Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Pope Francis reforms Church law in marital nullity trials
(Vatican Radio)
Apostolic Letters on marriage annulment law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pope radically simplifies Catholic marriage annulment procedures
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
WCC affirms strong role of churches in Colombian peace process
(World Council of Churches)
China marks Tibet anniversary with rallying cry against Dalai Lama
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)
China sticks to freedom of religious belief
(Xinhuanet)
'Banistan': Four-day meat ban in India's Mumbai sparks outrage
(Swati Bhat, Reuters)
Palestine: The end or a new beginning? – OpEd
(Alan Hart, Eurasia Review)
Israel bans Palestinian activists behind Jerusalem shrine protests
(Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
The latest manifestation of the debate regarding state-religion relationship in Israel
(Joseph Gold, The Jerusalem Post)
Al Qaeda calls Islamic State illegitimate but suggests cooperation
(Omar Fahmy, Reuters)
Apocalypse now: For Islamic State, the end is definitely nigh
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Migrants and Australia: Why Australia is accepting 12,000 more Syrian migrants
(The Economist)
4 reasons we should think before acting rashly on migrant crisis
(Deborah Lipstadt, Forward)
Unhappy Arabia: The religious and cultural heritage being ruined by Yemen's war
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Heading to London, Netanyahu urges Europe to stop pressuring Israel
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
AB Gallagher: tackle terrorism, guarantee religious freedom in Mid East
(Philippa Hitchens, Vatican Radio)
Azerbaijan: Seven months' secret police detention so far, three more added
(Forum 18 News Service)
Azerbaijan: 11 weeks with no Sunday liturgy
(Forum 18 News Service)
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Russian Church in Germany is ready to shelter refugees from Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
Asylum's dark side: The deadly business of human smuggling
(Spiegel Online International)
Afghanistan: Fragile and forgotten – analysis
(Dr Sanu Kainikara, Eurasia Review)
Iranian deputy foreign minister reasserts leadership on Syria, confidence in Hezbollah
(Jean Aziz, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
How the Islamic State has helped the Middle East
(Kayhan Barzegar, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Procedure of obtaining Russian passport is likely to be simplified for Orthodox foreigners
(Interfax-Religion)
Around 1,000 Crimeans professing non-traditional Islam put on register
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli Christian schools strike to protest cuts in public funding
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Calls to prioritise Christian refugees are discriminatory – Australia's grand mufti
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Egypt begins rounding up dissidents under new terror law
(Emily Crane Linn, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Pope reforms Catholic church’s marriage annulment process
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Pope Francis makes annulment of marriages cheaper and easier
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
Pope Francis reforms Church's annulment process
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Palestinian mother injured in arson attack dies
(Al Jazeera)
Austria says fight against Islamic State needs Syria's Assad
(Shadia Nasralla and Sam Wilkin, Reuters)
Somalia needs army help, investment to fight Islamists: minister
(Edmund Blair, Reuters)
Ethiopian Christians cleared of holding ‘illegal meetings’
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 7 September 2015
Atheist Castros praise Christian values, prepare for papal visit
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Canadian church confirms need for economic pressure on Israel to end occupation of Palestinian territories
(Kristine Greenaway, World Council of Churches)
Reform of canonical marriage annulment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Who is behind Canary Mission targeting pro-BDS activists?
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
What Syrian refugees have to say about coestience with Israel
(Shahar Shoham, Forward)
Haunted by Holocaust, Israel ponders whether to crack door open to refugees
(Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz), Forward)
Treating migrants like natural disasters ‘dehumanizing’
(Barçın Yinanç with Ayhan Kaya, Hürriet Daily News)
Kadyrov calls on Muslim world to urgently discuss problem of migrants trying to find refuge in Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Multi-faith letter to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Egypt postpones verdict in Turkey, Qatar ‘terror’ case
(Anadolu Agency, Hürriet Daily News)
Egypt limits ability of imams to run for office
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Islamic Party of Tajikistan disassociates itself from deputy defense minister charged with organizing attacks on law enforcement officials
(Interfax-Religion)
Israel ‘too small’ to accept Syrian refugees, says Netanyahu
(Religion News Service)
Pope Francis: Every parish in Europe ‘take in one refugee family’
(Religion News Service)
Cuba's atheist Castro brothers open doors to Church and popes
(Marc Frank, Reuters)
Kenya plans offensive against Islamist militants in coastal forest
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Bangladesh High Court rejects petition challenging Islam as state religion
(The Economic Times World News)
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Pope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each
(Reuters Africa)
Religious freedom faces no threat except from radicals
(Ajay Kumar, The New Indian Express)
Religious leaders advice Front
(Viet Nam News)
Egyptian billionaire offers to buy an island off Italy or Greece to rehouse refugees
(Louisa Loveluck, The Telegraph)
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Conflicts are driven by religious intolerance, says PM Modi
(Anil Kumar Ojha, Hindustan Times)
Jail time for Kentucky County Clerk
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Understanding the Jewish High Holy Days
(Patheos Blog: Community by Deily)
The Doha Congress: Negotiating a return of the Iraqi Baath Party?
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))
Art across the early Abrahamic religions
(Robert Gregg, OUPblog Religion)
The Arab world’s wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria’s refugees
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Friday, 4 September 2015
ISIL recruits IT specialists, doctors, engineers in Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Nepal: Religious freedom tested
(Persecution Blog)
Chinese human rights lawyer could face spying charges
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)
Pakistan's fading Parsi community looks abroad
(Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse)
The refugee crisis that isn't
(Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch)
Puritanically radical, radically puritanical: Saudi Arabia’s religious cleansing policy expands through ME
(Catherine Shakdam, Mint Press News)
Death threats target Turkey's Protestants
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Palestinian teachers, students strike in Israel over school budget cuts
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America)
Islamic State blows up tower tombs in Syria's Palmyra: antiquities chief
(Kinda Makeih, Reuters)
Moroccans vote in local election test for ruling Islamists
(Aziz El Yaakoubi, Reuters)
American ideals draw U.S. citizens to settle in Israel’s West Bank
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Facebook and calling priests "Father"
(Nathan O’Halloran, S.J., First Things)
Will progressives require doctors to kill?
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
Four myths about the status of women in the early church
(Susan E. Hylen, OUPblog Religion)
Death threats target Turkey's Protestants
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Congressman Garamendi concerned by India's religious freedom violations
(Arvin Valmuci, Sikh Siyasat News)
Iranian family seeking asylum in Germany convert to Christianity
(The Guardian)
Death toll in IS Yemen mosque attack rises to 32
(Agence France-Presse)
Special Report: In Egypt, jailed Islamists 'dying of neglect'
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Michigan Imam visits Amir Hekmati, longest-held American in Iran
(Rick Gladstone, The New York Times)
Turkey takes on the Islamic State ... in 40-page report
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Vatican says transgender man cannot be a godparent
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
U.S. court: Transgender illegal immigrant cannot be deported to Mexico
(Dan Whitcomb, Reuters)
Ambassador Saperstein calls for religious freedom in Tibet
(Tenzin Monlam, Phayul)
Ugandan rabbi launches second bid for Parliament
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ma Ba Tha to celebrate passage of race & religion laws
(Wa Lone, Myanmar Times)
Rome to name plaza after Martin Luther nearly 500 years after his '95 Theses'
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
A primer on where pope stands on gays, divorce, abortion
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
The ISIS slave girl buyback schemes
(Mat Wolf, Shira Rubin, The Daily Beast)
The two Jewish state solution
(Yuval Diskin, Tablet)
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Myanmar: Electoral Commission rejects candidacy of Muslim leaders
(Asia News)
Migrant crisis has reached 'Biblical proportions' with millions of refugees overwhelming Europe, UK leader warns
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Cornerstone Blog: Migration Crisis: Europe's Failed Response
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Second Bangkok bombing suspect arrested, an ethnic Uyghur
(Asia News)
Why death penalty must go
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune (India))
Singapore elections: Church tells Catholics to cast a moral and responsible ballot
(Asia News)
Thousands of Odisha pogrom survivors accuse the BJP of protecting religious terrorism
(Asia News)
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