Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
2014: A year of rising hostility toward Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
China's ban on Islamic veils sends Uighurs westward to pray
(Ting Shi, Bloomberg)
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Norwegian NGO sponsors map exhibit that swaps Israel with Palestine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Transgender woman denied entry to Western Wall
(YNetNews.com)
Iran closes private TV channels for 'inciting sectarianism'
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Heavy security at Egypt's churches ahead of Coptic Christmas
(Ahram Online)
A bad situation - for academic, political, and religious freedom - in China
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Sisi first Egyptian President to attend Coptic Christmas mass
(Ahram Online)
Egypt’s Sisi becomes first president to attend Christmas mass
(Egyptian Streets)
Pope Francis: Epiphany Mass and Angelus
(Vatican Radio, News.va)
President Sisi's speech
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Pakistan: 21st Constitutional Amendment links religion with terrorism
(The Express Tribune)
Sierra Leone declares week of prayer and fasting to end Ebola
(Christian Today)
2014: the year of international surrogacy
(Claire Achmad, MercatorNet)
Libya violence: Seized coptic Christians 'freed' in Libya
(BBC News)
Terror expert Louise Shelley: 'Islamic State is a diversified criminal operation'
(Interview conducted by Markus Dettmer and Jörg Schindler, Spiegel Online International)
Gay Ugandans face new threat from anti-homosexuality law
(Saskia Houttuin, The Guardian)
Opponents want their brand of religion imposed: Sattar
(The News International)
Why Israel may list this hard-line Jewish group as a terrorist organization
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
South Africans take to Twitter to protest Zuma Bible translation
(Christian Today)
Merry Christmas. May you be safe.
(Zahra Vieneuve, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))
Myanmar's new Catholic cardinal warns against religious extremism
(Jared Ferrie, Reuters)
India's Islamic community livid at security drill where militants dressed as Muslims
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Islamic State book burnings target minorities
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Israel and Palestinians need a one-state solution
(Musa al-Gharbi, Al Jazeera America)
Ringleader in killings of 3 Israeli teens sentenced to 3 life termsl
(News Brief, JTA)
Palestinian jailed for murder of Israeli teenagers
(BBC News)
Report: Qatar deports Hamas leader Khaled Mashal
(News Brief, JTA)
Islamic scholars join fight against extremism
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Hareidi group to Rabbis: ignore Supreme Court
(Maayana Miskin, The Jewish Press)
Jordan welcomes throngs of tourists at site where believers say Jesus was baptized
(Dale Hanson Bourke, Religion News Service)
Monday, 5 January 2015
‘Christmas Day reconversion an attempt to insult minorities’
(The New Indian Express)
Empty cathedrals and the myth of religious decline
(Trevin Wax, The Gospel Coalition)
Hezbollah starts 2015 facing setbacks
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Archaeologists find possible site of Jesus’s trial in Jerusalem
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Francis & political illusion
(Maureen Mullarkey, First Things)
Fighting Buddhists
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa says govt won't allow any force to bring back 'dark era'
(Eurasia Review)
At memorial for African Hebrew leader, signs of integration and respect
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraph Association)
Iraqi youths embrace religious traditions
(Wassim Bassem, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
In war against atheism, Egypt targets cafes
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The Economist explains: Where Islamic State gets its money
(The Economist)
First transgender mayor elected in central India
(Al Jazeera America)
The Vatican, Asia and Vietnam: Casting the net wider
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Egypt religious scholars reject ISIL fatwas as anti-Islam
(Mohamed Mahmoud, Al Shorfa)
Bangladesh's farewell to Mgr Costa, a spiritual leader for Catholics and Muslims
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Delhi: Crèche destroyed by fire in a Catholic church
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
NZ bar manager faces Myanmar prison for ‘insulting religion’
(Euro News)
"Existence of religious minorities is threatened by India's pattern of terror," warn activists
(OFMI, Sikh Siyasat News)
Saudi Arabia airline segregation: New Islamic law takes flight on airliner, seating by gender coming soon
(Inquisitr)
China’s Christians may soon face harsher crackdown
(Joshua Phillipp, The Epoch Times)
India: Congress concern over plight of religious minorities
(The Morung Express)
Vote against alternative Jewish weddings roils Diaspora
(Amanda Borschel-dan, The Times of Israel)
Tracing the roots of Pope Francis’s climate plans for 2015
(Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times)
Christianity contributes to China's economy, finds new study
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
What Christianity contributes to China's economic rise
(Brian J. Grim, First Things)
Law aimed at religion-based terrorists on fast track in Pakistan's Parliament
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India's mass conversion problem
(Saurav Datta, Al Jazeera)
Pope names new cardinals with emphasis on developing nations
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sunday, 4 January 2015
The origins of the ISIS Conflict
(John L. Esposito, Oxford Islamic Studies Online)
Egyptian President calls for ‘religious revolution’ in Islam
(Abraham Rabinovich, The Washington Free Beacon)
Is the Saudi succession near?
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Pope Francis names new cardinals, reflecting shift to developing world
(Deborah Ball, The Wall Street Journal)
Pope picks 15 new cardinals to reflect diversity
(Frances D'emilio, Associated Press, Deseret News)
Jesus, a Muslim Prophet – OpEd
(Sufyan bin Uzayr, Eurasia Review)
Letter from the Editor, Oxford Islamic Studies Online
(John L. Esposito, Editor in Chief, Oxford Islamic Studies Online)
ISIS is an outcome of a much bigger problem
(Hanin Ghaddar, OUPblog Religion / Oxford Islamic Studies Online)
Saturday, 3 January 2015
Atheism: Above all a moral issue
(Michael Ruse, Michael Ruse)
Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya
(Al Jazeera America)
Footnotes on the SSNP - Comments from Nouhad Samaan, Head of SSNP in Homs
(John Eibner, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Four things to remember about the Pope's environment letter
(Robert P. George, First Things)
Indonesia: Yogya second for intolerance, religious-based violence
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)
Pakistani Balochs seeking shelter in Afghanistan
(Monica Bernabe, IDN - InDepth NewsAnalysis)
Friday, 2 January 2015
Ghana's top Shia Imam calls for political steps
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraqi town celebrates victory over Islamic State
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Newsweek cover story accuses Christians of misinterpreting the Bible, upsets some believers
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Newsweek critical cover story on Christianity stirs controversy
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Thousand churches destroyed in Nigeria
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Why don’t more moderate Muslims denounce extremism? They do; we're just not listening.
(Marc Schneier, The Washington Post)
Anti-Semitic graffiti at Venezuelan synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. diplomats attacked by stone-throwing Israeli settlers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ISIS releases parenting guide instructing mothers to indoctrinate babies on jihad, radical extremism
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
U.S. attempts to free Jordanian ISIS hostage, blocked twice by heavy fire
(Emma Koonse, The Christian Post)
Sample concepts of a Christian-Shi'a alliance
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
PA moves to join interational criminal court: Abbas threatens to seek war crimes charges against Israel if approved
(Stephanie Butnick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Publisher's omission of Israel from map is outrageous and dangerous pandering
(B'nai B'rith International)
Conference to consider the human element in Catholic family life
(Catholic News Agency)
Indonesia: Constitutional Court candidates grilled on religious freedom
(Ina Parlina, The Jakarta Post)
Nigeria: Eight wounded by suspected Boko Haram attack on church
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
ISIS violence is turning people off the Muslim faith - Middle East expert
(Christian Today)
Iranian Pentecostal leader arrested at house church service
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Chinese authorities tear down cross on Christian nursing home
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)
Indian police face flak over 'Muslim' terror drill
(Agence France-Presse)
The commodification and anti-commodification of yoga
(Andrea Jain, OUPblog Religion)
Pakistan needs laws against misogyny, not blasphemy
(Maham Javaid, Al Jazeera America)
Palestinians set to seek redress in a world court
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
National Chief Imam of the Shia New Year Message
(Ghana Web)
Thursday, 1 January 2015
‘Progress’ in Iran must mean ending decades of human rights abuses
(Nazila Ghanea, Guest Poster, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Egypt's Sisi: Islamic "thinking" is "antagonizing the entire world"
(Raymond Ibrahim, Middle East Forum)
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