Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 1 May 2017
My Beijing: the sacred city
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
ISIS a reenactment of Biblical war between Israel and the Amalekites, military analysts say
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
What will Turkish President Erdogan's new powers mean for Christians?
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
FactCheck Q&A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
(Colleen Cartwright, The Conversation)
Sunday, 30 April 2017
Russians hold anti-Putin protests before his fourth term
(World News)
Saturday, 29 April 2017
Religious freedom dying in Russia, missionary says
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
USCIRF’s Annual Report: Rising Tide of Religious Freedom Abuses Abroad
(Fr. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Friday, 28 April 2017
Pope Francis enters Egypt at a time of intense conflict between religion and politics
(Hamza Hendawi, Lee Keath, and Mariam Fam, Associated Press, America: The Jesuit Review)
Pope heads to Egypt with Christians in retreat across Middle East
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)
Pope Francis delivers shot in arm to Egypt’s persecuted Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Islamic scholar in Cairo hosts World Council of Churches on eve of Pope's visit to Egypt
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis, in Egypt, delivers a blunt message on violence and religion
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Pope Francis in Egypt: To kill in the name of God is blasphemy
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis tells Muslim leaders in Egypt to fight violence in God’s name
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
In Egypt, Pope Francis says religious leaders must 'unmask' violence and hatred
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egyptian government resists attempts to end torture
(Aya Nader, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Is Sufism the answer to extremism in Egypt?
(Jayson Casper, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Vatican asks Buddhists and Catholics to work together for global peace
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Election tests Indonesian democracy
(The New York Times)
Why religion is more durable than commonly thought in modern socidety
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Trafficking in India: ministries getting to the root of the problem
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
We can defang the North Korean threat
(Arthur Herman, Hudson)
Does Turkey plan to continue airstrikes in Iraq and Syria?
(Metin Gurcan, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Sunnis fear spread of Shiite influence in Iraq
(Wassim Bassem, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Marriage and divorce: The limits of the Roman Catholic mind
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Human Rights and Human Responsibilities — Fourth in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)
Religious persecution: Liberty of conscience and worship is in decline around the world
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Military court sentences Moscow mosque imam charged with justifying terrorism to 3 years' imprisonment
(Interfax-Religion)
In Muslim Indonesia, small Jewish community may face intolerance
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
Chief Rabbi Lau proposes significant reform to kashrut supervision system
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Erdogan's India visit - A Muslim nationalist meets a Hindu nationalist
(Srinivas Mazumdaru, Deutsche Welle)
Jordan: No more pardons for rapists who marry their victims
(Alaa Juma, Deutsche Welle)
Mexican pro-lifers demand expulsion of ‘abortion ship’
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Alleged polygamist Winston Blackmore told police he didn’t know wife was 15 years old
(Trevor Crawley, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Israeli court rules Central American ultra-Orthodox sect is a ‘dangerous cult’
(Jacob Magid, Times of Israel)
India's Supreme Court to hear constitutional challenge to personal status laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Triple talaq and personal laws – immune from constitutional checks? Personal law of all faiths violate principles of gender equality. Why then the sole focus on triple talaq?
(The Invisible Lawyers Team, News Click)
Ugandan pastor torches Bibles as the work of 'devil worshippers'
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Proposed abortion law changes in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Tajikistan: "Extremism" prison term for Christian books?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Court ruling could yank funds for non-Catholics at Catholic schools in Canada
(Catholic News Agency)
Ecumenical Review focuses on role of religion in development
(World Council of Churches)
Tveit: “We believe in one God that has created one humanity to live together with its diversity and differences”
(World Council of Churches)
General secretary's address at Al Azhar University, 27 April 2017
(Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches)
Thursday, 27 April 2017
The pope is coming to the Middle East. But Christians are heading for the exits
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Nabih Bulos, Joshua Mitnick, and Ramin Mostaghim, The Los Angeles Times)
The Pope's perilous mission to Egypt
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
'It's a war on Christians': Egypt's beleaguered Copts in sombre mood before papal visit
(Ruth Michaelson and Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Weary Copts urge Pope Francis to challenge Sisi over attacks and chronic discrimination
(World Watch Monitor)
How do Christians respond to persecution?
(World Watch Monitor)
Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war
(Phlip Issa and Zeina Karam, Associated Press News)
The forgotten American missionaries of Pyongyang
(Robert Kim, Atlas Obscura)
Why educated Christians are sticking with church
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
What The Washington Post doesn't understand about Taiwan Christians and gay marriage
(Mark D. Tooley, Christian Post)
Washington Post asks: Will the tiny Christian flock in Taiwan defeat same-sex marriage?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
A backlash against same-sex marriage tests Taiwan’s reputation for gay rights
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)
FJCR urges Trump to prove his adherence to struggling against anti-Semitism
(Interfax-Religion)
Long article: St. Petersburg paper recounts underground experience of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Nikolai Neliubin, Russia Religion News)
Ban of Jehovah's Witnesses accompanied by violence
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
A native Russian brand of "Jehovists" loses in court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Large international organization criticizes Supreme Court decision
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Implications of the Supreme Court's decision
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News)
Prosecutor general lumps Jehovah's Witnesses in with anti-Russian organizations
(Interfax.ru, Russia Religion News)
Website of Russian Ministry of Justice posts results of trial
(Russia Religion News)
Protestant attorney regrets failure of justice in court's decision
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Communiqué of the Executive of the Joint Working Group between RCC and WCC, 27 April 2017
(World Council of Churches)
Roman Catholic-WCC joint working group continues work on peace-building and migration
(World Council of Churches)
Zambian bishops say people live in fear as police brutality increases
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ontario bishops share concerns with pope, focus on euthanasia
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New report: Religious freedom suffering across the globe
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The faith community & climate change: A Q&A with Dan Misleh
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Egypt's Islamist parties are all about marriage, not politics for women
(Walid Salah, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Fighting terrorism…with computer lab job training?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Building interfaith harmony in Pakistan through community dialogue
(Nadia Osman, IREX)
Blasphemy charges dropped against Ahok post-election
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Number of Baha'i arrests in Yemen this month are alarming
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pope tells leaders in first TED talk: act humbly or power will ruin you
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Student's lynching sparks rare uproar in Pakistan over blasphemy killings
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, Kiyya Baloch, The Guardian)
Why Orthodox Jews tried and failed to block Israel's first woman Shariah Court judge
(Sarah Jacobs, Haaretz)
First-ever photos of Yemen's Jews stunned the Jewish world
(Chen Malul, Haaretz)
Russia conveyed 1.5 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of a Christian city in Syria
(Interfax Religion)
Christian persecution and how to respond to religious persecution
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Pope Francis embraces technology in an unexpected TED Talk
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Jesus and the ordination of women
(Roger Vermalen Karban, Religion News Service)
US commission: Russia a major violator of religious freedom
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Halal finds a footing in Kenya, and not only among Muslims
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
EVENT 27 April 2017: Indonesia: Roundtable Discussion
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Day of Muslim-Christian dialogue unfolds in Egypt
(World Council of Churches)
Fadnavis to inaugurate seminar on ‘World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith Dialogue’
(Bhavika Jain, The Times of India)
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today
(Andrea Williams, The Conversation)
Myanmar’s Card. Bo reminds religious leaders about their role in dialogue, peace
(Vatican Radio)
Russia pulls trigger on Jehovah's Witnesses and, this time, mainstream media take notice
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Please excuse the message. Testing the system.
Wheel of Justice: Supreme Court order in the Babri demolition case holds out hope of closure
(Editorial, Indian Express Opinion)
Babri Masjid: LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti to face trial as SC restores conspiracy charges
(Scroll.in)
Yogi Effect: UP Administration flouts Supreme Court orders at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya
(Arshad Afzaal Khan, The Wire)
The plot thickens with the Supreme Court order on Ayodhya: Has Modi thrown Advani under the bus?
(Manoj Mitta, Scroll.in Opinion)
The improbable rise and blasphemous fall of a Christian politician in Indonesia
(Krithika Varagur, Foreign Policy)
Study finds gender imbalance in children born to Indo-Canadian women
(Karen Howlett, The Globe and Mail)
Toronto Globe and Mail misses it on religious roots of sex-selective abortions
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Philosopher who fought for God wins Templeton Prize
(Bob Mimms, The Tribune)
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