Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
US demands release of Chinese Christian pastors and activists
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill at least 24 in northern Nigeria
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)
Influential Christian church ends protests by thousands of followers in Philippines
(Fox News)
Lawyer who advised churches in China faces secretive detention
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
Customs officials unlawfully seizing 10.5 million books and brochures intended for Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout Russia
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Four years of bombings in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
(World Watch Monitor)
Somali Islamists warn against 'immoral culture' at hotels, beaches
(Feisal Omar, Reuters)
Cornerstone Series: A Tale of Three Laws
(Karen Taliaferro, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: A Rational Case for Religious Freedom
(Sherif Girgis, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue - Event Excerpt, Judaism
(David Novak, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Responding to A Tale of Three Laws: Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue - Event Excerpt, Islam Part I
(Anver Emon, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Every tenth Russian justifies actions of Orthodox believers in Manege
(Interfax-Religion)
Is Pope Francis an environmental populist?
(Ignace Berten o.p, Europeinfos: Christian perspecitves on the EU)
As 800,000 from 70 countries gather, religious freedom & business takes the stage
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
What is the Rimini Meeting?
(Rimini Meeting)
“What is this lack a lack of, o heart, of which all of a sudden you are full?”
(Rimini Meeting 2015)
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Syria's humanitarian crisis
(The Economist Explains)
Christian schools shut in Israel to protest budget cuts
(RT.com)
US ambassador raises concern over violations of religious freedom in China
(RTT News)
Human Rights Tribunal orders spa to pay for religion-based demotion
(Rachel Ward, Edmonton Journal)
Petersburg needs three times as many churches as it now has - head of the Metropolia
(Interfax-Religion)
Dangers of international ‘fatigue’ on Israel-Palestine issue
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Hindu extremists threaten to kill Christians in India if they 'utter the name of Christ'
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Sirisena says Buddhist philosophy is noblest gift Sri Lanka can offer to world
(Eurasia Review)
Myanmar president signs (anti-Muslim) law that bans polygamy
(Asia News)
Bangladesh police charge 'Islamist militants' over atheist's murder
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Protesters destroyed a temporary chapel near the Supreme Rada
(Interfax-Religion)
Petersburg needs three times as many churches as it now has - head of the Metropolia
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian faith is growing 7 years after Hindu radicals killed 100 believers, destroyed 6,000 churches in India
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
New cross symbolic for Pakistan's Christians
(Shahzeb Jillani, BBC News)
Israel Christian schools plan to stay shut in protest
(Agence France-Presse)
Turkish raids on firms close to cleric raise fears of pre-election crackdown
(Daren Butler and Ayla Jean Yackley, Reuters)
India's Supreme Court suspends and grants review of state court decision outlawing santhara
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Afghan man and woman given 100 lashes in public for adultery
(Mirwais Harooni and Jalil Ahmad Rezaee, Reuters)
Palmyra temple was destroyed by ISIS, U.N. confirms
(Annie Barnard and Hwaida Saad, The New York Times)
Anti-Muslim Buddhist group moves toward Myanmar’s mainstream
(Timothy McLaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw, Reuters)
Pope Francis asks priests to forgive the sin of abortion
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
News related to ISIS / ISIL / Daesh / "Islamic State"
Monday, 31 August 2015
Tajik Justice Ministry gave ten days to shut down Islamic Renaissance Party
(Interfax-Religion)
Fourteen suspected ISIS propagandists detained in Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Appearance of ISIS militants in Kyrgyzstan shows stability is fragile - Atambayev
(Interfax-Religion)
ISIS beheads 91 people, including 39 of its own fighters, for sorcery and sodomy in 1 month
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS fighters hoist Iraqi prisoners over flames and burn them alive in barbaric new video
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Persecuted Christians walk 10 hours in dark of night to escape ISIS, praise God for still being alive
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Islamic State destroys part of Syria's Temple of Bel: monitors
(Sylvia Westall, Reuters)
Indians debate whether religious freedom means being able to starve yourself to death
(Annie Gowan, The Washington Post)
India top court lifts ban on Jains' santhara death fast
(BBC News)
India's top court suspends ban on Jain suicide ritual
(Al Jazeera)
Christian mother Asia Bibi on death row for blasphemy must be allowed to see her family in jail, court says
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Christian man killed by Muslim in-laws after wife gives her life to Jesus
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram Islamist extremists kill 56 in remote village in Nigeria's north-east
(The Guardian)
Influential Christian sect ends protests in Philippines
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel has failed to reform Jewish radicals, critics charge
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US and Saudis furnish hajj travel information to Americans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Don't manipulate Census data to support half-truths
(Faizan Mustafa, Hindustan Times)
Ethiopia’s underground Jews see small gains in tolerance
(Johnny Magdaleno, Al Jazeera America)
Hundreds rally in St. Petersburg over destruction of demon motif
(Al Jazeera America)
Anti-ISIS coalition falling short, says Canada PM
(David Ljunggren, Reuters)
Philippine Christian group ends protest blocking Manila highway
(Karen Lema, Rosemarie Francisco, and Manny Mogato, Reuters)
Christian unity marks visit of WCC delegation to Pentecostal Church in Chile
(World Council of Churches)
Religious leaders and civil society actors explore ways of ending violence against children
(World Council of Churches)
A Syrian monastery: IS destroys ideals as it destroys buildings
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Varieties of atheism: Ways of getting along
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The new racists: Christians who hate Israel
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
The identity of the new ICLARS–Ashgate Book Series
(Silvio Ferrari and Russell Sandberg, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
‘Abrahamic religions’ – From interfaith to scholarship
(Guy G. Stroumsa, OUPblog Religion)
Commemoration of World Alliance of Religions Peace Summit
(Scoop News)
ISIS damages Bel, Syria's 'most important temple,' rights group says
(Don Melvin and Schams Elwazer, CNN)
Santhara – Supreme Court upholds Jains’ right to freedom of religion
(Niti Central)
Israel and the significance of religion on culture and economics
(Sarah Stanley, Action Institute Power Blog)
U.S. national industrial union endorses BDS of Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Has Jewish music star Matisyahu got a Middle East problem?
(Emily Shire, The Daily Beast)
Myanmar's president signs off on law seen as targeting Muslims
(Hnin Yadana Zaw, Reuters)
Lebanese business leader connects religious freedom to economic development
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Sects, witches, and wizards—from Pythagoreans to Kepler
(Snezana Lawrence, OUPblog Religion)
Economic development and religious freedom by Fouad Makhzoumi
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Indonesia's checks on Islamist extremism flawed, evangelical research body finds
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Protesters demand end to violence against Christians in India
(Ritu Sharma, UCA News)
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Quebec to introduce sex ed pilot project with 'no exemptions'
(Jocelyn Richer, CBC News)
Iglesia presses call for religious freedom
(Francisco Turay, Sara D. Fabunan, Manila Standard Today)
Restrictions on religious freedom violation of Quranic commands - says Bahrain FPL
(AhlulBayt (a.s) New Agency)
Major lessons of AKP power
(Today's Zaman)
Saturday, 29 August 2015
RI ‘failing’ to protect religious freedom
(The Jakarta Post)
Christian group occupies Philippine highway for second night
(Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco; editing by Andrew Roche, Reuters)
Muslim women call for an end to 'verbal divorces' in India
(Siobhan Fenton, The Independent)
How Jews can help Christians learn to succeed as a minority
(Bruce Abramson, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)
A pope beloved by many secular intellectuals is also passionate about miracles and relics
(Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
Friday, 28 August 2015
Census change: Is Australia losing its religion?
(Lucy Battersby, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Facebook wouldn’t let a Catholic priest use the title ‘father.’ Now he’s fighting back
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Religion-based census will polarise Bihar voters
(Aditi Tandon, The Tribune)
Turkey's Temple of Apollo may decode gray mysteries of antiquity
(Sibel Hurtas, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Yazidi students abandon Arabic script with eye toward Europe
(Mahmut Bozarslan, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iran deal opens a vitriolic divide among American Jews
(Jonathan Weisman and Alexander Burns, The New York Times)
Iran’s lavish Mohammed biopic draws Sunni scholars’ outrage
(RT.com)
Gov’t revives policy of discrimination against Alevis in funerals held in cemevis
(Ali Aslan Kiliç / Gülten Üstüntağ, Today's Zaman)
Christian Aid: Don't forget urgent humanitarian needs in South Sudan
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Thousands protest in Philippines over religious freedom
(Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato, Reuters)
The Egyptian street is still alive . . .
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
DOJ not violating INC’s religious freedom
(Rex Remitio, CNN Phillippines)
Russia: Another enforced liquidation, place of worship to be seized
(Forum 18 News Service)
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