Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 June 2017
The reason Erdogan champions press freedom abroad
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iran cracks down on Salafists in wake of Tehran attacks
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Cardinal George Pell takes a leave of absence after sex assault charges
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Is the Bible more pro-woman than you assume?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
A time of judgment: The prosecution of an Australian cardinal puts Pope Francis on the spot
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pope Francis may be about to dismiss Vatican’s doctrinal chief
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Cardinal’s sex abuse charges raise questions about pope’s record
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church sets up its first community in Pakistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Watch: Secret illegal Jewish wedding on Temple Mount
(Ariane Mandell and Eytan Halon, Jerusalem Post)
Has the religious minority taken over Israel?
(Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll, Jerusalem Post)
Kazakhstan: Six jailed for sharing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses are accommodated by countries neighboring Russia
(KrynitsaInfo, Russia Religion News)
Controversial Israeli conversion bill delayed for 6 months
(Cnaan Liphshiz and Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Appealing to the umpire: The infant Islamic-bond industry faces a crisis
(The Economist)
Canada offers a better model on religious freedom
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Algeria: Wave of arrests and prosecutions of hundreds of Ahmadis
(Amnesty International)
Bearing witness from a prison in Indonesia
(Bob Osburn, First Things)
Separating the Inseparable: Technology’s Sexual Nihilism
(Bethany Wall, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
A Necessary Step? Examining Religious Freedom and Counterterrorism
(NIlay Saiya, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
EVENT, 30 June 2017: "A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine"
(Professor William Toffler, Right to Life New South Wales)
What the European Academy of Religion says about religion
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
This week in Christian history: Julian the Apostate, Geronimo and John Wesley
(The Christian Post)
Thursday, 29 June 2017
The continuing triumph of faith: The world is becoming more religious
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post)
Al-Azhar says Islam ‘totally incompatible’ with violence, as IS shifts focus to Upper Egypt
(World Watch Monitor)
As ISIL's 'caliphate' crumbles, its ideology remains
(Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Jehovah's Witnesses seek ways to operate in Uzbekistan
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Netanyahu claims he didn't kill Western Wall prayer deal — he's saving it
(Ben Sales, Forward)
Israel's controversial conversion bill, explained
(Ben Sales, Times of Israel)
Tajikistan: Trial imminent for arrested pastor
(Forum 18 News Service)
Adherents of Muslim sect sentenced in St. Petersburg
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
Union official must apologize to South African Jews for hate speech, court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope: Society needs labor unions and needs them to be inclusive
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Movement toward Dalit emancipation in India can't be halted, Bishop D'Souza says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Survey: Most Israelis favor religious pluralism
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post)
Vatican's Cardinal George Pell charged with historical sex offences in Australia
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Why choose celibacy? A gay Catholic speaks out
(Kerri Lenartowick, Catholic News Agency)
Israeli flags expelled from gay pride parade
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
White House warns Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Canada 'covfefe' on terrorism: time to tweak Trump's travel ban
(Susan Stamper Brown, The Christian Post)
A survivalist guide to Christianity's new dark age
(Greg Gordon, The Christian Post)
The census shows there’s a gap in the spirituality market. Is yoga filling it?
(Brigid Delaney, The Guardian)
Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures
(Roman Pilipey, The Guardian)
Christianity on the wane in Australia, but Pentecostal church bucks trend
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)
Seven interesting things we learned from the Australian census
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)
'No religion' tops religious affiliation poll in Australia
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Western Wall plan for mixed-gender prayer space put on hold
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Why does China have women-only mosques?
(Michael Wood, World Religion News)
On Java, a sultan blesses his people with alms
(Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service)
South African court bars schools from promoting any one religion
(Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Religion News Service)
Pope tells new cardinals: Be humble, help poor, fight injustice
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis announces five new cardinals, including first from Mali
(The Guardian)
Australian police charge Vatican treasurer over historical sexual assaults
(Tom Westbrook and Byron Kaye, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis defrocks Italian priest convicted of child sex abuse
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
The essential difference between Christianity and Islam
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post Opinion)
‘Change your image of India from a nice backpacking trip to the Taj Mahal!’
(World Watch Monitor)
CAR’s clerics say ‘war must stop’ as killings continue despite peace agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
New trauma centre to help northern Nigeria’s 2.7m conflict-affected children
(World Watch Monitor)
Church tells Timorese political parties to put people first
(Vatican Radio)
Marawi militants offer prisoner swap for priest
(Amanda Hodge, The Australian)
Leadership of St. Petersburg Scientology group imprisoned
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
Can a woman refuse to give her husband a Jewish religious divorce? It just happened in Australia
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'Not in my name' – Indians protest vigilante attacks on Muslims
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Terrorists desecrate Eucharist, destroy Catholic chapel in the Philippines
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
ISIS-linked Jihadist's desecrate another Catholic church in Philippines
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Kidnapped Philippines priest ‘alive’ but Marawi situation ‘dire’
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Why Turkey chose Qatar
(Aykan ErdemirMerve Tahiroglu, The National Interest)
How to deradicalise someone
(Sarah Marsden, The Conversation)
What effect does religious freedom promotion have on counterterrorism?
(Peter Henne, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Christians and Sikhs protest India's Prime Minister at the US White House
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pentecostal foreign student treated leniently by court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Vatican calls on China to let bishop exercise his ministry
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Myanmar cardinal calls for independent investigation of war crime allegations
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Birth certificate alteration for a married person?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Census 2016 shows Australia’s changing religious profile, with more ‘nones’ than Catholics
(Gary D. Bouma, The Conversation)
The Elijah Interfaith Institute - Sharing Wisdom, Fostering Peace
Make Friends video statement - world's most prominent religious leaders (English subtitles)
(YouTube)
Elijah releases the “Make Friends” appeal with the world’s most prominent religious leaders
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute and letsheal.org)
Monday, 26 June 2017
Wisdom Newsletter | Religious Leaders Across the World Issue a Coordinated End of Ramadan/ Eid al-Fitr Message: Make Friends Across Religions
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Sikhs celebrate B.C. woman's 'inspiring' appointment as first turbaned judge in Canada
(Line Yeung, CBC News | British Columbia)
Faith in action: Religious teaching and action on refugees
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Muslims 'absolutely' the group most victimized by global terrorism, researchers say
(Michael Edison Hayden, ABC News)
PHOTOS: Here's how Muslims worldwide are celebrating Ramadan's end
(Colin Dwyer, NPR)
When is Eid al-Fitr, and why do Muslims celebrate it?
(Waseem Abbasi, Religion News Service)
Thousands of Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr in Moscow Cathedral Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin in congratulation on Eid al-Fitr speaks of Muslims' role in maintaining civil peace, accord
(Interfax-Religion)
Third time, no charm: Eid proves unlucky for Istanbul Pride
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
In northeast Nigeria, displaced families celebrate Ramadan's end in style
(Ofebea Quist-Arcton, NPR)
Vatican announces pope will attend reconciliation events in Colombia
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Reform movement launching first rabbinical school for Latin America, Spain and Portugal
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October
(The Associated Press, CBC News | World)
Can yoga be Christian?
(Andrea Jain, The Conversation)
Australian census map: the results, region by region
(The Guardian)
Australian census: religious affiliation falls as population changes rapidly
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)
Census 2016: 39% increase in same-sex couples since 2011 – live
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)
China: Vatican gravely concerned for bishop 'forcibly removed' from diocese
(The Guardian)
Tensions flare between IDF, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
(Ben Caspit, translated Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Can InterVarsity leaders seek doctrinal unity with staff and volunteers? On sex, CBC says 'no'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bomber planning to attack Mecca’s Grand Mosque blows himself up
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
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