Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Vatican conference discusses the morality of prescription drugs
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
War and ISIS haven't stopped people going to church in Syria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Today is International Human Rights Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In honor of Human Rights Day
(Mormon Newsroom)
Force alone will not suffice: Undermining ISIL with religious freedom
(Thomas Farr, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
FIR against forced religious conversion in Agra
(Deccan Chronicle)
Indian opposition politicians criticize conversion of Muslims
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)
ISIS' Dabiq and the Bible's Armageddon
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Guangzhou [China]: Area religious organizations must submit to financial audits [Simplified Chinese]
(China Audit Net News)
China jails seven students of prominent Uighur scholar for separitism
(The Bellingham Herald)
China jails 21 members of banned religious cult
(Reuters)
Mongolia to receive its first deacon - from Mongolia
(Troy Dredge, Catholic Online)
Syria jihad recruiters spotted in southern Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax: Religion)
Pope Francis: ‘There was no clash between the factions … but a dialogue’
(Josephine MKenna, Religion News Service)
Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
'Atheists, humanists, liberals' say they are targeted as minority by 'hate campaigns'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
The Christmas of Hindu radicals: We will reconvert 5,000 Christian and Muslim families
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)
Aceh, the new jihad against tight jeans: "[T]hey are contrary to Islam"
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Human Rights Day 2014 Theme: Human Rights 365
(United Nations)
Human Rights Day: UN Secretary-General's Message for 2014
(Ban Ki-moon)
Human Rights Day: Statement for 2014 of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
(Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein)
UN NGO EVENT, 10 December 2014: The Economic & Business Case for Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Brian J. Grim)
WCC launches global ecumenical network for advocacy for just peace
(World Council of Churches)
Adventists celebrate religious freedom in Papua New Guinea
(James D. Standish, Adventist News Network)
"Every restriction is based on religion"
(Roma Rajpal Weiss, interview with Asma Jahangir, winner of the Right Livelihood Award, Qantara)
HRH Premier: Using human rights to interfere in domestic affairs unacceptable
(W H Q, Bahrain News Agency)
EVENT,10-11 December 2014: Persecution of Religious Minorities in Conflict Regions: A Silent War
(17th Interreligious Dialogue Conference, European Parliament Working Group)
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Can Iran 'control' its cohabiting couples?
(BBC News Middle East)
How the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally
(Adam Sherwin, The Independent)
Modi govt under attack over Muslim ‘conversion’ drama
(Arab News)
Harvesting of executed prisoners' organs will cease by 2015 - Chinese government
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
Thai parliament votes to ban the surrogacy trade
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
Why Jews—and everyone else—should see ‘Meet the Mormons’
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
AAR/SBL 2014 annual meeting wrap-up
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog Religion)
Vatican: Bishops should move forward on family
(Nicole Winfield, AP)
Vatican survey: How do we help people with ‘homosexual tendencies’?
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Religion and soccer: Shooting for heaven
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Key panels urge sanctions on Qatar, Turkey over Hamas
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Oil and ISIS
(James R. Rogers, First Things)
Burma sues author for insulting Buddhism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawyer: 'Egyptian convert's arrest linked to leaving Islam'
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
China does not need human rights lesson, says top envoy
(Nkolaj Nielsen, EU Observer)
Israel indicts Texas Christian for plot to attack Muslim sites in Jerusalem
(The Guardian)
Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy
(Sylvia Westall, Reuters)
Persecution of Pakistan's religious minorities intensifies, says report
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)
First EU-China human rights dialogue open to journalists
(Lidia Louk, Epoch Times)
European Muslim groups angered by inclusion on UAE's terror list
(Hassan Obeid, Al-Monitor)
Israeli Knesset votes to dissolve itself as campaign heats up
(Calev Ben-David and Jonathan Ferziger, Business Week)
Dhaka, inaugurated the first Catholic university in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Alishba Bibi, beaten and humiliated by a Muslim family, calls for a stop to "anti-Christian attacks"
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 8 December 2014
"Churches dabbling in nonsensical things getting most followers"
(GhanaWeb)
Righteous anger - Church members upset over priest's embrace of gays in worship service
(Mark Woods, The Jamaica Gleaner)
Saudi King replaces ultraconservative religion minister
(Associated Press, The Epoch Times)
Statement on Persecution of Religious Minorities in the Middle East Region
(Erin Green, Press Release No. 14/39, The Conference of European Churches)
Impact of business activities on human rights highlighted at UN forum in Geneva
(World Council of Churches)
Indonesian law on interfaith unions thrown into the judicial spotlight
(Ryan Dagur, UCANews)
Israel: Religious reform won't survive coalition breakup
(Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz)
NLD member prosecuted for ‘wounding religious feelings’
(San Yamin Aung, The Irrawaddy)
UN resolutions for combating defamation of religions (5)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Protecting the freedoms of religious belief and rational thought (4)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Einstein’s religiosity (3)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Ethics and religion (2)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
To contain religious fundamentalism (1)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
World's most corrupt countries highly restrict religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
5 ways for religious families to celebrate Advent
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
For Catholics and Muslims, interreligious dialogue a path to peace
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Pakistani pop star-turned-televangelist has no plans to return from hiding in London amid blasphemy investigation
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis speaks: 5 takeaways from another blockbuster interview
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Brotherhood leader’s arrest in Jordan is seen as warning from monarchy
(Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times)
Pope Francis praises Iraqi Christians for persevering under persecution
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
On religion, Mexicans are more Catholic and often more traditional than Mexican Americans
(Juan Carlos Donoso, Pew Research Center)
US sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay
(Leonardo Haberkorn and Ben Fox, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australia drops Parliament burqa ban after rights groups' outcry
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Australian Muslims hit back at halal critics as not knowing facts
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Faith communities urged to affirm Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Ban on Bahasa Malaysia bible in Selangor unrealistic, says Christian group
(The Malaysian Insider)
‘Infidels are our enemy’: Afghan fighters cherish old American schoolbooks
(Rob Crilly, Al Jazeera)
Syrian Jewish bibles could spark ownership dispute
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Is circumcision holy and healthy?
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Prosecutor freezes accounts of ex-Vatican bank heads
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Parliament considers bill to criminalize polygamy, infidelity
(Nobel Zaw, The Irrawaddy Journal Magazine)
Saudi religious police crack down on bloggers
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan's blasphemy laws backfire on religious groups
(Deutsche Welle)
Burma's controversial family law
(On Islam)
Turkish President Erdoğan criticizes Egypt for Interpol bid on Muslim scholar
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Al-Jamia: Blending modern education with Dawah
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Saturday, 6 December 2014
Islamabad: Speakers stress religious harmony for peace
(The Nation)
How ISIS drives Muslims from Islam – OpEd
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Sunday Review)
Paper says Israel's outgoing government failed to remove advantages to Haredi community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Myanmar president gives go-ahead on religion and family planning draft law
(Vatican Radio)
Saudi Arabia: 3 million internet users access blocked sites
(Arab News)
Bangladesh government fund makes generous donation to 26 Christian churches
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Al Azhar promotes Islamic-Christian coexistence against Islamic State terrorism
(Rafic Greiche, AsiaNews.it)
VIDEO: Islam, Gender, and Democracy
(Berkley Center for Religion Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Muslim Marriage Contracts: Female Agency and Autonomy
(Hadia Mubarak, Berkley Forum: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Will an ancient Christian culture disappear unless East and West unite?
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Protect us - One archbishop's plea as Nigeria elections loom
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Democracy & Islam
(Global Plus, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
Friday, 5 December 2014
Third Netanyahu government stymied by 'shadow of the ultra-Orthodox'
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
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