Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Religion and Diplomacy: A Transatlantic Dialogue
(Pricipal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Uzra Zeya, HumanRights.gov)
Sudan woman gets death sentence for apostasy
(Al Jazeera)
The 8 worst places in the world to be religious
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Pakistani Christian and Muslim leaders condemn Rashid Rehman's assassination
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Religious liberty honoree Rabbi Lord Sacks builds bridges among faiths
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
The Ah-ha Moment - The Connection of Religious Freedom and Business
(Brian J. Grim, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
Buddhists celebrate Buddha day with prayer and good deeds
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Welcoming Pope Francis to Israel
(Ron Kronish, The Jerusalem Post)
Pope Francis will take rabbi and Muslim leader with him to Holy Land
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Women in Saudi Arabia: Unshackling themselves
(The Economist)
Obstacles to a just and sustainable peace agreement
(Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun)
Commission: Sharia source of worldwide religious oppression
(Ryan Mauro, Juicy Ecumenism)
UK calls on Iran to free jailed Bahá'ís and halt destruction of faith's cemetery
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
The discipline of matrimony in the Orthodox Church
(Metropolitan Jonah, Juicy Ecumenism)
Sudanese Muslim woman sentenced to death for Christian conversion
(RT)
Sudanese woman who married a non-Muslim sentenced to death
(The Guardian)
Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity
(Khaled Abdel Aziz, Doina Chiacu, and Michael Georgy, Reuters)
Aussie principals have option to cut religion classes
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
South Sudan church expands aid amidst conflict, begins healing and reconciliation
(Anglican Communion News Service)
China: Turkestan Islamic extremists claim Urumqi attack
(AsiaNews.it)
Non-Haj govt agencies to be relocated out of Mina
(Arab News)
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
'A' Jewish State vs. 'The' Jewish State
(Michael Oren, David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy)
Tibet: Human rights violations
(Dr. Parasaran Rangarajan, South Asia Analysis Group)
The UAE's preservation of the status quo - analysis
(Daniel Wagner, Giorgio Cafiero, & Sufyan bin Uzayr, Eurasia Review)
Christian leader: With Narendra Modi in power, religious minorities and Dalits are at risk
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Punjab: 68 lawyers indicted for blasphemy
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Iran's Shia Islam open to dialogue with modernity and other religions
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Saudi man divorces wife for driving
(Arab News)
"Purdue Consensus on Religious Freedom" with Signatories
(Center on Religion and Chinese Society)
Canada joins effort to free 300 Nigerian schoolgirls
(Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press, Global News)
l Qaeda group kills Defense Ministry aide in latest Yemen attacks
(Deutsche Welle)
Sudanese pregnant mother sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’
(World Watch Monitor)
Islamist group claims China station bombing: SITE
(Michael Martina and Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
Egypt seizes bomb-making material near Suez Canal
(Tom Perry, Reuters)
Yemen takes step to set up secure rehab for Guantanamo detainees
(Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters)
Britain, U.S. warn citizens of high risk of attacks in Kenya
(James Macharia, Reuters)
Calif. terror suspect launches new bid to overturn “preemptive” conviction
(Matthew Heller, Mint Press News)
Tajik Islamists condemn Nigerian Boko Haram's actions
(Interfax-Religion)
Purdue Center on Religion and Chinese Society Conference attendees reach consensus, calling for protection of religious freedom in China
(Christian News Wire)
Nigerian teen speaks about father and brother's murder by Boko Haram
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
How should we address North Korea human rights atrocities?
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Sudanese woman may face death for choosing Christianity over Islam
(Khartoum, Reuters)
Poll says anti-Semitism is global matter
(Naftali Bendavid, The Wall Street Journal)
Interfaith couple tests limits of Buddhist tolerance in Myanmar
(Carlos Sardina Galache, The Christian Science Monitor)
Newly discovered synagogue could be where Jesus taught
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
A resort in Galilee rises where Jesus may have taught
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Holy Land Christians hope Pope Francis’ visit might revive peace talks
(Evan Simko-Bednarski, Harry Stevens, Christian Headlines)
Washington D.C. holds prayer vigil for kidnapped girls
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Nigeria open to talks with terror group Boko Haram
(CBN News)
Militarized humanitarianism in Africa
(Joeva Rock, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Festival for Buddha's birthday, while studying to find the exact date
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
As Islamists cast their shadow, Jokowi still leads in Indonesia's presidential election
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Journalists Xiang Nanfu and Gao Yu arrested as the authorities get edgy over Tiananmen anniversary
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
Middle East is sitting on a powder keg
(Osama Al Sharif, Arab News)
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The Hindus, Hitler, and the politics of looking forward
(Drew Thomases, The Revealer)
Court dismisses ex-priest’s lawsuit against church
(Jeong Hunny, The Korea Herald)
Morocco: New institute for Imams, Murshiddines and Murshidates training to promote spiritual and religious immutable values - OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Where have all the Latino Catholics gone? - OpEd
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
For Mosul archbishop, the West has forgotten Iraq's tragedy
(AsiaNews.it)
A museum to open in Nagasaki to remember "hidden Christians" who lived through persecution
(AsiaNews.it)
Fighting for the world’s original Christians
(J.C. Derrick, WORLD News Service)
Pakistani police charge 68 lawyers with blasphemy over protest
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president
(Ned Parker and Isabel Coles, Reuters)
Outgoing Afghan leader not going anywhere, to U.S. chagrin
(Jeremy Laurence and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
International court accuses Lebanese news group of contempt
(Oliver Holmes, Reuters)
Jordanian envoy to Libya freed, Jordan sends back jailed militant
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Timeline: History of turbulent Saudi-Iranian ties
(Mark Heinrich, Reuters)
Frustrated Syria mediator Brahimi to step down, U.N. seeks replacement
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Algerian army ambushes militants, two killed east of capital
(Lamine Chikhi and Patrick Markey, Reuters)
Palestinian factions start talks on forming joint government
(Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
Holy Land Christians hope Pope Francis’ visit might revive peace talks
(Evan Simo-Bednarski and Harry Stevens, Religion News Service)
Survey: One-quarter of the world harbors anti-Semitic sentiment
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Drag queen * Black mass * Sex workers: Tuesday’s roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Iranian women embrace ‘stealthy freedoms’ with hijab-free selfies on Facebook
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
The war on terrorism led to a worldwide increase of torture
(Sarah Kneezle, Al Jazeera)
Despite explosion, Gaza freedom flotilla to sail against siege: organizers
(Sarah Lazare, Mint Press News)
Marital rape is officially legal in India
(Jess Zimmerman, Global Post)
Uzbekistan: "To prevent illegal religious materials"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Should Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals be considered torture?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
'Hallowed be Your name': Why prayer can never simply be private
(Matthew Anslow, ABC: Religion and Ethics)
Iranian women post pictures of themselves without hijabs on Facebook
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
The Great War and religion: A neglected history
(Kimberly Winston, Publishers Weekly)
Nigerian girls seen in video from militants
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)
China’s relations with Muslim Uighurs worsen as tensions rise after attacks
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
Christian party asserts Dalit rights in Indian elections debut
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, to fight Boko Haram with $2.3B investment in northern Nigeria
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Nigerian Christians remain hopeful amid persecution
(Kelly Givens, Christian Headlines)
US has uneasy ties with likely next India PM
(N/A, Arab News)
El-Sissi vows Egypt progress in 2 years
(Arab News)
India exit polls tap Hindu nationalist Modi as next PM, markets rally
(N/A, Aljazeera America)
As South Sudan rivals agree truce, church plays pivotal role
(Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service)
The path to legal same-sex civil unions in Peru
(Presbyterian Church USA)
Summit first step in creating a coalition against trafficking
(Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service)
Pope says baptism is for everyone, even Martians
(Yahoo News)
Monday, 12 May 2014
Islam, the West and Nigeria: Whose faith, whose girls?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The women in Iran taking off the hijab
(BBC News Trending)
Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Amnesty: 141 countries still torture
(Michael Pizzi, Aljazeera America)
200 girls kidnapped and for sale: Religious hostilities hinder Nigeria's better economy
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
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