Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 28 October 2016
Ecumenical papal trip also will show pain of division, Lutheran says
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
ISIS abduct 'tens of thousands' to use as human shields in Mosul
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to join assault near Mosul on new front
(Saif Hameed and Maher Chmaytelli, Reuters)
Aleppo: ‘monsters devour one another in city of death and destruction’
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Diyarbakir protests timid as Kurds wary of post-coup crackdown
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
EU parliament votes to protect Christians in Iraq after ISIS is defeated
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
4 countries where Christians are persecuted for their faith
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Two more active members of Tablighi Jamaat banned in Russia detained in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian woman captured by Boko Haram tells of healing and joy
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Gunmen search for weapons and extremist tracts in Kingdom Hall
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)
Church in Philippines responds to drug war with rehab centers
(Catholic News Agency)
On patrol with the Hindu vigilantes who would kill to protect India's cows
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Church official welcomes dialogue to end Kashmir violence
(Vatican Radio)
India debates replacing religious laws with one secular law for all
(National Secular Society)
India’s slow-brewing political storm is steadily gathering strength
(Indrajit Roy, The Conversation)
Caritas India to recruit transgender people
(Vatican Radio)
March for Life in India links abortion, environment
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vandals rob church at site of Jesus’s transfiguration
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Century of genocides: end or continuity?
(Ján Figeľ, The European Post)
Commentary: Release every religious prisoner of conscience
(Thomas J. Reese and Daniel Mark, The Inquirer)
Man accused of ‘disrespecting religion’ at airport cleared of blasphemy charge
(Salam Al Amir, The National UAE)
Climate change will heat up West Africa's religious conflicts – and a whole lot more
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Gay Muslims: This RNS feature offers one-sided coverage of a retreat in South Africa
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
CONFERENCE CALL, 27 October 2016: Framing Religious Tolerance as National Security Issue in US-Pakistan Relations
(Lisa Curtis, Institute for Global Engagement)
Nadia Murad: One woman's fight against Islamic State
(Sabrina Pabst, Deutsche Welle)
Another sigh: Washington Post leaves theology out of big Mormon story containing theology
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
TV host's rape comments highlight problem of sexual violence in Tunisia
(Wesley Dockery, Brandon Conradis, Deutsche Welle)
AP turns anti-Catholic superstar Jack Chick into an all-purpose fundamentalist hero
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
US, Israel condemn new UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem
(Thomas Adamsom, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Words of caution on freedom of religion or belief
(Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, The Huffington Post)
Kurdish women fight odds to broadcast on women's rights
(Manasi Gopalakrishnan, Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan: Peace in premises: Doors to justice reflect interfaith harmony
(Rana Tanveer, The Express Tribune)
The Art of the Qur’an – landmark exhibit shows holy book as text and work of art
(Vanessa H Larson, The Guardian)
Diversity is not a danger, but a treasure for the whole church, European Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
EU slams Britain: ISIS Is committing genocide and you're doing nothing
(Harry Farley, Christian Today Society)
Turkey's new maps are reclaiming the Ottoman Empire
(Nick Danforth, Foreign Policy)
Christianity once considered a ‘disease’, but now ‘tolerated’ in Cuba
(World Watch Monitor)
Christians and Muslims join forces In Pakistan to save nine-year-old boy from blasphemy charge
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pleading the cause of Middle East Christians
(Ignatius Youssef III Younan, MercatorNet)
Indonesia’s top court weighs ban on sex outside marriage
(Jon Emont, The Washington Post)
Hungarian authorities allocate funding for restoration of Russian church in Budapest
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli prosecutors charge 13 people for mocking Palestinian baby's death
(Jeffrey Heller and Raissa Kasolosky, Reuters)
Iranian diplomat: Conflicts between Sunnis, Shiites provoked from outside
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious discrimination in annexed Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Muslims pray at Israel airport synagogue after mistaking it for mosque
(Lilly Maier, Forward)
Nigerian Middle Belt state: 800+ Christians killed, 800+ injured, 100+ churches destroyed
(World Watch Monitor)
'Gay cake' row: born-again Christian bakers lose court appeal
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Northern Ireland appeals court upholds anti-gay discrimination finding against bakery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opinion: We have a right to die with dignity. The medical profession has a duty to assist
(Anton van Niekerk, The Conversation)
India's Modi wades into political battle over Muslim divorce law
(Rupam Jain, Reuters)
Can’t allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: PM Modi
(Indian Express)
Hindutva debate: Is seeking votes in name of religion a corrupt practice, asks Supreme Court
(First Post India)
Will not examine Hindutva or religion at this stage: Supreme Court
(Bhadra Sinha, Hindustan Times)
20 Chinese Christians beaten and couple imprisoned for hanging cross in home
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 26 October 2016: 'Law as Religion, Religion as Law', The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Resarch, the Hebrew University)
EVENT, 23-26 October 2016: The Third International Conference of Uyghur Studies History, Culture, and Society
(Central Asia Program, George Washington University)
Islamic State in Africa tries to lure members from al-Shabaab
(Heidi Vogt, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Catholic U leader says Francis is the pope the times require
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
12 killed in attack ‘by Al-Shabaab gunmen targeting Kenyan Christians’
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)
Attackers kill 12 in Kenyan guesthouse blast near Somali border
(George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo, Feisal Omar, and Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Allah wants ISIS to retreat
(Cole Bunzel, Foreign Policy)
Anti-IS troops are gaining ground on multiple fronts in Iraq
(Muhannad Al-Ghazi, trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Displaced women care for their own as Mosul battle rages
(Mark Bellingreri, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
More Iraqi towns ‘freed’ but Nineveh Christians not confident about safe return
(World Watch Monitor)
Christians still at risk of extinction in Iraq even after defeat of ISIS
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Iraqi Sunnis fleeing Islamic State rule in Mosul brace for revenge
(Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
Concerns about ‘collective punishment’ after Sunni Arabs flee Iraqi city of Kirkuk
(Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
Islamic State claims attack on Pakistan police academy, 59 dead
(Gul Yusufzai, Reuters)
Patriarch Kirill urges to avoid hostility in information warfare
(Interfax-Religion)
Why American Evangelicals are a huge base of support for Israel
(Christopher Connelly, Public Radio International)
Mormons receive petty punishment for posting parishioners' names
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Russia Religion News)
Maduro meets pope as Vatican steps into Venezuela crisis
(Joshua Goodman, Associated Press)
Works of art shouldn't incite hatred on religious or other grounds
(Interfax-Religion)
Radical Islam follower from Dagestan detained in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Vatican, Argentine church to open “dirty war” archives
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican bans cremation ashes scattering in new guidelines
(BBC News)
Halal meat study press coverage misleading and 'insulting' to Muslims, author claims
(Ian Johnston, The Independent)
Intolerance unveiled in Quebec. Bill would bar those wearing face coverings from receiving government services
(Hillary Margolis, Human Rights Watch)
Military court sentences imam to 5 years in prison for justifying terrorism
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Baha'i minority says Iran is trying to crush the religion
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
The Ashers “Gay Cake” appeal - one of these things is not like the others
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Monday, 24 October 2016
Iraqi advances give hope to displaced Christians
(Fay Abuelgasim, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Church bells ring once again in Christian Iraqi town freed from ISIS occupation
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
The battle of the Euphrates islands: The last stages in the fight against IS
(Muhannad Al-Ghazi trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Last days of the caliphate: Islamic State’s messianic apocalypse is postponed
(The Economist)
Will Christians and Muslims be able to live side by side in Iraq after ISIS?
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Iran’s new challenge: The Islamic State in Persia?
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Haiti: Sweat, love and faith: Amor en Acción turns 40
(Archdiocese of Miami)
Arrested Christian teens sing and pray in Ethiopian prison: 'To be jailed for God's kingdom is an honour'
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Christians in Nigeria devastated after suffering back-to-back attacks by Fulani herdsmen
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Knesset member challenges ultra-Orthodox influence in Israeli society
(Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Religion News Service)
Haji Ali: Mumbai shrine tells court it will allow entry to women
(BBC)
American missionary denied return to Russia
(Rosblat, Russia Religion News)
Russian Orthodox Church, Vatican ready to be mediators between conflict parties in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses threatened by anti-evangelism law
(Novyi Gorod, Russia Religion News)
Metropolitan Onufry complains to USA ambassador of the UOC discrimination
(Interfax-Religion)
Jesuit leader said to be critical of Venezuela’s Socialist regime
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
‘Confess-a-thon’ draws 120 priests to shopping mall in Colombia
(Catholic News Agency)
Border mass with pope’s U.S. envoy backs immigration reform
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The curious power of hate propaganda in open societies
(Cherian George, The Conversation)
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