Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Congo militia storms prison, frees self-styled prophet leader
(Deutsche Welle)
More tragedy for CAR’s peacekeeping cleric as son and grandson killed in latest violence
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious freedom and Islamic terrorism
(Ambassador Francis Rooney, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis must support Venezuela opposition, or lose credibility
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Signs that Egypt may have been a papal trip that mattered
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt: small signs challenging religious intolerance
(World Watch Monitor)
On gender issues, many in Orthodox Christian countries have conservative views
(Ariana Monique Salazar and Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact tank)
Verdict expected in Bountiful, B.C.'s protracted polygamy saga
(The Canadian Press)
Former chief rabbi of Israel guilty in fake credentials scheme
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel appoints first female judge to Sharia Court
(Melanie Lidman, Times of Israel)
India: rise in vigilantism threatens minorities
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan: Christian boy, 16, accused of Facebook blasphemy again refused bail
(World Watch Monitor)
Religion in schools breeds good morals, high court told
(Jeanelle Greyling, News 24)
Eritrea protest vigil 2017
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
EVENT, 17 May 2017: The State of International Religious Freedom: USCIRF’s 2017 Annual Report
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 17 May 2017: "Not Another Year" – A call for religious liberty on the ninth anniversary of the imprisonment of the seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran
(The Australian Bahá'í Community and the University of Notre Dame School of Law Sydney)
More on the objection to an episcopal election in the Anglican Church of Canada
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Objection to episcopal election in the Anglican Church of Canada
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Competing worldviews influence today’s Christians
(Barna Research)
On the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, remembering Martin Luther’s contribution to literacy
(Richard Richard Gunderman, Religion News Service)
Printing T-shirts and religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
World opinion favors Jehovah's Witnesses versus Russian state
(FTimes, Russia Religion News)
Official Statement regarding misinformation on the activity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Russian Federation
(M.F. Kaminsky, O.Yu. Goncharov, Adventist News Network)
Ombudsman submits Novaya Gazeta's info on persecution of gays in Chechnya to Investigative Committee
(Interfax-Religion)
State Duma to set up council on culture, religion, interethnic relations
(Interfax-Religion)
Schismatics disrupted the divine service in a canonical church and broke up the altar entry in Western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Romanian Parliament to initiate 36th Israel Allies Caucus
(Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post)
Spitting, harassment a matter of course in Beit Shemesh neighborhood
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
New video by Boko Haram claims some Chibok schoolgirls chose not to be rescued
(World Watch Monitor)
What difference does a special envoy on freedom of religion or belief make?
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Christians, in an epochal shift, are leaving the Middle East
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
A powerful, important read: Wall Street Journal on the 'epochal shift' of Christians from the Middle East
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
ACN appeals to the international community for a “Marshall Plan” for Nineveh Plains
(Ninevah Reconstruction Committee, Aid to the Church in Need)
Supreme Court's decision about "extremism" threatens right of conscientious objection
(Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
South Korea experiences cultural shift with new leader
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Olive peace trees planted at Lahore fort
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Azerbaijani parliament amends law on religious freedom
(APA)
Li Heping's release - A moment to celebrate or a continuing case of concern?
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Where does Hamas' policy document leave Islamic Jihad?
(Ahmad Melham, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Statues and words tell story of Syrian women's plight
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Condemnation of Bishop's arrest in Philippines
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Francis and the new sultan: Trump, the Vatican and US Catholics
(Massimo Faggioli, La Croix International)
More problems with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(James Zogby, The World Post)
UN forces retake areas from Christian rebels in Central African Republic
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saudi king touts Trump’s Islamic summit as “new partnership”
(Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
ISIS reportedly on brink of defeat in Mosul
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
John Safran: 'In Australia we don't get religion'
(James Robert Douglas, The Guardian)
Myanmar arrests Buddhist nationalists accused of stoking tensions with Muslims
(Wa Lone, Religion News Service)
Indonesia: USCIRF denounces the recent conviction and sentencing of Jakarta’s governor for blasphemy
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 15 May 2017
Russian Church opens three new churches a day
(Interfax-Religion)
Pro-Palestinian groups slam 'Jewish Taliban' sect as Zionist colonialists
(Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz)
Allahabad High Court hands abattoirs reprieve after crackdown in Uttar Pradesh
(Reuters)
Ultra-Orthodox extremists burn effigies of Haredi IDF soldiers
(Kobi Nachshoni, Y Net News)
Myanmar arrests Buddhist nationalists accused of stoking tensions with Muslims
(Wa Lone, Reuters)
Christian militias kill up to 30 Muslim civilians in Central African Republican
(Serge Leger Kokopakpa, Religion News Service)
Russian spiritual cultural center to open in Strasbourg
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow Patriarchate is optimistic about the prospects of Russian-American dialogue
(Interfax-Religion)
Christians from around world attend Namibia Lutheran service to commemorate Reformation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope says will be 'sincere' with Trump at Vatican meeting
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Religion after communism: Eastern Europe’s patriotic faith
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jehovah's Witnesses report negative effects of court's ruling
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Indonesia's blasphemy conviction threatens Muslim democracy. But I still have hope
(Paul Marshall, Christianity Today)
See the persecuted: Religious minorities in Iraq and Syria
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Tunisia to seek World Heritage status for Djerba island, site of Jewish pilgrimage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ukraine’s Jewish prime minister meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish life in Iran was 'always better than in Europe'
(Theresa Tropper, Deutsche Welle)
Venezuelan president accuses bishops of ignoring Pope Francis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
North Korean defector: Despite horrific persecution, Christianity is growing
(Matt Hadro, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders criticize Indonesia’s continued use of death penalty
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Violence against children: A global religious forum in Panama
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faizan Mustafa: Treating all religions equally
(5 Minutes of Religious Freedom: A web series, Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
The historical roots of Iran: an interview
(Michael Axworthy, OUPblog Religion)
Facing global persecution, Christian leaders urge US for more protection
(Tom Gjelten, with Franklin Graham, Chung-Seong Kim, Douglas Bazi, Faith McDonnell, and Chris Seiple, NPR)
Muslim cleric faces lawsuits after describing Christians and Jews as followers of “corrupt” beliefs
(Mohammed El-Said, Daily News Egypt)
Egyptian Muslim cleric accused of "contempt of religion"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
What's keeping Syria’s Palestinian refugees from returning to camps?
(Ahmed Melhem, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Callista Gingrich set to be named ambassador to the Vatican
(Jeff Zeleny and Caroline Kenny, CNN)
Sunday, 14 May 2017
EVENT, 14-17 May 2017: 'Religion, Law and Security' - the 5th Conference on Law and Religion in Africa
(Rabat, Morocco, African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Saturday, 13 May 2017
IGE helps facilitate religious peacebuilding conference in Myanmar
(Institute for Global Engagement)
IGE co-hosts forum on Indonesia, Islam, Democracy, and Religious Freedom in Washington, DC
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Statement on the Jesmond Consecration
(REACH - South Africa and the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of S.A.)
Friday, 12 May 2017
Is Egypt's Gamaa Islamiya returning to political life?
(George Mikhail, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt hopes papal trip will be a blessing for tourism industry
(Abdullah Kadry, trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Specter of death penalty haunts Egypt’s Brotherhood
(Abdelrahmen Youssef, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Baptismal unity divides Egypt's Copts
(Amr Mostafa, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Abuse unchecked: why the illegal cutting of girls in the West continues
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Sokolovsky charges of God denial "absurd" - Federation of Jewish communities
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church denies Sokolovsky case being Church's trial against him
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill satisfied with situation around preservation of holy sites in Palestine
(Interfax-Religion)
Textbooks in Israeli Haredi schools demonize reform Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Remarks by Vice President Pence at the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
(Office of the Vice President, The White House)
Pence at conference on persecution of Christians says ISIS is guilty of genocide
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vice President Mike Pence met privately with top Russian cleric
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)
Russia is 'much more religious' than it was 25 years ago. So why is religious freedom under attack?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Russia: Further arrest for Muslim study groups
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russian found guilty of inciting religious hatred — for playing ‘Pokémon Go’ in church
(David Filipov, The Washington Post)
Russian Orthodox Church studying Sokolovsky's sentence
(Interfax-Religion)
Religion's place in Parliament, politics and policy
(Mohammad Alami Musa, Straits Times)
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Turkey seeks to replenish severely depleted military
(Metin Gurcan, translated by Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Will Turkish opposition rally around Erdogan challenger in 2019?
(Mustard Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Email Subscription
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies maintains a Law and Religion Headlines service covering news about freedom of religion or belief internationally. All interested may subscribe to this service, free of charge, using the link below.
Subscribe