Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 November 2016
Australia shores up defences against asylum seekers as US deal provides escape for refugees
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Iran: How the judicial system is used to target religious and ethnic minorities
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Bangladesh will drop Islam as state religion when time comes: Awami League leader
(Daily News and Analysis)
Senior rabbis call on Bennett not to fund groups that provide IDF guidance for religious women
(The Jerusalem Post)
Religion v politics: Hinduism and the political project of Hindutva
(Seema Chishti, The Indian Express)
Ministers approve bill muffling muezzin’s call to prayer
(The Jerusalem Post)
Pope Francis pushes for inclusion in race, class, religion
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Interfaith delegation from Arab Countries holds ‘historic’ meeting with Italian Jewish leaders
(Forward)
Stop mixing politics with religion, says Indonesian minister over Jakarta protest
(Todayonline)
What might a Trump presidency mean for Muslims and the Muslim world?
(Mehmet Ozalp, The Conversation)
The Public Loves Myanmar’s New War on Muslims
(Poppy McPherson, Foreign Policy)
EVENT, 14 November 2016: Approaching Jesus in the Qur'an: Christian and Muslim Perspectives; Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Saturday, 12 November 2016
No religion teaches violence, says Rajnath Singh
(India.com)
Friday, 11 November 2016
From Sinjar to Mosul
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Vietnam: At a crossroads, 10 years after CPC designation removed
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Graves of Muslim sailors who joined allies in WWII are rediscovered
(Nazia Parveen, The Guardian)
Christian and Muslim leaders condemn use of holy books to justify terror
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Christians from Pakistan refused visas to visit UK church – because they are too poor
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
'We're keeping our spirits high': Indonesian Christians still worshiping a year after churches destroyed by Islamic extremists
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Russia to give funds for renovation of Bethlehem's historic center – Medvedev
(Interfax-Religion)
“So afraid I almost fainted” - Iran Christian on brother's arrest
(World Watch Monitor)
Bishop's wife saved husband from Iranian extremists, but lost her only son
(World Watch Monitor)
6 steps to being a 'refugee' in your own country
(World Watch Monitor)
Afghanistan: Fatal attack on German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif
(BBC)
Kyrgyzstan: State permission to exist still denied
(Forum 18 News Service)
Islamist sentenced to 8 years in Saratov Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Sarawakian Christian Roneey Rebit finally gets new IC without ‘Islam’
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Nine years after Taliban defaced a historic Buddha statue in Pakistan, it has been restored
(Fazal Khaliq, Scroll.in)
India's ex-Muslims shedding traditional Islam for science
(Tufail Ahmad, First Post)
Meeting of the autocrats: Lukashenko hosts Erdogan
(Roman Goncharenko, Deutsche Welle)
Lukashenko, Erdogan open Cathedral Mosque in Minsk
(Interfax-Religion)
Kyrgyzstan: State permission to exist still denied
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Muslim jailed and fined, books banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Religion, the Catholic church, and peace in Colombia (Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes)
(Matthew Carnes, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Where could President Trump and Pope Francis do business?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian church praises Donald Trump
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Iraqis have Mosul airport in their sights as advance continues
(Reuters)
Islamic State executes scores, stockpiles chemicals in Mosul: U.N.
(Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters)
Another case of banned literature planted on Jehovah's Witnesses
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Jehovah's Witnesses fined in Stavropol
(Vitaly Klimov, Komsomolskaia Pravda, Russia Religion News)
China cracks down on children attending church
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Man admits his lie about Jakarta's Christian leader led to blasphemy protest
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
7 Iraqi Christian girls miraculously rescued from ISIS in Kirkuk
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Why is Jordan preventing Gazan refugees from doing their jobs?
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Trial resumes of Christian pastors in Sudan facing death penalty
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
‘Worship in the woods' a year after Islamic extremists destroy Aceh churches
(World Watch Monitor)
Six suspects in Hizb ut-Tahrir St. Petersburg cell case remanded in custody
(Interfax-Religion)
Islamist sentenced to 8 years in Saratov Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Will Mosul remain under military rule after liberation from IS?
(Hassan al-Shanoun trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
In once-tolerant Mosul, a social unraveling that feels permanent
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
How IS is trying to thwart progress in Mosul operation
(Muhannad Al-Ghazi trans. Rani Geha, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Crucifixions and vice patrols show Islamic State maintains Mosul grip
(Reuters)
Mexican congressional committee rejects Pena Nieto's bid to legalize gay marriage
(Dave Graham, Alexandra Alper, and Christian Schmollinger, Reuters)
Taiwan set to legalize same-sex marriages, a first in Asia
(Ralph Jennings, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims crashes in Iran, 26 dead
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
'Tombs of saints' inspire and divide in northern Nigeria
(Aminu Abubakar, Agence France-Presse)
Report: North Korea continues to persecute citizens for practicing religion
(Elizabeth Shim, UPI)
Court sets aside Christian defamation suit judgment against Hadi
(Julia Chan, Malay Mail Online)
Alcohol will be banned in streets, public places at 2022 football World Cup: Qatar
(AFP, Indian Express)
Canada: Parliament condemns free speech
(Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute)
B.C. Law Society seeks to appeal decision allowing Christian law school
(Geordon Omand, Toronto Star)
Rio de Janeiro: A Pentecostal’s progress (Sin city elects a preacher as mayor)
(The Economist)
Launch of new Oslo principles on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(UiO: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights)
Oslo Principles on Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB)
(University of Oslo Faculty of Law/ Norwegian Centre for Human Rights)
Scientologist punished for violating anti-evangelism law
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Moving to Canada? What Jews need to know
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
As Christians flee the Middle East, the church is full of new believers
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Attackers of elderly Christian woman beaten to death are acquitted of charges, set free by Nigerian court
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Iraqi priests celebrate mass in destroyed church for first time since ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Syrian Christian pastor -"I don’t feel ‘seduced’ to leave Aleppo"
(World Watch Monitor)
Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria's Boko Haram: source
(Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Reuters)
Nigerian Shiites say army plans attacks on holy day
(Godwin Isenyo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In a remote settlement high on Tibetan plateau, Buddhist spirituality soars
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)
Group asks for lawsuit against evangelist to go to trial
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Why hundreds of thousands of Muslims rallied against the Jakarta governor
(Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, The Conversation)
Faith leaders petition Michelle Guthrie over ABC religious programming cuts
(Amanda Meade, The Guardian)
'Considerably reduced' ABC religious programming contravenes charter, church leaders say
(Brendan Trembath, ABC News)
ABC vows no more cuts to religion
(Greg Brown, The Australian)
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
The story behind a massive Muslim protest against a Christian governor
(Zhai Yun Tan, The Christian Science Monitor)
Tunisian minister ousted for criticizing Saudi Arabia
(Wesley Dockery, Deutsche Welle)
Syrian Christian spearheads ‘one million voices’ petition to support Church to stay in ME
(World Watch Monitor)
The plebiscite is dead, but the quest for marriage equality lives on
(Paula Gerber, The Conversation)
Islamic Jamaat ex-leader, aka 'Grandpa Nafis', arrested in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Hizb ut-Tahrir members detained in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Pastor among 9 killed in attack by 2 female Boko Haram suicide bombers in Nigeria
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Fears for millions of Iraqis living in tents as temperatures expected to plummet
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
A liberal mother of six jailed for challenging Saudi taboos
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Secular groups fight exclusion from AA: 'The best support system in the world'
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: U.N.
(Tom Miles, Reuters)
Inside Aleppo’s medical nightmare, and why we must act
(M. Zaher Sahloul, The Conversation)
Scientists at work: meeting the Syrian refugee women of Beirut
(Sarah Linn, The Conversation)
Can the U.S. be a model of state-religion relations for the Arab world?
(Ellen Laipson, World Politics Review)
Citizenship Act: BJP's religion-based amendment threatens the secular fabric of India
(Garga Chatterjee, First Post India)
Exploring interfaith dialogue for lasting peace
(Lt. Gen Jaime S. de los Santos, Business World)
Monday, 7 November 2016
New UN Special Rapporteur on FORB begins work
(Freedom Declared)
Christians packing churches in India as Christianity sees surprising growth despite rising persecution cases
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
'Molotov cocktail' thrown at church of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Prince Vladimir's spiritual covenants are important for modern Russia - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Anti-Sikh riots, an election issue in Punjab again
(The Hindu)
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