Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 13 April 2015
India plans to build new townships in Kashmir to resettle Hindus
(Sanjeev Miglani and Fayaz Bukhari, Reuters)
Limiting talk on religion part of Umno bid to burnish Islamic image, analysts say
(Boo Su-Lyn, Malay Mail Online)
I’ve seen the Taliban’s brutality in Afghanistan. Boko Haram might be worse.
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)
Bennett demands to have veto on religion-state bills in next cabinet
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
Vaccination and religion in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Majority of Israelis in favor of some arrangement for Jewish prayer rights at Temple Mount
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Orthodoxy and the Soviet past: The place of the skull
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Nigeria: Nimasa boss counsels against religious politics in Taraba
(Charles Akpeji, allAfrica)
Bangladesh braces for protests after islamist's execution
(Julhas Alam, ABC News)
Muslim extremists attempt to burn alive a Christian youth in Pakistan
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Pope says Church to return to basics in Holy Year proclamation
(Steve Scherer, Reuters)
Vatican, France in showdown over gay ambassador
(Agence France-Press, Yahoo! News)
Friday, 10 April 2015
SA's first Aboriginal Anglican bishop, Christopher McLeod, to focus on reconciliation efforts in new role
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Church of Pakistan ‘still seeks to grow’
(Madeleine Davies, The Church Times)
Why people are still talking about this theologian who plotted to kill Hitler
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
USCIRF Congratulates Nigerians on peaceful election
(Calls on President-Elect to govern inclusively and address inter-faith tensions, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Cuban, Latin American, US, world churches speak up for normalizing of Cuba-US relations
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Twitter says it suspended 10,000 ISIS-linked accounts in one day
(Rick Gladstone, The New York Times)
Malaysia toughens sedition law penalties
(BBC News)
Cubans love the pope and the Catholic Church, but they’re just not that into religion
(Scott Clement, The Washington Post)
A world full of Muslims?
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)
Iraqi militants 'executed 300 civilians'
(Panorama)
Malaysian church group says Kelantan hudud law requires constitution rewrite
(Desmond Davidson, UCA News)
Muslim woman tries to close Thrace’s sharia inheritance law loophole
(Adéa Guillot, The Guardian)
India Supreme Court lifts ban on staging of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' musical
(UCA News)
Justice and peace in Pakistan: Islamic terrorism, the rotten fruit of relationship between state and religion
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Openly atheist Greek leader has tense meeting with Russian patriarch
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
North Korea should be held accountable for persecuting Christians (Opinion)
(Olivia Enos, The Heritage Foundation)
Moscow Muslims venerate Tatar woman who helped keep Islam alive in Soviet Capital
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
After attack and backlash, Kenya faces battle to win over Muslims
(Edith Honan and Drazen Jorgic, Reuters)
India plans new townships to resettle Hindus in Muslim-majority Kashmir
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters World News)
ISIS begins embedding itself in terrorist organizations working in Russia - FSB
(Interfax-Religion)
Senior Hamas official: Hamas ready to deal with ICC
(Middle East Monitor)
PM Modi speaks at UNESCO: 'Every citizen of every religion has an equal place'
(DNA India)
Saudi women increasingly demand higher positions
(Arab News)
‘ISIS is violating religious laws'
(Faizel Patel, Eyewitness News)
What everyone gets wrong about the persecution of Christians in Iraq (Opinion)
(Jeremy Courtney, The Week)
Attack on religious places has dented Modi govt's image, won't be tolerated: Naqvi
(Zee News)
Hope - and anxiety - after Buhari's win
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Q/A: How we projected the future of world religions
(David Masci and Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Can religion help at-risk youth?
(John Longhurst, Mennonite World Review)
A globalising papacy: Easter is for extroverts
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Kenya mourns students 'killed while praying'
(World Watch Monitor)
Kenya cracks down on al-Shabab funding and recruitment after Garissa attack
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
An atrocity in Kenya: Could things get worse?
(The Economist)
Kenyan government name drops alleged mastermind of university attack
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Nigeria’s election: Three cheers for democracy
(The Economist)
Tibet’s Communist Party chief demands Buddhist monasteries display Chinese flags
(The Indian Express)
Jews in jail
(Canadian Jewish News)
Jewish prison chaplaincy in Canada featured
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Azerbaijan: Transfer from detention for prisoners of conscience rejected
(Forum 18 News Service)
International Criminal Court will not open probe into IS crimes
(Luke Coleman, BasNews)
Fake nun arrested on street for begging in China [Simplified Chinese]
(Wujian News)
Bomb attack, ISIS invasion can't dampen faith of Iraqi seminarian
(Catholic News Agency)
Turkish authorities ask tiny Christian community to help Yezidi refugees
(World Watch Monitor)
Turkmen embassy in Minsk hacked apparently by IS
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Iran summons Saudi envoy over teen pilgrims' harassment
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
New synagogue vandalized in Arkhangelsk
(Interfax-Religion)
Jihadist threat to Europe from south cannot be opposed without Russia - Greek PM
(Interfax-Religion)
Erdogan: Islamic world risks ‘disintegration’
(Al Arabiya News)
Saudi Arabia blocks Iran flight carrying pilgrims
(The Jerusalem Post)
2 Turkish journalists face jail terms for Charlie Hebdo cover
(The Jerusalem Post)
Nusra accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS in Yarmouk
(Middle East Monitor)
Clashes in Tikrit a week after its liberation from ISIS
(Middle East Monitor)
Tibet chief demands monasteries display Chinese flags
(The New York Times)
Blocking 'radical' websites threatens free expression: Rights groups
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev goes to Mecca
(Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet)
Communist Party to test Tibetan monks for 'patriotism'
(Liam Bourke, The Shanghaiist)
Uyghur religious scholar jailed nine years for ‘refusing to cooperate’ with authorities
(Radio Free Asia)
Study: By 2050, Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians
(Al Arabiya)
Israel bids to open synagogue on Al-Aqsa grounds
(Middle East Monitor)
Lawyers seek identities of detained Pakistani Christians
(UCA News)
Allow Christian symbols in new hospitals too, Aussie MPs ask
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Guest blog: The changing face of Iran: from theocracy to democracy?
(M.B. Abbasi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
For Burmese cardinal, the Church in Asia is a source of peace and reconciliation among nations
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)
ISIS burns food donations from US intended for Syrian refugees
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Two South Korean pastors remain detained in North Korea for 'espionage'
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Why doctors let a Jehovah’s Witness and her unborn baby die
(Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post)
China to test Tibetan monks and nuns for patriotism
(Agence France-Presse)
US Christians back emerging private war on Iraq jihadists
(Jonathan Krohn, Agence France-Presse)
20 Muslim bodies in Hong Kong plead for 'peace' amid reports of ISIS hiring
(Saibal Dasgupta, The Times of India)
Egypt monks defy their church in road row
(Ali Gamal, BBC News)
Guam rejects lesbian couple's marriage license application
(Grace Garces Bordallo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The fierce Christ of Easter faith
(Timothy George, First Things)
What is love?
(Richard J. Mouw, First Things)
Opinion: Decline of marriage is a primary reason for inequality
(W. Bradford Wilcox, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Indian prime minister Narenda Modi pledges support for Muslims
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Societies should not have to choose whether to grant the wishes of either religious groups or of women
(Kristin Aune, Democratic Audit UK)
Liberia: religious tolerance - as source of unity and cohesiveness (Opinion)
(Philip N. Wesseh, The Inquirer (Monrovia), allAfrica)
Pakistani Christian: 'Hate is spread against us'
(BBC News)
Liberia: 'We can't live in a Christian state'
(Alloycious David, The NEWS (Monrovia), allAfrica)
Fighting rages in Aden as mosques call for jihad and Saudi pounds Houthi bases
(Al Bawaba)
Daesh double suicide bombs kill 38 in Syria
(Al Bawaba)
Australian mother and child die for religion
(Global Post)
Chinese Uighyr religious scholar who refused to cooperate with Chinese Communist branch imprisoned for 9 years [Simplified Chinese]
(Radio Free Asia)
IS releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Makhachkala resident to stand trial for posting religious extremist materials
(Interfax-Religion)
12 jihadists sentenced to long prison terms in Uzbekistan
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
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