Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 30 January 2017
Mexican bishops blast Trump’s plan for a border wall as “inhuman”
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada says refugees welcome despite US ban
(Rob Gilles, Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor)
Australia in talks with US on dual nationals over Donald Trump’s seven-country Muslim ban
(News Corp Australia Network, News.com.au)
‘Many years’ before Mosul stable enough for Christians to return
(World Watch Monitor)
Czech faces 23 years’ prison for ‘spying’, two Sudanese get 12 years for ‘aiding’ him
(World Watch Monitor)
Bangla Academy alerts police on ‘religion sensitive’ books at Ekushey Book Fair
(Golam Mujtaba Chruba, BDNews24.com)
Sunday, 29 January 2017
Ten centuries later, a Pope and knights do battle
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Saturday, 28 January 2017
Religious leaders and HIV testing: Leading by example to end AIDS
(World Council of Churches)
President al Sisi suggests a ground-breaking legislation to delegalize Islamic divorces "verbally"
(Agenzia Fides)
4 reasons Turkey is destined for an imperial presidency
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Hope and fear for Syria's Kurds
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Chaldean Patriarch visits the Nineveh Plain; the first funds to rebuild houses and churches have been allocated
(Agenzia Fides)
How much longer can Oman be an oasis of peace in the Middle East? ("Tolerance for all religions has proved crucial to Oman’s stability.")
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)
Knights of Malta appoint interim leader, reinstate Grand Chancellor
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Knights of Malta insist on sovereignty amid papal takeover
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Iran says it has finally received Saudi hajj invite
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Turkish religious affairs head condemns beating of student in Quran class
(Hürriyet Daily News)
India: Government urged to uphold constitutional guarantees
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Sudan: Decision postponed in trial
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Over 2,000 people rally against Russian cathedral handover plans
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Crimes against humanity: "normal" treatment of Middle Eastern women
(Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute)
Friday, 27 January 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses fear far-reaching consequences of fine levied on them
(KozaPress, Russia Religion News)
Russian president's Council on Human Rights opposes anti-evangelism law
(Vedomosti, Russia Religion News)
Is Gulf money really a lifesaver for Turkish economy?
(Mustafa Sonmez, translated by Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Exploring the complexities of forgiveness
(Yarachmiel Gorelik and Rabbi Raphael Jaworowski, The Conversation)
Why we should stand up for human rights on Holocaust Memorial Day
(Adam Wagner, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)
Holocaust Encyclopedia
(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Muslim-Christian meeting in Beirut to jumpstart dialogue and fight against fundamentalism
(Herald Malaysia Online)
The music and traditions of Candlemas
(Jonathan Cunliffe and Mark Caddick, OUPblog Religion)
Syrian Kurds rebuilding city from rubble
(Fehim Tastekin, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Chaldean Patriarch reopens Tel Kaif church
(Rudaw)
Will 2017 see the end of Gaza’s siege?
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Hamas, Palestinian Authority quarrel over government functions in Gaza
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Netanyahu's allies abandon him?
(Mazal Mualem, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Discrimination changes in marriage equality bill rejected by Australian law council
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Why Islamists are no longer Erdogan’s favorites
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkey holds applause for Trump's safe-zone promise
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syria's new national security force pledges loyalty to Turkey
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Christians ‘excluded’ from Iraq’s reconstruction plans
(World Watch Monitor)
Iranians believe Trump will violate nuclear deal
(Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Have the Palestinians blocked US embassy move to Jerusalem?
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Debate over sterilizing homeless women addicts resurfaces in Iran
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egypt's contraceptive crisis worsened by illegal stockpiling
(Amy Smekar, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Does Trump's 'America First' approach bode ill for Israel?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nigeria: Sudan to support Nigeria combat terrorism
(All Africa)
Liberia: Department of Islamic Affairs?
(William Q. Harmon, allAfrica)
Hindu Nationalism, Indian Christian persecution and the global rise in right-wing populism
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Ghana: AFC issues US $150 million maiden Islamic bond
(allAfrica)
Ma Ba Tha resists reforms to race and religion laws
(Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy)
Pakistan bans famed religious TV host for hurling blasphemy allegations
(Saad Sayeed and Kay Johnson, Religion News Service)
Send message to Pakistan: India and UAE slam state use of religion to sponsor terror
(The Indian Express)
With conflict increasing worldwide, Adventists talk peacemaking at the United Nations
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
Physician-assisted dying threatens doctors and Gospel witness in Canada
(Paul Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Turkish scholars break new ground in Hadith study
(Peter Riddell, LapidoMedia: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
2017 Holocaust Remembrance Calendar of Events
(United Nations Department of Public Information, The Holocaust Outreach and the United Nations Outreach Programme)
Join us for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
(World Jewish Congress)
Remembering Egypt’s revolution
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Fifth murder of an Egyptian Coptic Christian in two weeks
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Senior Russian lawmaker: Jews still seeking to destroy our churches
(JTA)
Hamas official: group's new charter to address antisemitic language
(Daniel J. Roth, Jerusalem Post)
Russia: Ten years' imprisonment for religious meetings?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russia seen as guarantor of traditional family values, all possible should be done to protect them - State Duma speaker
(Interfax-Religion)
Kremlin distances itself from discussion on problem of hijab wearing at schools
(Interfax-Religion)
Medvedev: Antisemitic sentiments, nationalist statements should be nipped in bud in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Antisemitism level decreases in Russia, but statements of State Duma deputy speaker Tolstoy are step backwards - Israeli ambassador to Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Medvedev notes need to counter ethnic, religious xenophobia
(Interfax-Religion)
Iraqis celebrate addition of Khidr Elias feast to UNESCO heritage list
(Adnan Abu Zeed, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana use
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Spiritual surgeries: a radical alternative medicine?
(Cristina Rocha, OUPblog Religion)
The Duma’s war on women: Why Russia is about to decriminalise wife-beating
(The Economist)
In Philippines, brutal drug war prompts Catholic outcry
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Supreme Court reduces by half a year prison sentence to Dagestani imam convicted for extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
India-UAE condemn state-backed use of religion to sponsor terrorism
(The Hindu)
Shedding light on progressivism’s dark side
(Samuel Gregg, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)
China to crack down further on 'cult' activities
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Robert Birsel, Reuters)
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Coptic Bishop offers a donation for the restoration of the mosque
(Agenzia Fides)
No man on the moon
(Samuel Thrope, Tablet)
Hundreds of families leave Iraq camps for Mosul return
(Your Middle East)
Kuwait: royal prince hanged for premeditated murder
(Panarmenian, Eurasia Review)
Syria: Plight of Palestinian refugees in camps south of Damascus
(Metwaly Abo Naser, Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution)
Torture is a denial of Jesus
(Rev. Ron Stief, The Christian Post)
The much-needed separation of church and state
(Howard Anglin, The Globe and Mail)
Vatican sends team to Aleppo in support of those suffering from the war
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Live)
Israel’s Gaza war and ‘post-truth’ politics
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Will Iraq succeed in bringing Iran, Saudi Arabia closer?
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Are Iran, Saudi Arabia about to reconcile?
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
6 years on, Egypt's revolution still alive
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
How these artists are working to fight extremism in the Mideast
(Zoe Hu, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘constant focus on bad news’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Knights of Malta head resigns on Pope Francis’ orders after dispute with Vatican
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)
Lavrov urges Kiev not to interfere in Ukrainian Orthodox Church's affairs
(Interfax-Religion)
US missionary may get Russia’s anti-evangelism law overturned
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today)
Yona Metzger to become first chief rabbi in Israel to serve jail time
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkish imams spied on teachers at German state schools
(Deutsche Welle)
To secular Bangladeshis, textbook changes are a harbinger
(Ellen Barry and Julfika Ali Manik, The New York Times)
Pakistan's blasphemy law worries opponents of extremism
(Kathy Gannon, AP International News)
From colonial Algeria to modern day Europe, the Muslim veil remains an ideological battleground
(Katarzyna Falecka, The Conversation)
Indian Supreme Court's judgment on mixing religion and politics: a reply to Prof. Noah Feldman
(Avani Bansal, LiveLaw.in)
Desist from seeking votes in name of religion, caste: EC to parties
(The Indian Express)
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