Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 18 August 2014
Patriarchs of Eastern Churches appeal for aid against forces of religious extremism
(World Council of Churches)
Play it again, Sam: The late Samuel Huntington's claim that we face a clash of civilizations needs to be dusted off
(Mark Beeson, MercatorNet)
At youth mass, Pope Francis gets rock-star treatment
(Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal)
Secluded monasteries should not be degraded to serve as government 'gold mines' [Simplified Chinese]
(China Economic Net)
How can we obtain Nirvana when commercialization of Buddhist temples is unregulated? [Simplified Chinese]
(China Economic Net)
Wang Meng: Xinjiang should board the express train to modernization; Islam should reform [Simplified Chinese]
(Phoenix Net)
Stretching the truth past the breaking point
(Tim Wallace, MercatorNet)
China’s Nobel nominee lawyer released after three years
(World Watch Monitor)
Name of Muslim group in Myanmar goes unspoken
(Matthew Pennington, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Christianity no threat to Asian governments, says Pope
(Today)
Israeli wedding of Jew, Muslim draws protesters amid war tensions
(Reuters)
Some Arabs and Jews maintain friendly ties in time of war
(Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
Kuwait briefly detains Muslim cleric U.S. suspects of militant financing
(Reuters)
Papal visit that thrills Catholics is unsettling to Protestants in South Korea
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)
For Chinese, Pope seems worlds away in South Korea
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)
Religion and the Canadian Oath of Allegiance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The myth and reality of sectarianism in Iraq
(Musa al-Gharbi, Al Jazeera America)
Buddhist temple in China shuts doors to avoid tourists
(Lu Chen, Epoch Times)
China promotes mixed marriages in Tibet as way to achieve ‘unity’
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
Saturday, 16 August 2014
OIC vows to rebuild Gaza, condemns Israel
(World Bulletin)
4 reasons why I wear the Muslim headscarf
(Aaminah Hernandez, Onislam)
17 reasons why women wear headscarves
(Shabana Mir, Religion Dispatches)
Evangelical leaders will travel to Israel to signal their support
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Presbyterian Church (USA))
'Knights' donate over $1 million to help persecuted Christians in Iraq
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
China says it 'rescues' 82 children from Xinjiang religious schools
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Thailand moves to ban surrogacy
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
From Berlin to Jerusalem, a lament for Gaza and Israel
(Yael Shinar, Religion & Politics)
Australia could recognise multiple parents
(BioEdge)
Al-Sudais calls for code of conduct to curb violence
(Arab News)
Friday, 15 August 2014
Central African Republic: A cleric asks: 'Why do you want to kill this boy?'
(Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times)
Joint appeal by religious leaders
(Media Release by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan: signed by leading representatives of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Stop the anti-Semitism when talking Gaza
(Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast)
The Word and the world: Catholicism in Asia (chart)
(The Economist [Graphic detail))
Yasukuni Shrine: war criminals among the dead revered by Japan
(Julian Ryall, The Telegraph)
New Zealand election posters defaced with anti-Semitic messages
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ADL reports ‘dramatic surge’ in anti-Jewish violence
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Today's war-torn Mideast is not yesterday's Europe – OpEd
(Peter H. Wilson, Los Angeles Times Opinion)
The Pope's Asia challenge
(Deborah Ball, The Wall Street Journal)
Pope Francis reaches out to China as he begins Asia trip
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
The future of Christianity in China: Sino-theology and the pope
(Zoe Li, CNN)
Chinese state theology
(Marcus Roberts, MercatorNet)
China and North Korea combining to crush Christian aid
(Philip Wen, Sydney Morning Herald)
Pope’s Korean visit highlights plight of North’s Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Papal visit underscores religious divide in Koreas
(Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope Francis: "There is only one Korea"
(Catholic News Agency)
China willing to improve relationship with Vatican [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)
Meet the Kurds, a historically oppressed people who will get their own state
(Ofra Bengio, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Engaged Buddhism and community ecology
(David P. Barash, OUPblog Religion)
Israel expands Law of Return to include interfaith gay couples
(Tal Kra-Oz, Tablet)
When freedoms collide
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Familial love is not a contract
(Andrea Mrozek, MercatorNet)
Protecting Christians and Yazidis: Elusive religious freedom
(Bill Leonard, ABP News)
"Mr. Obama's war"
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
In denial: breast cancer establishment continues to reject abortion link
(Gerard M. Nadal, MercatorNet)
New fighting hits South Sudan
(Jason Straziuso, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys in northeast Nigeria: witnesses
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)
Violence against Christians in Pakistan on the rise
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
As online anti-Semitism grows, so do efforts to counter it
(Luigi Serenelli, Religion News Service)
Chilean priest probed after 'stolen babies' scandal
(BBC News)
Iraqi Sunnis lay out conditional offer to join unity government
(Raheem Salman and Michael Georgy, Reuters)
Iraq's Yazidis warn refugees crisis isn't over
(Nour Malas and Joe Parkinson and Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)
With Islamic State on march, Lebanon's Christians must agree on president
(Tom Perry, Reuters)
"A return to the Middle Ages"
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Defining the "One Land, Two State" solution
(Mathias Mossberg and Mark LeVine, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
ISIS: A short history
(Bobby Ghosh, The Atlantic)
A timeline of ISIS terror
(World Watch Monitor)
Bountiful wife says polygamy charge violates religious freedom
(James Keller, Maclean's)
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Beijing "recalls" Chinese priests from Seoul and blocks 80 young people from travelling for the AYD
(AsiaNews.it)
Hamas lies about the Gaza civilian death toll: And the media believed it
(Oren Kessler, U.S. News & World Report)
Palestinians voice optimism as Gaza truce holds
(Associated Press, The New York Times)
Survivors of Rabia massacre still search for justice
(Saah el-Sirgany, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Charges laid against Bountiful leader Winston Blackmore after judge rules Charter should not protect polygamists
(Analysis, National Post)
Facebook, Google censor human rights activists
(Shabnam Assadollahi, Gatestone Institute)
A priest's eye-witness account of fleeing the Islamic State
(Gelsomino Del Guerico, Aleteia)
ISIS continues its genocide in Iraq against Yazidi
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Indian Court upholds National Minorities Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Khmer Rouge tribunal grants Cambodia a measure of justice
(Boston Globe)
Canada's citizenship oath to the Queen does not violate Charter rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Syria's fallout: rise or Islamic state jihadists-analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
From 30,000 feet, Pope Francis reaches out to Beijing
(Calum MacLeod, Religion News Service)
Chinese Catholics find hope in Francis [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)
China to establish new Christian theology
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Chasing the jihad bogey in China's Xinjiang
(Debasish Roy Chowdhury, South China Morning Post)
Pope to Koreas: Avoid 'fruitless' shows of force
(Nicole Winfield and Jung-Yoon Choi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Imam arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of recruiting Islamist fighters
(Fatos Bytyci, Reuters)
Islamic State's pitch in India comes with subtitles
(Niharika Mandhana, The Wall Street Journal)
Rescue mission for Yazidis on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar appears unnecessary, Pentagon says
(Karen DeYoung and Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post)
[Zhejiang] Province leadership holds report forum [on religious policy] [Simplified Chinese]
(Zhejiang Daily)
Xinjiang scholars: Study of "extremism" should be primary focus of religious work [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
For Catholic Church spokesman, Egyptian Muslims show solidarity with Iraq's persecuted Christians
(AsiaNews.it)
Karnataka: four Christians arrested, later released, on charges of forced conversions
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Lebanon a safe haven but Middle Eastern Christians still at risk
(Jean Aziz, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
The Yazidis, a people who fled
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Tunisia: Suspension of associations arbitrary, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
The oath to the Queen is constitutional – as is changing it
(The Globe and Mail)
Maliki plans to carry bid for power to Iraq courts
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
USCIRF issues report on sectarian violence in Pakistan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pontifical Council speaks out against terror in name of religion
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)
The Chinese cult that kills 'demons'
(Carrie Gracie, BBC China)
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