Law and Religion Headlines
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Why is China tearing down church crosses? Because it’s terrified of religion
(Damian Thompson, The Spectator)
China plans establishment of Christian theology
(China Daily)
Taiwan religious freedom report released
(Chinatopix)
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Tunisian Muslim leader denounces Islamic State in Iraq and Syria caliphate as un-Islamic
(Another Western Dawn Nes)
Philippines on the hunt for two top Southeast Asia jihadists
(Raul Dancel, The Straits Times Asia Report)
Gaming the system
(Robert M. Geraci, OUPblog Religion)
Religious Americans more likely to support Israel — with growing exceptions
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
World protests against the ISIS genocide of Christians
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
ISIS, ISIL or 'Islamic State'? Are they the same? What to call Iraq's Islamic militant extremists
(Daniel Distant, The Christian Post)
ISIS militants undeterred after US airstrikes; say they are motivated by Allah's 'promise of heaven'
(Benge Nsenduluka, The Christian Post)
US airstrikes alone will not defeat IS
(Mushreq Abbas, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Saudi Royal family will not allow America to defeat Sunni terrorists in Iraq
(William J. Murray, Christian News Wire)
Forming the intellect and the spirit of Indonesia's Catholic university students, the country's future excellence
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Egypt court dissolves Muslim Brotherhood party
(Arab News)
Canada’s Green Party president quits after defending Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch hotelier cancels Israeli family’s reservation over Gaza
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Qadri supporters clash with Pakistan police
(Al Jazeera America)
Friday, 8 August 2014
Iraq: death of a multicultural nation
(Ali Mamouri, MercatorNet)
Priest from Nineveh: 'Christianity is finished in Iraq'
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
The world’s largest Muslim country bans support for the Islamic State
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
War of the Shia: Iran gags Shia scholars in Iran - OpEd
(Catherine Shakdam, Eurasia Review)
Drawing the boundaries of the new Middle East with Christian blood
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)
U.S. drops supplies to Yazidi stranded in Iraq after Islamic state attack
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China frees prominent lawyer who defended religious freedom
(Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
China: Christian activist Gao Zhisheng "is free but under control"
(AsiaNews.it)
Pope sends envoy to Iraq to deliver message of support and aid embattled Christians
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Muslim groups see conspiracy in Meerut gang rape
(Arab News)
South Sudan: massacres, unlawful killings, pillage
(Human Rights Watch)
UN: Ebola outbreak a public health emergency
(Maria Cheng, Associated Press-The Big Story)
Airdrops bring hope to religious minorities in Iraq
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Adventist Church recommends staff, members not travel to and from West Africa
(Ansel Oliver, Adventist News Network)
March and vigil for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula
(World Council of Churches)
Pope Francis praises Knights of Columbus for defending marriage, religious liberty
(Catholic World News)
Special Report - The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution'
(Ned Parker and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Rohingya children in Myanmar camps going hungry
(Esther Htusan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Vatican bank's TV investment loss showed cardinal's power
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Boko Haram overruns Nigerian town, killing dozens
(Drew Hinshaw, The Wall Street Journal)
Qaraqosh falls, thousands flee
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Israel prepares for an international legal assault
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Najaf takes in Christians displaced by Islamic State
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Nepal Hindu leaders against Modi for letting down their religion, not helping them
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Pope Francis calls for action as Iraqi Christians forced to flee
(James Mackenzie, Reuters)
150 Jews who fled Ukraine fighting expected in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Boko Haram violence surges in Cameroon
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)
Some Nigerians call for banning the hijab to prevent female suicide bombers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Islamic State accused of capturing Yazidi women and forcing them to convert, or else
(Gil Shefler, Religion News Service)
Uzbek citizens devoid of ideas of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan – theologian
(Interfax-Religion)
Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
5 teens arrested in Sydney for threatening Jewish students on bus
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
West Bank Hamas chief charged with setting up terror cells
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Iraq's largest Christian town abandoned as Isis advance continues
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)
Iraq persecution: The hidden minorities targeted by IS
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Egypt's Mufti rejects Brotherhood leader's death sentence, court urges rethink
(Lin Noueihed and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Muslim clerics in Nigeria advocate for polio vaccination and mobilize community
(Caelainn Hogan, The Washington Post)
North Korea declines invitation to papal mass in Seoul
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)
Islamic militants in Iraq are widely loathed, yet action to curb them is elusive
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)
Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh
(BBC News)
Baghdad patriarch: flight of 100,000 Christians from Nineveh Plain turning into humanitarian catastrophe
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
WCC calls for urgent action in Iraq
(World Council of Churches)
Tamil Nadu: Hindu radicals beat up women and children of a Pentecostal community
(AsiaNews.it)
Growth of Protestants in China: the frustrations of Wang Zuoan
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Chinese city bans beards and veils on buses
(Al Jazeera America)
#BringBackOurGirls to Syria, why do we forget about a crisis long before it's over?
(Lane Anderson, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
World ignores Christian exodus from Islamic world
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Netanyahu: Israel's battle with Hamas is a test for the world
(Katie Pavlic, Townhall.com)
Kurdish security chief: Turkey must end support for jihadists
(http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/syria-kurd-pyd-asayish-isis-turkey-islamic-state.html, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Baby Gammy case reveals murky side of commercial surrogacy
(Sonia Allan, MercatorNet)
Exterminating Christians: End game in Iraq, little government expression of concern
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Abbott defends new anti-terrorism laws as Islamic groups warn of ‘witchhunt’
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Xinjiang city bans Islamic dress on public transport
(BBC News)
Ugandan parliament set to re-introduce anti-gay law
(Elias Biryabarema, Reuters)
Grieving families of Sewol ferry victims want independent South Korean probe
(Anna Fifeld, The Washington Post)
Canadian professor made to leave Myanmar over Buddha tattoos on right leg
(Ethan Lou, Yahoo News)
U.S. backs Sunni plan to fight Islamic state jihadists in Iraq
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal)
Australian columnist resigns over expletive-laden responses to Gaza piece
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hindu radicals, emboldened by power, terrorizing Christians in India
(Chris Woodward, One News Now)
Meriam Ibrahim's husband describes being terrorised by 'Agents of Fear'
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
North Korea rejects offer to attend mass given by Pope Francis in Seoul
(The Guardian)
Christians of Iraq threatened by ISIS
(World Religion News)
"I saw my niece burn alive." The dramatic story of an attack on Ahmadis in Punjab
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Baghdad: Iraqi Christians and Muslims pray together for peace and religious freedom
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Syrian Alawites horrified by rising death toll
(Translation: Tyler Huffman, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Sinjar, Islamic State militia massacre Yazidis and impose tax on Christians
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Erdogan, the new caliph, frontrunner in presidential elections
(AsiaNews.it)
Storm breaks out over minister's failure to block pro-ISIS video
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Young Hindu woman raped and forced to convert to Islam
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Earthquake in Yunnan, Catholics at forefront in helping survivors
(AsiaNews.it)
Remembering Rabbi Regina Jonas
(Eric Marx, Al Jazeera America)
Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us'
(Mohammed A Salih & Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Al Jazeera America)
Canadian in China investigation says trained North Koreans to be missionaries: audio
(James Pearson and Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Campaign seeks to help educate escaped Nigerian schoolgirls
(Katy Senour, Catholic News Agency)
If God does not exist, where did we come from?
(Kennedy Karuga, The Star)
Gunmen wound Lebanese religious mediators
(The Associated Press)
Rabbis urge U.S. action to free American jailed in Cuba
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)
India shaken by case of Muslim men missing in Iraq
(Ellen Barry and Mansi Choksi, The New York Times)
China imposes intrusive rules on Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times)
Pope Francis lifts 29-year suspension on liberation theology icon
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Iraq agrees to help Kurds battle Sunni extremists
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
China probes Canadian Christian couple for alleged spying
(Kelly Olsen, Tom Hancock, Agence France-Presse)
Liberian churches call for 3-day of prayer to fight Ebola
(Front Page Africa)
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