Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Neither suicide note, nor dying declaration
(Faizan Mustafa, The Statesman)
Special Report: Islamic State seeks to impose religious rules in Egypt's North Sinai
(Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Lin Noueihed, Reuters Politics Special Reports)
South Sudan: In midst of genocide, civil war 16,000 seek refuge at church 'where Jesus is'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Rabbi Lazar compares Lenin in mausoleum to keeping dead grandfather in closet
(Interfax-Religion)
The Church does not share an opinion that it is the Kremlin's "pocket" structure
(Interfax-Religion)
4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue kicks off in Baku
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Kazakhstan: Five year jail, three year ban
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal to be heard in Supreme Court on June 13
(Supreme Court of the Russian federation, Russia Religion News)
Justice ministry enforces Supreme Court decision in Penza province
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Informant's report leads to fine of Jehovah's Witness
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
The biggest megachurch on Earth and South Korea's ‘crisis of evangelism’
(Matthew Bell, Public Radio International)
Francis and Benedict: Two popes, two divergent approaches to Islam
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
Argument: Terrorists are not snowflakes
(Simon Cottee, Foreign Policy)
Why it’s a big deal that a secular student won Israel’s Bible contest
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What’s a ‘Jewish high chief’ doing at center of political drama in Nigeria?
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
Saudi Arabia rules out rapprochement with Iran, says crown prince
(Deutsche Welle)
URI Africa appoints Goodwill Ambassadors of the Golden Rule
(Amina Alhassan, Daily Trust)
Vatican group talks new ways to help poor, marginalized
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican: Nuclear weapons give “false sense of security”
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican Academy head says UN should push “global social change”
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein has emerged as the Middle East's most prominent defender of human rights — both in the region of his birth, and the United States.
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)
When blasphemy runs amok
(Paull Marshall, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy)
Blasphemy isn’t just a problem in the Muslim world
(Steve Pinkerton, The Conversation)
Court rules religious workers are 'employees'
(Werner Menges, The Namibian)
Namibian court says members of Jehovah's Witness order are "employees"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church in Bangladesh, India in anti-trafficking partnership
(UCA News)
History: How African Muslims “Civilized Spain”
(Garikai Chengu, Global Research)
LDS Church donates $1.5 million to Red Cross
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
2017 Jakarta Election Alternative View: Beyond Religion
(Chaula Rininta Anindya, RSIS Commentary)
Kazakh Baptists raided, fined on Easter Sunday as ‘illegal’
(World Watch Monitor)
Why it might be too soon to lift the sanctions on Sudan
(Catholic News Agency)
Part of church compound in Sudan illegally occupied
(World Watch Monitor)
Hungry, scared South Sudanese stay in cathedral compound for protection
(Paul Jeffrey, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Protests shutdown Islamic schools near Yangon
(John Zaw, UCA News)
China convicts rights lawyer in secret
(UCA News)
A first step in the fight against conflict minerals
(Emmanuelle Devuyst, JESC, Europe Infos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Saudi mosque funding concerns Bangladeshi minorities
(UCA News)
Fostering resilience for sustainable peace
(Marek Mišák,COMECE, Europe Infos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Erdogan rejoins AKP party after referendum win
(Deutsche Welle)
The stubborn facts on eurocentrism and the Russian national identity discourse
(Emanuel L. Paparella, Modern Diplomacy)
Post-referendum, what’s next for Turkey’s EU bid?
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
How can Iraq address child abuse, torture?
(Sara al-Qaher, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Vigilantes in India: Protecting sacred cows, promoting a Hindu way of life
(Julie McCarthy, NPR)
ISIS' slaughter of Christians 'the first step' to unraveling Egypt
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Iran is seeking 'to control Islamic world', says Saudi Arabian prince
(The Guardian)
Pope Francis in Egypt: “Violence is the denial of every true religion”
(World Watch Monitor)
Worshipping the patron saint of drug traffickers in Mexico
(Jair Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)
Marriage and religious fundamentalism: A polygamy trial in Canada tests the limits of conjugal freedom
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Merkel pressures Russian president over rights violations
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Merkel says asks Putin to address problem of gays in Chechnya, guarantee their rights
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses member receives 5-year prison term in Kazakhstan for inciting religious hatred
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church supports ban on Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Pro-Orthodox news agency clarifies church's opposition to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Roman Catholic leader raises concern that his people may be treated like Jehovah's Witnesses
(SKGNews.com, Russia Religion News)
Metropolitan makes a confused response to ban of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses as 'extremists': Court sharpens edges of Russia's religious space
(Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor)
Historic “plague cross” destroyed by officials in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UNESCO votes to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem
(JTA)
Between Global and Local — Fifth in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)
Fed up with Shabbat laws, secular Israelis fund bus service to the beach
(Andrew Tobin, JTA)
Interfaith workshop for peace ambassadors
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Religion and Development Contents Page (available for free access through June 2017)
(The Ecumenical Review)
Monday, 1 May 2017
Christian persecution in the midst of chaos: The cauldron of Iraq and Syria
(Kent Hill, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Copts of Egypt: From survivors of sectarian violence to targets of terrorism
(Mariz Tadros, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Historical ecumenical prayer in Egypt for peace and unity
(World Council of Churches)
De-securitizing counterterrorism in the Sinai Peninsula
(Sahar Aziz, Brookings)
Is Hamas re-branding to orient towards Egypt?
(Beverley Milton-Edwards, Brookings)
Arab Israelis are more positive than Jews about Israel, survey finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Indonesians seek to export a modernized vision of Islam
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
After 69 years of independence, Israel more prosperous and divided than ever
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
How Egypt hopes to protect, educate street children
(Walaa Hussein, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Lenin should be buried out of compassion for his soul, Russian Muslims and Jews believe
(Interfax Religion)
St. Nicholas relics to be brought to Russia from Italy for first time in 930 years on May 21-28
(Interfax Religion)
His Majesty King Abdullah presents 5th world interfaith harmony award
(The Jordan Times)
On May 1 Wiccans celebrate Beltane
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin’s Russia
(Rosalind S Helderman and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post)
God, guns and Russia: Washington Post fails to note crucial detail about summit on persecuted Christians
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Zogby's dissent in the USCIRF Annual Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why I issued a dissent to USCIRF’s 2017 Annual Report
(James Zogby, hu pos)
2017 McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lectures available on YouTube
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory Law)
Pope Francis to Grand Imam: We must “unmask the violence that masquerades as sanctity”
(Diane Montagna, Aleteia)
Is Pope Francis' Egypt visit new beginning for Vatican-Azhar ties?
(Ayah Aman, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Pope Francis winds up trip to Egypt
(Jim Kane, NPR)
Two key takeaways from the Pope’s TED talk
(Massimo Faggioli, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)
Pope urges mediation to end North Korea crisis, avert devastating war
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis warns war over North Korea could destroy 'a good part of humanity'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope: Humanity couldn't bear war with North Korea
(Steve Almasy, CNN)
How North Korea’s political ideology became a de-facto religion
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)
Kim Jong Un is a survivor, not a madman
(Adrei Lankov, Foreign Policy Argument)
New Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters hosts first open houses
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Russian parliament's newspaper on effects of court's decision
(Parlamentskaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)
Will al-Qaeda and IS unite?
(Hamdi Malik, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Russian parliament notices American concern for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Parlamentskaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)
Holocaust museum speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Consideration of Pokemon hunter case ends
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Russian prosecutor demands jail time for man who played Pokemon in church
(Reuters)
ISIS captives rescued in Mosul reveal 'unimaginable' horrors inflicted by terror group
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Dissident Orthodox priest interprets court's decision
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
A US government body on religious freedom is accused of going easy on Israel
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Europe's parliamentarians promote rights of parents and children of religious minorities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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