Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 7 March 2014
The Dalai Lama and the cult of Dolgyal Shugden
(Robert Thurman, Huff Post Religion)
Ukraine fights for its truth
(Roger Cohen, International New York Times OpEd)
All contact lost with Ma'aloula nuns. Syria will sink further into war for another 10 years
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)
Malaysia bans an Ultraman comic
(Al Jazeera America)
Fears mount that Boko Haram could bring Nigeria to the brink
(Courtney Brooks, Aljazeera America)
Abbas: I will not recognize Israel as Jewish state
(The Jerusalem Post)
Malaysian opposition leader Is sentenced
(Associated Press via The New York Times)
Four men whipped in Nigeria court after being convicted of gay sex
(Associated Press in Lagos, The Guardian)
'Noah' banned in several Middle Eastern countries
(The Hollywood Reporter)
African church leaders resist gay rights, call it a colonial import
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Why Christian ideals are the foundation of a secular society: Secularism is Europe’s noblest achievement and Christianity’s gift to the world
(Michael Kirke, MercatorNet)
Irish student union endorses Israel boycott
(JTA)
Wounded Ukrainian protesters airlifted to Israel for medical treatment
(Ben Sales, Talia Lavin, and Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Pope Francis is making more Catholics excited about faith, but actions slow to follow
(Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post)
The Dalai Lama's capitalist contradictions
(Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Wall Street Journal)
WCC general secretary shares with pope aspirations for unity, justice and peace
(World Council of Churches)
Women could have greater role in church, says Pope
(Deborah Ball, The Wall Street Journal)
Buddhist monks join protests in Thailand
(James Hookway and Wilawan Watcharasakwet, The Wall Street Journal)
Exclusive: Trafficking abuse of Myanmar Rohingya spreads to Malaysia
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)
Malaysia: Catholic Church takes Allah issue to apex court
(Lester Kong, Straits Times)
'Jewish state' recognition adds new Israeli-Palestinian trip wire
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)
Religious freedom festival in Haiti highlights peaceful coexistence
(Adventist News Network)
EU reassures Israel over ties despite opposition to West Bank settlements
(Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post)
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Experts: UN report reveals scope of human rights violations in North Korea - analysis
(Penza News, Penza News)
After the constitution passes: Tunisia in need of Turkey's support
(Fouad Farhaoui, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Kathmandu bans Tibetans from celebrating pro-independence uprising against China
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Divisions in the Gulf: Why Qatar and its neighbors are at odds
(Michael Stephens, Aljazeera America)
CAR presses for UN peacekeeping mission amid 'cleansing'
(Al Jazeera America)
UK Legoland closes for weekend after 'right-wing' threats
(Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America)
Morocco migration policy wins accolades
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
What Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ motto means for religious freedom and free expression
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Singapore's megachurches move to export lucrative religion
(Laura Philomin, Reuters)
Taxing Mormon temples
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Geert Wilders backs new anti-Islam party, the Australian Liberty Alliance
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Religious leaders condemn terrorist attack in Kunming
(Xinhuanet English News)
Hong Kong's dirty secret: thousands of asylum seekers left waiting in squalor
(Tania Branigan, The Guardian)
The language of assisted suicide
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today)
China's female imams carrying on ancient Islamic tradition
(Huey Fern Tay, Australia Network News)
Nigeria ‘at war’ with Boko Haram
(World Watch Monitor)
A nation divided: Venezuela’s uncertain future
(José R. Cárdenas, World Affairs)
USCIRF Vice Chair Katrina Lantos Swett calls for a global coalition on religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Youth from Asian churches invited to apply for YATRA 2014
(World Council of Churches)
More white evangelicals than American Jews say God gave Israel to the Jewish people
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
Egypt’s young Coptic Christians energized to fight for civil rights
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)
Pyongyang arrests "accomplices" of South Korean missionary: they risk being shot
(AsiaNews.it)
Catholics call Pope Francis ‘a change for the better’
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis: Church could support civil unions
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Dignity denied: North Korean atrocities revealed
(Ryan Kaminski and Mark Lagon, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
North Korea's unspeakable atrocities
(Eric Metaxas, Religion Today - Break Point)
Judge enlists police, border services to apprehend Lev Tahor children
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star (Canada))
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Analysis: Reconciliation looks remote in Egypt
(N/A, IRIN)
Pope Francis names six Toronto monsignors
(Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register)
Why euthanasia slippery slopes can’t be prevented
(Margaret Somerville, MercatorNet)
Mauritania: Nouakchott Qu'ran protest turns deadly
(Bakari Gueye, Magharebia)
Indonesian clerics issue fatwa to protect wildlife
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
The 160-year Christian history behind what's happening in Ukraine
(Philip Jenkins, Christianity Today)
Members of Jewish sect Lev Tahor detained in Trinidad as Ontario court delays child welfare hearing
(Allison Jones, The Canadian Press, National Post)
Pope hits out at criticism of Church over sexual abuse
(BBC News)
Missionary says North Korea interrogated him daily
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
WCC congratulates new leadership of the South African churches
(World Council of Churches)
Kuala Lumpur: Court adjourns trial on the disputed use of the word Allah
(AsiaNews.it, AsiaNews.it)
Israel and the rest of the world
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
Analysis: Evacuation dilemma in the Central African Republic
(IRIN, IRIN)
Chaldean Patriarch calls for a stop to the exodus to preserve the origin and history of Iraq's Christians
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
India, dates set for general elections. 814 million voters estimated
(AsiaNews.it)
Pakistani Christians fast and pray for peace and persecuted minorities
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Samir Khalil Samir: Hamas ban also good for Palestinians
(Samir Khalil Samir, AsiaNews.it)
For Christian leader, victims in Orissa and Gujarat should be treated the same way
(AsiaNews.it)
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Andhra Pradesh is India’s emerging hotbed of anti-Christian violence
(Robin G. Jordan, Anglicans Ablaze)
Court bans activities of Islamist Hamas in Egypt
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
Exiled Uighur leader urges calm after China attack
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
In Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims clash over mosque loudspeakers
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Nigerian army losing grip on northeast as Islamists rampage
(Joe Brock, Reuters, Daily Maverick)
LDS temple in Preston not a “place of public religious worship”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
With Venezuela in a tailspin growing number of Jews opting for Plan B
(Uriel Heilman, The Global Jewish News Source)
Church calls for an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Makaburi blames state
(The Star)
His Majesty the King, Commander of the Faithful, responds favorably to Côte d'Ivoire's request on training of Ivorian Imams and preachers in Morocco
(Kingdom of Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation)
Death toll rises in Nigeria car bombings
(Deutsche Welle)
An equal share of wealth equals lasting peace in CAR
(Matthew Newsome, Inter Press Service)
Boko Haram strikes again, with over 30 dead in latest attack, officials say (+video)
(Haruna Umar, The Christian Science Monitor)
One dead in Quran vandalism protest in Mauritania
(Press TV)
Monday, 3 March 2014
At weekly exorcisms, Egypt’s Muslims and Christians unite against the demons
(Aryn Baker, Time)
Baby to undergo blood transfusions despite objection of Jehovah's Witnesses parents
(Agencies, Telegraph)
India’s Muslims wary of rising political star
(Gardiner Harris, International New York Times)
Supreme Court rejects asylum bid for German home-schooling family
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post)
Train station rampage further strains ethnic relations in China
(Andrew Jacobs, International New York Times)
No change to religious instruction policies
(Rebecca Quilliam, The New Zealand Herald)
Ukraine: The haze of propaganda
(Timothy Snyder, The New York Review of Books Blog)
Rouhani: Beliefs stop Iran from pursuing nukes
(Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press via Yahoo! News)
Rise in bigotry fuels massacre inside Myanmar
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Deadly attacks tied to Islamist militants shake Nigeria
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews stage mass protest against Israeli draft law
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)
North Korea frees Australian missionary
(Dana Ford and Tim Schwarz, CNN)
Tajikstan: State control of Islam increasing
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Home of Catholic family torched in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against military service, see it as "an attack on Torah"
(AsiaNews.it, AsiaNews.it)
King Abdullah: Unity key to Muslim success
(Arab News)
Saudi Arabia: End to ‘absolute male control’ sought
(Arab News)
Mass Haredi Orthodox rally in Jerusalem protests draft bill
(JTA)
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