Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Central African Republic – A forgotten crisis
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Obama makes veiled LGBT rights reference in African Union speech
(Michael K. Lavers, The Washington Blade)
Friday, 24 July 2015
Central African Republic interfaith group clinches prize in memory of slain UN leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Nigeria: Buhari turns down U.S. proposal on gay marriage
(Daily Independent (Lagos), allAfrica)
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
In the heart of Africa, a sudden upsurge of radical Islam
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)
African clergy to protest Obama’s gay-rights ‘agenda’ on trip
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 20 July 2015
African faith-based organizations urge respect for region’s resources
(World Council of Churches)
South Africa student may face punishment for anti-gay marriage Facebook post
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
S. African gov’t official threatens students who visited Israel with investigation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
S. African gov’t official threatens students who visited Israel with investigation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Libya: IS forecourt in North Africa
(Diana Hodali, Deutsche Welle)
Monday, 13 July 2015
Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulema to instill values of open, moderate Islam in Africa – OpEd
(Said emsamani, Eurasia Review)
Thursday, 9 July 2015
African Bishops challenge SCOTUS same-sex "marriage" ruling
(Diana Montagna, Aleteia Religion)
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Gunmen attempt attack on state radio in C. African Republic
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Religious war in Central African Republic
(Toby Cadman, Al Jazeera)
Italian police arrest North Africa cell and five suspected Islamic State supporters
(Ilaria Polleschi, Reuters)
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Coalition of African-American pastors threaten civil disobedience if supreme court passes gay marriage law
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Another African country bans Islamic veil for women over terror attacks
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 15 June 2015
Sudan president flouts arrest warrant, returns home from South Africa
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)
Friday, 12 June 2015
Boko Haram: Five African states agree to form coalition to battle Islamist group
(Alistair Dawber, The Independent)
Thursday, 11 June 2015
South African lesbians counter violence with visibility in ‘African Pride’
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
African-American bus driver sues haredi school alleging discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
African-American bus driver sues haredi school alleging discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Kenya: President calls for religious tolerance
(Catholic Information Service For Africa)
Monday, 25 May 2015
Wall' of religious hatred divides Central African town
(Patrick Fort, Modern Ghana)
Saturday, 23 May 2015
African issues need special attention from Lutherans, says Tanzanian bishop
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Burundi: Church calls for elections to be postponed
(Catholic Information Service For Africa)
Monday, 18 May 2015
EVENT, 18-19 May 2015: Religious Freedom and Religious Pluralism in Africa: Prospects and Limitations
(to be held in Windhoek, Namibia, African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Friday, 15 May 2015
Migrant crisis: Europe is not worth the risk, Ghanaian Church leaders warn African youth
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Pope Francis to Togo bishops: preserve the African family
(Vatican Radio)
Monday, 11 May 2015
Angola's opposition and the churches: A massacre mystery
(http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21650934-government-plays-it-down-opposition-stokes-it-up-massacre-mystery, The Economist)
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Burundi police arrest opposition leader for insurrection after meeting with African ministers
(Bradley McAllister, Jurist)
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
South Sudan: WCC calls for day of prayer for South Sudan
(AllAfrica News)
Tunisian Jews committed to success of El Ghriba pilgrimage
(Roger Bismuth, Tunis Africa Press (via AllAfrica News))
South African university ousts student gov’t president who praised Hitler
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religion in (South African) schools: The finer details of the Constitution
(Pierre de Vos, Daily Maverick)
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Religious education an integral part of our value system, says Bishop
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Migration in Africa: A growing religious market
(Eurasia Review)
Monday, 27 April 2015
Boko Haram changes name to 'Islamic State's West Africa Province' in accordance with ISIS, continues mission for African Caliphate
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram renames itself Islamic State's West Africa Province (Iswap) as militants launch new offensive against government forces
(Adam Withnall, The Independent)
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Ventura, “From Your Gods to Our Gods: A History of Religion in Indian, South African, and British Courts"
(Marc O. DeGirolami (on Marco Ventura), Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
African Union Commission and European Commission meet to bring new impetus to the EU-Africa partnership
(Press Release, European Commission)
'Our country is burning' says South African Church leader as migrants are driven out
(Mark Woods, Christian Today - World)
South African court awards maintence and child support to woman divorced only under Islamic law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 20 April 2015
African Union condemns ISIL execution of Ethiopians
(World Bulletin)
Thursday, 16 April 2015
Poor religious background blamed for extremism, radicalization (Opinion)
(Brian Otieno, allAfrica)
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
'Personal views on why Liberia should not be declared, by law, a Christian nation' (Opinion)
(Joshua D.B. Giddings, Liberian Observer via allAfrica)
Monday, 13 April 2015
Anglican Communion’s new secretary general draws praise from Africa, condemnation elsewhere
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Nigeria: Nimasa boss counsels against religious politics in Taraba
(Charles Akpeji, allAfrica)
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Liberia: religious tolerance - as source of unity and cohesiveness (Opinion)
(Philip N. Wesseh, The Inquirer (Monrovia), allAfrica)
Liberia: 'We can't live in a Christian state'
(Alloycious David, The NEWS (Monrovia), allAfrica)
Tuesday, 7 April 2015
South African teenage girl becomes first arrested for trying to join Islamic State
(Aislinn Laing, The Telegraph)
Monday, 6 April 2015
South African teen 'recruited on social media' stopped on flight from joining IS
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Liberia: Heading for trouble? Religious tension threatens Liberia peace
(Selma Lomax, All Africa)
Liberia: Muslim delegates want proposition 24 deleted
(Solomon N Giddings, All Africa)
Monday, 30 March 2015
Why ‘left v. right’ is a category mistake for the Church in Africa
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
The ‘African moment’ in global Catholicism gathers steam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Friday, 20 March 2015
South African Jewish students oppose use of swastikas in protest
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Attack stokes instability fears in North Africa
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
US evangelicals in Africa put faith into action but some accused of intolerance
(Antony Loewenstein, The Guardian)
Almost all mosques destroyed in C African Republic conflict
(Cara Anna, Al Arabiya News)
Thursday, 12 March 2015
PDP using religion to divide Nigeria - Buhari
(allAfrica)
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Nigeria: PDP preparing ground for religious crisis, Oshiomhole warns
(Francis Onoiribholo, allAfrica)
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Pope Francis thanks churches in North Africa for their courage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Saturday, 28 February 2015
EVENT, 23-28 February 2015: International Conference, "Towards Religious Freedom in Africa"
(An initiative of the Centre for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (Lagos and Ikeja Branches); The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (South Africa), and the Internationa)
Friday, 27 February 2015
Morocco’s religious diplomacy in Africa
(Ghita Tadlaoui, FRIDE)
Niger: Boko Haram is not a feminist problem - a Nigerian woman's perspective
(Yoknyam Dabale, allAfrica)
South African student body wants plight of Palestinians taught in schools
(Middle East Monitor)
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
African apostasy: How it disenfranchises, disrupts family ties & endangers lives
(Sincere Kirabo, Patheos Blog: Notes from an Apostate)
Friday, 13 February 2015
Egypt sees al-Azhar as key to Africa
(Ayah Aman, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Boko Haram could 'destabilize' the African continent, Nigerian archbishop says
(Julia Craven and Ryan Grim, Huff Post Politics)
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Jews, especially those who don’t support Palestinians, must be expelled, demanded Students Representative Council at South African university
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
West Africa: Regional Boko Haram offensive
(Human Rights Watch)
South African university student council's call to expel Jewish students sparks outrage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Nine things about the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
(The Hague Trials Kenya)
Friday, 6 February 2015
UN calls for regional military coordination against Boko Haram
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Nigeria elections: Mixing religion and politics
(Will Ross, BBC News Africa)
Monday, 26 January 2015
Anglican leader condemns violence against foreigners in South Africa
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Friday, 23 January 2015
Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)
Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell / USA Today, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Nigeria: Country's politics have nothing to do with religion
(allAfrica)
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
As China bans the Burqa, their media blames Western colonialism for the Charlie Hebdo tragedy
(Gerhard Jacobs, The South African)
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
John Mbiti becomes the first African scholar to translate Bible in Kikamba language
(World Council of Churches)
Friday, 9 January 2015
African church leaders worry about the ‘medicalization’ of female genital mutilation
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Africa’s Catholic moment
(George Weigel, First Things)
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
South Africans take to Twitter to protest Zuma Bible translation
(Christian Today)
Monday, 5 January 2015
At memorial for African Hebrew leader, signs of integration and respect
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraph Association)
Monday, 29 December 2014
Islamic insurgency isn’t just a Mideast problem, as Africans know all too well
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies
(Ian Deitch, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Friday, 19 December 2014
Boko Haram unrest: Nigerian militants 'kidnap 200 villagers'
(BBC News Africa)
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Churches seek to strengthen electoral process in Democratic Republic of Congo
(World Council of Churches (Press Release), All Africa)
Friday, 5 December 2014
Cameroon's anti-terrorism law - reversal of human freedoms
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, All Africa)
Nigeria: Tighten security at mosques - JNI
(Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, All Africa)
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Letter from Africa: Finger-pointing over Boko Haram
(BBC)
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Al-Shabab massacres non-Muslims at Kenya quarry
(BBC News Africa)
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Peace prize awarded to Central African Republic top clerics
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Friday, 21 November 2014
Christian forces clash with UN in Central African Republic
(Crispin Dembassa-Kette, Christian Today)
Friday, 14 November 2014
Africa's rights court in Arusha needs to grow
(Daily News (Tanzania))
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Tennessee Baptist Convention elects its first African-American leader
(Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post)
Monday, 10 November 2014
Central African Republic: Urge end to killings, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
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