Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 12 December 2016
Banning the burqa: the new exile
(Robert Hunt, Patheos Blog: Interfaith Encounters)
Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians
(Ahmed Mohammed Hassan and Ali Abdelaty, Reuters)
Cairo bombing: Sisi names suicide bomber as Coptic Christians protest
(Ruth Michaelson, The Guardian)
How Egypt's Copts fell out of love with President Sisi
(Johannes Makar, Foreign Policy)
Another attack on Copts in Egypt: Once again, the details make the horrors even worse
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Egypt: three days of mourning declared after 25 people killed in Cairo bomb
(Ruth Michaelson, The Guardian)
The troubled lives of Egypt’s Coptic Christians
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Egypt’s Copts mourn after ‘deadliest attack in recent memory’
(World Watch Monitor)
Under threat from terrorism, Coptic culture remains eternally powerful
(Jonathan Jones, The Guardian)
‘We have a right to build churches’ says Copt after latest attack
(World Watch Monitor)
Azerbaijan bans extremist religious organizations
(Interfax-Religion)
Azerbaijani Christians face fines for ‘illegal’ prayer meeting
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran: church retreat centre confiscated for ‘being funded by CIA’
(World Watch Monitor)
Syrian rebels offered chance to quit Aleppo, jihadists retake Palmyra
(Reuters)
Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Syria get to hear God's word in the battlefield through audio Bibles
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Nigerian church collapse kills at least 160 worshippers – reports
(The Guardian)
Nigeria investigating what caused church collapse that killed scores of worshippers
(Merrit Kennedy, NPR: The Two-Way)
Mexico’s religious liberty problem shows in priest prosecution
(Felipe de J. Monroy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spirit in the sky
(Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail)
A rare glimpse into the insular world of Israeli Jehovah's Witnesses
(Netta Ahituv, Haaretz)
The Korean religious leader on a collision course with the Church of England
(Harry Farley John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Catholic church in Manila issues prayer against expanded death penalty
(Reuters)
Artist works to preserve Christian heritage in Hamas-run Gaza
(Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
Iraqi Christians confront painful memories in town's clean-up
(Thomson Reuters Foundation)
More than 100 killed by church collapse in Nigeria -photojournalist, resident
(Reuters)
For women under ISIS, a tyranny of dress code and punishment
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
Israel wants mosques to turn the volume way down
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
The man going back: Tens of millions of people are displaced around the world. I met one in Djibouti faced with an impossible choice.
(Dave Eggers, Foreign Policy)
Victoria’s model for assisted dying laws may be narrow enough to pass
(Ben White, Andrew McGee, and Lindy Willmott, The Conversation)
A classic Paul Simon song for scribes to hum when covering religious freedom issues
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Ransomed: The freeing of 226 Christians from Islamic State
(Lori Hinnant, Associated Press)
Assyrian Christian hostage thriller: The Associated Press gets this persecution story right
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
In your newspaper? Vatican reaffirms its teachings on homosexuality and the priesthood
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
YouTube restricts PragerU video of British Muslim speaking about anti-Semitism
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Update definition of hate speech, students urge legislators
(Miriam Dalli, Malta Today)
US voices concern over Ahmadiyya HQ raid
(The Nation (Pakistan))
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Brunei, M’sia, Indonesia rated region’s worst violators of rights, religious freedom
(A. Azim Idris, Asian Correspondent)
Lighting the Way for Human Rights
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Mauritius: International Human Rights Day 2016 - Workshop for Members of the Human Rights Technical Committee
(All Africa)
Turkey 'used imams for data on Gulenists in Bulgaria'
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Careful steps for Catholic Church tasked with pulling Congo back from crisis
(David Lewis and Aaron Ross, Reuters)
Kyrgyzstan to develop state program to fight terrorism, religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses in Mordovia threatened with abolition
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Istanbul court drops charges against Israeli commanders
(Reuters, The Forward)
Friday, 9 December 2016
Pakistan: USCIRF condemns egregious treatment of Ahmadis
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
International Human Rights Day: Religious rights are human rights
(Fiona Bruce and Benedict Rogers, Huffpost Politics UK)
Best International Human Rights Day Quotes and Activities of the day
(TF Live)
Doctors celebrate International human rights day
(ZADHR, The Zimbabwean)
Universality of human rights: myth or reality
(Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Daily Times (Pakistan))
Direct Link to ICLARS Oxford Conference Videos
The Zoryan Institute Issues Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
(Zoryan Institute of Canada Inc., MarketWired)
Christianity is facing extinction from its Biblical homeland says a Pakistani Christian Minister
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Christmas reminds us that Jesus was a migrant like today’s refugees, says Pope Francis
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
India's model for tolerance
(Harrison Akins, BBC)
Can Calvinism make you happy?
(Jon Balserak, OUPblog Religion)
Eurocrats back new European Academy of Religion
(Jenny Taylor, LapidoMedia: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
How Islamic will Erdogan’s presidential system be?
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Will new Fatah leaders' fluency in Hebrew make a difference?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Is Israel’s education minister abandoning secular schools?
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Communicating the Good: The politics and ethics of 'The Common Good'
(Oliver O'Donovan, ABC Religion and Ethics)
Maestro turns Egyptian children in need into songbirds
(Salwa Samir, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Russian bomb disposal experts clear of mines 2 mosques in Aleppo
(Interfax-Religion)
Kyrgyzstan to develop state program to fight terrorism, religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
81 Muslims have disappeared along Kenya’s border. Their wives want answers.
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Christian charity Compassion International could be forced out of India
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Christian politician faces controversial blasphemy trial in Indonesia
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Hospitals destroyed and millions starving: The crisis in Yemen is worsening
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
India: Christian grandmother murdered for ‘disturbing the peace’
(World Watch Monitor)
Boko Haram causing ‘untold misery’ in northern Cameroon
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 8 December 2016
After the Islamic State
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)
The neuroscience argument that religion shaped the very structure of our brains
(Olivia Goldhill, Quartz)
Prosecutor asks court to sentence ex-student Karaulova to 5 years in prison for attempt to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)
Married under 'caliphate', Iraq couples say 'I do' again
(Rouba El Husseini and Safa Majeed, Agence France-Presse)
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar bans workers going to Malaysia
(Al Jazeera)
Chinese cardinal says Vatican must stand up to Beijing
(Pak Yiu and Lisa Jucca, Reuters)
After air crash, Pakistan fights over legacy of rock star-turned-cleric
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)
Petition to settle Babri Masjid dispute includes many fake signatures, Ayodhya's Muslims allege
(Dhirendra K Jha, Scroll.in)
Where is the world's most 'godless' city?
(John Keenan, The Guardian)
Singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed personified Pakistan's contradictions
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
Catholic church bombed as fighting intensifies in northern Myanmar
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate promises standards for conversion rabbis and to count Ivanka Trump as Jewish
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Muslim separatist militants in Thailand kill 6 civilians
(Seth Mydans, The New York Times)
The Vatican reaffirms its position suggesting gay men should not be priests
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)
By framing secular society as a Christian creation, Hanson’s revival goes beyond simple racism
(Nicholas Morieson, The Conversation)
Correcting the religious speeches is a must - Egyptian pres
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
Pakistan honors Nobel winner in physics 37 years late. But his religion still stirs anger.
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Dogara: Championing interfaith dialogue
(Turaki A. Hassan, The Nation)
Muslims lambast Christmas service raid in Bandung
(Haeril Halim and Arya Dipa, The Jakarta Post)
UN braces for a potential massive exodus from Mosul
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)
Merkel’s burqa ban appropriate for religious equality
(Al Jun, Global Times (China))
Saudi-Egypt crisis leaves Israel concerned
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
How a new generation of members could shake up Hamas
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Is Iraqi government censoring media's military coverage?
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Is Egypt considering military intervention in Syria?
(Albaraa Abdullah, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Assyrian Christians explain why they are prepared to form a militia to stop ISIS
(Sarah Stone, Christian Today)
Christians from Egypt seek refuge in Cyprus after experiencing brutal persecution
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
First religious freedom case under new Nepal constitution: all charges dropped
(Vishal Arora, World Watch Monitor)
More people turning to Christ in Nepal, which now hosts over 1 million believers and 8,000 churches
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Focus on religious freedom is letting down the non-religious
(Freedom Declared)
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