Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
In search of jobs, Cameroonian women may end up as slaves in Middle East
(Inter Press Service)
Northern Cameroon announces ban on burkas and face veils
(Edwin Kindzeka Moki, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Burma: Reject discriminatory marriage bill
(Press Release, Human Rights Watch)
Rights group urges Burma's president to reject parliament's Buddhist women's marriage law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
S. African gov’t official threatens students who visited Israel with investigation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ISIL recruiting new members in Khabarovsk Territory - local Muslims
(Interfax)
Pastor to be released in Iran before term as Patriarch Kirill interceded for him
(Interfax)
Kuwaiti officials charge 29 people in mosque bombing
(Middle East Eye)
The Taliban may be talking peace, but it hasn’t stopped fighting
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Raid in Shenyang 'points to terrorists spreading across China'
(Andrea Chen, South China Morning Post)
Prisoner scores small victory in struggle for Alevi rights in Turkey
(Sibel Hurtas, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Zimbabwe: Anglican churches help to launch Gender and Faith Network
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Negev Bedouin await forced evictions
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Scores of ISIL child soldiers 'killed' in Syria in 2015
(Al Jazeera)
Afghan Taliban leader backs peace talks with Kabul officials
(Al Jazeera America)
19 'gay' students are sent home
(Brian Ojamaa, The Star)
Pastor facing 12 years in prison for building a church gets 15-day release after family pays Iran $40K
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Christian families return to Indian village as Hindu extremists vow to kick them out
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Taliban leader Mullah Omar hails peace talks to end Afghanistan war
(Agence France-Presse)
Anyone wearing 'burka' veil faces arrest in Chad following Boko Haram suicide attack
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Extremists out to kill Muslim leader and teacher who turned to Christ in Uganda
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Sudan: Christian pastors' defence team close their case
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Iraqi Christians plead for greater protection following Baghdad killings
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Have Christians joined Boko Haram?
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
My prayer: Iran deal will help millennials in US and Iran bridge the divides (Commentary)
(Serene Jones, Religion News Service)
Five Protestants imprisoned in Mexico
(CSW, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Religious identity and power: preserving the status quo
(Mark Barwick, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Church voices highlight significance of tax reforms at UN conference in Addis Ababa
(World Council of Churches)
Russian Constitutional Court affirms Russian Constitution’s supremacy over ECtHR decisions
(Maria Smirnova, EJIL:Talk!)
Is Pope Francis a Marxist prophet?
(Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion)
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Russia says it can override European rights court rulings
(Khabar.eu)
The Coalition’s quagmire with Syrian Kurds
(Denise Natali, Al-Monitor Week in Review)
Terrorists turn month of peace into time for war
(Brenda Stoter, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Myanmar must remove laws that punish the few
(Sholto Byrnes, The National Opinion)
Lengthy pre-trial detention of foreign suspects a problem in Malta
(Duncan Barry, Independent)
Further comments on churches withdrawing from solemnising marriages
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religious responses to the Iran deal: Will we be safer or sorry?
(Lauren Markoe and Sara Weissman, Religion News Service)
Global ecumenical leaders endorse call for bilateral ceasefire in Colombia
(World Council of Churches)
Iran and world powers clinch historic nuclear deal
(Reuters, The Forward)
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Vienna Treaty / Iran nuclear deal) - Full Text
Iran president says nuclear deal meets 'all objectives', 'God has accepted the nation's prayers
(Agence France-Press, Yahoo! News)
Does this deal prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon?
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
Netanyahu: Iran deal a ‘stunning historic mistake’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel blasts Iran deal as ‘one of the darkest days in history’
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini's release not part of Iran deal
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Facing the unborn
(Richard Stith, First Things)
U.N. calls on Palestinians in Gaza to hand over Israeli nationals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UNESCO designates Jordan side of river as Jesus baptismal site
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chinese bishop installed-- 10 years after episcopal ordination-- as government finally gives approval
(Catholic World News)
China's cross removal campaign spreads to new regions, sources say
(Christian Daily)
Ramadan in the Arctic: How do you break a fast at sundown if the sun doesn't set?
(Andrew Martin | Special to the Washington Post, Alaska Dispatch News)
India’s third-gender ‘hijra’ community balances acceptance with religious identity
(Yasmine Canga-Valles and Olivia Lace-Evans, Religion News Service)
Religion and Ebola: Learning from experience
(Katherine Marshall, Sally Smith, Lancet via Berkley Forum)
'Canada didn't want them': Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect vows never to return as abuse allegations linger
(Rachel Browne, VICE)
Mixed feelings in Macedonia as a Russian Orthodox church rises
(Elisabeth Braw, Radio Free Europe)
Finding organ donors among Qatar's Muslim community
(Shafik Mandhai, Al Jazeera)
Prominent Tibetan monk dies in Chinese prison
(Katie Hunt and Wayne Chang, CNN)
Turkish court annuls law closing schools linked to cleric
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Nigerian leader fires military chiefs to fight extremists
(Bashir Adigun and Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Deaths at India religious festival stampede
(Al Jazeera)
Why Orthodox Judaism needs to be the law of Israel's land
(Rabbi Avi Shafran, Haaretz)
Imprisoned Christian Asia Bibi may not avoid death even if acquitted by Pakistan's high court
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
South Sudan: 'The brutality and violence is indescribable'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
How empowering women helps HIV response
(Danai Majaha, Key Correspondents)
Libya: IS forecourt in North Africa
(Diana Hodali, Deutsche Welle)
Israel arrests Palestinian hunger-striker
(Agence France-Presse)
Bahrain rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab freed from jail
(BBC News)
China set to try jailed U.S. missionary near North Korea border
(Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
Stampede kills 27 during religious bathing festival in India
(Omer Farooq, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Myanmar law restricting marriage of Buddhist women blasted by EU, rights groups
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Iran grants imprisoned pastor Fathi early release
(Baptist Press)
Survey: American evangelicals stand behind Israel
(Bob Smietana, Baptist Press)
Monday, 13 July 2015
Orthodoxy's inconvenient truths
(Ezra Glinter, The Forward)
Samsung subsidiaries’ CEOs slam anti-Semitism in wake of merger debate
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Some religious NGOs working in N. Caucasus to be added to 'patriotic stop-list'
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulema to instill values of open, moderate Islam in Africa – OpEd
(Said emsamani, Eurasia Review)
Libya: Talks continue as Islamic State advances
(MISNA, Eurasia Review)
Iraqi Christians join Muslim forces in last stand against ISIS to liberate Iraq
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Churches in Zimbabwe establish Gender and Faith Network
(World Council of Churches)
Young Christians in Pakistan form group to protect their churches from terrorist attacks
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Are Muslim countries really unreceptive to religious freedom?
(Daniel Philpott, The Washington Post)
U.S. mother and son allegedly denied entry to Israel over Black Hebrews ties
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Family of six hacked to death for witchcraft in eastern India
(Jatindra Dash, Reuters)
Russians tend to see Islamic State as threat to country's security - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Karimov urges creation of special UN body to tackle IS problem
(Interfax-Religion)
US drone strike kills top ISIS leader in Afghanistan; Islamic State bombs Italian consulate in Cairo
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Two Indonesian pilots 'radicalised' by ISIS pose threat to global security — Australia
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Anti-conversion laws threaten religious freedom in Nepal
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Turkish fury with China grows over the plight of the Muslim Uighurs
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
How the pig changed Israeli society
(Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Haaretz)
Are Nigeria's 'Middle Belt' Christians victims of ethnic cleansing?
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari replaces military chiefs
(BBC News)
Jewish extremists arrested over Galilee church arson attack
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Israel arrests suspects in arson attack on famous church
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israeli police arrest 'Jewish suspects' for 'loaves and fishes' church arson
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Baghdad bombings reportedly kill at least 21 and wound 62 during Ramadan
(Agence France-Presse)
Sudan detains 10 women for wearing miniskirts and trousers to church
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Vandals desecrate Catholic Church in India
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Tunisia 'destroys' local al-Qaeda-linked group
(Al Jazeera)
Pope admits he has neglected middle class issues in focus on the poor
(Al Jazeera America)
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