Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 24 October 2016
Death by another name
(Kenneth E. Hartman, The Marshall Project)
Pictures of two Egyptian children engaged to be married trigger outrage — once again
(Heba Mahfouz, The Washington Post)
Chibok girls happy to ‘be back’ but talk of captivity
(World Watch Monitor)
How can we make the world’s cities safer for women and girls?
(Caroline Moser and Cathy McIlwaine, The Conversation)
Kyrgyzstan: Mobs twice exhume body – with impunity?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Judges' religious freedom to be restricted?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Criminal case, fines, warnings, imprisonments for uncensored literature
(Forum 18 News Service)
Iraq alcohol: Parliament imposes ban in a surprise move
(BBC)
Iraq's parliament passes law banning alcohol
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Turkey’s ‘democracy crisis’ has grown with state of emergency: Former ECHR judge
(Zeynep Bilgehan, Hürrieyt Daily News)
Triple Talaq a religious issue, PM has no right to intervene: AIMPLB's Jilani
(Debayan Roy, News 18.com)
Teesta Setalvad tried to 'mix religion with politics', spread disharmony: HRD Ministry panel
(Daily News and Analysis)
Russia: Many meetings raided and evidence planted
(Forum 18 News Service)
Majlis podcast: the shrinking space for religion in Central Asia
(Qishloq Ovozi, Radio Free Europe)
Vatican and China in final push for elusive deal on bishops
(Lisa Jucca and Benjamin Kang Lim, Religion News Service)
Vatican close to agreement with China on appointment of bishops
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Chinese Government sends religious monitors to Xinjiang's Hotan
(Radio Free Asia)
Prayers in the kitchen: Why religious groups fear a loss of freedom in China
(Saša Petricic, CBC News)
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Are God and chance compatible?
(David Bartholomew, OUPblog Religion)
Saturday, 22 October 2016
Dalai Lama calls for narrowing the gap between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma
(Lin Thant, The Irrawaddy)
Supporting caste: A peek at the massive machine behind the enormous Maratha rallies
(Mridula Chari, Scroll.in)
Is there a war on Christmas?
(Gerry Bowler, OUPblog Religion)
Turkey’s misguided policies now haunt it at Mosul
(Fehim Taştekin trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Hamas calls for return of Haniyeh’s government
(Ahmad Abu Amer trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Legal implications of same sex marriage for Christian life and ministry
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Syrian regime promotes another image of the war-torn country
(Mustafa al-Haj trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Chinese Christians on trial for spying as crackdown on churches continues
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
'God helped us come out of bondage,' say 21 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Iraqi Christians look homeward toward Mosul, uncertainly
(World Watch Monitor)
Friday, 21 October 2016
Hindus, Muslims and Christians ponder Pope’s eco-teaching
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt MP stirs controversy with call for virginity tests
(Ahmed Hidji, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt's fight against Islamic militancy makes enemies
(Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In the West Bank, Samaritans provide a sanctuary
(Daniel Estrin and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Jewish settlers invited Palestinians over for the holidays. All went well until the guests headed home.
(William Booth and Sufian Taha, The Washington Post)
Islamic State forces attack Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)
How decent data can help African girls overcome second class status
(Yassin Brunger, The Conversation)
Accusations of deliberate, cruel abuse of refugee children must prompt a more humane approach
(Amy Maguire, The Conversation)
It's time to add the Saudi-Iranian proxy war in Yemen to the journalistic shopping list
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Kazakhstan school hijab ban upheld
(Transitions Online)
UK: After Louis Smith’s treatment and Fatima Manji’s Ipso complaint, are we creating an atmosphere of exceptionalism for Islam?
(Janet Street-Porter, Independent)
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Banning triple talaq – infringing on religious freedom or a step towards empowering women?
(Sharika Nair, Her Story)
Porn free city: Australia's Toowoomba mayor, Christian ministry behind campaign
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Displaced Iraqi Christians fearful of returning home even after ISIS is defeated, says Christian aid worker
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
OIC says Palestinian people have inalienable rights to Temple Mount, calls for swiftest stabilization of situation in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)
Taliban 'too strong' to enter peace talks with Kabul
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)
Boko Haram: Why would 100 Chibok girls want to stay with their captors?
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)
Why religious singers are gaining power in Iran
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Kidnap in Niger of US missionary a ‘terrible tragedy’
(World Watch Monitor)
40 killed as suspected Fulani herdsmen raid Christian community in Nigeria
(World Watch Monitor)
Thai Muslim remembers bomb attack as king visited troubled south
(Surapan Boonthanom, Reuters)
These Israeli women marched from the Lebanese border to Jerusalem. Here’s why.
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Mosul offensive going faster than planned, Iraqi PM says
(Stephen Kalin and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
OIC says Palestinian people have inalienable rights to Temple Mount, calls for swiftest stabilization of situation in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)
OIC foreign ministers denounce U.S. justice against sponsors of terrorism
(Interfax-Religion)
Pentecostal minister punished for evangelism
(Rambler Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Catholic bishop objects to changes in Ukrainian laws
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Prosecutor tries new tactic to get Jehovah's Witnesses
(Murmanskii Vestnik, Russia Religion News)
Orthodox zealots exploit anti-evangelism law against non-Orthodox
(Newsru.com, Russia Religion News)
Italian man arrested for anti-Semitic slurs against Jewish man at Brazilian airport
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic charity in India says it will recruit transgender people to fight bias
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
What state of emergency means for Turkey’s Protestants
(Sibel Hurtas, trans.Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
When is mortal sin not that big a deal? The National Post debates 'medically assisted death'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
'Talaq' and the battle to ban the three words that grant India's Muslim men instant divorce
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Discriminatory practises cannot be held integral to freedom of religion: Ravi Shankar Prasad on triple talaq
(The Economic Times)
Women’s rights not religion or politics our focus: Law Commission to CMs
(Jatin Gandhi, Hindustan Times)
India: Supreme Court clamps down on religious speeches in poll campaigns
(Daily News and Analysis)
Lose the religion! UWI lecturer says time to scrap religious studies in schools
(Caribbean 360)
Mumbai campus buzz: Educator with a mission — to promote interfaith dialogue among Indo-Pak students
(Sana Sarosh, The Indian Express)
Nigeria: Cardinal Onaiyekan says interfaith dialogue will help the country
(Pulse.ng)
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
UNESCO head's attempt to ease Israeli outrage backfires
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Honoring CEOs in Brussels, London & Dubai
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
In a first, S. Korean appeals court finds conscientious objector not guilty
(Kim Min-kyung and Ahn Gwan-ok, The Hankyoreh)
The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law: Between group rights and individual rights
(Anat Scolnicov, Routledge (PDF download))
(eBook) The Marrakech Declaration: A Bridge to Religious Freedom in Muslim Countries?
(Antonio Fucillo, ed., Editoriale Scientifica)
Wong: Religion may have answers to all woes
(Jane Moh, The Borneo Post)
Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Russian Orthodox Church ready to act together to world's benefit - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
UNESCO adopts controversial Jerusalem resolution
(Thomas Adamsom, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel cries foul over UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem's religious sites
(Joshua Mitnick, The Los Angeles Times)
Muslims in Canada: Québec to ban burqas? Hijab could be a security issue, officials say
(Lydia O'Neal, International Business Times)
Quebec renews burqa ban debate in parliament
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
The female Sharia judges of India
(Emily Feldman, The Daily Beast)
India's Muslims fear religious freedom at risk
(Nirmala Ganapathy, The Straits Times)
Nigerian president to 'redouble' rescue efforts for missing Chibok schoolgirls
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Russian Security Council sees serious threat in Islamic radicals in Siberia
(Interfax-Religion)
Why human rights NGOs are losing support of Israeli public
(Shlomi Eldar trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Why Israelis flock to small tomb in Nablus at night
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Will slaying affect potential Cairo-Brotherhood detente?
(George Mikhail trans. Mike Nahum, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Outrage over actor Rahama Sadau's hug highlights Nigeria's divisions
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Bangladesh says attack investigation yielding results
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bangladesh Islamist party elects new leader after executions
(Agence France-Presse)
Hot dogs 'must be renamed' in Malaysia, says religious government body
(BBC)
Shi'ite militias say will support Iraqi army offensive on Mosul
(Maher Chmaytelli and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
Veiled taekwondo champion breaks Turkish stereotypes
(Riada Ašimović Akyol, Al-Monitor)
New documentary exposes financial exploitation of parents by anti-cult activists in Ukraine and Russia
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Russian Security Council sees serious threat in Islamic radicals in Siberia
(Interfax-Religion)
New cardinals are Francis pastors, but Venezuela’s is political too
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: Supreme Court’s poser on misuse of religion in elections
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)
The ICC’s Al-Mahdi ruling protects cultural heritage, but didn’t go far enough
(Lucas Lixinski and Sarah Williams, The Conversation)
World's tastiest religion refused official recognition in Latvia
(LSM.LV)
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