Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Pope Francis: ‘Death penalty is unacceptable’
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Muslim mob torches 80 Christian homes in Egypt as punishment for wanting to build church
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Pakistan: Five Christians acquitted of blasphemy charges, two jailed
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)

Ancient Tunisian Jewish community faces uncertain future
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

Coalition won't rule out letting religious objectors discriminate against gay weddings
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Bangladesh police shoot dead militant behind killing of bloggers, gay rights activists
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)

After Taliban music ban, songbook teaches Afghan children to sing again
(Magda Mis, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Suicide bombing at Syria's Christian massacre memorial kills 3
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Monday, 20 June 2016

Who lost Christian Europe? Hint: Not Pope Francis
(William Doino Jr., First Things)

World Refugee Day - 20 June
(The United Nations)

World Refugee Day a reminder to turn away from indifference
(Fr. Cedric Prakash S.J., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

World Refugee Day marked as a record 65 million people displaced
(Voice of America)

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees on World Refugee Day 2016
(Filippo Grandi, UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

Global forced displacement hits record high
(UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015
(UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

World Refugee Day: “Have No Fear” – Churches call for intensified efforts
(World Watch Monitor)

God’s forgotten children
(Claus Grue, World Council of Churches)

Number of refugees soars to record 65 million with 24 people displaced every minute
(Vasudevan Sridharan, International Business Times UK)

World refugee day: 65 million people affected – largest since World War II
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Adrift: The invisible African diaspora
(reported by Abdulaziz Osman and Nicolas Pinault, edited by Pete Cobus, Voice of America)

With its caliphate faltering, Islamic State rushes to indoctrinate children
(Sirwan Kajjo, Noor Zahid, Rikkar Hissein, Voice of America)

Christian man killed by Muslim after debate on religion
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

Will Muslims lose their freedom of religion without hudud?
(Syed Jaymal Zahid, Malay Mail Online)

Pope says 'martyrdom, not 'genocide', is the best word
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Homosexuality and “hate speech”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

World Orthodox leaders meet despite Russia's absence
(Derek Gatopoulos and Demetris Nellas, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Iraqi Christians ignite controversy by fasting with Muslims during Ramadan
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

WCC strongly condemns terror attack targeting Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
(World Council of Churches)

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces a dilemma: Religion or politics?
(Khalil al-Anani, The Washington Post)

Bahrain's century-old mosques tell stories from distant past
(Mohammad Al-Enizi, Kuwait News Agency)

Syrian refugees must not be sent back to Turkey, human rights campaigners warn
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Israeli mayor ordered to remove offensive 'modesty signs' once and for all
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Israeli court tells city to remove religiously inspired signs directing women to wear modest clothes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian court sentences 24 for roles in 2002 Gujarat religious riots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Islamists attack Radiohead fans at Turkish release party
(Gul Tuysuz and Merieme Arif, CNN)

Pakistani man charged with blasphemy over shoes with Hindu symbol
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)

Iran 'foils plot by Sunni militants to bomb Tehran'
(BBC News)

Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
(Christopher van der Krogt, The Conversation)

Portraying Krishna in X-Men: Apocalypse
(William Elison, OUPblog Religion)

Egypt sentences 6 people to death, including 2 Al Jazeera journalists
(Euan McKirdy, CNN)

Turkish riot police block gay pride march in Istanbul
(Voice of America)

Indian court jails 11 Hindus for life over massacre in Gujarat
(Daily Times)

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Ugandan President Museveni: 'This is our continent, not yours'
(Interview conducted by Susanne Koelbl and Jan Puhl, Spiegel Online International)

Religious freedom sets people free to do good, an under-told story
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith
(World Economic Forum)

Canada legalises physician-assisted dying
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 17 June 2016

Istanbul authorities ban transgender and gay pride marches
(The Guardian)

From Vietnam to South Korea: Muhammad Ali and conscientious objectors today
(Ashfaq Khalfan, The Diplomat)

Swiss Missionary kidnapped in Mali is alive
(Hannah Tooley, Premier)

Detroit-area mohel/doctor refused entry into Canada to perform a bris
(Stacy Gittleman, Detroit Jewish News)

Canada denies entry to U.S. mohel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Subcommittee Hearing: The global religious freedom crisis and its challenge to U.S. foreign policy
(Foreign Affairs Committee, House.gov)

House holds hearings on global religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Boko Haram murder 24 at village funeral – mostly women
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)

Faith takes a center stage at International Festival of Business, Liverpool
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

UN Syria panel: IS committing genocide against Yazidis
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)

UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: ISIS is committing genocide against the Yazidis
(Press Release, United Nations Human Rights Council)

UN commission says ISIS has committed genocide against Yazidis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Liberia: Baptist seminary sale - court holds religious entity for debt
(All Africa)

In Liberia, court orders sale of seminary to satisfy amounts owed to fired president
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Russian Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses branch in Stary Oskol
(RAPSI (Russian Legal Information Network))

Israel lets Gazans into Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers
(Agence France-Presse)

Iraqi forces claim victory over the Islamic State in Fallujah
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)

Iraqi businessman rescues Yazidi girls from ISIS
(Philip Kosloski, Aleteia)

You can't say that! (Books)
(Christopher Howse, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly)

Parliament adopted a draft appeal to Ecumenical Patriarch on granting autocephaly to Ukrainian church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukrainian Church asks president, prosecutors to react to parliamentarians' address to Rada's initiative
(Interfax-Religion)

Orthodox Christian leaders make last-minute appeal for unity
(Patrick Quinn, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Pan-Orthodox Council: It will go ahead with or without you, theologian tells Churches
(Mark Woods, Christian Today: Church)

Orthodox Synod to take place despite new pullout, by Russia
(Patrick Quinn and Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press)

Agenda of the Crete forum is miserable, it can't be called a council - expert
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Bartholomew's ambitions do not correspond to the real state of things
(Interview with Alexey Svetozarsky, Interfax-Religion)

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan promotes freedom of religion and belief
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE))

Former First Lady Sinta Wahid forced to move interfaith buka puasa event at church after FPI protests
(Coconuts Jakarta)

3 Christian missionaries go missing in Middle East after surviving brutal beating by terrorists with iron pipes
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Pakistan 'honour' killing: Why clerics' call may fall on deaf ears
(M Ilyas Khan, BBC News)

Human rights campaigners call on China to drop cases against lawyers
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Indian court jails 11 for life over Gujarat massacre of Muslims
(Timmy Wilkes, Reuters)

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Why are churches burning in Chile?
(Miriam A. Espinoza, Evangelical Focus)

Human blockade thwarts Thai police raid on Buddhist temple
(Deutsche Welle)

China: Bishop under house arrest who 'stood up to China' alludes to shock turnaround
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Tortured and cast out: Nigeria's 'cursed' children
(Adrian Kriesch / Jan-Philipp Scholz, Deutsche Welle)

Indian pastors undergo legal trainings to help them against persecution
(Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, The Christian Times)

Christians arrested in Nepal for spreading the gospel
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Pakistani man beats sister to death with log in 'Christian honor killing'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

UK government hints it will recognise ISIS atrocities against Christians as genocide
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Pakistani policeman beats up church leader over ‘loudspeaker music’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Hardliner groups vow to prevent Istanbul Gay Pride
(Umat Uras, Al Jazeera)

Has ultra-Orthodox war against Israel's supreme court ended?
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with worshippers at Western Wall
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Obama meets with Dalai Lama, angering China
(Kevin Liptak, CNN)

Obama meets at White House with Dalai Lama
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Osun hijab crisis: students attend schools in church garments
(Josiah Oluwole, Premium Times)

In Nigeria, Christian students react to ruling on hijabs in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

UN condemns Isis genocide against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria
(Patrick Wintour, The Guardian)

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