Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
How religion is being used to win power in Myanmar
(Htun Aung Gyaw, The Nation)
Charlie Hebdo and the price of freedom denied: Studies find independent courts and civility best protect liberties, lessen conflict
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
The Charlie Hebdo murders: An attack on religious liberty, not free expression
(Doug Bandow, The World Post)
Mosul deteriorates under IS occupation
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Hezbollah attack kills Israeli soldiers near Lebanon, raising fears of escalation
(Isabel Kersher and Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
Egyptian poet goes on trial accused of contempt of Islam
(Mahmoud Morad, Reuters)
Egypt’s war on atheism
(Mona Eltahawy, The New York Times)
Egypt's top Muslim cleric backs Brotherhood arrests
(Agence France-Presse)
France's false choice: Can liberal societies come to terms with religious illiberalism?
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)
Argentina Jewish community boycotts Holocaust memorial
(BBC News)
China to continue ordaining bishops, clerics without Vatican blessing
(Miko Morelos, The Ecumenical News)
Chinese police raided 148 points in Muslim Xinjiang in 2014
(World Bulletin)
China tells Vatican not to interfere in its internal affairs
(Hannah Roberts, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly)
Kenya's Christian-owned Hope FM radio hijacked
(BBC News)
Nigeria's Sharia police arrest 12 over 'gay wedding'
(Agence France-Presse)
Communist officials in Tibet punished for helping Dalai Lama
(Louise Watt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
A mass call from Myanmar’s civil society to drop ‘Nation, Race and Religion’ bills
(Matt Roebuck, Mizzima)
Jordan says it would swap terrorist for ISIS captive
(Jethro Mullen and Mariano Castillo, CNN)
Serving God, law at a Philippine bank
(Gregory J. Millman, The Wall Street Journal)
France top court rules same-sex French-Moroccan couple may marry
(Taylor Gillan, Jurist)
‘Whatever the Islamic State wants, we should give them’
(Suha Maayeh, David Kenner, Foreign Policy)
Tokyo, leaders of all religions pray for hostages held by Islamic State
(AsiaNews.it)
Christian leader thanks to Obama for defending freedom of religion
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Korean religious leaders in Pyongyang to pray for peace
(AsiaNews.it)
Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Stop at three? That's not what the Pope said: A remark to journalists about "rabbits" concerned responsible parenthood, not numbers
(Caroline Farrow, MercatorNet)
India: Distribution of Population by Religions
(India Census)
IAS Evangelist threatens to move court after Tamil Nadu bans him from holding religious meets
(FP Staff, First Post)
Islamophobia has turned into an industry, says Turkey’s top cleric
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Archbishop in Niger: 'We must reconstruct hearts and minds' after Charlie Hebdo protests
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today - World)
Charlie Hebdo raises the question: Is hate speech protected in France?
(Jill Lawless, Huff Post Religion)
Facebook blocks content deemed insulting to Islam in Turkey
(Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America)
Is religion why docs are against assisted suicide/dying?
(Leslie Kane, Medscape)
Tibetan monk who refused to criticize Dalai Lama is freed from jail
(Radio Free Asia)
Should the West take on Nigeria's terrorists? Bishops say yes
(Catholic News Agency)
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Their blood cries out to God
(George Faithful, author of Mothering the Fatherland: A Protestant Sisterhood Repents for the Holocaust, OUPblog Religion)
What role does spirituality play in inner strength or resourcefulness?
(Marc Margolius, Big Questions Online)
Gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Libya; at least 10 die
(Jomana Karadsheh and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN)
World leaders join Auschwitz survivors at 70th anniversary of Liberation
(Wiktor Szary and Wojciech Zurawski, The Jewish Daily Forward)
President Pranab Mukherjee's Republic Day address - 'Religion can't be a cause of conflict'
(The India Times)
What Christian lawyers are facing in Canada: Religious intolerance in the name of diversity
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint Commentaries)
Facebook blocks pages insulting Mohammed
(GANT Daily)
Facebook said to block pages critical of Muhammad to avoid shutdown in Turkey
(Sebnem Arsu and Mark Scott, The New York Times)
Battles continue outside Kobani after Kurds claim victory
(Today's Zaman)
Japanese officials meet after purported ISIL hostage threat
(Today's Zaman)
Saudi’s new King Salman likely to stay the Muslim kingdom’s course
(Oren Dorell, Religion News Service)
Obama wraps up 3-day visit with plea for religious tolerance
(Vikas Pathak, Hindustan Times)
In town hall remarks, Obama urges India to guarantee religious freedom
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Philippine bishops condemn killing of police officers by separatist rebels
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Islamic Jihad takes mediator role between Hamas, Fatah
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Pakistan's silent partition
(Zehra Abid, Al Jazeera America)
Shia fighters accused of killing civilians in Iraq
(Al Jazeera America)
Holocaust fears, real and manipulated, have shaped Israel
(Tom Segev, Al Jazeera America)
Israel jails Palestinian girl, 14, for throwing stones
(Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera)
Obama warns India over religious divisions
(Arab News)
Obama warns India on religious divisions
(Colleen Mcain Nelson, The Wall Street Journal)
El Baradei: 'Islamists mustn't be removed from political arena'
(Middle East Monitor)
New Report: "In Need of a Principled Approach" - Monitoring report on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Turkey, July 2013-June 2014
(The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) Freedom of Belief Initiative)
"In Need of a Principled Approach" - Monitoring report on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Turkey, July 2013-June 2014
([link to the Report pdf], The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) Freedom of Belief Initiative)
In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom
(Frank Jack Daniel and Roberta Rampton, Reuters)
Egypt court overturns decision to ban Hamas
(Ma'an News Agency)
Catholic intellectuals come together in Jakarta to boost Church's presence in society
(Royani Lim, AsiaNews.it)
Beijing sends a new flood of Han migrants to Lhasa: Tibetans risk disappearing
(AsiaNews.it)
Zhejiang, Hong Kong journalist arrested for investigating cross demolition
(AsiaNews.it)
Israel's Arab parties to unite for the first time
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
The Middle East's vanishing Christians
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Monday, 26 January 2015
Iraqi state education increasingly religious
(Adnan Abu Zeed, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Patriarch Kirill condemns cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
(Interfax-Religion)
A Legacy of (Saudi) Liberalism
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
7 ways Thomas Merton changed the world
(James Martin SJ, On Faith)
Inaugural Symposium on the Role of Religion & Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs
(Hosted by General Board of Church & Society/Seventh-Day Adventists (General Conference)/United Methodist Women/World Council of Churches, General Board of Church & Society of the Methodist Church)
Jesus on safari: The legacy of Jaroslav Pelikan
(Timothy George, First Things)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembrance is the First Step
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religion: A Pretext for Conflict? Open Forum
(David Rosen, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Thabo Cecil Makgoba, Tony Blair, moderated by Mina Al-Orabi, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015)
Global call for release of Eritrean Orthodox church head, under house arrest for 8 years
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Rebel killings of 44 commandos test Philippines peace deal
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press)
Religious freedom worsening in Cuba: 'There is a crackdown happening'.
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Sunni officials in Iraq say Shi'ite militias executed 70 civilians
(Ahmed Rasheed and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Some 3,000 strong protest in Jalal-Abad against Muhammad caricatures
(Interfac: Religion)
Ahead of Obama's visit, India's Christians start hotline on Hindu harassment
(Vishal Arora and Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Westminster Abbey criticised for flying flag at half mast for Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Egypt court jails doctor in 'historic' FGM prosecution
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera)
Fighting between Philippines police, Muslim rebels could threaten peace talks
(William Gallo, Voice of America)
Anglican leader condemns violence against foreigners in South Africa
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis says he wants all annulments to be free
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Religious liberty and persecution: a global perspective
(David Platt, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: The Southern blog)
Religious liberty and the secular state
(Ian Boyne, The Gleaner)
Langzhong, Sichuan house churches face police interference, 20 arrested [Simplified Chinese]
(Veritas Vincit, The Epoch Times)
Opposed to new unlawful ordinations, Chinese Catholics are united for religious freedom
(Veritas Vincit, AsiaNews.it)
In 2015 China set to ordain independent bishops against the Holy See. Possible reactions of Catholics
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Association formed to protect religious freedom
(Rhoma S. Tomilson, Jamaica Observer)
Religion can’t be made cause of conflict: President
(Press Trust of India, Rising Kashmir)
Obama visits an India with growing religious intolerance
(Zahir Janmohamed, Al Jazeera America)
Religion and other beliefs: may not constitute an issue to discriminate an employee in Colombia
(Isabella Gandini, Global Workplace Insider)
Libyan militants hold 20 Egyptian Christians hostage
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Crimea: "Subject to action by the law-enforcement agencies"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Religious and other personal beliefs – What protection Is granted to employees In Québec against discrimination?
(Andréane Giguère, Global Workplace Insider)
Islamic State lists conditions to free Lebanese soldiers
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Christianity cannot survive the decline in worship
(Kazimierz Bem, On Faith)
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