Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
How one Pakistani town mastered religious tolerance
(Hassan Raza, Travel News)
‘Hindus, Muslims should end mistrust’
(Mohammed Wajihudden, The Times of India)
South Korea Judge acquits conscientious objectors of refusing military service
(Jehovah's Witness.org)
Philosophie sans frontières
(Graham Priest, OUPblog Religion)
Rouhani clashes with Iranian clergy over women arrested for 'bad hijab'
(The Guardian)
Peru lawmakers reject bill to allow pregnant rape victims an abortion
(Anastasia Moloney, Reuters)
Iraq opens operation to choke off Islamic State lifelines in Ramadi
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
Saudi FM: Terrorism divides Muslim world
(Al Arabiya)
Hamas executed 23 Palestinians under cover of Gaza conflict, says Amnesty
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
India’s Christians concerned about growing attacks on religious minorities
(Arielle Dreher, Religion News Service)
Russia: Trials of Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses continue
(Forum 18 News Service)
Christians remain cautious about Modi
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Turkish Jews eye Spain as refuge from growing anti-Semitism
(Haaretz)
‘Religious institution used by Erdoğan and gov’t for political gain’
(Today's Zaman)
Kenya: President calls for religious tolerance
(Catholic Information Service For Africa)
Buddhists in Myanmar deny boat people are Rohingya
(Esther Htusan, Associated Press, Arab News)
Myanmar takes flak for new population measure seen assailing Rohingyas
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Kurds oust ISIL from Christian villages in Syria: Monitor
(Hurriyet Daily News)
As the parish priest at Baoding’s Mary Queen of China Church is arrested, another Catholic altar is demolished
(AsiaNews.it)
China touts 'success' of crackdown in Muslim region
(Al Arabiya)
As Nigeria prepares to install new president, female suicide bombings spike
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Opening doors to Rohingyas, Christian thing to do, bishop tells Filipinos
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Boko Haram could be using kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls as suicide bombers
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Mass abortions in Russia contradict international legal norms, renowned priest believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Dress code among restrictions reported in eastern Uzbekistan
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
India: How is religious freedom faring after a year of Modi's rule?
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Malaysian police reveal grim secrets of jungle trafficking camps
(Bukit Wang Burma, Reuters)
Iraq Shi'ite militia take lead in campaign to reverse Islamic State gains
(Reuters)
Bangladesh bans Islamist group linked to atheist blogger killings
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Pakistan: Anti-Christian violence erupts in Lahore after alleged Quran burning
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Lahore, Muslims set Christian colony ablaze: New charges of blasphemy
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Police stop burning of Lahore church where man accused of burning Qur'an hid
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Sisi's call for religious tolerance divides Muslims
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Indian denied job for being Muslim
(Arab News)
Religion and the death penalty: Thou shalt not kill
(B.C., The Economist)
Grim prospects for Pakistan’s minorities
(Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Al Arabiya)
The sectarian divide threatens Saudi national unity
(Khaled Almaeena, Al Arabiya)
China stops Tibetans leaving the country on vacation
(Radio Free Asia)
Warning over religious believers in Chinese communist party ranks
(Radio Free Asia)
Buddhist education in Sri Lanka - analysis
(Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe, Eurasia Review)
Odisha: Christian minister imprisoned on (false) accusations of forced conversions
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Nepalese authorities ban entry to the Hindu and Buddhist religious sites for fear of collapse
(AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh: Catholic Church promotes interreligious dialogue against extremism
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
‘The Russian Orthodox Church is betraying religious freedom'
(Dan Wooding, Crossmap Christian News)
The Salem Witch Trial judges: “persons of the best prudence”?
(Emerson W. Baker, OUPblog Religion)
Tints Swe: International lobby and Burmese military regime behind Rohingya crisis
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)
Punjab school textbooks that incite hatred against minorities should be reviewed, says NCJP
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Dushanbe and Beijing sign extradition deal with Uighurs in mind
(AsiaNews.it)
China’s ruling Communist Party warns its members that harbouring religious beliefs will be punished
(AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 25 May 2015
New Russian law poses threat to minority religions
(RT, Russia Religion News: Stetson University)
Jehovah's Witnesses prosecuted in south of Russia
(Yuzhnyi Region, Russia Religion News: Stetson University)
How anti-Israel incitement backfires
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
New museum to honor Palestinian history, culture
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Rights groups attack Myanmar child birth restrictions
(Al Jazeera)
Subjective approach to religion breeds interfaith understanding
(Dow Marmur, The Toronto Star)
Bangladesh arrests two suspected Islamic State activists
(Ruma Paul, UK Reuters)
Hebrew inscriptions, jewels of Palmyra’s Jewish past, may be lost forever
(Ilan Ben Zion, The Times of Israel)
Wall' of religious hatred divides Central African town
(Patrick Fort, Modern Ghana)
Muslims protest against alcohol sales by Xian’s ‘halal’ restaurants
(The Malaysian Insider)
Research on Religious Freedom & Business - New Resources
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
New Focus: International Women's Day for Peace & Disarmament
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Business & religious leaders speak out on violent extremism
(New Website, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Rethinking radicalisation
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Bihar's Muslims donate land for world's largest Hindu temple
(The Times of India)
China-Sri Lanka Buddhist links see flourishing under Maithripala leadership
(Eurasia Review)
Al-Biruni, the forefather of religious studies
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Putin says Russian Orthodox Church remains leading spiritual component of society
(Interfax-Religion)
Is Islamic State 'secondary priority' for Saudi Arabia?
(Al-Monitor: Week in Review)
Syria in limbo: Neither reunification nor partition are yet possible
(Vahik Soghom, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))
Who will save Israel? – OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Hundreds of polygamous marriages are made in Moscow according to Sharia law every year - mufti
(Interfax-Religion)
Round-up: Palmyra, contingency planning for regime losses, UN response to enslavement crisis
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))
Afghan Taliban’s IS dilemma
(Abdul Basit, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
7 religious ideas worth reflecting on
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Is Christian feminism an oxymoron?
(Kristin Kobes du Mez, OUPblog Religion)
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Secular Jews rediscover Jewish heritage
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Zimbabwe's Lemba build first synagogue, but struggle to keep the faithful
(Katya Cengel, Al Jazeera America)
Burma's birth control law exposes Buddhist fear of Muslim minority
(Sara Perria, The Guardian)
Top Muslim body urges protection of Syria’s Palmyra
(Agence France-Presse)
ISIS sexually brutalizing captured women, UN expert says
(The Times of India)
34 of the most beautiful churches from around the world
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
The Rohingyas: A look into one of the world's most persecuted minorities
(Compiled by Sarah Mikati, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
The end of religion? — Symposium
(Videos of the event, Institute of Religious Studies, Baylor University)
Saudi king vows to punish perpetrators of mosque attack
(Glen Carey, BloombergBusiness)
Saturday, 23 May 2015
Israel jails Palestinians for Facebook comments
(Patrick Strickland, Al Jazeera)
Why do people hate Jews and Judaism? (Commentary)
(Benjamin Blech, Religion News Service)
African issues need special attention from Lutherans, says Tanzanian bishop
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Remembering martyrs – of yesterday
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Sesame Street and the Gay Cake
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Irish Catholicism supports same-sex marriage!
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Friday, 22 May 2015
Ireland becomes first country to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote
(Éanna Ó Caollaí, Mark Hilliard, The Irish Times)
Syrian priest reportedly kidnapped as ISIS moves beyond Palmyra
(John Burger, Aleteia Religion)
Suicide bomber strikes Saudi Shi'ite mosque, many dead or wounded
(Sami Aboudi, Reuters)
UN condemns deadly terrorist attack on Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia
(UN News Centre)
Egypt’s Al Sisi says Arab Region and international community must work together
(Eurasia Review)
Australians push for Vatican cardinal to testify on abuse
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Kyrgyzstan: Will state officials obey the law?
(Forum 18 News Service)
What happens when an Egyptian walks around Cairo dressed as a Jew?
(The Jerusalem Post)
Most influential Jews in the religious world
(The Jerusalem Post)
Muslim refugees risk their lives to flee Burma's persecution
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
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