Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Zimbabwe’s LGBT community: why civil rights and health issues go hand in hand
(Candice Chikura-Mtwazi, The Conversation)
Senate defeats Trump-backed 20-week abortion ban
(Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico)
BN will preserve freedom of faith, assures Najib
(Today Online)
On placing limitations on religious freedom at the workplace
(Priyansha Mistry, The HR Digest)
Divinity School scholars studying religious freedom and society in Africa
(Adam Gaber, Yale News)
Ministry of Guidance - Sudan is a living model of religious freedom
(Sudan News Agency)
PM: France is facing violent 'new form of anti-Semitism'
(Associated Press)
Gonzaga administrators ask students not to dress as LDS Church missionaries
(Sean Walker, KSL)
Town accused of targeting Jews settles lawsuit over boundary
(Associated Press)
Reject intolerance, teach respect for other religions, speakers say
(Cindy Wooden, CatholicPhilly.com)
Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable leaders adopt new approach this year
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 10
(Associated Press)
EVENT, 31 January 2018: This American Moment: Bridging religious divides
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Top 10 religion stories of 2017
(The Media Project)
The Media Project asked 800+ journalists around the world for 10 great Godbeat stories and ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand’s voting system
(Dominic O'Sullivan, The Conversation)
Bishop Bell: latest developments
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Earth's ultimate yogis – in pictures
(Andy Richter, The Guardian)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – December and January
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Egypt: Church owner fined, attackers given suspended sentences
(World Watch Monitor)
Return of Rohingyas to Myanmar delayed
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
North Korea: the nation with few Christian children — if any
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
What Barack Obama's Christianity can teach white evangelicals
(Michael Wear, The Christian Post)
Is Christianity shrinking in America? Yes and No
(J. Warner Wallace, The Christian Post)
Atheism doubles among generation Z -- Here are 7 facts you need to know
(Laura Lacey Johnson, Christian Headlines)
As Theresa May visits China, will she call on the regime to protect religious rights and stop persecuting Christians?
(Kiri Kankhwende, Christian Today)
North Korea's photos of 'fake churches' aim to cover up abuse of Christians -report
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
Istanbul's Iron Church restored as Turkey warms to Bulgaria
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Jordan seeks to ease travel burden on Palestinian Jerusalemites
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Gaza's religious ministry launches Khotaba, the Yelp for Islamic preachers
(Amjad Yaghi, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
The case for net neutrality in Iran
(Holly Dagres, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Jordan, Israel resume frosty relations
(Osama Al Sharif, Al Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Zero tolerance? The facts don't support the pope's claims on child abuse
(Kieran Tapsell, The Guardian)
People outraged as Google home identified Buddha, Muhammad and Satan but not Jesus Christ
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
Google Home disables answers to Buddha, Muhammad in response to Jesus Christ controversy
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
People are upset Google Home doesn't know who Jesus is (Google said that the answer was not provided out of respect)
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Debate over Christianity in 'A Wrinkle in Time'
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
The Pope sends in the cavalry to rescue himself
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Four trends that demand Christian and Jewish leaders’ attention
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
In Kenya, debt-ridden Christian universities struggle to stay open
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Jewish Reconstructionist movement adopts a new name
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Religious leaders hail, hammer President Trump’s first State of the Union speech
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Video: Flake honors the life of Elder Von G. Keetch
(Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate)
Report: Iranian Bahá’ís experience religious freedom in the United States
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Malaysia church attacks highlight growth of Islamic extremism
(World Watch Monitor)
Catholic bishops join with rabbis, imams in Canadian religious liberty fight
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt makes it easier for churches to obtain licenses
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The rise of the Brazilian Evangelicals
(Chayenne Polimedo, The Atlantic)
The share of Americans who leave Islam is offset by those who become Muslim
(Besheer Mohamed and Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Rabbinical court allows man to marry second wife after divorce refusal
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Amended religion law to ban home group meetings in Kazakhstan
(Evangelical Focus)
Kazakhstan: 279 known administrative prosecutions in 2017
(Forum 18 News Service)
Two unidentified men found guilty of illegal evangelism in Samara oblast
(Buguruslan district prosecutor's office, Russia Religion News)
Violence besets religious situation in Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses try to retain building by donating it to Spanish fellow believers
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ahead of Super Bowl, Catholics partner to ramp up anti-trafficking efforts
(Jessica Trygstad, Catholic News Service)
Irish government to hold referendum on right to life of mother, child
(Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service)
Kenyan religious leaders urge calm as defeated candidate prepares “swearing in” ceremony
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuelan archbishop decries plan to change election date
(Catholic News Agency)
Explaining why the Vatican seems so eager for a deal with China
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vietnamese officials cite diocese for ‘illegal’ Mass
(Catholic Culture)
In Kosovo, a peace built on separation
(Marc Santora, The New York Times)
Give up politics of religion: Rajnath's appeal after J-K's deputy grand mufti drops 'separate state' bombshell
(Manjeet Sehgal, India Today)
The state of religion after Trump's Muslim ban
(Jimmie Hawkins, Talib Shareef and Fred Scherlinder, Newsweek)
Religious minority stands up to exclusion in Iran
(Eli Lake, Newsmax)
African deportations are creating a religious controversy in Israel
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Australian bishops warn new espionage law could require Catholics to register as ‘foreign agents’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Malaysia: Govt mulls amending law on unilateral conversion of children
(Martin Carvalho, M. Kumar, and Fatimah Zainal, The Star)
Afghan clerical council condemns wave of deadly attacks
(Associated Press)
Indian Muslim cleric says women watching soccer un-Islamic
(Associated Press)
Yemen: USCIRF condemns death sentence for Baha’i
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The conundrum of how to prove you hold a nonreligious worldview
(Lois Lee, The Conversation)
Millions of refugees could benefit from big data – but we’re not using it
(Anirudh V.S. Ruhil, The Conversation)
Trump’s travel ban is just one of many US policies that legalize discrimination against Muslims
(Basima Sisemore and Rhonda Itaoui, The Conversation)
Science meets the big questions: The Atlantic examines strategic changes in pro-life movement
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religion writers in Los Angeles: Do religion (and religion news) need to be 'reimagined?'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Episode 16 of the Constitutional podcast: ‘The First Amendment’
(Lillian Cunningham, The Washington Post)
What does it mean to die? When Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead by the hospital, her family disagreed. Her case challenges the very nature of existence.
(Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker)
Ireland set for historic vote on abortion law
(Jennifer Bray, The Times)
A multi-religious ‘fellowship’ in Syria possible again, says church leader
(Syria Direct)
Global opinions: In India, right-wing Hindu groups are recycling Britain’s colonial ideas about religion
(Shivani Radhakrishnan, The Washington Post)
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry: 162 people violated freedom of religion in 2017
(APA)
Bill aims to protect prayer by Georgia high school coaches
(Mark Niesse, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Strasbourg: Lithuania unjustifiably restricted 'Jesus' and 'Mary' ad campaign
(The Baltic Course)
Interfaith group wants Putrajaya to expedite reconversion of Indira Gandhi’s children
(Noel Achariam, The Malaysian Insight)
Apex court’s ruling on unilateral conversion a victory for all Malaysians, interfaith group says
(Malay Mail Online)
What happened when a public school student sued over prayer
(Mallory Simon, CNN)
Long on generalizations, short on concrete sources: CNN tackles a school prayer dispute in Louisiana
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
HRW slams India's treatment of minorities
(UCANews)
The bureaucracy of evil: how Islamic State ran a city
(Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian)
Egypt's Christians suffer from "very high persecution"
(Raymond Ibrahim, Front Page Mag)
Christians urged to defend rights in China
(UCANews)
North Korea: Defector confirms Kim Jong-un using ‘Christian actors’ to portray freedom, believers ‘will be mercilessly killed’
(The Global Dispatch)
Problems facing Chinese churches in rapid development
(Paul Wu, China Christian Daily)
Mexico: drugs, poverty, and violence blot out hope
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Syrian refugees freeze to death crossing into Lebanon
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Sudanese refugees hunted in Egypt
(A correspondent in Egypt, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Are white evangelicals going extinct because of their rigid beliefs?
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Atheist group forces New Mexico college to remove crosses displayed on campus
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Senate vote to prevent filibuster on 20-week abortion ban fails
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
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