Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 8 August 2016
Russian evangelicals plot response to new repressive laws
(Russia Religion News)
Pope Francis calls continuing violence in Syria ‘unacceptable’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iraqi Christians grow weary of waiting to go home
(Dale Gavlak, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Muslim woman works actively behind the charity that helps Iraqi Christians and religious minorities
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)
New census shows Christianity spreading in Burma
(Julia A. Seymour, World)
Olympic, Paralympic Village get inter-religious center
(Billy Hallowell, The Washington Times)
Singapore exhibit charts Christian movement across Asia
(Dexter R. Matilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Allahabad school bans national anthem, says it's against tenets of Islam
(The New Indian Express)
#MobileMuslims stop in Winnipeg to change misconceptions of Islam
(CBC.ca)
Israelis barred from entering Jordan over kippot
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian government assistant minister rejects call for ban on Muslims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
International Olympic Committee warns Lebanon over bus incident
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
1 jihadi dead in attacks, clashes with army in central Mali
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
War of words in Boko Haram extremist leadership struggle
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Palestinian electoral commission: Israel might hinder upcoming local elections
(Mohammed Othman trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Why Israel's ultra-Orthodox are not happy with proposed Sabbath law
(Mordechai Goldman trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
No end to the militias in Iraq
(Muhannad Al-Ghazi trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Kadhimiya and Adhamiya, symbols of Iraqi sectarianism
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Security trench around Fallujah leaves residents feeling trapped
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Saudi Arabia's moment of truth in Yemen
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
From Syrian rubble to German concert halls with a piano, a mission and survivor’s guilt
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
No moral questions involved? The National Post bungles report on 'selective reduction'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Nigeria: Militant Christian group vows revenge attacks on Muslims if Boko Haram kills Christians
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Muslim woman devotes her life to helping Christians displaced by ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Reconstructing Taoism’s transformation in China
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Algeria: Christian sentenced to five years in jail over Jesus post
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Men dressed as priests kill Nigerian soldiers in Delta attack
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Iraq: 2 years since Nineveh fell to IS, displaced Christians pray for ‘liberation’
(World Watch Monitor)
The perils of ‘flying while Muslim’
(Homa Khaleeli, The Guardian)
40 years on, a controversial film on Islam's origins is now a classic
(R. H. Greene, NPR)
Iraq's Mosul residents feel relief, anxiety as 'liberation' nears
(Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital
(Gul Yousafzai, Reuters)
Bangladesh Police chief says freethinkers criticising religion contributed to the rise of religious extremism, terrorism
(Bangladesh News 24 Hours)
Zambia election - What role will religion play?
(BBC News)
Turkey detains 10 foreigners over suspected ties to US cleric
(Chicago Tribune)
Young immigrants to Canada passionate about spirituality
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)
Kilimanjaro interfaith forum on economic and social justice
(Deus Ngowi, Daily News)
Suicide blast claimed by Taliban faction in Pakistan claims at least 64 lives
(Aamir Iqbal, The Washington Post)
The ‘no’ campaign on marriage equality owes us better arguments
(Patrick Stokes, The Conversation)
Friday, 5 August 2016
World summit to defend persecuted Christians pulls out of Russia following new religion law
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
This young woman battled the Israeli army to become a combat soldier
(Liat Elkayam, Haaretz)
Facebook omits Israeli flag from 2016 Rio Olympics
(Oded Yaron, Haaretz)
Europe migrant crisis sees spike in deadly Mediterranean crossings
(Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor)
Indonesia arrests six suspected of plotting Singapore 'rocket attack'
(Fergus Jensen, Reuters)
Leading Chinese author says Christianity is China's future as believers refuse to give in to fear, persecution
(Leah Marieann Klett, The Gospel Herald)
UN cites reports of up to 3,000 Iraqis captured by IS
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Could this be the last battle for Aleppo?
(Mohammed ak-Khatieb trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Syria rebels claim taking part of military college in Aleppo
(Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Beyond Aleppo, Syria's war rages on with no end in sight
(Zeina Karam and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Iraqi Christians confront two-year trauma with drama
(World Watch Monitor)
Protestants confront resistance to their quest for buildings
(Russia Religion News)
Middle East bishops say US has ‘moral responsibility’ to help Christians
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt's former Grand Mufti survives assassination attempt
(Ahmed Mohamed Hassain, Mostafa Hashem, and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters)
Azerbaijan: Prisoners tortured, authorities deny torture happened
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kuwait arrests Filipino woman linked to Daesh attack plot
(Arab News)
Constantinople Church official denies rumors of its intention to found metropolia in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
The West must reach out to Turkey
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Is Iran judiciary open to negotiating on human rights?
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
French embassy worker in Tunisia probed for anti-Semitic hate speech
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Self-radicalized Tunisian held in Italy on terror suspicion
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Former Israeli minister: Israel-Saudi peace ‘in the cards’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Tawadros urges Copts in US not to demonstrate over sectarian attacks in Egypt
(Ahram Online)
Swedish church to use drones to drop thousands of Bibles in ISIS-controlled Iraq
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Nigeria: Four women hospitalised in riot at Anglican church as synod begins
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Fatah makes incendiary Facebook claim of killing 11,000 Israelis
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
Jewish groups decry Black Lives Matter platform’s view on Israel
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
A young Syrian torchbearer highlights Brazil’s embrace of refugees
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)
Unlawfully detained for months, Sudan church leaders finally in court
(World Watch Monitor)
‘We have no voice’: Christians in Jordan 2 years after fleeing N. Iraq
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)
Catholic nuns under siege in Syria appeal for help
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Gambia: J-22 and religion - let there be light
(Momodou Sabally, All Africa)
Pastoralists fleeing Boko Haram face new challenges in Cameroon
(Mark Moritz and Mouadjamou Ahmadou, The Conversation)
Catholics in India protest church demolition
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fethullah Gulen’s race to the top is over
(Selim Koru, Huseyin Rasit Yilmaz, Foreign Policy)
God and the Olympics
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 4 August 2016
The ‘Splainer: Who is St. Sebastian and why do athletes claim him?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Islam is (also) a religion of peace
(Zachary D. Kaufman, Foreign Policy)
Pope Francis suggests the way to beat secularism is by ‘out-loving’ it
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis refuses to play the game of Islamic radicals
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egypt military says killed leader of Islamic State in Sinai
(Reporting by Mostafa Hashem; Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)
Foreign monasteries at Bodh Gaya under scanner
(Anil Kumar Ojha, Hindustan Times)
Russian interior ministry confirms raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)
Muslim missionaries expelled from Russia
(Russia Religion News)
Star Wars-themed 'Jedi' religion poses a major problem for atheists in Australia, and here's their warning
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Hindu groups oppose entry of Islamic finance in India
(Maaz Hussain, Voice of America)
Egyptian Christian convert declares return to Islam after 2 years in prison
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Turkey’s Kurds excluded from post-coup national unity
(Mahmut Bozarslan trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Abadi moves to demilitarize Iraq's cities
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Indonesian court rejects radical cleric's appeal
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
'Christianity is China's future,' Chinese best-selling author predicts
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
The politics of religion in China
(Marcy A. Kuo, The Diplomat)
Report: 9 citizens of Trinidad sought to join IS group
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Chelyabinsk court sentences 4 Hizb ut-Tahrir participants to 8 years' imprisonment
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Church considers words of Constantinople official about Ukraine's canonical status a journalistic fiction
(Interfax-Religion)
Boko Haram in Nigeria: Split emerges over leadership
(BBC News)
Families of murdered Nigerian pastors mourn their loss
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria: prosecutions 'unlikely' for troops behind mass Shia killings
(Kabir Adamu, Deutsche Welle)
The Middle East conflict on campus
(Linda K. Wertheimer, The New York Times)
How Israel’s Modern-Orthodox Jews came out of the closet
(Shmuel Rosner, The New York Times)
2 men arrested for alleged involvement in Bangladesh attack
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
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