Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 20 March 2015
Politicians using religion against Buhari – Aisha Buhari
(Patrick Ochoga, Leadership (Ajuba))
Turkmenistan's Islam: between religion and state
(Anna Fergana, Global Voices)
Tasmania strengthens religious liberty for schools
(Morgan Begg, Freedom Watch)
Why Islam needs a reformation (Opinion)
(Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Wall Street Journal)
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Tajik leader calls for 'secular' development concept
(Radio Free Europe)
Suicide bomber kills Afghan provincial police chief
(Radio Free Europe)
Woman killed in Kabul after allegedly burning a Koran
(Radio Free Europe)
Opposition bloc of Ukrainian Parliament visits the EU institutions
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
‘Turkish’ Islam said growing faster than 'Iranian' Islam in Azerbaijan
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
India’s new school textbooks favor Hindu nationalist themes, making minorities uneasy
(Mandakini Gahlot, Religion News Service)
Malaysian state okays Islamic penalties, splitting opposition
(Kuala Lumpur, Al Arabiya News)
Attack stokes instability fears in North Africa
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
U.N. urges ISIS trial for suspected genocide
(Al Arabiya News)
Call for clarity on freedom of religion laws
(Katherine Towers, The Australian)
Haji Ali row: Bombay High Court says matter of religion should be amicably settled
(Daily News & Analysis)
In the name of religion: For some clerics, illegal mosques a lucrative business
(Danish Hussein, The Express Tribune)
New resource on legality of Same-Sex unions around the world
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Countering the Islamic State scourge
(Riaz Hassan, YaleGlobal Online)
The Pope, ISIS and U.S. military intervention
(Gerard Powers, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab relations in Syria
(Nicholas A. Heras and Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
UN rights expert calls on Myanmar to end abuses
(The JURIST)
Leader of women's wing of Hizb ut-Tahrir detained, arms cache discovered in south Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Is it time for the Jews to leave Europe?
(Jeffrey Goldberg, Photos by Davide Monteleone, The Atlantic)
Supreme Court rules Quebec infringed on Loyola High School's religious freedom
(The Canadian Press, CBC News)
Top court sides with Catholic school in divided ruling on religious freedom
(The Globe and Mail)
Loyola can teach Catholic studies but must still teach other religions, SCOC rules
(Brenda Branswell, Montreal Gazette)
Opinion in Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General)
((Judgment), Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada)
United Nations expert on religious freedom launches first official visit to Lebanon
(The United Nations Office at Geneva)
Excerpts of the Reports from 1986 to 2011 by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Arranged by Topics of the Framework for Communications
(UN Commission on Human Rights)
How the RSS ghar wapsi programme actually hurts Hindus
(Shoaib Daniyal, Dawn.com)
Religion and money: is Islamic banking the way forward for Ethiopians?
(Karri Goeldner Byrne and Thea Anderson, The Guardian)
IS Yazidi attacks may be genocide, says UN
(BBC News)
Chad seeks UN approval for multinational task force vs Boko Haram
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Iran: Deteriorating conditions for religious dreedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Holocaust-denying bishop plans consecration without pope's consent
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
US slams Iran on treatment of religious minorities
(Mark Hensch, The Hill)
Christianity and Religious Freedom: A Sourcebook of Scriptural, Theological, and Legal Texts
(David Little, with Karen Taliaferro, ed., Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
What were this decade’s most significant advances in law?
(Miranda Dobson, OUPblog Religion)
Gunmen storm Tunisian museum in deadly attack: Foreign tourists die in rare assault, which first targeted national assembly
(Tamer El-Ghobahsy and Radhouane Addala, The Wall Street Journal)
Today, Tunisia is tested
(Brian Klaas, Foreign Policy)
EU blames Daesh for Tunisia attack that killed 19
(Al Bawaba)
Hard-right shift delivers upset election win for Netanyahu
(Luke Baker and Jeffery Heller, Reuters)
Israel swings right, posing a challenge to Western allies
(Dimi Reider, Al Jazeera America)
Attacks in Lahore, Christian religious leaders invite the community to peace and forgiveness
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Myanmar court finds trio guilty of insulting religion
(BBC News)
"Blasphemy" in Myanmar: Three people convicted for "insulting Buddhism"
(AsiaNews.it)
Burmese court gives 30 month sentences to bar owner and manager for Buddha Facebook ad
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Burma: Use of religious defamation laws indicate deterioration in fundamental freedoms
(Asian Tribune)
Chile considers bill to ease abortion ban, likely to pass: rights group
(Anastasia Moloney, Reuters)
Islam and extremism: Looking within. There is a heated debate about the role of Islam in jihadism. Will it make a difference?
(The Economist)
Muslim scholars call for Yemenis to support President Hadi
(Middle East Monitor)
Gulf states say will not let Yemen become terrorism hub
(Al Arabiya News)
An underground army challenges President Sisi
(Nicholas Linn, Emily Crane, Foreign Policy)
Free Wu Zeheng (Opinion)
(Jared Genser, The Wall Street Journal)
Why young Western women go to Syria
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)
When weddings become protests: the debate over civil marriage in Lebanon
(Sophie Chamas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Putin moves to tighten state control over Russia's religious groups
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
The transcendence of religion over politics: Lessons from Egypt (Opinion)
(Dr Abdul Wahab Al-Effendi, Middle East Monitor)
Almost all mosques destroyed in C African Republic conflict
(Cara Anna, Al Arabiya News)
Malaysian move towards harsher Islamic law divides opposition
(Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Trinna Leong, Reuters)
MNA wants security plan for minorities’ places of worship
(Dawn)
U Htin Lin Oo to face trial for insulting religion
(Aung Ko Oo, Mizzima)
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Statement on USCIRF visit to Sri Lanka
(Eric P. Schwartz, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF Decries church attacks in Pakistan
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The "hidden Christians" of Japan, a story protected by Mary's mantle
(Mario Bianchin, AsiaNews.it)
Christian leader: Hindu radicals are a danger to the women of India
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Moscow seeks more haj slots for Russia's Muslims, citing annexation of Crimea
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Nothing to toast between China and the Vatican: Beijing wants complete control
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Canada: NDP leader says politicians should not be deciding limits to religious freedom
(The Canadian Press)
What Islamophobia is and is not (Opinion)
(Mustafa Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
Buddhist-Muslim meeting pushes for peace with Yogyakarta statement
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Brazilian court affirms right of Adventist to close his service station for Sabbath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ISIS tweets destruction of more Christian sites
(Christian Today)
Turkish museum director accused of having ‘ISIL mentality’
(Doğan News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Don't say I'm oppressed because I'm an Arab woman. It denies me the right to my own experience
(Randa Kattan, The Guardian)
Libya: Islamic State kidnaps 20 foreign medical workers in Sirte
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Nigeria: At least 45 dead in ethno-religious conflict
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Freedom of speech with Islamic characteristics
(Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons, The National Interest)
Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie sentenced to death in Egypt
(BBC News)
Shops, schools close in India town over nun gang-rape
(Agence France-Presse)
Christians say under siege in Modi's India after rape, attacks
(Rupak de Chowdhuri, Reuters)
Myanmar court jails New Zealand bar manager, colleagues for insulting religion
(Jared Ferrie and Aye Win Myint, Reuters)
Netanyahu says no to statehood for Palestinians
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
On election’s eve, Netanyahu says no Palestinian state as long as he’s Israel’s PM
(Maayan Lubell, Allyn Fisher-Ilan, and Dan Williams, Religion News Service)
Mother kidnaps her Dutch children to join Islamic State
(Anthony Deutsch, Religion News Service)
European mosque hosts symposium on religion, freedom, & peace
(World Religion News)
Ancient, modern Iran clash over fire festival
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Badie and 13 Brotherhood members sentenced to death
(Middle East Monitor)
MCA: PAS' hudud unfeasible for multi-religious Malaysia
(Hanis Zainal, The Star Online)
Buddhist monks sue Burma minister over 'use of chemicals on protesters'
(The Guardian)
Pakistan police use tear gas to break up church attack protests
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
Three is a crowd: bigamy among Hindus and Muslims in India
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)
Soul freedom at growing risk
(Doug Bandow, The American Spectator)
Adventist Brazilian business owner refuses to pump gas on Sabbath
(Jefferson Paradello, Adventist Review)
Myanmar sentences 3 to prison for depicting Buddha wearing headphones
(Wai Moe and Austin Ramzy, The New York Times)
Kazakh official: don't call IS militants 'Islamists'
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
Cricket World Cup: Sikhs barred from India v Zimbabwe because of 'weapons'
(Lincoln Tan, The New Zealand Herald)
Monday, 16 March 2015
Syria: Four years later
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Ukrainian clergy tilts to Russian occupiers
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Israel Supreme Court rules in favor of Yated Neeman for not publishing photos of women
(Yeshiva World)
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