Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 4 April 2016

Deported refugees arrive in Turkey as part of EU deal
(Al Jazeera)

Women activists blocked from entering temple in India
(Al Jazeera)

El-Rufai’s religious bill an attempt to clip the mouth of religious leaders against people in power – Sani
(Information Nigeria)

Terrorists follow no religion: Kaaba Imam
(Sheezan Nezami, The Times of India)

Bharat Mata Ki Jai has nothing to do with religion, Fadnavis
(Deccan Chronicle)

Terror has no religion: Farooq
(Outlook India)

Shani Shingnapur row: Let society peers and religious seers decide matters of religion, says Shiv Sena
(Firstpost)

Saudi Arabia visit: Need to delink religion from terrorism, says PM Narendra Modi
(The Economic Times)

Atheists deserve a place in interfaith dialogue
(Chang-Yau Hoon, The Straits Times)

Church leaders call for army crackdown on Pakistan militants
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)

In Ivory Coast, Adventists host peace conference after terrorist attack
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)

How long can distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism survive?
(Jane Eisner, Forward)

USCIRF welcomes genocide determination; urges focus as well on al-Assad regime
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Crimea: Religious freedom abuses must stop
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Islamic State branches in Southeast Asia
(Rohan Gunaratna, Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Karnataka says it erred by printing Muslim bureaucrat’s name on invites for temple festival
(Imran Qureshi, Scroll.in)

Religious ethos and open membership at Sydney University
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Rohingya left behind in Myanmar's power transition
(Deutsche Welle)

Somalia's Sufi revival
(Hamza Mohamed, Al Jazeera)

Theology in foreign policy ISIS in context
(Jacob Olidort, Foreign Affairs)

Why some Jews have said Yemeni Jews aren't welcome in Israel
(Mordechai Goldman, trans. Aviva Arad, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Turkey official denies Syrian refugee expulsions
(Umut Uras, Al Jazeera)

High Court strikes another blow against chief rabbinate monopoly on religious life
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Israel's high court recognizes conversions performed outside of the Chief Rabbinate's jurisdiction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why Turkey's high unemployment rate may mean more terror attacks
(Zülfikar Doğan, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Thursday, 31 March 2016

Should we 3D print a new Palmyra?
(Emma Cunliffe, The Conversation)

Suicide bombing in Lahore park is the latest attempt to shut public spaces and silence minority voices
(Rosita Armytage, The Conversation)

Hundreds of police in China demolish church crosses, leave Christian protesters beaten and bloodied
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

ISIS holds last remaining Christian families under house arrest so they can't escape Raqqa
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Iranian group gets help from Islam to save juveniles from execution
(Denise Hassanzade Ajiri, The Guardian)

Anti-Muslim searches spike again after Brussels attacks
(Kuang Keng Kuek Ser, Pri's the World)

Israel polarized over soldier who killed kounded Palestinian
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)

Pakistan Islamist protesters end four-day blasphemy protest
(BBC News)

Prior to Lahore bombing, Pakistanis were critical of Taliban and other extremist groups
(Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Faith-based persecution on the rise in Asia-Pacific
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Nigeria: A year on, no word on 300 abducted children
(Human Rights Watch)

Why Canada should keep its religious freedom office
(Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, The Globe and Mail)

Violence against women and girls, role of religion considered at UN session
(World Council of Churches)

Lahore bombing shows vulnerability of Pakistanis
(World Council of Churches)

WCC-UNICEF partnership shares two child-friendly versions of the Draft ”Principles for Child-Friendly Churches”
(World Council of Churches)

International affairs facilitator reflects on pilgrimage
(World Council of Churches)

Alexandria court bans demolition of churches in Egypt
(Al Bawaba)

CCCC Granted Intervener Status at the BC Court of Appeal on TWU Case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Pakistan rally ends after assurance over blasphemy law
(Al Jazeera)

Kazakhstan: Good Friday in Almaty
(Forum 18 News Service)

Pakistan arrests 216 suspects in crackdown on terrorists amid Easter bombing attack
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Islamists end 4-day rally outside Pakistani parliament
(Asif Shahzad, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israeli Jews from the former Soviet Union are more secular, less religiously observant
(Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center)

Iranian Christian converts' right to seek asylum can't be denied, EU Human Rights Court rules
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Another loaded question in the news: What does Islam teach about violence?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion (blog))

European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of Christian convert from Iran
(Palmer Williams, ACLJ)

Bishops ask government to reconsider closing religious freedom office
(Deborah Gyapong, The Catholic Register)

Syria war: UN urges leaders to accept more refugees
(Al Jazeera)

Hate-speech law 'threatens learning' – and commerce
(Slok Gyawali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

U.N. groups finding environmental success when partnering with local religious leaders
(Allison Pond, Deseret News National Edition: Causes)

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Growing intolerance threatens rights of conscience of health care workers
(Lynn Wardle, CNS News)

In two days, we had 5 terrorism scares across the world
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Indonesia: Persecution of Gafatar religious group
(Human Rights Watch)

Liberals to close Office of Religious Freedom, Dion says
(Michelle Zilio, The Globe and Mail)

Mr. Trudeau, prove us wrong
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Israel backs down in Brazil diplomat stand-off
(BBC News)

Myanmar lifts curfew in Rohingya Muslim area
(Al Jazeera)

Dominicans see LGBT rights advancing with gay US diplomat
(Ezequiel Abiu Lopez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

In Pakistan, Taliban's Easter bombing targets, kills scores of Christians
(Sophia Saifi, CNN)

Pakistan bombing: what is Jamaat ul-Ahrar?
(Talat Farooq, The Conversation)

As Pakistan mourns, prime minister vows to defeat militants
(Kathy Gannon and Zarar Khan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Pakistan Govt asked to ensure minorities’ security
(Daily Times)

Analysis: The battle for Pakistan
(Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Yes, an Easter terror attack is symbolic: Some reports danced around facts on the ground
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Pope decries vile bombing in Pakistani park on Easter
(Frances D'Emilio, Bismarck Tribune)

Indian priest's church disturbed by rumours of his 'crucifixion'
(World Watch Monitor)

Bangladesh court throws out petition seeking to end Islam as State religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bangladesh court rejects challenge to Islam as state religion
(Syed Zain Al-Mahmood, The Wall Street Journal)

Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
(Sam Jahan, Agence France-Presse)

In 2 minutes, Bangladesh rejects 28-year-old challenge to Islam's role
(Maher Sattar and Ellen Barry, The New York Times)

Keeping Islam as State religion in Bangladesh triggers mixed reactions
(Maaz Hussain, Voice of America)

Iraqi Christians fear extinction, see no relief from Islamic State
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

In most faiths, especially Christianity, women are more faithful than men
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Islamic State dealt hefty body blow with death of top aide: officials
(Maher Chmaytelli, Isabel Coles, and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Monday, 28 March 2016

Why caste is as important to Tamil Nadu politics as Amma vs Karunanidhi
(Sandhya Ravishankar, Scroll.in)

Islamic State under pressure: Palmyra falls as the caliphate is pushed back in Iraq and Syria
(The Economist)

Parliament statement on Easter Sunday terrorism and recent rise in extremist violence
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

3,400 killed in extremist violence in Feb. alone
(Brian J. Grim, The Weekly Number)

Pope and world churches head appeal to Pakistan to ensure safety from fanatics
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Gaza's Christians celebrate Easter in Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Blasphemy prosecutions in Egypt on the rise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mosul's Christians fleeing ISIL seek refuge in Basra
(Salam Khoder, Al Jazeera)

Kazakhstan: Three new prison terms, legal advisor next?
(Forum 18 News Service)

WPA position statement on gender identity and same-sex orientation, attraction, and behaviours
(World Psychiatric Associations)

'I did not check their religion': Priest earns praise, threats for saving thousands from violence in Africa
(Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News)

Budget for religious services and yeshivas doubled by current government in 2015
(The Jerusalem Post)

Official Vatican text of pope's Easter Urbi et Orbi message
(Pope Francis, The Sentinel)

Three Kazakh nationals sentenced for recruiting to Islamist organization
(Interfax-Religion)

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