Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
“Why the Islamic State is losing, and why is still hopes to win”
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))
Quwat al-Ghadab: A pro-Assad Christian militia in Suqaylabiyah
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment)
Zimbabwe activist pastor Evan Mawarire walks free from court after charges dropped
(Deutsche Welle)
Up and down Latin America, Catholic bishops push dialogue
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Campaign for ‘no-religion’ census answer hits advertising block at major shopping centres
(Ian Royall, Herald Sun)
What religion permits is not mandate, says AFT’s Chandigarh bench
(Bhartesh Singh Thakur, Hindustan Times)
Canada’s Anglican Church provisionally approves same-sex marriage ceremonies
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Canada: Voting error reveals same-sex marriage motion passed after all
(André Forget, Episcopal News Service)
Pope picks U.S. consultant Kim Daniels for communications body
(Carol Glatz, CatholicPhilly.com)
Govt trying to curtail freedom to propagate religion: IUML
(Ashraf Padanna, Gulf Times)
Miri’s first Hindu temple reflects religious freedom
(Jacqueline Raphael, The Borneo Post)
Burka bans: The countries where Muslim women can't wear veils
(Radhika Sanghani, The Telegraph)
Claiming Pahang mufti playing God, interfaith group urges Putrajaya to act
(Malay Mail Online)
Finalists for Business & Interfaith Peace Awards Announced in Rio
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
WCC moderator “We need a theology of life to sustain peace”
(Interview with Dr Agnes Abuom, World Council of Churches)
Let’s celebrate Malala Day with nine amazing facts
(Hayley Chapman, RightsInfo)
Hagia Sophia: controversy over the call to prayer
(World Council of Churches)
What’s the right way to think about religion and ISIS?
(Simon Cottee, The Atlantic)
Anglican church of Canada backs same-sex marriage, a day after rejecting it
(The Guardian)
The preaching of Zakir Naik: When journalists turn the term 'evangelist' into an insult
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Anglicans to allow same-sex marriage after vote recount
(Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press)
Myanmar’s top monks parry claims of anti-Muslim Buddhist hardliners
(The Malay Mail Online)
Pope taps Protestant friend to carry his voice in Argentina
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Outrage at Russia's 'unconstitutional' crackdown on religion, evangelism
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Pakistan: Christian family flees after WhatsApp blasphemy accusation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Nepal: Eight Christians face trial for distributing Bibles
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Nationalists attempt to interfere with All-Ukraine sacred procession
(Interfax-Religion)
Extreme Islamists in prisons 'should be in isolated units'
(Alan Travis, The Guardian)
Russia's church opposes giant Jesus statue in St. Petersburg
(Damien Sharkov, Newsweek)
Inheritance plan could be game-changer for Egyptian women
(Walaa Hussein trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Ramadan ends in blood
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Malaysia: Muslim leaders need to take ‘responsibility’ for radicalization
(UCAN)
South Sudan: Untold number of Christians massacred, thousands taking refuge in churches as ceasefire begins
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
A grain of hope for justice and peace in the Holy Land
(Claus Grue, World Council of Churches)
Canada: Anglicans recount same-sex votes, resolution now passes
(Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press, ABC News)
Canadian Anglicans reject same-sex marriage by one vote
(Andre Forget, World Watch Monitor)
Canadian Anglicans vote down same-sex marriage
(The Canadian Press)
Humanitarian warns of the 'elimination' of Christianity in the Middle East
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Uzbekistan: Meals and under-18s in mosques banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Churches to Russia: We’re not leaving
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
American clergyman arrested in Russia for visa violation
(Russia Religion News)
Pope Francis appoints Greg Burke as Vatican spokesman and Paloma García Ovejero as deputy director
(Gerard O'Connell, America, The National Catholic Review)
Pokémon Go invades Auschwitz, US Holocaust Museum and more
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'The rich countries must show mercy': Countering climate change in the Philippines
(Joanna Gardner, Commonweal)
New bill proposes imprisonment for dissuading Christians from IDF service
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
Liberal rabbis stake out their ground on Western Wall
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Female preacher hacked to death
(World Watch Monitor)
Fire destroys dormitories of Mauya Adventist secondary school in Zimbabwe
(Seventh-day Adventist Church)
'ISIS-inspired' plan to blow up Jewish, American institutions in South Africa revealed
(Haaretz)
Twin converts to Islam charged with plot to blow up Jewish institutions in South Africa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Charges brought against Moscow's Yardyam Mosque imam – lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow mosque imam charged with public justification of terrorism - Russian Investigative Committee
(Interfax-Religion)
Lawyer for U.S. pastor files appeal against order to leave Russia issued by Samara court
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian charity appeals for funds to fight Cuba church demolitions
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pakistani police search for Christian charged with blasphemy
(The Associated Press)
Russian suspect in Istanbul attack: a shy student who found religion
(Maria Tsvetkova, Reuters)
Bermuda: Same-sex marriage case could still be won
(Sarah Lagan, The Royal Gazette)
Middle Eastern women were once discouraged from sport. A new generation now chases Olympic glory.
(Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post)
Thousands fasting after Russian President Putin signs law banning evangelism outside of churches
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Monday, 11 July 2016
'Burqa revolution' in Kerala was an early sign of Islam radicalisation in the state
(Srinivasa Prasad, Firstpost)
Bangladesh: Mosque sermons now under control in fight against Islamic terrorism
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
How the IRGC is trying to tighten its grip on Rouhani
(Zahra Alipour, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
U.S. churches to Russia: “We’re not leaving”
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
What Turkey fails to understand about IS
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Muslim clerics in India unite against superstar televangelist Zakir Naik
(Uzair Hasan Rizvi, Scroll.in)
Pope Francis names first American and first woman as his No. 1 and No. 2 spokespeople
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
How Buddhist monks are battling deforestation in Cambodia
(Ate Hoekstra, Deutsche Welle)
Pope’s trip to Georgia, Azerbaijan to feature politics and outreach
(Associated Press)
NYT investigates religious fundamentalism in Saudi Arabia today
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russia: National threat to Jehovah's Witnesses to be taken up in court
(Russia Religion News)
Russian president signs anti-terrorism law that restricts religious proselytizing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mormon church to keep missionaries in Russia despite new proselytizing restrictions
(Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Violence and Islam not the same: Islamophobia will not solve the problem of terrorism
(Asad Ashraf, Firstpost)
Archaeologists dig up Philistine artifacts where Goliath may have walked
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Sudan’s Christians face ‘ethnic cleansing’
(World Watch Monitor)
Catholic bishops want talks before India abolishes religion-based laws
(UCAN)
Lebanon reels under weight of Syrian refugee crisis
(Jean Aziz trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Is Israel doomed to live with terror?
(Shlomi Eldar trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iraqi pre-Islamic landmark threatening to collapse
(Abnan Abu Zeed trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What do recent attacks mean for future of Egypt's Christians?
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Five of 15 Muslims missing from Kerala had converted to Islam just a year ago
(Shaju Philip, The Indian Express)
Anglicans in Canada to vote on same-sex marriage
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Raid on Indonesian food stall prompts fears of fundamentalism
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
From Myanmar's Rohingyas to Pakistan's Ahmadis, how nations change names to oppress minority groups
(Haroon Khalid, Scroll)
How Turkey’s televangelists gain money, mockery
(Barın Kayaoğlu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Russia: USCIRF condemns enactment of anti-terrorism laws
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Illegal Israeli outposts in the West Bank face new pressure even as they expand
(Anne-Marie O'Connor, The Washington Post)
Bangladesh to ban Islamic TV channel, Peace TV
(BBC News)
A Saudi morals enforcer called for a more liberal Islam. Then the death threats began.
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
ECHR ruling paves way for gay marriage case
(Cayman News Service)
Bridging Mars and Venus for religious freedom
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
EVENT, 11-15 July 2016: Third Joint Conference of Academic Societies in the Fields of Religion and Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
(University of Pretoria)
Saturday, 9 July 2016
Bangladesh’s tryst with ISIS
(Slok Gyawali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Pope calls on Latin America to fight ‘colonizations,’ realize its destiny
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Brill Encyclopedia of Law and Religion
(Gerhard Robbers, W. Cole Durham, Jr., Donlu Thayer eds, Brill | Nijhoff, Leiden)
Friday, 8 July 2016
Putin tightens screws on religious activity
(Russia Religion News)
Syrian Patriarch talks to DW-TV
(Deutsche Welle)
Russia's new 'big brother law' has Christians, Muslims and Jews fearing for their religious freedom
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Memo to policy-makers everywhere: Listen to Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Instant replay for journalists: Pope Francis asks news umpires to take a second look
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
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