Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Russian scholar supports Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Congo’s bishops give up on peace mediation
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Peru’s March for Life transforms into aid for flood victims
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Interfaith action in a tumultuous world
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Post-Christian mobs of yobs
(Raymond J. De Souza, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Re-seeing religious resentment
(Gideon Strauss, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
US pastor charged for 'illegal' Bible study in Russia appeals to European Court of Human Rights
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today World)
Russian ‘counter-terrorism’ law challenged at the European Court of Human Rights
(News Release, ADF International)
Women of Conscience — Third in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
NGOs under attack for saving too many lives in the Mediterranean
(Nando Sigona, The Conversation)
Turkey’s main Islamic human rights organization faces internal upheaval
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
What federalism would mean for northern Syria
(Sardar Mila Drwish, translated by Paul Raymond, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Palestinians get 'right to return' — to Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
What role should EU have in resolving Syria crisis?
(Ali Rizk, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Saudis jump on Trump bandwagon
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Will Christians soon be enrolling at Egypt's Al-Azhar?
(Amr Mostafa, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Iraqi federal police forces take on key role in west Mosul
(Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraq’s Sunnis eye post-IS future under regional cover
(Omar Sattar, translated by Mohammed Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Why one Iraqi female MP is calling for law to encourage polygamy
(Wassim Bassem, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What role will Iran-linked militias play once IS leaves Iraq?
(Hamdi Malik, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Israel keeps tabs on Putin-Assad alliance
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Myanmar chief labels Rohingya Muslim intruders, warns against UN investigation
(Lindsay Murdoch, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Indonesia grapples with female circumcision problem
(South China Morning Post)
Mexico’s Catholic church is at war against Donald Trump’s border wall
(Quartz)
The West’s refusal to recognize the religious basis for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Eric R. Mandel, Jerusalem Post)
Thailand seeks new abbot for scandal-hit Buddhist temple
(Reuters)
A mosque can be demolished, but not temple: Subramanian Swamy
(Deccan Chronicle)
No beef ban if we come to power in poll-bound northeast states: BJP
(Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times)
Defense Ministry won’t sanction yeshiva over leader’s comments on female soldiers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox protest Israeli military draft
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Temple Mount faithful to host provocative Passover sacrifice
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)
Nigerian Archbishop calls for government to protect Christians
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis demands ‘urgent’ action to protect civilians in Iraq
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
After decade-long abortion row, Pope fills Argentine post
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious dimensions of development: Lessons at the country level
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Jehovah’s Witnesses fear Russian government may ban them
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Taiwan top court hears landmark gay marriage case
(BBC News)
Russian officials forcing Sochi's rabbi to leave the country
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islam does not limit women - Islamic scholars
(Ghana Web)
Tech-savvy Malaysians still lack knowledge of religions, say academicians
(Rahmah Ghazali, The Star Online)
Religion-based extremism, discrimination anti-human ideologies: Speakers
(The Nation)
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Muslim women in India ask top court to ban instant divorce
(Julie McCarthy, NPR)
OIC regrets casualties among citizens in Mosul
(Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)
SAT-7 reaches the world’s fastest growing religion
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)
Embracing a pro-life narrative for refugees and immigrants
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Francis’ clericalism of mercy is perpetuating the sex abuse scandal
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: Fined for praying "Amen" in mosque
(Forum 18 News Service)
Paraguay to require more humane ways of kosher slaughter
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
IDF rabbi admits comments on female soldiers ‘inappropriate’
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Mexican bishop who speaks out faces criticism from state officials
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis calls for elimination of all nuclear weapons
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Australian archbishop speaks about helping human trafficking victim
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
African prelate says answer to Muslim/Christian divide is democracy
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Faith and development in focus: Kenya
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Muslims, Christians and Jesus: A building and a book highlight an odd symbiosis between monotheistic faiths
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
How to defeat ISIS
(Lee Smith, Hudson)
Nepal’s Christians have to trek into mountains to bury their dead
(Vishal Arora, World Watch Monitor)
Northeast Nigeria ‘greatest crisis on the African continent’, says UN
(World Watch Monitor)
Why we invited Rasmea Odeh to our conference
(Alisa Wise, Religion News Service)
Pope backs nuclear weapons ban treaty
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Palestinian government hopes ancient shrine can lure in tourists
(Entsar Abu Jahal, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Hamas respond to assassination of military leader?
(Sholomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Assassination of Hamas senior operative won't ensure Passover calm
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Muslim family holds the key to Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
(Ahmed el-Komi, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Pope Francis: Eliminating nuclear weapons is a moral imperative
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
The Guardian view on religion and violence: context is everything
(The Guardian)
Hey Ram: Within days of reviving the Ayodhya temple debate, the Ram Setu too is back in news
(Sruthisagar Yamaunan, Scroll.In)
Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Monday, 27 March 2017
Abortion, obscenity and free speech
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Respected lawyer reflects on history of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Christianity in Iraq is finished, says Canon Andrew White, 'vicar of Baghdad'
(Hollie McKay, Fox News)
Origins of West's hatred of Russia lie in split of Christianity - Zyuganov
(Interfax-Religion)
Enormous attention to Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
First Russian church opened in Cyprus
(Interfax-Religion)
Rights advocate fears criminalization of tens of thousands believers
(Echo of Moscow, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses foresee appealing Supreme Court's decision
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
International attention to plight of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Radio Svoboda, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses employ modern technology in their defense
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Another rights advocate speaks out for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Blog of Oleg Kozyrev, Russia Religion News)
Baptist clergyman speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Protestant attorney speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Vladimir Riakhovsky, Religiia i Pravo)
Egyptian Copts finally fulfilling ‘dream’ of traveling to Jerusalem
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Pope’s sex abuse panel to carry on its work without victims — for now
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Ukrainian war hero and lawmaker slurs Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Rajasthan, a sadhvi and her cow vigilante group are slowly gaining popularity
(Abhishek Dey, Scroll.In)
Muslim prayers in schools get provincial endorsement following intense meeting
(Kristin Rushowy, The Star)
Patriarch election saga drags on for Turkey's Armenians
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Shi'ite aid convoys enter Mosul, bringing relief and suspicion
(John Davison, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Detroit to turn former Catholic school into housing
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mexico archdiocese says work on Trump wall is treason
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis
(Leanne Italie, Associated Press: The Big Story)
In London’s wake, Africans ask: ‘Where’s the outrage for us?’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Crux listens as Africans ask: Why isn't it big news when terrorists slaughter our people?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Pakistani man wins right to change religion from Islam to Judaism
(Danish Hussain, The Express Tribune)
Religious ministry active only in Hajj season?
(Obaid Abbasi, Pakistan Today)
Despite some tensions, evangelical churches booming in Cuba
(Andrea Rodriguez, The Republic)
What makes difference desirable? "I have realized that some seek to foster an appreciation of diversity by insisting that people from one culture appreciate the promoted stereotypes of another.”
(Terrance D. Olson, The Wheatley Institution)
What is social justice?
(Janet L. Finn and Maxine Jacobson, OUPblog)
Canadians adopted refugee families for a year. Then came 'Month 13'
(Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times)
The evacuation of Eastern Aleppo: Humanitarian obligation or warcrime?: A Reply
(Matt Brown, EJIL:Talk!)
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