Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 March 2016
Reducing interreligious tensions in the Central African Republic
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Friday, 11 March 2016
African bishops to boycott meeting of Anglican council over Episcopal Church attendance
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 29 February 2016
Central African Republic: Muslim leaders in Central African Republic unite to support social cohesion
(allAfrica)
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Ethiopia: IRCE condemns attack on places of worship
(Abiy Hailu, The Ethiopian Herald, All Africa)
Friday, 26 February 2016
Muslim leaders in Central African Republic unite to support social cohesion
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Spain arrests man in North African enclave for promoting Islamist militancy
(Reuters)
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
South Africa’s Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 22 February 2016
Southern Africa bishops: Same-sex couples “full members” of church
(Episcopal News Service)
Gambia's religious tolerance will remain sacrosanct - President Jammeh
(All Africa)
Nigeria: Corruption cuts across tribe, religion in Nigeria - VP Osinbajo
(Levinus Nwabughiogu, All Africa)
Saturday, 20 February 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 20 February 2016: Fourth ACLARS Conference, "Religious Pluralism and Heritage: Legal and Social Development in Africa"
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
African countries clamp down on churches tied to ‘miracle cures’
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Friday, 12 February 2016
Why some African governments are clamping down on churches
(Pumza Fihlani, BBC News)
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Illegal trade in body parts threatens Africans with albinism
(Melanie Lidman, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 28 January 2016
South African mayor says virgin scholarship program will prevent AIDS, unwanted pregnancies
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Religious leaders in Sierra Leone protest against abortion law
(Star Africa)
African-American church files RLUIPA suit over denial of special use permit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion and development: making better policy to make a bigger difference in Africa
(Report on an Event held in Cape Town, Wilton Park, in Association with the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University)
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Bishop warns: Lord’s Resistance Army re-emerging in Central African Republic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Egyptian writer Fatma Naoot sentenced to three years for 'contempt of religion'
(All Africa)
Monday, 25 January 2016
Cameroon: Politics, religion as favorite satirical subjects
(Kimeng Hilton Ndukong, All Africa)
Friday, 22 January 2016
Sierra Leone: Interfaith summit convenes to discuss new abortion law
(Star Africa)
The Gambia: Africa's new Islamic republic
(Alex Vines, BBC News)
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
What's important for Latinos and African-Americans when it comes to family life and love?
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Faith is family-friendly for African Americans and Latinos
(Anne E. Bromley, Family Studies)
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Accused al-Shabaab fighter came from heart of Baltimore's African-American Muslim community
(Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun)
Friday, 15 January 2016
Nigeria: Chibok girls - Buhari orders fresh investigation
(Daily Independent (Lagos), allAfrica)
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Christians flee growing persecution in Africa and Middle East
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Nigeria: Islamic cleric sentenced to death for 'blasphemy'
(Abdulsalam Muhammad, allAfrica)
Monday, 4 January 2016
Terrorism was biggest concern in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia- Africa poll
(Murithi Mutiga, The East African)
Thursday, 31 December 2015
Nigerian to unveil 'biggest' statue of Jesus in Africa
(Stephanie Findlay and Aderogba Obisesan, Agence France-Presse)
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Egypt: TV show host Islam Al-Beheiry's sentence for contempt of religion reduced to one year
(All Africa)
Friday, 25 December 2015
Christianity and church attendance: The future of the world’s most popular religion is African
(The Economist)
Monday, 21 December 2015
African Catholics embrace Jubilee Year as time for Muslim understanding
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The hospital at the center of a Muslim-Christian war in Africa
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)
El-Zakzaky, religion And the Nigerian State
(Reuben Abati, All Africa)
Friday, 18 December 2015
W. African leaders seek ban on full-face veil to prevent attacks
(Ola Awoniyi and Stephanie Findlay, Agence France-Presse)
C African Republic rebels declare autonomous state in north
(Hippolyte Marboua, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Why the Church is growing in Africa
(Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion)
Angola: Commission on Social Policy revises standards for freedom of religion and cult
(All Africa)
Monday, 7 December 2015
Religious hostility to gay Nigerians; the Pope’s visit to Africa; Ireland’s religious schools can’t discriminate against gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia leads anti-gay forces; global LGBT recap
(Peter Montgomery, USC Annenberg Religion Dispatches)
Pope Francis in Africa: he came, he saw, now what?
(P. Pratap Kumar, Mail & Guardian Africa)
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
South African rabbinate to regulate circumcision after rabbi botches bris
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
South Africa's Jewish community creates internal body to regulate ritual circumcision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The future of world religion is African, so what would an 'African' Christianity or Islam look like?
(Christine Mungai, Mail & Guardian Africa)
Monday, 30 November 2015
Witch burning rebels stoke Central African Republic violence
(Tom Esslemont, Reuters)
Pope Francis visits mosque in war-torn Central African Republic (including video)
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)
Report: Central African Republic rebels stoke violence, burn 'witches'
(Al Jazeera America)
Central African Republic: Pope Francis visits mosque in Bangui to plead for unity
(allAfrica)
Pope wraps up Africa visit with warning about religious conflicts
(Tonny Onyulo, USA Today)
Saturday, 28 November 2015
African American clergy squabble publicly over planned endorsements of Donald Trump
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Dialogue between religions essential, says pope on first day of African tour
(Murithi Mutiga and Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Pope in Africa says conflict ‘feeds on fear, mistrust and despair’
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
In Africa, Pope Francis will find religious vibrancy and violence
(Caryle Murphy, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Pope's east Africa to cement interfaith relations
(Andrew Ross, Anadolu Agency)
Pope touches down in Kenya for start of African tour
(Andrew Ross and Magdalene Mukami, Andalou Agency)
Pope Francis embarks on Africa tour despite security fears
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Tense Christian-Muslim relations provide backdrop to Pope's Africa trip
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Friday, 13 November 2015
Central African government reassures Vatican over pope visit
(Reuters)
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Religion as an instrument for the empowerment of Nigerians (Opinion)
(Ikechukwu Odigbo, allAfrica)
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Pope Francis’ trip to Africa draws excitement, trepidation in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 2 November 2015
Pope hints Central African Republic visit could be canceled
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Episcopal Church installs its first African-American leader
(Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Thursday, 29 October 2015
World Council of Churches supports South African nuclear move at UN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Four people lynched in Central African Republic's capital - sources
(Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
EVENT, 29 October 2015: Religion, Human Development, and Democracy in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria
(Kellogg Institute for International Studies)
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Pope Francis to meet poor, Muslims, and evangelicals in Africa
(Nicole Winfield, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Monday, 19 October 2015
African bishops play a major role, for first time, at contentious Vatican summit
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Pope to make first Africa trip in November amid security concerns
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Elder Joseph W. Sitati addresses race, self-reliance and Church growth in Africa
(Deseret News)
Safe house in South Africa offers gays refuge, hope and ministry
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Egypt designated a "Country of Particular Concern" in U.S. Religious Freedom Report
(allAfrica)
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Meet the Nobel-nominated priest who rescues African refugees from Mediterranean
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 12 October 2015
DR Congo - Islamist militias threaten central Africa too
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
East Africa: The plight of African refugees in Israel
(Alessandra Di Cataldo, allAfrica)
Friday, 9 October 2015
Algeria: Muslims discriminated against in labour market in France
(allAfrica)
Central African Republic: Violence, unrest hinder Central African Republic aid efforts - agencies
(Kieran Guilbert, allAfrica)
Thursday, 8 October 2015
African archbishop: We’re not blocking progress in the church
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
South African provincial leader says Christian holiday will not go
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Anglican head says S. African leaders have created era of sadness with corruption
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Monday, 28 September 2015
Africa eager to welcome Pope Francis, Ugandan Archbishop says
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Central African Republic: The roots of violence
(International Crisis Group)
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Israel courts African-American Evangelicals, despite some hurdles
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Sympathy for Syrian refugees — but not African asylum seekers?
(Maya Paley, Forward)
Monday, 14 September 2015
South African teacher killed for resisting witchcraft is beatified
(Pierre Donadieu, Agence France-Presse)
South African opposition politicians slammed for Israel trip
(Haaretz, Forward)
Friday, 11 September 2015
First South African to be beatified by Catholic church
(Agence France-Presse)
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Pope adds Kenya, scene of attacks on Christians, to Africa trip
(Isla Binnie, Reuters)
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Pope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each
(Reuters Africa)
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Colonial Christianity: The Origins of the Oppression of African Women
(Garikai Chengu, Global Research)
Jailing of gay men in Senegal poses setback to HIV fight in Africa
(Makini Brice, Reuters)
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Is Eritrea the North Korea of Africa?
(Robert P. George and Thomas J. Reese, The Christian Science Monitor)
Central Africa: Convert or die - ethnic cleansing in CAR
(Khaled A Beydoun, allAfrica)
Liberia: Ellen Rejects Proposition To 'Christianize' Liberia
(Obediah Johnson, allAfrica)
Friday, 14 August 2015
Reform movement urges Israel to re-examine African asylum policy
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Tanzania: Church prohibits followers from voting
(Peti Siyame, allAfrica)
Monday, 10 August 2015
Draft law on freedom of religion and belief under public discussion
(allAfrica)
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Africa rulings move LGBT rights forward
(Graeme Reid, Human Rights Watch)
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Muslims in C. Africa 'forced to abandon religion': Amnesty
(Agence France-Presse)
Friday, 31 July 2015
Amnesty: Muslims ‘erased’ from Central African Republic
(Azad Essa, African Media Agency)
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