Law and Religion Headlines

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia: a data-based snapshot
(Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Tackling manifestations of collective hatred
(UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)

Tehran tower goes dark in honour of Muslim saint
(Radio Zamaneh)

Catholics and Muslims fasting and praying together for Asia Bibi and Sawan Masih
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

April 3, AD 33: Why we believe we can know the exact date Jesus died
(Andreas J. Köstenberger and Justin Taylor, First Things)

Seven Lev Tahor members arrested for immigration issues
(The Canadian Press, CTV News)

Death toll increases as Fulani herdsmen murder Christians in Nigeria
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)

Human right violations in Equatorial Guinea highlighted in a WCC event
(AllAfrica)

Cardinal O’Malley: Immigrant outreach on Mexican border inspired by Pope Francis
(Melinda Henneberger, The Washington Post)

Protester gets 9 months for promoting hatred against Muslims
(Alyshah Hasham, Toronto Star)

Vietnam, Con Dau Catholics suffer more land seizures and demolitions
(AsiaNews.it)

Official: Taliban killed abducted candidate
(Al Jazeera)

God and freedom: Rémi Brague in Rome
(George Weigel, First Things)

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Abbas takes defiant step, and Mideast talks falter
(Jodi Rudoren, Michael R. Gordon, and Mark Landler, The New York Times)

Afghan women see hope in the ballot box
(Rod Norland, The New York Times)

Apocalyptic prophecies drive both sides to Syrian battle for end of time
(Mariam Karouny, Reuters)

Beyond sectarianism: Geopolitics, fragmentation, and the Syrian civil war
(Benedetta Berti and Jonathan Paris, World Security Network)

Cameron: Britain to investigate Muslim Brotherhood operations
(N/A, Aljazeera America)

Chinese Atheists? What the Pew survey gets wrong
(Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books)

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood chief calls Sisi a 'tyrant'
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)

Egypt's new president: Nasser or Sadat? - OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)

Flight from rage: Conflict in the Central African Republic
(Los Angeles Times)

Nepal's religious minorities tell government to be "secular" and not just support Hindus
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Sri Lanka "rejects" UN war crimes resolution
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Tibetans repressed in Nepal, rights group finds
(Edward Wong and Bhadra Sharma, The New York Times)

Blurred Vision * Myanmar’s Muslims * Saudi insanity: March’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Supreme Overload * Vatican Greens * RNS Retreat : Tuesday’s Roundup
(Laruen Markoe, Religion News Service)

WCC congratulates newly elected Syrian patriarch
(World Council of Churches)

New US-based Syriac Patriarch says he'll return to Syria
(Nuri Kino, World Watch Monitor)

Authors respond to recent discussions: Atheism, complexity, and thrift
(Ansley Roan, Big Questions Online)

The first harm is the biggest harm (identify of father and mother)
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

Strike keeps Passover supplies from reaching organizers of holiday meal in Kathmandu, Nepal
(Associated Press via The Prince George Citizen)

Kenya: Christian and Muslim clerics say terror has nothing to do with religion
(Patrick Beja, Standard Digital News)

'China's Schindler' Ho Fengshan commemorated in San Francisco
(Han Shasha (Xinhua), People Daily (English))

China angered as detained Uighur academic wins rights prize
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Ron Popeski, Reuters)

Report from Court on Loyola hearing – March 24, 2014
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Loyola High School, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec
(Webcast of the Hearing, Supreme Court of Canada)

Freedom of Conscience & Religion: Loyola High School v Québec (AG)
(Matthew Ponsford, University of Ottawa - Pro Bono Students Canada, Canada Civil Liberties Association)

Trinity Western U’s law school future debated (April 11 meeting)
(The Vancouver Sun)

Monastery in Israel vandalized with anti-American epithets
(JTA)

Aid groups see dire crisis for Rohingya in Myanmar
(Associated Press via NPR)

Myanmar's 1st census in decades bars name Rohingya
(Aye Aye Win, Associated Press)

Kyrgyzstan: Criminal convictions overturned, but will alternative to military service be for all?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Saudi Arabia: New terrorism regulations assault rights
(Human Rights Watch)

Monday, 31 March 2014

Former U.S. hostages angry about new Iran U.N. envoy appointee
(Louis Chabonneau, Reuters)

11 ancient burial boxes recovered in Israel
(Jon Gerberg, Associated Press, MSN News)

Hatred festers as Muslims and Christians suffer in Central African Republic
(Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times)

Tunisia takes on militants, pushes back against Shariah law
(Sarah Lynch, USA Today, The Washington Post)

Morocco counterradicalization strategy bears fruits - OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)

Cardinal Gracias calls on Indians to fast and pray before the election to save democracy
(Card. Oswald Gracias, AsiaNews.it)

'What future for the Church in China?' (Chinese now edition available)
(AsiaNews.it)

Despite new law, Ugandan cleric ministers to gays
(Rodney Muhumuza, ABC News)

The last Jews of Calcutta
(Rahul Tandon, BBC News)

Jihad by social media
(Sam Jones, Financial Times)

Religion and spirituality have distinct but complementary influences on health
(News Medical)

April Fool’s isn’t a religious holiday, but there are some religious roots
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, Religion News Service)

"Religious freedom is good for business" discussed at high level events worldwide
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Holocaust survivors in Canada target of scam
(JTA)

Japan: Airports eager to cater to Muslims’ needs
(Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)

Tibetan Communist who urged reconciliation with Dalai Lama dies
(Benjamin Kang Lim and David Stanway, Reuters)

Iranian chief rabbi dies
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

Pope Francis expresses concern to Pres. Obama as U.S. hits 6-year high in religious restrictions
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Why Africa's turning anti-gay
(Jay Michaelson, The Daily Beast)

Why evil committed in the name of God is worse
(Dennis Prager, Jewish Journal)

Promoting “religious freedom” does more harm than good
(Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, The Conversation)

When ‘Egyptian’ just meant Egyptian: ‘Jews of Egypt,’ about the end of a more tolerant era
(Miriam Bale, The New York Times)

Here comes everybody: Catholic diversity
(Robert P. George, First Things)

Vatican bank fraud foiled after suspects stopped with €1.2bn of forged bonds
(John Hooper, The Guardian)

Vatican hustle: Con men no longer welcome in the Holy See
(Tom Kington, The Daily Beast)

Vatican bank's ousted president comes out swinging
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press via NPR)

US mediators try to rescue Mideast peace talks
(Associated Press via The Washington Post)

Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood: Keeping a low profile
(Ibrahim Gharayaba, The Majalla)

Egypt: Resurgence of the security state
(Ann M. Lesch, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

Erdogan wins election: hunt for "traitors" is on
(AsiaNews.it)

Sunday, 30 March 2014

Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians killed in Boko Haram violence in 2014
(Heather Murdock, Voice of America)

Is belief a Jewish notion?
(Gary Gutting, The New York Times Op Ed)

Sri Lanka: Indian abstention at UNHRC: National interest or complicity issue?
(Professor Ramu Manivannan, South Asia Analysis Group)

Algeria: Bureaucratic ploys used to stifle associations, warns HRW
(N/A, Eurasia Review)

Myanmar begins census amid tensions
(Al Jazeera)

Saturday, 29 March 2014

Whither Myanmar?
(Derek Tonkin, EU-Asia)

Myanmar 1st census in decades bars minority Muslims from identifying themselves as 'Rohingya'
(Associated Press via Fox News)

Death sentencing of Pakistani Christian for 'blasphemy' stirs outrage
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Jewish groups resume dialogue with mainline churches
(JTA)

Soul-searching as Japan ends a man's decades on death row
(Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times)

Malaysia's Islamic endowments set to venture into shares, bonds
(Al-Zaguan Amer Hamzah, Reuters)

Indian activist: Narendra Modi and Arwind Kejriwal, as dangerous as "Hitler and Mussolini"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Afghanistan: Kabul election commission comes under Taliban attack
(Al Jazeera)

Vatican says it's willing to play mediator role in Venezuela
(Nicole Winfield, Huffington Post)

Friday, 28 March 2014

Azerbaijan's illiberal opposition
(Eldar Mamedov, Eurasianet.org)

No blasphemous miming here
(Jacob Mchangama, National Review Online)

Philippines, Muslim rebels sign final peace deal to end conflict
(Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato; Additional reporting by Will Dunham in Washington; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Paul Simao, Reuters)

Rebels reassure Christians after capturing key Syrian border town
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

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