Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 17 January 2015
The champion of French anxiety: The National Front leader says ‘we are the only ones to solve the problem’ of the country’s Islamist threat
(Sorab Ahmari, The Wall Street Journal: The Weekend Interview)
Immigration and Islam: Europe’s crisis of faith
(Christopher Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal: The Saturday Essay)
Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)
China's lack of religion puts the country ahead of others
(Arun Anand Ahuja, DailyLobo (Letter))
Friday, 16 January 2015
Insecurity feelings among Hindus after decision of SHC on forced conversion to Islam of Hindu girl
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Satellite images show horrific scale of Boko Haram attack on Baga; Girls aged ten used by Boko Haram in suicide attacks
(Amnesty International / The Times, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Freedom on the decline in China: report
(UCA News)
Blasphemy is an assault on our supreme good
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Gay marriage is "ideological colonization," says Vatican spokesman
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
Paul VI was right to warn against contraception, Pope Francis says in Phillipines
(Catholic News Agency)
Using religion to divide people is ‘playing with fire’: US official in Burma
(Alex Bookbinder, DVB News Religion)
Pope Francis is wrong about 'Charlie Hebdo.' We have a right to make fun of religion
(Jerry A. Coyne, New Republis)
Obama, Cameron vow to take on 'poisonous ideology' of radical Islam
(Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton, Reuters)
Insulting the sacred
(Taha Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
#TearsForBaga: the mystery of the missing hashtag
(Ethan Zuckerman, MercatorNet)
Pope Francis and "soft power" diplomacy
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Churches burned down over anti-Charlie Hebdo demonstration in Niger
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
France faces its moment of peril and the dangers of 'us' and 'them'
(Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen)
Saudi Arabia building a 'Great Wall' to keep ISIS out
(Laurice Chavez, Christian Today)
Canadian FLDS leader agrees to court order barring use of LDS name
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
We aren't Charlie: The decline of satire and culture
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint Commentaries)
As terrorism suspects are detained in Europe, scope of challenge is highlighted
(Alison Smale and James Kanter)
Religious conversion in Latin America: How we surveyed people on their beliefs
(David Masci, PewResearch FactTank)
How Charlie Hebdo attack represents a genuine clash between civilizations
(J.J. Goldberg, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Pakistan clashes over Charlie Hebdo cartoon
(BBC News Asia)
Churches meeting in public schools
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Saudi postpones flogging of liberal blogger
(Al Jazeera)
Nigeria president visits Boko Haram heartland
(Al Jazeera)
Charlie Hebdo, intolerance, and the problem of double standards
(Kim R. Holmes, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Iraqi hospitals under IS suffer lack of medicine, staff
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Centuries-old art tradition resurrected in Holy Land
(Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera America)
The Middle East is full of ancient, mysterious religious sects. The Islamic State is wiping them out
(Gerard Russell, The Washington Post)
Two Italian aid worker hostages in Syria released
(Sabina Castelfranco, RFI)
Indian censor official quits over spiritual leader's Bollywood dreams
(Reuters)
5 questions to ask about faith in emerging markets for davos
(Chris Seiple, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Is yoga Hindu?
(Andrea Jain, OUPblog Religion)
Egypt slams European criticism of human rights record
(Middle East Monitor)
Thursday, 15 January 2015
B.C. polygamous sect leader agrees to stop using names linked to Mormon church
(James Keller, Canadian Press)
Blasphemy laws empower extremists: Our view
(Editorial Staff, USA Today)
Egypt's Sisi urges religious moderation, but no space for insulting images
(Louisa Loveluck, The Christian Century)
Humanist groups want New Zealand to dump blasphemy law
(Reissa Su, International Business Times)
Kyrgyzstan introduces 2014-2020 Conception of State Policy on Religion
(Asker Sultanov, Central Asia Online)
Lessons from Paris
(James Schall SJ, MercatorNet)
Pope Francis, free speech, and responsibility
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
Putin's Orthodox autocracy & American Christianity
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)
Mission trips aren’t just for Christians anymore as Jews aim to ‘heal the world’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis preaches about corruption, social justice in the Philippines
(Deborah Ball and Trefor Moss, The Wall Street Journal)
Anti-Semitism is never solely about the Jews
(Ruth R. Wisse, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
Al Qaeda in India: Why we should pay attention
(Sunil Dasgupta, ISN Security Watch)
A million people in Paris teach us what religion is really all about
(Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., Huff Post Religion)
The arguments for and against a national anti-conversion law
(Shanoor Seervai, The Wall Street Journal India Realtime)
Pope Francis gets warm Philippine welcome in Manila
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Al-Qaeda assertion that it planned Paris attack draws some skepticism
(Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)
Months of airstrikes fail to slow Islamic State in Syria
(Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)
Satellite images show devastation of Boko Haram attacks, rights groups say
(Laura Smith-Spark and Nic Robertson, CNN)
Iraq's top Shiite cleric thrown into heart of politics
(Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Paris attack sparks blasphemy law debate
(World Bulletin)
Free speech or freedom to abuse?
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)
Compromising freedoms clouds fight against terrorism
(Aaron Rhodes, The World Post)
Respect Muslims’ feelings
(Afifa Jabeen Quraishi, Arab News)
Islamism, radical Islam, jihadism: The problem of language and Islamophobia
(Paul Hedges, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Not a provocation, it is the Islamic Middle Ages
(Taha Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
Three things I liked about The Washington Post's story on French Muslims torn by 'I am Charlie' slogan
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Worryingly sharp rise in Muslim converts in Ottawa since terrorist attack on Parliament Hill: Imam
(Meghan Hurley, National Post)
Blasphemous cartoons’ reproduction ‘racist act’
(Arab News)
Disputed claims over Qaeda role in Paris attacks
(Eric Schmitt, Mark Mazzetti, and Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
Shiite leaders forbid insults against Sunnis
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor)
Indian state of Goa plans program to "treat" LGBT youths
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christmas arrests in Iran: 11 still detained
(Article 18, World Watch Monitor)
After Paris attacks, Pope speaks out against insulting religion
(Al Jazeera America)
Condemnation swift in Muslim nations over new Charlie Hebdo cover
(Jacob Resneck and Mai Shams El-Din, Religion News Service)
Promoting religious liberty in India
(A. Roy Medley, American Baptist Churches)
Groups document Boko Haram’s swath of destruction in Nigeria
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)
International force mulled to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria
(Christopher Torchia, AP)
China punishes officials for corrupting Muslim pilgrimage arrangements
(Louise Watt, Arab News)
Egypt: Funds of Brotherhood-run medical charity confiscated
(Middle East Monitor)
Tanzania bans witch doctors after scores of albino people are killed in ritual slaughter
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
A new era in Sri Lanka’s politics?
(Smruti S. Pattanaik & Rumel Dahiya, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
UN rights chief appeals to Saudi Arabia to stop flogging of blogger
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Freedom for Saudi blogger Badawi - OpEd
(Ludwig Watzal, Eurasia Review)
State in India plans to help gay youth ‘get over same-sex feelings’
(Suhasini Raj and Nida Najar, The New York Times)
Group calls for Orthodox church reform over alleged Israel land sales
(Alex Shams, Ma'an News Agency)
Bangladesh, first ever Hindu tribal appointed head of the Supreme Court
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
US changes idea (again): Modi did not commit crimes against humanity
(AsiaNews.it)
Riyadh builds a "Great Wall" to guard against the Islamic state
(AsiaNews.it)
Alqosh: A frontier church, stronger than the threat of the Islamic State
(AsiaNews.it)
Let's respect 'religious sensitivities' - Christian Council to Ghanaians
(GhanaWeb)
Nigeria: Country's politics have nothing to do with religion
(allAfrica)
Cartoonists ignored the virtue of prudence
(Peter Stockland, Calgary Herald)
China's religious freedom worsened since Xi took power, says rights group
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis: Free expression doesn't mean right to insult others' faith
(Greg Botelho and Sunshine Lichauco de Leon, CNN)
EVENT, 15 January 2015: Religious Liberty in the UK and European Union
(Professor Mark Hill QC, The University of Notre Dame Australia School of Law)
Muslim world questions logic behind Charlie antics
(Arab News)
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
After Paris, whither the BDS movement?: No empathy and spinning crazy theories reveal despising of Jews
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Saudi blogger faces next 50 lashes as government ignores global protests
(The Guardian)
A tough question: Just how 'JeSuisCharlie' to be?
(Gene Policinski, Newseum: Inside the First Amendment)
Religious freedom and diplomacy: More than a luxury
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
Freedom to practise one’s religion without fear or favour
(Tengku Zuhri Tengku Abdul Aziz, The Rakyat Post)
Egypt's Sisi urges religious moderation, but no space for insulting images
(Louisa Loveluck, Christian Science Monitor)
In France, a growing debate over why some speech is protected and some isn’t
(Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
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