Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 10 April 2017
This is why Hungary is trying to close George Soros’s prestigious university
(Gabor Simonovits and Jan Zilinsky, The Washington Post)
Hungary’s government wants to shut down its most prominent university. That may be backfiring
(Henry Farrell, The Washington Post)
Utah Mormon running for president of Kenya
(Wendy Leonard, Deseret News Faith)
Don’t send a mother who fled drug cartels back to Mexico, archdiocese pleads
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Imam-E-Kaaba praises Pakistan's initiative to promote interfaith harmony
(Radio Pakistan)
Will Muslim babies rule? Journalists take their shots at dissecting latest Pew findings
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
In Morocco, the apostate no longer faces death: A step taken by the kingdom’s religious scholars is a turning point to curb extremism
(Chiara Pellegrino, Mercator Net)
North Korea: Imprisonment of JW conscientious objectors is arbitrary detention, according to the UN
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
New ways of responding to extremist Islam
(Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute)
Friday, 7 April 2017
Russia: the impact of terror, a ministry’s response
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
Sentenced to death for "insulting Islam"
(Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute)
USCIRF to launch extensive list of people imprisoned for their faith worldwide
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Iran’s presidential election: Democracy or theocracy seeking legitimacy?
(Shahriar Kia, Daily Caller)
Maha govt to initiate debate on need of anti-conversion law
(Outlook India)
Bishops of Paraguay call for peace after riots, fire at Congress building
(Catholic News Agency)
In Aleppo, Christians find protection in the world's prayers
(María Ximena Rondón, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Stop using the word 'illegal' as a synonym for 'immigrant'
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Third day of Jehovah's Witnesses case
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Nigeria: Boko Haram has killed at least 500 priests
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Israel builds ties to Christinas while Arabs remain AWOL
(Ray Hanania, Eurasia Review)
Moscow Patriarchate says predominantly ethnic Russian regions should be truly Russian – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Bishops of Paraguay call for peace after riots
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Congo’s bishops: Catholics in east face new wave of violence
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Syrian bishops, other Catholic leaders protest U.S. missile strike
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Missile strike in Syria: 4 Biblical imperatives
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Is reformation of Islam a viable possibility? -Analysis
(Dr. Mohamed Chatatou, Eurasia Review)
British DJ sentenced to year in Tunisian jail for Muslim call to prayer remix
(Nadia Khomami, The Guardian)
Religious voices raised over Syria bombing by U.S.
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Top Vatican and US church officials back new gay-friendly book
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Russia: Police harassment as Supreme Court considers ban
(Forum 18 News Service)
The Souls of China by Ian Johnson – the resurgence of religion after Mao
(Julia Lovell, The Guardian)
US missiles destroy the airbase of the warplane of Khan Shaykhun
(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
'If they kill even one Hindu, we will kill 100!' Meet Yogi Adityanath, the fire-breathing Hindu nationalist monk who’s leading India’s largest state on a warpath against Muslims.
(James Crabtree, Foreign Policy)
33 persons were executed in al-Mayadin desert in the largest execution operation carried out by the “Islamic State” organization in 2017
(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
ISIS kills 33 execution-style in Syria; 22 people in Iraq attack
(Euan McKirdy, CNN)
US airstrikes on Syria: what we know so far
(Nadia Khomami and Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)
Turkish outrage mounts as doctors point to neurotoxin in Idlib attack
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Following gas attack, Israel reassesses Syrian threat
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Can new mosque boost tourism in Egypt resort town?
(Salwa Samir, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Jerusalem's Old City braces for massive Easter crowds
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Proof of poison gas in Syria massacre could reshape war
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Ministry accuses Jehovah's Witnesses of causing harm to health
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Iraqi minorities pen 'Baghdad Declaration for supporting religious freedom'
(Brian Kaylor, Word & Way)
FJCR conveyed matzo and juice for celebrating Passover in Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Baptists support Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)
'The Islamic Jesus' seeks commonalities between Christianity, Judaism, Islam
(David Holahan, Christian Science Monitor)
Groups provide Passover assistance to Jewish needy in Israel, former Soviet Union
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
To finally defeat Boko Haram, Nigeria’s leaders must change their ways
(James Hamill, The Conversation)
Why isn't the U.S. arming Assyrian Christians in the fight against ISIS?
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Nigeria: Boko Haram kidnaps 22 more girls
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Xinjiang police search Uyghur homes for iIllegal items’
(Radio Free Asia)
Muslim births projected to outnumber Christian births globally by 2035
(Lauren Markoe, Christian Headlines)
Islam set to become world's largest religion by 2075, study suggests
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Discovery of 3,000 year old donkey dung validates Biblical account of King Solomon
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Israel makes sense only from the perspective of Passover
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Spiritual administration of Dagestan will carry out donor action to support the injured in the terror attack in Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Despite China's warnings, Dalai Lama has arrived in India for 9-day visit
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Catholics surge in Africa but priest shortages persist in other parts of the globe
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Services)
Pope meets with Catholic-Muslim delegation from Britain
(Vatican Radio)
The Changing Global Religious Landscape
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Muslim births projected to outnumber Christian births globally by 2035
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Services)
Jehovah’s Witnesses broke law on extremism — Justice Ministry
(TASS World)
On Video: Experts react to threat of ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses Russia)
Russia's Supreme Court upholds ban on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Jehovah’s Witnesses banned as “extremists” by Russia (Members found themselves on the country's anti-terrorist watch list)
(John Burger, Aleteia)
"If Jehovah’s Witnesses are extremist, I think we all are.”
(Heiner Bielefeldt, Jehovah's Witnesses Russia)
EVENT, 6 April 2017: Geopolitics of Transnational Law and Religion: An Exploratory Workshop
(Fondazione Bruno Kessler, the Center for Religious Studies)
Russia upholds ban on Jehovah's Witnesses in Supreme Court Thursday
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Death toll rises in aftermath of Syria poison gas attack
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Lyudmila Alekseyeva on the Jehovah's Witnesses ban: “Not just a mistake—I think it is a crime.”
(Jehovah's Witnesses Russia)
High-profile case against Jehovah's witnesses started in Russia's Supreme Court
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Russian court turns down Jehovah’s Witnesses’ bid for ‘victim of repression’ status
(TASS World)
Russia moves to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘extremist’
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
Russian Supreme Court rejects Jehovah Witnesses' counterclaim seeking their recognition as victims of political repression
(Interfax-Religion)
Summing up first day of Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Deutsche Welle, Russia Religion News)
UN rights experts urge Russia to drop Jehovah’s Witness lawsuit which threatens religious freedom
(Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations Human Rights)
International support for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Supreme Court begins consideration of case against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
UN experts urge Russia to drop extremism suit against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
American connection used against Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia extremism
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Russia: missionaries in trouble?
(Blasting TV)
More about the Jehovah's Witnesses case in Russia
Archdiocese of Bombay honors those who help alcoholics
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The centenary of The Scofield Reference Bible
(OUPblog Religion)
Muslim women in Sri Lanka still 2nd class citizens – by law
(Munza Mushtaq, Asia Times)
After tolerance caravan leaves Lahore, census officials come under attack
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Enter Russia into Myanmar’s armed fray
(Bertil Lintner, Asia Times)
Russia bombing unmasks new jihadist generation
(Reuters)
Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine: police
(Reuters)
Auschwitz as seen through the ‘lens of faith’
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
Peruvian court: Indigenous communities must be consulted before drilling
(Barbara Fraser, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
On Mecca’s front porch: An Indonesian city implements sharia law
(David Pinault, Commonweal)
9 questions to ask after a terrorist attack
(Daniel L. Byman, Lawforce via Brookings)
Patriarch Kirill prays for those killed in St. Petersburg, calls for violence to be fought
(Interfax Religion)
Pope Francis condemns ‘unacceptable carnage’ in Syria
(Inés San Martín, cr)
Pakistani prosecutor to Christians: ‘I’ll acquit you if you convert to Islam’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Jakarta’s Christian governor reveals repeated sectarian attacks at trial testing Indonesia’s pluralism
(V. B. Sonata, World Watch Monitor)
Indian imam expelled from Singapore over remarks against Christians and Jews
(AsiaNews.it)
Report charges cover-up of sexual abuse by traditionalist society
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Anti-terrorism cameras installed in Wenzhou churches (Zhejiang) spark Christian protest
(AsiaNews.it)
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