Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 6 March 2015
‘Religion of peace’ terrorist drives car into pedestrians in Jerusalem
(L. Todd Wood, Western Journalism)
Gabon: Bishops appeal for peace among citizens
(Catholic Information Service for America)
Religion comes to play in Senate polls
(Mubashir Hassan, The Nation)
23 Assyrian Christians released in Syria
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Egypt’s terrorism law whittles down opposition
(Enas Hamed, trans. Sami=Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
For God and Country, and Iran
(David Kenner, Foreign Policy)
Satire won’t stop ISIS, but it’s an important start
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Manila Auxiliary: Dialogue between the government and Muslim rebels "only path for peace in the Philippines"
(AsiaNews.it)
Female Kurdish fighters battling ISIS win Israeli hearts
(Lazar Berman, Rudaw)
Islamic State group turning Yazidi boys into jihadists
(Mohammed A. Salih, France 24)
Shas cranks up the old-time religion at electrifying campaign rally in Tel Aviv
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Religious Affairs: Fighting for a tolerant Judaism
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Ghana Supreme Court to decide on religious freedom
(Vibe Ghana)
Botswana enjoys partnership with religious institutions
(Botswana Daily News)
Saudi human rights official says Shariah rule is a ‘sovereign right’
(Eurasia Review)
Religious restrictions among the world’s most populous countries
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Panel revisits Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ecumenical legacy
(World Council of Churches)
Assyrians begin to enter Lebanon
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
South Korea decriminalises adultery
(Christian Today)
Indian widows break tradition and celebrate Holi
(Showkat Sofi, Al Jazeera)
Ghana: Ayikoi Otoo casts doubt over discrimination suit
(Ghana Web)
Indian state bans possession and sale of beef
(Neha Thirani Bagri, The New York Times)
Pakistan arrests parents for refusing children's polio vaccinations
(Jibran Ahmad, Reuters)
Afghan men don burqas to support women
(Frud Bezhan, Radio Free Europe)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Islamic State is Muslim like Irish Republican Army was Catholic
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
From Belgium to Syria and back: How an altar boy became an ISIL adherent
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
Pakistan's blasphemy laws snare minorities, activists
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera America)
За участие в боях в Сирии к уголовной ответственности привлечены 29 граждан Азербайджана
(Vesti.az)
Malaysian 'Islamic Council's right to intervene' over Christian's CDs dismissed
(Kuala Lumpar, World Watch Monitor)
Is Ecuador's Correa blurring the lines between religion and politics?
(Ruxandra Guidi, The Christian Science Monitor)
'Surrender or be killed': Chad president challenges Boko Haram leader
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Boko Haram violence causing worsening refugee crisis for Nigeria
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Argentine president’s full-page ad discredits Nisman’s complaint
(JTA)
Interior Minister claims '200 Tajik labor migrants left Russia to fight in Syria'
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
Kazakh teen charged in U.S. with aiding IS has murky past
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
Archbishop Tutu: The West committed the Holocaust while Palestinians pay historic price
(Global Research)
EVENT, 5 March 2015: Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Construction of Jerusalem hotel threatens Christian pilgrimage site
(Haaretz)
Brotherhood rules out reconciliation with Sisi
(Middle East Monitor)
Indian police beat Christian evangelists
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Erdogan tests waters in Riyadh
(Semish Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Unprecedented rift splits Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Dialogue for women countering violent extremism
(Alison Milofsky, United States Institute of Peace)
Kidnapped Assyrian Christians: Four more hostages released by Islamic State
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
China: Draconian anti-terror law an assault on human rights
(Amensty International)
Canadian pastor goes missing on most recent aid trip to North Korea
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)
Understanding Turkey's tilt
(Svante E. Cornell for JINSA, The International Relations and Security Network)
155 Catholic students denied school access over land dispute
(AsiaNews.it)
Maharashtra bans beef: 5 years in prison for those who eat it
(AsiaNews.it)
Film screened at Ohio State exposes Iran persecuting Baha’is
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)
Russian Supreme Court rejects appeal against Pussy Riot verdict
(Interfax-Religion)
Zimbabwe health aide blames Catholics, Adventists for HIV persistence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Evangelical Fellowship of India: Persecution Watch Annual Report 2014
(World Evangelical Alliance)
Jewish Purim celebration spans world, includes DUI caution
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Islamic State in Af-Pak: The ‘Wilayat Khurasan’ Conundrum
(Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Uzbekistan: "Pardoned only after repenting and asking the President for forgiveness"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Freedom and scepticism: Being an atheist in the Middle East
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Ministry of National Security (MNS) reports about neutralization a group of religious radicals
(Contact.az)
Iran executes six Sunni Muslim ethnic Kurds
(Radio Free Europe)
Ghana: Gov’t goofed on edict over Islamic discrimination – Islamic Scholar
(Ghana Web)
Religious authority has no right to intervene in Allah CD case, says Sarawakian
(V. Anbalagan, The Malaysian Insider)
Nigerians, fearing election violence, forfeit vote to move to other end of country
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious freedom increasingly at risk in India as new attacks are perpetrated against Christians
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Blasphemy Law sows radicalization: Experts
(Fedina S. Sundaryani, The Jakarta Post)
EVENT, 4 March 2015: Sharing the Message? Proselytism and Development in Pluralistic Societies: A Public Dialogue
(Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Is there room for Islam in democracy, freedom of speech, and secularism?
(Catherine Shakdam [quoting John Andrew Morrow], Mint Press News)
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Iran can be Italy’s powerful ally in fighting terrorism
(Bahram Ghasemi, Iran's former Ambassador to Italy, Iran Review)
ISIS 'is' the Islamic "reformation"
(Ed Simon, Religion Dispatches)
La Tuta's Knights Templar and the rise of narco-religion in Mexico
(R. Andrew Chesnut, Huff Post Religion)
Moonies hold mass wedding in South Korea
(Agence France-Presse in Gapyeong, The Guardian)
Pope Francis cements financial reform in new laws, creates Vatican auditor general
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Genocide of Assyrians
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Who are Assyrian Christians? Islamic State's latest captives are part of a long-persecuted group
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post Religion)
The genocide of Assyrians that started in Iraq continues in Syria
(Peter BetBasoo, Assyrian International News Agency)
Pope Francis thanks churches in North Africa for their courage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egypt closes 27,000 places of worship
(Rami Galal, trans. Kamal Fayad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Rabinnic and legal groups partner to prevent agunot
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
What does quantum mechanics suggest about our perceptions of reality?
(Hans Halvorson, Big Questions Online)
Can there be rational reasons for not supporting same sex marriage?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Same-sex marriage equality converts are very welcome to the party
(Tim Dick, The Sydney Morning Herald - Comment)
Submission on Religious Freedom in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission - ‘Traditional Rights and Freedoms - Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws’
(Freedom 4 Faith)
Austrian FM vows to support Saudi blogger
(Middle East Monitor)
Jews win right to pray on Temple Mount
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Kingdom calls for more efforts to address religious defamation
(Arab News)
Balochistan: Threats against Christian journalists
(Missionary International Service News Agency)
Cambodia deports 36 Vietnamese Montagnards, fleeing persecution
(AsiaNews.it)
Hindu fundamentalists threatened peace and stability in Nepal
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Cameroonians call for death of Boko Haram leader
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
In Israel, Jewish divorce is granted only by husband's permission
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Religious restrictions among the world’s most populous countries
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center)
Rania El-Alloul hijab ruling draws complaint against Quebec judge
(CBC News)
Wearing hijab in Canadian courtroom stirs controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
World Sikh Organization condemns religious discrimination by Quebec judge
(Sikh 24)
Conference at Western Europe's largest mosque to underline need for international religious freedom
(PR Newswire)
Understanding terrorism in China - analysis
(Loro Horta, Eurasia Review)
China Exclusive: Shaolin abbot responds to commercialization criticism
(Shanghai Daily)
China re-arrests three accused of participation is ISIS-related terrorist group [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Mosques more than ten times more likely to prevent China for distancing itself from Islamic problems [Simplified Chinese]
(US China Press)
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