Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Church suicide bomber kills priest and 4 others amid weeks of Boko Haram attacks leaving over 100 dead during Ramadan
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Netanyahu backslides on religious reforms
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Imprisoned Sudanese pastors must be proven innocent or they will face the death penalty
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
ISIS jihadists line Syrian streets with crucified civilians tied to electric poles for breaking fast during Ramadan
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Islamic clerics arrested after mob attack Pakistani Christian couple
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pakistan bans English translations of Islamic terms, including translating 'Allah' as 'God'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Boko Haram pursues reign of terror as deaths spiral amid bombings, shootings
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
US-led airstrikes hammer ISIS 'capital' in bid to weaken its ability to move its forces
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
3 Afghan girls splashed with acid on their faces 'as punishment for going to school'
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Gay couple sue for recognition in South Korea
(Agence France-Presse)
Qiyam Al-Layl prayers begin today
(Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News)
Record 14 million visit Makkah in 16 days
(Arab News)
Monday, 6 July 2015
Nothing Islamic about Daesh
(Nilofar Suhrawardy, Arab News)
Death Talk: The case against euthanasia
(Professor Margaret Somerville, The University of Notre Dame Australia Schools of Law and Medicine, Sydney)
- “Liberty,” “marriage,” and religious freedom
(Steven D. Smith, Cornerstone Debate: Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
A problem of ‘religion,’ and polling, in China
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times: Sinophere, Dispatches from China)
Papacy should have time-limit says Francis, before Latin America departure
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ontario court upholds Law Society’s decision not to accredit Trinity Western University
(Jacques Gallant, The Star Canada)
Ontario law society’s decision to refuse Trinity Western accreditation upheld
(Simona Chiose, The Globe and Mail)
Trinity Western’s planned law school takes another hit
(Ian Mulgrew, The Vancouver Sun)
Trinity Western University v. The Law Society of Upper Canada (judgment)
(Ontario Superior Court of Justice)
GlobalPlus: Religious attire in the public square
(Yair Rosenberg, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Low turnout marks anti-gay demonstration in Kenya
(Tom Odula, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Obama says anti-Islamic State strategy unchanged even as airstrikes increase
(Christi Parsons, Los Angeles Times)
Chinese govt insists Muslims enjoy freedom of religion
(GhanaWeb)
Conversion reforms struck down by Israeli cabinet
(Adiv Sterman, Times of Israel)
Israel's cabinet strengthens ultra-orthodox control of religious status matters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Critics decry Israeli cabinet vote rejecting measure to ease Jewish conversion
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Threats to religious freedoms continue in Indonesia, rights groups warn
(Andreyka Natalegawa, ucanews)
Mainland infringing on freedom of religion in HK, pastor warns
(EJ Insight)
Tajikistan blacklists dozens of Islamist websites, one opposition website
(Interfax-Religion)
Pakistani police save Christian couple from 'anti-blasphemy' mob attack
(Catholic News Agency)
Close encounters: A glimpse of Palestinian reality few American Jews ever see
(Ilene Prusher, Haaretz)
6 Bedouin-Israeli teachers arrested for promoting ISIS
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Report: Woman denied entrance to Western Wall for wearing kippah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
2 Christian pastors may face death penalty in Sudan for openly practising their faith
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
ISIS' child soldiers execute 25 men on site of ancient Roman amphitheater in new video showing fearful spectators
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Syrian Christians face new threat from rebel alliance
(Alison Meuse, NPR)
Brazilian Evangelical Christians create Facegloria, a violence and pornography-free version of Facebook; 100k people sign up in first month
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Four teachers among six Israeli-Arabs charged for promoting Islamic State
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Inside the Saudi prison that's home to new wave of jihadis
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)
The Round Up: Fast-track Failings and Obergefell ‘egoism’
(Laura Profumo, UK Human Rights Blog)
Egypt clamps down on religious ritual
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
West Bank women look to divorce marital status from IDs
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Lebanon to poll Christians on choice for president
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Echoes of caste slavery in Dalit Christian practices
(P Sanal Mohan, OUPblog Religion)
ISIL looting heritage sites on 'industrial scale'
(Al Jazeera)
Teenage blogger in Singapore sentenced to jail time already served
(Al Jazeera America)
For some Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a pragmatic 'Israelification'
(Joshua Mitnick, The Christian Science Monitor)
Israeli cabinet rejects measure to ease Jewish conversions
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Day of extremist violence across Nigeria kills more than 60
(Ahmed Mohammed, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
4 reasons why Adelson anti-BDS campaign will backfire
(Jay Michaelson, The Forward - Opinion)
Sunday, 5 July 2015
Turkish military wary of Erdogan plan for Syrian buffer zone
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Turkey prefers Islamic State to Kurdish State
(Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute)
Friday, 3 July 2015
The Onward March of TWU: Next Step The Court of Appeal
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)
Erdogan and secularists eye once-unthinkable grand coalition in Turkey
(Reuters)
Inter-religious march in Rome demands action on climate change
(Reuters)
Does Japan’s conservative Shinto religion support gay marriage?
(Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Policy)
In turf war with Taliban in Afghanistan, Islamic State loyalists gain ground
(Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
Five from Church of Almighty God cult jailed in China
(UCA News)
Afghan court overturns death sentences in woman's mob killing
(Masoud Popalzai, Jason Hanna and Ed Payne, CNN)
Afghan appeals court overturns death sentences in mob killing of falsely-accused Quran burner
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in West Bank
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
ISIS executes over 3,000 men, women and children in first year of Islamic Caliphate, part of 'apocalypse ideology'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Two Christian women accused of blasphemy tortured by Muslim villagers in Pakistan; faces painted black, beaten as they're forced to parade around on donkeys
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Mexico: Three elderly nuns tied up, gagged and assaulted
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Melbourne church CityLife apologises for warning students not to hug
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Boko Haram gunmen storm mosques at evening prayers, kill 145 in brutal attacks on Nigerian villages
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Christian couple beaten by angry mob in Pakistan after blasphemy accusation
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Gay marriage * Ramadan deaths * Abortion drone: June’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
ISIS executes 160 children and women for refusing to fast during Ramadan, sorcery
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today - Church)
In Germany and Morocco, Mednicoff adresses intersection of religion and politics
(The Center for Public Policy and Administration)
Live by the Truth- Prophet charges Ghanaians
(Bruce Misbahu Bulmuo, Ghana Web)
Iran: Volleyball Federation should penalize ban on women
(Human Rights Watch)
For Syria’s Druze, survival hinges on choosing the right ally
(Nicholas Blanford, Al Jazeera America)
Dozens killed while praying in Nigeria
(Al Jazeera America)
Bangladeshi hijras angry over gender testing for government positions
(Al Jazeera America)
Rainbow flag on West Bank barrier touches nerve for Palestinians
(Mohammed Daraghmeh and Ian Deitch, Haaretz)
10-y-o boy tortured, beaten unconscious by Muslim cleric in Pakistan for refusing to work construction on a mosque
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Lawyer who represented Christian mother Meriam Ibrahim arrested in Sudan for speaking out against gov't to save Church property
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Over 100 dead in Sinai battles as militants with ISIS links launch offensive in Egypt
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Syria: 4,000 Christian families flee ISIS offensive in Hasakah
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Why Egypt’s crackdown on Islamists will lead to bloodshed
(Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters)
The Latest: Muslim Brotherhood calls for Egypt 'rebellion'
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Afghan court commutes death sentences in woman's mob killing
(Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
Tunisia holds eight over Sousse attack on tourists
(BBC News)
Mexico Supreme Court judge urges states to legalize gay marriage
(Max de Haldevang, Reuters)
Guest blog: God by any other name?
(Dr Eugene Yapp, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Same sex marriage, religious freedom and the vibe in Obergefell
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Imam detained in Kyrgyzstan plotted terror acts, coup - Interior Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian court takes Justice Ministry’s side against Church of Scientology
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
S Sudan pastors' lawyer arrested day before they were due in court
(World Watch Monitor)
China criticized over Ramadan restrictions
(Ivan Watson, Serena Dong and Shen Lu, CNN)
Is Kano blurring the line between religion and state?
(Chinenye Ugonna, NAIJ.com)
Your letters: Religion and tolerance
(The Jakarta Post)
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
China: Ramadan restrictions violate religious freedom
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Dalit Christians in India file complaint with UN against the Vatican
(Ritu Sharma, UCA News)
Persecution of Christians around the globe is rising, a special report on a dangerous issue
(Lord Alton, David Alton's Blog)
Religious freedom: The unifying point of [Pakistan] is to guarantee freedom of religion to Muslims globally
(Haseeb Akhtar, Daily Times)
The Pope and Laudato Si’: Is the ecology encyclical a moral analysis or a political indictment?
(Christiana Z. Peppard, Religion & Politics: Fit For Polite Company)
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