Law and Religion Headlines

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Displaced Raqqa teachers prepare for rebuilding education post-IS
(Kamal Sheikho, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Israel's 'slow' plan for peace
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Iraq's Shiite clerics show no love for Assad
(Ali Mamouri, translated by Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Cairo takes urgent measures to combat terrorism after church bombings
(Walaa Hussein, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

'Anti-Romeo' vigilante squads target men suspected of being gay; more in the global LGBT recap
(Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches)

Bible scholar gives inside look at Vatican's Stations of the Cross
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

West African bishops highlight challenges facing their nations
(Catholic News Agency)

South Sudanese bishop: It takes unity to achieve peace
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu Yuva Vahini harasses interfaith couple in Meerut
(The Indian Express)

Air strikes on Syria ‘pour gasoline on to a fire’
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Why women clergy lead so few large churches
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Israeli official accepts Spicer’s apology over Hitler remarks
(Jeffrey Heller, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Indonesia govt under fire for not enforcing migrant ban
(UCA News)

One million Christians prepare for pilgrimage to Rome for Easter
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Restored Tomb of Christ ready for Easter pilgrims
(Michele Chabin, National Catholic Register)

This Easter, it's the Catholic Church that needs redemption
(Kristina Keneally, The Guardian)

Hard Texts and Interfaith Peace: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s *Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence*
(Daniel Ross Goodman, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)

Interfaith initiative to ‘invest in peace’ over Israel-Palestine
(Jewish News)

The Luther effect: How Protestantism went global
(Stefan Dege, Deutsche Welle)

Muslim leaders offer dinner to Christian delegation in Lent
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Islamists term PM’s SC idol remark victory
(Manik Miazee, Dhaka Tribune)

US Copts pray, raise money for victims of Egypt church bombings
(Chris Sagona, Religion News Service)

When the national courts fail (Can we [ in Bangladesh] have a regional court of human rights?)
(Umran Chowdhury, Dhaka Tribune)

NSW government rejects findings of independent review into scripture in schools
(Kelsy Munro, Sydney Morning Herald)

Religious education in NSW schools 'inappropriate' but government vows support
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)

Leonen: Catholic Mass in courts violates Constitution, promotes discrimination
(GMA News)

Toronto-area Peel District School Board in Muslim prayer row
(Jessica Murphy, BBC News)

Professor examines religious practices of the Soviet Union
(Marissa Merkt, Slate Online)

Kazakhstan: Eight Muslim prisoners of conscience sentenced
(Forum 18 News Service)

China punishes Xinjiang official for refusing to smoke near Muslim elders
(Associated Press, South China Morning Post)

How Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church against anti-migrant populism
(Anthony Faiola and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Francis faces a high-wire act in Egypt, and not just on Islam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Egyptian Catholic says Muslim ‘establishment’ not serious about tolerance
(Inés San Martín and John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New Egyptian anti-sexual harassment campaign challenges passive bystanders
(Amira Sayed Ahmed, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Why Palestinians have lost faith in Iran
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Russia 'furious' with Assad over gas attack
(Laura Rozen, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)

Catholics shouldn't totally reject human gene editing – but it still has ethical problems
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

In choosing Christianity, Mexican tribals risk alienation, eviction from their communities
(World Watch Monitor)

Why were Pakistani politicians considering giving higher marks to veiled female students?
(World Watch Monitor)

Do journalists know the details? Egypt's ancient Coptic community is used to being attacked
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

5 things you should know about Coptic Christians
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

The ’Splainer: Who are the Copts and why are they persecuted?
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)

Egypt’s Christians mourn 49 killed in Palm Sunday church bombings
(World Watch Monitor)

Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings
(Joe Sterling, Sarah Sirgany and Ian Lee, CNN World)

Egypt's parliament approves three-month state of emergency
(Deutsche Welle)

Church bombings leave many Egyptians questioning Sisi's 'war on terror'
(Aya Nader, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

The FAQs: Islamic State bombs two Egyptian churches on Palm Sunday
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

India’s churches also targeted on Palm Sunday, but Modi stays silent
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Are attacks on DRC churches religiously motivated?
(World Watch Monitor)

As a Christian woman in Yemen, life is about survival
(World Watch Monitor)

Indonesia: gay men facing 100 lashes for having sex
(Vincent Bevins, The Guardian)

Israel’s proposed international Jewish database raises red flags abroad
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis meets British imams at the Vatican
(Associated Press, Catholic Herald)

Religious education stays on NSW syllabus after review
(Stefanie Balogh, The Australian (paywall))

Monday, 10 April 2017

Erdogan isn't as strong as he looks. That's what makes him dangerous
(Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Ex-mayor of Guatemala town jailed for expelling Hasidic sect
(Marcy Oster, Forward)

Saudis have high hopes for Trump following Syria airstrike
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Is freedom of expression on the rise in Saudi Arabia?
(Fahd al-Otaibi, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

The Round-Up – chemical weapons and Supreme Court judgments
(Poppy Riminton-Pounder, UK Human Rights Blog)

EU envoy on religious freedom: ‘Indifference, ignorance and fear’ are terror’s greatest allies
(Ann Marie Welser, Matthew Tempest, and Olivier Billot, Euractiv.com)

Palm Sunday at Coptic Churches marred by deadly violence
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)

Egypt's Coptic churches hit by deadly blasts on Palm Sunday
(BBC News)

Blood splattered palms in Egyptian churches mark latest terror attacks
(Sheila Liaugminas, Mercator Net)

Rage at abandonment by the state as Egypt’s Christians dig graves after bombing
(Amina Ismail, Religion News Service)

Bishop Damian: Egypt terror 'a declaration of war against Copts'
(Christoph Ricking, Deutsche Welle)

Russian Orthodox Church calls ISIL attacks on Christian churches in Egypt on eve of Holy Week common pain
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Muslims pray for recovery of Christians injured in Egypt
(Interfax-Religion)

Pope to show solidarity with Egypt's Coptic Christians in wake of church bombings
(Harriet Sherwood and Ruth Michaelson, The Guardian)

Pope visit to Egypt to go ahead despite blasts but security big concern
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)

Despite deadly attacks, Pope Francis will still go to Egypt
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Egypt’s attacks won’t stop pope’s visit for peace, says Vatican official
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Pope's visit to Cairo can have powerful impact on interfaith relations
(Vatican Radio)

Jehovah's Witnesses assemble illegally
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Scholars find trial of Jehovah's Witnesses absurd
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

Judge frustrates tactics of Jehovah's Witnesses' attorneys
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Sympathetic press coverage for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

Threat of international tension over Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Izvestiia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses' claim of exceptionalism alleged to threaten public order
(TASS, Russia Religion News)

It’s Jew vs. Jew as a conservative pol’s popularity rises in Rio
(Marcus Moraes, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israel condemns Marine Le Pen for denying French responsibility for deporting Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Disharmony: The religious response to Syria’s travails is prolix and confused
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

After the missiles, we need smart diplomacy on Syria
(Antony J. Blinken, The New York Times Opinion)

Russian Muslims accuse U.S. of aggression against Syria
(Interfax-Religion)

Can a ceasefire in Syria take hold after last week?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Not illegal: But now the hard part begins
(Harold Hongju Koh, Just Security)

Syrian strikes: A singular exception or a pattern and a precedent?
(Abtgea Roberts, EJIL:Talk!)

After chemical attack, Turkey renews calls for Assad’s ouster
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after gas attack
(Kareen Shaheen, The Guardian)

South African bishops call on nation's president to consider resigning
(Catholic News Agency)

Putin congratulates Russia's Jewish community on Passover
(Interfax Religion)

Russian society is more tolerant than Western, but 'there is no limit to perfection' - Volodin
(Interfax-Religion)

How religious female soldiers are transforming the IDF
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Nonreligious in India face hostility, danger
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)

Hungary’s Central European University under threat
(Stephen Pogány, Social Europe)

Lantos Foundation Chair calls on Hungary to defend academic freedom
(Mrs. Annette Lantos, The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)

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