Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 28 March 2016

The Saudi connection in the Belgium attacks
(Lincoln Clapper, Geopolitical Monitor)

Pakistan: Suicide bomber targets Christians in deadly Easter Day attack
(Aftab Alexander Mughal, Episcopal News Service)

Friday, 25 March 2016

Can terror-stricken Turkey be the EU's security bulwark?
(Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu, Turkish Policy Quarterly)

Too many churches in Ghana?
(Deutsche Welle)

Western pastiche of Hindu colour festival ignores politics of pigment in India
(Cleo Roberts, The Conversation)

In Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is in retreat on multiple fronts
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)

Blasphemy cases rise in Egypt and Christians bear the brunt
(Maggie Michael, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Malaysia High Court allows convert to renounce Islam
(Anasathia Jenis, Borneo Post)

Malaysian civil court orders recognition of conversion back to Christianity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.N. tribunal convicts former Serb leader of genocide
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

De Roover, “Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism”
(Christina Vlahos, Center for Law and Religion Forum)

Tackling terrorism requires less fixation with religion and more action
(Khwaja Khusro Tariq, HuffPost Religion)

‘Don’t pray for Brussels,’ says attorney who champions freedom from religion
(Ismat Sarah Mangla, International Business Times)

An interfaith prayer for the victims in Brussels
(Rod Anderson, Christian Post)

Turnbull government could save $350m by scrapping taxpayer support for religion
(Adam Gartrell, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Bangladeshis protest against ending Islam as state religion
(Associated Press)

Russia vs. Scientology: Kremlin cracks down on controversial church
(Eva Hartog, The Moscow Times)

Mosaic restoration depicting Jesus at Calvary an interfaith effort
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Thursday, 24 March 2016

South Sudan’s church leaders call for hope at Easter
(World Council of Churches)

UN expert denounces scores of attacks on people with albinism
(Sebastien Malo, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

In Mughal India, Holi was celebrated with the same exuberance as Eid
(Rana Safvi, Scroll.in)

Pani Purim: Celebrating the holiday with the Jewish community of Mumbai
(Danna Harman, Haaretz [paywall])

How defiant churches are challenging Australia's strict asylum policy
(John Power, The Christian Science Monitor)

Chinese lawyer who was detained while defending churches is released
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)

Israeli woman describes journey from criticizing settlers to becoming one
(Emily Harris, NPR)

IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed
(Lori Hinnant and Paisley Dodds, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Human rights in Iran are still atrocious
(The Economist)

Pope Francis denounces modern-day ‘Judases’ behind terror attacks
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Interfaith group honoured by Jordan’s king
(The Chronicle Herald)

The gender gap in religion around the world: Women are generally more religious than men, particularly among Christians
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Women more religiously devout than men, new study finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Pew Research survey on global religious gender gap deserves far more coverage
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Israelis return to DIY Purim costumes
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Christian women face double vulnerability due to gender and religion
(Julia Bicknell, World Watch Monitor)

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Priest’s murder in Congo shows the need for a new concept of martyrdom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Sleepy Hollow's apocalypse
(Steve Wiggins, OUPblog Religion)

Religious Freedom Is Good For Business, Part 1, China & India
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Church of Pakistan hosts Muslims, Christians
(World Council of Churches)

Bangladeshi Islamists threaten violence if Supreme Court drops Islam as state religion
(AsiaNews.it)

Religion journalists: Why are the UN's ten 'happiest' nations all secular-oriented?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

A religion which worships an animated super mouse is Kerala’s new favourite religion. They even want minority status
(Bobins Abraham, India Times)

The G-word paradox: Why calling an atrocity a "genocide" is rarely a game-changer
(Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Policy)

The path to lasting peace in Colombia lies in learning the lessons of the past
(Anna-Lee Stangl, ForB in Full)

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

5 facts about Israeli Druze, a unique religious and ethnic group
(Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Happy Holi! The Hindu festival of colors
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, starting Holy Week
(ABC News)

The final Sunday of Lent: Palm Sunday
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Youth in Singapore shunning religion
(Melody Zaccheus, Pang Xue Qiang, and Ng Keng Gene, Straits Times)

Conservative motion to save religious freedoms office fails to pass Commons
(Stephanie Levitz, Global News)

Brussels attack: Grand Mufti of Egypt condemns 'plague' of terrorism
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)

Three Mormon nissionaries injured in Belgium explosion
(Mormon Newsroom)

A view of ISIS's evolution in new details of Paris attacks
(Rukmini Callimachi, Alissa J. Rubin, and Laure Fourquet, The New York Times)

Just 50 Jews left in Yemen after covert airlift operation
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)

Surviving nun gives eyewitness account of ISIS' brutal massacre of missionaries in Yemen
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

18,000 people 'living in hell' and squalor, chained up in Indonesian 'healing' institutions
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Israel airlifts 19 of last remaining Yemeni Jews
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

'How I almost became a Boko Haram suicide bomber'
(Anne Soy, BBC News)

Christian convert hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Agence France-Presse)

Pakistan illegal alcohol leaves 24 dead from poisoning
(BBC News)

Virulent anti-gay remarks test Indonesia's moderate image
(Stephen Wright, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

A desperate call for help for Iraq’s Yazidis and other religious minorites
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Conservative Muslim lawyers’ group behind spike in Pakistani blasphemy cases
(Reuters)

Five held after two Muslim cowherds hanged to death in India
(Reuters)

Turkey alleges Istanbul bomber was a member of the Islamic State
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)

Men and women divide on religion
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Russia: Enforced liquidation of communities accelerates
(Forum 18)

Côte d'Ivoire attack: why terrorists are targeting Francophone Africa
(Berny Sèbe, The Conversation)

Fear and loathing reigns in Safe Schools and same-sex marriage debates
(Dennis Altman, The Conversation)

Protecting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities: addressing contemporary global challenges
(Wilton Park Report (WP 1442))

Monday, 21 March 2016

Religion, ethics and the workplace: Cross the boss
(The Economist)

On religious freedom in the "European" Ukraine
(Max Linnik's Blog, Pray for Ukraine)

Persecution of religious minorities by Hindus climbing in India, say monitoring groups
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Ultra-Orthodox turn to 'kosher' Internet
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

New campaign against face veil sparks controversy in Egypt
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Hindu vigilantes reportedly hang Muslim cowherds
(Religion News Service)

Pope says don’t turn backs on refugees
(Religion News Service)

Uzbekistan: "Aren't you exaggerating by saying he was detained?"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Morocco’s program for securing religious toleration: A model for the region?
(Aomar Boum, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region
(Travers McLeod, The Conversation)

Looking beyond ‘the refugee crisis’, can migrants be the new agents of democracy?
(Stefan Rother, The Conversation)

Bill barring non-orthodox from ritual baths is unconstitutional, Israel's attorney general says
(Sharon Pulwer, Haaretz)

Israel's attorney general says bill restoring orthodox control of mikvehs is invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 18 March 2016: Women's Rights in Post-Conflict
(Palais des Nations, Room XXI, Geneva, Organized by Association Miriasme® Intenational)

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Gender equality bills in Pakistan and Nigeria face religious backlash
(National Secular Society)

Say no to a bad deal with Turkey
(Kenneth Roth, Salil Shetty, and Catherine Woollard, Human Rights Watch)

Even after escaping Isis, the suffering of the Yazidis persists
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Why record numbers of Ukrainian Jews are fleeing to Israel
(Katie Engelhart, VICE)

How Syria’s uprising spawned a jihad
(Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic)

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