Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 11 July 2014
Northern Israel hit by rockets from Lebanon
(Ma'an News Agency)
Israel imposes restrictions at al-Aqsa for Friday prayers
(Ma'an News Agency)
ISIS changes its name and makes a big statement, but what happens next?
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Pope Francis's radical environmentalism
(Tara Isabella Burton, The Atlantic)
India: Ignorance, hypocrisy or biasness on Fatwas & Shariat?
(tcn, ICAN)
America is the arsonist of the Middle East
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Cultural Diversity and Law in Association with RELIGARE
(Series editor, Prakash Shah, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Ashgate)
Sri Lankan Muslim leader warns of radicalization after clashes
(Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)
Burundi wants churches to have at least 500 members and a building before they can register; foreign churches need 1,000
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Catholics in business wrestle with Pope Francis' attacks on capitalism
(Gregory J. Millman, The Wall Street Journal)
Killing of Palestinian youth puts an Israeli focus on extremism
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
BOOK LAUNCH, 24 July 2014: "Ayodhya: Debacle, Divide and Dividend"
(Surendra Kumar Pachauri, India International Centre, New Delhi)
#BringBackOurGirls isn’t trending anymore. but the girls still aren’t all free.
(Charlotte Florance, Lauren Aragon, The Daily Signal)
Religious freedom in peril
(Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times)
Why Obama, Kerry, Abbas, Hamas, BDS, and Hezbollah will all go poof!
(Edward N. Luttwak, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Christian and Canadian support for Israel defies propaganda
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Faring well? Convenient findings about same-sex parenting
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality - MercatorNet)
Kalachakra incites hatred and terror, says China
(Phuntsok Yangchen, Phayul)
China warns its journalists to keep to state media
(Al Jazeera America)
China Xinjiang: Muslim students 'made to eat' at Ramadan
(Martin Patience, BBC News)
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Is the United Nations anti-Semitic?
(Eric R. Mandel, The Jerusalem Post)
Quebec court orders religious group to compensate victims of sexual abuse
(Melanie Marquis, The Canadian Press)
Southeast Asian fighters in new ‘Caliphate’: Implications for Indonesia’s militant Islamist movement – Analysis
(Navhat Nuraniyah and Sulastri Osman, RSIS via Eurasia Review)
Forced feedings during Islamic Ramadan; 12 Uyghurs seized outside Kasghar Mosque [Simplified Chinese]
(Qiao Long, Radio Free Asia)
Discursus: Confession and the Anglican Way
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)
Islamabad: A National Commission will be set up to protect religious minorities
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Hollywood, Islam and political correctness
(Oliver Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Burma: the clash of church, state, and society
(David Scott Mathieson, Human Rights Watch)
A look at the damage governments inflict on religious property
(Peter Henne, Pew Research Center)
Religion and press freedom in the digital age – Part two: Al Jazeera on trial
(Natasja Sheriff, The Revealer)
Beware encounters with Christianity's flagship heretical cult: The Church of the Almighty God [Eastern Lightning] [Simplified Chinese]
(Yi Yanwei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Singapore withdraws gay penguin book from libraries
(BBC News)
Archbishop's sermon on Occupy Central was 'taken out of context': church
(Ernest Kao, South China Morning Post)
Burundi law to limit church numbers
(BBC News)
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
(Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times)
Islamic State appeals to only four percent of Syrians: poll
(Reuters)
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Egypt: A dream deferred – OpEd
(Kristen McTighe, Good Governance Africa)
IACHR Special Rapporteur releases comprehensive report on freedom of expression and the Internet
(International Justice Resource Center)
Indonesian presidential candidate’s claim of victory disputed by rival
(Sam Bollier, Al Jazeera America)
Guantanamo Bay detainees argue Hobby Lobby decision makes RFRA applicable to them
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
What happens when Israeli mourners visit a Palestinian family
(Bill Chappell, NPR News)
Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians
(Crispin Dembassa-Kette, Reuters)
Australia lifts the seal of the confession
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)
Cardinal Kasper and the Church Fathers
(Adam G. Cooper, The Catholic World Report)
Commentary: When it comes to personhood, science is a ‘category error’
(Jeffrey Weiss, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: Two criminal cases continue as new Criminal Code signed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Oz Anglicans reject seal of confessional
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Gaza rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Palestinian enclave
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller, Reuters)
Thailand: Editor arrested for Facebok comments
(Eurasia Review)
No place for extremism in Sri Lanka, says envoy
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)
Kuala Lumpur, moderate Muslims support Christians in the battle for the use of Allah
(AsiaNews.it)
The desperate dream of the Islamic Caliphate
(Samir Khalil Samir, AsiaNews.it)
Vatican bank profits tumble as Pope Francis orders an overhaul
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Young Tunisian terrorist warns against jihad
(Mona Yahia, Magharebia)
Morocco counters jihadism with religion
(Hassan Benmehdi, Magharebia)
The demise of the Middle East
(Ozdem Sanberk, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
In Mandalay, 362 people arrested after sectarian violence but culprits still free
(AsiaNews.it)
Referendum on democracy also in Macau
(AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan officials agree on creating National Commission for Minorities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Consensus reached on Minorities’ Commission
(Javaid-Ur-Rahman, The Nation)
Uzbekistan: Almost incommunicado in Investigation Prison
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Correction: United Nations – gay marriage story
(Maria Sanminiatelli, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Muslims banned from forcing Shariah law on people by India Supreme Court
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
17 killed at CAR church shielding thousands of Christians
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians
(Crispin Dembassa-Kette, Reuters)
China denies entry to an American scholar who spoke up for a Uighur colleague
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)
Islamic State threatens Iraq's cultural artifacts
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Families of slain Israeli and Palestinian teens turn to each other for comfort
(Sigal Samuel, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Reverend Paul Kwong tells congregation that pro-democracy advocates should keep quiet
(Lai Ying-kit, South China Morning Post)
Accurately interpreting [Islamic] doctrine to promote religious harmony [Simplified Chinese]
(Wang Zuoan, Chinese Communist Party News)
Nursed by same woman, couple face separation after 8 children
(Arab News)
Chhattisgarh: village bans non-Hindu activities
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Fifty people hold up Catholic church in Boldipukur
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 7 July 2014
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and the rise of the ISIS
(Kanchi Gupta, Observer Research Foundation)
Bahrain kicks out US diplomat for meeting with opposition group
(Al Jazeera America)
Did nostalgia for Islamic caliphate become a reality?
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
India Supreme Court will not recognize Shariah law
(AP, StarNews Online)
Iraqi Shia families flee death threats in Kirkuk
(Tahsin al-Zergani, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
Kashmiri Pandits: Rekindled hopes of return? - analysis
(Gaurav Dixit, Eurasia Review)
Recent events in Lebanon threaten religious coexistence
(Jean Aziz, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Algeria plans to reopen synagogues, though few Jews left in country
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court: Islamic law holds no legal sway in India
(Associated Press)
Persecution of Muslims in Arakan State traps Buddhist minority in limbo
(Thin Lei Win, The Irrawaddy)
After Hobby Lobby, time to face the real war on religion
(John Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
An analysis of Tunisia’s draft counterterrorism law
(Human Rights Watch)
ISIS: a bigger threat than Al-Qaeda – Analysis
(Brig (Retd) Anil Gupta, Eurasia Review)
Relation between law, religion brought to fore
(Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times)
50 Thousand Assyrians: Report on the flight from Al Hamdaniya July 2014
(Assyrian Federation of Sweden)
Islamist terror threat to West blown out of proportion - former MI6 chief
(Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian)
EVENT 9 July 2014, Workshop: Politics, religion and conflict online in Central Asia
(Noah Tucker, Sarah Kendzior, Courtney Ranson, Elliott School of International Affairs - CERIA Initiative)
Is the Shiite/Sunni conflict really only about religion?
(World Religion News)
Nigerian women and girls 'escape from Boko Haram'
(BBC News)
Islamic militant group Hamas vows revenge on Israel after Gaza airstrikes kill seven
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Power struggles in Middle East exploit Islam’s ancient sectarian rift
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Saudis alert to enemies on both sides of Iraq schism
(Glen Carey, Bloomberg)
Court: Islamic law holds no legal sway in India
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
With arrest of six Jews in Arab teen’s killing, Israel confronts its own extremists
(Ruth Eglash, Sufian Taha, and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
Twenty-two dead in attacks by militants on Kenyan coast
(Heidi Vogt, The Wall Street Journal)
Uighurs defy Ramadan ban, China arrested 400 in crackdown
(World Bulletin/News Desk)
Theodicy in dialogue
(Mark S. M. Scott, OUPblog Religion)
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