Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
PMU seeks to secure Iraq-Syria border
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation?
(Saad Salloum trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
The remilitarization of Iran's Basij
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Wary Saudis silent as Trump's Israel position takes shape
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Al-Azhar imposters prompt calls to regulate uniform
(Amr Mostafa trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Indian Catholic bishops vow to end marginalisation of Dalits in Church
(Abigail Frymann, World Watch Monitor)
Manipur Christians warned off celebrating Christmas
(World Watch Monitor)
About a quarter of Russians okays banning works of art for irony and critics of religion - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Church and charity leaders warn against tarnishing refugees with accusations of terrorism
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Islamic State claims responsibility for shootout at Jordanian castle: statement
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Mostafa Hashem, and Mark Heinrich, Reuters)
Church of England appoints first black bishop in 20 years
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Zurich mosque gunman was Swiss, no Islamist link: police
(Silke Koltrowitz, Reuters)
Christmas markets are a beloved tradition, but a challenge to protect
(Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)
Berlin on high alert as search for Christmas market attacker resumes
(Anthony Faiola, Souad Mekhennet, and Stephanie Kirchner, The Washington Post)
The mosque next door: City law vs. houses of faith
(Lisa W. Foderaro, The New York Times)
The Muslim world failed Syria long before anyone else did
(Arsalan Iftikhar, The Washington Post)
Germany investigates if boy, 12, planted bomb at Christmas market
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government
(Josef Federman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Malaysia: Myanmar's Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability
(Emiko Jozuka and Manny Maung, CNN)
The nation’s first deaf leader of a Hillel aims to make Judaism accessible to all
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Disputed property, Church privileges and A1P1 ECHR: Sociedad Anónima del Ucieza
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The actual war on Christians
(Samuel Tadros, The Atlantic)
75 Christian leaders sign charter rejecting coercive SOGI laws
(Anne Hendershott, The Catholic World Report)
Russia: Inconsistency of "anti-missionary" punishments
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
The education gap between Hindus in India and the West
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
Multiple outbursts of violence shatter peace in Germany, Switzerland, and Turkey
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Nigeria: Stop using ethnicity, religion to divide Nigeria, Sultan warns
(Christopher Isiguzo, This Day via AllAfrica)
Compassion International faces eviction from India
(Evan Wilt, BRnow.org)
Washington Post seems to rather like a pagan's tale of goat horns and driver's licenses
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo, saying they are ‘religious attire’
(Peter Holley, The Washington Post)
Maine man wins right to wear ‘horns of power’ in license photo
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Maine OK's Pagan Priest wearing goat horns in license photo
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘No Christmas or carol singing’ orders in Santa Claus’ homeland Turkey
(World Watch Monitor)
Plaintiffs: Mississippi law takes sides in religious debate
(Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press)
Monday, 19 December 2016
In Pakistan, five girls were killed for having fun. Then the story took an even darker twist.
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Amidst pressure from hardliners, Pakistan's Sindh to water down Minorities Bill on forced conversions
(Daily News and Analysis)
Pakistan: Ahmadi mosque stormed by violent mob
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Indian PM's camp seeks support from unlikely quarter: Muslim women
(Rupam Jain and Tom Lasseter, Reuters)
What it's like to be Muslim in the U.S. military
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Most Israeli Jews would deny vote to those rejecting Israel as Jewish nation-state, report says
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Roman Catholics of Rivne want to repossess their church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Apostolic nuncio to Ukraine visits Catholics of Donetsk and Luhansk
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
To win its war on terror, Pakistan must accept Ahmadis as Muslims
(Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The Diplomat)
“Three-parent babies” in UK from 2017?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The Joint Committee on Human Rights and Brexit
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Of martyrs and anthems: The Indian conception of nationalism borrows heavily from religion
(Shoaib Daniyal, Scroll.in)
Uzbekistan: Torture, prison for "illegal" religious materials
(Forum 18 News Service)
UK: Government takes up modern definition of anti-Semitism
(Alan Johnson, World Affairs, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
OSCE conference on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Becket to Government: Practice what you preach
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
AP on religious liberty: Those bigots down in Mississippi are still up to no good
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Words to think about: Al Mohler asks who has the power to define 'truth' in this media age
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Caste and religion-based politics hurting farmers, says Ajit Singh
(Nistula Hebbar, The Hindu)
Islam is peaceful religion: Manmoon Hussain addresses Seerat-un-Nabi (P.B.U.H) conference in Islamabad
(Radio Pakistan)
‘Media can help establish interfaith harmony’
(Pakistan Observer)
Just 1% of students ‘opt out’ of religion classes in Catholic schools
(Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)
A prison class in African religion attracts students beyond its walls
(Lisa W. Foderaro, The New York Times)
Jewish-Azerbaijani Hanukkah party: Why wouldn’t we go?
(Diana Cohen Altman, The Algemeiner)
Trump Tower's Hanukkah celebration attendance high despite controversy
(Breaking Israel News)
After ugly incident at Islamic Center, faith leaders,others show Lawton values religious liberty, tolerance
(The Lawton Constitution)
Secularism, religious liberty
(Fr. Joe Inguanez, Times of Malta)
Bangladesh is vanishing the opposition
(Poppy McPherson, Foreign Policy)
China doesn't mind Islamic extremists, as long as they're not Uighur
(Alice Su, Foreign Policy)
Sunday, 18 December 2016
“Mercy is not a principle, it should be lived”: participants at KAICIID’s symposium in Rome
(KAICIID)
A Sabbath ‘church’ for Salt Lake City’s unchurched? Believe it. It’s called Sunday Assembly
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Law and religion round-up – 18th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
You're dreaming if you think that the new 'Muslim Big Brother' won't make religious intolerance worse
(Edward Kessler, The Independent)
Saturday, 17 December 2016
Homeless shelter opens with multifaith support in UK
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
IICSA publishes internal review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Kazakhstan burned down
(Zakon.kz, Russia Religion News)
Orthodox church wants expanded teaching of religion in schools
(Interview with Roman Lunkin, Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
The Charleston story: A knotted mix of race, grace and injustice
(Gene Demby, National Public Radio)
Vatican official: Religion in public has never been more at risk
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Ringing at York Minster – Statements by CCCBR and York Minster
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Silent night: bellringing row leaves York Minster facing quiet Christmas
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Bishops oppose restoring death penalty, but many Filipinos back Duterte
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Faith and diplomacy: Hackett reflects on role as U.S. envoy to Vatican
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Church-state roundup: MA suit dropped, Peanuts dispute in TX, and more
(don, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Is Saudi Wahhabism fueling Rohingya Muslim insurgency?
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
Islamism in Europe
(Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute)
Friday, 16 December 2016
Burma's religious freedom crisis
(Thomas Reese, National Catholic Reporter)
How 2016's movies and TV reflected Americans’ changing relationship with religion
(Alissa Wilkinson, Vox)
'Everything is gone': ISIS deals brutal final blow to Iraqi Christians
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
After a horrible hate crime, how do you not hate back?
(NPR)
Why conservative churches grow and liberal churches shrink
(David Millard Haskell, The Dallas Morning News)
Egypt's top cleric: anti-Christian attacks 'assault on God'
(The Associated Press)
How to fight Boko Haram? Open a school
(Maeve Shearlaw, The Guardian)
Church, state seeing eye to eye in Putin's Orthodox Russia
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, The Associated Press)
Canadian diplomats visit pastor imprisoned in North Korea
(David Ljunggren, Andrea Hopkins, James Dalgleish, and Andrew Hay, Reuters)
Feds suing Michigan community after mosque plan denial
(Corey Williams, The Associated Press)
PBS show ‘Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly’ to end after 20-year run
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
No, Junior, the Catholic Church is not the same as ISIS
(Br. Michael Baggot, First Things)
A Monday-morning quarterback re-examines a foggy religion news forecast for 2016
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
So the New York Times executive editor said, 'We don't get religion" ... So what? Now what?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Context-free zone: New York Times disses Christians using Pew survey; RNS does better
(Mark Zellner, GetReligion)
South-East Asia takes stock after a year of alarming democratic decline
(Scott Edwards and Moch Faisal Karim, The Conversation)
'Unity of Muslims and dialogue within the religion is important '
(Pars Today)
Government funded religion
(Interfaith Alliance)
New bill boosts global religious liberty
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Trump’s arrival means Obama won’t have ‘last word’ on abortion, pro-life leaders say
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
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