Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 5 May 2014
US officials: Even if Israel doesn’t like it, Palestinians will get state
(The Times of Israel)
PM: ‘Jewish Israel’ law vital to counter assault on legitimacy
(Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel)
Argentina's fight to hold onto religious freedom
(World Watch Monitor)
Israeli settlers launch enclave in Palestinian business hub
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Bahraini Shi'ite youth risk radicalization as political talks stall
(Rania El Gamal, Reuters)
Yemeni colonel shot dead in Aden, two hurt in bomb attack
(Mohammed Mukhashaf and Angus McDowell, Reuters)
Egyptian militants claim attacks near tourist sites in Sinai
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Relatives bury victims of Indian national park ethnic massacre
(Frank Jack Daniel and Biswajyoti Das, Reuters)
China hunting family members of Xinjiang bombers
(Ben Blanchard and Michael Perry, Reuters)
Cameroon frees 18 hostages seized by Central African Republic rebels
(Emma Farge, Reuters)
Persistent Saudi-U.S. differences hurt Syria strategy
(Yara Bayoumy and Angus McDowall, Reuters)
Boko Haram leader says abducted Nigerian girls will be sold
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
At least one killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon
(Tansa Musa and Bate Felix, Reuters)
MSF halts most Central African Republic work as government fails to condemn killings
(Emma Farge, Reuters)
Kenyan government defends security efforts after weekend bombings
(Humphrey Malalo and Edmund Blair, Reuters)
Sharif and the Pakistan Taliban: Peace talks loss is Washington's gain
(Zachary J. Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)
Frenchman shot dead in Yemeni capital
(Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters)
In Islam, there's more than one way to be an 'atheist'
(Nesrine Malik, The Guardian)
For Indian Catholic businessman, Saint John Paul II offers a new work ethic
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Faisalabad: Christian blasphemy victim rebuilds life thanks to benefactor (and AsiaNews)
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Ultra-Orthodox quietly joining Israeli military
(Aron Heller and Isaac Sharf, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Greek, Roma and Muslim: An ill-fated foray into politics
(Menelaos Tzafalias, Al Jazeera America)
UN: Vatican sex abuse compared with torture
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)
Sanjiang Church demolition highlights fears of China’s minority Christian community
(Bill Savadove, Cerf Institute)
Australia: Landmark report paves way to violence prevention
(ACNS staff, Anglican Communion News Service)
Church to stick with controversial billboards
(Shabnam Dastgheib, Stuff.co.nz)
Venezuela: Unarmed protestors beaten, shot
(Human Rights Watch)
Muslims of Nigeria denounce and condemn Boko Haram
(Muslims Against Terror)
Corruption higher where governments restrict religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Christian Britain * Breastfeeding pope * Stoned Brunei: April’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
The Great Divorces * Latino Secularists * More Moore: Monday’s Roundup
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Catechetical session comparisons [infographic]
(David Yamane, OUPblog Religion)
Ministry denies Haj age restrictions
(Ifran Mohammed, Arab News)
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors concludes first meeting
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)
Ethiopia: UN review should condemn crackdown on journalists
(Human Rights Watch)
Special jobs for women at courts set
(Arab News)
Israel’s marriage blacklist said to break privacy laws
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Noah: we caused the flood
(Nathalie Baptiste, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Pope: follow God for pure intentions rather than personal gain
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
U.S. negotiators blame Israel for collapse of talks
(JTA)
Nuns from Mexico minister in Columbus parishes
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)
'Gospel of Jesus's Wife' documentary affirms artifact 'is not historical proof' Christ was married but imagines titillating possibilities anyway
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
Vatican accused of “torture” in latest UN attack
(Austen Ivereigh, MercatorNet)
Boko Haram leader admits to abducting 200 schoolgirls; says Allah told him to sell them
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Sri Lankan leaders seek action to stop harassment against Muslims
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)
220 schoolgirls haven't been 'abducted' by Boko Haram, they have been enslaved
(Nick Cohen, The Guardian)
Palestinian Authority joins 5 U.N. global treaties
(JTA)
Christians underwrite uptick in Ukrainian Jews immigrating to Israel
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)
Netanyahu pushes to define Israel as nation state of Jewish people only
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Saturday, 3 May 2014
102 Sentenced as Egypt's Presidential Race Starts
(Maamoun Youssef, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
20 are held and curfew is imposed after attacks on Muslims in India
(Nida Najar, The New York Times)
After peace talks collapse, experts counsel a wait-and-see approach
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Al Qaeda's leader says Iraqi branch in Syria must return to fight at home
(Angus McDowall and Louise Ireland, Reuters)
At least six killed in blast in Somali capital: police
(Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar, Reuters)
Burma: repression marks press freedom day
(Human Rights Watch)
Egypt court sentences 102 Islamists to 10 years in jail
(Michael Georgy and Pravin Char, Reuters)
Embrace of atheism put an Indonesian in prison
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
India arrests 22 after attackers kill 29 Muslims
(Wasbir Hussain, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
India deploys army in Assam after 31 Muslims killed
(Biswajyoti Das, Reuters)
Kerry warns of genocide in South Sudan
(Anne Gearan, The Washington Post)
Libyan commander survives assassination attempt in Benghazi: official
(Reuters)
Mortar fire kills at least 13 in government-held Syria
(Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters)
Nepal: Government dismisses reports of abuse of Tibetans
(Human Rights Watch)
Pope sex abuse panel highlights accountability
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Three people killed by blasts in Kenya's Mombasa
(James Macharia, Reuters)
Tomb of Palestinian national hero vandalized near Haifa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos
(Reuters)
Winning back the Sinai
(Elizabeth Iskander Monier, The Majalla)
Yemeni colonel shot in Aden, bomb shakes Mukalla while army fights al Qaeda
(Mohammed Mukhashaf and Angus McDowell, Reuters)
Zimbabwe: Of religion, children's rights
(Tracy Mutowekuziva, The Herald)
Winston, “The Rushdie Fatwa and After”
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
ICC rejects MB call to probe Egypt military crimes
(PRESS TV)
Whither Protestantism?
(Matt Jenson, The Scriptorium Daily)
Scola and Allen, “Let’s Not Forget God”
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
John Paul II: who opposed his canonization, and why?
(Philippe Oswald, Aleteia)
Academic institute carries forward JPII's vision of marriage, family
(Kerri Lenartowick, Catholic News Agency)
Riyadh, university bans books linked to Muslim Brotherhood
(AsiaNews.it)
Death toll rises in India election violence
(Al Jazeera America)
More then 100 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced in Egypt
(Al Jazeera America)
Christian and Muslim clerics pledge to tackle insecurity in N. Cameroon
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Kenya legalizes polygamy
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Cardinal Sean O’Malley on sexual abuse crisis: ‘There is so much denial’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Brunei introduces Islamic sharia penalties, including death by stoning for adultery
(The Sydney Morning Herald)
Friday, 2 May 2014
Death stalks Muslims as Myanmar cuts of aid
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Holy See warns against ideological agenda in UN torture hearing
(Catholic News Agency)
Nigeria: Bring back our girls!
(Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International: Human Rights Now Blog)
The Church and the U.N., again
(Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing)
Vatican to UN: Don’t equate sexual abuse of minors with torture
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Barred in Canada: Christian lawyers are the new racists
(Lea Singh, MercatorNet)
Prayer politics * Faith v. Fact * Tea Party Jesus : Friday’s Roundup
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Xinjiang, Urumqi attack "work of religious extremists"
(AsiaNews.it)
Ecumenical conference held to strengthen unity among Bangladesh Christians
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Hindu Shankara masters decry Narendra Modi: A sinner for the Gujarat massacres
(AsiaNews.it)
Ostracised, Christians in Orissa again see their homes destroyed and water wells poisoned
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
The evolution of anti-trafficking campaigns in the church
(Jo Anne Lyon, On Faith)
Pakistan: Autopsy raises questions whether Christian’s death was suicide
(World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Church legal status in Angola tops meeting
(Agência Angola Press)
Report on human rights in Pakistan issued
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Arab Spring was not supposed to be about religion
(Acton Institute, Aleteia)
Jehovah's Witness challenge to South Korea's military service
(Jason Strother, World Crunch)
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