Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Catholic bishop ordained in China for first time in three years amid tight security
(South China Morning Post)
First Catholic bishop for three years ordained in China
(Agence France-Presse)
ISIS document says Caliphate will bring about the 'end of the world,' 'behead every last person who rebels against Allah'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
China detains seven Christians opposed to cross demolition
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)
Russia says security forces kill 14 Islamist militants
(Writing by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Louise Ireland, Reuters)
Can Chile's abortion rights reforms overcome staunch religious opposition?
(Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian)
Jehovah’s Witness church says it will comply with mandatory reporting of child abuse
(The Guardian)
After deadly attack, Israel arrests extremist in crackdown
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
ISIS or Al Qaeda? American officials split over top terror threat
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Monday, 3 August 2015
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chided for religious persecution
(Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)
LGBTQ organization wants ad for religious group that calls homosexuality a form of sexual deviation taken down
(Marin MacMahon, News 1130)
‘This is not Islam’: Refugees describe life under ISIL in Raqqa, Syria
(Lauren Williams, Al Jazeera America)
Dispatches: Tackling Indonesia’s religious intolerance
(Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch)
Senegal prosecutes LGBT persons
(Freedom House)
Spotlight on gender justice at Us annual conference
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Is Cuba becoming a haven for LGBT rights?
(Creede Newton, Al Jazeera)
An Ethiopian court jailed Muslim leaders, activists to lengthy terms
(Mahlet Fasil, Addis Standard)
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
(Associated Press)
Israel's Shin Bet arrests Jewish extremist suspected of church attack
(Mairav Zonszein, The Guardian)
Israeli premier vows 'zero tolerance' for Jewish extremists
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel president threatened over 'Jewish terrorism' comment
(Agence France-Presse, Yahoo! News)
Israel: Harsh interrogations for Jewish terror suspects
(Al Jazeera America)
Fears grow over Nepal's 'anti-women' constitution
(Paavan Mathema, AFP, Times of India)
Judging the headscarf - Opinion
(The writer is vice chancellor, Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, The Indian Express)
Why Jewish Terror Is Different this time
(J.J. Goldberg, The Forward)
You can’t understand Pope Francis without Juan Perón — and Evita
(Nick Miroff, The Washington Post)
Russian forces kill 8 suspected Islamic State members in North Caucasus
(The Moscow Times)
How do Russians feel about religion? (Infographic)
(Alexandra Tyan, The Moscow Times)
Russians' views on religion are changing, and not for the better
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Russians feel less positive towards religion now than they did in 1990
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jewish terror attacks tighten the noose around the Palestinian authority
(Amira Hass, Haaretz)
16 year old stabbed in Jerusalem pride parade succumbs to wounds
(Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz)
Saudi ministry: 'Free expression is an abuse of religious rights'
(National Secular Society)
Israeli justice in West Bank is seen as often uneven
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Senegal journalist convicted of engaging in homosexual acts, gets 6-month prison term
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Boko Haram crisis: 178 captives freed
(Heather Tomlinson, Christian Today)
Boko Haram kills 16 Christian fishermen by slitting their throats off the shores of Lake Chad
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2015
(Brian J. Grim, Todd M. Johnson, Vegard Skirbekk, Gina A. Zurlo, Brill)
Fourfold drop in Middle East Christian population, finds new demographic study
(Interview with Gina A. Zurlo, the Weekly Number)
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Cornerstone Blog: Brazil: A Lesson in the Peaceful Navigation of Religious Change
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Cornerstone Blog: Embracing a New Era of Religious Dialogue in Latin America
(Matthew Carnes, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Cornerstone Blog: Religious Liberty Benefits All Faiths in Latin America
(Anthony Gill, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
From Calvin to the Caliphate: What Europe’s wars of religion tell us about the modern Middle East
(John M. Owen IV, Foreign Affairs)
Jehovah’s Witnesses broadcast special meeting into war zone of Ukraine
(Jehovah's WItnesses)
Marijuana ministries * Chicken blood * Chocolate snakes: July’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Cornerstone Blog: Religious Freedom: Are We Making Progress?
(Stephen Bailey, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Cornerstone Blog: Religious Freedom: Rising Threats to a Fundamental Human Right
(Frank Wolf, Engy Abdelkader, Helen Alvaré, Brian Grim, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Cornerstone Blog: Reflections on India: Religion and Development
(Aminta Arrington, Paul Rowe, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Syrian Christians and the English Jew
(Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post)
Defending religion from itself
(KNos Thames, Foreign Policy Democracy Lab)
Beirut's Spring of Life Center offers hope to thousands of refugees fleeing ISIS in war-torn Syria
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post)
State dept report: Iran officials involved in sex trafficking of women, girls
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Muslims in C. Africa 'forced to abandon religion': Amnesty
(Agence France-Presse)
China to probe allegations against abbot of Shaolin Temple
(Radio Free Asia)
Canada pastor 'admits to North Korea subversive plot'
(BBC News)
Chad says killed 117 Boko Haram fighters in two-week campaign
(Reporting by Madjiasra Nako; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Janet Lawrence, Reuters)
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli stabs 6 at a gay pride parade for second time, police say
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Despite bombing, Islamic State is no weaker than a year ago
(Ken Dilanian, Zeina Karam, and Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press)
Friday, 31 July 2015
Gay marriage around the world
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Is Islamic State threatening Jerusalem’s Christians?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Amnesty: Muslims ‘erased’ from Central African Republic
(Azad Essa, African Media Agency)
Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank; Jewish arsonists suspected
(Ali Sawafta, Reuters)
Jewish immigrants fleeing anti-Semitism in France flock to 'Israeli Riviera'
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Sad anniversary for women religious stranded in Kurdistan: 'We are living--but it's like living in a cage'
(Daniel Konstantinovic, Aid to the Church in Need)
Muslim imam risks life to become Christian
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)
On Emirati laws, from imprisonment to the death penalty
(Al Arabiya News)
Defending religious minorities helps majority, faith leaders agree
(Ken Camp, The Baptist Standard)
Niger churches ‘abandoned’ after Charlie Hebdo destruction
(Illia Djadi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Research intern explores role of global politics and religion
(University of Windsor)
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Assyrian Christian woman shares story of captivity by Islamic State
(Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Depressed in Istanbul: Why are Turkey's young Islamist men feeling so blue?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Malawi chief annuls child marriages, sends kids to school
(Sheila Key, Good News Network)
Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Afghan Taliban appoint Mansour as leader: Taliban sources
(Jibran Ahmad and Katharine Houreld, Reuters)
Israel authorizes force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Knesset passes law allowing force-feeding of prisoners
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canada pastor held in North Korea confesses to trying to overthrow state
(Reporting by Andrea Hopkins in Toronto, David Ljunggren in Ottawa and Jack Kim in Seoul; Editing by David Gregorio and Richard Chang, Reuters)
Turkey and Syria: Erdogan’s dangerous gambit
(The Economist)
Ultra-Orthodox man stabs six people at gay pride march in Jerusalem
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Suspension of Pakistan women's death sentence 'shows need' for Christian-Muslim dialogue
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Asia Bibi's possible release from jail seen boosting hopes of Christians in Pakistan
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today - World)
Asia Bibi could walk free after execution stayed
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today - World)
Kuwait 'uncovers Islamic State network'
(Reuters, Christian Today - World)
Thousands of land mines left by ISIS militants before pulling out of Syrian city
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today - World)
Boycott polio vaccine, say Kenya's Catholic bishops
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
India executes Yakub Memon, man tied to 1993 Mumbai bombings
(David Barstow, The New York Times)
Mexican villagers bulldoze 18th century chapel
(Mark Stevenson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pakistan buries Islamic militant leader killed in attack
(Asim Tanveer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Members of extremist Jewish group charged for arson attack on Church of Loaves and Fishes
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post)
CONFERENCE CALL, 30 July 2015: Building a Sustainable Environment for Religious Freedom in Laos and the Role of Peacebuilding
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
North Korea: Official mocks Christian evangelism, denies persecution
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Bahrain makes multiple arrests in wake of deadly bombing
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Nun of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate murdered in Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko honours Ukraine Church leader derided by Russia
(Vasyl Trukhan, NDTV)
Christian mother of 3 kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and marry to Muslim landlord who raped her
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Telenovela of Colombia's only saint prompts lawsuit from devotees
(The Guardian)
A long way home: life for the women rescued from Boko Haram
(Mausi Segun, Human Rights Watch)
Nigeria's Buhari in Cameroon seeks closer partnership against Boko Haram
(Sylvain Andzongo, Reuters)
Pakistan police kill leader of banned sectarian group
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
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