Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

In Kerala, parents struggle to shake children from the influence of ultra-conservative Islam
(Naveen Nair, Scroll)

From idealism to disillusion, the shifting profile of Islamist attackers
(Robert-Jan Bartunek, Reuters)

Christians fined in Kazakhstan for meeting to worship Christ
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Evidence of New World religious dialogue found in Caribbean cave
(Mark Brown, The Guardian)

Argentine Jews urge president to help solve terror bombing
(Almudena Calatrava, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

TV host Sonia Kruger calls for end to Muslim migration to Australia
(Amanda Meade, The Guardian)

Intelligence sources warn Buhari of impending religious crisis
(Sahara Reporters)

Magu: Religion good for anti corruption fight
(The News Nigeria)

LGBTI vote at the UN shows battle for human rights is far from won
(Henning Melber, The Conversation)

Can religious vilification laws protect religious freedoms?
(Rick Sarre, The Conversation)

Monday, 18 July 2016

Churches bring strong voice for justice in Zimbabwe
(Robert Bartram, World Council of Churches)

Syrian refugees, all Muslims, graduate from Caritas-run schools in Jordan
(Dave Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

Global meeting against anti-Semitism meets in Buenos Aires
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Russia shuts down ISIL marriage website
(Interfax-Religion)

Muslim prisoners in Ararat correctional centre fighting drug use through religion
(Larissa Romensky, ABC News)

To end misconceptions about Islam, Muslim outfit to educate women in Bengal
(Arshad Ali, The Indian Express)

Complex view of Islam found in poetry of Iran, Stanford researcher shows
(Kathryn Dickason, Stanford University News)

Jewish identity – the Israeli paradoxes
(Daniel Friedmann, OUPblog Religion)

Grand Chamber Judgment in Izzettin Doğan and Others v. Turkey: More than a typical religious discrimination case
(Mine Yildirim, Strasbourg Observers)

Christian students in China barred from going to college unless they stop going to church
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Why Iran needs to fight Saudi Arabia to forge peace
(Hassan Ahmadian, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

After violence, Myanmar moves to curb religious extremism
(Wa Lone, Reuters)

Muslim mob stabs Christian to death in Egypt over feud
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani social media celebrity, dead in apparent honor killing
(Salman Masood, The New York Times)

Scholars argue prosecutions against Muslim liberals don't follow Islamic teachings
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

How these Egyptian women want to break the taboo over divorce
(Safiaa Mounir, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Hindu monk's temple mission in India a headache for Modi
(Tom Lasseter and Rupam Jain, Reuters)

Crackdown on Christians, Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses in Kazakhstan
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Kazakhstan: New summary fines, no due process
(Forum 18 News Service)

In Zimbabwe, churches implore: “be responsive to the cries of our people”
(World Council of Churches)

Faith-based groups vow to create even more safe spaces for people living with HIV
(World Council of Churches)

Why Turkey's coup didn't stand a chance
(Metin Gurcan, trans.Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

US-based Turkish cleric denies involvement in coup plot
(Chris Post and Michael Rubinkam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

What happened in Turkey? Look for two words – 'secular' and 'Ataturk' – in news reports
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

Contextualising the Turkish coup attempt
(TRT World)

Russian Orthodox Church Synod rejects pan-Orthodox status of Crete Council
(Interfax-Religion)

Why some Iraqi Shiites are pushing for distance from Iran
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Myanmar's online community anticipates fall of radical Buddhist group with funny memes
(Global Voices)

More voices from Islamic countries call for Iran to stop persecuting Baha'is
(Baha'i World News Service)

Religious fanatics, the fire this time
(Uche Ezechukwu, African Herald Express)

Egypt's Grand Mufti, politics and religion
(Deutsche Welle)

Myanmar divided as student activists fight for religious freedom
(Feliz Solomon, Southeast Asia Globe)

Festival for interfaith harmony pays tribute to Edhi
(Pakistan Today)

Interview with a Sri Lankan human rights advocate – part 1
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Interview with a Sri Lankan human rights advocate – part 2
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Canada: In wake of same-sex marriage vote, some bishops fret for unity
(Tali Folkins, Episcopal News Service)

Goodbye to the Anglican Church of Canada
(Joe Boot, EICC: Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity)

Why does Tunisia produce so many terrorists? The double-edged sword of secularism.
(Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy)

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein drops out of Republican Convention amid modern Orthodox outcry
(Nathan Guttman, Forward)

Difficult week for New York Orthodox rabbi as politics of U.S. and Israel cause him problems
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is the Islamic State planning a cyber-caliphate?
(Metin Gurcan trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

In battle for Aleppo, Syria may be at stake
(Tamar Osman trans. Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Abuja violence: Christian elders call on Islamic leaders to abolish doctrine of hatred
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Will conflict continue as Iraq's Sunni areas are liberated from IS?
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Yarovaya Law: Russian Christians fear religious suppression similar to KGB crackdown
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Sinai tribal leader says military curfew harms residents, helps terrorists
(George Mikhail trans. Mike Nahum, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

One of the San Bernardino shooters studied at a women's Islamic school in Pakistan. Here's what it's like to attend one.
(Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times)

After decades of mistrust, Pope pushes for breakthrough with China
(Lisa Jucca, Benjamin Kang Lim, and Greg Torode, Reuters)

There are more than 20 million Muslims in China. For some, piety is a dangerous political act.
(James Palmer, Vox)

KAICIID Board of Directors condemns violence, calls for continued dialogue in the wake of Nice attacks
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Nice’s defiant Jews to gather on Shabbat despite terrorist attack
(JTA)

Annual reports on freedom of religion or belief
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Annual Report on the State of Freedom of Religion or Belief in the World 2015-2016
(The European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance)

Annual Reports of Human Rights WIthout Frontiers International

Kazakhstan: How many punished for exercising freedom?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

A free society is a moral achievement – Rabbi Sacks receives The Bradley Prize (full text of the address)
(Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks, Website of Rabbi Sacks)

Eid becomes an occasion for interfaith exchanges
(Anup Ojha, The Kathmandu Post)

No religion teaches violence, killings, says Dalai Lama
(The Tribune India)

South Africa’s vote against internet freedom tarnishes its global image
(Penelope Andrews, The Conversation)

Rabbinical court sentences Israeli man to 5 years in jail for refusing wife a divorce
(JTA)

South Sudan is destroying its free press, one journalist at a time
(Opoka p'Arop Otto, The Guardian)

Russia and China challenge the Western hegemony in the interpretation of international law
(Lauri Mälksoo, EJIL: Talk!)

Europe’s free speech problem: a cautionary tale The unfolding of a totalitarian impulse
(Paul Coleman, MercatorNet)

The single most important talk you need to hear about religious freedom (by Tim Wilson)
(Michael F. Bird, Patheos Blog: Euangelion)

Thursday, 14 July 2016

"Blasphemy Laws and Censorship by States and Non-State Actors"
(Testimony of USCIRF Chair Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission)

Nationalists attempt to interfere with All-Ukraine sacred procession
(Interfax-Religion)

Egyptian government orders Muslim preachers to give identical, pre-written weekly sermons
(Melissa Etehad, The Washington Post)

Egypt orders Muslim preachers to deliver identical weekly sermons
(Mohamed Abdellah, Reuters)

Coptic Bishop: Egypt ‘diseased’ with discrimination
(World Watch Monitor)

Can Islamic finance help close Egypt’s budget shortfall?
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor)

Anglican Church will weather divide on same-sex marriage, officials say
(Nicole Ireland, CBC News)

Marriage, motherhood, education, maybe sports: female Muslim athletes’ expected priorities
(Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post)

Latest Baghdad bombing jeopardizes diverse neighborhood
(Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Christians in Indian state fined for public worship
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Catholic and Mormon: A Theological Conversation (by Stephen H. Webb and Alonzo L. Gaskill)
(Review by Professor Michael D. Quinlan, Catholic Weekly)

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