Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Can a source of conflict be turned into a unifier instead?
(Peter Weinberger, United States Institute of Peace - The Olive Branch)
Hundreds of Kurds in Syria flee after jihadist threat
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
Imprisoned Christian Asia Bibi waits for appeal on death penalty
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)
Interreligious dialogue, a "risk worth taking"
(Daniele Mazza, AsiaNews.it)
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate: Give up acting or we’ll deny your conversion
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant
(Boz Tchividjian, RNS Blog: Rhymes with Religion)
Palestinian youth riot at Temple Mount over Israeli lawmaker’s visit
(JTA)
Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam not allowed to go to Mass or even have a Bible
(NH, AsiaNews.it)
Uighur activist's detention rallies China's dissidents to his cause
(Massoud Hayoun, Aljazeera America)
Yaalon calls Hagel, clarifies remarks seen as criticizing U.S.
(JTA)
Zhejiang churches face demolition of crosses topping church building
(China Aid News)
Freedom of religion in Egypt no better under military rule
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor)
CSLR publishes first issue of the Journal of Law and Religion
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Cambridge University Press)
Argentina marks 22nd anniversary of Israeli embassy bombing
(JTA, The Jerusalem Post)
Atheists in Afghanistan
(Kelly James Clark, Huff Post Religion)
When Pope Francis meets President Obama, expect collaboration over conflict
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Middle-East's sectarian balance shifts as Syrian uprising enters fourth year
(Jawad Anwar Quershi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers
(Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)
The UFO sect campaigning against female genital mutilation
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)
British judge rejects case, calls it an 'attack' on LDS
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Lev Tahor secret court transcripts made public
(Wendy Gillis, TheStar.com)
Kazakhstan: Religious freedom survey, March 2014
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Freedom of religion or belief in Iran
(Dr Mark Barwick and HRWF Director Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers at the European Parliament)
WCC welcomes representatives of the World Jewish Congress
(World Council of Churches)
Copts in a revolutionary age: Egypt’s last secularists?
(Jared Maslan, The Revealer)
Are these photos of jihadists training – or a boy scout camp?
(France 24 International News)
Religious police found in nearly one-in-ten countries worldwide
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Saudi anti-terror laws ‘model for the world’
(Yusuf Mohammad, Arab News)
How a missing plane eased religious tensions in Malaysia
(Eileen Ng, TwinCities.com)
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
IGE holds conferences on religion, security and citizenship in Kyrgyzstan and Nepal
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Well-grounded research supports virtue and human flourishing
(Paul D. Miller, MercatorNet)
Missing plane boosts ethnic unity in Malaysia
(The Associated Press, Mint Press News)
'Saint Death' now revered on both sides of U.S.-Mexico frontier
(John Burnett, NPR Parallels)
The Social and Economic Impact of Religious Intolerance
(Brian J. Grim at the United Nations, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Sri Lanka, priest and human rights activist released: "Prayer can do anything"
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Lev Tahor: Children remain with parents ahead of Guatemalan court hearing
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star.com)
Christian leaders urge dialogue with Nigeria’s violent Boko Haram
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
UN slavery rapporteur visits Mauritania
(Magharebia)
Mangalore: Insult to religion on FB: Christian leaders meet police commissioner
(Daiji World)
Saudi Arabia: 53% don’t remember Friday sermon topic
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Crimean Tatars will have to vacate land - official
(RIA Novosti)
India: Continuing irritants in Mizoram - analysis
(Veronica Khangchian, South Asia Terrorism Portal via Eurasia Review)
In Syria, the dhimma returns
(Mark Movsesian, First Things: First Thoughts)
Syria: The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s history, current status, and why it matters
(Chris Looney, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
WCC general secretary expresses concern over Israeli Knesset law
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Knesset committee must vote again on conversion bill it backed
(JTA)
Global leaders emphasise continuing CAR chaos is ‘not about religion’
(World Watch Monitor)
Fears for Lebanon’s stability as al-Qaeda builds networks
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
Joseph Fan Zhongliang, ‘underground’ bishop of Shanghai, dies at 95
(Austin Ramzy, The New York Times)
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Saudis' mass expulsions putting Somalis in danger
(Adam Coogle, Human Rights Watch)
Vatican expels Michael Fugee from priesthood for defying ban on ministry to children
(Mark Mueller, the Star-Ledger, Religion News Service)
Vatican, Church of England and al-Azhar join forces to combat modern slavery
(James Mackenzie, Reuters)
Global Freedom Network founded by Catholics, Anglicans, Muslims to end trafficking
(Vatican Radio, Official Vatican Network)
Livni: Israel may not release last group of Palestinian prisoners
(JTA)
Pope meets with Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church leader amid Crimean crisis
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Orthodoxy, state and society
(George Weigel, Denver Catholic Register)
Iraqui bill to legalize child marriage criticized
(Sameer N. Yacoub and Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press)
Celebrating Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors
(Melissa Stanger, Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)
Man arrested in Anne Frank book vandalism in Tokyo
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Three convicted over India nun rape
(BBC News)
When Jews and Muslims got along
(Mark R. Cohen, Huff Post Religion)
Uncovered in Jerusalem, 9 tiny unopened Dead Sea Scrolls
(Ilan Ben Zion, Times of Israel)
Uzbekistan: Anti-Terrorism Police seize religious literature, tear down religious posters
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Asia Bibi's appeal hearing postponed
(AsiaNews.it)
Israeli trial court dismisses negligence charges against mohels – no law broken
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ukrainian Catholics experiencing 'total persecution' in Crimea
(Sonya Bilocerkowycz & Sofia Kochmar, Catholic News Agency)
Vietnam: Drop prosecution of blogger, says Human Rights Review
(Eurasia Review)
Difficult to find grooms for Hyderabad's 'over qualified' Muslim women
(Bushra Baseerat, Times of India)
Bangkok, government lifts state of emergency
(AsiaNews.it)
Somali Islamists attack hotel in central region
(Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)
Sri Lanka: Slamming the arrest of a priest and an activist, Church calls for their immediate release
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Amman slams Israel's escalation at the al-Aqsa mosque compound
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)
Authorities in Shanghai allow Masses for the late underground bishop
(John Ai, AsiaNews.it)
Deadly blast strikes Afghanistan market weeks before presidential election
(Al Jazeera America)
Teachers: High schools in Nigeria's Borno state closed fearing attacks by Islamic extremists
(Haruna Uman and Michelle Faul, Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)
Christian-Muslim marriages are latest casualty of sectarian strife in Central African Republic
(Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post)
Monday, 17 March 2014
Adoption reform, right-to-life style
(Kathyrn Joyce, The Revealer)
Afghan Elections 2014: What to Expect?
(Mariam Safi, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Jewish state declaration is unyielding block to a deal
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)
Lament for a divided church: Why the ecumenical movement keeps working to overcome fraying in the body of Christ
(Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, Christianity Today)
Mob threats aside, Pope Francis will pray with victims of organized crime
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Iraqi officer takes dark turn to al Qaeda
(Matt Bradley and Ali N. Nabhan, The Wall Street Journal)
The Syrian uprising at three years
(Borzou Daraghai, Financial Times, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Sri Lanka: Free prominent rights defenders, say human rights groups
(Eurasia Review)
Report: Egypt has arrested 16,000 people since Morsi's ouster
(Al Bawaba News)
Algeria cracking down on political dissent, Human Rights Watch says
(Al Jazeera America)
Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Build the infrastructure for Arab-Israeli peace
(Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics)
An agreement against modern slavery, signed by the great religions
(AsiaNews.it)
At White House, Abbas says Israel's recognition is settled
(Michael Wilner, The Jerusalem Post)
Christians, Muslims join anti-slavery campaign
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
The woman who saved Syria’s Jews
(Emma Beals, The Daily Beast)
Obama meets with Palestinian leader as diplomacy deadline looms
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)
Asia Bibi’s appeal to be heard by Lahore High Court
(AsiaNews.it)
Read between...what lines? Saudi bans thousands of books at Riyadh fair, calls Darwish blasphemous
(Al Bawaba News)
Indian activist: Narendra Modi’s candidature in Varanasi an outrage
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
The Central African Republic has become a nightmare for Muslims
(The Washington Post)
Jewish group rejects Quebec candidate’s apology for views seen as anti-Semitic
(JTA)
Mgr Fan Zhongliang's body taken to a funeral home, not at church
(Jian Mei, AsiaNews.it)
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