Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 27 October 2014

Pope Francis: ‘Evolution … is not inconsistent with the notion of creation’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

An eerie calm: Iraqi Christians anxiously ponder their future
(Cathy Otten, Religion News Service)

US universities see a rise in pro-Palestine activism
(Al Akhbar, Mint Press News)

'Prayer for Ottawa' service held after deadly week in capital
(Emma Loop, Ottawa Citizen)

Canada must do more to rein in threat from radicals: police head
(Randall Palmer, David Ljunggren, and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters)

Canada: Stand strong against violence or hatred
(Art Babych, Anglican Communion News Service)

Iran acid attacks put 'vice groups' on defensive
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor)

Ennahda distances itself from Salafists
(Jahd Khalil, Al-Monitor)

Nigeria: Victims of Boko Haram abductions tell their stories (with link to "'Those Terrible Weeks in their Camp': Boko Haram Violence against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria")
(Human Rights Watch)

Boko Haram aductee release talks ongoing despite Nigeria's surge in violence; victims recount sex slavery, forced conversions
(Benge Nsenduluka, The Christian Post)

Boko Haram accused of escalating abductions
(Associated Press, Al Jazeera America)

Netanyahu vows to continue building Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem
(Al Jazeera)

Bahrain: Free activists facing free-speech charges
(Human Rights Watch)

Turning the Uyghur east (Uyghur history and current situation in China)
(Umar Farooq, The Revealer)

AG orders Ya'alon: Explain why Palestinians banned from Israeli-run buses in West Bank
(Revital Hovel and Chaim Levinson, Haaretz)

Pope calls for end to death penalty out of respect for human dignity
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)

Rooting for the women fighting ISIS in Syria: But defeating the brutal jihadist group will require international assistance
(Roya Hakakian, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Kobani, then and now
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Form at St. John's University School of Law)

India minister says no special caste status for Christians
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Faith in the face of Ebola: Church in Sierra Leone looks to rebuild society
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar tops 100,000
(Robin McDowell, ABC News)

Secular party set to win Tunisia elections
(Paul Schemm, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The Pope and the precipice — OpEd
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Sunday Review)

Afghan Mullah who raped girl in his mosque receives 20-year prison sentence
(Rob Nordland, The New York Times)

Amid atrocity and martyrdom, El Salvador yields a saint
(Oakland Ross, Toronto Star)

Rahmon: OIC countries face global challenges
(Interfax: Religion)

'What is being proposed is not marriage' – Pope calls for defense of family
(Elise Harris, CNA)

Drugs and religion key themes in Ottawa shooter’s troubled life
(Les Perreaux, Patrick White, and Andrea Woo, The Globe and Mail)

Canadian rampage is tip of iceberg: Middle East Christians are being slaughtered by radical Islamists, says a Canadian journalist
(Michael Coren, MercatorNet)

From Germany to Iraq: One Yazidi family's war on Islamic State
(Özlem Gezer, Spiegel Online)

Imprisoned Christian Pakistani Asia Bibi's family speaks out; gives details on her torture, requests help from Obama and Pope
(Sami K. Martin, The Christian Post)

Tajik family fined for giving lavish welcome-back to relative after Mecca hajj
(Interfax-Religion)

Ghulam Azam, "spiritual" leader of Bangladesh's Islamic fundamentalists, is dead
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies
(Julhas Alam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Montreal Muslims denounce attacks as violating their religion
(Billy Shields, Global News)

Christians in the Middle East: Interview with Archbishop of Beirut
(Pax Press Agency, Aleteia)

Christians in the Middle East: Interview with Patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church
(Pax Press Agency, Aleteia)

Chaldean priests forced to choose between apostasy and martyrdom
(Kathy Schiffer, Aleteia)

Chaldean Catholic clerics stripped of duties for fleeing Baghdad without consent
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Why Jerusalem tensions have reached a boiling point
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America)

Kyrgyzstan: "Draconian" proposed Religion Law and Administrative Code changes
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Who's afraid of India's meek Muslims?
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)

Thursday, 23 October 2014

Analysis: Israeli restrictions on movement strangle Palestinian life
(Daoud Kuttab, Ma'an News Agency)

The Shabbos Project: Jews worldwide keeping this shabbos together
(Hana Levi Julian, The Jewish Press)

Diwali: An Indian festival goes global
(Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat)

Notes from the global Church: The future is Filipino
(Philip Jenkins, The Christian Cenutry)

Nigerian schoolgirls face uncertainty if they are released
(Agence France Press)

Boko Haram said to abduct more women
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)

Boko Haram kidnaps 60 women despite ceasefire reports, continues killings in Nigeria
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Pakistan Supreme Court could overturn Christian mother Asia Bibi's death sentence despite radical pressure, says International Christian Concern
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Religious reforms imposed in Iraqi schools and universities
(Shukur Khilkhal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Refugees fleeing Iraq Christian torment enter Jordan in droves
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and interview
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment)

Kahlon, Barak: Alternative to Bibi?
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

IOPS chairman asks Iraqi president to release Tariq Aziz
(Interfax: Religion)

EVENT, 23-24 October 2014: Judging Faiths: Religious Freedom at the Bar in U.S. and European Courts
(Oliver Roy and Pasquale Annicchino, ReligioWest, Conference Room, Villa La Fonte via delle Fontanelle, 18 – San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy)

Canada Parliament shooting: Gunman confirmed as recent convert to Islam
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Kerry links rise of ISIS with failed peace talks
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

In Rome, the Church works to save the family
(An NRO Interview: Hilary Towers with Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)

New Afghan government investigates newspaper for ‘blasphemous article’
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)

Canadian Prime Minister: 'Terrorist' attack is 'grim reminder'
(Ashley Fantz, Josh Levs and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN)

Canadian Jewish institutions ramping up security following jihadist incidents
(JTA)

Religious freedom deteriorating, but don't despair, Robert P. George says
(Catholic News Agency)

New hope for 219 schoolgirls abducted by militant group Boko Haram
(Jane Dizon, Christian Today)

India, Church and civil society to government: Ban surrogacy
(mons. Agnelo Gracias, AsiaNews.it)

Egypt's Holy Family pilgrimage can now be openly (and safely) undertaken
(AsiaNews.it)

Baghdad patriarch calls on Muslims to show more courage in a "common front" against terrorists
(Dario Salvi, AsiaNews.it)

New law to lift restrictions on church building, says Catholic Church spokesman
(Giulia Mazza Inviato, AsiaNews.it)

Saudi grand mufti against Twitter as source of all evil and lies
(AsiaNews.it)

Iranians protest acid attacks
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor)

Iran president denounces bill to empower Islamic vigilantes
(Mehrdad Balali, Reuters)

North Korea releases US man detained over Christian evangelism
(Al Jazeera)

A tale of three Twitter feeds: Hamas tweets in Arabic, English, and Hebrew
(Aaron Magid, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

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