Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Holy Land deserted by tourists as fighting empties hotels
(Alisa Odenheimer and Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg)
Iraqi Christians in Mosul told by Isis to convert to Islam or be executed
(Fazel Hawramy, The Guardian)
Life in a jihadist capital: Order with a darker side
(The New York Times)
Muslim judges quit panel in two key interfaith child custody cases
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Christian-Muslim relations: Critical for religious harmony
(Mohammad Alami Musa, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
India, Hindu politicians force Muslim to break Ramadan fast
(AsiaNews.it)
Solidarity sign * Humanist soldiers * Fact and fiction: Wednesday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Eyes on Gaza, tensions flare in Brooklyn
(Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times)
The U.S.-Israel alliance: No apologies necessary
(Lawrence A. Franklin, Gatestone Institute)
IRD, allied groups to rally for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls awaiting rescue from Boko Haram militants
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Zhejiang destroys more than 130 chapels [Simplified Chinese]
(Lin Ping, Radio Free Asia)
ISIS attacks Iraqi town where Christians from Mosul took refuge
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Iraq's waterless Christians: The campaign to expel a religion
(Jason Motlagh, Business Week)
Nigerian atheist’s case isn’t just about religion
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)
A ban on new church construction angers Sudanese Christians
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
For Arab Christians and secular Arab nationalists, ISIS may be the death knell
(William Dalrymple, The Guardian)
IS invades monastery, steals 'everything' from Iraqi Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Turkey's top cleric calls new Islamic 'caliphate' illegitimate
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Reuters)
Oil smuggling finances Islamic State's new caliphate
(Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Egyptian judge accuses al-Jazeera journalists of being in league with devil
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza shelters Muslims fleeing war
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
Beijing's censorship and Macau universities
(AsiaNews.it)
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Can the Islamic State survive? What can the US do?
(Matthias Baun Brubaker Christensen, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
In Iraq, Christians fleeing Mosul take refuge with Kurds
(Jamie Tarabay, Al Jazeera America)
Myanmar to try former religion minister on national security charges
(Myo Thant Khine and Kyaw Thu, Radio Free Asia)
Peace and religious harmony in India, "the goal" of Christians and Jains
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Remaining Iraq Christians expelled
(Lucy Schouten, The American Spectator: The Spectacle Blog)
Business brings peace and religious freedom, finds new study
(Press Release, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Women, Religion, and the Family
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
Religion and space: A high vantage point
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Thousands of women, accused of sorcery, tortured and executed in Indian witch hunts
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
Conflict over religion and state in Egypt
(Moataz Al-Khateeb, Memo: Middle East Monitor)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and religious burial customs
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Has Hamas ended the prospects for a two state solution?
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
The last Christian flees Mosul as ISIS continues its reign of terror in Iraq
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Muslims aren't shocked to discover we are watched. But we won't be scared
(Laila Alawa, The Guardian)
Concern and support for Iraqi Christians forced by militants to flee Mosul
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Christians not healthy enough to flee Mosul after death threat renounce faith for Islam 'just to stay alive'
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Christian leaders in Gaza, Israel reject blame game but explain hard reality on the ground (Interview)
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Islamic State crushes and coerces on march towards Baghdad
(Maggie Fick and Isra'Al-Rubei'i, Reuters)
Christians in Zhejiang cross with authorities over church demolitions
(Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post)
ISIS forces last Iraqi Christians to flee Mosul
(Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)
Remaining Iraqi Christians forced to flee Mosul
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
American Jews, other 'lone soldiers' serve Israel
(Julie Watson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel hits hundreds of targets in Gaza as soldier is confirmed missing
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
In 30 countries, heads of state must belong to a certain religion
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center: FactTank)
Demolition of crosses, attacks on Christians, continue [Simplified Chinese/English]
(Chen Han, NTDTV)
In Libya's first known beheading, militia kills Filipino construction worker
(Erin Banco, International Business Times)
Monday, 21 July 2014
Chinese police clash with Christian protesters over cross removal
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Jebel Chaambi slaughter spurs Tunisia to action
(Jamel Arfaoui & Mona Yahia, Magharebia)
Christians harassed in largest number of countries, as all are driven from Mosul, Iraq
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
How Hamas uses its tunnels to kill and capture Israeli soldiers
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
In praise of mixing religion and world views
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)
Misunderstanding a good judgment
(Saif Mahmood, The Hindu)
The Vatican and Islam: Messages of light and dark
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Year Four: The Arab Spring proved everyone wrong
(Michael J.Totten, World Affairs Journal)
Mosul empty of Christians 'for the first time in history'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Convert, pay tax, or die, Islamic State warns Christians
(The Guardian)
8-year-old wins preacher of the nation in United Arab Emirates
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
The West's silence on persecuted Iraqi Christians is worthy of contempt, rails British academic
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Meriam's permission to leave Sudan still unclear
(World Watch Monitor)
Concern and support for Iraqi Christians forced by militants to flee Mosul
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Tunisia orders crackdown on Islamist mosques and radio stations
(Tarek Amara, Reuters Faith World)
Pope Francis demands justice for Jewish centre attack victims
(BBC News)
Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza
(Karin Laub and Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pakistani elders forbid fleeing women from collecting food aid
(Haji Mujtaba, Reuters)
Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic State worse than Genghis Khan
(Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman, Reuters)
Pope laments exodus of last Christians from Mosul
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Why is Pope Francis spending so much time going after the Mafia?
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic state worse than Genghis Khan
(Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman, Reuters)
Kazakhstan: Jailings under Administrative Code continue as new Codes signed
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
The desperate dream of the Islamic Caliphate
(Samir Khalil Samir, MercatorNet)
First Kiwi lesbian "marriage" over already?
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)
Clashes in China over cross removal
(Reuters, IOL News)
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Najaf, Qom take different approaches in Iraq
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Nuclear weapons are against Shiite Islam
(Lucy Schouten, The American Soectator: The Spectacle Blog)
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Catholic seminarians boycott graduation from Beijing seminary
(Anthony E. Clark, The Catholic World Report)
Pakistan court grants bail to suspect in murder of government minister
(World Watch Monitor)
Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim's family files new lawsuit to annul her marriage
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
China embraces enlightenment
(Onnucha Hutasingh, Bangkok Post)
Friday, 18 July 2014
Beijing, seminarians desert graduation ceremony: We will not celebrate Mass with illegitimate bishops
(AsiaNews.it)
Why Islamic State's caliphate is trouble for Egypt
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
World Cup highlights struggles & contributions of Afro-Brazilians
(Melissa Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation Case Study)
Kyrgystan: Orthodox Bishop banned
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Court in India says enforcing wildlife protection against cobra worship is constitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Belgian bus company disassociates itself from Palestinian flag display
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis appeals for peace with Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
The truth about Gaza
(Charles Krauthammer, National Review Online)
Iraq may break into three separate states in response to Islamic attacks, Kurdish official predicts
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS orders last Christians out of Mosul
(World Watch Monitor)
Indian villages outlaw Christian practices
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Most think the U.S. has no responsibility to act in Iraq
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)
Islamist group claims attack that killed French soldier in Mali
(Reuters)
Top Shi'ite cleric urges help for Iraq's displaced
(Reuters)
Netanyahu warns of wider Israel operation in Gaza
(Jodi Rudoren and Fares Akram, The New York Times)
Radical faith answers radical doubt
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog)
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Certainty and authority
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog Religion)
Gaza impact * Meriam free? * Minister self-immolates: Thursday’s news roundup
(Religion News Service)
Chinese scholar releases draft legislation on religion
(Li Yan, Global Times)
Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
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