Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 3 March 2017
New theory suggests that religion may have been responsible for social evolution
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Malaysia's progressive Muslims want a secular future
(Peter Riddell, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
Faith, dialogue and deafness: Religions must speak to the faithless, as well as to each other
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters seeks Kremlin intervention
(Russia Religion News)
Germany poised to mount more raids on Turkish imams accused of spying
(Jamie Dettmer, Voice of America)
Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
UN is condemning China over expulsion of monks and nuns
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
The rise of Hinduism in Australia, will it continue?
(Krati Garg, SBS)
Young non-Muslims face Islamophobia too
(Peter Hopkins, Gurchathen Sanghera, Katherine Botterill, and Rowena Arshad, The Conversation)
Five decades of reporting terrorism: Has there been too little or too much coverage?
(Michael Segalia, The Conversation)
Why China may want to repair its fraught relations with the Vatican
(Thomas M. Landy, The Conversation)
Reza Aslan tries to make a ‘Believer’ out of everyone
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Jokowi arranges meeting between King Salman and Indonesian interfaith figures
(The Jakarta Post)
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Nigeria: Christians begin Lent season
(All Africa)
Church urges use of recovered loots to generate employment
(Seye Olumide, The Guardian)
Where Lent comes from and what it has to do with religious freedom
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)
Canadian Christian leaders denounce Franklin Graham ahead of his Vancouver trip
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
The Muslim Brotherhood: terrorists or not?
(Mokhtar Awad and Samuel Tadros, Wall Street Journal)
Muslim, Christian clerics say don't link Islam to terrorism
(AFP, Al-Monitor)
Islam will be largest religion in the world by 2070, says report
(Olivia Rudgard, The Telegraph)
Jehovah's Witnesses appeal fines for possession of "extremist" literature
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
LDS general authorities meet with president of French Polynesia, saints in the islands
(Brooke Facer, Deseret News Faith)
The Vatican and Peacebuilding: Exploring the Church's Role in Conflict Resolution
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Worldly power or Vicar of the Prince of Peace? (Responding to: The Vatican: A religious body or holy mediator?)
(Mary Doak, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Global conceptions, international interactions: the Holy See in world politics (Responding to: The Vatican: A religious body or holy mediator?)
(Jodok Troy, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
What’s happened to the Holy See press office?
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Catholic nuns the target of growing Congolese attacks
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lone survivor on Vatican abuse commission resigns in frustration
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Survivor quits Pope's panel on sex abuse, citing 'shameful' resistance
(Camila Domonoske, National Public Radio)
Survivor resigns in protest from pontifical commission on protecting minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attacks on pagan store could be considered hate crime, religion prof says
(CBC News)
Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion
(Amy Adamczyk, The Conversation)
Schooled in tolerance: In parts of Africa, religion’s controversial role in radicalization is confronted head-on.
(Kira Zalan, U.S. News & World Report)
Southern Kaduna Killings: Interfaith centre to initiate peace programme
(PM News)
Interfaith group fears pastor’s abduction may impact inter-religious ties
(Malay Mail Online)
Faith puts Ghana at heart of global Christianity
(Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Religion News Service)
Episcopal, Lutheran leaders in the U.S. and Canada issue Ash Wednesday message on refugees
(Episcopal News Service)
Czech Christian activist’s co-accused remain in Sudan prison
(Dabanga)
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Ministry of Justice performs large-scale inspection of Witnesses’ National Office in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)
Attacks on Copts in Sinai 'a message from ISIL'
(Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Egypt's Coptic Christians flee Sinai after killings
(Al Jazeera)
Egypt's Sissi vows to help Coptic Christians fleeing Sinai
(Deutsche Welle)
Zimbabwe: Minister - Nothing new about Islam in schools
(New Zimbabwe)
Christians handed 7-year imprisonment in China for buying and selling 'forbidden devotional books'
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Sudan has 'declared war against Christians' to stop them from leading Muslims to Christ
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Sudan: Demolition of 27 churches in Khartoum delayed
(Dabanga)
Erdogan exploits Islam for personal and political gain
(Alon Ben-Meir, Huffington Post)
Israel has no Gaza policy
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
US should test Russia on Islamic State
(Andrew Parasiliti, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
Will families with 2 children become the norm in Egypt?
(Walaa Hussein, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
From Jerusalem to Standing Rock, victors recast past to reflect their religious worldviews
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Singapore: Race, religion matter when choosing next prime minister: PM Lee
(Yahoo! News)
Religion, race have no role in immigration
(Paul Osborne, News.com.au)
Freedom of temple, religion must be assured
(Suranand Vejjajiva, Bangkok Post)
Officially, China’s Communist Party believes in atheism, but it makes an exception for two religions
(Echo Huang, Quartz)
Focusing on religious oppression in China misses the big picture
(Ian Johnson, CNN)
The battle for China's spirit: Religious revival, repression, and resistance under Xi Jinping
(Freedom House)
As atheist China warms to the Vatican, religious persecution 'intensifies'
(James Griffiths and Matt Rivers, CNN)
King Salman to meet interfaith leaders in Jakarta: Minister
(Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post)
Antisemitic acts in US gain attention of Netanyahu, other Israeli leaders
(Bytamara Zieve, Udi Shaham, Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post)
Russia: Alleged "missionary activity" prosecutions continue
(Forum 18 News Service)
Every tenth Russian ashamed of persecutions against the Church - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Over 1,000 religious girls bused to Western Wall to overpower feminist activists' prayer
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Russian Santa guilty of illegal evangelism
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Saudi King Salman's Southeast Asia trip affirms Muslim friendship
(Srinivas Mazumdaru, Deutsche Welle)
Hatch joins Jewish rabbis in seeking return of sacred texts held by Russia
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Myanmar's decision to give some Muslims official IDs stirs protest
(Radio Free Asia)
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Georgia: Government and Orthodox block Muslims regaining mosque
(Mariam Gavtadze, and Eka Chitanava, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters distances itself from "extremist" literature
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Pakistan: SC orders action against illegal Hajj operators
(Hasnaat Malik, The Express Tribune)
Pakistan Supreme Court takes action against fraudulent hajj tour operators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
War, conflict, economic strife: the world in 2017 is rife with hot spots, but leavened by hope
(Susan Harris Rimmer, The Conversation)
Are Israel's border police blocking entry of human rights activists?
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Sudan fears Muslims will be led to Jesus, 'declares war against Christians': Pastor
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Abdul Sattar Edhi: Why Google honours him today
(AlJazerra)
Hong Kong police's Holocaust reference censured
(UCA News)
Japanese bishops pray for victims of sexual abuse
(UCA News)
China cracks down on Xinjiang Christians
(UCA News)
Is Baku transforming Azerbaijan from a Shiia to a Sunni Muslim country?
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Iran and Saudi Arabia in talks to prepare for Hajj
(Al Arabiya News)
Digital photo project to show Sistine Chapel in unprecedented detail
(The Guardian)
Hijab politics: a Russian village on the frontlines of religious dispute
(Eva Hartog, The Moscow Times)
Divers search for drowned churches in Russian reservoir
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Jews speak for restitution of religious property
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia's new social class: Servants of God
(Alexander Chernyshev, Russian Beyond the Headlines)
Sun, sand, religious police: holidays in Saudi may be hard sell
(Vivian Nereim and Glen Carey, Bloomberg Politics)
Egypt's Christians flee Sinai amid Islamic State killing spree
(Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters)
Church-backed coalition calls on Indonesia to open international access to West Papua
(World Council of Churches)
Methods to incorporate Human Rights Law into disaster prevention and reduction strategies
(Christy Shucksmith, EJIL:Talk!)
Monday, 27 February 2017
Interfaith action in a tumultuous world
(Katherine Marshall, The Huffington Post)
Harvard launches free online class to promote religious literacy
(Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post)
The CJEU and the ECtHR: an idiot’s guide
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Project to engage Pakistani interfaith communities launched
(Pakistan Today)
Documentary film looks at the origin of Ghana's Jews
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Supreme Court to decide fate of Canada's first Christian law school: Does religious freedom to ban student sex outside of heterosexual marriage trump LGBTQ rights?
(Paul Caron, TaxProf Blog)
Canada's Supreme Court will review two Trinity Western Law School cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australians aren’t as Islamophobic as we’re led to believe
(Riaz Hassan, The Conversation)
Former religious freedom ambassador Andrew Bennett warns conservatives that ‘Canadian values’ talk is full of pitfalls
(Marie-Danielle Smith, National Post)
The Church Militant
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Why Sufi shrines are targeted by Islamic State
(Parveen Akhtar, The Conversation)
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