Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Modi: Democrat or divider?
(John Lloyd, Reuters Opinion)

India’s Muslims worried about controversial Hindu leader as national elections begin
(Annie Gowen, The New York Times World)

Why blasphemy laws are actually anti-Islamic
(Faisal Kutty, The Huffington Post Canada)

Russia: European Court request enough to protect Uzbek asylum seeker?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

The failed pretext for war: Seymour Hersh, Eliot Higgins, MIT rocket scientists on Sarin gas attack
(Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, Mint Press News)

Central African Republic - Muslims and Christians in Bangui at peace amidst war
(Nyeko Caesar Poblicks, TransConflict)

Kachin, Burmese Army raids rebel stronghold: thousands of refugees and humanitarian crisis
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)

Saudi court shuts down liberal forum
(N/A, AsiaNews.it)

Women decry Lebanon's domestic violence law
(Tamara Qiblawi, Aljazeera America)

Monday, 14 April 2014

Appeal granted in Lev Tahor case, children do not have to go to Quebec
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star (Canada))

Elections in India and Afghanistan: Perspective from Pakistan
(Salma Malik, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Girls are being forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan, but because they are Christian nobody cares
(Nasir Saeed, Christianity Today Comment)

Hanuman Jayanti 2014: Hindus celebrate the birth of the Monkey God (PHOTOS)
(Antonia Blumberg, Huff Post Religion)

Has Malala become a puppet of the West?
(Nico HInes, The Daily Beast)

In Crimea, the Tatars fear a repeat of a brutal history
(Mike Eckel, Al Jazeera America)

Israeli officer killed on way to Seder in West Bank
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

Scores dead in bomb attack at Nigerian bus station
(Al Jazeera America)

The Internet-driven atheist reformation
(Jeffrey Cavanaugh, Mint Press News)

Why Evangelical support for Israel is waning
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things)

In an unprecedented symbolic act senior cleric calls for religious co-existence in Iran
(xistence in Iran M. Kimya Hedayat-Zadeh, Iranian.com)

Israeli families gather for ritual Passover meal
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Passover, the Jewish holiday for Gentiles
(Laruen Davidson, The Atlantic)

State Dept. issues warning against terror threat
(JTA)

The Vatican's precious manuscripts go online
(Liam Moloney, The Wall Street Journal)

Pakistan and Israel: a study in contrasts
(Yasser Latif Hamdani, Daily Times - Pakistan)

Malaysia: No answers from Putrajaya on child conversion
(Malaysiakini)

John Paul II’s legacy can help us win back religious liberty
(Ryan Eggenberger, Ignitum Today)

Civil law and religious law cannot co-exist
(Marion Tharsis, Free Malaysia Today)

Fiji's Methodists told not to mix politics and religion
(Reverend Tevita Nawadra Banivanua, General Secretary, Fiji Methodist Church, Radio Australia)

Temple Mount closed after violence flares
(The Jewish Daily Forward)

Commentary: What Gethsemane teaches us about suffering
(James Martin, Religion News Service)

Young Unification Church members prepare for arranged marriages
(ABC News Nightline, Yahoo! News)

Chabad gears up for biggest ever Mexican-style Seder
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

Islamophobia and the left: A convenient adversary?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

UN to grill Vatican again on clergy sex abuse
(Associated Press, The Big Story)

Goa communists accuse Church, BJP, Congress of spreading hatred
(Indian Christian Activist Network)

No rest in the debate over Sabbath business hours in Jerusalem
(Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times)

Nigeria violence: More than 70 killed in Abuja bus blast
(BBC News)

On back of international pressure, Hanoi releases two pro-democracy activists
(AsiaNews.it)

Easter in Yangon: Catholics "source of reconciliation, peace and prosperity for the country"
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)

Sri Lanka, Christian activists: With John XXIII, defending human rights
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Lahore: Third postponement in Asia Bibi's appeal as Islamist threats against judges continue
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Talking to the Taliban after Karzai
(Michael Semple, Al Jazeera America)

Asralindia: Association of Scholars of Religion and Law
(April Newsletter)

Sunday, 13 April 2014

No, Israel isn't about to turn into a theocracy
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Religious hostilities weigh down the extremely poor in 5 countries
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Saturday, 12 April 2014

Christian vigilantes trap 14,000 Muslims in C.Africa town
(Jean-Pierre Campagne, AFP, Yahoo! News)

Employment law: Faith in the workplace
(The Economist)

Global war on Christianity is violent and real
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)

How to resolve conflict: A Bible lesson for foreign policy leaders
(Chris Seiple, On Faith)

India: Most converts to Islam are backward; they need quotas
(A Sirajudeen, The Times of India)

Myanmar newspapers in black to protest journalist arrest
(AsiaNews.it)

Rebels kill 14 in attempt to disrupt India election
(Al Jazeera America)

Why people exaggerate religion behavior
(Shankar Verdantam, NPR)

Pope Francis asks forgiveness for priests who sexually abused children
(Daniel Burke & Laura Smith-Spark, CNN)

‘Pay for it yourself’: Canadian Catholics fighting renewed push for single publicly funded school system
(Sarah Boesveld, National Post)

Central African Republic clergy urge faster deployment of UN peacekeepers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Friday, 11 April 2014

Centuries of Judaica from life and rites in Muslim lands
(Eve M. Kahn, The New York Times)

Group of Jehovah's Witnesses followers detained in Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)

Jesus more popular than Mao in China?
(Michael Trimmer, Christian Today World)

Online and unabashed: Orthodox rabbis and scholars take to the internet
(Shulem Deen, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Secular education on the decrease in national religious schools in Israel
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Pope Francis' strongest statement yet on sex abuse
(CBC News)

Has capitalism failed? A multifaith response
(Multiple Authors, Patheos Public Square)

BC Law Society approves TWU Law School graduates
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Suu Kyi cautions Myanmar 'not yet a democracy'
(Arab News)

India: School is not a battleground for religion
(Babu Gogineni, World Religion News)

WCC announces international consultation on Korean peninsula
(World Council of Churches)

The Indian election: Will 2014 be 'Modi's moment'?
(Gauri Khandekar, FRIDE - A European Think Tank for Global Action)

Japanese airports becoming 'Islam-friendly' to cater to growing Muslim tourism
(AsiaNews.it)

Church of Uganda explains support for controversial anti-homosexuality law
(Frank Jack Daniel and Manoy Kumar, The Christian Post World)

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Religion and security in the heart of Asia
(Cory Bender, Capital Comment)

Canadian nun and two priests abducted in Cameroon
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Haredim demonstrate over arrest of draft-dodging yeshiva student
(JTA)

Saudi husbands to be taken to court by force if they refuse to grant a divorce
(AsiaNews.it)

After two centuries, Henan Jews prepare to celebrate Passover
(AsiaNews.it)

‘Subjective discrimination’ fuels states’ religious freedom bills
(SRN News)

Pope Francis: Human trafficking is ‘a crime against humanity’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Collapse of peace talks shows little desire for two-state solution
(Frederick Reese, Mint Press News)

Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks
(Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel)

Islamabad-Pakistan Taliban peace talks: Shifting focus to Afghanistan
(Halimullah Kousary, RSIS Commentaries)

As riot-hit Indian region votes, religious divide favors Hindu leader
(Frank Jack Daniel and Manoj Kumar, Reuters)

A Narendra Modi victory would bode ill for India, say Rushdie and Kapoor
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)

U.S. designates Sinai group that attacked Israel as terrorist
(JTA)

West Bank settlers derided as terrorists for turning on their own army
(Joshua Mitnick, The Christian Science Monitor)

Jesus’ wife * Evangelical courtship * Pastafarians rejoice: Thursday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Papyrus referring to Jesus’ wife is more likely ancient than fake, scientists say
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Islamic political parties make a comeback in Indonesian election
(Ben Otto and Sara Schonhardt, The Wall Street Journal)

Egypt steps up campaign to control mosques
(Tom Perry, Reuters)

Christians ask for less police checkpoints in Jerusalem during Easter celebrations
(AsiaNews.it)

Authorities grab Protestant church in Bishkek, angering faithful who turn to the courts
(AsiaNews.it)

Archbishop of Orissa: Today's vote "worries Christians. But we believe in democracy"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Black Hebrews: Police called us Sudanese, told us to leave Israel
(The Jerusalem Post)

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