Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Iranian aid convoys poised to deliver aid to Iraqi Christians
(Mark Woods, Christian Today World)
Is having children evil? Is God wrong for creating humans in a world of suffering? Oxford apologist challenges skeptics (Part 2)
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post Living)
Korean churches see major goal for 2015 is realizing first steps of a peace treaty
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Oxford Christian Apologist: Without suffering in the world you might not exist (Pt. 1)
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)
What Chabad needs to do now
(Dennis Prager, Jewish Journal)
The U.N. vote on Palestine was a rehearsal
(John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal)
AirAsia crash killed 41 members of one church
(Mark Woods, Christian Today - Church)
With schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram still missing, U.S.-Nigeria ties falter
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Between two synods
(George Weigel, First Things)
Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Year in review: The biggest church stories of 2014
(Mark Woods, Christian Today Church)
Egypt court bans Jewish festival for 'moral offences'
(BBC News)
Head of religious party in Israel resigns before election
(Reuters)
Yemen suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite celebration
(Channel NewsAsia)
At least 26 killed in Yemen suicide bombing: security official
(Reuters)
Pentagon confirms that airstrike killed a top al-Shabab leader in Somalia
(Chris Carroll, Stars and Stripes)
Will the Brotherhood retreat from politics?
(Yahya Hamid, Middle East Monitor)
One more ban for Moses epic from United Arab Emirates
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Kenya: Muslim leaders demand stop to clerics' killings
(Ramadhan Rajab, The Star)
Anti-Semitism is inherently genocidal, says expert
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
A religion reading list from Oxford World’s Classics
(Kirsty Doole, OUPblog Religion)
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Boko Haram's bloodiest year yet: Over 9,000 killed, 1.5 million displaced, 800 schools destroyed in 2014
(Samuel Smith)
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: ISIS has killed nearly 2,000 people in six months
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Bangladesh sentences Islamist party leader to death for war crimes
(PanArmenian.net)
Bangladesh Islamist politician sentenced to death for war crimes
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)
U.N. Security Council fails to pass Palestinian statehood resolution
(JTA)
5 religious Guinness World Records smashed in 2014, and 5 to shoot for in 2015
(Tiffany McCallen, Religion News Service)
Pope prays for ‘martyrs’ in the fight for religious freedom
(The Washington Post)
In refugee limbo, Iraqi Christians keep the faith
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Syria: Escalating assault on rebel-held district
(Human Rights Watch)
The top 5 over-covered Vatican stories of 2014
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
China will publish a list of legal places to worship in an effort to root out illegal cults
(Sneha Shankar, International Business Times)
China: Vice premier stresses rule of law in managing religious affairs
(Global Times)
Global Religion: Rule of Law
(Andreas C. Chrysafis, Greek Reporter)
Sri Lanka: Religion interfering in the process of law
(Ravi Nagahawatte, The Nation)
Two months in the morgue: One facet of campaign to make Iranian Baha'is invisible
(Baha'i World News Service)
Full steam ahead: The threat isn't only to freedom of faith. India's Constitution and democracy are the targets of Hindu religious nationalism
(John Dayal, World Watch Monitor)
2014 roundup and 2015 predictions for ISIS
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Religion in India bubbles over into politics
(Tim Sullivan, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Prominent Malaysians call for more tolerance from Muslims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Western Muslims and Egypt: Telling (all) hard truths
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why Arab states are banning Ridley Scott’s “Exodus”
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Let us listen to Francis against slave labour, scourge of India
(Lenin Raghuvanshi, AsiaNews.it)
Aceh, Islamic authorities forbid New Year celebrations
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
UN calls for 'full Rohingya citizenship'
(Al Jazeera)
New at the Association of Religion Data Archives
Monday, 29 December 2014
Full steam ahead: The threat isn't only to freedom of faith. India’s Constitution and democracy are the targets of Hindu religious nationalism
(John Dayal, World Watch Monitor)
How Christians forgot Jesus’ Jewishness, and why they should recover it
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Islamic insurgency isn’t just a Mideast problem, as Africans know all too well
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Wiesenthal Center releases top 10 anti-Semitic incidents of 2014
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Egypt Court bans festival honoring revered Moroccan Rabbi
(ABC News)
Sri Lanka: What kind of presidential election is this? - OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Pakistan 'blasphemy' victims' children get Christmas reprieve; law unchallanged
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies
(Ian Deitch, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Israel's ultra-Orthodox mull bigger role for women
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Man from Ahmadi religious minority killed in Pakistan after Muslim leader calls them 'enemy'
(Katharine Houreld and Mehreen Zahra-Malik, Reuters)
Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Indonesia's Aceh
(Gayatri Suroyo and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters)
Muslims join Christians for Christmas celebrations in Gaza
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, Al-Monitor)
Christmas in jail for Christians in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Beijing to publish list of "legal" religious venues to "eradicate" illegal religious activities
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
A question of Vatican diplomacy: Why Pope Francis won't meet with the Dalai Lama
(William Doino Jr., First Things)
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Benefits of religious freedom is sleeper story of 2014
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
2014 Top 10 Religion Stories
(Religion Newswriters Association)
In Pakistan, "living the faith is a new challenge every day"
(Reinhard Backes, Catholic News Agency)
14 religious moments in 2014 that give us hope for 2015
(Huff Post Religion)
In battle to defang ISIS, U.S. targets its psychology
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Syria year-end predictions and analysis
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
After years of delays, Pakistan cracks down on violent Islamists
(Tim Craig and Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
Early warning signs in UAE indicate troubling crisis over press freedoms
(Yasin Kakande, Middle East Monitor)
Heroes 2014: Christian leader exiled from Iraq still cares for his scattered flock
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
10 paintings of Jesus you may have never seen
(Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Best of 2014: What makes a happy society?
(Claire Wallace, World Economic Forum Blog)
Saturday, 27 December 2014
As police stops woman who tried to "bring the Gospel" to Xi Jinping, Wenzhou bans Christmas celebrations in schools and universities
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
Displaced CAR Muslims in dire straits
(Azad Essa, Al Jazeera)
Held back by Hindutva
(C. Raja Mohan, Observer Researcher Foundation)
Malaysian Christmas and the backdrop of Allah
(Mohd Abdul Alam, Al Jazeera)
Manila: Islamic leader calls on Muslims to follow Pope Francis for world peace
(AsiaNews.it)
MoRA issues statement on Christmas celebrations in Brunei
(Bandar Seri Begawan, The Brunei Times)
Myanmar's Catholic Church celebrates 500 years in southeast Asian nation
(Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis, for human rights and against the secularization of religions
(Andrea Gagliarducci, BinarioLoco)
The destruction of the Middle East
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
Friday, 26 December 2014
Images of Christmas: Mary Mary quite contrary
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In Malaysia, Christmas decried as ‘ploy’ to lead Muslims astray
(World Watch Monitor)
Woman held after trying to 'bring gospel' to Chinese President
(Radio Free Asia)
Is yoga religious?
(Andrea Jain, OUPblog Religion)
Catholic refugee relief opens hearts in Syria
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
A Christmas with tears—Pope Francis' words to Middle East
(Catholic News Agency)
Resurgence of the SSNP in Syria: An ideological opponent of the regime gets a boost from the conflict
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Strangers in their own country: Israeli liberals and democrats feel alienated from their government
(Etgar Keret, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
The Sydney siege: the good news
(Tamara Rajakariar, Family Edge: Human Dignity & the Family)
India Hindu leaders turn up "reconversion" rhetoric: "Planned conspiracy" says respected journalist
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Papal peacemakers: Pope Francis' role in the US-Cuba relations breakthrough has a notable precedent
(Andrew Liaugminas and Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
How have Syrian rebels become so radical?
(Nader Hashemi, MercatorNet)
Islamic State promoting "sexual jihad"
(Chiara Pellegrino, MercatorNet)
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Chinese hit back against a foreign intrusion: Christmas
(Andrew Jacobs, Sinosphere: Dispatches from China)
Israel, a Jewish republic?
(Kai Bird, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Science increasingly makes the case for God
(Eric Metaxas, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
As India shifts towards fundamentalism, Indian priest urges Christmas prayers for religious freedom
(Dominic Emmanuel, AsiaNews.it)
East Indian archbishop concerned for persecuted Christians
(Christian Today)
In Indonesia’s Aceh, stricter Islam followed tsunami
(Richard C. Paddock, The Wall Street Journal [paywall])
Pakistani Christians to be designated as a 'high risk group'
(Christian Today)
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