Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Plateau will enforce own religious preaching law – Governor Lalong
(Sylvester Ugwuanyi, Daily Post)
Does Islam have a problem with democracy? The case of the Maldives
(Azim Zahir, The Conversation)
Atheist group in Kenya tests boundaries of religious tolerance
(P. Pratap Kumar, The Conversation)
Argentinian Baptist pastor continues to face intimidation, threats
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 30 May 2016
Iran cancels Hajj due to Saudi 'obstacles'
(Press TV)
Iran says its pilgrims will not attend haj in Saudi Arabia
(Ali Abdelaty, Religion News Service)
The businessof religion
(Aakar Patel, Outlook India)
Anti-Islam protest descends into violence in Australia
(Al Jazeera)
Council of Islamic ideology Pakistan allowed men to beat women
(Shamim Masih, Pakistan Christian Post)
The bookseller saving Jerusalem's Palestinian identity
(Urvashi Sarkar, Al Jazeera)
The benefits of keeping politics and religion apart
(Martin Newland, The National)
ISIS news: Terrorist group now using social media to sell captured girls turned sex slaves
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Islamic Jihad takes drug enforcement into own hands in Gaza
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Is the Islamic State fueling Shiite infighting in Iraq?
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Outrage in multi-ethnic Malaysia as government backs Islamic law
(Praveen Menon, Religion News Service)
Pakistan poll: 70% say ‘It’s NEVER permissible for a man to beat his wife’
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
Baku court convicts man in case dealing with clashes between police, Muslim worshippers
(Interfax-Religion)
Italian bishop becomes new Vatican ambassador to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Astana to host intl. conference on ‘Religions against Terrorism’
(Mehr News Agency)
Friday, 27 May 2016
20 million out-of-school Arab kids easy targets for recruitment by ISIS, Christian TV station warns
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Egypt: President Sisi promises justice after 70-year-old Christian woman stripped and beaten
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Muslim mob in Egypt strips 70-year-old Christian woman
(The Guardian)
New lawmaker vows to end Jewish prayer ban on Temple Mount
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UN decries church worship limit in Cyprus' breakaway north
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Faced with strict laws, Brazilian women keep abortions secret
(Sophie Davies, Reuters)
U.S. increases antiterrorism exercises with African militaries
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)
Tunisia could be on verge of new revolution: separating religion and politics
(Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz)
They thought they were going to religion school. They ended up slaves
(May-Ying Lam, The Washington Post)
MEPs launch declaration on religious freedom in Pakistan
(Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine)
Khartoum re-arrests pastor, holds others 'pending serious charges'
(World Watch Monitor)
A famous rabbi on religion’s role: Why a rabbi’s call for old-fashioned altruism is a rare religious voice
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The world is getting more religious, because the poor go for God
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Religion in NZ gets some high-level backing
(NZ Catholic)
The 2016 International Religious Liberty Summit gives advocates a platform to address scarce media coverage of worldwide discrimination and persecution cases
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
How did public bathrooms get to be separated by sex in the first place?
(Terry S. Kogan, The Conversation)
Kenya’s threat to close Dadaab camp plays on international refugee fears
(Neil James Wilson, The Conversation)
Exclusive: Iran teams with Taliban to fight Islamic State in Afghanistan
(Yochi Dreazen, Foreign Policy)
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Christians arrested over allegations of 'forced conversions' in India
(Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, The Christian Times)
Lebanese citizenship law strips women of identity and property
(Ruth Pollard, Reuters)
Five dead as Christian villages in Turkey attacked by suicide bomber
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
300 Muslims attack and torch Christian homes in Egypt
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
ISIS' genocide against Christians escalates in Iraq and Syria as demands for UN action grows
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Pakistan: Christian woman refuses to leave home after blasphemy accusation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Protestors condemn caste prejudice within India's Catholic Church
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tight security as Jewish pilgrimage starts in Tunisia
(Agence France-Presse)
Turkey's Islamists, nationalists both silent on Israeli weapons flow to Azerbaijan
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Ultra-Orthodox slaughterhouse faces ax
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
For ISIS, a competing vision of Ramadan as a month of conquest and jihad
(Ayman S. Ibrahim, Religion News Service)
Uzbekistan: Fines, rape threat for religious literature
(Forum 18)
Primate of Uganda warns against syncretism
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)
Pope and imam dial back talks about Christian concerns, with assist from some journalists
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
Egypt affair rumours spark inter-religious violence
(BBC News)
Freedom of religion among Myanmar’s ‘biggest challenges’
(World Watch Monitor)
G7 Japan: World leaders visit Shinto religion's holiest shrine
(BBC News)
Holy Prophet’s Seerah provides foundation for securing interfaith harmony: Minister
(The Nation)
Pope Francis blesses Ukrainian military servicemen
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Diet passes Japan’s first law to curb hate speech
(Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)
How Tajikistan’s president extended his term—for life
(Reid Standish, Foreign Policy)
CONFERENCE CALL, 26 May 2016: How Women of Faith Deploy Religious Resources for Peacebuilding
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
After the uprisings Digital technology is keeping the spirit of the Arab Spring alive
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Buddhist heritage emerging as a major plank in Asian diplomacy
(P.K. Balachandran, The New Indian Express)
Christian woman refuses to leave home after blasphemy accusation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
MCA president insists both parents decide religion for children, not just one
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Nun dies after being shot in South Sudan
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Samoan church leader calls for ban on Muslims
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Sudanese pastor may face death penalty after five month illegal detention
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Sending weapons to 'Christian militias' in ISIS war in Iraq is 'bad idea,' Chaldean patriarch warns
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Iranian court sets high bail for 3 imprisoned Christians to 'cripple' church economically, says activist
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Linked to emperor, Ise Shrine is no ordinary shrine
(Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
WHS: Humanitarian summit has ‘set new course,’ says Ban, calling for action on commitments
(UN News Centre)
For Allah, China and Marx: theological mix for young imams
(AFP, The Express Tribune)
Israeli minister blocks burial of killed Palestinian attackers
(Agence France-Presse)
Top Shi'ite cleric urges restraint in assault on Iraq's Falluja
(Maher Chimaytelli, Reuters)
Taliban replaces leader killed in U.S. drone strike
(Antonio Olivo, The Washington Post)
Israeli Jews, Arabs have different perspectives on discrimination in their society
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Sudan: Massacre in Heiban as Nuba 'genocide' enters sixth year
(Elizabeth Kendal, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Bahrain: Senior Islamic scholars affirm independency of religious institutions
(AlWefaq National Islamic Society)
Lebanese leaders hope pope-imam meeting leads to new relationships
(Doreen Abi Raad, CatholicPhilly.com)
A response to Wendy Doniger’s “The Repression of Religious Studies”
(Arvind Sharma, Huffpost Religion)
Abe treads fine line in Ise Shrine tour as Shinto religion faces challenges
(Isabel Reynolds, The Japan Times)
Journalists: What do emotions have to do with spirituality? Dalai Lama says a great deal
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
We can help Kosovo become fertile ground for religious pluralism
(Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis and the risk of ‘interfaith correctness’ with Islam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
Ahead of PM Modi's visit, top US Senators voice concern over religious freedom in India
(Daily News and Analysis)
Obama: Vietnam making economic progress, still lagging on religious freedom
(Christian Examiner)
Venezuela – Tracking the disintegration of a socialist utopia
(Michael Peabody, ReligiousLiberty.tv)
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Residents critical of large-scale religious conversion in Meiktila
(Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times)
Pakistan court annuls Zia-era change to Christian divorce law
(The Hindu)
Hard-line cleric clinches Assembly of Experts leadership
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
The ‘us vs. them’ ideology of radical Salafis
(Laleh Bakhtiar, Religion News Service)
Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses face possible liquidation
(Forum 18 News Service)
Government to investigate use of British cluster bombs in Yemen
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
China sees sevenfold increase in persecution against Christians
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
ISIS suicide bombs kill 120; rescue workers step through 'puddles of blood' to save victims
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Japan's Shinto shrines in crisis despite Abe pushing religion
(Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg)
Tunisian Islamic party re-elects moderate leader
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Kazakhstan church raids a ‘backward step’
(World Watch Monitor)
Kazakhstan’s contribution to inter-religious and intercultural global dialogue
(Arystanbek Mukhamediuly, The Astana Times)
Khartoum releases Christian minister, holds another 'pending charges'
(World Watch Monitor)
Hindus, Muslims join hands to save Sankat Mochan
(Ishita Mishra, The Times of India)
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