Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Explaining Christian Zionism to Israelis
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
Anger of suspect in Danish killings is seen as only loosely tied to Islam
(Andrew Higgins and Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine: annexation of the Crimea was a clear violation of international law
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
[China] Vice premier urges protection of religious people's interests
(Xinhua)
[Chinese] Religious groups told to exert healthy, positive influence
(Xinhua)
Christian persecution in China may be slowing down, says monitoring group
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Suicide bomber kills up to 8 in Xinjiang, Radio Free Asia reports
(Michael Forsythe, The New York Times)
Boko Haram's attacks spread into Niger sparking mass exodus
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim’s conviction–More than just a political conspiracy
(Emerlynne Gil, Arc of the Universe)
Narendra Modi: India PM warns against religious attacks
(BBC)
Fear of Shiites on the rise in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Will ensure complete freedom of faith: Full text of PM Modi's speech at Christian conference
(Narendra Modi, First Post India)
Indian PM vows to ensure religious freedom
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America News)
Revival of religion in public space a serious concern for Indian secularism, legal expert says
(Mark Yapching, Christianity Today)
Religion's week from hell
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Beyond Myanmar’s embattled Muslims, Christians say they face their own persecution
(Mang Suan Kim, Religion News Service)
US won't help fight Boko Haram until Nigeria accepts homosexuality, birth control, Bishop says
(Diane Montagna, Aleteia)
Pope Francis and the Copts: Blood and ecumenism
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
A statement on the martyrdom of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya
(Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria: Diocese of Los Angeles)
Coptic leader thanks Egyptian president for swift response to IS extremists
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
The beheading is only the tip
(Mariz Tadros, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Apocalyptic visions and ISIS' actions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why does ISIS keep making enemies?
(Peter Bergen, CNN)
Attempt made to rob Russian convent in Jerusalem
(Interfax: Religion)
Newspaper in India shut down for printing 2006 Charlie Hebdo cover
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
(Anton Zverev, Reuters)
Three Australian rabbis resign as result of government inquiry into sex abuse scandals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No to Netanyahu: Danish Jews’ loyalty to Denmark runs deep
(Religion News Service)
Monday, 16 February 2015
Media ignores Canadian Muslim murder
(OnIslam)
Varanasi, spiritual leaders: Religious diversity, foundation of peace and dialogue
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Religious groups take to the streets to protest against political violence in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
European leaders reject Israeli call for mass immigration of Jews despite recent attacks
(Lori Hinnant, Associated Press, US News and World Report)
Senior Orthodox rabbis resign in wake of Australia’s sex abuse probe
(JTA)
Top rabbi quits after calling sex assault victim’s father a 'lunatic'
(Shannon Deery, Melbourne Herald Sun)
Canon Andrew White: Christians shouldn't combat ISIS because they are 'hopeless at fighting'
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today - World)
Another bloody chapter in the story of Egyptian Copts
(Zahra Vieneuve, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Coptic Christians increasingly feel endangered in Libya and Egypt
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)
Thousands mourn Egyptian victims of Islamic State in disbelief
(Treza Kamal, Reuters)
Egypt seeks international help against IS after 21 Copts beheaded
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Egypt launches air strikes against the Islamic State in Libya, after the beheading of 21 Copts
(AsiaNews.it)
Egypt strikes Islamic State targets in Libya
(Tamer El-Ghobashy and Matt Bradley, The Wall Street Journal)
Jordan jails senior Brotherhood official for criticising UAE
(Sleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Child soldiers still being recruited in South Sudan
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Niqabs, colanders and our right to freedom of religion
(Gordon Clark, The Province)
Egyptians grieved over slain fellows by IS in Libya
(Mahmoud Fouly, Xinhuanet)
Turkish media watchdog scrutinizes 'The Simpsons'
(Sibel Hurtas, trans.Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Yemen's last Jews eye exodus after Islamist militia takeover
(Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters)
Queensland MMM cult leader tracked down and confronted in Vanuatu
(9 News)
Azerbaijan: Nakhichevan detentions without trial, beatings and attempted kidnapping
(Forum 18 News Service)
Isis posts video allegedly showing mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages
(Jared Malsin, Chris Stephen and agencies in Cairo, The Guardian)
Islamic State carries out mass beheading of Christians
(John Burger, Aleteia)
After Copenhagen attack, Netanyahu calls on European Jews to come ‘home’
(JTA)
Live: Latest updates on Copenhagen attacks
(The Local (Denmark))
Religion and violence: When ideology meets tragedy
(Patheos Writers, Patheos)
Religion, Europe and Denmark: Shooting at cartoonists, again
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
What will prevent another Copenhagen?
(Jay Michaelson, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Shots fired, Jews targeted, religious slogans shouted, and journalists scratch their heads
(Jim Davis, Get Religion)
ISIL video purports to show beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya
(Al Jazeera)
Pope denounces slaying of Egyptian Copts by Islamic State
(Associated Press: The Big Story)
Pope decries beheading of Egyptian Christians in Libya
(Reuters)
Statement by the Press Secretary on the murder of Egyptian citizens
(The White House Office of the Press Secretary)
David Cameron condemns 'barbaric' IS beheadings in Libya
(BBC)
2 men suspected of helping Copenhagen gunman are arrested
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Egypt conducts airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Libya
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
The Palestinians' EU-funded campaign against Israel
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Libya faces ISIS crisis: Italy wants NATO intervention
(Cassandra Vinograd, NBC News)
Letters regarding religious minorities, forced expulsion and mistreatment of asylum seekers, and imprisoned Baha'i citizen in Yemen
(European Parliament Intergroup on FoRB & RT)
Denmark attacks: Two men charged in Copenhagen
(BBC News Europe)
Egypt launches second wave of airstrikes on ISIS in Libya
(Jethro Mullen, CNN)
Egypt bombs IS targets in Libya after video of Christians' beheadings
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Nigerian bus station
(Joe Hemba and Ardo Abdallah, Reuters)
A battle lost, a campaign still to win: Malaysian cleric who lost ‘Allah’ case says it was not in vain
(Matt K. George, World Watch Monitor)
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Sisi warns of response after Islamic State kills 21 Egyptians in Libya
(Ahmed Tolba and Michael Georgy, Reuters)
Political cartoonists face threats worldwide
(Amel Ahmed & Hashem Said, Al Jazeera America)
Newspaper in India pays a price for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoon
(Neha Thirani Bagri, The New York Times)
Multifaith aid to refugees may yield new narrative for Israeli-Syrian relations
(Jacob Kamaras, Jewish News)
Copenhagen shooting suspect killed by police
(Charles Duxbury and Anna Molin, The Wall Street Journal)
France to cut Qatar funding of mosques in crackdown on islamic fundamentalism
(Christina Okello, RFI)
Lawyer Karahan: Hate crimes against Hizmet can be prosecuted at ECtHR, ICC
(Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Sunday's Zaman)
Germany: Anti-Islamization movement faces uncertain future
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Critics of Islam prevented from entering UK to attend Lee Rigby rally
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Saturday, 14 February 2015
Card Zen and Catholics protest against Beijing over the fate of Mgr Cosma Shi Enxiang
(Victoria Ma, AsiaNews.it)
UN, Russia take lead in Syria diplomacy
(Al-Monitor: Week in Revie)
Arbitrary detentions and 'suspect communities’ in the 'New Turkey’
(Muhammet Keleş, Today's Zaman)
Tunisia: The Last of the Arab Jews
(Lucette Lagnado, The Wall Street Journal)
Swedish cartoonist lives with a target on his back
(Dominic Chopping, The Wall Street Journal)
Saudi women driving activists released from prison
(Al Jazeera)
Friday, 13 February 2015
Egypt sees al-Azhar as key to Africa
(Ayah Aman, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Al-Azhar refuses to consider the Islamic State an apostate
(Ahmed Fouad, trans. Tyler Huffman, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Delhi, more attacks on the Church as Catholic school targeted
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Pope Francis is poised to change Catholicism forever (Analysis)
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Turkey's mosque-building diplomacy
(Thomas Seibert, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Bible retreat centre to rise in Ghana
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Vatican does not recognize officially the annexation of Crimea, Roman Catholic Bishop in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
A majority of Christians believe God has called them to care for the world
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Why Raif Badawi matters to the Jews
(Debbie Hall, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Challenging ideological colonization: The Philippines is nearly the only country in the world without divorce. An expert on marriage law explains why
(Johnpaul Menchavez, MercatorNet)
Islamic State disfigure 15 women with acid
(Hazhar Mamuzini, BasNews)
Chinese Catholics seek answers to Bishop’s fate
(Michael Forsythe, The New York Times)
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