Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 17 March 2014
Why the intense fascination paid to Pope Francis—or any pope—isn’t good for the Catholic Church
(Paul Bauman, Slate)
Thailand's fight over who should rule
(Charles Keyes, Al Jazeera America)
Sri Lanka, Catholic priest and human rights activist arrested
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
India is still no country for free speech
(Zahir Janmohamed, Al Jazeera America)
Pakistani university refuses prosperous work to Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt's human rights situation is going from ugly to uglier
(Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor: Security Watch)
Nigeria attacks kill more than 150: Fulani, Boko Haram suspected in weekend of violence against several villages
(World Watch Monitor)
Jerusalem cinema complex must close on Shabbat
(JTA)
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Catholic bishops urge NSW politicians to vote in support of Zoe's law
(Bridie Jabour, The Guardian)
Officials: Herders kill more than 100 in Nigeria land conflict
(Al Jazeera America)
Frontrunner to lead India picks holy Hindu city for election race
(Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)
Blasphemous babies: Saudi Arabia bans 50 names
(Al Bawaba News)
Saturday, 15 March 2014
'Women of Courage' awardees challenge social norms head on
(Viola Gienger, United States Institute of Peace - The Olive Branch)
Meet the Philippine Pope Francis
(John L. Allen, Jr., The Boston Globe)
The ghost at the atheist feast: was Nietzsche right about religion?
(John Gray, New Statesman)
Orissa, ruling on raped nun "example of collusion between the state and Hindu extremists "
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates ban Noah film: it contradicts Islam
(AsiaNews.it)
Gunmen kills 6 soldiers at Egyptian checkpoint
(Al Jazeera America)
Religious Futures 101: Population growth 3x faster in countries believing God is essential to morality
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea, China abstains
(Margaret Besheer, Voice of America)
A counter-coalition in Israel
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea, China abstains
(The Voice of Russia)
Morocco ends military trials of civilians – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 14 March 2014
Chinese students pray for passengers on missing jet
(NBC News)
Reconstruction of Timbuktu’s destroyed tombs begins in Mali
(Emma Farge, Reuters)
Saudi's lonely, costly bid for Sunni-Shiite equality
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
An Al Qaeda-Indian Mujahideen alliance spells trouble for Pakistan
(Balasubramaniyan Viswanathan, Geopolitical Monitor)
Nigeria: Blasts and clashes in Maiduguri
(MISNA)
Myanmar government excludes Rohingya from census
(AsiaNews.it)
For Myanmar Muslim minority, no escape from brutality
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
“Above all liberties”: Free speech is at the heart of a self-governing society
(David Ghend, MercatorNet)
Christian donors to give more than $1M in crisis aid to Ukraine Jews
(JTA)
Tunisia: Israelis are welcome with pre-arranged papers
(JTA)
History, myth, and the struggle over Crimea
(Igor Torbakov, Eurasianet)
Sri Lanka: TNA welcomes draft resolution, misses a golden opportunity
(Associated Press, Asian Correspondent)
From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China
(Saud Mehsud and Maria Golovnina, Reuters)
Thailand: Don’t forcibly return Uighurs to China
(Human Rights Watch)
5 things we've learned about Russia since the Crimean crisis
(Brian Whitmore, The Atlantic)
Ukrainian crisis may split Russian Orthodox Church
(Sophia Kishkovsky, Religion News Service)
Crimea Catholics selling homes, moving away in fear of arrests, church confiscation under Russian rule
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Beit Shemesh election highlights ultra-orthodox and secular tensions in Israel
(Reuters via Huffington Post)
Don’t underestimate importance of religion for understanding Russia’s actions in Crimea
(Mara Kozelsky, The Washington Post)
‘Noah’ film sparks debate over one of the world’s oldest and most beloved stories
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Rebels, Islamists form dangerous alliance in Pakistan's unruly southwest
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
In Syrian province, Islamist militant group flexing its muscle
(Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)
Aum Shinrikyo’s victims fear cult’s resurgence
(Arabia MSN)
Prisoners of belief: Individuals jailed under blasphemy laws
(Policy Brief, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Blasphemy laws: Wrong on so many levels
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Just war revisited and revitalized
(George Weigel, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Time to accommodate the divorce revolution?
(W. Bradford Wilcox, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Israeli Christians seek integration, including army service
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Moroccan king plays up business, religious ties on African tour
(Thomas Hubert, France 24 International News)
Beijing, Pyongyang, and Hanoi win 'Worst Enemies of the Internet' title
(AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Canadian Catholic school being pressured to teach all religions are equal
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Canadian legal brief backs Catholic cchool’s religious freedom
(CNA/EWTN News, National Catholic Register)
Of monks and men (review of The Last Monk of Tibhirine by Freddy Derwahl)
(Paula Huston, The Christian Century)
Tunisia security effort begins with mosques
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Iran: Jailed dervishes continue hunger strike
(Radio Zameneh)
Bombs heighten fears that Zanzibar autonomy movement targets Christians
(Fredrick Nzwili, World Watch Monitor)
In Vatican shake-up, Pope redefines role of second-in-command
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Israeli air raid on Gaza follows barrage of Islamic Jihad missiles
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)
Islamabad revives peace talks with the Taliban. But the army is ready to intervene
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Cairo extends detention of Al Jazeera staff
(Al Jazeera America)
Ceasefire collapses between Israel and Gaza amid cross-border strikes
(Al Jazeera America)
One cleric’s war on radicals is the hope for moderate Islam
(Ed Husain, The National (UAE))
ANAJURE hosting several religious freedom events across Brazil this week
(Advocates International, The Christian Post - CrossMap)
American Pastor Saeed Abedini taken to hospital, but shackled and forced to return untreated
(Jeremy Reynalds / Assist News, The Christian Post - CrossMap)
Worldwide, many see belief in God as essential to morality
(Pew Global Attitudes Project)
At 92, party insider again urges China to loosen reins on Tibet
(Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC)
Iran: Kurds tortured, hanged
(Shadi Paveh, Gatestone Institute)
Israel strikes back as more rockets from Gaza hit its South
(JTA)
Northeastern U. suspends pro-Palestinian group
(JTA)
Iraq: Don’t legalize marriage for 9-year-olds: Draft law huge step back for women, girls
(Human Rights Watch)
Iran's Rouhani extends hand to Gulf monarchies
(Awad al-Madailwi, The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Future firm on Lebanon state control over ‘resistance’
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Syrian parliament approves new election law
(Albert Aji, Associated Press, The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Islamist rebels in Syria claim kidnapping of 94 civilians
(Reuters, The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Kazakhstan: 87-year-old fined, two new five-day prison terms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Pope Francis’s first year: Reenergizing the Church as a missionary enterprise has been his primary aim
(George Weigel, National Review Online)
In his second year, Pope faces expectations that change is coming
(Jim Yardley, The New York Times)
Pope Francis: Media mentions
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Pope's Franciscans kick-start restoration effort
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press via NPR)
Pope Francis 'as real as it gets' in first year
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Russell Crowe Twitter stalks the Pope to get Noah screening
(Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast)
Noah and Islam: Making waves
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Many points of praise for pope’s first year
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
Gay Ethiopian faces uncertainty, peril if deported
(Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe)
Israel law taps religious Jews for military service
(Nicholas Casey and Joshua Mitnick, The Wall Street Journal)
Malaysians lift up missing flight in prayers
(Calum MacLeod, USA Today)
First ever fatwa issued against wildlife trafficking
(Bryan Christy, National Geographic)
Controversy over new Israeli law highlights growing ultra-Orthodox population
(Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Human rights for thee but not for me
(Lauren Carasik, Al Jazeera America)
Israel cuts army exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who study Torah for life
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Orissa: Hindu fundamentalists block Catholic church construction
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)
Raghuvanshi: appropriating Gandhi will not help Hindu extremists win elections
(AsiaNews.it)
We deserve better than sexist and racist “teachers”: Honoring real leaders, and a rejoinder to Abu Eesa
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)
Jew saved from Malaysia flight by travel agent who wouldn't book him on Shabbat
(JTA, The Jerusalem Post)
British PM Cameron offers support for Israel in Knesset address
(JTA)
India's Supreme Court: Book leaders indulging in hate speech
(Outlook India)
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