Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 21 August 2014
ISIS threat: Casablanca Airport raises alert status to its maximum
(Larbi Arbaoui, Morocco World News)
Toronto’s gay mecca a refuge for persecuted Iranians
(Nicholas Keung, The Star)
When will the US, Europe wake up to the threat of radical Islam?
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Groundbreaking Publication - BUSINESS: A Powerful Force for Interfaith Understanding and Peace
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Resource for Business [Download]
(UN Global Compact for Peace and the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Business for Peace
(Online Resource (PDF), Global Compact Network Indonesia and Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
US journalist who wanted to build bridge to Muslim world beheaded by Islamic State
(Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times)
ISIS and Islam: Detaching religion from terrorism
(Maria Khan, International Business TImes)
Pentagon: Isis is 'beyond anything we've seen' and must be contained
(Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian)
Who will stop ISIS?
(Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos)
Is ISIS prompting reappraisal of pacifism and just war?
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)
Australian Jewish school evacuated by bomb scare
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religion is not a commodity to be controlled or sold
(Sharif D Rangnekar, Hindustan Times)
Diaspora dissent against Israel's occupation is vital – and risky
(Antony Loewenstein, The Guardian)
China accused of ‘crime’ against Christianity
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
Why is the world silent while Christians are slaughtered in Middle East and Africa? asks Jewish advocacy group leader
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)
Churches and crosses demolished: lawyers challenge Zhejiang government in defense of religious freedom
(Asianews.it)
Israel vows to continue bombing Gaza
(Al Jazeera)
Islamic State video shows conversion of Yazidis to Islam
(Michael Georgy, Reuters)
British Muslims blame jihadi subculture after beheading video
(Kate Holton and Raheem Salman, Reuters)
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Maghreb al-Qaeda torn apart by ISIS
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Saudi Arabia toughens stance on jihadist groups
(Abdulmajeed al-Buluwi, Al Monitor)
Myanmar asks for shunning 'Rohingya' name
(Al Jazeera)
No peace while anti-Semitic hatred endures
(Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report)
Obama: "ISIL speaks for no religion"
(Real Clear Politics Video)
Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part IV)
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Islamist militants execute N.H. reporter James Foley
(Travis Anderson and Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe)
Displaced Iraqis traumatized by Islamic State, betrayed by neighbors
(PBS News Hour)
Family mourns murdered journalist James Foley, Obama condemns Islamic State
(PBS News Hour)
Saudi grand mufti denounces ISIS
(Press TV, Al Bawaba News)
Grand Mufti: Terrorism has no place in Islam
(Arab News)
On death mountain, the Yazidis faced a desperate struggle
(Janine di Giovanni, Newsweek)
Mideast Christians, immigration & social justice
(Jennifer Salcido, Juicy Ecumenism)
Terrorism: What Is The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem?
(Dennis Lynch, International Business Times)
Catholicism and liberation theology: A new sort of religious radical
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
ISIS is to America as Hamas is to Israel
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
Ex-India PM immune from some claims of Sikh genocide: U.S. judge
(Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
Pope Francis hints he might one day retire
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
China to Pope Francis: Don’t ‘interfere’ with religion
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: Same court, same judge, same four-year prison sentence, different victim
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
China reprimands officials for ‘indiscipline’ including practising religion
(Clifford Coonan, The Irish Times)
Zhejiang Buddhist Association vice-president writes article detailing "reform three, destroy one" policy in combating "evil cults" [Simplified Chinese]
(Zhejiang Daily)
In Xinjiang at local level officials explore "using religion to monitor other religions" [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Zhejiang officials: Destroyed buildings only account for 2.3% of violations [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Australians helped the Yazidis in the 1920s – and can do so again
(Judith Crispin and Vicken Babkenian, The Guardian)
Who are the Iraqi Kurds?
(Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Views of Maliki encapsulate Iraq's stark sectarian split
(Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times)
'No' from one Iraq villager triggered Islamic State mass killings
(Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters)
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Anti-Semitism alarms ADL
(Anna Hiatt, The Jerusalem Post)
Indonesian province turns up Sharia law after devastating tsunami
(PBS News Hour)
Islamic State 'has 50,000 fighters in Syria'
(Al Jazeera)
Nigeria’s Boko Haram forces victims to fight, kill
(Heather Murdock, Voice of America)
Pope Francis on the crisis in Iraq: Do we pay too much attention to Christian suffering?
(Mark L. Movsesian, First Things)
The new nonconformist conscience
(Helen Andrews, First Things)
Who will stand up for the Christians?
(Ronald S. Lauder, The New York Times)
China punishes Uighur Muslims for openly practising faith
(World Bulletin)
Christians, Yazidis need more than escape: Catholic Relief official in Iraq
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Caliphate of fear: The curse of the Islamic State
(Spiegel Online International)
A clash of religion and bioethics complicates organ donation in Israel
(Kevin Sack, The New York Times)
Pope makes strong, silent anti-abortion statement
(Nicole Winfield, ABC News)
Pastafarian seeks right to wear bandana for driver's licence photo
(Andrew Peplowski, CJAD 800AM)
Canadian "Pastafarian" sues to wear pirate bandana for license photo
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis on the crisis in Iraq
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
What can YOU do for persecuted Iraqis? (Part 1)
(Faith Mcdonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
What can YOU do for persecuted Iraqis? (Part 2)
(Faith Mcdonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Quebec radio host slammed for hateful comments on Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel to stop exporting settlement poultry, dairy to EU
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Body of missing Israeli lone soldier from U.S. found with gunshot wounds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What happens in Israel doesn’t stay in Israel
(J. J. Goldberg, Jewish Daily Forward)
Full transcript of Pope's in-flight interview from Korea
(Alan Holdren and Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Why Modern Orthodoxy is in crisis
(Adam Ferziger, Mosaic Magazine)
Interview: Yes, Iran does have political prisoners
(Faraz Sanei and Amy Braunschweiger, Human Rights Watch)
Iran: Dozens unlawfully held in city's prisons
(Human Rights Watch)
Questions remain over polygamy law as charges laid against Bountiful sect leaders
(James Keller, CTV News)
Does religion cause war?
(Rabbi Evan Moffic, Rabbi Evan Moffic)
Boko Haram on course to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, destroying Christian towns
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
The bishops are right – Britain must offer refuge to Iraqis fleeing Isis
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Beijing arrests nearly 1,000 members of Christian sect accused of brainwashing
(Agence France-Presse)
Christian expats lead Seoul outreach ministries
(Sophia Lee, WORLD News Service)
US, Kurds battle ISIS over control of the 'most dangerous dam in the world'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Christians escape to Bulgaria from Iran persecutions
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
McDonald's murder in China: 'evil cult members' face trial for woman's death
(Jonathan Kaiman, The Guardian)
India's Hindu nationalists tighten grip over ruling party
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)
A clash of religion and bioethics complicates organ donation in Israel
(Kevin Sack, The New York Times)
Pope lifts beatification ban on Salvadoran Oscar Romero
(BBC News)
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti denounces Iraq's Islamic State group
(Reuters)
Pope OKs protecting Iraq minorities, wants UN OK
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The Buddhist monastery fighting commercialization should not be forced to fight alone [Simplified Chinese]
(Wang Chuantao, Chinanet)
China arrests nearly 1,000 'cult' members: Xinhua
(Channel NewsAsia)
For ultranationalists, India is Hindu and its people cannot be secular
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Questions remain about polygamy law as charges laid against men from B.C. sect
(James Keller, Nanaimo Daily News)
Monday, 18 August 2014
China: Authorities shut down 2 church-run kindergartens, approve arrests of 4 Christians
(China Aid New)
Pope Francis supports intervention in Iraq
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Sri Lanka's 'people of the forest' want help to preserve their cultural identity
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
What do Iraqis want from their leaders?
(Wassim Bassem, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Why Jordan doesn't want more Palestinians
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
The horrific destruction of Christianity in Iraq
(Cynthia M. Allen, The Star-Telegram)
Islamic militias continue spread beyond the Middle East into African nations
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis backs intervention in Iraq to stop "aggressor"
(Alan Holdren and Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Severe violations of religious liberty in Iran
(Editorial, Voice of America)
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