Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Vatican and Palestinian flags fly alongside other nations' at the UN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Catholic bishops at Vatican summit seek elusive common ground
(David Gibson and Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Pope asks forgiveness after sex scandals rock Vatican and Rome
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
British family says 74-year-old grandfather faces 350 lashes from Saudi Arabia for illegal wine
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Afghan ISIS branch makes inroads in battle against Taliban
(Mujib Mashal, The New York Times)
Palestinians kill 3 Israelis as violence mounts in ‘day of rage’
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Egypt's last Islamists standing offer 'polite' opposition
(Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters)
Indonesian President calls for calm after church attack in Aceh
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Three weeks after kidnapping in Philippines, video surfaces of Canadians being held by gunmen
(Douglas Quan, National Post)
Leaderless Palestinian youth, inspired by social media, drive rise in violence in Israel
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Cairo University bans veil for instructors
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Young Palestinians sound off on current unrest, Israeli occupation
(Al Jazeera America)
Russia: 23 known prosecutions for religious literature in four months
(Forum 18 News Service)
Parliaments, the Rule of Law and Human Rights
(Murray Hunt et al., Oxford University Faculty of Law)
Religion can’t be the basis of state, Pranab tells Israel
(Stanly Johny, The Hindu)
Freedom under threat in India
(The Times of India)
Anglican church says abolishing penalty rates may threaten freedom of religion
(Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
My intervention at the Synod: The challenge of rebuilding trusţ in post-totalitarian or totalitarian contexts
(Borys Gudziak Blog, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Op-Ed: The New York Times’ ‘big lie’ about the Temple Mount
(Steven Fine, JTA)
WCC calls for an end to foreign military interventions in Syria
(World Council of Churches)
Secretary Kerry to release report on international religious freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
Israel may be taking first steps toward becoming a Halakhic state
(Editorial - Opinion, Haaretz)
Meet the Nobel-nominated priest who rescues African refugees from Mediterranean
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Islamic State urges jihad against Russians, Americans: audio
(Reuters)
Religious Jews target of latest attacks by Palestinians
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Special Report: Battling for India’s soul, state by state
(Rupam Jain Nair and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)
Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ attacks shake Jerusalem
(Religion News Service)
Islamists detained in central Moscow were trained in ISIL, planned terrorist attack in public transport - FSB (updated)
(Interfax-Religion)
End foreign military interventions in Syria, says World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Meet Palestine's first female marriage officiant
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Arabia: ancient history for troubled times
(Greg Fisher, OUPblog Religion)
Kazakhstan: Secret police-inspired criminal prosecutions
(Forum 18 News Service)
Thailand bans film over depictions of Buddhist monks
(Al Jazeera)
Thailand bans movie critical of Buddhist monks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday prayers ban for government workers
(EurasiaNet)
Uniform Civil Code: There’s total confusion, why can’t it be done, India SC asks govt
(Utkarsh Anand, The Indian Express)
Prayer groups, schools and “radicalisation”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Ethiopian village church attacked
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 12 October 2015
Religious leaders, rights advocates urge Obama to declare ISIS acts as 'genocide'
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today - World)
Saudi king reaffirms commitment to hajj after Iran criticism
(Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press, The Big Story)
No religion says block roads and break law for festivals: HC
(Shibu Thomas, The Times of India)
Morocco’s religious law poses challenge for Airbnb guests
(Larbi Arbaoui, Morocco World News)
5 suspects arrested in attack on Bangladesh pastor
(AP The Big Story)
Driven underground years ago, Japan's 'hidden Christians' maintain faith
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
The five motivations of jihadi violence may surprise you
(Brian J. Grim, The Weekly Number)
Report: Inside the Jihadi Mind
(Emman El-Badawy, Milo Comerford and Peter Welby, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)
Inside the Jihadi Mind (full report)
(Emman El-Badawy, Milo Comerford and Peter Welby, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)
Mother Teresa’s orphanages end adoptions because of new liberal rules in India
(Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)
Missionaries of Charity ends adoption services in India
(Manik Banerjee, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How Christians in Kenya are trying to hack government corruption
(Catherine Woodiwiss, The Washington Post)
Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested shrine
(Karin Laubmohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press)
In Israel, a new battle over who qualifies as Jewish
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Prince says Saudi will stay in charge of hajj
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on Islamic State
(BBC News)
DR Congo - Islamist militias threaten central Africa too
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Buddhists challenge lama's expulsion in court
(Russia Religion News)
Interfaith work vital for Nigerian churches' leader from the North
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russia does not want to get involved in Syria's interreligious conflicts - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Four Islamists escape from penitentiary in Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Jordanian Islamists call on government to save Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Egyptians face religious extremism with song
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Atheists should respect freedom of religion in Kenya (Opinion)
(Geoffrey M. Sore, The Star)
Palestinians in Israel call for strike as protests grow
(Creede Newton, Al Jazeera)
East Africa: The plight of African refugees in Israel
(Alessandra Di Cataldo, allAfrica)
Christian movement supports Israel, calls for freedom of religion on Temple Mount
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Gerakan urges judges to place constitution above religion
(Malaysiakini)
Al-Queda executes 4 for witchcraft in Yemen
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims killing of men over witchcraft
(AFP, Al Jazeera)
Ministers to decide whether Israeli courts must use Jewish Law
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
Saturday, 10 October 2015
To whom do children belong? How same-sex marriage threatens parental rights
(Melissa Moschella, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
The fundamental case for parental rights
(Melissa Moschella, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
A joint prayer for peace in the world, especially the Middle East and Ukraine, held in Rome
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Writing religious laws to make merit
(Joshua Carroll, Frontier Myanmar)
Hundreds face off in Australian town in anti-Islam protest
(ReutersReporting by Christopher McCall; Editing by Nick Macfie, Reuters)
Bombs kill 86 at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkish capital
(Ece Toksabay and Gulsen Solaker, Reuters)
Nepal on the brink of civil war as India’s embargo unleashes hatred against Modi
(Christopher Sharma, Asia News)
Friday, 9 October 2015
At World Meeting of Families: Defending Freedom of Religion
(The Long Island Catholic)
Canada's proposed niqab restrictions mild compared to those in some Muslim countries
(Brian Lilley, The Rebel)
Cleric from biggest mosque in south Kyrgyzstan sentenced to five years for extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Sephardic Rabbi says Jews sparked Temple Mount violence with visits
(JTA, Forward)
Muslim men attack pastor with knife after asking him to share the gospel
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Australian mosque leader tells violent Muslims to leave country
(Agence France-Presse)
Young Palestinians launch hashtag intifada
(Hossam Exxedine, Agence France-Presse)
Historical certainty proves elusive at Jerusalem’s holiest place
(Rick Gladstone, The New York Times)
Vatican defends reports of synod after pope's words disputed
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Calls for calm in India after a Muslim is beaten to death for eating beef
(Annie Gowen and Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)
Federal court sets aside ruling on Syariah law
(Ho Kit Yen, Free Malaysia Today)
Malaysia's federal court rules on procedural grounds against transgender challenge to state law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Blame if on Rio for the future of journalism
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Equal opportunity terrorism: The Islamic State’s female officials
(Farahnaz Ispahani and Nina Shea, The Weekly Standard)
Viet Nam, EU talk on religious freedom
(Viet Nam News)
Religious Freedom conference presentation – video available
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Kremlin thanks Russian religious leaders for support fight against terror in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
ISIS video shows brutal executions of 3 Assyrian Christians in ethno-religious cleansing, persecution group confirms
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
IS releases first execution video of Syrian Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Vietnam always ensures religious freedom, official tells seminar with EU
(Tuoi Tre News)
CSW endorses Declaration of Southeast Asia Conference on Religious Freedom
(Asian Tribune)
In China, new signs of increased state control over religion
(UCA News)
Religion must not be used as mask to satisfy hunger for power, President Pranab Mukherjee says
(The Times of India)
Australian PM calls for calm amid planned anti-Islam protest
(Matt Siegel, Reuters)
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