Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Creeping offensives, truces spread tensions in south Syrian rebel ranks
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Unprecedented clashes as non-Orthodox rabbis bring Torah scrolls into Western Wall
(Judy Maltz and Barak Ravid, Haaretz)
What will happen to the Yezidi sex slaves in Mosul?
(Belkis Wille, Human Rights Watch)
Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines
(Babak Dehghanpisheh and Michael Georgy, Reuters)
In Israel, egalitarian protesters confront Western Wall authorities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Freedom of religion in Morocco: The silent minorities
(Sami Elmoudni, Morocco World News)
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Trinity Western University Law School receives positive ruling in British Columbia
(Trinity Western University)
Developing story: BC Court of Appeal rules 5-0 in favour of TWU
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Trinity Western University v. The Law Society of British Columbia
(the Judgment, Court of Appeal for British Columbia)
The Cross, deemed illegal by IS, returns to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain
(World Watch Monitor)
Residents of largest Christian town in Iraq pick up pieces after being freed from ISIS
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Christian children ‘singled out for bullying’ in Egyptian classrooms
(World Watch Monitor)
Sudan's war on Christians: school with 1,000 pupils closed after raid
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Palestinian lawyer fights for women, one divorce at a time
(Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Practical matters will outweigh puritanism for evangelical Rio mayor
(Paolo Prada, Reuters)
Pressure mounts on South Korean president over her spiritual ‘puppetmaster’
(Elise Hu, NPR)
Netanyahu seeks to soothe settlers as storm clouds loom
(Agence France-Presse)
Joy as Nigerian high schools reopen two years after Boko Haram terror
(Moussa Maiduguri, France 24 Observers)
World entering state of lawlessness predicted by Apostle Paul - head of Russia's Constitutional Court
(Interfax-Religion)
Michel Aoun rises to Lebanese presidency, ending power vacuum
(Thanassis Cambanis, The New York Times)
Malawi churches back abortion bill
(George Mhango, Deutsche Welle)
Made whole by many hands (Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes)
(James Patton, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Washington Post offers a rather simple story about complex Indonesian debates on sex
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
For some, yellow butterflies symbolise hope in the midst of Colombia’s uncertainty
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
PPP always promotes interfaith harmony: Bilawal
(Samaa)
Trinity Western University Law School wins legal battle in B.C. court
(Mike Laanela and Farrah Merali, CBC News | British Columbia)
B.C. court rules in favour of Trinity Western University's law school
(Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail)
For EU's religious freedom envoy (Ján Figeľ), Middle East is key arena
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Why Christianity’s holiest shrine is guarded by two Muslim families
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
‘Atlantic’ journalist shows how to get religion right
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 31 October 2016
Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance
(Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief, United Nations General Assembly)
UN rights expert highlights hidden breaches of freedom of religion in new report
(Final Report by Heiner Bielfeldt, UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(Report of Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations General Assembly)
As UN receives latest human rights report, persecution of dual nationals continues
(Iran News Update)
My name is Khan: Inter-religious marriages still draw questions and incredulity in India
(Radha Khan, Scroll.in)
2 women unite to take 'honor' out of killing in Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
More than half a million people sign petition to save Christian mother Asia Bibi from death sentence
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Christians gather near Mosul for 100 hours of prayer and worship
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Russia to counter efforts of incitement of inter-ethnic, inter-faith hatred - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Rakhine in Myanmar's Sittwe tell of renewed attacks
(Katie Arnold, Al Jazeera)
Euthanasia tyranny expands in Canada
(Will Johnston, Mercator Net)
'My life is a nightmare': Windsor man, 27, wants legally assisted death
(Lisa Xing, CBC News | Windsor)
Deciding on assisted death in context of mental illness highly complex, experts say
(CBC News | Health)
Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalmykia lose Kingdom Hall
(Kalmykia OnLine, Russia Religion News)
Is Yemen headed for partition?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Houses burned, churches destroyed, and it's still not safe for Christians to return to Qaraqosh after ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Sinjar still gripped by fear a year after liberation from Isis
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)
Russian Jews condemn naming a school in Sarajevo after an anti-Semite
(Interfax-Religion)
As Brazil veers right, evangelical bishop elected Rio mayor
(Paulo Prada, Reuters)
Yemen rebels deny their missile targeted holy city of Mecca
(Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hundreds attack Hindu homes, temples in Bangladesh
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Diwali fireworks choke Delhi, angering Indians
(BBC)
Country-specific, thematic issues dominate meeting, as Third Committee takes up five texts on children’s rights, other aspects of social development
(United Nations General Assembly, Relief Web)
Baha’i accuse Iran of campaign to “destroy” their religion
(The Tower)
Iran's justice minister calls for fewer executions and changes to death penalty laws
(Alexandra Sims, Independent)
Breaking years of silence, key Taliban envoy pushes for peace talks
(Mujib Mashal, The New York Times)
For Iraqi Christians, a bittersweet homecoming. They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State.
(Eszter Zalan, Foreign Policy)
Meet the tank girls taking on al-Shabab
(Christina Goldbaum, Foreign Policy)
Asif Ali Zardari felicitates Hindu community on Diwali
(Daily Times)
Why some are sceptical about the pope’s chance of bringing social peace to Venezuela
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Freedom of religion and balancing clauses in discrimination legislation
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Saturday, 29 October 2016
A contribution in commemoration of the annual International Day of Religious Freedom
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Extremist religious organizations to be liquidated in Azerbaijan
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill, leaders of Russian Jews discuss problems of fighting extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Mapping Shiite opinion
(Fotini Christia, Elizabeth Dekeyser, and Dean Knox, Foreign Affairs)
Uniform Civil Code: The Goa family law the BJP holds up as ideal permits polygamy for Hindus
(Pamela D’Mello, Scroll.in)
Pope Francis accepts church leaders' invitation to visit South Sudan
(Reuters)
British MPs urge China to halt demolition of Buddhist Institutes in Tibet
(Steve Shaw, Tibet Post International)
Serov Jehovah's Witnesses' literature ruled extremist
(Alexander Belyaev, Moskovskii Komsomolets Ekaterinburg, Russia Religion News)
South Korean protesters call for president to step down
(Kim Tong-hyung, Associated Press)
Archbishop insists, ‘There will always be Christians in Iraq’
(Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 28 October 2016
International Religious Freedom Day, October 27, 2016
(John Kirby, Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State)
Prisoners of conscience remembered on International Religious Freedom Day
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Persecution 'all too familiar' as world marks International Religious Freedom Day
(Harry Farley, Christian Today Society)
Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize
(BBC)
Who are the Yazidis? Religion of EU Human Rights Award winners explained
(Jason Le Miere, International Business Times)
United States partners with the United Kingdom and others to advance religious freedom
(Knox Thames, Specialrelationship.uk)
Religious freedom 'is a litmus test of overall freedom' says EU Special Envoy
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
The Pope commemorates the Reformation that split Western Christianity
(Sylvia Poggioli, NPR)
Pope Francis accepts church leaders' invitation to visit South Sudan
(Philip Pullella and Jeremy Gaunt, Reuters)
Why are Kenya's churches and mosques turning yellow?
(Briana Duggan, CNN)
Saint Lonelyhearts
(Michael J. Lichens, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Is new imam answered prayer or impending doom for Hagia Sophia?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Palestinians get a glimpse of world’s largest mosaic in Jericho
(Ahmed Melhem trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Berel Lazar thanks the pontiff for supporting Israel
(Interfax-Religion)
70% of Russians trust the Russian Orthodox Church - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Can Iraq’s Christians finally go home?
(Mindy Belz, The Wall Street Journal)
The Shia power brokers of the new Iraq
(Jack Watling, The Atlantic)
Pakistani court closes licensed liquor shops for non-Muslims
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Pakistani church leader and family hospitalised over house dispute
(World Watch Monitor)
Turkey urges extradition of Muslim cleric over failed coup
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Professor's death could see Taiwan become first Asian country to allow same-sex marriage
(Nicola Smith, The Guardian)
Extremist religious organizations to be liquidated in Azerbaijan
(Interfax-Religion)
CPI(M) joins debate on misuse of religion
(Hindustan Times)
Kenya: Atheists' case for changing our National Anthem falls flat
(Luis Francheschi, Daily Nation)
Crackdown on anti-slavery movement in Mauritania continues after release of Biram Dah Abeid
(UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
African Union hearing on child slaves hailed as milestone for Mauritania
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
U.N. officials slam Mauritania for stifling anti-slavery activists
(The North Africa Post)
Pope’s Sweden trip a lab experiment in Catholic-Lutheran cooperation
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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