Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 16 June 2016
The Pan-Orthodox Council must and will proceed
(Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis and Paul L. Gavrilyuk, First Things)
After fifty years of preparations, will the Pan-Orthodox Council be ecumenically relevant?
(Radu Bordeianu, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Pan-Orthodox Council organizing committee claims the decision of ROC not to affect its conduct
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Interpreting freedom from religion: A step too far?
(Caroline K Roberts, University of Bristol Law School Blog)
Opinion: The humanist face of religion
(Meenakshi Thapan, The Hindu)
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Muslim women in India struggle to end 'triple talaq'
(Arafatul Islam, Deutsche Welle)
Saving grace: The leadership virtue that can help congregations work through conflict
(David Briggs, The ARDA: Ahead of the Trend)
The battle for Hagia Sophia in Istanbul escalates
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Singapore: Govt ‘will protect all, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation’
(Gov.sg (press release))
Bahrain prohibits all political activity by religious leaders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bahrain: Amendments separate politics from religion
(Jaber Ali, Middle East Confidential)
Bangladesh clerics issue fatwa on Islamist killings
(Agence France-Presse)
The plight of the Rohingya – His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo addresses the Houses of Parliament, London, 25 May 2016
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Where is the ‘African’ in African Studies?
(Robtel Neajai Pailey, African Arguments)
Heresy and Popes
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Pakistan: Prosecute rampant ‘honor’ killings
(Human Rights Watch)
Aleppo: ISIS militants kidnap more than 200 young Kurds
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Tiny Kosovo offers a model for Muslim-Jewish friendship
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
4,000 more residents flee ISIS-held Fallujah; 50,000 still trapped as Iraqi army offensive enters its third week
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Sri Lanka: Muslims remember Buddhist hardliner attacks
(Dilrukshi Handunnetti, Al Jazeera)
Elderly Christian man can't afford ISIS tax, forced to convert to Islam
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Erdogan links Crusades with present-day terror
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Jewish settlers granted new East Jerusalem building
(Al Jazeera)
Uzbekistan: Harshened Criminal and Administrative Code punishments
(Forum 18 News Service)
In Israel, Sharia courts must now display Israeli flag
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
On the carnage in Orlando
(A Joint Muslim Statement)
Pan-Orthodox Council turns into cliffhanger over boycott threats
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Serbian Church changes its decision not to take part in Pan-Orthodox Council
(Interfax-Religion)
Serbian Church says will leave forum on Crete if position of those who refused to participate in it is ignored
(Interfax-Religion)
With or without Russia, spokesman says Orthodox council is ‘binding’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Byzantine maneuvers: There's more to this Orthodox council story than Russia vs. Istanbul
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Bahrain court shuts down main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group
(Sami Aboudi, Reuters)
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Orthodox Christians' global gathering unravels as five churches pull out
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Why jihadists fight: Tunisia is supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — so why are so many of its young men flocking to the Islamic State?
(Shadi Hamid, Foreign Policy)
Nepal arrests seven Christians over allegations of converting people to Christianity
(Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, The Christian Times)
Russian military delivers some 5 tonnes of relief supplies to Christian community in Syria's Latakia city
(Interfax-Religion)
Kiev gay pride parade ends within half an hour with no incident
(Interfax-Religion)
ISIL supporter gets life sentence for attempt on life of Kyrgyz theologian
(Interfax-Religion)
Syriac patriarchs: Two years on from ISIS' capture of Mosul, Iraq is 'still bleeding'
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament expects Ecumenical Patriarch to grant autocephaly to Ukrainian Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Australian Christian Lobby: the rise and fall of the religious right
(Geoffrey Robinson, The Conversation)
Muslim villagers building church in Pakistan claim Christians, Muslims 'worship same God'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Mexican Protestants continue to face pressure for leaving 'traditionalist' churches
(Jose Antonio Pastor, World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan's transgenders mocked by most, abhorred by many
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Visa of anti-gay Muslim cleric under review, says Australian prime minister
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Islamic scholar in homosexuality comments row leaves Australia
(Jane Wardell, Reuters)
Will Egypt stop listing religion on official IDs?
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Anglican priest in Kenya joins lawsuit demanding greater rights for gays
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Worshipping alone: Studies find divorce retains its sting in faith communities
(David Briggs, The ARDA: Ahead of the Trend)
Monday, 13 June 2016
Dutch tourist allegedly raped in Qatar convicted of adultery
(Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, The Indpendent)
Pakistan cop accused of beating Hindu man for not fasting
(MalayMail Online)
Was Orlando shooter really acting for ISIS? For ISIS, it's all the same
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
A rebellion inside a small Indian sect seeks to end a brutal custom: female genital mutilation
(Shashank Bengali and Parth M.N., Los Angeles Times)
Palestinian Christians in Gaza: Facing extinction within a generation?
(Jeremy Moodey, Christian Today)
Churches in China growing stronger despite regime's brutal crackdown, says persecuted Christian
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Bangladesh arrests over 100 Islamists in crackdown after killings
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)
Gambia bans music, drumming and dancing in Ramadan
(Al Jazeera)
Pakistani clerics declare 'honour killing' against Islam
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
A personal quest to document IS massacre of Iraqi Yazidis
(Balint Szlanko, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bangladesh’s deadly attacks terrify its religious minorities
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: Bank accounts blocked, "expert analysis" costs
(Forum 18 News Service)
One of the mysteries of India: What is Jainism?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion (blog))
Police Central Mosque inaugurated
(Ghana Web)
No hidden agenda with Kaduna religious bill, El-Rufai insists
(Information Nigeria)
Coming soon: Clause in real estate bill to check bias against religion, sexual orientation, diet
(Shalini Nair, The Indian Express)
Court rejects plea to level charges against petitioners who challenged state religion
(Bangladesh News 24 Hours)
No Muslim can justify that Quran teaches violence – Most Reverend Idowu-Fearon
(Danielle Ogbeche, Daily Post)
Bahrain officially bans mixing politics with religion
(Habib Toumi, Gulf News)
Pakistani clerics declare ‘honor killing’ against Islam
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
RSS trying to implement 'single religion' agenda, says CPM's Pinarayi Vijayan
(NDTV)
Wrong to mix religion, race with politics, says Rafidah Aziz
(Malaysiakini)
Muslims raise funds and help rebuild Christian church in Pakistan
(Oche Daniel, Signal)
King Hamad issues law to ban mixing religion with politics
(Obaid Al-Suhaymi, Asharq Alawsat)
Aid to dying: What Jainism – one of India’s oldest religions – teaches us
(Christopher Key Chapple, The Conversation)
Russian Church insists on rescheduling Pan-Orthodox Council
(Interfax-Religion)
Friday, 10 June 2016
Got news? Will anyone cover that historic, and now shaky, Orthodox council in Crete?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Pan-Orthodox Council's agenda does not meet people's concerns - Russian Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Georgian Church decides not to participate in Pan-Orthodox Council
(Interfax-Religion)
Church of Cyprus criticizes opponents of planned Pan-Orthodox Council
(Interfax-Religion)
Muslims raise funds and help rebuild Christian church in Pakistan
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pro-ISIS hackers urge lone wolf jihadis to murder nearly 8,000 Americans in new public kill list
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Israelis find rare moment of solidarity in aftermath of Tel Aviv shootings
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Bangladesh arrests 900 in crackdown on Islamist militants
(BBC News)
U.S, Iraqi officials can't confirm report Islamic State leader wounded
(Reuters)
Free speech in peril
(Isaac Chotiner, Slate)
Seven arrested over religious conversion accusations in Nepal
(UCA News)
Meet the nine Muslim women who have ruled nations
(Dalia G, Egyptian Streets)
Empowering Identities through interreligious dialogue
(Qureta)
Remarks at the 2016 Coptic Solidarity Conference
(Knox Thames, HumanRights.gov)
EVENT, 10 June 2016: Religion and Peacebuilding: Enhancing Mediation by Including Religious and Traditional Methods and Voices
(World Mediation Summit 2016, Faculty of Law / Faculty of Geography and History, Complutense University of Madrid)
Thursday, 9 June 2016
Free speech: Under attack. Curbs on free speech are growing tighter. It is time to speak out
(The Economist)
Grim keynotes corporate seminar on accommodating religious diversity
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
China: Buddhist monastery faces demolition
(Human Rights Watch)
1000 green schools plan by Church of South India
(Anglican Communion News Service)
ISIS destroys 2,500-y-o Iraqi temple, threatens to blow up Egypt's Giza Pyramids
(Kevin Porter, The Christian Post)
Fears grow over ISIL recruitment of Tunisia women
(Nazanine Moshiri, Al Jazeera)
Hindu extremists beat and torture nearly 30 Christians in India
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Mexico's ruling party suffers 'severe setback' in polls after president bared support for gay marriage
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
ISIS' relentless destruction of ancient heritage sites, and what it means for Iraq's religious communities
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Will Egypt's Copts get to build more churches?
(Rania Rabeaa Elabd, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
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