Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Yemen police fire on Houthi protesters
(Al Jazeera)
Rights groups urge Gambia president to reject anti-gay bill
(Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera)
Remembering the great Fouad Ajami
(George Weigel, First Things)
Promoting religious freedom is 'root' of Middle East peace
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Philippines plans to give Muslims autonomous zone
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australia arrests two in Islamic centre raid
(BBC News)
Egypt urged to free men held over 'gay marriage' video
(Agence France-Presse)
Indians among most likely in the world to see extremist groups as ‘major threat’
(Neha Sahgal, Pew Research Center)
Silence and solidarity: The first genocide to be tolerated out of social awkwardness
(Timothy George, First Things)
Islamic State attacks on religious minorities ‘genocide,’ Canadian ambassador says
(Olivia Ward, Toronto Star)
Islamic state violence tests Lebanon's religious communities
(Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal)
Zhejiang government: The crackdown against illegal religious buildings complied with international religious laws [Simplified Chinese]
(Zhejiang Daily)
Wenzhou's removal of crosses and actions elsewhere may signal wider crackdown
(Verna Yu, South China Morning Post)
Israel uses religious freedom to deepen Jerusalem occupation
(Connie Hackbarth, Alternative Information Center)
Church organizations explore ways of strengthening relationships
(World Council of Churches)
Iran Charges three Christians with capital offenses because of their religion
(Freedom House)
ISIS giving Nigeria's Boko Haram advice on establishing African caliphate
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
China tells Dalai Lama again to respect reincarnation
(Reuters)
Tibetan Buddhism’s Dalai Lama may not be the last after all
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera)
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Uri Avnery: The danger of the Islamic State and of Israeli Messianic Zionism
(Uri Avnery, AsiaNews.it)
Dalai Lama sees no need for successor: "Let us finish with a popular Dalai Lama"
(Antonio Blumberg, Huff Post Religion)
Understanding Shmita, Israel’s agricultural Shabbat
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Cisco won't face claim it abetted torture in China
(Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service)
A group of non-trinitarian Christians arrested in Esfahan
(Mohabat News)
Pope Francis says war is never right way to stop injustice; distances himself from support of airstrikes against ISIS
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Poat)
From Cain to ISIS
(R.R. Reno, First Things)
U.S. report on religious freedom in Uzbekistan biased - Tashkent
(Interfax-Religion)
Egyptian fire crew in no hurry to put out church fire
(World Watch Monitor)
Gun battle in Yemeni capital after soldiers kill four Shi'ites
(Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters)
Gay marriage for UK diplomat in Chinese consulate
(Agence France-Presse)
Killing and preaching, Nigerian militants carve out 'caliphate'
(Isaac Abrak, Reuters)
Gambia lawmakers pass bill to jail gays for life
(Robbie Corey-Boulet, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israeli police bust 'messianic' prostitution ring
(BBC News)
French imams to use pulpit against Islamic State
(Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Why Pope Francis' 10 keys to happiness explain his popularity
(Robert Christian, National Catholic Reporter)
The Economist explains: Why India’s Muslims are so moderate
(A.R., The Economist Explains)
Monday, 8 September 2014
Iraqi clerics show support for minorities
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Rouhani speaks out against harsh enforcement of veil
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Squaring the 'Islamic democracy' circle in Tunisia - Analysis
(Eric Walberg, Eurasia Review)
ISIS has declared war. Now what?
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
In Nigeria, a dialogue of life brings religious groups together
(Joop Koopman, MercatorNet)
Egypt arrests 7 who appeared in video of same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hindu nationalist group seeking to cleanse Christian presence from India is not unlike ISIS, watchdog group warns
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Israel must obey Alternative Burial Law, without discrimination
(Haaretz)
Alberta Human Rights Act still oppressing gays
(Beacon News)
Shimon Peres floats idea of U.N.-style “United Religions” with Pope Francis
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Beirut: Rai, patriarchs to meet Obama over Christian persecution
(Hussein Dakroub, The Daily Star)
Italian nuns killed in Burundi convent attack
(BBC News)
An old story under India's new government
(World Watch Monitor)
Somali Islamist rebels pledge allegiance to new leader
(Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)
Prophet or Judas? Son of China’s church founder tackles thorny legacy.
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
Pates, other bishops head to Israel to promote peace
(Todd Erzen, The Des Moines Register)
As Iraqi Christians in U.S. watch ISIS advance, they see ‘slow-motion genocide’
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Islamic State becoming ‘dominant voice’ among global jihadists
(Week in Review, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Cameroon’s churches struggle to cope with Boko Haram spillover
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Sunday, 7 September 2014
Egypt arrests seven over 'gay wedding'
(Al Jazeera)
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Indonesia marriage laws: Students challenge law preventing people of different faiths from marrying
(George Roberts, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Religion and gay rights take center stage in Brazil elections
(Mauricio Savarese, RT)
Mainline churches hold Israel-bashing peace service
(Alexander Griswold, Juicy Ecumenism)
Why we have no ISIS strategy
(Tim Kelleher, Real Clear Religion)
Smelly little orthodoxies of Iran's Left: The anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism of Iranian intellectuals is especially troubling for one former comrade
(Roya Hakakian, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Christians who fled extremist terror in Mali return to the churches that were reduced to ruins
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Is there a Jewish political tradition?
(Yoel Finkelman, Mosaic)
Religious liberty sprouts in China
(Doug Bandow, The Washington Times)
A church for the poor
(Paul Vallely, The New York Times)
Friday, 5 September 2014
Al-Qaeda in India tests Modi’s bid to unite Muslims, Hindus
(Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg)
Al-Qaeda's Zawahri eyes India but stays silent on Islamic State
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Australia to return 'stolen' Hindu statues to India
(BBC News)
Buddhist temple seeks brand builders – kung fu skills not essential
(The Guardian)
Court decides on legitimacy of ’religiously-affiliated parties’
(Menna Zaki, Daily News Egypt)
Hindu activists in India warn women to beware of 'love jihad'
(Niharika Mandhana, The Wall Street Journal)
Internet was scrubbed of Sotloff's Jewish connections in try to protect him
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iranian women's monthly under pressure from hard-liners
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe)
IS leaflets spread in Pakistan; 1200 Christians displaced as army attacked militants
(World Watch Monitor)
Islamic rights: The face veil in Egypt and ECHR
(A-Ahram Weekly)
Letter: Canada thrives on religious freedom
(Roman Mukerjee, Ottawa Citizen)
Nigeria’s ‘caliphate’ doldrums
(Haytham Nouri, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Our challenge with fundamentalist Islam
(Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post)
Protestant union issues 'urgent appeal' to help Iraqi Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Pure terrorism
(Abdel-Moneim Said, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Some Christians arm as Mideast perils mount
(Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Uzbekistan: Why can't school-age children attend worship meetings?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Knowledge Resources on Faith, Ethics & Public Life
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Abadi's balance draws praise, but governing Iraq a tightrope act
(Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Al Monitor)
In Venezuela, a 'sacrilegious' Lord's Prayer
(Rafael Romo, CNN: Belief Blog)
Iraqis call to end sectarian quotas for some ministries
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al Monitor)
ISIS vs. mainstream Muslims: The media battle
(Daniel Burke, CNN: Belief Blog)
Nuclear Pakistan’s spies target India—and their own prime minister
(Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast)
Religion and human rights: Awkward, but necessary, bedfellows
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Religion and human rights: What are the potential points of collaboration?
(Open Doors)
'Love Jihad' and religious conversion polarize in Modi's India
(Rupam Jain Nair and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)
James Foley and Steven Sotloff were martyrs for freedom, not faith
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
250,000 people flee fighting in Libya as Islamist group takes over
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Isis persecution of Christians
(Ruth Gledhill, The Guardian)
Somalia offers al-Shabab members amnesty
(BBC News)
Barack Obama looks to Muslim countries for help in crushing Isis
(Ian Black, The Guardian)
Dalai Lama again refused S. Africa visa, no trip
(Carley Petesch, Associated Press -The Big Story)
Al Qaeda announces new branch on Indian subcontinent
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)
ISIS is a disgrace to true fundamentalism
(Slavoj Zizek, The New York Times)
Beheaded journalist Sotloff hid his Jewish faith from ISIS captors
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
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