Law and Religion Headlines

Friday, 15 January 2016

Military victories over Boko Haram mean little to Nigerians
(Dionne Searcey and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)

Israel's Arabs face backlash after Tel Aviv shooting
(Tia Goldenberg and Areej Hazboun, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israel quietly courts Sunni states
(Rory Jones, The Wall Street Journal)

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Indian lawyer faces death threats over petition for women to enter temple
(Suchitra Mohanty, homson Reuters Foundation)

Was there anything really new about the New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne?
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)

2016 World Watch List drawn from world headlines
(World Watch Monitor)

Islamic State claims Jakarta attack, targets Indonesia for first time
(Kanupriya Kapoor and Darren Whiteside, Reuters)

Q&A: why did terror hit Jakarta’s streets – and what happens next?
(Noor Huda Ismail, The Conversation)

Moscow Pastafarian to be stripped of driving license featuring him wearing pasta strainer
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia not sympathetic to "Pastafarian" driver's license applicant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement from Primates 2016
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Anglicans suspend Episcopal Church over same-sex marriage
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

Majority of primates call for temporary Episcopal Church sanctions
(Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service)

Shiite sheikh executed by Saudi Arabia preached against violence, son says
(Laura Wagner, NPR: The Two-Way)

A stricter Islam displaces old ways in Malaysia
(James hooway, The Wall Street Journal)

China’s Xinjiang region to draft laws to combat religious extremism amid series of violent attacks blamed on Islamic militants
(South China Morning Post)

Azerbaijanis meet Korean American community members in Los Angeles
(Sara Rajabova, Azernews)

Blessed are the Himalayas; more on China's religious and cultural repression
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Divisive Ayodhya temple project has India in jitters all over again
(Slok Gyawali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Indian actor arrested for imitating popular religious sect leader
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Is Evangelicalism a secularizing force?
(C.R. Wiley, Patheos Blog: Glory Seed)

A woman’s intifada against domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia
(Fatima Albanawi, Muftah)

Despite new constitution, Nepal still lacks full religious freedom
(Prakash Khadka, UCA News)

Slain Pakistani Christian’s brother campaigns against blasphemy law
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

2015 was ‘worst year’ for Christian persecution, says Open Doors
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Kenya government climbs down on religious restrictions after Catholic, Evangelical opposition
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Church-sponsored refugees arrive in Canada’s Port Colborne
(André Forget, Anglican Communion News Service)

Rights activists: Samar Badawi detained by Saudi Arabia
(Al Jazeera America)

Kenya: Raila opposes proposed regulations for religious organisations
(Daily Nation)

Kenya: Withdrawal of proposed rules on religion timely
(Editorial, Daily Nation)

Legal remedy for unilateral change of minor’s religion – The Malaysian Bar
(The Malaysian Insider)

Don’t use religion for political gains, DSGMC chief tells Kejri
(Hindustan Times)

Kenya backs down on attempt to regulate religion after Christian outcry
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Change religious hatred into cooperation: Interfaith group
(Marguerite Afra Sapiie, The Jakarta Post)

Strategic humanitarian assistance may end violent extremism: Interfaith group
(Marguerite Afra Sapiie, The Jakarta Post)

Anglican primates meet, focus on unity
(World Council of Churches)

Primate row over sexuality could split the Anglican church
(Anderson Jeremiah, The Conversation)

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Pope alienates base, sees numbers drop. New data show a sharp decline in attendance at Vatican events
(Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico)

Christians flee growing persecution in Africa and Middle East
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Tattooing the Name of God on your body as an act of faith and defiance
(Alan Taylor, The Atlantic)

Two dead, hundreds hurt in Philippines religious festival
(Agence France-Presse)

Protesters occupy cathedral of Chilean bishop charged with covering up abuse
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Mali's jihadists draw strength from peace deal delays: army
(Reuters)

Kenya's Evangelical Alliance opposes registration plan
(BBC News)

Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area
(Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Iraq conflict: Shia 'reprisals' after bomb kills 20 in cafe
(BBC News)

The radical new face of the Jewish settler movement
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

Lost opportunities causing migrant crisis in Europe can still be tackled, says Pope
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Kazakhstan: Muslim freedom of religion or belief prisoners of consciences' trials due
(Forum 18 News Service)

In gripping 13 stories, Crux charts sweeping worldwide persecution of Christians
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))

Lessons from a would-be suicide bomber on how to defeat terrorism
(Andrew MacLeod, The Conversation)

Religion only bar for entry into temples, says Supreme Court
(J. Venkatesan, The Asian Age)

Muslim lawyers: Set up tribunal for interfaith custodial cases
(Kow Gah Chie, Malaysiakini)

Need 'interfaith' dialogue to eliminate misunderstandings: Vice President Ansari
(Ani News)

Jubilee 'mutilating' law with religion rules - Kalonzo
(Nancy Agutu, The Star)

Kenyans protest new rules requiring clergy to hold theological degrees
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Kenya's Evangelical churches 'under attack' by government plans to streamline religion, bishops say
(Morgan Winsor, International Business Times)

Uzbek authorities prevent over 1,000 attempts to import prohibited religious extremist books, videos in 2015
(Interfax-Religion)

SAD leader asks Kejriwal not to use religion for political gains
(The Free Press Journal)

EVENT, 12 January 2016: Business and Religious Freedom – The Way Forward
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Monday, 11 January 2016

St. David Bowie? Not yet, but faith leaders pay respects to dead rocker
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Turkey unsettled by 'anti-Islamic' messages in U.S. presidency race: minister
(Tulay Karadeniz, Reuters)

Saudi Arabia: Sustained assault on free expression
(Human Rights Watch)

Prohibiting offensive sermons
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Christians 'face growing extremist persecution' in mainly Muslim part of Philippines
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Top religious body ends online fatwa service amid outrage
(Today's Zaman)

Turkey's religious affairs directorate ends online fatwas after embarrassing posting
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukrainian Christmas carols banned in churches of Simferopol
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Rabbinate ordered to make public its list of ‘acceptable’ Diaspora rabbis
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, Times of Israel)

Israeli civil court orders Chief Rabbinate to release list of foreign rabbis whose testimony it will accept
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Blasphemy [new link]
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Leaders of diverse races and religions come together at IIC New Year tea party
(Conny Banji, Borneo Post Online)

Church split over homosexuality would be a failure - Welby
(BBC News)

Pope: Europe must find balance between security and refugees
(Nicole Winfield, The Sentinel)

Political parties based on race and religion should be banned - Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
(Ceylon Daily New)

MCA: Committees mean nothing if laws not amended
(Sean Augustin, Free Malaysia Today)

Seven Parsi high priests condemn conversion and interfaith marriages
(Nergish Sunavala, The Times of India)

The role of religion in the Taiwan presidential election
(Lim Wen Xin, Lim Tai Wei, and Kong Tuan Yuen, Today Online)

Secretary-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation stresses religion’s role in solving conflict
(Panu Wongcha-um, Channel News Asia)

Opinion: India's strength lies in unity and religious freedom
(Hari Chand Aneja, The National)

Thursday, 7 January 2016

Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shi'a cleric
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Saudi Arabia executed a nonviolent Shiite cleric. It’s going to cost them big
(Giorgio Cafiero, Foreign Policy in Focus)

The Middle East’s sectarian divide on views of Saudi Arabia, Iran
(Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Saudi-Iran feud poses threat to Iraq’s effort to combat ISIS
(Ben Hubbard, Anne Barnard, and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

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