Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Extremists destroy the splendors of Babylon
(Lucy Schouten, The American Spectator: The Spectacle Blog)
Hamas seen as more to blame than Israel for current violence
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)
Religion and State-Minorities (RASM) dataset
(Jonathan Fox, Bar Ilan University, Principal Investigator, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Syrian casualties surge as jihadis consolidate
(Zeina Karam and Sam Kimball, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Gold, diamonds feed Central African religious violence
(Daniel Flynn, Reuters)
In Gaza, Muslim holiday is marred by grief
(Nicholas Casey and Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal)
New Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to focus on human rights
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Australian Anglican Church issued an apology to LGBT community
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Kathmandu, interfaith prayer "to close Ramadan in harmony"
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan, Ahmadi neighborhood torched over 'blasphemy' charge: Grandmother and grandchildren die
(AsiaNews.it)
China removes crosses from two more churches in crackdown
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)
Wenzhou, more crosses torn down. Ningbo Cathedral burned
(AsiaNews.it)
Religious violence in 2013 displaced millions
(Al Jazeera America)
Monday, 28 July 2014
Boko Haram targets political figures in string of attacks
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)
God is not the only one watching over your church's website
(Adam Tanner, Forbes)
Eid al Fitr begins today; White House issues greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Forced from Mosul, centuries old Christian community vanishes
(Mohammed A. Salih, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Situation deteriorates for Iran's religious minorities, experts say
(Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Uttar Pradesh, curfew imposed after violence between Sikhs and Muslims
(AsiaNews.it)
Jakarta: for Islamic intellectual, Jokowi will stop religious discrimination
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Bangladeshi Christians celebrate the end of Ramadan with "Muslim brothers"
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Nepali government ready to allow the funeral of 14th Shamar Rinpoche
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Fifteen corpses found in Baghdad put Iraqi capital on edge
(Al Jazeera America)
Report: Religious freedom in peril in large part of the world
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Pakistan mob kills woman, girls, over 'blasphemous' Facebook post
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Pope Francis apologizes for persecution of Pentecostals
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
U.S. says millions forced to flee for religious beliefs in 2013
(David Brunnstrom, Reuters)
International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 released
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State Department report: Religious persecution makes migrants out of millions
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Ebola outbreak * Eid Mubarak * Wedding decline: Monday’s Roundup
(Religion News Service)
Usually a time of joy, Gaza violence casts a pall on Eid celebrations
(Rachel Delia Benaim, Religion News Service)
The Sunni-Shia Divide: A CFR InfoGuide Presentation
(Council on Foreign Relations)
To commemorate World War 1, reverend helps believers respond to war through prayer
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition)
ISIS in Mosul: separating fact from fiction
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Report: Hamas planned Rosh Hashanah attack through Gaza tunnels
(JTA)
Why did ISIS destroy the Tomb of Jonah?
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
UN demands 'immediate and unconditional' Gaza cease-fire as death toll tops 1,000; Obama backs Israel in Netanyahu phone call
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
UN calls for ceasefire in Israel – Gaza
(Reuters VIDEO)
Kurdistan declares "safe haven" for Christian refugees
(Andrew Boyd, Anglican Ink)
Catholics get 'The Message' in new edition of Bible
(Robert McClory, National Catholic Reporter)
Palestinian fighters raid Israel on Gaza "truce" day
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams, Reuters)
Five killed in bombing of Catholic church in Nigeria
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
End of Christianity 'very near' in Iraq, Anglican Bishop warns
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
UN Myanmar envoy worried over displaced Muslims
(Esther Htusan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Ancient Pakistan temples draw devotees from across faiths
(Reema Abbasi, The Times of India)
Principle trumps politics, religion in Harper’s support for Israel
(Chris Plecash, The Hill Times online)
India's Modi under fire for silence over religious incidents
(Sruthi Gottipati, Reuters)
Chinese police remove church cross amid crackdown
(The Associated Press)
Police find 15 corpses in Baghdad in bloody start to Muslim Eid holiday
(Michael Georgy, Reuters)
Pakistani mob attacks minority Muslims, kills 3
(Zaheer Babar, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
It’s the religious bigots who belittle Islam
(Comments, Malaysiakini)
Religious freedom and global economy
(Steve Lyston, The Jamaica Gleaner)
Pakistani mob kills grandmother and two granddaughters because of 'blasphemous' Facebook post from Ahmadi man
(Dominic Kelly, Opposing Views)
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Nigeria: APGA chief felicitates with Muslims at Eid El Fitri, describes Kaduna bombing as barbaric
(Luke Ajulo, World Stage)
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Q&A: What are these tunnels Hamas is using to attack Israel?
(James Phillips, The Daily Signal)
The MH17 crisis: A wake-up call
(M.S., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
The war in Gaza: No one is winning —yet
(The Economist)
Religious freedom aided by impact investment, finds new study
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Brazil Human Rights Minister praises Foundation's work
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
As Gaza bombardment continues, West Bank cities stand up for fellow Palestinians
(Matthew Vickery and Sheren Khalel, Reuters)
Ramadan highlights divisions in China’s Muslim community
(Hannah Gardner, The National)
Will Christianity ever rise again in Iraq?
(Joel S. Baden and Candida Moss, CNN: Belief Blog)
United Nations warns Japan on religious freedom
(International Coalition for Religious Freedom)
What’s happening to Montreal’s churches? Quebec finding new ways to preserve its heritage in a secular age
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)
In Madhya Pradesh: Nationalists shout victory for Rama after Catholic school wall demolished
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
10,400 Thai Muslims to perform Haj
(Arab News)
Sudanese mother freed, but many others still held captive
(Russ Jones, Chris Woodward, One News Now)
Friday, 25 July 2014
An "apostate" escapes: A happy Italian ending
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Hamas rockets traumatize Israeli children
(Alan Johnson / Idealism without Illusion, World Affairs Journal)
Jihadists in Iraq erase cultural heritage
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal)
NYC pastor who prayed with Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan credits those who cried 'Let Meriam go!' for defiant Christian woman's release (Video)
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
Meriam Ibrahim leaves Sudan, headed to America
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Meriam Ibrahim, freed from Sudan, plans to settle in New Hampshire
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Islamic State destroys sacred shrine in Mosul
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Who will be Iran's next supreme leader?
(Behdad Bordbar, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Why jogging or going to church can get you arrested (in Burundi)
(Cara E. Jones, The Washington Post)
Christian woman previously sentenced to death successfully departs Sudan
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Iranians tell Palestinians to fight against Israel: state TV
(Parisa Hafezi, Reuters)
Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt to appeal: family
(Matt Siegel, Reuters)
Foreign press complain of ‘intimidation’ by Israel during Gaza War
(Jason Ditz, Mint Press News)
Terrified Christians driven out of Mosul
(Abdel Hamid Zebari, MercatorNet)
Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam
(Rachel Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)
China to close border with Kyrgyzstan for Eid al-Fitr holiday
(Interfax)
Iraqi abbot calls for action to ensure local Christians' future
(Catholic News Agency)
Violence in Nigeria has 'no boundaries' now, archbishop says
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
The last Christians in Iraq
(Lela Gilbert, Fox News)
Arabic Twitter avatar illustrates #WeAreN solidarity with Iraqi Christians
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Yunnan Provincial UFWD holds discussion on minority and religious rights [Simplified Chinese]
(Yunnan Net)
ISIS blows up Muslim shrine with Biblical prophet Jonah's tomb 'to dust' because it had become a place of apostasy
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Two Finnish Christian aid workers killed in Afghanistan
(World Watch Monitor)
Temple in Brazil appeals to a surge in Evangelicals
(Simon Romero, The New York Times)
With Mosul’s Christians gone, Islamic State troops take over 4th-century monastery
(Cathy Otten, Religion News Service)
Islamist militants gain in Syria
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Spectators to war, West Bank residents hail the Hamas fight against Israel
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Xinjiang state-sponsored Islamic schools to expand enrollment
(Xinhua Net)
China, Taiwan hold religious exchange; Chinese officials hope to promote cross strait relations [Traditional Chinese]
(Lin Ruiyi, China Times)
Bishkek: Supreme Court outlaws Ahmadis
(AsiaNews.it)
Shandong, flurry of arrests against Church of Almighty God members
(AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Echoes of apocalypse in Iraq conflict
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Egypt campaigns against atheism
(Ahmed Fouad, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
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