Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents
(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, editing by Larry King, Reuters)
What different styles of head coverings say about Israeli Jewish men
(Michael Lipka and Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Ultra-Orthodox Jew convicted over Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbings
(Agence France-Presse)
Canadian Catholic group speaks out against proposed assisted suicide bill
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
The pope in Lesbos: What conservatives get wrong about the liberalism of Pope Francis
(J.H. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Turkey: Open border to displaced Syrians shelled by government
(Human Rights Watch)
Ex-Vatican PR consultant loves Trump even if Pope Francis doesn’t
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Opinion: Veiling women: Islamists' most powerful weapon
(Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute)
Behind the Syrian violence – the peaceful town of Al Qaryatayn
(Emma Loosley, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Meth case spotlights mounting monk crime
(Ben Sokhean and Alex Willemyns, The Cambodia Daily)
Pakistan court grants bail to chief suspect in oven killings of Christian couple
(World Watch Monitor)
Gaza's schoolyard exorcisms
(Mohammed Othman, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Islamic world accept Turkey’s leadership?
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Israel paramedics accused of medical violations
(Jonathan Cook, Al Jazeera)
Faith-based groups rush to help quake-stricken Ecuador
(Timothy C. Morgan, Religion News Service)
State Dept. again refuses to highlight Pakistan's religious freedom abuses despite USCIRF recommendation
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Politics Islami Oikya Jote faction welcomes Hasina's ‘firm stance’ on religion
(Bangladesh News 24 Hours)
Turkey invokes religion to restore influence
(W. Robert Pearson, Middle East Institute)
Anglican Consultative Council declines to go along with ‘consequences’
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)
Putin thanks Jewish organizations for contribution in Russia's domestic political stability
(Interfax-Religion)
Monday, 18 April 2016
Dozens of UOC priests are subjected to attacks - human rights advocate
(Interfax-Religion)
Saudi Arabia: A move to curb religious police abuses
(Human Rights Watch)
Syrian refugees sheltered by Pope Francis describe ‘miracle’ journey
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: Children's summer camp warning, fines, new Religion Law, "no religion" in army
(Forum 18 News Service)
Winners of World Interfaith Harmony Week award honoured
(The Jordan Times)
Russian poet sentenced for inciting hatred toward Jews
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
The impact of Christians leaving Middle East
(World Watch Monitor)
The Contradiction of Secular Liberalism
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Indian nationalism pluralistic, not domain of any religion: Tharoor
(Hindustan Times)
Ukraine is the territory that united Muslims and Christians
(Anna Voloshyna, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Politics of religion sadly triumphs over logic in Kollam temple fire aftermath
(Anand Kochukudy, Daily O)
The Supreme Court and religion in India: A blinkered perspective?
(RN Bhaskar, First Post India)
Patriarch's meeting with the pope helped save thousands of Syrians - Synod
(Interfax-Religion)
‘Blasphemy’ accusation after academic calls for separation of religion and politics
(National Secular Society)
'Peace has no religion': Muslim refugees find safe haven with Vatican
(Claudio Lavanga and Alex Johnson, NBC News)
Pope pats spiritual guru for ‘walk of hope’
(Ashraf Padana, Gulf Times)
Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu sign interfaith climate statement
(Megan Darby, Climate Home)
Burma: USCIRF urges government to end religious freedom abuses
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US: religious freedom blacklist submitted to Congress
(World Bulletin)
Ordinary Syrians are risking their lives to protect their cultural heritage
(Emma Cunliffe, The Conversation)
Where have 4.8 million Syrian refugees gone?
(Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Conversation)
Hundreds detained during caste violence in India
(Deutsche Welle)
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster conducts legal wedding in New Zealand
(Deutsche Welle)
Intolerance in Indonesia extends to religious minorities; Lutheran church in Norway OK's same-sex marriage, but not in Finland; Catholic church warns Australian CEOs to back off marriage equality support; Global LGBT Recap
(Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches)
Saturday, 16 April 2016
Church leader's wife buried alive by Chinese authorities for protesting church demolition
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
Courting God: The Supreme Court attempts to rescue India's temples
(RN Bhaskar, First Post India)
First Links — 4.15.16
(The Editors, First Things)
Israeli military struggles with rising influence of Religious-Zionists
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Religion, rights and politics clash over Sierra Leone abortion bill
(Umaru Fofana, Reuters)
The Defense of Catholic Marriage
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Opinion)
Friday, 15 April 2016
How trust in interfaith relations avoided riots after the Akshardham terror attack in 2002
(Sadhu Brahmaviharidas, Scroll.in)
India: Bill against excommunication a welcome move
(Susan Abraham, The Hindu)
From Sri Sri to Baba Ramdev: Does Hinduism 'produce' more godmen than other faiths?
(RN Bhaskar, First Post India)
Canada draft law to allow assisted suicide, exclude tourists
(Leah Schnurr, Reuters)
When anti-discrimination becomes discriminatory
(Fr. John Flynn, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Terror is not debatable
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Blog: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Turkey: Open borders to Syrians fleeing ISIS
(Human Rights Watch)
'Imamization' raising eyebrows in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Does the Muslim world have the leaders it needs?
(Al Jazeera)
Islamic leaders pledge to combat sectarianism
(Al Jazeera)
Bernie Sanders: No photo with Pope Francis, but more than a souvenir
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Religion and politics clash over Sierra Leone abortion bill
(Religion News Service)
Kenyan priest denounces killing of two legendary lions
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: More than half Ashgabad's mosques now destroyed
(Forum 18)
Where can you choose to end your life?
(Alison Britton, The Conversation)
What’s behind children being cast as witches in Nigeria?
(Utibe Effiong, The Conversation)
From the darkness into the light: the hope for justice in North Korea
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Controversial speakers like Zakir Naik will worsen racial harmony
(Free Malaysia Today)
Arab youth reject 'Islamic State' but key misgivings remain
(Lewis Sanders IV, Deutsche Welle)
ISIS and the far-right have the same enemies' list
(Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast)
Two years after the Nigerian girls were taken
(Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker)
2 years after Boko Haram kidnapping, the search goes on for Nigerian girls
(Chris Stein and Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
Some Chibok girls alive, but families’ agony goes on
(World Watch Monitor)
Call to investigate Nigerian military killings of Shiites
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Strict Indonesian province canes non-Muslim for selling booze
(Agence France-Presse)
Saudi Arabia's religious police ordered to be 'gentle'
(BBC News)
Jordanian police shut Muslim Brotherhood headquarters: senior Brotherhood figure
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Powers of Saudi religious police are curbed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge in China rules gay couple cannot marry
(Edward Wong and Vanessa Piao, The New York Times)
Chinese court in first ruling of its kind rejects same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India Supreme Court: Hindu temple ban on some women is unacceptable
(Suchitra Mohanty, Reuters)
A 60-year-old Christian woman was caned in Indonesia for breaking sharia law
(Steve Mollman, Quartz)
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are falling into slavery and exploitation
(Katharine Jones, The Conversation)
Bhutan – a ‘happy’ place, but not for all
(World Watch Monitor)
Nations in Transit 2016 43
(Freedom House)
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Fiddling while Rome burns (calling upon peace-loving Muslims)
(Carmel Vassallo, Malta Today)
New poll finds young Arabs are less swayed by the Islamic State
(Joby Warrick, The Washington Post)
Strict Aceh province canes non-Muslim for selling alcohol
(MalayMail Online)
Islamists close Indonesian church weeks after it opened
(World Watch Monitor)
Eritrean church leaders still in jail 12 years later
(World Watch Monitor)
Jordan closes Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Amman
(Al Jazeera)
Saudi Arabia strips religious police of arresting power
(Al Jazeera)
Uzbekistan: Poor jail conditions, torture and large fines for Protestants
(Forum 18)
An evangelical’s guide to ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ Pope Francis’s letter on the family
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
The Pew Israel survey: A view from the margins
(David N. Myers, Jewish Journal)
Religious relationships in South Asia: A bird's-eye view
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religions for Peace advances reconciliation and peacebuilding in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Chinese offer reward for information on terrorism, religion in Xinjiang
(Radio Free Asia)
Triple talaq: India's Muslim women fight against instant divorce
(BBC News)
Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers
(BBC News)
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