Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 3 March 2016
'Discrimination is wrong,' says Trinity Western grad denied job because of religion
(The Vancouver Sun)
Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate
(Julain Hargreaves, The Conversation)
India has never had a single dominant nationalism – and it won’t any time soon
(Amalendu Misra, The Conversation)
Hezbollah’s Death Valley
(Nour Samaha, Foreign Policy)
Malawi: Discovery of head of boy with albinism exposes protection failures
(Amnesty International)
China tightens grip on Christianity, says gov't will ordain priests, not the church
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Christian groups unite to defend against Boko Haram attacks after terror group kills over 4,000 in Nigeria
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Why did Pakistan keep hard-line mourners off air?
(M Ilyas Khan, BBC News)
Oscar win shines light on Pakistan efforts to stop ‘honor killings’
(Saba Imtiaz, The New York Times)
Russian atheist faces year in jail for denying existence of God during webchat
(Agence France-Presse)
Blacklisted in Iran, gay poet seeks asylum in Israel
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Myanmar's Rohingya left behind by election gains
(Agence France-Presse)
US priest gets 17 years for molesting Honduran children
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australian abuse victims request sit-down with Pope Francis
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Hundreds killed in Nigeria attacks
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Japan’s Anglicans call for end to nuclear power: “Fukushima was warning from God”
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Blasphemy trials on the rise in Egypt
(Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Religious leaders slam women protection act in Pakistan
(Al Jazeera)
Kyrgyzstan: Impunity for officials, mob and torturers ignoring law
(Forum 18 News Service)
A plebiscite on same-sex marriage would be a failure of parliament’s responsibility
(Matt Collins, The Conversation)
Religion shouldn't outweigh law, assisted death advocates say
(Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun)
Myanmar: Muslim activists’ trial postponed for new charges
(David Fisher, Newsfultoncounty.com)
Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu member of US Congress talks about religion and experiences
(Newsgram)
Instruction confused with education with religion in Qld state schools
(Amy Remeikis, Brisbane Times)
Exploring the right context for authentic and progressive dialogue
(M. Kula Segaran, MalayMail Online)
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Explainer: what are the origins of today’s Hindu nationalism?
(Ketan Alder, The Conversation)
Vatican newspaper essays say women should preach at Mass
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis changes remarriage rules! (for heads of state)
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Don’t see caste or religion, all cases equal: new top cop
(Shiv Sunny, The Hindu)
Interfaith group tells churches to protect women's rights
(Mark Saludes, UCA News)
Prosecutors lay out case against suspect in destruction of Mali shrines
(Marlise Simons, The New York Times)
Jewish hardliner returns to Jerusalem holy site after ban
(Agence France-Presse)
Australia should separate religious and civil weddings, report finds
(Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian)
Women relatively rare in top positions of religious leadership
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center)
Coptic headmistress denied promotion ‘for being Christian’
(World Watch Monitor)
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief "extremist" text prosecutions increase
(Forum 18 News Service)
Update on status of Samuel P. Huntington's predicted 'Clash of Civilizations'
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
Out of the ashes of Afghanistan and Iraq: the rise and rise of Islamic State
(Greg Barton, The Conversation)
State deal over Cyprus Church salaries
(In-Cyprus)
Church of Cyprus and government reach salary subsidy- land swap deal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christians assisting migrants should love them "without hidden intentions" and not try to convert them, says a leading cardinal at the Vatican
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Religious leaders condemn Pakistan law protecting women
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
To believe or not to believe: child witnesses and the sex abuse royal commission
(Robyn Blewer, The Conversation)
How the political crises of the modern Muslim world created the climate for Islamic State
(Harith Bin Ramli, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
In Pakistan, religious right criticizes women’s protection law
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Iran’s cynical pandering to its ethnic minorities will do it no good
(Alam Saleh, The Conversation)
How Macedonia found itself at the centre of Europe’s refugee crisis
(Ljubica Spaskovska, The Conversation)
China’s coming ideological wars
(Taisu Zhang, Foreign Policy)
Canada: Same-sex marriage motion ‘not likely’ to pass in Order of Bishops
(Tali Folkins, Episcopal News Service)
Chinese pastor fired from provincial office over court case
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israeli military braces for battle over beards
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
Muslim enclave forged in apartheid now faces gentrification
(Norimitsu Onishi, The New York Times)
Iranian clerics tasked with picking top leader
(Ali Akbar Dareini, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Court may decide church affiliation dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China charges human rights lawyer criminally
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh villagers build mosque for lone Muslim family
(Shariq Majeed, The Times of India)
Nigerian president orders inquiry into latest massacre of Christian farmers
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Nigeria churches unite for first time to address violence in north
(World Watch Monitor)
Hague court weighs destruction of Timbuktu religious sites
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano praises Spotlight as 'courageous' and 'not anti-Catholic '
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Rights groups decry Afghanistan 'virginity tests'
(Al Jazeera)
Vote sought in the name of religion won’t be encouraged: Fasal Gafoor
(Kaumudi Online)
Mali rebel destroyed ancient Timbuktu shrines, ICC told
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
Indian Sikhs seek a ban on Sikh jokes
(Shefali Anand, Wall Street Journal)
After rash of Islamist killings, Bangladesh high court considers eliminating Islam as state religion
(Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart)
Afghan rights group says women, girls face invasive 'virginity tests'
(Radio Free Afghanistan, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Saudi Arabia executes Qatari, 3 nationals
(AFP, The Express Tribune)
Monday, 29 February 2016
India responds to US lawmakers' letter on religious intolerance
(News Republic)
Readout of Ambassador Saperstein’s visit to Nigeria, Morocco, and Austria
(Humanrights.gov)
Turkey: Veiled women still suffer from Feb 28 measures
(Meryem Ilayda Atlas, Daily Sabah)
Why we need an interfaith pilgrimage
(S. Brent Plate, HuffPost Religion)
Canadian archbishop: Last rites can be denied to those seeking assisted suicide
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
How Syria's earliest refugees are about to become Turkish citizens
(Mehmet Cetingulec, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iraq's dubious religious shrines
(Wassim Bassem, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Central African Republic: Muslim leaders in Central African Republic unite to support social cohesion
(allAfrica)
The Economist explains: Why some of India’s castes demand to be reclassified
(A.T., The Economist)
Caliphate handbook ‘timely and vital’
(Lapido Media Winter Newsletter)
Analysis: 'Their aim was power': how - and why - Islamism breaks schools
(John Ray, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Human Rights Council holds its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March 2016
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Have faith: civil religion can counter the lure of eternal life for jihadists
(Miguel Vatter, The Conversation)
The Islamic 'reformation' has started
(David Knowles, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
China charges churches' rights lawyer with 'endangering state secrets'
(Xin Lin and Hai Nan, English by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia)
FoRB: The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoners Database (PPD)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pro-Rouhani candidates take early lead
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Meet the 25-year old cleric who may help choose Iran's next supreme leader
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Tibetan monk jailed for two years over Dalai Lama photo
(Radio Free Asia)
Why Saudis may take on Iraq’s Shiite militias
(Nawaf Obaid, Al-Monitor: Gulf Post)
Pakistan hangs man who killed governor over call to reform blasphemy law
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)
Myanmar court jails interfaith activists for two years with hard labour
(Global Post)
Mufti: Parts of Syariah law need a relook
(Free Malaysia Today)
How to build bridges between Jews and Muslims: Marmur
(Dow Marmur, The Star)
She was asked to switch seats. Now she’s charging El Al with sexism
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Israeli-American woman sues El Al after she was asked to change seats
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
El Al Sued in Israel over gender-based reseating to accommodate religious objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CALL FOR PAPERS abstract DEADLINE 29 February 2016: Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Annual Conference
(LARSN, Cardiff Law School)
Pakistan hangs man who killed governor to defend blasphemy law
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Egyptian MP proposes bill to repeal ‘unconstitutional’ law criminalizing ‘contempt of religion’
(Aswat Masriya, Egyptian Streets)
Should religion be part of the Queensland state school curriculum?
(Amy Remeikis, Brisbane Times)
U.S. lawmakers urge Modi to take action on religious violence
(Varghese K George, The Hindu)
Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter
(Ashley Cowburn, The Independent)
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