Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 13 August 2016
Will film on 2015 hajj disaster further tarnish Iran-Saudi relations?
(Zahra Alipour, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Is Gulen an Armenian?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Restoring death penalty could have major repercussions for Turkey
(Sukru Kucuksahin, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Friday, 12 August 2016
Imam Velitov asks supreme mufti of Russia and Patriarch Kirill to check his sermon for extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Matviyenko suggests holding an expertise of laws for their correspondence to spiritual and moral values
(Interfax Religion)
Door is ajar for mainland Chinese Catholics to openly practise their faith
(Alex Lo, South China Morning Post)
The postcolonial blind spot
(Tabish Khair, The Hindu)
Evangelical attorney counsels believers about evangelism
(Russia Religion News)
Defense attorney of defendant in anti-evangelism trial speaks out
(Margarita Savelieva, Russia Religion News)
Faith, Reason, and the Law
(James Bruce, Library of Law and Liberty)
Pope’s ally in Argentina slams former left-wing government
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iraqi Christians fret about going home even if Islamic State is ousted
(Dale Gavlak, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Conservative efforts to promote religious freedom tainted by politics: Audit
(Stephanie Levitz, Huffington Post Canada)
With ISIS on the run, new wars could erupt in Iraq
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
What happened when the Olympic committee tried to exclude Brazil’s African faiths
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)
Jerusalem interfaith event to bring together leaders of Abrahamic faiths
(Jewish News Service)
Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake hand of winning Israeli opponent
(Maia Efrem, Forward)
Education minister says interfaith studies is unnecessary. Here’s what stakeholders have to say.
(Malaysian Digest)
EVENT: 12 August 2016: Freedom for Faith Sydney Conference
(Freedom for Faith)
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Uproar over Egypt's policy of state-dictated Friday sermons
(Maggie Michael, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Russia strikes IS-held city in Syria amid Aleppo fight
(Zeina Karam and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Why some are accusing Rouhani of playing the woman card
(Fereshteh Sedeghi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Israel’s president hosts pluralistic study ahead of Tisha b’Av
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Iraq's last remaining Christians determined to stay despite risk of being killed by ISIS
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
State Department report: Blasphemy laws, terrorist organizations are key threats to religious liberty around the world
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Ambassador Saperstein Briefs on International Religious Freedom Report
(US Department of State, YouTube)
Religious freedom seriously lacking for three-fourths of world’s population, ambassador says
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom severely restricted for 75 per cent of global population
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
In new report on religious freedom, US government turns its attention to blasphemy laws
(World Watch Monitor)
State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’
(CNS News, New Boston Post)
Stepping up against religious intolerance
(Editorial Board, The Christian Science Monitor)
State Department religious freedom report slams allies
(Ryan Browne, CNN Politics)
US State Dept report slams China over curbs on religious freedom
(Radio Free Asia, Asia Times)
State Department criticizes blasphemy laws in Muslim nations
(Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
The many meanings of Rio’s massive Christ statue
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Clergymen oppose divorce bit in Christian law
(Obaid Abbasi, The Express Tribune)
Uzbek customs officers find memory cards with religious extremist materials transported by passenger from Novosibirsk in chocolate boxes
(Interfax Religion)
Iran: Mass execution on terrorism charges. Secrecy raises fair trial concerns
(Human Rights Watch)
Zambia votes amid concerns over violence
(Chrispin Mwakideu, Deutsche Welle)
Pope Francis invites Syrian refugees to lunch in Vatican
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Dozens of Chinese Christians apply for 'religious persecution' asylum in Czech Republic
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Unlawful religious buildings face demolition, warns ministry
(Frontier Myanmar)
Saudi tries 14 over deadly Mecca crane collapse
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The Turkey-Russia reset Erdoğan needed a friend after the failed coup, so he headed to Russia
(Aykan Erdemir and Boris Zilberman, Politico)
Russia and Turkey vow to repair ties as west watches nervously
(Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times)
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
The Russian Church Abroad asks to support the project on de-mining the place of the Baptism of Christ
(Interfax-Religion)
ACT Liberals criticise government's treatment of Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque issue
(Stephen Jeffery, The Canberra Times)
Protestant law center plans approach to implementation of restrictive law
(Russia Religion News)
Russian media see new laws as more restrictive than do protestants
(Russia Religion News)
Knesset committee chair vows ‘world war’ to stop $2.6M allocation for non-Orthodox mikvahs
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Indian bishop wants Aug. 10 to be ‘Black Day’ for untouchables
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christians say defeating Islamic State won’t make Iraq safe for them
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A reminder from China that the ‘War on Christians’ is truly global
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Multiple casualties in simultaneous explosions in Turkey's south
(Reuters)
Excluded from ritual baths by law, non-Orthodox Jews will get own state-funded mikvehs
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Bangladesh arrests 6 suspected militants from banned group
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US-backed Libyan forces takeover IS headquarters in Sirte
(Rami Musa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US takes aim at blasphemy laws, religious discrimination
(Matthew Lee, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Uzbekistan: Raids, prison, fines for home religious meetings
(Mushfug Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Israeli centrist leader finds himself alone in battle against UN agency
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Syrians shifting demographics in Turkey’s Kurdish regions
(Tulay Cetingulec trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Pressure to allow hijab in basketball mounts as decision looms
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Lebanon Church leader says Middle East needs Christians and Muslims
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Severe restrictions on religious freedom in the Maldives as defamation law passed
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
In China, rejuvenating a classical music heritage linked to a Jewish community
(Amy Qin, The New York Times)
France's super jihadi and the teenage girl trapped in Syria
(Nima Elbagir, Margot Haddad and Bryony Jones, CNN)
US takes aim at blasphemy laws, religious discrimination
(Yahoo! News)
Basketball becomes battleground for hijab as Muslim players demand right to wear headscarf
(Oli Smith, Express)
Team of refugees competes for the first time at #Rio2016
(Erin M. Barclay, U.S. Department of State Official Blog: Dipnote)
An entire generation of a city’s lawyers was killed in Pakistan
(Max Bearak, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
What men who left the seminary taught me about women's ordination
(Br. Michale Baggot, First Things)
2 years of anti-IS airstrikes have redrawn the Iraqi map
(Susannah George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pakistanis mourn attack on lawyers and a deadly culture war
(Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Christians say defeating IS won't make Iraq safe for them
(Balint Szlanko, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Turkey suspends 2,500 more from religion agency after coup bid
(The Times of India)
A fringe Hindu group that believes in a divine kingdom is suspected in the deaths of Indian secularists
(Parth M.N., Los Angeles Times)
Palestinian couple lose jobs after aiding Jewish terror victims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How ambitions of 'Islamist cult' united Islamists, secularists in Turkey
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Gaza youth show zeal for upcoming local elections
(Mohammed Othman trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
13 years later, Iraq passes de-Baathification law
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Can Iran go around Turkey to reach Europe?
(Maysam Bizaer, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Restoring old churches inspires a new philanthropy in Russia
(Alison Smale, The New York Times)
Iraq: Three young priests ordained in refugee camp to serve persecuted Christians who fled ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
In Sri Lanka, a government in denial about the ramifications of a long history of violence
(Rajan Hoole, The Wire)
Rights advocate opposes Australian vote on same-sex marriage
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Glasgow murder of Asad Shah spurred by sectarianism in Pakistan
(Nazia Parveen, The Guardian)
Algerian Christian gets maximum sentence for ‘blasphemy’
(World Watch Monitor)
Muslim in the Chelyabinsk Region bought a deserted church and gifted it to Orthodox believers
(Interfax-Religion)
Common cause no more: Conservative American Christians cancel a conference in Moscow
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The many meanings of Rio’s massive Christ statue
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Russian government denies that anti-evangelism law threatens liberty
(Russia Religion News)
Jewish settlements draw home buyers
(Rory Jones and Orr Hirschauge, The Wall Street Journal)
Turkey: US shouldn't 'sacrifice' alliance over Muslim cleric
(Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Court orders more compensation for victims of anti-Christian pogrom
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Morocco’s prohibition on breaking fast during Ramadan violates the right to freedom of religion and belief
(Luigi Lonardo, Oxford Human Rights Hub (blog))
No need for interfaith subject in schools: Education Minister
(Karen Arukesamy, The Sun Daily)
Peaceful co-existence: Universities urged to encourage interfaith harmony
(The Express Tribune)
An idea for an interfaith religious violence warning system
(Forbes)
Monday, 8 August 2016
Cow vigilantes ‘anti-social’: Modi breaks his silence
(The Hindu)
How to combat the new intolerance, ‘a rival faith, rooted in the sexual revolution’
(Joan Frawley Desmond, interviewing Mary Eberstadt, National Catholic Register)
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