Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Pope makes appointments amid criticism of sex abuse response
(Nicole Winfield AP, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EU Envoy Jan Figel calls on Sudan to release two convicted of aiding Czech Christian ‘spy’
(World Watch Monitor)

CIS special services continue cooperation to counter terrorism, religious and political extremism - Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
(Interfax-Religion)

USCIRF condemns actions that would eliminate the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ legal existence in Russia
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Jehovah's Witnesses on brink of catastrophe
(Radio Svoboda, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox church joins debate over Muslim scarves
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

What precedes diplomatic training on religious freedom? Getting religion (Responding to The future of religion and U.S. foreign policy under Trump)
(Andrew Bennett, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Chaldean patriarch supports Holy Week peace march in Iraq
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

WCC offers prayers for victims of ‘heinous’ bomb attack on St Petersburg commuters
(World Council of Churches)

Archbishop laments 'curse of terrorism' after St. Petersburg attack
(Catholic News Agency)

The leads in the St. Petersburg metro bombing point to Syria
(Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz)

Officials say Russia attack was suicide bombing
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

Why Palestine bears the blame for the Arab-Israeli conflict
(David Brog, Christian Headlines)

Poison gas attack in Syria leaves dozens dead and injured, including children
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Two policemen killed in Astrakhan by group of radical Wahhabi Islamists – governor
(Interfax-Religion)

Christians in Iraq to embark on 80-mile 'peace walk' across the war-torn country in Holy Week
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Attempts to 'rebuild' Syria could do more harm than good, Oxfam warns
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)

How these Syrians went from opposition fighters to pro-regime militiamen
(Nour Samaha, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Horror escalates as deadly bomb and gas attack in Syria kills dozens
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Gender identity politics is erasing and silencing women
(Michelle A. Cretella, Mercator Net)

Thousands of children accused of witchcraft, forced into homelessness and trafficking in DRC, Pope calls out injustice
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)

National Council of Churches in Kenya urges politicians to follow the law, avoid anarchy
(Jeremiah Wakaya, Capital News)

Uganda – lack of religious values fuelling crime – bishop
(Zadock Amanyisa, Daily Monitor)

‘The Benedict Option’—terrific for monks, but not for ordinary Christiansf
(Michael Kirke, Mercator Net)

Joint North-South Korea Easter prayer published
(World Council of Churches)

EVENT, 4 April 2017: Report Launch: Nations in Transit 2017:The False Promise of Populism (live stream)
(Celeste Wallander, Ben Judah, Dimitar Bechev, Nate Schenkkan, Freedom House)

Russia: Trial for studying religious books begins
(Forum 18 News Service)

Monday, 3 April 2017

Escaped North Korean risks her life to visit Christian family she left behind
(World Watch Monitor)

Mufti Gainutdin calls for prevention of destruction of civil peace in Russia in light of St. Pete tragedy
(Interfax-Religion)

Info on alleged persecution of sexual minorities in Chechnya should be investigated by law enforcement agencies – Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)

Pope Francis and U.S. Bishop have conflicting opinions on giving to beggars
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Kazakhstan: Lawyers now face trial for defending client
(Forum 18 News Service)

China Uighurs: Xinjiang ban on long beards and veils
(BBC News)

Tradition, resurrected: A resurgence of religious faith is changing China
(The Economist)

China: raids on house churches continue in crackdown on Christianity
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Jehovah's Witnesses case viewed from far south of Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

Former president of Russian Baptists sets Jehovah's Witnesses case in wider context
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses developing strategy to defend suit for prohibition
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses not properly notified of suspension
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses counter sue Ministry of Justice
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Local Jehovah's Witnesses congregations seek involvement in court proceedings
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Tunisian nightclub shut down over Muslim call to prayer remix
(The Guardian)

Met police investigating Muslim man's wrongful arrest over terrorism
(Diane Taylor, The Guardian)

Israel vs. America: what Jewish millennials think about God and the Occupation
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Muslim head scarves still pose an unresolved problem for Russia
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Jason Klocek on religious conflict and repression
(Podcast, Research On Religion)

Students at Toronto university vote to adopt broad definition of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Singapore deporting imam who spoke against Jews, Christians
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pakistan registers first Jewish citizen in decades
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)

Amendments to law on education imply renunciation of ban on wearing symbols of various religions by pupils - Chechen authorities
(Interfax Religion)

Kremlin has no definitive position on Chechen law allowing students to wear hijab – Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)

Chechen law on religious clothes in schools violates principle of secular education in Russia - Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax Religion)

Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia backs Chechen parliament's move to permit hijab wearing at schools
(Interfax-Religion)

Reports about persecutions of homosexuals in Chechnya is lie and disinformation, such people just do not exist in the republic - Kadyrov's press secretary
(Interfax Religion)

Iran: women forced to wear Hijabs even when entering Christian church
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Will zealots ignite another firestorm on the Temple Mount?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Will US keep military bases in Iraq after IS?
(Mustafa Saadoun, translated by Muhammed Hussein Tal'at, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

How will Abadi handle Iraq’s Shiite militias?
(Ali Mamouri, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

One man's quest to save the Jewish Iraqi language
(Jacky Hugi, translated by Aviva Arad, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Will EU take the lead on two-state solution?
(Uri Savir, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Singapore to repatriate Muslim cleric after remarks against Jews, Christians
(Marius Zaharia, Religion News Service)

Why is Orthodox Easter on a different date than Catholic Easter?
(Philip Kosloski, Aleteia)

Russia: possible terror attack kills 10 in St. Petersburg
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Bandi's book "The Accusation" smuggled from North Korea now published in 18 languages
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Stranger than fiction: How forbidden book was smuggled out of N. Korea
(Paula Hancocks, CNN)

Prayer for Venezuela
(Kathleen N. Hattrup, Aleteia)

Ukraine named third worst in suffering
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Breaking the chains of violence against children
(Ronne Rock, Mission Network News)

When Marx meets Islam (A Chinese regulation would prohibit online insults based on religion. Some decry it as antithetical to Communist values)
(Mia Tianjie, Foreign Policy)

Muslim group puts up posters supporting Ram Temple, critics point to RSS link
(M Tariq Khan, Hindustan Times)

Would Israeli bill squelching mosque calls violate freedom of religion?
(Joel Greenberg, Christian Science Monitor)

6 Ways author Flannery O’Connor can inspire our modern lives
(Father Michael Rennier, Aleteia)

EVENT, 3-6 April 2017: Religious Liberty Partnership Annual Consultation, Brasília, Brazil
(ANAJURE)

EVENT, 3 April 2017: The Reformation and Law: 500th Anniversary Perspectives
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)

Thursday, 30 March 2017

OHCHR expert meeting on “Faith for Rights”
(Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner)

Dubai student accused of cursing religion at college campus
(Marle Nammour, Khaleej Times)

Four British imams granted papal audience in bid to build interfaith relations
(Christopher Lamb, The Tablet)

After London, a question returns: At what point does terrorist coverage just encourage more attacks?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

From deferral to denial: CSW continues to be blocked from the UN by the NGO Committee
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Uzbekistan: Police excuses for literature seizure raids
(Forum 18 News Service)

A diaspora’s dilemma: For Iraqi Christians at home and abroad, the road to reconstruction is long
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Scientologists in the Moscow Region were searched in connection with dozen thousand dollar income from adepts attracted in Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)

Search underway at Moscow region's Scientologist center - source
(Interfax-Religion)

Orthodox bishop warns against sentencing Jehovah's Witnesses
(Klops.ru, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox apologist urges tolerance for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Sergei Khudiev, Pravoslavie i Mir)

Protestant legal experts discuss Jehovah's Witnesses' plight
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

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