Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 7 January 2016
Mr. Baghdadi, you’re under arrest
(Whitney Kassel, Foreign Policy)
Tajikistan: Religious freedom survey, January 2016
(Forum 18 News Service)
Inside the little-known kitchen of Afghanistan's Sikhs
(Danielle Moylan, Al Jazeera)
First same-sex marriage case in China moves forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indian Church denies rumours it supports Hindu nationalist party
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Sudanese pastor acquitted of obstructing church demolition
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Ugandan bishop to shun Anglican meeting until ‘godly order’ is restored
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Israel aiding Paraguayans displaced by worst flooding in 50 years
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
We will rebuild your torched churches, Egypt president tells Christians
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Syrian Christian leaders condemn ISIS bombing that killed 16 at Christian-owned restaurants
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Garissa University reopens 9 months after Islamists slaughtered 150 Christian students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS burns Christians alive in locked caskets, escaped prisoner reveals
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Pakistani Christian mother on death row for blasphemy forgives Muslim persecutors
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Syrians trapped in 'extremely dire' crisis, forced to eat dogs, cats, grass to survive
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
Some lapsed Israeli Jews find religion in unlikely place: their Filipino partners
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Bangladesh upholds death sentence for Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami
(Agence France-Presse)
Gambia says female govt workers must wear headscarves
(Reuters)
Franciscan priest freed from captivity in Syria
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Vatican newspaper denounces 'woeful' Charlie Hebdo cover
(Reuters)
Nigeria court in Kano sentences cleric to death for blasphemy
(BBC News)
Storm of controversy swirls around Orthodox rabbinic statement promoting interfaith relations
(Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News)
Groundbreaking petition signed by leading rabbis calls for increased partnership between Jews and Christians
(Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News)
Champion of interfaith relations mourned
(The Australian Jewish News)
Groups join interfaith movement against extremism
(The Jakarta Post)
When it comes to gender equality, religion in Japan lags behind
(Noriko Kawahashi, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
In 2016, genocide is taking place and it must end
(Charles C. Haynes, The Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Indian Church denies rumours it supports Hindu nationalist party
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
It looks like Google gave $6 million in free advertising to the Church of Scientology
(Jim Edwards, Business Insider Australia)
Human values across the globe
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Foad Khanjani Released at the End of His Sentence
(Iran Press Watch)
No, Sunni and Shia Muslims have not been fighting forever
(Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches)
Pope Francis tries his hand at vlogging to promote interfaith peace
(Antonia Blumberg, HuffPost Religion)
Diplomat tells students to live religious freedom boldly
(Alan Hustak, The Catholic Register)
Iran and Saudi Arabia: The showdown between Islam's rival powers
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)
Flashback 2015: Jewish news, an all-pope Top 10 list and trends on evangelical left
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
This graph shows how strongly people around the world feel about religion
(Helena Horton, The Telegraph)
Don't flirt or hold hands, top Turkey clerics tell soon-to-weds
(Agence France-Presse)
Who is the Saudi cleric whose death caused the Riyadh-Tehran blowup?
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Islamic State's 'caliphate' shrank 14% in 2015
(World Watch Monitor, Worldwide Religion News)
Anger grows in Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite areas after executions
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)
In a first, Chinese gay man sues for right to marry
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)
Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis
(Randy Fabi and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters)
Islamic State threatens to destroy Saudi prisons after executions
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba in Cairo and Yara Bayoumy in Dubai; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Catherine Evans and Andrew Heavens, Reuters)
Nigeria court in Kano sentences cleric to death for blasphemy
(BBC News)
Nigeria: Islamic cleric sentenced to death for 'blasphemy'
(Abdulsalam Muhammad, allAfrica)
Dispatches: Tackling India’s archaic LGBT law
(Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch)
Fallen Israeli soldiers can be buried in military cemetery without religious rite
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Saudi execution exposes dangerous political and religious divisions
(John Kemp, Reuters)
Russia ordered to pay Jewish activist from Moscow
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tunisian Jews call for disciplining soccer official over anti-Semitic slur to ref
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Islamic clerics declare fatwa on poachers in Indonesia and Malaysia
(Beh Lih Yi, Global Post)
Will Iran suspend hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia?
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
What is dialogue?
(Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan, Sun Star Davao)
Sensitivity key for Canadian foreign service, says religious freedom envoy
(Lee Berthiaume, Ottawa Citizen)
Law Society appeals decision in TWU v. Law Society of BC
(News Release, The Law Society of British Columbia)
Two years' imprisonment for Astana Christian
(Wade Kusack, Religious Freedom Blog)
Which nationalities consider religion most important?
(Niall McCarthy, Statista)
Crimea: Paying fines "would be to admit that they did something wrong"
(Forum 18)
Israeli Arabs fear stigmatization following Tel Aviv shooting
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Are warnings about Islamic State in Palestine 'empty threats'?
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Shin Bet uncovers Jewish extremist plot to destroy state
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Kenya’s Garissa University reopens nine months after massacre
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
New Publication: The Legal Treatment of Muslim Minorities in Italy
(Andrea Pin, Ashgate)
Saudi Arabia's religious intolerance and the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)
Documentary on Santhara to highlight law-religion conflict
(Ashish Mehta, The Times of India)
This Wikileaks cable explains why the death of one cleric has the Mideast on edge
(Henry Johnson, Foreign Policy)
Monday, 4 January 2016
Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop capital punishment
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)
Navy's Islamic Twitter account shut down after anti-Islam group complains
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
The Saudi–Iranian conflict and religious liberty in the Middle East
(Travis Wussow, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention)
Iran’s hypocrisy on persecution
(Michael Rubin, Commentary)
Anti-conversion laws: Not Mahatma Gandhi's India
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
(Nick Cohen, The Spectator)
Czarist echo? Russian Orthodox Church drives to restore its political clout
(Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)
Genocide: Christians pay the price for inaction and apathy
(Tiffany Barrans, ACLJ)
The Slingshot: Saudi executions; remembering Charlie Hebdo; selfish gratitude
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
The art of conversation
(Tabish Khair, OUPblog Religion)
Egypt's imams and priests confront sectarianism together
(Jayson Casper, World Watch Monitor)
Iraqi Sunni mosques attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution
(Stephen Kalin and Saif Hameed, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia: Mass execution largest since 1980
(Human Rights Watch)
Saudi Arabia’s religious intolerance and the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)
Saudi execution of cleric ignites violence, fears of derailed regional peace efforts
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Saudi execution of political prisoners sparks protest – the Round-up
(Hannah Lynes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bahrain severs ties with Iran after attacks on Saudi missions
(Today's Zaman)
Executions in Saudi Arabia: Reactions to a Shia cleric’s death, from the furious to the thoughtful
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran as tensions escalate
(Al Jazeera America)
Why Israeli Russians insist on celebrating Novy God
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The Economist explains: Why Trudeau wants the pope to make an apology
(M.D., The Economist)
Al-Shabab in Somalia uses Trump in recruiting video
(Al Jazeera America)
As refugees pour in, child labor booms in Turkey
(Didem Tali, Al Jazeera America)
Sikh group wants law to ban racial, religious jokes
(Business Standard)
Terrorism was biggest concern in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia- Africa poll
(Murithi Mutiga, The East African)
Sunday, 3 January 2016
A Muslim's top 10 wishes for 2016
(Taufiq Rahim, The World Post)
Cocktail of politics, religion dangerous: Swami Agnivesh
(The Hindu)
IDF to permit non-religious burial with full military honors
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Remarks of top cleric on cemevis draw ire of Alevis
(Today's Zaman)
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Form parliamentary committee to address interfaith conversion issues
(MalayMail Online)
Religion and society: Asking what God would want really does seem to curb prejudice
(The Economist)
Christians in the Middle East: And then there were none
(The Economist)
Iraq: Reclaiming the ruins from Islamic State
(The Economist)
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