Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Hardline Buddhists in Myanmar, Sri Lanka strike anti-Islamist pact
(Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Anneez, Reuters)
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Isis fighters
(Harriet Sherwood, Sandra Laville, Kim Willsher in Paris, Ben Knight in Berlin, Maddy French in Vienna and Lauren Gambino in New York, The Guardian)
Bombay HC order on declaring religion likely to be a watershed
(Deccan Herald)
In Israel, biblical land-use laws call for creative workarounds
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Hindu temple in India purified after low-caste chief minister visits
(Reuters)
Religious Freedom in China
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees
(Gearan, Washington Post)
White House rebukes Israel over eastern Jerusalem building
(JTA)
Turkey aims to open Islamic university: Top religious head
(Fatma Aksu, Hurriyet Daily News)
Uzbekistan: No imam? No prayers
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Iran executes man for having a different view of religion
(Moshen Amir-Aslani, Truth Revolt)
World churches' body head praises Muslim scholars′ letter condemning IS
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China's communist party harasses Christian churches
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Life imprisonment of Tohti (who belongs to the Uighur Muslim ethnic group) undermines Chinese legal system
(Freedom House)
The Brazilian church that welcomes gay believers into the fold
(Beth McLoughlin, The Guardian)
Algerian Christians: "We must not yield to fear"
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
An analysis of Muslim voices against IS
(Eurasia Review)
Human bombing - a religious act
(Mohammed Ilyas, Journal of Terrorism Research)
How politics and unrest are changing religious life in Egypt
(Elizabeth Stuart, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy protests continue on China's National Day
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Israeli airline urged to stop 'bullying' of women by ultra-orthodox passengers
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Indonesia: Government recognizes Baha'i faith as a religion
(Miko Morelos, Ahmadiyya Times)
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Chief rabbis condemn Jewish-Christian prayer vigil
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)
Freedom of religion might revive Arab Spring
(Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, The Arab Daily News)
New Zealand scholar: How does sharia law fit into Western law?
(Christopher van der Krogt, MercatorNet)
Islamic party allied to Muslim Brotherhood banned
(Missionary International Service News Agency)
Algeria launches religious reform
(Mouna Sadek, Magharebia)
Patriarch of Baghdad to Muslims: Condemn extremism, rebuild Iraq with Christians
(Louis Raphael I Sako, AsiaNews.it)
Persecution continues in Laos as Christians are detained for meeting to pray
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishop of Pune calls for an end to Hindu-Muslim violence, stresses "we are all Indians"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Vatican spurns UN child committee's call for changes to canon law
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
How can we increase theological knowledge in the same way we increase scientific knowledge?
(William Wood, Big Questions Online)
Editorial: Stupidity of religious bigotry
(The Herald (Australia))
Lancet editor visiting Israel following outcry over anti-Israel letter
(JTA)
India arrests 140 for Hindu-Muslim clashes as PM Modi tours U.S.
(Reuters)
Convicted priest says El Salvador backed gang work
(Jorge Sainz and Alberto Arce, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Jacqui Lambie's attempt to ban the burqa could be unconstitutional, say legal experts
(Latika Bourke, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Bhinneka sans Ika: time to review the marriage law
(Albertus Andhika, Jakarta Post)
Iranian man executed for heresy: rights group
(Michelle Moghtader, Reuters)
On International Blasphemy Rights Day, I stand with Raif Badawi and against Saudi Arabia
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Pakistan jailer kills Christian pastor on death row, wounds convict in prison
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Hong Kong's leader to protesters: China won't back down
(CNN)
War against Islamic State: Sowing seeds of more extremist groups
(James M. Dorsey)
Nepal: Buddhists and animal rights activists against animal slaughter for Durga
(ICAN)
Monday, 29 September 2014
Facebook, Twitter and Google back Anti-Defamation League’s 10 best practices for challenging cyberhate
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Moroccan opposition women confront discrimination
(Mariam Tahiri, Magharebia)
Twenty years of imprisonment in Eritrea—Will it ever end?
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)
Be modern, but don’t shun Islamic values: King
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Turkey: Authoritarian drift threatens rights, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
India: Court ruling on freedom to “not disclose” religion hailed
(ICAN)
Syrians on both sides oppose US strikes
(Al-Monitor: Syria Post)
Israel fears unrest as Jewish, Muslim holy days coincide
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Religious leaders agree ISIS must be stopped. They just don't know how
(Kathryn Marchocki, USA Today, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Commitment to Marriage: A Letter to the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Western leaders and Islam: Politicians as theologians
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
The many names of ISIS (also known as IS, ISIL, SIC and Da'ish)
(M.R., The Economist Explains)
Canada: A referendum on religious freedom
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
World churches group sees its lobbying paying off with arms treaty
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical Times)
Rabbis sentenced to prison for selling rabbinic ordination diplomas
(JTA)
French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria
(Mark John, Reuters)
Radical Myanmar monk joins hands with Sri Lankan Buddhists
(Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)
Repeal law punishing gay sex with lashes in Indonesia's Aceh, says Amnesty
(Alisa Tang, Reuters)
Australia and the veil: burqa-clad Muslim women feel fearful for their own safety
(Zeinab Zein, The Guardian)
Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks
(Kathryn Marchocki, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: Freed after four weeks, but court "failed to correct an injustice"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Regional collapse puts Christians in peril
(Jihad el Zein, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Demonising the Brotherhood will not help in the fight against ISIS
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
The Muslim Brotherhood and IS are not the same thing
(Dr Walaa Ramadan, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist Jihad (ISIS): different ideologies, different methodologies
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
Morsi absent from hearing in 'spy' case
(Middle East Monitor)
Egypt-Israel future ties could depend on Palestinian issue
(Uri Savir, trans. Inga Michaeli, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Indian civil society groups call for "zero tolerance" towards radical Hindu groups
(AsiaNews.it)
Hong Kong: Baptist ministers, Cardinals and Christian students at the forefront of protests for free democracy
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Hong Kong protests: police violence "a boomerang against the government"
(AsiaNews.it)
Crackdown on protests by Hong Kong police draws more to the streets
(Chris Buckley and Alan Wong, the New York Times)
Buddhist composes symphony to mark Pope's Sri Lanka visit
(Antonio Anup Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency)
Argentinian Jewish leader slams president for criticizing Jewish community at UN
(JTA)
Vatican helps fund preservation of Auschwitz
(JTA)
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Suit filed in US court against Indian Prime Minister over 2002 anti-Muslim riots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 27 September 2014
China's draconian sentence against her Mandela is suicidal - OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Small-town U.S. politician emerges as unlikely foe of Modi
(David Ingram, Reuters)
The global ball is rolling for religious freedom & business
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Law Society of B.C. to hold binding referendum on Trinity Western law school
(CBC News | British Columbia)
As IS subjugates women, NEW analysis shows gender inequality HIGH as Religious Freedom is LOW
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor)
Bay’ah to Baghdadi: Foreign Support for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State (Part 2)
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Religious law and the problematic marriage law
(Joeni Arianto Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post)
Hindus take over Indian church, convert it to a temple
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Somalia's Shebab stone woman to death for polyandry
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
Winning the war of ideas in the Arab World: A view from the UAE
(Ambassador Omar Saif Ghobash, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
The limits of the ‘sectarian’ framing in Yemen
(Stacey Philbrick Yadav, The Washington Post)
Friday, 26 September 2014
Hezbollah squeezed out of Golan by Jabhat al-Nusra, Israel
(Jean Aziz, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Kurdish politician proposes segregating Arabs, Kurds in Iraq
(Vager Saadullah, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Lawsuit accuses Indian PM of role in 2002 violence
(Matthew Pennington, AP, Providence Journal)
Sri Lanka nationalists to host controversial Myanmar monk
(Yahoo! News)
Tunisia's president says IS, Syrian regime must go
(Raghida Dargham, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Men sentenced to prison for ‘homosexual activity’ in Egypt
(Egyptian Streets)
China issues freedom of religion policy, sentences Ilham to life imprisonment
(Gary Sands, Foreign Policy Association)
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