Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
After its own citizens drown, Lebanese refocus on refugee crisis
(Jean Aziz, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Will there ever be a solution to the refugee crisis?
(Tom Rollins, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt authorities blame destroyed archaeological sites on citizens' 'lack of cultural awareness'
(George Mikhail, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
UNHCR head: It's time for Europe to get its act together
(Barbara Slavin, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
How to end the war in Yemen
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Time for change: European parliament conference exposes Uyghur struggle for freedom of religion
(UNPO)
Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shiites
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)
Why Myanmar’s Nov. 8 election won’t be ‘free and fair’
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
“Deep pain” anticipated as Canada prepares to debate same sex marriage
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Yemen's decaying religious history
(Ashraf al-Falahi, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Bangladesh: Another victim of the ICT Act - Mohon Mondal detained
(Article 19)
Bangladesh arrests Facebook critic of hajj deaths on charges of insulting Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
'Don’t shield perpetrators of child abuse in churches’
(Ghana Web)
If Patels convert to another religion, govt will be responsible: Congress
(Daily News and Analysis)
Caribbean: US gives region good review for religious freedom
(CMC, St Lucia News)
Russian foreign ministry welcomes agreements reached between Israel, Jordan on measures to lower tensions in Jerusalem
(Interfax-Religion)
Israel and Jordan strike deal on Jerusalem holy site
(BBC News)
EVENT, 27 October 2015: Private Life in Public Spaces: Discourse, Ummah, and (Muslim) Piety in Tatarstan
(Liliya Karimova, Central Asia Program, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University)
EVENT, 27 October 2015: "A Global Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis," a conversation with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 27 October 2015: Illiberal Liberalism? The Fate of Religious Freedom in the Public Square
(With Kirsten Powers, Russell Moore, and Phil Zuckerman, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Monday, 26 October 2015
The Guardian describes 'rice Christians' equation in North Korea, but only one side of it
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Rijal al-Karama after Sheikh Abu Fahad Waheed al-Bal’ous’ Assassination
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment)
Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (including III. The rights of the child and his or her parents in the area of freedom of religion or belief)
(Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations General Assembly)
Pope closes historic meeting of bishops appealing for mercy
(Associated Press, CBS News)
Pope Francis addresses Synod of Bishops at conclusion
(Vatican Radio)
Debate on whether Pope Francis suffered defeat swirls after family synod
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope criticizes conservative bishops with 'closed hearts' after synod
(Al Jazeera America)
What I learned at the Parliament of the World’s Religions
(Simran Jeet Singh, On Faith)
World Congress of Families poised to open in Salt Lake City
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune (with video))
Whom to watch at the World Congress of Families
(Daphne Chen, Deseret News)
World Congress’ ‘natural family’ agenda attracts protest from gay rights groups
(Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)
India plan to ban religious conversion sparks fears of heightened attacks on Christians
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Rabbi Sacks discusses why religion is frequently used as the justification for violence against God's children
(Paul Edwards, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
India’s Jesuit universities, an educational key to mission
(John Barwa svd, Asia News)
Indian utopian sect under scrutiny as religious tolerance debate rages
(Rupam Jain Nair and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)
For first time, Canada's indigenous flex their electoral muscles in a big way
(Dylan C. Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Wycliffe college opens new training program for Canada's Indigenous church leaders
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Christian woman gang raped by three Muslim men in Pakistan
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Archbishop of Erbil: Iraqi Christian refugees are losing hope of returning home
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Al-Shabaab faction pledges loyalty to ISIS after killing 150 Christian students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
UN Special Rapporteur on children, parents and freedom of religion or belief
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US bombing of Afghan hospital that killed 22 a 'premeditated massacre,' says MSF
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Want to change the way you worship? Change the space you worship in
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Will Buddhism become Thailand's state religion?
(Molly Jackson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Saudi court upholds death sentence for Shi'ite cleric
(Reuters)
Officials: Suicide bomber targets Shiite pilgrims, killing 7
(Vivian Salama, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Palestinians suspicious of al-Aqsa monitoring promoted by Kerry
(Ali Sawafta, Reuters)
Tense Vatican summit ends by opening door for divorced, punting on welcome to gays
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
No charges for attackers of Pakistani headmaster
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Israel-Palestine peace process 'kidnapped by religious zealots'
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
‘Strong evidence’ of genocide in Myanmar, finds Al Jazeera investigation
(Al Jazeera America)
Netanyahu mulls revoking rights for some Palestinians in East Jerusalem
(Al Jazeera America)
Could Egypt be the key to political situation in Syria?
(Ahmen Fouad, trans. Mohammad Khalil, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Christian Movement launches
(Ghana Web)
Religion not at the heart of many world conflicts, scholars say
(Mark Pattison, Catholic Courier)
Kenya to ‘re-integrate’ hundreds of returning al-Shabab recruits
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Catholic paper on family is hailed on all sides, raising fears of disputes
(Elisabetta Povoledo, The New York Times)
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Jerusalem grand mufti: Temple Mount never had Jewish Temple
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Palestinians suspicious of Al-Aqsa monitoring promoted by Kerry
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Murderous religious intolerance in the Middle East
(Michael Curtis, American Thinker)
Saturday, 24 October 2015
How religious will the world be in 2050?
(Brian J. Grim, World Economic Forum)
Children also have the right to freedom of religion or belief, and that must be protected
(Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Children's right to freedom of belief must be protected, UN hears
(Ecumenical News)
Children's right to freedom of religion or belief must be protected, says UN expert
(UN News Centre)
The impact religious diversity will have on the world's economic growth
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Protecting religious freedoms will strengthen our global economy
(Brian J. Grim, Brian W Walsh, Forbes)
Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 17
(Vatican Radio)
Synod on the Family - Latest News
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Synod was about affirming family, indissoluble marriage
(Catholic News Agency)
Final synod document strongly backs Church teaching, beauty of family life
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Remarks at a UN Security Council open debate on the Middle East
(Ambassador Samantha Power (as delivered), United States Mission to the United Nations)
The Arab World’s Challenge
(Marwan Muasher, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Islamic State puts out first terror video in Hebrew
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bombing at mosque in Pakistan kills 10 on eve of Shi'ite holy day
(Gul Yousufzai, Reuters)
Suicide bombers kill 42 in 2 northeast Nigerian mosques
(Ibrahim Abdulaziz and Haruna Umar, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Religious violence flares in Indonesia as mob torches Aceh church
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
Friday, 23 October 2015
Historical is not enough
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)
The struggle of memory against forgetting:
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
Confusion over Confucius? Zimbabwe's Mugabe wins Chinese peace prize
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)
Catholics in Cuba call on government to remove religious restrictions
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious events in Iraq become show of force
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Unraveling Islamic State’s Turkish recruitment scheme
(Mahmut Bozarslan, trans.Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The “Islamic State” as a security problem for Russia: The nature and scale of the threat
(Ekaterina Stepanova, PNARS Eurasia)
Israel lifts restrictions on Muslims’ access to Temple Mount
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
When prayer becomes provocation on the Temple Mount
(Jane Eisner, Forward | Opinion)
UN disciplines Palestinian staffers for anti-Semitic Facebook posts
(JTA, Forward)
Clashes erupt as new day of rage' hits Israel
(Maayan Lubell, Forward)
France court upholds 'BDS is discrimination' ruling
(JTA, Forward)
EVENT, 23 October 2015: USFMEP Second Buddhist Muslin Dialogue
(Mrs. Sally Kader, H.H. Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Imam Shamsi Ali, UN Headquarters New York City)
China rejects US criticism of religious freedom
(The Times of India)
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Dutch politician Geert Wilders kicks-off anti-Islam party in Australia
(Deutsche Welle)
Islamic State meets the laws of economics
(Felix Imonti, Geopolitical Monitor)
Massive raid against Hizb ut-Tahrir: 100 people brought to Moscow region police stations for checks and 22 arrests
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Women fear their voices will be sidelined in Catholic synod’s final report
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
J.K. Rowling, 150 prominent Brits come out against boycotting Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts – letter from JK Rowling, Simon Schama and others
(The Guardian)
British MP highlights Bahrain's religious freedom, tolerance
(Bahrain News Agency)
Treasures on earth: How religion is reistributing the world’s wealth
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
UNESCO condemns Israel for limits on al-Aqsa mosque access
(Marine Pennetier, Reuters)
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