Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 26 September 2014
Muslims urged to report Islamophobic attacks to police amid growing tension
(Oliver Milman, The Guardian)
Online hate speech stokes fear of religious violence in Sri Lanka
(UCAnews)
Dalai Lama: A Conclave to choose my successor
(AsiaNews.it)
Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor)
Qatari women withdraw from Asian Games over hijab rule
(Associated Press, Al Jazeera America)
To earn superpower status, "India needs to protect its minorities"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
For Paul Bhatti, Christian leader's death in prison is unsettling, state should protect citizens
(AsiaNews.it)
Political prisoners routinely tortured in Uzbekistan: Human Rights Watch
(Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters)
Kenyan 'radical madrassa' closed in Machakos
(BBC News)
Pope sacks Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting abuser priest
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Bombay HC ruling mirrors US law on employment
(Times of India)
Brazil candidates carefully tread religious divide
(Chris Wright, Yahoo News)
ECLJ affiliate demanding justice for a Christian victim of attempted rape
(European Center for Law and Justice)
Madrassa shut down in 'counter-terrorism' operation
(MINSA)
Christianity will live on in Iraq
(David Skeel, USA Today)
What do Satanists really believe?
(Susan E. Wills, Aleteia)
Relying on the Koran, 120 Muslim scholars refute Islamic State ideology
(AsiaNews.it)
Open Letter to Al-Baghdadi (English, with signatories)
(Muslim Scholars)
Muslim scholars present religious rebuttal to Islamic State
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Modi in US to repair relations and boost India’s economy
(Dean Nelson, The Telegraph)
What is the threat of Islamic State to the Church worldwide?
(World Watch Monitor)
Uzbekistan: Rehabilitation Centre suspended, leaders under criminal investigation
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Boko Haram Nigeria Abubakar Shekau Africa Boko Haram militant leader is dead, Nigerian military says
(France 24 International News)
Only 12 Jews left in Egypt, community leader says [LINK REPAIRED]
(JTA, The Times of Israel)
Egypt's Jewish community's lost future
(Interview, Sally Nabil, BBC News Asia)
Editorial: Ilham Tohti, the professor who terrifies Beijing
(Editorial Board, Washington Post)
China: USCIRF condemns harsh sentence for Ilham Tohti
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Officials now say 50 died in Xinjiang blasts
(Al Jazeera America)
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Uzbekistan: Prison, torture for critics, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
New attacks in Xinjiang, 12 dead and over 100 injured
(AsiaNews.it)
As U.S. takes on the Islamic State, al-Qaeda remains degraded but not defeated
(Greg Miller and Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)
One of the girls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria's Chibok freed – police
(Tim Cocks, Reuters)
The myth of religious violence
(Karen Armstrong, The Guardian)
High stakes as Arab countries join strikes on Islamic State
(Gerald Butt, Church Times)
“Religion in the Public Square” (Uitz, ed.)
(John Boersma, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Hardline Indian Hindu group aim to exclude Muslims from festival
(Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)
Ba Giong Parish to have a pilgrimage centre dedicated to Vietnamese martyrs
(Trung Tin, AsiaNews.it)
Bombay HC ruling on freedom of conscience hailed
(Vinaya Deshpande, The Hindu)
Has the headscarf been permitted in the name of ‘more freedom?’
(Ahmet Hakan, Hurriyet Daily News)
Rawalpindi, Christian leader accused of blasphemy murdered in prison
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Radical Hindus against Muslims participating in traditional dances to seduce Hindu women
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistani police officer shoots Briton convicted of blasphemy
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
EU warns of risk of attacks by upstaged Al Qaeda
(Adrian Croft, Reuters)
Vatican oversees first criminal trial of defrocked Archbishop accused of sexual abuse
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Olympic anti-discrimination clause introduced after Sochi gay rights row
(Owen Gibson, The Guardian)
NGOs slam performance of National Human Rights Commission
(Yen Snaing, The Irrwaddy)
Aceh: Sharia to be applied to non-Muslims
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Narendra Modi’s US visit elicits mixed reactions from Indian-Americans
(Sonia Paul, Al Jazeera America)
The fight of their lives: The White House wants the Kurds to help save Iraq from ISIS; the Kurds may be more interested in breaking away
(Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker)
Hindu radicals raze 40 meat shops in Mohali
(Diljot Singh, The Times of India)
Muslim speaker at Pakistan forum urges 'follow Jesus' to promote peace
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Mumbai: Church pitches for ‘good governance’ over ‘secular parties’
(Joseph Dias, ICAN)
JewishPress.com’s State of the Union Address 5774-5775
(Stephen Leavitt, The Jewish Press)
The rule of law needs reaffirmation
(Julinda Beqira and Lawrence Mcnamara, UK Human Rights Blog)
EVENT, 25-27 September 2014: First International Conference on Uyghur Studies: History, Culture, and Society
(Central Asia Program Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University)
Police lock Arab rioters inside Al Aqsa Mosque
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, The Jewish Press)
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Algerian Islamic militants behead French hostage
(Paul Schemm and Karim Kebir, Associated Press -The Big Story)
Hamas, Fatah announce return of unity government to Gaza
(AFP and Times of Israel Staff, The Times of Israel)
ISIS' harsh brand of Islam is rooted in austere Saudi creed
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
On eve of the Synod on the Family, new book by cardinals revives debate over divorce and remarriage
(Daniel Backman, Aleteia)
Rebuild Afghanistan's giant Buddhas? Foot-shaped pillars give legs to debate
(Magherita Stancati, The Wall Street Journal)
UN moves to curb extremism as Syria airstrikes resume
(Deutsche Welle)
Muslim scholars tell Islamic State: You don’t understand Islam
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
For Australian Muslims, security crackdown is code for racial profiling
(Matt Siegel, Reuters)
Full text of Barack Obama's speech to the UN General Assembly
(Barack Obama, The Telegraph)
India & Pakistan: millions of children at risk of trafficking following floods
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Citizen can declare that he does not belong to any religion: Bombay High Court
(The Indian Express)
False hopes arise that Nigerian army has freed Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Obama praises Islam in United Nations address while condeming ISIS
(Josh Craddock, Aleteia)
Israeli forces re-open Aqsa compound after heavy clashes
(Ma'an News Agency)
New study released on Israeli religion-state public opinion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigerian Bishops: ‘Stop playing politics, protect innocent citizens’
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada acquitted of terror charges
(Al Jazeera America)
Jordan acquits radical cleric of terrorism charges
(Karin Laub, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
India: No compulsion to declare religion in govt forms, says HC
(Kanchan Chaudhari, Hindustan Times)
Qatar forfeits game in protest over hijab ruling
(C. Rajshekhar Rao, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Shana Tova * Meet the Khorasan * Textbook drama: Wednesday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Rosh HaShana Message from PM Binyamin Netanyahu
(Staff, The Jewish Press)
Police heighten security throughout capital for Rosh Hashana
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, The Jewish Press)
Thais say temples, monks must declare assets, holdings to government
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Indonesia: Ahok’s arrogance, religion precludes him from governorship: FPI
(Sita W. Dewi, The Jakarta Post)
OpEd: There are some Muslims who oppose radical Islam
(Phyllis Chesler, Arutz Sheva 7)
Atheism and feminism
(Mart Trzebiatowska, OUPblog Religion)
Qur'an social media challenge, a hit for Muslims around the globe
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Israeli-Arab Priest at UN Human Rights Council: “Israel is the only place where Christians in the Middle East are safe."
(Anav Silverman, The Jewish Press)
Ethnic Rakhines hit out at Rohingya citizenship
(John Zaw, UCA news)
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Over 600 scholars sign letter against BDS
(Eugene Kontorovich, The Washington Post: the Volokh Conspiracy)
Myanmar grants citizenship to 209 Muslim refugees, even Rohingya
(AsiaNews.it)
Faisalabad: If we want peace, let us follow the teachings of Christ, says Muslim leader
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Xinjiang: Ilham Tohti sentenced to life imprisonment
(AsiaNews.it)
Hiddush Releases 2014 Israel religion and state index; Strong desire for involvement of world Jewry in efforts for freedom of marriage
(Hiddush News)
Anti-Rohingya and Anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar: mutually reinforcing?
(Aparupa Bhattacherjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Muslim minority bears brunt in Burma as radical monk stirs sectarian pot
(Mary Fitzgerald, Irish Times)
Myanmar’s Rohingya stuck in refugee limbo in India
(Reuters)
Bombay HC: No govt can force anyone to list religion
(Shibu Thomas, Times of India)
Israel says local Christians can choose to be Arameans instead of Arabs
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Rejecting diversity, and racial and religious equality: The scary message behind secession movements
(Todd Brewster, Salon)
100 Christians, including children, arrested during major house church raid in China
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Most Israelis favor greater religion-state separation, new study shows
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Way of truth and justice: understanding Islamic law
(Khaled Abou El Fadl, Australian Broadcasting Company: Religion and Ethics)
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