Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 15 April 2017
Egypt's Christian minority in somber mood for Easter holiday
(Osama Naguib, Reuters)
Thousands of Iraqi Christians to celebrate another Easter away from home
(Chad Garland, Stars and Stripes)
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
(Ulf Laessing, Religion News Service)
Happy Vaisakhi! The history and celebration of the Khalsa Panth
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Can kids tell other kids about Jesus at school?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 14 April 2017
Seychellois mark Good Friday with Way of the Cross walks
(Sharon Meriton-Jean, Sharon Ernesta, Genevieve Rene and Betymie Bonnelame, Seychelles News Agency)
Filipinos nailed to crosses in Good Friday reenactment that church says corrupts Christian message
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Thousands of Christians expected for rapturous Holy Fire ceremony
(Michele Chabin, Christian Headlines)
Christian diaspora fear their religion won't survive in its birthplace
(Hollie McKay, Fox News)
A statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (Pakistan: Stop crusade against Ahmadiyya community)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population
(Michael Lipka and David McClendon, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Ukrainian army, militia continue to exchange fire despite Easter truce agreement
(Interfax-Religion)
OSCE info on possible persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya needs verification – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
State-controlled TV gives negative coverage to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Rosssia 1 Yuzhnyi Ural, Russia Religion News)
Daily chart: Freedom of worship is on the decline in many countries
(The Economist)
Moscow Limmud sees record enrollment of 2,500
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Activists use Passover to criticize Israel at Canadian university
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Ahmadinejad challenges Iran's power structures
(Deutsche Welle)
China's Uighur heartland turns into security state
(Deutsche Welle)
Kremlin doubts reports of Chechnya gay killings
(Nik Martin, Deutsche Welle)
Bishop: Central African Republic missions attacked for economic reasons
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Who is behind new round of violence in Lebanon refugee camp?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Why you need to see “The Zoo Keeper’s Wife” for Passover
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
How Erdogan uses Turkey's mosques to push 'yes' vote
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
A divided Turkey heads for historic referendum
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
A busy holiday season in Jerusalem’s Old City
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Why is this year different for Israeli civil society organizations?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli Arabs divided over Assad
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Sinai festival tackles Egyptian issues through theater
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Palestinians make peace process a group effort
(Ahmad Melhem, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Egypt's Al-Azhar to open classes for female students in branch campus
(Rami Galal, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Lal Kach festival in Bangladesh - in pictures
(Alam/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock, The Guardian)
Israel's Jewish marriage database is a red flag
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
EVENT 14 April 2017: Religious Freedom Center to host program on Chibok kidnapping
(Religious Freedom Center)
5 things to know about Passover
(On Faith)
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
(Brent Landau, Religion News Service)
What is Holy Week?
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Between limbo and hope: celebrating Easter with the exiles of northern Iraq
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Religious restrictions vary significantly in the world’s most populous countries
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Factank)
Supreme Court of Canada decides to hear the Wall Case: Is a Church memberentitled to sue a congregation because he was disfellowshipped?
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
What is at stake in Turkey’s referendum
(The Economist Explains)
This Easter, an ancient branch of Christianity faces a threat to its very existence
(Mariz Tadros, The Conversation)
Egyptian Copts prepare for Easter amid rising fears for their safety
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Bombed Egypt church cancels Easter celebrations
(World Watch Monitor)
Five churches targeted on Palm Sunday in India
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
What Palm Sunday means to Egypt's Copts
(Samuel Tadros, The Atlantic)
Contact Group on Ukraine reaffirms commitment to ceasefire ahead of Easter
(Interfax-Religion)
Egypt beefs up security outside churches ahead of Easter
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why there will be a unity (of sorts) in the Middle East this Easter
(Emma Loosley, The Conversation)
God save us all from the dangers of this intense religious fervour
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Maamoul: an ancient cookie that ushers in Easter and Eid in the Middle East
(Amy Smekar, NPR)
Easter, Bangladesh, and terror threats
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Back from Syrian Camps & Beirut
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Tagayeva and Others v. Russia (Beslan hostage case)
(European Court of Human Rights)
Russia: Government vs. Rights Groups
(Human Rights Watch)
Patriarch Kirill's April visit to Uzbekistan rescheduled for May-June - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Testing Jackson's discussion of state responsibility in the context of government assistance. Book dscussion
(Elizabeth Wilmshurst, EJIL:Talk!)
We asked an ‘economics of religion’ professor to explain what her subject actually means
(Victoria Waldersee, Economy)
Were Trump's Syrian missile strikes morally justified? 5 religious experts respond
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
First they came for the Jehovah's Witnesses, then . . .
(BBC Russian Service, Russia Religion News)
Fourth day of Jehovah's Witnesses case in Supreme Court
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses have another trial in Moscow
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Turkey is sliding into dictatorship
(The Economist)
‘Journalism is becoming powerless’: Inside a nervous Turkish newsroom as the government closes in
(Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
How Kurds could tilt Turkey's referendum
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Foreign Policy)
Arab rights group demands end to Passover ban on bread products in Israeli hospitals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israeli paper slammed for column suggesting settlers and allies ‘worse than Hezbollah’
(JTA, Forward)
Boko Haram insurgency weighs on minority Christians three years after Chibok
(Adrian Kriesch, Deutsche Welle)
New Mormon Relief Society president speaks at the UN
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
New Mormon women’s leader preaches the value of interfaith aid in U.N. speech
(Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Russian cosmonaut takes relic of Orthodox saint into space
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Teach religion in schools? History professor says yes
(Dan Satherly, Newshub)
Church partnership means big impact for Philippines
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Will US missile strike shift Iran-Russia partnership in Syria?
(Hamidreza Azizi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Brazil: evangelical churches growing in poorest communities
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
‘Never forget’: New ‘Nova’ episode highlights secret Jewish escape
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Who are the new jihadis?
(Oliver Roy, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on immortality: not for the faint-hearted
(The Guardian)
The Russian Church and the Catholic Church should stop confrontation between East and West - Patriarch at the meeting with the Italian president
(Interfax-inReligion)
Possible meeting between spiritual leaders of Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan on Karabakh under discussion
(Interfax-Religion)
The FARC’s preacher reflects on defeat of Colombia’s peace deal
(World Watch Monitor)
Marvel Comics’ less than marvelous Muslim mix-up
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Zoroastrianism: The obscure religion that shaped the West
(BBC)
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Global Restrictions on Religion Rise Modestly in 2015, Reversing Downward Trend
(Report, Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Study: Worldwide downward trend in restrictions on religion reversed
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Religious harassment, restrictions on the rise aroung the world
(Ian Lovett, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))
Harassment of religions on the rise across the globe, Pew study finds
(Bob Mimms, The Salt Lake Tribune)
UNESCO fights back as ISIS tries to stamp out culture
(Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)
How human rights help us define who we are
(Benson Egwuonwu, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)
Ukrainian president greets Jews on Pesach
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal makes China see red
(Nilova Roychaudhury, Southeast Asia Monitor)
Dalai Lama hints he may be reincarnated as a woman in India
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Malaysia: Khalid fails to challenge legality of Selangor religious law
(V Anbalagan, Free Malaysia Today)
Will new law stop kidnapping, forced marriage? Pakistan’s Hindu women hope so
(Sileem Shaikh and Sughra Runio, Hindustan Times)
Duterte to meet with Saudi traders on PH halal industry
(Allan Nawal, Inquirer.net)
Marriage and mercy: Secular power balances the harshness of Israel’s religious courts
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Australia names new ambassador to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sweden to tighten terror laws over Stockholm strike
(Deutsche Welle)
Next few months will decide Christians’ fate in scarred Iraq, says official
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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