Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
The World Humanist Conference concludes in Oxford, UK
Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression
(International Humanist and Ethical Union)
Religion without a church? Humanism almost qualifies
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression (full text)
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
A right not to be offended? Atheists say ‘No thanks’
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Iraq crisis: International boost to arms and aid supply
(BBC News Europe)
Maliki’s bid to keep power in Iraq seems to collapse
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Iraq's Maliki pledges not to use force to retain power
(Matt Bradley, Wall Street Journal)
Judge walks out of mass trial of prisoners in Egypt including Irish teen
(RTÉ News)
Violations of religious freedom persist in Cuba
(Andrea Rodriguez, The Daily Signal)
Without Hamas, Israelis and Palestinians can find peace
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
How religion can be the solution for Israel and Palestine
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Israel slams UN human rights council choosing 'anti-Israel' lawyer to head Gaza conflict inquiry
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Wang Xinsheng: Governing "evil cults" requires certain necessary societal interference [Simplified Chinese]
(Guangming Theory)
Transparent China: How should Ji Xinping handle Chinese Christians? [Simplified Chinese]
(BBC China)
For ‘hardcore’ Jews displaced by Ukrainian fighting, Israel beckons
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Factsheet: Violence towards religious communities in Pakistan
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Trojan Horse: Real religious persecution is happening in Iraq, not Birmingham
(Anna Drew, Christian Today)
Egypt's top Muslim cleric declares ISIS 'a danger to Islam'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
US must ‘destroy’ Islamic State, say religious conservatives
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
IS emerges from radical Islamic jurisprudence
(Shukur Khilkhal, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Iraqi Yazidis: Hazy population numbers and a history of persecution
(Peter Henne and Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Syria crisis: Islamic State fighters seize Aleppo towns
(BBC News)
U.S. weighs Iraq rescue mission to save Yazidis
(Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)
Martyrs and peace with Pyongyang top Pope's agenda
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope could seek to fix church's troubled relationship with China
(Deborah Ball and Mark Magnier, The Wall Street Journal)
Evangelical leaders will travel to Israel to signal their support
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
In Pope’s trip to South Korea, church envisions growth
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)
As pope heads to South Korea, alleged religious freedom in North is just a show for the outside world
(Reuters, Japan Times)
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Baghdad: as a new premier is named to stop the Islamist advance, al Sistani expresses solidarity to Christians
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Non-Jewish partners in gay marriage are now entitled to make aliya
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Ultranationalist Indians to impose Hindutva on religious minorities
(AsiaNews.it)
Pope's trip to highlight vibrant South Korean church
(Deborah Ball and Jonathan Cheng and Jeyup S. Kwaak, The Wall Street Journal)
6 facts about South Korea’s growing Christian population
(Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center)
Egypt: Rab’a killings likely crimes against humanity
(Human Rights Watch)
An inside look at IDF's 'faith-driven' warriors
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Forgetting the Christians
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Yazidis tormented by fears for women and girls kidnapped by ISIS jihadis
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)
A plea on behalf of the victims of barbarism in Iraq
(Robert P. George, First Things)
Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Christian persecution in Iraq
(John Hooper, The Guardian)
Explaining the Vatican’s surprising pro-US line on Iraq
(John L. Allen Jr., Boston Globe)
Little progress reported at Cairo truce talks
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Islamic State violence
(James Mackenzie, Reuters)
In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed
(James Pearson, Reuters)
New Kenya bill wants gays stoned in public
(Oliver Mathenge, The Star)
SA Anglicans appoint first woman to lead theological college
(Bellah Zulu, Anglican Communion News Service)
Attack on nuns said to be first ever in Bangladesh
(World Watch Monitor)
Mymensingh: Catholic missionaries open a new college for tribal youth
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews)
Homes of suspected kidnappers can be razed, Israel’s high court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UN: OK to use untested Ebola drugs in outbreak
(Maria Cheng and Ciaran Giles, Associated Press-The Big Story)
Israel extends Law of Return to non-Jewish same-sex spouses
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why is China nationalizing Christianity?
(Zachary Keck, The Diplomat)
Peter and Caesar: Is Pope Francis shifting the Vatican’s worldview?
(Roland Flamini, World Affairs Journal)
Standing up for religious liberty in Burma
(Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, Associated Baptist Press)
North Korean underground Christians omitted from historic north-south church summit
(Tim Dillmuth, Christian News Wire)
Commentary: Has humanity entered a new depth of degradation?
(Tom Ehrich, Religion News Service)
Elephants unearthed: Ancient synagogue mosaic yields nonbiblical images
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Yazidis seen storming aid helicopters at Mount Sinjar in Iraq in dramatic videos
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
Israel is not committing war crimes in Gaza, int'l law group responds to Red Cross accusations
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
World's most populous Muslim nation declares ISIS support illegal
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
CAR President names country’s first ever Muslim Prime Minister
(World Watch Monitor)
Israel OK's gay Jews to immigrate with spouses
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Catholic schools force students to study religion despite court order
(Kate Hammer, The Globe and Mail)
Uganda president not keen on rushing anti-gay law
(Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Monday, 11 August 2014
‘Vicar of Baghdad’ Canon Andrew White refuses to leave Iraq, despite the vicious Christian persecution by Islamic State
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Aleppo's forgotten Christians
(Edward Dark, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Richard Dawkins keeps digging on ‘mild’ date rape and pedophilia
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
US air support is not enough. We must save Islamic-Christian coexistence and Iraq
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Indonesia's tough stance on ISIS militancy
(Farish A. Noor (RSIS), The Straits Times)
The Father of Jihad: ‘Abd Allah ‘Azzam’s Jihad Ideas and Implications to National Security
(Muhammad Haniff Hassan, S. Raharatnam School of International Studies)
Iraq president asks Abadi to succeed PM Nouri Maliki
(BBC News Middle East)
Egypt: Human Rights Watch delegation refused entry
(Eurasia Review)
Filipinos joining jihadists in Iraq and Syria
(Raul Dancel, The Straits Times Asia Report)
China cracking down on Christian groups along North Korea border: sources
(Megha Rajagopalan and James Pearson, Reuters)
Iraq’s Yazidis are on the brink of genocide – who will save them?
(Ali Mamouri, MercatorNet)
Children of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini send plea to Iranian leaders, President Obama
(Kara Jones, Townhall.com)
Pope kicks off Asia missionary boost in S Korea
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press -The Big Story)
Azerbaijan: "They don't want a Sunni mosque in the Old City"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kuwait: 5 critics stripped of citizenship
(Human Rights Watch)
Gaza: widespread impact of power plant attack
(Human Rights Watch)
Western complicity in nurturing Islamic extremism - OpEd
(Nauman Sadiq, Eurasia Review)
Is Ebola a curse from God? Some African Christian leaders think so
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
On Iraq, Pope Francis’ message of peace meets reality of war
(Josephine McKenna and David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Obama: Between Iraq and a hard place
(Tony Perkins, The Patriot Post)
Death of a religion: Isis and the Yazidi
(Sean Thomas, The Telegraph)
Who are the Yazidis and why is Isis hunting them?
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)
Hamas orders foreign journalists in Gaza to hold its press card
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Global group helps deaf Muslims embrace their faith
(Shelina Jaffer, Deseret National News)
#WeAreN campaign gains momentum, brings attention to persecuted Christians in Iraq
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram overruns town, kills 100
(World Watch Monitor)
Nepal gay community parades for same-sex marriage
(Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood's political wing
(BBC News)
Ethical questions emerge over who gets Ebola drug
(Ciaran Giles and Maria Cheng, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope expresses outrage at violence in Iraq
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
U.S. actions in Iraq fueled rise of a rebel
(Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria's east
(Oliver Holmes and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Exodus from the mountain: Yazidis flood into Iraq following U.S. airstrikes
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
20,000 Yazidis taken to safety as US launches more airstrikes in Iraq; Lebanese patriarch calls for protection of Christians
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Thousands of Assyrian Americans rally for persecuted Christians of Iraq
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Hindus prepare for Raksha Banhan, annual celebration of brother-sister love
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
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