Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 12 January 2015

Bahraini Shiite leader arrested
(Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Al-Monitor)

Police in China shoot dead six in restive Xinjiang
(Reuters)

Expanding Protestant churches face new opposition from Chinese government
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Frame tough law against religious conversions: Vijaywargiya
(Indian Express)

Turkish cartoonists threatened after Charlie Hebdo attacks
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

The Paris massacres: Sad, sad, sad!
(Nuray Mert, Hürriyet Daily News)

Egypt court aquits 26 men arrested in 'gay' raid
(William Helbling, Jurist)

Egypt acquits 26 men in trial over police raid on gays
(Maggie Michael, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

In China, a church-state showdown of biblical proportions
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)

Egyptian court sentences man to 3 years in prison following declaration of atheism
(Emir Nader, Daily News Egypt)

Paris attack wakes Europeans to importance of free speech
(Dan Hannan, Washington Examiner)

Kazakhstan: "Social justice" the Kazakh way
(Forum 18 News Service)

America, Europe and Islam: Pleasures and perils of name-calling
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Pope urges Muslim leaders to condemn religious-based violence (Video)
(Pope Francis, USA Today)

War begets war: It's not about Islam; it never was
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)

Nigerian archbishop calls for unity marches following Boko Haram massacres
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Boko Haram wreaks Nigerian havoc as huge Paris crowd marches against jihadi terrorism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

WCC expresses shock over killings in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)

Paris attacks trigger discussions on freedom of expression in a WCC forum
(World Council of Churches)

Others who are not Charlie Heddo
(Maggie Gallagher, National Review Online: the Corner blog)

The economics of radical religious terrorism
(Emre Deliveli, Hürriyet Daily News)

Terrorists aiming to stall KSA’s progressive march
(Arab News)

Sri Lanka: Presdient Sirisena invites all political parties to form national government
(Eurasia Review)

Beijing, more than 30 thousand families ask to have a second child
(AsiaNews.it)

Millions march against terrorism in France's biggest rally
(Richard Carter and Fran Blandy, Yahoo! News)

Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons
(Deborah Cole, Yahoo! News)

Ideology and a conducive political environment
(Shadi Hamid, OUPblog Religion)

ISIS is the outcome of a much bigger problem
(Hanin Ghaddar, OUPblog Religion)

Not enough to condemn terrorism
(Şahin Alpay, Sunday's Zaman)

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Failure of religious authorities will see Muslim youth led astray, warns preacher
(Zaini Hardy, The Rakyat Post)

Saturday, 10 January 2015

2014 was the year of breakthrough, changes and unity in the face of threat. Summary of religious leaders
(Tetiana Mukhomorova-Kalenichenko, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for Paris terror attack
(Karl Vick, Time)

Assaulting democracy: The deep repercussions of the Charlie Hebdo attack
(Spiegel Online International)

Half of Shas (the party of "oriental orthodox Jews" - OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)

Lessons of Paris — and War on Terror
(J.J. Goldberg, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Myanmar's Rakhines greet UN envoy with Rohingya protest
(John Zaw, UCA News)

No contraception, no government handouts, says Aussie politician
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

Pakistani cartoonists tread fine line in land of blasphemy laws
(Guillaume Lavallee, AFP, Yahoo! News)

Religious extremism or fruit of nihilism? Vatican newspaper questions terrorism
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 9 January 2015

Aceh teacher who took students to church is accused of proselytising and threatened
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

I am not Charlie Hebdo
(David Brooks, The New York Times Opinion)

Charlie Hebdo suspects killed and several hostages freed in French police raids – live updates
(Matthew Weaver , Josh Halliday, Alexandra Topping and Jonathan Bucks, The Guardian)

Is peace possible?
(Public Square Newsletter, Patheos)

Law society council upholds Trinity Western accreditation
(CBC News | New Brunswick)

Canada to accept over 10,000 Iraqi and Syrian refugees
(Christian Today)

In wake of Charlie Hebdo attacks, secularist groups to seek end of Canada’s blasphemy law
(Shanifa Nasser, National Post)

The Kurdish dream of being able to live Christians and Muslims together
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)

UN: Muslims ethnically cleansed in CAR
(Al Jazeera)

Saudi blogger Badawi 'flogged for Islam insult'
(BBC News Middle East)

USCIRF statement on flogging of Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Brazilian Christians urged to buy settlement goods to counter boycott
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

2,000 killed by Boko Haram, corpses 'strewn on streets,' churches burned
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

CA upholds Celdran’s conviction for ‘offending religious feelings’
(Mark Meruenas, GMA News)

On the notion of a “creator” of modern yoga
(Andrea Jain, OUPblog Religion)

21st constitutional amendment challenged in Supreme Court of Pakistan
(Hasnaat Mailk, The Express Tribune with the International New York Times)

Three detained in Myanmar after posting headphone-wearing Buddha on Facebook
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Sisi’s religious revolution for tolerance
(Abdullah Hamidaddin, Al Arabiya)

Egyptian town welcomes ban on Jewish festival
(Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor)

African church leaders worry about the ‘medicalization’ of female genital mutilation
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

The problem was not religion
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

OIC strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, France
(Organization for Islamic Cooperation)

OIC Secretary General condemns terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo Office
(Iyad Ameen Madani, Organization for Islamic Cooperation)

Provocation is no defence for the jihadi murderers
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)

Challenging radical Islam: An explanation of Islam's relation to terrorism and violence
(John A. Azumah, First Things)

Opinion: Charlie Hebdo attack challenges the roots of Western democracy
(Grahame Lucas, Deutche Welle)

"I am not Charlie Hebdo"; Insult is the lowest – and now most dangerous – form of free speech
(Bernard Toutounji, MercatorNet)

Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo
(Anthony Lang, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

The Koran does not forbid images of the Prophet
(Christiane Gruber, Newsweek Opinion)

Saudi blogger flogged for 'insulting Islam'
(Al Jazeera)

Charlie Hebdo and #MuslimApologies
(Jennifer S. Bryson, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi flogged and jailed for ‘insulting Islam'
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Raising questions within Islam after France shooting
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)

Charlie Hebdo and the assault on French identity
(Sylvie Kauffmann, The New York Times Opinion)

Sommes-nous Charlie Hebdo?
(John Owen, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

France fears increased polarization after Charlie Hebdo attack
(Erin Conroy, Deutsche Welle)

French imams, Vatican: 'Without freedom of expression, the world is in danger'
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack
(Ben Brumfield, Greg Botelho and Jim Sciutto, CNN)

Demonizing Muslims won’t help
(S.N.M. Abdi, Arab News)

Saudi blogger to be publicly flogged on charges he insulted Islam
(Associated Press in Dubai, The Guardian)

Brunei bans public display of Christmas decorations
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Fearing celebration of non-Islamic tradition, Brunei bans Christmas decorations
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Brunei bans public Christmas celebrations that are displayed to Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis is reshaping the geography of the College of Cardinals
(Michael Lipka, PewResearch & Public Life Project)

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Al Qaeda trained suspect in Paris terror attack, official says
(Eric Schmitt, Michael S. Schmidt, and Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)

Hammer and Anvil: How to defeat ISIS
(Robert A. Pape, Keven Ruby, and Vincent Bauer, Foreign Affairs)

Brunei officially bans future Christmas celebrations
(Shuan Sim, International Business Times)

Africa’s Catholic moment
(George Weigel, First Things)

Abu Zayd: face terrorism with thinking, not fragility, in religious discourse
(Jennifer Bryson, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

Pakistani Muslim beats Christian mother with bat after she prevented man from abducting, raping daughter
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Je suis Charlie: Stand together in the face of violence
(Stefan Kuzmany, Spiegel Online International)

Je suis Charlie: The massacre in Paris and the freedom to say stupid things
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Paris attack a turning point in divisive debate on religion
(Joanna Slater, The Globe and Mail)

How to answer the Paris terror attack
(Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Wall Street Journal)

Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State?
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

What really offended the Paris attackers? Democracy
(Editorial, The Globe and Mail)

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