Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 15 October 2018
How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves
(Jennifer Dos Reis Dos Santos, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Man who wanted country 'cleansed of white people' found guilty of hate speech (South Africa)
(Jenni Evans, News 24)
South African court finds online postings to be hate speech
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 21 September 2018
Al-Shabaab five years after Westgate: Still a menace in East Africa
(International Crisis Group)
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Prof. PLO Lumumba speaks during Africa Religious Liberty Congress in Rwanda
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)
3rd Africa Religious Liberty Congress - DAY 1 - Judith Uwizye
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)
Monday, 17 September 2018
Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
(World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
C. African Republic: as Sudan hosts peace talks, Russia offers to get more involved
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
South Africa court orders recognition of Muslim marriages
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Surprise: World's most committed Christians are in Africa, Latin America... and the U.S., survey finds
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
World's most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America – and the US: Pew
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The world’s most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America — and the U.S.
(Joey Marshall, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Tunisians preach tolerance as Muslims, Jews join Christian celebration
(Africa News)
Church near Kampala, Uganda closes after months of Islamist attacks
(Morning Star News East Africa Correspondent, Christian Headlines)
Thursday, 16 August 2018
Yaounde: Cameroon’s Prime Minister attended the 3rd Pan-Africa Congress on Religious Freedom
(Dr. John Graz, Secretary General International Religious Liberty Association, The International Religious Liberty Association)
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
In central Africa, a cathedral shelters Muslims amid sectarian violence
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Monday, 13 August 2018
Harassment of African students under anti-evangelism law continues
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Saturday, 11 August 2018
UN condemns rising incitement to hatred in CAfrican Republic
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Saturday, 4 August 2018
US court hears case against Germany over Namibia genocide
(Howard Rechavia Taylor, Al Jazeera Africa)
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
New coalition seeks sainthood for five African-Americans
(Kirk Petersen, Religion News Service)
Friday, 27 July 2018
Is Eritrea becoming the North Korea of Africa?
(Ewelina U.Ochab)
Football and religion: two competing domains with a lot to offer Africa
(Mohammed Girma, The Conversation)
Monday, 16 July 2018
Bishops of Central African Republic ‘outraged’ by threat against Muslim population
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 9 July 2018
Killings of Catholic priests in Africa raise fears that peacemakers are targets
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 7 July 2018
How soccer and religion fight it out for the hearts of Africans
(Quartz Africa)
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Central African Republic in mourning again as another priest killed
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 25 June 2018
Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Central African Catholic and Muslim leaders attack “sowers of hatred, division”
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saturday, 23 June 2018
South African Jews report ‘flurry of viciously anti-Semitic’ incidents
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
LGBTQ rights and the Bible in South Africa (Responding to: Religious decision-making on LGBTQ issues)
(Jeremy Punt, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 15 June 2018
Ivory Coast bishop chides African priests 'wandering' in Europe
(Lcui Sarr, La Croix International)
Thursday, 14 June 2018
African-American Evangelicals on the Masterpiece Cake Issue
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice blog)
South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack
(Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Is Eritrea becoming the North Korea of Africa?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Officials continue to hound African Pentecostals studying in Russia
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 21 May 2018
The Role of Religion and Religious Freedom in Responding to Violent Extremism
(Brett Scharffs, Religion, Law and Security in Africa, M. Christian Green, T. Jeremy Gunn, and Mark Hill, eds.)
Thursday, 17 May 2018
African Pentecostal student sentenced for illegal evangelism
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Friday, 11 May 2018
Deadly attack on South African mosque has ‘hallmarks of Islamic State'
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Thursday, 10 May 2018
1 killed, 2 badly wounded in South Africa mosque attack
(Cara Anna, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Attacks on basis of religion in Central African Republic alarm UN human rights chief
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
The religious war in the Central African Republic continues
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Another Catholic priest killed in Central African Republic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Pope prays for peace in Central African Republic
(Associated Press)
Two African-American women elected as bishops for the first in ECLA history
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Friday, 4 May 2018
White House expresses concern over religious violence in Central African Republic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement from the Press Secretary on Religious Violence in the Central African Republic
(The White House)
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Healing through artwork: Crochet by African migrants and trauma victims on display in NYC exhibit
(Liz Donovan, Religion News Service)
Church massacre shatters tranquility of Central African capital
(Illia Djadi, World Religion News)
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
African students accused of illegal evangelism
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 30 April 2018
Arab-Islamic education in Sub-Saharan Africa: going beyond clichés to build the future
(Rohen d'Aiglepierre, Clothilde Hugon, and Hamidou Dia, The Conversation)
Ugandan faith leaders grapple with accepting Israel’s African refugees
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
African student found guilty of illegal evangelism
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Monday, 23 April 2018
New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
(Andrew Meldrum, Religion News Service)
Terrorist groups wreak havoc in Sahel despite presence of counter-terrorism forces
(North Africa Post)
Thursday, 19 April 2018
East African Mormons look forward to a Nairobi temple
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 16 April 2018
African, European bishops: Globalization demands vigilance from Church
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Promise and failure in a postcolonial world: The Good Friday Agreement and South African democracy (Responding to: The future of the Good Friday Agreement)
(Cóilín Parsons, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 9 April 2018
South Africa bishops say Zuma’s court appearance good for democracy
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Five years on, Central African Republic crisis deepens
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Netanyahu's incredible flip-flop on African migrants
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
‘Black Panther’ inspires Kenyan church leaders’ march for Pan-African unity
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The last male rhino of its kind dies. African religious leaders call it a spiritual loss
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 19 March 2018
Eritrea finally explains October 2017 Asmara protest in letter to U.N.
(Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, Africa News)
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Over 1,000 Muslims take refuge in Central African Republic
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Monday, 5 March 2018
Interfaith film misses Oscar, but raises hope in Africa
(Frerick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 1 March 2018
SA commission says religion should be legislated to avoid another tragedy like Seven Angels
(African News Agency)
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Latest issue of International Review of Mission focuses on mission insights from Africa
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 19 February 2018
African cosmologies: spiritual reflections on the ‘Black Panther’ movie
(Yolanda Pierce, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
John Wamwara: Christianity and Human Rights in Africa Lecture Series Part 1 [YouTube]
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Monday, 12 February 2018
UN denies complicity in Central African Republic massacres, but questions remain
(World Watch Monitor)
Friday, 9 February 2018
South Africa: Support for SARS probe into abuse within religious sector
(Eyewitness News)
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
5 facts about the religious lives of African Americans
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Divinity School scholars studying religious freedom and society in Africa
(Adam Gaber, Yale News)
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
African deportations are creating a religious controversy in Israel
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Niger’s churches rebuilt, but West African nation ‘no longer tolerant’
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Friday, 19 January 2018
In wake of Trump furor, Vatican delivers show of solidarity for Africa
(John Allen and Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thursday, 18 January 2018
In Israel, a rabbinical plan to hide Africans facing deportation
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Church outrage over spanking ban aids violence against South Africa’s children
(Selina Palm, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018
(Brookings)
Cardinal laments deadly year for Church in Central African Republic
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 12 January 2018
African-American pastor responds to Trump's controversial comment on immigration
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
Israel's betrayal of African refugees
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
'Black votes matter': African-American propel Jones to Alabama win
(Brian Naylor, NPR)
Monday, 11 December 2017
South Africa: Efforts to curb commercialisation of religion
(Tania Page, AlJazerra)
Friday, 8 December 2017
In Alabama Senate race, African-American Christians may hold the key
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Truth will lead to African peace, Nigerian bishops say
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
In east Africa, farmers see drought as “a consequence of human action”
(Fredrick Nzwili, World Council of Churches)
Friday, 1 December 2017
Jewish groups urge Israel not to deport African refugees
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
African women embark on pilgrimage in Burundi
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Concert blast shows Central African Republic religious rift
(Pauline Bax, Bloomberg)
Monday, 13 November 2017
The belief that Africa’s Quranic students are passive victims needs to change
(Anneke Newman, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Catholic leaders welcome more troops in Central Africa, but want weapons
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Central African Republic IDPs angry at UN failure to protect them
(llia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 26 October 2017
In Central African Republic, UN contractors bribed to aid Muslims
(Zack Baddorf, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Alexis Okeowo finds God in the brave acts of ordinary Africans
(Meghan Sullivan, NPR)
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
EVENT, 25 October 2017: Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani on women as peacemakers
(United States Institute of Peace: Middle East and Africa Center)
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Central African Republic: where government writ only runs in the capital
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 19 October 2017
South Africa: Bishops call for strengthened governance to save workers’ pensions
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 16 October 2017
Church charges zoning denial stemmed from anti-African discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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