Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 6 February 2017
'War of the shrines' stirs tension between Palestinians, Israelis
(Aziza Nofal, translated by Paul Raymond, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
UN: More than 900 children killed in Afghanistan in 2016
(Associated Press- The Big Story)
Is a bromance brewing between Sudan, the Saudis?
(Fahd al-Otaibi, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Is Erdogan’s Syria policy slipping through his fingers?
(Week in Review, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The truth behind oil theft in Iraq's Basra
(Salam Zidane, translated by Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
May to meet Netanyahu ahead of Brexit debate in Commons
(Andrew Sparrow, Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Sunday, 5 February 2017
Former B.C. couple guilty of taking girl, 13, to U.S. to marry polygamist Warren Jeffs
(Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press)
Canadian court convicts 2 FLDS members for bringing daughter to US to marry church leader
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 4 February 2017
Both the right and the left get the Muslim ban wrong
(Cathy Young, The Forward)
Trump effect: unintended effects of regulating religion
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Friday, 3 February 2017
Ukraine v. Russia: Before the International Court of Justice
(Beth Van Schaack, Just Security)
The need to secure position of minorities, common space
(K. Shanmugam, Singapore: The Straits Times)
In Uzbekistan’s jails, torture is an everyday occurrence
(Open Democracy)
Crimean Tatars find new home in Lviv Oblast
(Anastasia Vlasova, Kyiv Post)
2016: Religion between politics and geopolitics
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
“They will never be freed.” New information about the imprisoned Muslims from Turkmenabat
(Alternative News of Turkmenistan)
“The problem of UOC is a large-scale Orthodox problem,” Constantin Vetochnikov
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
American missionary fights to pray, read Bible in Putin's Russia
(George Thomas, Christian Broadcasting Network)
Over 15,000 sign online petition: Russian Hindus unite to fight against religious persecution
(Digital Journal)
Dvorkin sued for libel by Hindus
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)
The Buddhists vs. the billionaire
(Amos Chapple, RFE/RL)
Jews of Southern Russia treat youth outflow as main threat for communities
(Caucasian Knot)
Details of roundup of suspected Chechen extremists unclear, contradictory
(Liz Fuller, RFE/RL)
Justice Initiative sends 42 confirmations of women's circumcision to Dagestani GPO
(Caucasian Knot)
Russia tries to remember the Holocaust: The government supports Holocaust commemoration, but Soviet war narratives die hard
(Eva Hartog and Matthew Kupfer, The Moscow Times)
Russian student turned IS fighter found dead in prison
(The Moscow Times)
Russian efforts to force Muslim minorities to assimilate leading many to become Islamist radicals, Iskhakov warns
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Russia’s decade-long attack on religious freedom intensifies
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Duma deputy speaker Tolstoy explains himself to FJCR
(Interfax-Religion)
Dispute over St. Petersburg Cathedral takes anti-Semitic turn
(Tom Balmforth, RFE/RL)
Russian Education Minister defends Muslim headscarf ban
(The Moscow Times)
Kremlin sidesteps headscarf ban controversy
(Anadolu Agency)
Russian Constitutional Court hears Dadin's challenge to protest law
(RFE/RL)
Russian prisoner Dadin contacts relatives after monthlong absence
(RFE/RL)
Moscow Patriarchate now helping Kremlin to control Russians, Solodovnik says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Russian yoga instructor becomes unlikely spiritual warrior as he fights counterterrorism law
(RFE/RL)
SOVA centre listing as ‘foreign agent’ is counter-productive, says Fare
(Football against Facism in Europe)
Russia should reinstate the monarchy and appoint Putin as royal emperor, says influential Moscow churchman
(Will Stewart, Daily Mail)
Russian Orthodox act like an embattled minority because they are one, anthropologist says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
What the Russian Orthodox Church can teach the West
(Phoebe Taplin, Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Russia region's 'no abortion day' to mark Bible story
(BBC)
Patriarch Kirill calls on Russia, Ukraine to consider Prince Vladimir their common national hero
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill at 70: No autocephaly for Ukraine and no multiculturalism for Russia
(Paul Goble, The Ukrainian Weekly)
Faith in Russia (Podcast)
(BBC)
Accepting only religious minority refugees divides, rather than protects, those in need
(Kat Eghdamian, The Conversation)
Afghans debate role of local militia
(Hamid Shirzai, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
Afghanistan: the shame of having daughers
(Fahimullah, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
The need for paradigm shift in Iranian foreign policy (the transition from middle eastern terror to geo-economics)
(M. Mousavi, The International)
Christian Governor fights blasphemy charge in Muslim-majority Indonesia
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
Yemen struggling under extremist domination, food shortages
(Lindsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Between two worlds: struggles of the Asmat people – in pictures
(Joshua Irwandi, The Guardian)
Millions at risk as famine looms in Somalia – unless we act now
(Geeta Bandi-Phillips, Christian Today)
Sudan 'to demolish at least 25 Christian churches' in Khartoum
(News 24)
Lent: seven weeks for water
(World Council of Churches)
Compassion International, largest international donor in India, to shut down India operations
(Vijaita Singh, The Hindu)
Is pan-Mongolism making a comeback -- or only a Stalin-style accusations?
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Going to the people—and back again: The changing shape of the Russian regime
(Alexander Baunov, Carnegie Moscow Center)
HRW claims deterioration of human rights situation in Northern Caucasus
(Caucasian Knot)
Kyrgyz court reinstates life sentence against rights activist
(RFE/RL)
Kyrgyz police search for suspects who destroyed 'holiday tree'
(RFE/RL)
Georgia: TDI studies alleged facts of discrimination at Mokhe public school
(Tolerance and Diversity Institute)
TDI addresses the ministry to study the alleged fact of discrimination at Mokhe public school
(Tolerance and Diversity Institute)
Understanding Islamic radicalization in Central Asia
(The Diplomat)
Why ISIS recruits from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
(Dana E. Abizaid, The National Interest)
Crackdowns, downturns, and a transfer of power: a look back at a fascinating year in Central Asia
(Qishloq Ovozi, RFE/RL)
State, religion and society in Georgia & Azerbaijan
(Caucasus Institute)
Belarus: Public opinion about human rights and advocacy
(Freedom House)
The lawyer appealed to the ombudswoman and the ICRC in connection with the disappearance of activist
(contact.az)
A letter from an inmate of the Southern Gas Corridor
(Ilgar Mammadov, Open Democracy)
Azerbaijan: Israel’s Shia and secular partner
(Selim Han Yeniacun, The Asian)
Electricity in the mosque in Lerik is turned off
(contact.az)
Sentence on theologian appealed
(contact.az)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Journalist banned from leaving Azerbaijan
(contact.az)
NGOs on EITI coalition demand release of Fouad Gahramanli and Asif Yusifli
(contact.az)
Kazakhstan: Sharing beliefs "grave crime" requiring detention?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Should Nigeria's Christians take up a sword?
(Rod Anderson, The Christian Post)
In a new video, Pope Francis urges compassion for refugees, people on the margins
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
New Canadians to pledge honour for Indigenous treaties in revised citizenship oath
(Kathleen Harris, CBC News)
PFPA activist arrested for ten days
(contact.az)
Propaganda of terrorism by the leadership of ANS appended to the criminal case, prosecutors
(contact.az)
Court of appeal dismisses appeals on prolongation of arrest of Faig Amirov and Fuad Ahmedli
(contact.az)
7 Blasphemous books of the 1920s: James Joyce’s birthday booklist
(Steve Pinkerton, OUPblog)
Why Turkey-Greece islands confrontation is more than it seems
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
World Interfaith Week: Muslim woman donates chairs to Church, pastor to decorate Mosques
(Vanguard)
World Hijab Day: Group decries discrimination against Muslim women
(Oladeinde Olawoyn, Premium Times)
World Hijab Day: Muslim women condemn discrimination over hijab
(Yahaya Ibrahim and Romoke W. Ahmad, Daily Trust)
A blog's life: GetReligion turns 13, still clinging to hope that more journalists will get it
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Islamic scholars warn against ban on hijab, say wearing it an act of faith
(Premium Times)
IRLA Argentina hosts South American Religious Liberty Forum
(Alexis Vilar / IRLA, International Religious Liberty Association)
South Africa: SA faiths must unite against extremism - Rasool
(Jenna Etheridge, News 24)
After the terror: how Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art is fighting back
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media)
Special Religious Education in NSW and “grooming”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The real reason Erdoganists still love Trump despite 'Muslim ban'
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Trial in the "Nardaran -2" case
(contact.az)
The NCDF called the verdict in "Nardaran case" "the most shameful in the history of Azerbaijan"
(contact.az)
Azerbaijan: Show trial ends with harsh sentences for Islamic activists
(Mike Runey, Eurasianet)
Azerbaijan: Abuse allegations mar high-profile trial
(Human Rights Watch)
The trial in the case of two elders of Nardaran will continue January 23
(contact.az)
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