Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 March 2016
Nazra Quran to be made compulsory in schools: Sardar Yousaf
(Business Recorder)
Archbishop of Congo steps down
(Episcopal News Service)
Sunday, 13 March 2016
Pastor threatens El-Rufai: “Revoke your law or die”
(The News Nigeria)
Women protection law, religious scholars relent
(Pakfunn)
Saturday, 12 March 2016
In Indonesian village, interfaith relations are a neighborly affair
(Heny Rahayu, Benar News)
To maintain supply of sex slaves, ISIS pushes birth control
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
Friday, 11 March 2016
A squabble over religion between India and America
(Erasmus, The Economist)
African bishops to boycott meeting of Anglican council over Episcopal Church attendance
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Galileo’s legacy: Catholicism, Copernicanism, and conflict resolution
(Thomas Dixon, OUPblog Religion)
Coptic bishop seeks support from evangelicals
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Knights of Columbus report: ISIS committing Christian ‘genocide’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
How can we understand the origins of Islamic State?
(Reema Rattan, The Conversation)
Religious New Zealanders most tolerant of Muslims
(Victoria University of Wellington)
NSW Premier's Harmony Dinner: Jewish leader Jeremy Jones honoured for interfaith work
(Danuta Kozaki, ABC)
Clerics, priests to address climate change
(The Express Tribune)
How Commonwealth countries have forged a new way to appoint judges
(Hugh Corder, The Conversation)
New Catholic report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua
(Mark Bowling, The Catholic Leader)
EVENT, 9-11 March 2016: Law & Religion Moot Court Competition, 2016 Case
(Program of the Competition, Fondazione Marcianum, Venice, Italy)
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Egypt President condoning Christian persecution in Egypt, claims new report
(Lorraine Caballero, Assyrian International News Agency)
Canada declares war on Christian doctors and nurses
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
The church ghat Stalin couldn’t kill: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church thrives seventy years after forced reunification
(Nadia M. Diuk, Atlantic Council)
Turnbull Islamic council visit marks shift for Muslims under pressure
(Miki Perkins, The Age, Victoria)
Report insists ISIS is guilty of ‘genocide’ against Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
ISIS detainee's information led to 2 U.S. airstrikes, officials say
(Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Pakistan’s prime minister is defying the clerics — very carefully
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)
Threats as Bangladesh mulls scrapping Islam as state religion
(Agence France-Presse)
UN expert concerned over freedom of expression in Tajikistan
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
India festival at Yamuna to go ahead amid green concerns
(BBC News)
Pakistani police release Muslim man who killed 17-Y-O Christian boy, is threatening to rape young girls
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Threats as Bangladesh mulls scrapping Islam as state religion
(The Daily Mail)
Chinese government accused of burning crosses in Christian crackdown
(CBS News)
Greater number of Singaporeans not identifying with any religion
(Siau Ming En, Channel NewsAsia)
Nyepi observed in tolerance
(Ni Komang Erviani and Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, The Jakarta Post)
Chinese Christians persecuted by Communist regime forced to destroy church crosses or face punishment
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Nuns, Muslim women join to promote peace in Indonesia
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)
Vatican calls for religious freedom at UN Human Rights Council
(Vatican Radio)
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Egypt pens legislation to ban niqab in public places
(Mary Chastain, Breitbart)
On assisted dying, government should respect the beliefs of religious hospitals
(Barry W. Bussey, National Post)
UN says EU-Turkey refugee deal would violate law
(Al Jazeera)
The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides
(Richard Hall, Global Post)
Archbishop of Nigeria praises police after rescue of kidnapped church school girls
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)
Uruguay Jewish group calls man's death by knifing a hate crime
(Hugh Bronstein, Reuters)
Kazakhstan: Crossword books, but no religious literature in prison
(Forum 18 News Service)
Freedoms of religion and expression ‘twin rights’ in fighting intolerance – UN report
(UN News Centre)
Turkish police detain six suspects in Istanbul anti-terror operation
(Al Bawaba)
Parliament chair introduces new executive director
(Robert Sellers, Parliament of the World's Religions Blog)
Human Rights Council 31, Geneva: UK statement on freedom of religion or belief, 9 March 2016
(gov.uk)
Freedoms of religion and of expression: “Twin rights” in fighting incitement to hatred
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Women across faiths challenge patriarchy within religion
(The Hindu)
Pakistan: Interfaith League rallies
(The Nation)
Minister pledges commitment to end interfaith disputes, says doesn’t want Islam misused
(MalayMail Online)
Anti-atheist terrorism: A new threat
(Roy Speckhardt, HuffPost Religion)
India: Hindu radicals arrested for attack on Pentecostal church
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Analysis: Israel's religious-based tribalism could lead to its downfall
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Martin Luther King's legacy lives on - among Egypt's battered liberals
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Islam, women’s seating and discrimination
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australian court says sex-segregated seating at Muslim lecture violates anti-discrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 7-9 March 2016: Conference: "The Legitimate Scope of Religious Establishment"
(Program, Fondazione Marcianum)
Iran and Saudi Arabia: The religious roots of a political conflict
(Jaume Flaquer SJ, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Islam gave more respect, rights to women than any other religion: Shujat
(The Nation)
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization or a firewall against violent extremism?
(Marc Lynch, The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage)
In Israel, Jews are united by homeland but divided into very different groups
(Kelsey Jo Starr and David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
'Bold steps needed' to give hope to Iraq groups facing uncertain future, says UN expert
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egyptian parliament to draft law banning niqab in government institutions, public places
(Hend El-Behary, Egypt Independent)
US airstrike kills 150 Al-Shabaab militants 1 year after terror group slaughtered 150 Christian students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Husband of Muslim nanny who beheaded 4-Y-O girl arrested, suspected of radicalizing wife with Islamic law
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Coalition to finalise marriage equality plebiscite details next week as July election looms
(Lenore Taylor, The Guardian)
Congo-born priest resigns from German parish after racist threats
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Bavarian officials and residents are rallying in support of a Congolese-born priest
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Officials from China's Xinjiang region say extremism waning
(Gary Shih, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In China, the state decides who can come back from the dead
(Jonathan Kaiman, Los Angeles Times)
An Israeli leader wants to put Jerusalem’s Arabs on the other side of new walls
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
U.S. 'disappointed' by India's visa refusal for religious rights panel
(Reuters)
Bait and switch? Contradictory Iran election coverage still has an uncertain ending
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
India church attack spotlights concerns about religious intolerance
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)
Israel’s religiously divided society
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Women's day war-cry: 'Must reclaim right to religion'
(Ankita Sinha, NDTV)
7 key findings about religion and politics in Israel
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
How to address Indonesia's religious cults
(U.S. News)
Nigeria joining Islamic coalition against terror has nothing to do with religion, says minister
(Daniel, Information Nigeria)
Fighting trafficking through religion
(Syed Mohammed, The Times of India)
Israel fractures by faith on politics and society
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
China’s efforts to mold Christianity in its own image draw resistance
(Matt Moir, Religion News Service)
Comment: Caste and religion, once important in Indian matches, are becoming less relevant
(Catherine Scott, SBS News)
International Women's Day 2016
About International Women's Day (8 March)
International Women's Day 2016 (UN Women)
International Women’s Day:Today's top ten front pages
(Ann Marie Watson, Newseum:Today's Front Pages)
International Women's Day: What is it, how did it start and why is it still needed?
(Radhika Sanghani, The Telegraph)
International Women's Day 2016: What is it? Why was it set up?
(Jess Staufenberg, Independent)
International Women's Day 2016: How it'll be celebrated around the world
(Tufayel Ahmed, Newsweek)
Celebrating International Women’s Day around the world
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Women charting a new course on peace and security statistics: Global luminaries highlight the patterns
(Kathleen Kuehnast and Danielle Robertson, United States Institute of Peace: The Olive Branch)
UN official (Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka) explains why new global development agenda is good news for women
(UN News Centre)
New UN initiative aims to protect millions of girls from child marriage
(UN News Centre)
International Women's Day 2016 takes on gender parity
(Emily Crockett, Vox)
On International Women's Day, UN officials call to 'Step It Up' for gender equality
(UN News Centre)
International Women's Day: Putting an expiration date on gender inequality
(CNN)
On International Women’s Day, let’s not forget migrant women and girls
(William Lacy Swing, World Economic Forum)
Photo essay: A day in the life of women
(UN Women)
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