Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Boy dies after being set on fire
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)
European Legal (In)Action and the Ukraine Crisis
(Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)
The European Convention meets the Crisis in Ukraine
(Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)
Newman and Vatican II
(George Weigel, First Things)
Russian upper house passes bill allowing convicts to meet with priests
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Israeli minister demands a halt to Al-Aqsa renovations
(Middle East Monitor)
Sri Lankan authorities seek to disband Adventist congregation
(Adventist Review)
Indian government says Church attacks were criminal not political
(Reuters)
2,200 join first International Bible Marathon in Israel
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Nigerian Christians feel mixture of hope and anxiety after Buhari's presidential win
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
After 15 years, legal victory for family of pastor believed abducted by North Korea
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)
U.S. drone kills a top figure in Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch
(Scott Shane, The New York Times)
El Salvador jails women for miscarriages and stillbirths
(Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times)
'Christian Taliban's' crusade on Ukraine's front lines
(Sheren Khalel, Matthew Vickery, Al Jazeera)
Remembering the Holocaust, speaking the truth
(Charles C. Haynes, GazetteXtra)
Canada Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
(CBC News)
Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Chinese government white paper criticizes Dalai Lama's "non-violent facade" [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
China issues Tibet white paper accusing Dalai Lama of 'duping' Buddhists
(Liam Bourke, The Shanghaiist)
China's 'evil' church demolition campaign continues, say activists
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
Indian government says church attacks not political
(Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)
Turkey's Erdogan: 'I condemn the pope' over Armenia genocide comment
(Humeyra Pamuk, David Dolan, and Louise Ireland, Reuters)
Violent anti-Semitic incidents worldwide soar by 40 percent
(Jewish Journal)
Kazakh teens convicted of promoting terrorism
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Report counts sharp spike in global anti-Semitism
(Kim Hjelmgaard, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis throws the weight of his office behind tackling climate change
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Lawmakers, church urge Uganda to apply land policy giving women access to land
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pakistan's Christians faithful, resilient in face of persecution
(Matthew Davies, Anglican Communion News Service)
Aleppo's Christians face rising violence
(Edward Dark, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
AKP's stance on Armenians worries Christians
(Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkish students' Jedi temple protest
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Egypt exports interfaith ‘Bridge’
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Erdogan rethinks sectarian politics
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
'Significant ramping' of political repression in the Gulf, activists warn
(Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera America)
Uzbekistan: "She fears police brutality during interrogation and administrative arrest"
(Forum 18 News Service)
EVENT, 15 April 2015: Charles Taylor discusses Meditation and the Lives of Faith Today
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS due 15 April 2015: The Legitimate Scope of Religious Establishment
(Sponsors: Fondazione Marcianum, Emory University, Bar-Ilan Unversity, Padua University, Workshop in Venice, 7-9 March 2016)
EVENT, 15 April 2015: The Gathering Storm: Religious Persecution and Legislative Responses
(Baroness Elizabeth Berridge and former Congressman Frank Wolf, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs in cooperation with Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion)
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
The never-ending tragedy of Nigeria’s missing schoolgirls
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Nigeria abductions: Vows to remember Chibok girls
(BBC News)
A year after kidnap of schoolgirls in Nigeria, hope dwindles
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Why is Isis a wake-up call to Muslim women?
(Homa Khaleeli, The Guardian)
Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels are using banned heavy weapons, government says
(Reuters)
Methodism and world leaders: Wesley's sons and daughters
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Turkish prosecutor challenges acquittal of Dutch journalist on terror charges
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Reuters)
Nigeria's Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls: report
(Emma Farge and Alex Whiting, Reuters)
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
(Reuters)
How the stressed Chinese millennials are taking solace in Buddhism
(Alison Lesly, World Religion News)
Christian convert conditionally released before Persian New Year
(Mohabat News)
A call to deny Muslims the vote draws fire
(Suryatapa Bhattacharya, The Wall Street Journal)
Combat in Yemen risks stirring sectarian hatred
(Mohamed Mukashaf and Noah Browning, Reuters)
'Israel and the Jewish People can't ignore the Armenian Holocaust'
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Children of Holocaust survivors inherit the role of witness
(Aron Heller, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Amid tensions with Saudi Arabia, Iran halts minor pilgrimages to Mecca
(Thomas Erdbrink, The New York Times)
Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption
(Eveline Danubrata and Michael Taylor, Reuters)
The coming combustion: faith and fear on the streets of Cuba
(Jonathan Newman, Foreign Affairs, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
What is the future of religion?
(Paid program sponsored by the Templeton Foundation, Slate)
Is Christianity's future Chinese? New study considers scenarios
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
When will China become the world's largest Christian country?
(Fenggang Yang, Slate: What is the Future of Religion? Paid program sponsored by the Templeton Foundation)
What connection is there, if any, between Christianity and innovation?
(Donald Yerxa, Big Questions Online)
The Muslim nation that saved Jews
(Barbara Heggen, RN)
Anglican Church of Canada reaffirms resolve to fight anti-Semitism
(Matt Gardner, Anglican Communion News Service)
Pakistan’s cartoon ‘Burka Avenger’ swoops into India to empower girls
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)
Christian Scientists granted immunity from no jab, no pay policy
(Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian)
'Personal views on why Liberia should not be declared, by law, a Christian nation' (Opinion)
(Joshua D.B. Giddings, Liberian Observer via allAfrica)
Turkish citizens arrested in Erbil for having connections to Islamic State
(Hoshmand Sadiq, BasNews)
Iran to appoint first female ambassador since Islamic Revolution in 1979 — reports
(Sam Wilkin, Reuters)
Activists criticize Kenya for putting Muslim groups on Shabaab supporters' list
(Edith Honan, Reuters)
Obama, Iraq's Abadi to discuss Islamic State fight in White House meeting
(Jeff Mason, Reuters)
Daesh losing ground in Yarmouk: Palestinian sources
(Al Bawaba)
China orders all Buddhist monasteries in Tibet to fly its flag
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Senior al-Qaida leader killed in US air strike
(The Jerusalem Post)
Somali Islamist group say attacked ministries in capital
(The Jerusalem Post)
Synagogue destroyed in Kiryat Arba by Israeli Security Forces
(The Jerusalem Post)
Thousands of Europeans have joined ISIS in Syria
(Middle East Monitor)
Russia to tighten rules for foreign-funded religious groups
(RT News)
Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption
(Eveline Danubrata and Michael Taylor, Religion News Service)
Hindu nationalist politician calls for sterilisation of Christians and Muslims to control numbers
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Human rights groups and former diplomats call for Western sanctions on the Aliyev regime
(Azeri Report)
Young Tajik Muslims banned from hajj
(Interfax-Religion)
Monday, 13 April 2015
Iran suspends Saudi pilgrimages over youth assault allegations
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Kenyan bishop laments terrorism, calls for unity
(Antonia von Alten, Catholic News Agency)
Pakistan: 14-year-old boy set on fire because he was a Christian
(Claire Smart, Ecumenical News)
Daghestan now 'northern front of Islamic State'
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Muslim Brotherhood split on Saudi strikes in Yemen
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Public transport on Shabbat becomes political dispute
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Divorce in Gaza comes at steep price
(Mohammed Othman, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Syrian regime warplanes target mosque in Idlib
(Middle East Monitor)
Anglican Communion’s new secretary general draws praise from Africa, condemnation elsewhere
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
India: Hindu extremist leader says Christians and Muslims should be forcibly sterilized
(Claire Smart, Ecumenical News)
Radicalized Western mothers lead children into Islamic State
(Brenda Stoter, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Pope Armenian 'genocide' speech sparks bitter row with Turkey
(Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse)
Armenian American community lauds pope's recognition of genocide
(Soymya Karlamangla, Anh Do, and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times)
Turkey angered by pope's use of 'G-word’
(Cegiz Candar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
‘Proud to be here’: Gaza faithful celebrate Orthodox Easter
(Nigel O'Connor, Al Jazeera America)
Mistaken for a Boko Haram bomber, Nigerian woman was lynched by mob
(Chris Stein, Al Jazeera America)
Rights group blasts Israeli settlements for Palestinian child labor
(Al Jazeera America)
Unease with Australia's Islamophobia
(Jarni Blakkarly, Al Jazeera)
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