Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Hinduism and Religious Freedom: A Sourcebook of Scriptural, Theological, and Legal Texts
(Timothy Shah and Sara Singha, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Deputy FM calls on Jews to ascend Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post)
Investigators verifying media reports on possible harassment of LGBT community in Chechnya – ombudsman
(Interfax-Religion)
A simple act that endeared Trump to Israelis
(Naomi Zeveloff, The Atlantic)
When Trump meets Francis
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Trumps speech in Saudi Arabia on Muslim extremism
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Trump’s ‘principled realism’ is not very realistic about Islam
(Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review)
8 Panamanians receive Spanish citizenship under law of return for Sephardi Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The dark side of India's self-styled godmen
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
A complex conversation: LGBT Catholics & the Francis Papacy
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
What will the Pope tell President Trump?
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Jehovah’s Witnesses turn to Council of Europe over Russia’s refusal to execute ECHR ruling
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Monday, 22 May 2017
Kazakhstan: Anti-extremism raid captures Koran
(Forum 18 News Service)
Discrimination against Jehovah's Witnesses worse after ban put in place
(Elise Meyer, World Religion News)
Australian senator pushing greater church/state separation to obtain marriage equality
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Thousands believers met St. Nicholas relics in the Cathedral pf Christ the Savior
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious believers disrupt gay march in Chisinau
(Interfax-Religion)
S. Africa risks collapsing from systematic siphoning of State assets, churches warn
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jehovah's Witnesses file official appeal of their elimination
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses address European Court in Strasbourg
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
Podcast thinking: Do Pokemon Go protesters have a right to crash worship services?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Russia's Hearts-and-Minds campaign in Syria is aimed at home
(Amie Ferris-Rotman, Foreign Policy)
Anti-Chinese and anti-Christian sentiment is not new in Indonesia
(Olivia Tasevski, The Conversation)
U.S. religious freedom commission adds Russia to its 2017 List of Countries of Particular Concern
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Preachers of prosperity: faith as business
(Aarni Kuoppamäki, Deutsche Welle)
Full transcript of President Trump's speech to leaders of Muslim nations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
After clashes, Central African cardinal urges more efforts toward peace
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Compassion International’s hue and cry seeks freedom from penalty, not freedom of religion (Responding to Indian NGO access to foreign funds)
(Suhag Shukla, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
El Salvador judge reopens case of Archbishop's 1980 murder
(Associated Press)
In Vancouver, Christian recovery programs respond to opioid crisis
(Alicia Ambrosio, Religion News Service)
Why Iranian Christians are pinning hopes on ‘moderate’ Rouhani, despite human rights failures
(World Watch Monitor)
Lutherans celebrate Reformation where Germany committed genocide
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today)
Protest in Nay Pyi Taw over Religious Affairs Minister
(Min Min Soe and Min Latt, Eleven Myanmar)
Turkmenistan’s secret additions to already restrictive Religion Law
(World Watch Monitor)
On interfaith mission to Greece, rabbis and Muslims bear witness to refugee pain
(Rob Gloster, Jweekly.com)
UN religious freedom expert hails Albania interfaith harmony
(Altoona Mirror)
The humble power of interfaith soccer in Jerusalem's Old City
(Ariela Piattelli, Worldcrunch)
Religious leaders, US CG tour worship places for interfaith tolerance
(The International News)
The relationship between religion and mental health
(World Religion News)
Din Syamsuddin heads interfaith delegation meeting Chinese figure
(Netralnews.com)
Pakistan deeply committed to Muslim world's unity: PM
(Geo News)
The controversy over Puerto Rico's religious freedom house bill, explained
(Darmy Cortes, Pasquines)
Promoting the traditional family is ‘not charitable,’ NZ group told
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses ban in Russia helps protect its members’ rights
(Sputnik International)
EVENT, 20 May 2017: NZ Christian Lawyers Conference
(Manukau City Baptist Church, Auckland)
Friday, 19 May 2017
What to expect in Iran’s presidential election today
(The Data Team, The Economist)
Instant divorce debate exposes rifts among India's Muslims
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Why India allows instant divorce: for Muslim Indian men, breaking up is easy to do
(The Economist explains)
Georgian priest accused of attempted murder refuses to attend his trial behind closed doors
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Release Bagir Kazikhanov
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Head of Belarusian Orthodox Church addresses Poroshenko regarding 'anti-Orthodox' laws
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine: Russian religious foundations placed on sanction lists
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine bans its top social networks because they are Russian
(The Economist)
Ukrainian ambassador summoned to Vatican regarding Rada's intention to pass bills on status of church organizations
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies that ambassador summoned to Vatican regarding church bills
(Interfax-Religion)
China, once officially atheist, now booming with religion
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Christian ministry plans new outreach programs in Russia despite anti-evangelism laws
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
Pope to ambassadors: Work for peace amid ‘complex’ global conflicts
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pushback against making men-only island where Shinto gods reds de a World Heritage Site
(Elise Meyer, World Religion News)
Australia police weigh abuse charges after investigating top Catholic
(Byron Kaye, Religion News Service)
‘Faithkeepers’ film is a not-so-subtle attack on Islam
(James Zogby, Religion News Service)
Swastikas painted on synagogue, rabbi’s headstone smashed in Ukraine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Conflicting reports about Vatican action regarding Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Donald Trump's risky religious pilgrimage
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Kill and let kill: The debate surrounding religious rules for slaughtering animals
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Israel issues new guidelines requiring more humane ways of kosher slaughter on imported beef
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Francis and Trump: Latest in tumultuous Vatican-U.S. relationship
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump to address religious divides in first trip abroad
(Jerome Cartillier, Yahoo! News)
Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem
(Reuters)
Trump trip to Middle East, Vatican offers religious opportunities and pitfalls
(Michelle Chabin, Religion News Services)
Kremlin says disrespect for interests of Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine unacceptable
(Interfax-Religion)
World Council of Churches head calls on Poroshenko to withdraw bills "detrimental" to Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian parliament not to hear church bills on Thursday - Poroshenko Bloc
(Interfax-Religion)
Priests, flock of Ukrainian Orthodox Church rally in front of Ukrainian parliament against bill on 'special status' of their church
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia - Islamic World group seeking consultative status with UN
(Interfax-Religion)
Progressive Jewish group brings, reads Torahs at Western Wall despite ban
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Couple copes with hatred toward Jehovah's Witnesses
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness on trial for allegedly criticizing other religions
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness arrested for allegedly distributing literature
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Orthodox activist criticizes Jehovah's Witnesses in Russian parliament
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Myanmar is restoring temples to rebuild its heritage
(Mike Ives, The New York Times)
Both Ukraine and Russia violate religious freedom
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Since ban, persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is ‘worse than ever’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Priest stabbed during Mass at Mexico City cathedral
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Evangelism from the margins is focus of Johannesburg meeting
(World Council of Churches)
Indian NGO access to foreign funds
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Hindu BJP and restrictions on faith-based NGOs (Responding to Indian NGO access to foreign funds)
(Darren Duerksen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Australian police closer to deciding Vatican abuse charges
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Bahamas Constitution protects Muslim military officer from mandatory Christian prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe favor strong role for Russia in geopolitics, religion
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Religious belief and national belonging in Central and Eastern Europe intertwine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
New Pew survey notes line between religious identity and religious faith in Central and Eastern Europe
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Patriarch Kirill calls for prevention of adoption in Ukraine of laws aimed against Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin pledges Russia's support to Islamic world in war on terrorism, settlement of regional crises
(Interfax-Religion)
LGBT organizations' ICC lawsuit attempt to pressure Kadyrov - source close to Chechen govt
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: Deportation, fines, Bible and Koran seizures
(Forum 18 News Service)
Moscow court orders expulsion from Russia of rabbi with no work permit
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow patriarch complains to international leaders about Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
On religious freedom, is Russia the next Saudi Arabia?
(Hannah Gais, Public Orthodoxy)
Court in Indonesia sentences gay men to 85 cane strokes
(Deutsche Welle)
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