Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques
(Safiaa Mounir trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
In violence-racked Baghdad, the few Christians still there struggle to cope
(World Watch Monitor)
Funeral held for Pakistani Christian killed in Peshawar attack
(World Watch Monitor)
Tajikistan: Last madrassahs finally closed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Law Ministry says minority rights in way of common civil code
(Utkarsh Anand, The Indian Express)
Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Christian pastors facing death sentence in Sudan allowed family visits
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Religion and politics collide, grounding Israeli train line
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims
(Simon Lewis and Wa Lone, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia strives to prevent repeat of fatal crush at hajj
(Katie Paul, Reuters)
Crimean authorities accuse the Kiev regime of protecting religious extremists
(Interfax Religion)
Egypt’s Christians say they are at a ‘breaking point’
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)
Christians in Ukraine face violence with unity, resolve
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt documenting Jewish artifacts
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Tajikistan: Last madrassahs finally closed
(Forum 18 News Service)
New massacre of cult members in Angola
(Cristiane Vieira/ja, Deutsche Welle)
Monday, 5 September 2016
Interpol adds Islamic Renaissance Party leader to most wanted list at Tajikistan's request
(Interfax-Religion)
First Uzbek President Karimov buried in Samarkand in line with Muslim rites
(Interfax Religion)
Nobel laureate: Don’t ‘muddle up’ terrorism with Islam
(The Hindu)
Muslim MP submits first request to build church after passing of new law in Egypt
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)
Lviv opens Jewish memorial on former historic synagogue
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Senegal: Through a religious lens
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Khamenei: Muslims should reconsider letting Saudis run Mecca pilgrimage
(Reuters)
Iran's supreme leader questions Saudi control of hajj
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Obama presses China's Xi on religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 5 Sept 2016: Protecting Rights, Protecting People: Dignitatis Humanae and Religious Freedom, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
(The PM Glynn Institute at ACU & the Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty)
Saturday, 3 September 2016
Orthodox believers in Aleppo pray under shelling
(Interfax Religion)
Russian astronaut takes icons and Gospels with him, the crew call is 'Tabor'
(Interfax Religion)
Temple entry has not stopped discrimination at Sigaranahalli
(Sathish G. T., The Hindu)
Zambia church groups call for peace ahead of Friday's election petition ruling
(Peter Clottey, Voice of America)
Compensation to victims of the 2001 Holy Cross Primary School protests
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
It’s Back-to-School in Israel: 9 things about high school in the Holy Land
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)
Catholic bishops and Muslim leaders unite to decry terror, extremism and weapons of mass destruction
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
President Obama urged to press religious freedom issues during Asia trip
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Bolivian nun kidnapped and raped the latest sister to face violence
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Another church leader falls victim to Russia's anti-evangelism law
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Religion and nationality are incompatible, whether in Judaism, Christianity or Islam
(Salman Masalha, Haaretz)
Ghana: Church launches five-year campaign against child trafficking
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Will Jordan's Brotherhood make breakthrough in upcoming elections?
(Osama Al Sharif, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Is Turkey falling into its own Syrian trap?
(Fehim Taştekin trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
What Turkey stands to lose in its hunt for Syrian Kurds
(Amed Dicle, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syria's fate suspended in endless battle for Aleppo
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Genocide in Syria: Who lives, who dies, who cares?
(Charles C. Haynes, Charles C. Haynes)
Special Russia: Missionary activities by minority religions under fire
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
UP temple to build mosque on its land, invites Muslims for namaz
(Arshad Afzal Khan, The Economic Times)
Missionaries unfazed by brutal attacks on foreigners, choose to stay in South Sudan
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Iraq’s opportunity in the battle for Mosul
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Indonesian priest attack inspired by murder of French Catholic cleric
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Australia outlines tough new measures against Islamic State
(Rod McGuirk, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Spokesman's death will have Islamic State turning to its 'deep bench'
(Eric Schmitt, Rukmini Callimachi, Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
Saudis contain Shiite unrest at home
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)
Serve all, Christians told as hate, terror, bigotry cast pall on Merdeka
(Malay Mail Online)
Russia charges Ukrainian religious leader under controversial anti-terror law
(The Moscow Times)
Unity bear sculptures ‘demeaning’ to Islam removed from Penang exhibition
(Malay Mail Online)
Pope calls global warming sin, says protecting creation is work of mercy
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop Tikhon helps to organize meeting of Eton students with Putin - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill thanks Karimov for care about interreligious dialogue in Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)
China: President Obama – raise religious freedom on G20 trip
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Statement by National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price on National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice's meeting with Chinese human rights advocates
(Press Release, The White House)
U.S. pressure on China over religious freedom as Obama heads there for G20
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Announcing the Religious Freedom Institute: Working to secure freedom for everyone, everywhere
(Thomas F. Farr, Kent R. Hill, Byron R. Johnson, Timothy Samuel Shah)
Cornerstone: A Conversation on Religious Freedom and Its Social Implications
((Recent on Cornerstone), The Religious Freedom Institute)
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Kazakhstan: Pensioners fined as Parliament awaits new law
(Forum 18 News Service)
Pakistan: UN Committee insists on revocation of blasphemy laws
(Vatican Radio)
Turkey’s president ratifies reconciliation deal with Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Atlas labeling Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to be pulled from Czech schools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why is Turkey wasting its time arresting peace advocates?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Can election observers boost confidence among Palestinian voters?
(Ahmad Abu Amer trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraqi parliament approves controversial amnesty law
(Sarah al-Qaher trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Accusations fly as Basra cafes hit by string of bombings
(Ali Taher trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Four Christians on trial in Sudan for highlighting persecution of Christians
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Christian missionaries help in the face of terrible suffering in South Sudan
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Jokowi’s Islamist challenge: curbing terrorism and religious intolerance
(Melissa Crouch, The Guardian)
Ban Ki-moon tells Myanmar world concerned about Rohingya
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Egypt's new law on churches angers Christian critics
(Maggie Michael, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australian prime minister urges public vote on gay marriage
(Rob McGuirk, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Key ISIS deputy and spokesman killed in Aleppo, group says
(Merieme Arif, Ghazi Balkiz, Emanuella Grinberg, and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN)
Two recruiters of Muslims into Syrian militants convicted in Rostov-on-Don
(Interfax Religion)
Indian court gives women entry to Mumbai mosque
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Will police protect Women of the Wall from orthodox ‘bullies’?
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)
An appeal to Pope Francis in Sudanese pastors’ espionage case
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Police raid on convent described as ‘disproportionate’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope creates new super-department for human development
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope backs Colombia peace but declines role in new truth commission
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt approves churches law despite angry Christian opposition
(Associated Press)
Egyptian parliament approves long-awaited church building law
(Ahmed Aboulenein and Mohamed Abdellah, Reuters)
Egypt passes church construction law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Living in a multi-faith society is about more than human rights
(Hayley Chapman, RightsInfo)
On the marriage equality plebiscite, let’s not confuse free speech with a free-for-all
(Katharine Gelber, The Conversation)
Who is Fethullah Gulen?
(Ra'fat Aldajani Drew Christiansen, National Catholic Register)
The ICC’s Al Mahdi case is (also) a political trial, and that’s fine!
(Marieke de Hoon, EJIL: Talk!)
Prosecutor demands ‘harshest punishment’ for pastors charged with highlighting Sudan Christians’ suffering
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran: Families fear for latest 5 Christians arrested
(World Watch Monitor)
Vladimir Putin and the Shiite axis
(Anna Borshchevskaya, Foreign Policy)
Kazakhstan: Pensioners fined as Parliament awaits new Law
(Forum 18 News Service)
ICC ignores ideological motive in Timbuktu crimes
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Videos from Rimini 2016: Religious freedom today
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Will Egypt take step towards religious freedom with new law?
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
As Gulen movement contracts in Africa, worry over who will fill the vacuum
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
How one Tunisian party is separating Islam from politics
(Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor)
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