Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 May 2016
Yazidis leave Europe and return to warring Iraq
(Jonathan Brown, Al Jazeera)
Hillary Clinton: ‘We need to make countering BDS a priority’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Dalits are rushing to embrace Buddhism
(Zeeshan Shaikh, The Indian Express)
The OIC attends the UNGA high-level meeting on Religions for Peace
(Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC))
Don’t arm youths in the name of religion – Bello warns volunteer groups
(Wale Odunsi, Daily Post)
Statement on events at Ben Gurion International Airport, 29 April-2 May 2016
(Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches)
Inter-religious harmony for national development
(Nnenna Ibeh, NAIJ.com)
Christian and Muslim leaders meet in Rome and pledge 'solidarity' with the poor and needy
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pakistani priest strives for peace after Easter massacre
(Father James Channan, Crux)
Pakistan Christians protest Church demolitions by authorities for new train line
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
Tajikistan: Continued state "total control" of Islam
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
US reportedly will approve harsher language against Israel in settlements report
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Persecuted Christians in North Africa receive smuggled Bibles
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Sufi spiritual leader hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Farid Ahmed and Ravi Agrawal, CNN)
Pakistan criticised for censoring article about Muslim women and sex
(Agence France-Presse)
Israeli Islamic cleric starts nine-month prison term
(Agence France-Presse)
Bangladesh top court upholds Nizami death sentence for 1971 war crimes
(Deutsche Welle)
Sunday, 8 May 2016
Pakistani activist who condemned religious extremism gunned down
(Holly Yan and Sophia Saifi, CNN)
Petition with over 400,000 signatures urges U.N. Security Council to declare Christian genocide in Iraq, Syria
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Turkey against hits at EU over anti-terror law request
(Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Report: Turkey attacks IS in Syria; 55 militants killed
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Militants kill 8 Egyptian police in Cairo suburb
(Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Multiple attacks in, around Baghdad kill at least 12 people
(Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Indonesia’s Muslim cyber warrior group takes on Islamic State
(Hindustan Times)
Indonesian summit to promote 'renovated' Islam in challenge to global jihadism
(Jewel Topsfield, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Christians being pushed out of their own church by Buddhist monks in Myanmar
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Q: What country hosts one of the world's fastest growing Christian communities? Clue: Mount Everest
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Saturday, 7 May 2016
500 Hindu radicals attack Christians with stones in church raid
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
North Korea denies charges of killing pastor who assisted defectors in China
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Syrian war 'worse now than ever before,' Aleppo priest cries out in midst of suffering
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The Arabs' real grievance against the Jews
(Fred Maroun, Gatestone Institute)
Writing on the “graffiti wall of death” – the role of an academic blog
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 6 May 2016
Inner peace? The Dalai Lama made a website for that
(Kevin Randall, The New York Times)
Algeria church ordered to stop worship
(Barnabas Fund)
Upon receiving Charlemagne Prize, Pontiff speaks of his dream for Europe
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Azerbaijan authorities completely destroyed Shiite Seminary of Imam Zaman in Nardaran
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pakistan's tribal councils in spotlight after brutal 'honor killing'
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)
In India, religion meets feminism
(Eloise Stark, The Diplomat)
Cardinal Parolin speaks at conference on religious freedom
(Vatican Radio)
Future story watch: Should a Muslim state gain a permanent UN Security Council seat?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
Jordan’s Prince El Hassan bin Talal on Vatican visit
(Vatican Radio)
How social media is changing the church
(Bex Lewis, The Conversation)
Hamas says does not want war but will not allow Israeli incursions
((Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; editing by Ari Rabinovitch and Andrew Roche, Reuters)
Bangladesh professor under 24-hour armed guard after threats
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Chinese province orders religion out of school
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
African religious leaders work on preventing incitement to violence
(World Council of Churches)
WCC statement expresses shock at latest violence in Syria
(World Council of Churches)
Senior Chinese religious advisor calls for promotion of Atheism in society
(Duncan Hewitt, International Business Times)
A test case for Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, a chance to do right
(Maria Kari, The Express Tribune)
Beyond blasphemy: Untouchability is what Pakistan should really be talking about
(Haroon Khalid, Scroll.in)
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Honor the Holocaust’s dead by caring for its remaining survivors
(Yechiel Eckstein, Miami Herald)
Yom Hashoah marked by Obama, Canadian Prime Minister
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah
(Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau)
WCC general secretary: “Is religion able to bring hope to people of today?”
(World Council of Churches)
Sudan under review for religious freedom violations at the U.N. today
(Olivia Summers, American Center for Law and Justice)
Pakistan: Christians protest plan to demolish four churches
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Iran religious persecution increasing despite nuclear deal, USCIRF reports
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
US ally Turkey has 'aided and embedded' ISIS, terror groups that kill Christians, activist says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Facing an ugly truth about anti-Christian persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bangladesh Islamist leader set to hang for war crimes
(Agence France-Presse)
French envoys bear surprising message from Mideast Christians
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Arrests made in Pakistan 'honour killing' for elopement
(Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera)
China protests at US accusations of abuse of religious groups
(Ben Blanchard, Religion News Service)
India rejects US religious freedom report
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)
Russia: Jehovah's Witness Bible to be "extremist"?
(Forum 18 News Service)
The Bathurst Diocese decision and legal personality of churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Chinese special task force rules in favor of Henan church over disputed land
(The Christian Times)
China: Christian pastor and family, who defended churches against demolition, detained
(Christian Daily)
New Zealand debates ‘way forward’ on same-sex relationships
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)
Bangladesh: Cases filed over brutal murder of Hindu tailor
(BBC News)
China protests at US accusations of abuse of religious groups
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Pakistan honours Christian politician in new postage stamp
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
CFM stands with Rooney’s constitutional right to freedom of religion
(Rev Dr. Eu Hong Seng, Malaysiakini)
Foiled Kenya anthrax plot hints at Islamic State’s scramble for Africa
(Ty McCormick, Foreign Policy)
After weeks of bloodletting, U.S. reaches deal on ceasefire in Aleppo
(John Hudson, Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy)
Bishop laments murder of minister for religious minorities
(Episcopal News Service)
Art is a window to the Arab world’s soul
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Unidentified criminal threw three grenades to a church in Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Paschal: An ancient Orthodox Easter rite engenders new and old passions
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
India rebuts US charges of deteriorating religious freedom
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)
The UN is about to take a very close look at Sudan's treatment of Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Israel's Arab Jews officially recognized as victims of Holocaust
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
How Nubian women are challenging marital traditions in Egypt
(Reham Mokbel, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Israeli who burned Palestinian teen alive sentenced to life in prison
(William Booth, The Washington Post)
Bishop laments murder of minister for religious minorities
(Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service)
Commentary: The ‘bad boy’ cleric poised to be Iraq’s next kingmaker
(Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters)
Catholic priest abducted in Yemen reportedly alive, could be released
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
India rejects US report on religious freedom
(The Statesman)
Madras HC says religious bodies must comply fully with law on use of cone-type speakers
(The News Minute)
'Don't use religion to curb media freedom'
(Amar Shah Mohsen, The Sun Daily)
Ghana: Bawumia’s comment not offensive – Religion lecturer
(Ghana Web)
Nigerian cardinal escapes injury as attacks on clergy mount
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Forum in Addis Ababa to discuss religious actors’ contribution to preventing incitement to violence
(Religion News Service)
Kula: Rooney’s not only case that needs resolution (interfaith child custody)
(Free Malaysia Today)
Pope greets participants in interfaith meeting
(Vatican Radio)
Bangladesh’s slow capitulation to Islamism
(Ikhtisad Ahmed, Scroll.in)
Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni politics in shambles
(Andreas Gorzewski, Deutsche Welle)
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Independent conversion courts see an influx of eager applicants
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
About 4 million people prayed at night services in Russia - the Ministry of Internal Affairs
(Interfax-Religion)
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