Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Religion, 'honor' and Pakistan's 'revenge rape'
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
This week: Dwayne Leslie, A Peaceful Coexistence
(Newseum Institute: 5 Minutes of Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Nigerian woman wins UN award for work re-integrating Boko Haram victims
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Letter from Africa: Freed Boko Haram 'wives' return to captors
(BBC News Africa)
Venezuela on the verge of collapse: Economic, social, and political challenges
(Hudson Institute)
How can the Catholic Church promote peace in the Holy Land?
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Families of Iran's prisoners beg Congress to advocate for their release
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Iran wary as Iraqi Kurds vie for independence
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
“Why I risked my life to convert to Zoroastrianism”
(Corinne Redfern, Stylist)
U.S. ramps up pressure on North Korea
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Israel bars five US Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders backing boycott effort
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Turkey's Erdogan says Israel damaging Jerusalem's 'Islamic character'
(Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay, Reuters)
Erdoğan: Israel is harming Jerusalem’s Islamic character
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
No Jesus and no Christmas cards could soon be a reality in Australian school campuses under new proposals
(Stephanie Velez, Christian Today)
PETA critizes NAG Panchami Hindu festival
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Italy's drought is so bad they turned off the Vatican fountains
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Rouhani: US House bill repetition of past sanctions
(Al Monitor Staff, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Women gain foothold at Iran's seminaries
(Mahmoud Pargoo, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Netanyahu's scandals run deep
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Is the Catholic Church a capsizing ship?
(Chris Lowney, Religion News Service)
Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges
(Kristen Gelineau, Religion News Service)
Wave of distressing news underscores intersection of issues for American and Israeli Jews
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Open letter from USCIRF Commissioner John Ruskay to Bagir Kazikhanov
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women
(Cathy Otten, The Guardian)
A litmus test: Supreme Court must interpret Constitution in a manner that ensures right to privacy
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)
Prominent national religious rabbis applaud stance against gay adoption
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Russian human rights commissioner ready to take up Jehovah's Witnesses' cases
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Why Ram Nath Kovind does not have to be a rubber stamp of NDA
(Faizan Mustafa and Yogesh Pratap Singh, Hindustan Times)
Canada strips citizenship of ex-Nazi for a fourth time
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russia could assume role in resolving conflict around Temple Mount in Jerusalem - Palestinian ambassador
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli ambassador to Russia hopes Moscow to support security measures on Jerusalem's Temple Mount
(Interfax-Religion)
Amid Temple Mount clashes, Jewish activists dream of rebuilt temple
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
The Christian example of the Temple Mount conflict
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Israel commits to preserve full access to holy places in Jerusalem - ambassador to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Al-Aqsa protests unite Jerusalemites
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Vatican: Jerusalem needs “internationally guaranteed” special status
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Flip side of GetReligion's coin: Some people (journalists) really think religion is fake
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How refugees are fighting back against border controls
(Deanna Dadusc, The Conversation)
As vote looms, here's what bishops think about Trump's border wall
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Father fights for five-year-old son to wear turban at Melbourne Christian school
(Timna Jacks, The Age)
Parents of baby Charlie Gard find doctor to allow him to die away from hospital - lawyer
(Michael Holden and Estelle Shirbon, Reuters)
Charlie Gard raises questions of parents' rights, government limits
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
The life of Charlie Gard: Whose decision is it anyway?
(Richard Kocur, Christian Headlines)
Three ways the Charlie Gard case could affect future end-of-life cases globally
(Neera Bhatia, The Conversation)
Iran judiciary chief demands US release prisoners, assets
(Jurist: Paper Chase)
UN rights expert voices concern over worsening situation in Myanmar
(Jurist: Paper Chase)
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Freedom of Conscience in Russia: Restrictions and Challenges in 2016
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
Russia: Misuse of Anti-Extremism in June 2017
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
Russia: Racism and Xenophobia in June 2017
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
With democratization comes more religious freedom and less terrorism
(Sahar Aziz, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Abductions of two priests in Congo a growing concern
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Israel offers unprecedented benefits to bring home Jewish cultists
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
Kazakhstan: Twentieth known 2017 criminal conviction
(Forum 18 News Service)
Turkish Council of State hands down historic decision on electricity expenses of cemevis
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Turkish president accuses Israel of trying to take Al-Aqsa mosque from Muslims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkish parliament’s education commission member says ‘no use in teaching math to students who don’t know jihad’
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Vatican official to UN: Migrants must be treated as human beings
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Key ally of Philippines president introduces bills allowing for divorce, same-sex unions
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops’ offices
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cameroon: Bishops reject government’s bilingual commission
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When we agree on principles but still disagree
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, conflicts, & Change)
Maharashtra’s long fight for a law against kangaroo courts
(Manoj R. Nair, Hindustan Times)
Peter Dutton’s postal plebiscite ‘fraught with conflict’: Warren Entsch
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Victoria may soon have assisted dying laws for terminally ill patients
(Ben White and LIndy Willmott, The Conversation)
Almost 80% of Russians approve of Jehovah's Witnesses ban in country – poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Religion: Business’s next big issue to navigate
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The lonely crusade of China's human rights lawyers
(Alex W. Palmer, The New York Times Magazine)
New animator for ecumenical, interfaith relations named
(Tali Folkins, Anglican Journal)
A ban on Muslim cemeteries is an attack on us all
(Peter Stockland, The Globe and Mail)
Losing their religion? These are the world’s most atheistic countries
(Laura Oliver, World Economic Forum)
Is British or American view of Charlie Gard tragedy more Catholic?
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
5 reactions to tragic end of Charlie Gard case
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Turkey: Malatya murderers’ 39-year prison sentences upheld
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Australia interfaith meeting highlights role of religious leaders in social unity
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Release Baha'i prisoners of conscience in Yemen
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Harmony Games: Minister stresses on religious harmony in Singapore
(Soorya Kiran, International Business Times)
Maronite Catholic convent hosts interfaith meeting of Iraqi youth
(Doreen Abi Raad, National Catholic Register)
Protecting religion in schools protects the identities of learners
(Muhammad Zakaria Suleman, Daily Vox)
Dr Annuar mulls making interfaith Raya gathering an international event
(Peter Boon, The Borneo Post)
KZN Education abiding by court ruling on religion
(Steve Bhengu, East Coast Radio)
Religion tag: Five Lingayat Ministers to tour State
(Muralidhara Khajane, The Hindu)
Now, government bats for separate religion for Lingayats
(The New Indian Express)
Family of Egyptian Copt held without charge accuse police of ‘torturing him to death’
(World Watch Monitor)
Poll reveals most Russians familiar with Jehovah’s Witnesses support its ban
(TASS Russian News Agency)
Taiwan's Taoists protest against curbs on incense and firecrackers
(BBC News)
Crikey! Top Aussie journalists insert obvious errors into serious spousal abuse story
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
The ‘Splainer: Why is Jerusalem’s Temple Mount so disputed?
(Lauren Markoe and Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Muslim worshippers stay away from Temple Mount despite removal of metal detectors, security cameras
(JTA)
Monday, 24 July 2017
OIC slams Israel, decries Israeli violations against al-Aqsa mosque
(Daily Sabah)
Opposition to metal detectors sets off chaotic Friday prayers in Jerusalem’s Old City
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Muslims hold street protests, prayers near Jerusalem shrine
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Protests, bloodshed in Jerusalem; Israeli embassy in Jordan attacked
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Christian man prays with Jerusalem Muslims as religious tensions flare
(Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN)
Israel begins to remove metal detectors from al-Aqsa Mosque following protests
(William Booth, The Washington Post)
Chaledean Christians, who helped bring Trump victory, now face deportation
(NPR)
Duterte's bloody war on drugs slammed as 'social cleansing'
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
The New York Times runs two Charlie Gard editorials, with one in the news pages
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Charlie Gard's parents end their fight to keep their child alive
(Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic)
Charlie Gard’s parents end legal fight to take him to U.S. for treatment
(Kim Hjelmgaard, Religion News Service)
Brazilians funneled as slaves by US church, ex-members say
(Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr and Peter Prengaman, Associated Press)
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