Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Should doctors start prescribing religion for their patients? Harvard study shows beneficial effects for women of attending religious services
(Muris Houston, The Irish Times)
Russia stronger than West because it has more perfect weapon, prayer - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Lukashenko proposes arrangement of meeting between Pontiff and Patriarch of Moscow for sake of peace in Donbass (updated)
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar aims at eliminating Syria as a secular state, an expert believes
(Interfax-Religion)
EVENT, 22-24 May 2016: Fourth ACLARS Conference: "Religious Pluralism, Heritage, and Social Development in Africa"
(hosted by the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Monday, 23 May 2016
'Our meeting is the message': Pope Francis embraces senior imam
(Agence France-Press, The Guardian)
Pope meets Egypt's Grand Imam, sign of renewed interfaith relations
(Africa News)
China’s coming clampdown on religion
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Mpho Tutu forced to quit priesthood in South Africa over same-sex marriage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Rohingya refugee: We were hunted down by mob in Myanmar
(Al Jazeera)
Why Tunisia’s top Islamist party rebranded itself
(Sarah Souli, Al-Monitor)
Solidarity Sabbath Sermon
(Special Worship at Faith Baptist Chinese Church, Vancouver, Canada, Lantos Foundation on YouTube)
Turkey threatens to suspend agreements with EU
(Suzan Fraser and Geir Moulson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Interview: Europe became a part of the Islamic world long ago
(Evgeny Satanovsky interviewed by Yelena Verevkina, Interfax-Religion)
Tunisian Islamist party to separate religious, politics work
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Christian priest among 3 held for 'forcible' conversion of Hindu men
(The New Indian Express)
Pope Francis holds talks with Sunni Islam leader in breakthrough Vatican meeting
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
'No Muslims allowed': how nationalism is rising in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)
Joint Statement: Between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(The White House)
WHS: UN humanitarian summit to 'shape a different future,' Ban tells thousands at opening ceremony
(UN News Centre)
Opinion: UN Humanitarian Summit seeks a new agenda
(Bruce Aylward, Deutsche Welle)
The U.N.’s World Humanitarian Summit is a total mess
(John Norris, Foreign Policy)
Can heaven help the UN World Humanitarian Summit?
(Astrid Prange De Oliveira, Deutsche Welle)
Pope meets top Egyptian cleric, ending five-year freeze in relations
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)
Pope meets Cairo’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Top Muslim cleric and Pope embrace in historic Vatican meeting
(Middle East Eye)
Historic meeting between Pope Francis and Egyptian Grand Imam held today
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Tunisia's Ennahda holds congress on separation of religion and politics
(Middle East Eye)
Ghannouchi re-elected as leader of Tunisia's Ennahda party
(Middle East Eye)
Ennahda leader Ghannouchi: 'We are Muslim democrats, not Islamists'
(Middle East Eye)
Clerics barred from politics in Gulf state
(Michael Binyon, The Times)
Islamic State's lasting grip is a new hurdle for Europe, US
(Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Scores dead in IS attacks on Syrian government's coastal stronghold
(Middle East Eye)
African Methodists worry about the church that brought them Christianity
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Afghan Taliban meet on succession as Obama confirms leader's death
(James Mackenzie and Matt Spetalnick, Reuters)
‘Can Christians be butchers?’ Tanzania’s Islamist tensions continue
(World Watch Monitor)
5 facts about how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Samantha Smith and Carroll Doherty, Pew Research Center)
Decapitated churches in China's Christian heartland
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Tunisia’s Ghannouchi and separating religion from politics
(Al Arabiya)
Bahrain Shura Council bans mixing of religion with politics
(Gulf News)
Jamil Khir insists unilateral conversion constitutional
(Malay Mail Online)
Federal election 2016: Greens make religious liberty an issue
(The Australian)
Mansoor death deals blow to Afghan peace prospects: Experts
(Andalou Agency (English))
NATO: Mansoor led Taliban attacks, blocked peace talks
(Andalou Agency (English))
Indian state elections give Modi a boost – but the country is fracturing
(Anderson Jeremiah, The Conversation)
Rape, murder, forced marriage: what girls in conflict zones get instead of education
(Pauline Rose, The Conversation)
Hiking the ‘rat tracks,’ hunting for al-Shabab. Meet the khat-chewing, rifle-toting volunteer army that forms Kenya’s first line of defense against the Somali terrorist group
(Will Swanson and Ariel Zirulnick, Foreign Policy)
Tajikistan votes to allow president to rule indefinitely
(The Guardian)
Tajiks vote in referendum on banning religious parties
(BBC)
Tajikistan voters approve changes to extend president's rule, ban religious parties
(Deutsche Welle)
Tajikistan voters ban religious political parties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Why Nigeria was quick to trumpet the Chibok rescue
(Tomi Oladipo, BBC News)
Saturday, 21 May 2016
Philippine peace process may center on federalism plan
(Hader Glang, AA (English))
Rescued Nigerian schoolgirl not one of the Chibok missing, activist says
(Stephanie Busari, CNN)
“Exemptions” in discrimination laws applying to churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 20 May 2016
Islam and Christianity share 'idea of conquest', says Pope Francis
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Pope to meet Cairo’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
The first 50 lashes: a Saudi activist's wife endures her husband’s brutal sentence
(Ensaf Haidar, The Guardian)
Why a British priest shouldn’t explain what Jews think
(Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz [paywall])
Why saffron terror is not a myth
(Ashok Swain, Scroll.in)
The UN and gay rights: At the UN, new global fault-lines over moral matters are emerging
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
8 things you had no idea Muslims invented
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Priest seized by extremists in Yemen 'is safe' says Indian government
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tunisia's Ennahda distances itself from political Islam
(Al Jazeera)
'I hope there are still Samaritans in the future'
(Matthew Vickery, Al Jazeera)
Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church-building
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan police deny Christian-Muslim tension after blasphemy allegation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Second Chibok girl rescued, says Nigerian army
(World Watch Monitor)
Another Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram is found, Nigeria says
(Chris Stein and Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
Pope Francis rips ‘bloodsucking’ bosses and prosperity theology
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
UAE signs agreement to ensure equality for all religious groups
(Haneen Dajani, The National)
China's persecution of believers swells to 20,000 in 'barbaric' round ups, report finds
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Tanzania mosque attack kills three
(BBC News)
Israel’s defense minister abruptly resigns in slap at growing ‘extremism’
(William Booth, The Washington Post)
Female feticide (in India and America): The stories that The Atlantic didn't cover
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
Inside the colorful coming-of-age ceremony for young Buddhists: Boys between 7 and 14 wear lavish costumes for Poy Sang Long.
(The World Post)
Tunisia's Ennahda ‘to separate politics from religion’
(France 24)
Kenya Anglicans elect new archbishop
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
NLD considers religious harmony law
(Ei Ei Toe Lwin, Myanmar Times)
Kosovo as a guide for Muslim-Jewish collaboration
(Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Huffpost Religion)
The two-school solution
(Yardena Schwartz, Foreign Policy)
Law can enshrine a country’s history, but it is a citizen’s right to question it
(Eric Heinze, The Conversation)
EVENT, 20-22 May 2016: Solidarity Sabbath: Freedom of Religion, Conscience, and Belief - Spotlight on China
(The Lantos Foundation)
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Tajikistan: Imprisonments "designed to scare the population"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
India's dying mother
(Justin Rowlatt, BBC News)
Ukraine's Eurovision win highlights Russia's Tatar challenge
(Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)
Indian Muslims angry over Yoga Day 'Om' chant proposal
(AFP, Dawn.com)
Canadian Sikhs want Komagata chapter in school curriculum
(IANS, Business Standard)
Indira Gandhi wins leave to challenge children’s unilateral conversion
(Ida Lim, MalayMail Online)
The humanitarian system is not working – so how can we fix it?
(Chris Seiple, World Economic Forum)
Israeli Arabs challenge kosher meat law, claim religious coercion
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)
Second Chibok girl found as Nigeria's Buhari meets first rescued student
(Ola Awonyi and Bukar Hussain, Agence France-Presse)
Fresh hopes for Chibok girls as rescued student meets Buhari
(Ola Awoniyi with Bukar Hussain, Yahoo! News)
Chibok girls: Kidnapped schoolgirl found in Nigeria
(BBC News)
A week of terror attacks in Baghdad that killed hundreds
(Sarah Almukhtar, The New York Times)
Victims of Boko Haram and now shunned by their communities
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
An Ayatollah's daughter prompts a debate on religious persecution in Iran
(Thomas Erdbrink, The New York Times)
Colombians protest ban on prayer at official public activities
(Fox News Latino)
Colombia court ends municipal council invocations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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