Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 13 November 2014
How the First World War changed religion and challenges Christianity
(Simon Barrow, Ekklesia)
The Lebanese model: a multi-religious solution for Syria and Iraq?
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Stop injecting religion into our secular schools
(Haaretz)
Catholics, Muslims together condemn terrorist acts in name of religion
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Don't forget Iraq's displaced
(Erin Evers, Human Rights Watch)
Report: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Australia
(Zachary Schrieber, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Jailed Egyptian convert awaits appeal hearing
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Christian fighters defiantly hoist their flag above town recaptured from ISIS
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
The Jewish divide over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Obama heads to Burma, where ethnic problems percolate
(Thomas Maresca, USA Today)
West Bank mosque is damaged in suspected arson attack
(Joshua Mitnick, The Wall Street Journal)
Religion and morality in Latin America
(PewResearch Religion & Public Life Project)
Religion in Latin America: Widespread change in a historically Catholic region
(PewResearch Religion & Public Life Project)
More victims of Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws
(Faith McDonnell and Dr. Darara Gubo, Front Page Magazine)
Religious freedom: going global?
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
Pope Francis to build showers for homeless in St. Peter’s Square
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Jerusalem’s holy sites: Temple madness
(The Economist)
A Turkish quest to "liberate" Jerusalem
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)
Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America
(Alan Gomez, Religion News Service)
Latin America: Why thousands of Catholics are defecting to evangelical churches
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Canadian law requiring wearing of motorcycle helmets irks Sikhs
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Kuwaiti cartoonist battles IS death threats, US bigots
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Kyrgyzstan: "A fabricated case" states Judge, but women still under arrest
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Why Christian groups lead the biggest relief efforts in the world
(Christopher Hale, Faith Street: On Faith)
Speedier process for clergy abuse appeals in the Roman Catholic Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Clamping down on religion: An NRO interview
(Kathryn Jean Lopez / Ed Clancy, National Review Online)
Idea of world caliphate is doomed to collapse - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)
Interstellar religion? How religion shapes views of space exploration
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
Obama heads to Myanmar as ethnic and religious tensions percolate
(Thomas Maresca, Religion News Service)
Muslim leaders concerned about worsening Australian sectarian tensions
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Druze women empowered through sports
(Yuval Avivi, trans. Danny Wool, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Arson attacks on mosque, synagogue inflame Israeli-Palestinian tensions
(Al Jazeera)
Christians flee to Jordan for refuge from ISIS
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Kuwait issues three-volume book on unified Islamic endowment law
(Kuwait News Agency)
Baha’i girl denied burial
(Kian Sabeti, Iran Wire)
In rural Kenya, traditions run deeper than law on cutting girls
(Siegfried Modola, Reuters)
Indonesia drafts religion legislation to 'protect all faiths'
(Fatiyah Wardah, Voice of America)
Jerusalem, a sanctuary for all
(Prince Hassan bin Talal, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Jerusalem on the edge as tensions over holy site threaten to boil over
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
The Jewish divide over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Activists intent on building third Jewish temple spark tensions at holy site
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Ori Weisberg, Religion News Service)
UN refugee agency urges Thais not to eject Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Obama to press Burma on Rohingyas and stalled political reforms on visit
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
No Islamophobia in Latin America, says Turkey’s religious head
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Bureau of Democracy, human rights and labor request for proposals: religious freedom in Egypt
(United States Department of State)
Xinjiang court sentences 22 people to jail for religious activities
(Alison Sacriponte, JURIST)
Xinjiang Muslim preachers jailed for 'stirring up religious hatred'
(Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post)
Court sentences 22 for illegal religious activities
(Chen Heying, Global Times)
The rise of Christianity in China
(Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times)
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler on the Hebrew Bible
(OUPblog Religion)
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Annual roundtable on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Norwegian Helsinki Committee Freedom of Belief Initiative in Istanbul)
Seven common misconceptions about the Hebrew Bible
(Marc Zvi Brettler, OUPblog Religion)
Iraqi Shiites join Sunnis to fight Islamic State
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Churches in Pacific strengthen ecumenical collaboration
(World Council of Churches)
La Eutanasia y la copialina colombiana
(Juan Guillermo Ortiz, Dinero)
Pestes contra Venezuela, silencio ante México ensangrentado
(Ilka Olivia Corado, Tercera Information)
Convocan a manifestación para defender el derecho al aborto
(Nación.cl)
More good news: International Coalition for Religious Freedom launched
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Christianity in China: Crosses to bear
(The Economist [Analects: China])
China targets 'wild imams' in mass public sentencing
(Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
Pakistan Christian couple burned in kiln over debt, not blasphemy
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Palestinian president accuses Israel of provoking a 'religious war'
(Al Jazeera)
After Bae release, Christian groups tread carefully in North Korea
(Bill Rigby and Sohee Kim, Reuters)
Historic Armenian church destroyed by Islamists in Syria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Churches in Australia are using the ISIS flag to spread the Gospel
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Inside an Indian camp for radical Hindu women
(BBC News)
Quebec Muslims warn of heightened Islamophobia after October attacks
(Massoud Hayoun, Al-Jazeera America)
Irish-born priest to serve no jail time in Chile child sex abuse case
(Anthony Esposito, Reuters)
Netanyahu: Iran is U.S. enemy, not partner
(JTA)
Hundreds jailed for abortion in El Salvador
(Anastasia Moloney, Al Jazeera)
Israel recognises 'Aramaics' as separate ethnic group
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Israel igniting ‘religious war’
(Arab News)
Hacker-hit Tibetan monks 'detach from attachments'
(Raphael Satter and Ashwinu Bhatia, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
With new team, Vatican ups efforts to fight clerical sex abuse
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Apocalypse soonest: Muslim and Jewish extremists who yearn for the End of Days may get their wish--but not as they envision it
(Todd Gitlin, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Pakistani archdiocese rejoices over return of a school from government
(Catholic News Agency)
Egypt demotes 200 school teachers for Brotherhood links
(Middle East Monitor)
Online extremism: Challenges and counter-measures
(Navhat Nuraniyah, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The importance of Modi's visit to Myanmar
(K. Yhome, Observer Researcher Foundation)
Yasukuni Shrine and museum: Japan's WW2 reponsibility
(Barry Desker, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Kenya’s Catholic bishops: Tetanus vaccine is birth control in disguise
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
For Indian bishop, the death of eight women following forced sterilisation is devastating
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Bangkok ready to expel more than 200 Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishops: Indian government inaction on minorities' hounding makes it complicit
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Heading to Rome to discuss the family with Pope Francis
(Maggie Gallagher, National Review Online: The Corner)
New law may encourage conversion to Judaism in Israel
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Religious freedom ambassador challenged by University of Toronto professors
(Alex McKeen, The Varsity)
Kyrgyzstan proposes to tighten restrictive religion law
(Barnabas Aid, Cross Map)
Association praises Masing for stand on religious freedom
(Borneo Post online)
Christian missionary Kenneth Bae freed from North Korean prison, others remain
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
International "religious freedom" agenda will only embolden ISIS
(Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Religion Dispatches)
What the Pope could do to defend religious freedom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
Monday, 10 November 2014
Central African Republic: Urge end to killings, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Eight members of Rwandan sect jailed for inciting revolt against Kagame
(Clement Uwiringiyimana and James Macharia, Reuters)
Priest urges UN to intervene after Pakistani woman, husband burned alive over Quran
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Chinese order Tibetan monks, nuns to leave Buddhist institutes
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Se reabre el debate acerca del aborto en Argentina
(Guillermina Sutter Schneider, Panam Post)
La polémica declaración de Viviana Canosa sobre el aborto
(Primicias Ya)
North Korea's release of US prisoners sparks debate on why
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
EVENT, 10 November 2014: Peacebuilding in Central African Republic: The Views of Top Religious Leaders
(Imam Omar Kabine Layama, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Reverend Nicolas Guérékoyame Gbangou, United States Institute of Peace)
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