Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 23 September 2016
Lebanese Christian leader’s Muslim fiancee causes stir
(Joseph A. Kechichian, Gulf News)
Routine harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses reported
(Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
China tightens grip on religion
(World Watch Monitor)
EVENT: 23 September 2016: Freedom for Faith Melbourne Conference
(Freedom for Faith)
Thursday, 22 September 2016
IHEU urges Samoa not to establish an official religion
(Elizabeth O'Casey, International Humanist and Ethical Union)
Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)
Vietnam allows first Catholic university since communist takeover
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart)
Middle East Strategy Task Force: religion, identity, and countering violent extremism report
(Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown, Atlantic Council)
In Tibet, religious freedom comes with Chinese characteristics
(South China Morning Post)
Palestinian rioters attack Israeli soldiers, worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How this 14-year-old Syrian refugee is fighting to end child marriage
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Court prolongs until mid December arrest of MSU student accused of attempt to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)
Muslim rebels murder 6 Christians in door-to-door raid in Central African Republic
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Egypt's Coptic church criticized over el-Sissi rallies at UN
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Key facts about the world’s refugees
(Phillip Connor and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center)
Rescued Yazidi sex slaves will face no stigma, leader says
(Lin Taylor, Reuters)
EU court moves to keep Hamas, LTTE off terrorism list
(Ori Lewis, Jan Strupczewski, Mark Trevelyan, Reuters)
Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)
Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)
Headless Sarawak non-Islamic affairs unit sparks anxiety among Christians
(Sulok Tawie, Malay Mail Online)
Indonesia’s new campaign to end female genital mutilation
(Reuters, Malay Mail Online)
Cabinet gives Clean Ganga Mission power to fine polluters
(The Hindu)
Critics of anti-evangelism law propose interpretations
(Olga Nikitina, Kommersant, Russia Religion News)
Why Moscow's most iconic church used to be a swimming pool
(Marius Mortsiefer, Kerstin Pelzer / als, Deutsche Welle)
In Cameroon, a Catholic movement fueled women’s lib
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
WATCH LIVE: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims and the Media, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
(Engy Abdelkader, John L. Esposito, Arsalan Iftikhar, Dalia Mogahed, Ayman Mohyeldin, Roland Schatz, Newseum)
How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
(Travers McLeod, Peter Hughes, Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Steven Wong, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, The Conversation)
Why Iraq's Yazidis are upset over new film depicting IS massacres
(Saad Salloum trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Why I was wrong about Christianity
(Tom Holland, New Statesman)
Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Egypt's divorced women demand their fair share of assets
(Ahmed Hidji, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Flimsy grounds for banning Jehovah's Witnesses
(jw-ru.blogspot, Russia Religion News)
Police harass Pentecostal youth event
(Invictory, Russia Religion News)
Japan’s newest technology innovation: Priest delivery
(Jonathan Soble, The Washington Post)
Pakistan: 42 years of systematic discrimination of Ahmadis by state actors
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland’s referendum on same-sex marriage?
(Christopher Ryan, The Conversation)
Boko Haram kills eight more Christians in Nigeria
(Associated Press)
Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like
(Associated Press)
Ethics and responsibility: Thoughts on the UN General Assembly's summit for refugees and migrants
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Duties to the displaced: An ethical perspective on refugee protection (Response to Ethics and responsibility: Thoughts on the UN General Assembly's summit for refugees and migrants)
(David Hollenbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Why proposed blasphemy law horrifies many in Gaza
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Russian citizen who received training in ISIL jihadist camps detained in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Once opposed to maternal health, Islamic scholars become champions
(Natalie Jacewicz, NPR)
Christians in Nepal 'increasingly under threat' as eight charged with trying to convert children
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Dalai Lama: There is no such thing as a Muslim terrorist or a Buddhist terrorist
(Maya Oppenheim, The Independent)
Turkmenistan: Search, arrest, torture, escape, arrest, prison
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russian Supreme Court bans Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult
(Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Russian Supreme Court bans Aum Shinrikyo as terrorist organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Would Australian church leaders support a populist vote on euthanasia or abortion?
(Kristina Keneally, The Guardian)
Race discrimination commissioner criticizes Australian politician for stoking division
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)
In appeal to voters, Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan soft-pedals religion
(Peter Baker and Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times)
Mali unveils restored mosque nearly destroyed by jihadists
(Agence France-Presse)
U.N. Chief blasts world leaders in farewell address
(Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy)
In a first for Middle East politics, Christians and Islamists stump together
(Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Ordinations suggest a tentative rebirth for Christianity in Iraq
(Charles Mercier, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Panel offers insight into Islamic head covering
(Amelia Diehl, The Round Table)
Marriage changes threaten 'religious liberty'
(Sky News Australia)
Christians in Egypt still being attacked 'with impunity' despite new church law
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Russian Supreme Court outlaws Aum Shinrikyo
(Interfax-Religion)
Gaza parents object to mixed-gender schools
(Entsar Abu Jahal trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Missionaries are struggling to work under new Russia law banning proselytizing
(Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)
Will Iranian pilgrims forsake Mecca for Karbala?
(Ali Mamouri trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraqis already arguing over land they haven't yet freed from IS
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Three Christians attacked in India for distributing Christian literature
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
2 priests found dead after being kidnapped in Mexico
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Islamic State digs in behind Mosul moat as battle for city looms
(Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
'No matter the price': Amal Clooney seeks justice for Islamic State slaves
(Reuters, The Star (Kenya))
Pakistan: Christian boy, 16, arrested for Kaaba ‘blasphemy’
(World Watch Monitor)
What does the inside of a refugee camp in Lebanon look like?
(World Watch Monitor)
Jordan's Islamists hopeful about making electoral gains
(Ali Younes, Al Jazeera)
Botswana deports U.S. pastor Steven Anderson over anti-gay views
(Reuters)
Azerbaijan: Police, officials close Sunni home mosques
(Forum 18 News Service)
Argument: The refugee crisis is real
(Dave Miliband and Madeleine Albright, Foreign Policy)
Religious freedom isn’t just an American value
(Elisa Massimino, On Faith)
Monday, 19 September 2016
Environmental activism Buddhist style
(Denis D. Gray, Nikkei Asian Review)
Politicians and Muslim leaders condemn Hanson: 'She doesn't know what she's talking about'
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Two missing Catholic priests found murdered in Mexico
(Deutsche Welle)
Turkey’s morphing freedom deficit (Response to Turkey today: Understanding the religious dimensions of the failed coup and response)
(Timur Kuran, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
2 Israeli police officers wounded, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How are Aleppo's residents dealing with truce?
(Tamer Osman trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Palestinians on both sides seethe over postponed elections
(Moath al-Amoudi trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
How will Israel respond to Assad's warning?
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Why did Iraq's Shiite National Alliance choose new leader?
(Mustafa Naser trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
If Australia had its current refugee policy in 1939, we wouldn't be alive today
(Alyx Gorman and Rick Kuhn, The Guardian)
France burkini ban: Australian woman forced off Riviera beach
(BBC)
Turkey's Islamic fashion revolution
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
In this part of India, Sunnis and Shiites show the world a different way to pray
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)
Suicide bomber kills at least 25 in Pakistani mosque
(Shams Momand and Jibran Ahmad, Reuters)
Caliphate in peril, more ISIS fighters may take mayhem to Europe
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Summit for Refugees and Migrants - 19 September 2016
(UN Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants)
Churches stand with refugees as world leaders meet at UN summit
(Council of European Churches he Church's Commission for Migrants in Europe)
Alberta Court of Appeal steps into the quagmire of religious disputes
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Saturday, 17 September 2016
Uzbekistan and religious freedom: Despotism in Central Asia poses a diplomatic brain-teaser
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Friday, 16 September 2016
Pro-India Kashmiri lawmaker quits India's Parliament
(Aijaz Hussain, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Exiled cleric condemns Turkish crackdown on his supporters
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
At the Hajj, facing Islam's inconsistent embrace of women
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
Putin and Medvedev for preserving archeological artifacts from Crimea where many ancient Greek temples were located
(Interfax-Religion)
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