Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 November 2015
Spelling it out: Christians disappearing from Near and Middle East (VIDEO)
(Zoe Romanowsky, Aleteia)
Syrian Christians in a European no-man’s land
(Wael Salibi and John Burger, Aleteia)
Legal rights of same sex couples and married couples: an “urban myth”?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
How should courts evaluate religious sincerity? (Anna Su)
(Christine Corcos, Law & Humanities Blog)
BJP lawmakers plan anti-conversion bills in LS, RS
(International Business Times)
Religious liberty key to refugee crisis, leaders say
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Turkish police detain 20 Islamic State suspects before G20 summit: media
(Daren Butler, Reuters)
Iran appoints first female ambassador since 1979 Islamic Revolution
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Early results suggest tesounding victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD in Myanmar
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)
What will happen in Rakhine State after Myanmar’s election?
(Joshua Kurlantzick, Asia Unbound (Council on Foreign Relations blog))
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Religion as an instrument for the empowerment of Nigerians (Opinion)
(Ikechukwu Odigbo, allAfrica)
OFWs in Russia hit website ban
(Susan K, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Egypt and religious freedom: The West is sending mixed messages to Egypt about human and religious rights
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
A new Taliban breakaway group claims support for peace and women’s rights
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Saturday, 7 November 2015
What comes after the Synod?
(Janet E. Smith, First Things)
Church attendance plunges after Nepal becomes a secular state
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Religious tensions high before Myanmar vote
(Deutsche Welle)
Teaching Islam in public schools: why fear of religious education underscores the need for it
(Ismat Sarah Mangla, International Business Times)
Christian persecution in China: Journalist interrogated for covering cross demolitions
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Boko Haram: Five terrorist camps liberated by Nigerian army
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Iraqi law forcing children to be Muslim is driving Christianity's extinction, says Bishop
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Russian Orthodox church to offer porn-free and 'pure' Wi-Fi
(Alec Luhn, The Guardian)
Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Friday, 6 November 2015
Grand mufti says Daesh un-Islamic
(Arab News)
Bendigo mosque objections 'an attack on freedom of religion'
(Bianca Hall, The Victoria Age)
Persecution of Myanmar Muslims flayed
(Arab News)
Holy Wi-Fi: Russian Church to offer free, ‘clean’ internet to all
(rt.com)
India: village church attacked, Christians hospitalised
(World Watch Monitor)
Global Church meets to seek unity in face of persecution
(Julia Bicknell, World Watch Monitor)
Russian court reverses ruling recognizing Muslim book as extremist
(RT)
Russian appeals court reverses extremist labeling of Qur'an excerpts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Inaugural religious freedom roundtable held in Australia, attended by 29 members of different religions
(Eliza Meyer, World Religion News)
Muslims and Catholics face ‘alarming emergence’ of religious intolerance in Australia
(Agence France-Presse)
Bigotry in Australia a blight on all religions, says George Brandis
(Kelly McEvers, GPB News)
George Brandis: Catholics and other devout people victims of ‘intolerance’
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
CSW calls on Cameron to raise religious freedom with Egyptian president
(Independent Catholic News)
How terror threats have hit tourism in Egypt
(Video produced by Ed Ram, BBC News World)
Teenage Muslims in Lahore gather to support persecuted Christians
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Muslims who gangraped Christian girls at gunpoint acquitted by Pakistani court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Indian Muslim, accused of stealing a cow, is beaten to death by a Hindu mob
(David Barstow and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times)
Hindu extremism rising 7 years after mass slaughter of Christians
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS hostages freed by US special forces describe horrific physical torture
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Canon Andrew White: 'Vicar of Baghdad' on leading a church in Iraq and being in the crosshairs of Isis
(Cole Moreton, The Independent)
Amid security threats, Tunis' only kosher restaurant shutters
(Steve Inskeep, NPR)
Bosnian imam jailed for recruiting Islamic State fighters
(Daria Sito-Sucic, Reuters)
Japan same-sex couples recognised in two Tokyo districts
(BBC News)
British PM says bomb likely caused Russian airliner crash
(Paul Sandle, Reuters)
Pope Francis expected to visit US-Mexico border in February, adviser says
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
UN report focuses on children’s rights
(World Watch Monitor)
Will religiously divided landfills solve Lebanon's trash crisis?
(Sami Nader, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Georgia: State obstructs building new non-Georgian Orthodox places of worship
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russian court revokes ruling that labelled Muslim book extremist
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Arundhati Roy returns award in protest against religious intolerance in India
(The Guardian)
Judge in Minnesota rules in favor of female chauffeurs
(Al Jazeera America)
Mega church scandal in Singapore reveals religion as business model – Analysis
(Kalinga Seneviratne, Eurasia Review)
Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)
A lone Muslim campaigns in Myanmar's stronghold of radical Buddhism
(Hnin Yadana Zaw and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)
The dispute between al-Qaeda and the Islamic State has devolved to name-calling
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Turkey's President Erdoğan says new constitution should be priority
(The Guardian)
What will it take to get Europeans to welcome Syrian refugees?
(Egor Lazarev and Kunaal Sharma, The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage)
Pope Francis’ trip to Africa draws excitement, trepidation in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
New U.S.-backed alliance to counter ISIS in Syria falters
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
No interference in religious beliefs, eating habits: Akali Dal
(The Times of India)
T S Thakur to be next Chief Justice of India
(The Indian Express)
European Jehovah's Witnesses appeal for acquittal of Russian colleagues
(Russia Religion News)
Yasamal police brutally beat theologian Thale Bagirzadeh
(Contact)
Analysis: When does a mosque stop being a church - or museum?
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Why these ultra-Orthodox Jews support the Palestinian cause
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Will new Egyptian employment law help its women lean in?
(Safiaa Mounir, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Russia: Two prison terms, 25 initial fines in 37 cases for public religious events over 4 months
(Forum 18 News Service)
Proposed Vietnam religion law draws ire
(UCA News)
U.S. Congress: religious freedom in Egypt ‘complicated’ over past year
(The Cairo Post)
Global response to Laudato si’
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
Child Marriage, Family Law, and Religion: An Introduction to the Fall 2015 Issue
(Quentin Wooden, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Judge becomes first headscarf wearing woman to conduct a trial in Turkey
(Daily Sabah)
Turkey sees first trial judge presiding wearing headscarf
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Modi to raise issue of radical Sikh elements with Cameron
(Vijaita Singh, The Hindu)
Respecting religious freedom has become more complex, Tim Wilson says
(The Guardian)
With resolution against hiring women rabbis, RCA votes for confrontation
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Journal)
Pakistan NGO tackles demeaning low-caste word for ‘Christians’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Myanmar's punk rockers challenge anti-Muslim rhetoric
(Hanna Hindstrom, Al Jazeera)
NCR research: Costs of sex abuse crisis to US church underestimated
(Jack Ruhl and Diane Ruhl, National Catholic Reporter)
Kyrgyzstan: Will government defend judges, lawyers and residents from police?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Commentary: When free speech and religious freedom collide
(Nivell Rayda, Jakarta Globe)
Vietnam urged to redraft oppressive religious freedom laws
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
For Kurdish bishop, ban on 18-year-olds choosing their religion is anti-Christian
(Asia News)
CRL apologises for summons on commercialisation of religion
(Masego Rahlaga, Eyewitness News)
RCI Microsite: Democracy and Religions – From one prayer to another
(Radio Canada International)
Religion, caste to weigh on final phase of Bihar elections
(Srishti Gupta, Livemint)
Media being used for divide on basis of religion: experts
(Pakistan Today)
How to protect the religious freedom of faith-based organizations
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)
Tajikistan: USCIRF criticizes crackdown on religious freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack
(Dhaka, Reuters)
Publisher of secular books killed, 3 wounded in Bangladesh
(Julhas Alam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Monday, 2 November 2015
Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
(Chaitanya Konduru, All India Roundup)
Pakistan court orders blasphemy law reforms
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
Christians in India unite to challenge growing intolerance
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Cuba: Wave of church demolitions halted by sit-in
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Airlines suspend flights after ISIS claims role in Russian plane crash
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Iran imprisons another American citizen
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
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