent's 'last wish' that son can die at home
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Tajikistan: three-year sentence for pastor for ‘singing extremist songs’
(World Watch Monitor)
'Woman Jesus' believers held in China for connection to murderous, banned cult
(Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek)
Myanmar Baptists face eight years in prison for helping journalist to photograph bombed church
(World Watch Monitor)
Court supports Muslims' opposition to construction of church in Zanzibar
(Evangelical Focus)
Al-Qaeda strikes back (attack on the Saudi royal family's legitimacy)
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Yazidi boys forced to fight for IS still need psychological help
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Suicide bomber kills 26 in Pakistan
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Crimea also affected in first year of Russia’s ‘anti-missionary law’
(World Watch Monitor)
Iranian Christian released on bail after 3 weeks on hunger strike
(World Watch Monitor)
Almost 500 Nigerian community leaders meet to resolve conflict, but Kaduna attacks continue
(World Watch Monitor)
Holy Land bishop receives Niwano Peace Prize in Tokyo with call to confront extremism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
North and South Korean church councils urge world to pray for reunification
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
ECHR confronts Russian anti-evangelism law
(Anastasia Kurilova, Viktor Khamraev, Pavel Korobov, Kommersant)
Statement says feminist group behind Mexico bishops bombing
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic bishop in Central African Republic sheltering Muslims in cathedral
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Feminist founder of 'liberal' mosque defies death threats and hopes to open one in Britain
(Kim Sengupta, The Independent)
Turkey's top religious official slams Gülenists for exploiting religion
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Siddaramaiah says no plea yet for separate religion status of Veerashaiva- Lingayat community
(Suraj Radhakrishnan, FirstPost)
Interfaith Solidarity with the victims of Bomb Blast at Kot Lakhpat Lahore
(Pakistan Christian Post)
In Jerusalem, an interfaith effort at addressing climate change
(Isabel Feinstein, The Jerusalem Post)
School uniform policies need to accommodate students’ cultural practices
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)
Pakistani girl raped in ‘revenge’ for a rape her brother committed, police say. 29 relatives arrested
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)
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