Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 17 February 2017
Tolerating Blasphemy: Lessons from an Indonesian election
(Paul Marshall, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Race and religion to continue influencing Jakarta election: Teneo
(Cheang Ming, CNBC)
Jakarta election: Can we leave religion, race out of runoff?
(The Star Online)
Jakarta election: Vote for Governor comes after fierce campaign around religion and race
(Samantha Hawley, ABC News)
Jakarta governor’s race a litmus test for Indonesia
(Tobias Basuki, The Conversation)
Report of the Select Committee on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The problem with “liberalizing” Islam
(Z. Fareen Parvez, OUPblog Religion)
Russian Muslims to take care of Syrian refugees and their school in Lebanon
(Interfax Religion)
How to curb HIV? Educate religious leaders - researchers
(Magdalena Mis, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State
(Syed Raza Hassan, Religion News Service)
Pakistan says kills 100 'terrorists' after suicide shrine attack
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Kolkata shopkeepers urge Shahi Imam to 'talk religion, not politics'
(Prema Rajaram, News 18.com)
Islamist extremists spill more Christian blood in Egypt amid fears that more attacks are forthcoming
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Special Report: The plight of Christians in the Middle East
(The Catholic Telegraph)
Shifting alliances in northwest Syria make a political solution more remote
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Europe’s policy on Iran is misguided
(The Media Express)
Should the U.S. prioritize Christian refugees? No thanks, some Arab Christians say
(Rebecca Collard, Time)
Kazakhstan: Atheist writer faces more criminal charges
(Forum 18 News Service)
Through 17 February 2017: Call for Submissions: The Cognition of Belief
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Turkey nightclub massacre gunman says he wanted to kill Christians - but murdered mostly Muslims instead
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
100,000 massacred, over 2 million displaced in Boko Haram's war to eradicate Christianity
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Less skin, more God and no racism: How Brazil’s left and right want to change Carnaval
(Shannon Sims, The Washington Post)
Hopeful sign? Brazil's Christian right and secular left want Carnaval to cover up and tweak its tunes
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Why humanitarian group is saving lives of ISIS fighters
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Is Lebanon on the path to decriminalizing homosexuality?
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Why some in Israel are wary of Hamas’ new Gaza boss
(Ben Caspit, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Breathing new life into Egypt's Nubian heritage
(Aya Nader, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The blackwater of Jihad
(Rao Komar, Christian Borys, Eric Woods, Foreign Policy)
Israel-Palestine: One state, two states – any advance on three?
(Letters, The Guardian)
Controversy surrounds hijab during Swedish visit to Iran
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Thai police begin searching scandal-hit Buddhist temple following prime minister’s order
(Reuters, South China Morning Post)
Advocates expect to see more asylum seekers cross U.S.-Canadian border
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Militants kill Christian in Egypt’s Sinai, second in a week
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UN rights envoy calls for inquiry into abuses of Rohingya in Myanmar
(Jared Ferrie, IRIN)
Pakistan: IS attack on Sufi shrine in Sindh kills dozens
(BBC News)
Trump keeps special envoy for LGBTI rights at State Department
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses to be liquidated?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russia: Warnings and forced community liquidations increase
(Forum 18 News Service)
EVENT 16-17 February 2017: The Origins of the Islamic State: Sovereignty and Power in the Middle Ages
(The Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion)
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
China expels 32 South Korea missionaries amid missile defense tension
(Reuters)
Same-sex marriage hopes rise as Senate inquiry rejects discriminatory measures
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Parent group that ousted scripture from schools in Victoria to fight for ban on NSW Special Religious Education
(Kelsey Munro, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Bangladesh: How long will impunity rule?
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Detained on accusation of attempted murder deacon Mamaladze claims he is not guilty - ombudsman
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli ambassador in Moscow hopes Russian leadership to prevent acts of antisemitism in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Israel to discuss anti-Semitism definition with Russia to avoid interpretations of word's meaning in future - Israeli ambassador
(Interfax-Religion)
Protecting civil society against shrinking spaces
(Sir Malcolm Evans, University of Bristol Law School Blog)
Bishops seek food relief as Kenya declares drought area national disaster
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Algeria: Religious minorities under oppression
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iraqi Christian refugees protest against UNHCR resettlement delays
(World Watch Monitor)
‘UN failing religious minorities and Christian converts’
(World Watch Monitor)
The UN’s Failure to Promote and Protect Religious Freedom
(Meghan Grizzle Fischer, White Paper: ADF International)
Israel's right-wing revolutionaries
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)
'Disgraceful' Church of England leaves persecuted Nigerians to their fate
(Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
The options for Kenya as an impending election fuels fear of hate speech
(Mercy Muendo, The Conversation)
Valentine’s Day survey: Most Jewish Israelis support civil marriage and divorce
(JTA)
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
EVENT, 14-16 February 2018: Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms
(BYU Law School and University of Notre Dame Australia)
These incredible photos show members of an Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ moving to Israel
(Josefin Dolsten, JTA: Telegraph Blog)
An interview with the Ethiopian Patriarch, Abune Matthias
(J. Michael West, World Council of Churches)
WCC general secretary speaks on religion and discrimination
((Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit), World Council of Churches)
Another parliamentary foray against "sects"
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
Charity, certainty, and transparency: What the world can learn from Islamic finance
(Aneesa Bodiat, Quartz)
Indonesia cracks down on condom sales on Valentine's Day
(Deutsche Welle)
Historic Israeli church reopens in Galilee 20 months after arson attack
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nigeria: Trump calls Buhari, signifies readiness to help Nigeria with weapons to combat terrorism
(Tobi Soniyi, This Day via AllAfrica)
This woman’s abortion story will challenge your beliefs – no matter what they are
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Pakistani Catholics on alert after new suicide bombing
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lahore attack death toll rises to 13. The archdiocese closes schools and cathedral
(Kamran Chaudhry, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan court bans Valentine’s Day in capital
(Asif Shazad, Associated Press)
Pakistani court bans public Valentine's Day celebrations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan soon to outlaw mob violence and forced conversions of minorities
(Kamran Chaudhry, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistani judge bans Valentine's Day celebrations in the capital
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)
Ahok's case: Indonesia's pluralism is still in peril
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Fully-grown pig chimeras are only a few years away – we need to understand where they stand now
(Joshua Shepherd, The Conversation)
Vietnam: USCIRF assesses State Department’s CPC removal
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF issues new report on Vietnam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Second year in row, data on suicide by caste and religion is not disclosed
(Deeptiman Tiwary, The Indian Express)
Restored Church of Loaves and Fishes reopened in interfaith ceremony after arson
(Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News)
Seattle Seahawks player refuses to join other athletes on Israel trip
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
The Catholic wrap-up at the Australian government's abuse inquiry
(Frank Brennan, La Croix International)
Iraqi Christian couple despair at sight of house IS destroyed
(World Watch Monitor)
Workers decry dismissal from Catholic university in Manila
(UCA News)
Catholics to hold peace conference in Myanmar
(UCA News)
King installs new top Buddhist monk in Thailand
(UCA News)
Jakarta governor election a 'litmus test' of Indonesian Islam
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
The darkness of Valentine's Day and its Pagan origins
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
What is the importance of love in world religions?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Hundreds protest cathedral transfer in St. Petersburg
(Radio Free Europe)
Hong Kong cardinal: Consensus on bishops helps solve other issues in China
(Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Card. Tong’s article on China-Holy See dialogue, arouses joy and dismay
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Doubts and indifference among Chinese Catholics toward Card Tong’s article
(Taxiang Lüren (他乡旅人), AsiaNews.it)
Christian militia group warns Sunnis living in Christian Iraqi town: get out or face massacre
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Islamic radicals who massacred Christians on Easter Sunday kill 14 in Lahore bombing
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Monday, 13 February 2017
A new saffron bloom in the Valley: The other Shiv Sena is making its presence felt in Kashmir
(Rayan Naqash, Scroll.in)
Pakistan coercion, UN complicity: The mass forced return of Afghan refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
Pakistani boy refused bail in Kaaba ‘blasphemy’ case
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Indonesian Catholics to take part in local elections amid tensions and threats
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Cross missing at the Moldavian flag during its president's visit to Iran resulted in a scandal
(Interfax-Religion)
McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message
(JTA)
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