Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Ethiopian Orthodox leaders jailed after protesting about persecution
(World Watch Monitor)
Fasting unto death is essential religious freedom, say Jains in court
(A Vaidyanathan, NDTV)
Indian religious group asks for the right to fast to death
(Aditya Agrawal, TIME)
Monday, 24 August 2015
Trinity Western University takes law school battle to B.C. Supreme Court
(The Province)
Sri Lankan authorities move to protect religious freedom
(Jehovah's WItnesses)
Students’ synod questionnaire meets with surprisingly wide response
(Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, National Catholic Reporter)
ISIS speeds up destruction of antiquities in Syria
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
Saudi Arabia executed 175 people in past year, says Amnesty International
(The Guardian)
YouTube's battle against ISIS
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huffpost Religion)
Sect’s death ritual raises constitutional conflict in India
(Ellen Barry and Mansi Choksi, The New York Times)
The flawed reasoning in the Santhara ban
(Suhrith Parthasarathy, The Hindu)
Pope Francis congratulated Ukrainians with Independence Day and made appeal for peace
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Historic move towards Indigenous province within Anglican Church of Canada
(Matt Gardner, Anglican Communion News Service)
Bombings, terror threats don't keep Copts away from Egyptian churches
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Anti-harassment campaign stirs controversy in Egypt
(Reham Mokbel, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
To veil or not to veil: Iraqi women face scrutiny over their choices
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
ISIL persecutes gay, lesbian, trans people, experts tell UN
(Al Jazeera America)
Christian law school argues for religious freedom
(Tamsyn Burgmann, Canadian Press, Global News.ca)
Muslim leaders issue declaration on global climate change
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India’s Muslim women seek marriage, divorce rights
(Religion News Service)
Bombing the latest of many challenges for Thailand's junta
(Denis D. Gray, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
'Jihadi John' vows to return to UK with ISIS' leader and 'cut heads off' of nonbelievers
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Iranians begin hajj amid tensions with Saudi
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Armed men launch attack in Burkina Faso near Mali
(Brahima Ouedraogo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In Catholic Colombia, LGBT people find growing acceptance
(Chris Herlinger, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: Children's Christian camp raided
(Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News)
Schismatics disrupted a divine service and seized an Orthodox church not far from Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill hopes for interaction between Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian authorities in interests of society
(Interfax-Religion)
Catholics in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei use rosary and website against human trafficking
(Asia News)
Myanmar passes polygamy and conversion laws that please Buddhist extremists
(Asia News)
The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard
(Samira Shackle, The Guardian)
Islamic Council of Queensland condemns insulting video of mosques
(Joshua Robertson, The Guardian)
Pastors finally escape Sudan after 8 months in prison; first stop is thanksgiving prayer service
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Boko Haram has killed 8,000 members of our church,' says Nigerian pastor of 176 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
U.S., Turkey to launch 'comprehensive' anti-Islamic State operation
(Nick Tattersall, Reuters)
Government committed to freedom of religion: Najma Heptulla
(Express News Services, The Indian Express)
Islam and ecology: In almost perfect harmony
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
WCC seminar explores links between indigenous ecological spiritualties and Christian faith
(World Council of Churches)
Islamic State militants blow up temple in ancient city of Palmyra
(Kinda Makeih, Reuters)
Preparing for the Salt Lake City Parliament of the World’s Religions
(The Interfaith Obersever Series explores value of 2015 Parliament, The Parliament Blog)
Why is the Parliament of the World’s Religions important?
(The Interfaith Observer)
Preparing for Christian-Muslim peace in the future
(Fr Patrick McInerney, The Interfaith Observer)
Russia: Religious festival raided, two-year investigation, criminal trials, one fine
(Forum 18 News Service)
Same sex marriage: referendum or plebiscite?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Trinity Western University and the legal war of attrition: Isn’t it time to let diversity flourish?
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)
China Media Bulletin: Now published in Chinese and English
(Freedom House)
The value of knowledge
(John Hyman, OUPblog Religion)
Hanoi ignores Caodaists and Catholics who criticise new religious bill for violating human rights
(Nguyen Hung - J. Dang, AsiaNews.it)
Retailers to be allowed to open Easter Sunday
(Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald)
Burma: Religious freedom is under threat, warns rights group
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Sunday, 23 August 2015
Israel’s enemy within: Young militant settlers
(Shira Rubin, USA Today)
Turkey's outburst at the BBC says more about the way we use 'terrorist'
(Al Bawaba)
Burma: Discriminatory laws could stoke communal tensions
(Human Rights Watch)
ISIS blows up ancient temple at Syria’s Palmyra ruins
(Liam Stack, The New York Times)
Alevis to ‘block legal system’ if rulings not put into effect
(Barçın Yinanç, Hürriet Daily News)
The Iran deal: How Christians choose sides
(Susan Warner, Gatestone Institute)
Saturday, 22 August 2015
A new Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi is getting Saudis riled up
(Al Bawaba)
Islamic State in Syria demolishes ancient Mar Elian monastery
(Ya Libnan)
WCC condemns destruction of monastery in Syria
(World Council of Churches)
Russian Orthodox Church lends weight to Putin patriotism
(Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC News)
Who was Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab?
(Review of Michael Crawford's book by Jacob Olidort, First Things)
Parliament trustee steers first North American government to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
(Parliament Blog, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Friday, 21 August 2015
As fight with Kurds heats up, Turkey's president calls elections
(The Economist)
Brazil: Sect enslaved followers and accumulated fortune
(Evangelical Focus)
Some Israelis hope to be recognized as Jews through alternative courts
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Myanmar passes extreme religion bills targeting marginalized Muslim population
(Beenish Ahmed, Think Progress)
70 burned churches 'fertilize' faith of Nigeriens
(Kelly Ledbetter, Christian Examiner)
How Matisyahu ban backfired on BDS backers
(J.J. Goldberg, Forward)
"A 10-year dispute between Christians and Muslims settled by the children"
(Shalom Ghana, United Religions Initiative)
Moroccan cartoonists fight for their right to express themselves
(Imad Stitou, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
World Council of Churches 'alarmed' at escalating Korean peninsula tensions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tens of thousands displaced by Boko Haram in two weeks in Chad
(Tom Clark, Reuters)
Nearly all India's Muslim women reject 'triple talaq', polygamy, survey finds
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)
White House: Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike
(Jeff Mason and Warren Strobel, Reuters)
Court seizes over one million Jehovah's Witnesses brochures brought into Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Archaeology and religion have always been intertwined, but will the field be better off without its influence?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Islamic State and antiquities: Nothing is sacred
(The Economist)
Islam and slavery: The persistence of history
(The Economist)
Economic development as a way to overcome violent religious extremism
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Egypt’s Sinai providing fertile ground for Islamic State expansion
(Zachary Fillingham, Geopolitical Monitor)
The Islamic State’s horrifying practice of sex slavery, explained
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Scrapping religion classes from schools 'the right thing to do', says Victorian education minister
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Myanmar approves controversial religion bills
(Channel News Asia)
Islamic State militants behead antiquities expert who devoted life to saving artifacts
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Islamic State destroys Syrian monastery, moves Christian captives: monitor
(Reuters)
Egypt reportedly seizes 4 senior Hamas naval commandos heading to Iran
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kandhamal couple’s shooting evokes darkest memories for India’s Christians
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Car bomb on Cairo security building leaves 23 injured
(Asia News)
For young Catholics, focus should shift from the constitution to Nepal’s development
(Christopher Sharma, Asia News)
Iran seeks to join US-led coalition against ISIS amid nuclear deal controversy
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Eight soldiers killed, Istanbul palace attacked as Turkish unrest mounts
(Nick Tattersall and Seyhmus Cakan, Reuters)
Palestinian hunger striker released after suffering brain damage
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Crimea: Church split stokes anger
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Israel accuses UN official of ‘anti-semitism’
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi women register to vote in municipal elections
(Al Jazeera)
Kazakhstan: Two-month secret police detention – prosecution to follow?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Vietnam moves closer to passing controversial religion bill
(UCA News)
Advocates urge Nepal to avoid criminalizing religious conversion
(Ken Camp, Baptist News Global)
Suhakam: All human rights vital, not just those approved by one religion
(the Malaymail Online)
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