Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Pope warns religious orders: Take in refugees, or pay property taxes
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Refugee crisis reminds Europe there is a real war in Syria
(Alessandro Bruno, Geopolitical Monitor)

Senior religious leaders in Nigeria call for dialogue to build peace
(Press Release, Religion News Service)

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 15 September 2015: "Religious freedom, discrimination, and equality"
(The Third Law and Religion Research Meeting and the First OJLR Colloquium in Brazil - Uberlandia (14-15 October 2015), Law and Religion Research Group in collaboration with the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Academy)

Former papal envoy says Francis will press Cuba on religious freedom
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Hyper-nationalists celebrate four ‘race and religion’ laws
(Aung Kyaw Min, Myanmar Times)

Monday, 14 September 2015

Filipino troops rescue 9 road workers seized by militants
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Putin suggests creating Christian historical-cultural center in Sevastopol
(Interfax-Religion)

8 things to know about this year's Rosh Hashanah
(Payton Davis, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Rosh Hashanah in Tunisia: a rabbi reflects on the power of Muslim-Jewish solidarity
(Sarah Souli, Quartz)

Jewish beekeepers sweeten New Year, teach wisdom of the hive
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

On eve of holiday, Israeli police and Palestinians clash at Al Aqsa mosque
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)

Renewed clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque
(Al Jazeera America)

U.S. calls for restraint on all sides in Jerusalem violence
(Arshad Mohammed, Reuters)

Preliminary findings of country visit to Bangladesh by Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(United Nations Human Rights Press Release, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

Bangladesh: a secular State with a State religion?
(United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

Atheist bloggers flee Bangladesh
(Deutsche Welle)

Kidnapped Nigerian bishop has been freed unharmed
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Catholic village tells Protestant man to convert or go to prison
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)

Indian clerics issue fatwa against makers of Muhammad: The Messenger of God
(Ben Child, The Guardian)

South African teacher killed for resisting witchcraft is beatified
(Pierre Donadieu, Agence France-Presse)

South African opposition politicians slammed for Israel trip
(Haaretz, Forward)

Nepal rejects calls to make nation Hindu, sparking violence
(Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press)

Lebanese minister: Islamic State jihadis 'may be posing as Syrian refugees'
(The Telegraph)

Migrant or Refugee? There is a difference, with legal implications
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Vicar to Jerusalem is moderately optimistic that dispute over Catholic schools will be settled
(Asia News)

What shouldn't we compare to the Holocaust? A refugee crisis, for starters
(J.J. Goldberg, Forward - Opinion)

India’s President meets victims of persecution against Christians in Orissa
(Asia News)

Britain's Cameron urges support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan
(Sylvia Westall and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

Orthodox and secular Jews fight over shaping Jerusalem's character
(Michele Chabin, USA Today)

Christian bus driver fired for refusing to drive gay-pride themed bus
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

One dead in Jerusalem as Israeli-Palestinian tension mounts during Jewish New Year
(Reuters, Religion News Service)

The paradox at the heart of Catholic World Meeting of Families (Commentary)
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis: ‘Jesus was popular and look how that turned out’
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Abu Yahia al-Hamawi, Ahrar al-Sham’s New Leader
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))

The pope, Cuba and Venezuela: Left-wing regimes pose a moral challenge for Pope Francis
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Max Beauvoir, the biochemist who became Haiti’s chief voodoo priest, dead at 79
(Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post)

Max Beauvoir, Haiti's supreme leader of voodoo dies
(Peter Granitz and David Adams, Reuters)

Village in Dnepropetrovsk Region speaks against going over to "Kiev Patriarchate"
(Interfax-Religion)

Jerusalem Patriarch calls Ukrainian schismatics 'lost'
(Interfax-Religion)

Buhari vow to protect right to freedom of worship
(Clement Ejiofor, NAIJ.com)

South Sudan must silence the guns to have peace, says churches leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

NE India - Manipur violence sparks fears of religious conflict
(Ann J. Denail, World Watch Monitor)

Crane collapse kills 107 people at mosque in Mecca days before Hajj
(Faith Karimi, Ralph Ellis and Jason Hanna, CNN)

At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca
(Reuters)

Crane collapse kills 107 at Mecca's Grand Mosque as hajj approaches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President assures freedom of religion for all
(Fu'ad Lawal, Pulse Nigeria)

NE India - Manipur violence sparks fears of religious conflict
(Ann J. Denail, World Watch Monitor)

Muslim states urge UN force to help stem Syria tide
(Agence France-Presse)

Cambodia orders repatriation of Christian Montagnards
(Abby Seiff, UCA News)

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Fight for religious freedom goes on, says ex-interfaith council chief
(Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider)

Survey shows broad dissatisfaction with Israeli religious policy
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Friday, 11 September 2015

Religion laws will fragment dream of a united Myanmar – Cardinal Bo
(Mizzima)

Dr. Jane Goodall will address the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions
(Parliament Blog)

Israel outlaws Muslim civilian guards at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

UN strongly approves Palestinian proposal to raise flag
(Cara Anna and Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Netanyahu makes quick pivot from loss on Iran deal
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

Sixth Indian state seeks to adopt 'Anti-Conversion Law'
(World Council of Churches)

India's Christians are under attack
(World Watch Monitor)

Sudanese forces raped, murdered and burned civilians alive in Darfur, human rights group says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

First South African to be beatified by Catholic church
(Agence France-Presse)

Uzbelistan: "Threatened we will be put in prison if we don't stop visiting each other for prayers"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief for All: Final Statement
(Theological School of Halki, Hebeyliada Island, Turkey, Conference of European Churches)

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Member of US religious freedom commission finds inspiration in Orthodox beliefs
(Daniel Mark, The Jerusalem Post)

Bipartisan resolution introduced: Persecution of Mideast Christians is 'genocide'
(Lauretta Brown, CNS News)

Netanyahu seeks UK support against 'militant Islam'
(Agence France-Presse)

Bangladesh urged to tackle religious intolerance
(UCA News)

Saigon Church launches scholarships and free courses for poor children
(Thanh Thuy, Asia News)

Church opens the first Christian museum in Basra, southern Iraq
(Asia News)

Shanghai opens park to honor its 20,000 Jewish Holocaust refugees
(Brian Schaefer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Ingushetia's leader calls for stronger information counteraction to spreading of religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow gay pride organizer seeks Swiss citizenship
(Interfax-Religion)

230 Assyrian Christian hostages closer to freedom as negotiators compel ISIS to lower demands
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Chechen leader demands judges who banned Islamic work be punished
(Alec Luhn, The Guardian)

Saudi Arabia bans National Geographic cover featuring Pope Francis
(David Kenner, Foreign Policy)

Al-Qaeda leader criticizes Islamic State for dividing jihadist ranks
(Missy Ryan, The Washington Post)

Islamic State group's attacks in Saudi test security of hajj
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Love and loathing greet pope's appeal for parishes to host refugees
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Pope adds Kenya, scene of attacks on Christians, to Africa trip
(Isla Binnie, Reuters)

Bangladesh arrests three more Islamists over killings of secular bloggers
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)

Maiduguri 'open' again despite renewed Boko Haram activity
(World Watch Monitor)

Russia's Muslim clerics concerned over court ruling on Islamic book
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)

Charitable status of un-popular opinion
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)

Refugees in Europe: Exodus
(The Economist)

Time to take religion, segregation out of schools
(Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today)

Myanmar's religion laws a 'death knell' for peace
(John Zaw, UCA News)

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

The plight of Syria's Druze minority and U.S. options
(Waleed Rikab, Syria Comment)

Brazil Pentecostal church welcomes gays spurned elsewhere
(Jenny Barchfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israel outlaws Muslim groups that protest at key holy site
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The Christian militia taking on Islamic State in Iraq
(Dan Damon, BBC News)

India Muslims condemn Islamic State, calling it 'un-Islamic'
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Participants in workshop are equipped to address statelessness in Middle East
(World Council of Churches)

Islamic cleric killed in Dagestan
(Interfax-Religion)

Azerbaijan: Can segregated beaches be "positive discrimination"?
(EurasiaNet)

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