Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Lawyer: Problems emerged with Fouad Ahmadli’s health
(contact.az)
Jehovah’s Witnesses appeal fines for speaking about their beliefs
(JW.org)
Azerbaijan: Officials are wrong to securitize the Shias
(Eldar Mamedov, Lobe Log Foreign Policy)
Azerbaijani activist sentenced to 10 years on drug charges
(RFE/RL)
Activists, rights groups object to Azeri sponsored Hanukkah party at Trump Hotel
(A.Raufoglu, contact.az)
High-Level Religious Leaders Meeting
(European Commission)
One of the Shakers’ last three members died Monday. The storied sect is verging on extinction.
(Travis M. Andrews, The Washington Post)
How France's fight with Islam became a bestseller
(Emma-Kate Symons, Foreign Policy)
How the Berlin Christmas market terror attack affects Chancellor Merkel and Europe
(Johnna Schuster-Craig, The Conversation)
Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon face an uncertain 2017
(Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, The Conversation)
How the UN’s new secretary general can help the world’s most vulnerable
(Geoff Gilbert, The Conversation)
Iraq’s minorities need a province to call their own
(Tyler Fisher and Kamal Y. Odisho KOLO, The Conversation)
Day on, Dera Sacha Sauda says it’s neither religion, nor sect
(Manvir Sainill, The Times of India)
The role of family values in the 2016 presidential election
(Susan B. Ridgely, OUPblog Religion)
Popular Sikh blogger from Malmesbury appears on Al Jazeera to discuss interfaith marriage
(Callum Chaplin, Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
An old anti-Catholic law has resurfaced in Georgia
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
It turns out the Force is not with the Jedi religion
(Naomi Webber, RightsInfo)
How to love each other (and ourselves) despite our differences
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Swastika defaces oldest rabbinical seminary in US
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
In Islam, ‘moderate rebels’ are extremists
(Tahir Nasser, Religion News Service)
Pakistani activist fears he will be killed like father after blasphemy fatwa
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Retired Ugandan bishop seeks restorative justice for former child soldiers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Japanese throng shrines to pray for profitable 2017
(Kiyoshi Takenaka, Religion & Politics)
Muslims supported by Evangelical groups win lawsuit to build mosque on church street in New Jersey township
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Peace beckons in Congo after Catholic bishops broker accord
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Church in Cairo suicide bomb blast fully restored - right down to the Iicons
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Son of murdered Pakistani governor may face charges over 'offensive' video
(BBC)
François Fillon, embracing his Catholicism, challenges France’s secular tradition
(Stacy Meichtry and Francis X. Rocca, The Wall Street Journal)
Judges rule Jakarta governor blasphemy trial closed to media
(Niniek Karmini, The Associated Press)
Seeing demand, Morocco approves first Islamic banks
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How a toy figure of Martin Luther sparked accusations of anti-Semitism
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison
(Neil Jerome Morales, Manuel Mogato, and Nick Macfie, Reuters)
Federal judge mulling fate of Texas fetal remains rules
(Will Weissert, The Associated Press)
Woman arrested after threatening violence at Michigan mosque
(Meagan Beck, MLive)
Hebrew Union College sign painted with swastika
(Cameron Knight, The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Federal judge says N.J. town unconstitutionally blocked mosque
(Kate King, The Wall Street Journal)
No consensus among Israeli Jews about settlements’ impact on security
(Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research Center)
Federal court protects children and doctors from harmful transgender regulation
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Lead theft – future threats in parishes and parliament
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving
(David Haskell, The Washington Post)
The Reina atrocity shows how deeply Islamic fanaticism has taken hold in Turkey
(Elif Shafak, The Guardian)
In Bible Belt, after massacre in a church, is executing Dylann Roof a 'security' question?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Many sightings of hope
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Democrats won’t fix their religion problem any time soon
(David French, National Review)
Democrats have a religion problem: A conversation with Michael Wear, a former Obama White House staffer
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Foreign Ministry, Coptic Church criticise US Congress bill suggesting efforts to restore destroyed church in Egypt
(Daily News Egypt)
The decline of Afghanistan's Hindu and Sikh communities
(Ruchi Kumar, Al Jazeera)
Appeal rescues Salvation Army's literature but not the organization itself
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Court orders Salvation Army's literature destroyed
(Pravoslavie i Mir, Russia Religion News)
Russian government checking up on suspected foreign agents
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses convicted on dubious evidence
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
'No information' on Bulgarian woman wounded in Istanbul nightclub - Ambassador
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Religious wild cards: Donald Trump will be prayed into office by mavericks and mainstreamers
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The new face of Mother Emanuel
(Darran Simon, CNN)
Chicago priest puts a "bounty" on heads of killers
(Brit McCandless, CBS News)
‘Jews out’ marchers celebrate legacy of Ukraine nationalist Stepan Bandera
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Forward)
Mein Kampf flying off the shelves in Germany
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
With 30 members, Jews make up 5.6% of new Congress
(Nathan Guttman, Forward)
Pope tells bishops to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Pope kicks off new year renewing ‘zero tolerance’ policy on abuse
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Service)
NYPD issues new rules accommodating officers’ religious observance
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Can’t seek votes in name of religion, caste: Supreme Court
(Utkarsh Anand, Indian Express)
India Supreme Court gives broad reading to law banning religious appeals to voters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
On the front lines of El Salvador’s underground abortion economy
(Nina Strochlic, Foreign Policy)
Two Israelis suspected of intentionally damaging Jesus on Cross statue in Ukraine's Uman
(Interfax-Religion)
How Palestinians in this Egyptian village are holding on to customs
(Mohammed Othman trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
In Lebanon's Tripoli, culture defeats youth radicalization
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Can Egypt’s security stop terrorist attacks by small groups?
(Khalid Hassan trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Orthodox Jews attempt to reclaim part of Western Wall where other Jews pray
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
New Year’s observations on matters religion writers will want to be watching (Part I)
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Part II: New Year’s observations on matters religion writers will want to be watching
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Not sure what to think piece: If news is our 'New Religion,' what's the impact of this faith?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Sanctity of life v personal autonomy: Court of Protection
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Separation of Church and State in Norway
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ask a few more questions? Vandals take some shots at Russian church here in USA
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
In a Pakistani family, deal is made, a girl is given as bride
(Kathy Gannon, The Washington Post)
The religion question in the New Year
(Tarek Osman, Straits Times)
The Supreme Court verdict outlawing votes in the name of religion is a setback for BJP
(Faizan Mustafa, Hindustan Times)
India's top court bans religion and caste from election campaigns
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Cruz plans to reintroduce religious freedom bill in 2017
(Jack Davis, Western Journalism)
Religious liberty in the Russian Federation: Church between state and society
(Vitaly V. Proshak, International Mission Board (IMB))
Georgia politics in 2017: Will ‘religious liberty’ make a comeback?
(Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Here’s what we think will be the major religion stories of 2017
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
High Noon for the Religious Left
(Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg View)
About those Filipino Catholics: What does it mean when a murderer is elected president?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
How young Muslims in Iraq celebrated mass with Christians over new year
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Rare Christian cross and menorah engraving from time of Christ discovered in Israel
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Sudanese Christian pastor released but 3 others still face death penalty
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Iraqi government leader pleads with Christians who fled ISIS to return home
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Sudanese pastor released, but others still face serious charges
(World Watch Monitor)
A smokescreen for bigotry: Disguising anti-Muslim bias with land-use objections
(Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post)
Israel, threatened by religion
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
In eastern Germany, the land of Luther, church pews are mostly empty
(Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune)
IS conflict: Baghdad suicide car bomb blast kills 35
(BBC)
Trailblazing Hasidic woman judge: 'It's the American dream'
(Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
U.S. judge rules South Carolina church gunman can act as own lawyer
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
After mass attacks, communities see greater solidarity
(Arian Campo-Flores and Joe Palazzolo, The Wall Street Journal)
U.S. judge blocks transgender, abortion-related Obamacare protections
(Steve Gorman, Reuters)
Nightclub massacre in Istanbul exposes Turkey's deepening fault lines
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Monday, 2 January 2017
Venezuelan Jews are moving to Israel to escape deepening poverty
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
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