Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
China sentences prominent Uyghur scholar to life in prison for 'separatism
(Steven Jiang, CNN)
Cape Town shuts South Africa's pro-gay mosque
(BBC News)
Christianity in Iraq is finished
(Daniel Williams, Washington Post)
Will Catholic teaching on marriage change?
(Gerhard Cardinal Müller, First Things)
Cardinal Burke: Media hijacking Synod on the Family
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
State-run paper describes China’s social breakdown
(Matthew Robertson, The Epoch Times)
Fresh attacks kill 2 in Xinjiang as Beijing releases guidelines on prosecuting terrorism
(Patrick Boehler, South China Morning Post)
China's war on terror becomes all-out attack on Islam in Xinjiang
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Pop nihilism and the allure of ISIS
(John Stonestreet, Breakpoint)
Jehovah's Witness mother released from prison in Turkmenistan
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)
Authors reflect on miracles, freedom and quantum physics
(Ashley Roan, Big Questions Online)
Airstrikes by U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria
(Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt, New York Times)
Terror and politics in Tunisia
(Oussama Romdhani, World Affairs Journal)
The jihadists' promise: Power over death
(Louis René Beres, Gatestone Institute)
Monday, 22 September 2014
Boko Haram used schoolgirl as suicide bomber
(Angela Lu, Christian Headlines)
Religion and climate change: Competing to save the earth
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Pope Francis in Albania speaks on religious violence and religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis: No one can use religion as a pretext for violence
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
Pope in Albania urges Muslims to condemn extremism
(Llazar Semini and Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australia's counter-terror laws will restrict our free speech and free press
(Elaine Pearson, Human Rights Watch)
Interactive: China's Uighur unrest
(Lim Li Min and Yarno Ritzen, Al Jazeera)
The sacrifice of governance on the altar of religion [Nigeria]
(Angela Adeboye, This Day Live)
Nepal, Hindu radicals target celebrity pop star for converting to Christianity
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Big pro-democracy student strike starts in Hong Kong
(AsiaNews.it)
'Love jihad' is a social problem now embedded in religion: Uma Bharati
(The Times of India)
Pope Francis appoints panel to streamline annulments
(Tom Kington, Los Angeles Times)
Militants in Yemen seize state offices, force Premier to resign
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Boko Haram leader killed – Cameroon army sources
(StarAfrica)
Islamic State urges attacks on US, calls Obama 'mule of the Jews'
(Reuters, Jerusalem Post)
Distorting Islam
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)
Religious hostilities high in 57% of Muslim-majority countries
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Sunday, 21 September 2014
#WeAreN: The invisibility of the Holy Land Christians
(Andrew Stephen Damick, First Things)
Pope tells representatives of religions that religious freedom is bulwark against all forms of totalitarianism
(AsiaNews.it)
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Religion does not poison everything - everything poisons religion
(Ferdinand Mount, The Spectator)
The Suwayda village of Dama and Druze Militias: A Case Study
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Tocqueville in Arabia
(Joshua Mitchell, First Things)
Wary of Salafists, Egypt expands control over mosques
(Ayah Aman, trans.Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
WCC general secretary invites prayers and action for “just peace” during World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel
(World Council of Churches)
Religious freedom: Are there boundaries?
(René Azurin, Business World Online)
Turkey welcomes return of hostages held in Iraq
(Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)
Pakistan represents world's worst situation for religious freedom: United States
(Daily News and Analysis)
Call for Thailand to end crackdown on academic freedom
(Eurasia Review)
Beirut: Christians and Muslims mourn Hani Fahs, an iconic figure for interreligious dialogue
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)
Chinese authorities tear down two Catholic churches
(AsiaNews.it)
Senate approves enhanced U.S.-Israel cooperation bill
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Friday, 19 September 2014
Church voices address statelessness at The Hague Global Forum
(World Council of Churches)
Pakistani state's supreme court invalidates appointments of state's Shariat Court judges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ideology, Islam and religion - OpEd
(Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review)
Protestant pastors convicted of "attempted proselytising" in Bhutan
(AsiaNews.it)
Towards the synod: India's multiculturalism, a challenge and a resource for Christian families
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)
Archbishop of Bangalore: India must aid persecuted Christians in the Middle East
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Mosul, the Islamic State "bans Christians from school"
(AsiaNews.it)
China, internment in a mental hospital for criticizing government
(AsiaNews.it)
South African president vows to fight anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Attorneys for Meriam Ibrahim banned from leaving Sudan
(Morning Star News)
Majority of Cameroonian soccer team converts to Islam following Dubai visit
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Pope decries persecution of Christians in Sunday Angelus
(Ryan Hunter, Juicy Ecumenism)
Sabah Christians tell Putrajaya to stop interfering in their religion
(Desmond Davidson, The Malaysian Insider)
Cape Town pro-gay mosque opens in South Africa
(BBC News)
Aafia Siddiqui: The woman ISIS wanted to trade for Foley, then Sotloff
(Janine di Giovanni, Newsweek)
Religion still leads the way in post-Morsi Egypt
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
EVENT, 19 September 2014: The Things that Make for Peace: International Day of Peace Symposium
(Mrs. Sally (Salwa) Kader, President, U.S. Federation for Middle East Peace)
Thursday, 18 September 2014
AJK SC nullifies appointments of Shariat Court
(Daily Times)
Chinese Church: confidence and caution in Pope Francis' invitation to Xi Jinping to meet at the Vatican
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
For Beijing, Scottish independence "threatens unity and stability"
(AsiaNews.it)
The Patient Body: Old Philosophical Certainties
(Ann Neumann, The Revealer: A Review of Religion & Media (NYU))
New urgency for an old idea: Nineveh
(Jeff Thomas, World Watch Monitor)
Holy Communion may put Nigerians at risk for Ebola
(Jeffery Scott, The Christian Post)
Pastors in Iran could face death penalty
(Morning Star News)
In China, human rights lawyer leaves prison, but has no freedom
(Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times)
Israeli NGO delivering aid to Christian, Yazidi refugees in Iraq
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Liberal professor of Islam shot dead in Pakistan
(Agence France-Presse)
Egypt targets last bastion of Muslim Brotherhood dissent, Al Azhar
(Lin Noueihed, Reuters)
Gunmen in Pakistan kill professor who faced blasphemy accusations
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Religion news in brief
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Don't interfere in religious freedom, Sabah churches tell govt
(The Rakyat Post)
Moderate Uighur scholar faces trial in China that critics say highlights repression
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
World basketball body eases headgear ban after religious discrimination claims
(Doug Feinberg, Vancouver Desi)
Coptic Christians clash with police in Egypt
(Associated Press, Fox News)
China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week: lawyer
(Michael Martina and Joseph Campbell, Reuters)
Pope Francis to Jews: We’re all under attack now
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Uzbekistan: "We will continue fining you unless you stop storing religious literature in your home"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Saigon, government threatens to demolish Catholic churches and Buddhist temples
(AsiaNews.it)
Yogyakarta: Catholic university cancels seminar on homosexuality after Islamist threats
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
European Court says Turkey should offer Alevis exemption from compulsory religion and ethics courses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic church prepares for conflict on allowing holy communion for divorcees
(Lizzy Davies, The Guardian)
Boko Haram is becoming 'more brutal' due to ISIS ties, says Christian group
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
China says it rescues more children from Xinjiang religious schools
(Breitbart News)
Why great Palestinian victories are worse than defeats
(Edward N. Luttwak, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Kurdish Peshmerga free some Christian villages occupied by jihadists
(AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh, Muslim leader’s death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Towards the synod: challenges for marriage in China, threatened by selfishness and consumerism
(Don Peter, AsiaNews.it)
On trial for separatism, Ilham Tohti says Uighurs and Han Chinese have the same problems in Xinjiang
(AsiaNews.it)
Two pastors among 100s killed as UN takes over peacekeeping in CAR
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Saudi Arabia's top clerics speak out against militancy
(Reuters)
Pope Francis cites possibility of WWIII
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Does the Muslim headscarf boost body image? (British study)
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Moderate Uighur scholar faces trial in China that critics say highlights repression
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Al-Qa’ida in Islamic Maghreb and Arabian Peninsula statement on the U.S.-led coalition against IS
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
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