Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 7 July 2014
Haj rule violations to cost airlines dearly
(Fouzia Khan, Arab News)
Christian leaders: Religious freedom at risk if Subianto wins presidential elections
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Sunday, 6 July 2014
'Caliph Ibrahim' demands obedience from Muslims
(Prahant Rao, Arab News)
India village council loosens iron grip on rural life
(Abhaya Srivastava, Arab News)
Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to halt attacks on Muslims
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi rights lawyer jailed for 15 years
(Al Jazeera America)
Jihadist 'Caliph' demands Muslims' obedience in unprecedented appearance
(Agence France-Presse, Naharnet)
Iraq: Analyzing jihadist sermon video for authenticity
(Agence France-Presse, Naharnet)
Chinese curbs on Ramadan fasting spark huge protests
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Christians face increased risks in China
(Nathan VanderKlippe, The Globe and Mail)
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
(Al Jazeera America)
Gitmo detainees' lawyers invoke Hobby Lobby decision in court filing
(Philip J. Victor, Al Jazeera America)
Ultra-orthodox Lev Tahor settlement has spurred tension in Guatemalan village, CIJA says
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)
Fellow Christians threaten pro-Israel writer
(Russ Jones, One News Now)
China's Christians fear new persecution after latest wave of church demolitions
(Brice Pedroletti, The Guardian)
Over 40 Indian nurses to return home after ISIS capture
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Ramadan adds extra pressure for N. African Christians
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Prominent Chinese pastor sentenced to 12 years in prison; lawyer claims accusation set-up by gov't
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The WCC: Seventy-five years in Geneva, 1939-2014
(World Council of Churches)
Manama: explosion in Shiite village kills police officer. Sunni authorities denounce "terrorism"
(AsiaNews.it)
Hong Kong, hundreds of arrests in aftermath of great march for democracy
(AsiaNews.it)
Non-Muslims told not to eat in public in Ramadan
(Arab News)
Friday, 4 July 2014
Algeria to reopen shuttered synagogues, gov’t minister says
(JTA)
As military patrols the Temple Mount, thousands attend funeral of Palestinian youth
(AsiaNews.it)
Going nuts in Nanaimo over Chick-fil-A
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Egypt's Copts may soon regret supporting Sisi
(Joseph Fahim, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Protestant pastor gets 12 years for opposing the seizure of church land
(AsiaNews.it)
Uzbekistan: "Legally" preventing human rights
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Meriam Ibrahim's Islamic relatives trying to prove she is Muslim; lawsuit could further delay departure to US
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The Sunni Ramadan offensive and the lessons of Tet
(George Friedman, MercatorNet)
This is Iraq's darkest hour
(Louis Raphaël I Sako and Oliver Maksan, MercatorNet)
Killing me softly: a New Zealand report on euthanasia
(Carolyn Moynihan, Careful! - MercatorNet)
Brazilian public school accused of forcing Jew to say Christian prayer
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sectarian violence: Burmese authorities impose curfew in Mandalay
(AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Morocco strengthens youth role in democracy
(Siham ali, Magharebia)
When ‘religious freedom’ includes Satanism
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)
Baghdadi vows revenge in announcing 'Islamic State'
(Abdallah Suleiman Ali, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Hamas denies link to murders of Israeli students
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Christians displaced again by Iraqi violence
(Shaida al-Ameen, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Sri Lanka military rebuilding homes after anti-Muslim violence
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
China bans Ramadan fasting in Muslim northwest
(Al Jazeera America)
New Pakistan anti-terror law raises fears over civil rights
(Al Jazeera America)
Female religious extremist group seized in Uzbekistan
(Interfax)
Peru bishops reject therapeutic abortion for gender equality decree as 'immoral, unconstitutional'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Iraq: Kurdish president proposes independence referendum
(The Guardian)
As violence spreads in Iraq, a new challenge to Maliki emerges from the Shiite south
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
The Lost Spring: U.S. policy in the Middle East
(Walid Phares, Gatestone Institute)
Is religious freedom necessary for other freedoms to flourish?
(Thomas Farr, Big Questions Online)
Aryan Jews * No More Godfatha * Cowardly Weapons: Thursday’s Roundup
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Space for 625,000 more created at Grand Mosque
(Arab News)
Shiites train for battle in Iraqi Holy City
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Radical Buddhists need to be restrained: Lankan minister
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Concern about religious extremism is growing even in Muslim countries
(AsiaNews.it)
Sudanese Christian woman: 'There's a new problem every day'
(Nima Elbagir and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN World)
Palestinian unity may not survive fallout from Israeli youth murders
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Iraq's Assyrian Christians fear ISIS threat to heritage
(Mohammed A. Salah, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Did Shiite fatwa save Baghdad from 'Islamic State'?
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
What's in a name? Islamic banking rebrands in attempt to go mainstream
(Bernardo Vizcaino, Reuters)
Myanmar police fire rubber bullets to end sectarian trouble in Mandalay
(Jared Ferrie and Aung Hla Tun, Reuters)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's message as Caliph
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Gatestone Institute)
Sudan's Christian convert woman faces new lawsuit
(Reporting by Maaz Alnugomi in Khartoum, Writing by Yasmine Saleh; editing by Ralph Boulton, Reuters Africa)
Open secret: Censorship in Pakistan
(Saim Saeed, Al Jazeera America)
Vatican bank's head to quit as shake-up bites, sources say
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
This Buddhist temple is huge, beautiful, and stirring up controversy
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Egyptian Christians still waiting for El-Sisi's protection
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
50 killed in Nigerian church attacks
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Vatican gives thumbs up for exorcist association
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Defiant Al Jazeera faces conservative backlash after Arab Spring
(Amena Bakr, Reuters)
New Pakistan anti-terror law raises fears over civil rights
(Katharine Houreld, Reuters)
Thousands from Singapore megachurch counter LGBT Day by wearing white
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Sudan authorities bulldoze Christian church as congregants watch
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack
(The Guardian)
Israelis mourn slain teens at public funeral
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Children’s lives in the balance: Is one worth more than another?
(Medea Benjamin and Pam Bailey, Foreign Policy in Focus)
U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children
(Reuters)
China bans Xinjiang officials from observing Ramadan fast
(BBC News)
Syria-Iraq 'caliph' incites Muslims to holy war
(Yara Bayoumy, Reuters)
What’s wrong with this right? Assessing international religious freedom
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Dialoguing with Islam: Because fundamental ideas in Christianity and Islam are so different, a meeting of minds is difficult
(James Schall SJ, MercatorNet)
Foundation President appointed to World Economic Forum Religion Council
(Press Release, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Iran extends welcome to US religious groups
(Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
My view: It's time to stand against anti-Semitism
(Denise Dunbar, Alexandria Times)
Twenty years after rebbe’s death, has Chabad changed?
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
When, why and how Christians use the word ‘Allah’ — CFM
(Malay Mail Online)
How John Maynard Keynes can save the Arab Spring
(Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Pope Francis opens St. John’s Conference on International Religious Freedom in Rome
(St. John's University)
French veils * Religious Dems * Hobby Lobby : Tuesday’s Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
High Court takes circumcision decision away from rabbinical courts
(Yonah Sharon and Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
Religious women have stake in conflict resolution and peacebuilding
(World Council of Churches)
Pope Francis’s remarks on religious freedom for Rome conference (DeGirolami trans.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Monday, 30 June 2014
Chhattisgarh: non-Hindus barred entry because they damage traditional culture
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Saving Qaraqosh, a Christian town torn between Kurds and ISIS
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)
Yogyakarta: To cries of "Allah is great" unknown assailants attack Sacred Heart parish
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Dozens killed and churches burned in latest Boko Haram attack
(AsiaNews.it)
In the conquered territories of Syria and Iraq, ISIS crucifies its enemies, proclaims Caliphate
(AsiaNews.it)
Hong Kong's democracy referendum makes history
(AsiaNews.it)
China sends 113 Uighurs to prison, some on 'terror' charges
(Al Jazeera America)
As ISIL surges, could Lebanon be the next domino to fall?
(Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America)
Brazil, World Cup & Religion
(the Weekly Number)
Greetings for Ramadan: The politics of good wishes
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
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