Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 10 February 2014
Moral courage: Imam for peace
(The Daily Beast)
Christian Oscars * Fading faith * Puritan Valentine’s Day: Monday’s Roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
U.S. Consulate employee killed by gunmen in Pakistan, officials say
(Haq Nawaz Khan and Tim Craig, The Washington Post - Asia & Pacific)
The number of women sentenced to death across the Middle East has very little to do with justice
(Robert Fisk, The Independent)
Suicide bomb trainer in Iraq accidentally blows up his class
(Duraid Adnan and Tim Arango, International New York Times)
Brazil has lowest government restriction on religion among 25 largest countries
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Why religion matters: The longing within
(Mormon Newsroom)
The Jesuits and Syria: A voice crying in the wilderness
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religious minorities in Islamic Pakistan struggle but survive amid increasing persecution
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huff Post Religion)
Ontario university defends decision to kick non-Muslim out of course that teaches Islamic preaching
(Jen Gerson, National Post)
Chief mufti of Tajikistan condemns homosexuality
(Interfax-Religion)
Iran: Death row prisoners must not be executed
(Amnesty International)
Japanese man wins landmark lawsuit on religious oppression
(Meredith Somers, European Coordination for Freedom of Conscience)
Malaysia: Unknown vandals desecrate eight graves in a Christian cemetery in Kuantan
(AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan, father of three fired because a Christian
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
New video of abducted Ma'aloula nuns, calling for the release of "all detainees" in Syria
(AsiaNews.it)
Morocco: Christian convert from Islam exonerated from charges of proselytising
(AsiaNews.it)
Australia: Salvation Army backs national scheme to redress abuse of children
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Legionaries of Christ denounce founder, Marcial Maciel Degollado
(Reuters, New York Times)
Iranian execution of poet further darkens Iran’s human rights record
(Freedom House)
Royal Order : Participants in hostilities outside the kingdom or members of radical religious, intellectual groups receive 3-20 years in prison
(Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Kuwaiti legislator proposes Saudi-style anti-terrorism law
(Saudi Gazette)
Sunday, 9 February 2014
B’nai B’rith condemns Presbyterian Church for publication of anti-Jewish ‘educational’ guide on Israel
(Eurasia Review)
Church backs Manohar Parrikar, says Goa Carnival not religious festival
(DNA India)
Egypt accuses Islamist group of having armed wing
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
PDP is dangerously introducing religion into Nigeria’s politics – Senator Ojudu
(Bashir Adefaka, Vanguard)
Shiite militias in Iraq begin to remobilize
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post - Middle East)
Suspected Philippine rebels bomb high-voltage tower
(Associated Press in Manila, South China Morning Post - Asia)
The U.N. assault on the Catholic Church
(Claudia Rosett, The Wall Street Journal)
Toward an Islamic enlightenment
(Şahin Alpay, Today's Zaman)
Turkish foreign minister: Israel, Turkey close to normalizing relations
(JTA)
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Christian-Muslim conflict rooted in politics not religion: Orthodox leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egypt army hits Sinai militants; new group claims Cairo bomb
(Tom Perry, Reuters)
Ex-Soviet region reneging on religious liberties?
(Paul Strand, CBN News)
Morocco hails Tunisia’s adoption of new constitution – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Myanmar: Why is the Clergy Angry?
(Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Nigerian Americans welcome Obama's pledge to help stop terror in Nigerian churches – OpEd
(Laolu Akande, Eurasia Review)
Perth man argues he couldn't wear bike helmet because he was wearing a kippah
(News.com.au)
Police chief assassinated by Al-Qaeda in Yemen
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Protests in Jerusalem
(SLIDESHOW, Reuters)
The banal side of the religious State
(Mugambi Nandi, Standard Digital News)
Wielding whip and a hard new law, Nigeria tries to 'sanitize' itself on gays
(Adam Nossiter, International New York Times)
Yemeni education official: fighting terrorism a top priority
(Faisal Darem in Sanaa, Al-Shorfa)
Pope to South Korea more likely, to honor martyrs
(Frances D'Emilio, The Big Story)
The Christian roots of the Olympics
(Brantly Millegan, Aleteia)
The collapse of political Islam with a loud crackle
(Ertuğrul Özkök, Hürriyet Daily News)
Ban on fighters ‘in line with Shariah’
(Arab News)
No Iran deal? No problem
(The National Interest)
Friday, 7 February 2014
Veil stereotypes: Constructing and distorting Muslim women
(woodturtle, Patheos Blog: Muslimah Media Watch)
Iran returns to its nuclear path, if Geneva deal violated
(Iran Review)
Iran delivers surprise, money, to Jewish hospital
(Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times)
Russia arrests 4 gay rights activists on opening day of Winter Olympics opening ceremony
(CBS News)
Iran’s mix of “token gestures” and arrests may indicate internal disputes
(Jeremy Reynalds, ASSIST News Service, Religion Today)
Baghdad al-Qaeda figure arrested on terrorism charges
(Al-Shorfa)
Iraq near implosion: The ‘bad years’ are back – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)
Vatican: UN oversteps its boundaries in report conclusions
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican hits back at UN committee for abuse report
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See (Advance Unedited Version)
(Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)
What the United Nations demands of the Holy See: background and analysis
(CWN, Catholic Culture)
How the Holy See was ambushed by a kangaroo court
(Austen Ivereigh, Catholic Voices Comment)
Saints in a confessional box
(Father Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion)
Moroccan on skis * Sochi’s Muslims * Syria’s children
(Omar Sacirbey, RNS Blog: Moozweek)
As the Winter Olympics open, Putin showcases a defiant Russia
(Gregory L. White and Paul Sonne, The Wall Street Journal)
An Olympics in the shadow of a war zone
(Steven Lee Myers, International New York Times)
Why Sochi has no mosques
(Tim Murphy, Mother Jones)
Fatah and the "armed struggle" against Israel
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Pastor killed as riots hit Mombasa
(World Watch Monitor)
Among Iran's 'True Believers,' an enduring faith in martyrdom
(Scott Peterson, Security Watch)
Pakistan Govt, TTP negotiators chart roadmap for peace talks
(World Affairs Journal)
Muslims flee Central African Republic's capital
(Jerome Delay and Krista Larson, The Big Story)
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Can the UN change the Church's views on abortion and gay rights?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Human rights violations In Algeria: The Mozabite people under attack
(Anna Mahjar-Barducci, MEMRI via World Affairs Journal)
The Jury is still out on conflict prevention in the CAR
(Misha Boutilier, Geopolitical Monitor)
Peace talks with Taleban a nonstarter
(Salahuddin Haider, Arab News)
Saudi authorities offer incentives for terrorist financing information
(Saad Abdullah, Al-Shorfa)
Tunisians disavow takfirism
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Dialogue and peace
(Speech by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the 17th Eurasian Economic Summit in Istanbul, Hürriyet Daily News)
Mullahs prosper as sanctions fatigue hits
(Benny Avni, Newsweek)
Disgraced Catholic order denounces founder, apologizes to victims
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Have some faith in Christian law school
([CORRECTION] John G. Stackhouse, The Globe and Mail)
Religious rights at risk, B.C. law school with gay-intimacy ban warns alumni
(James Bradshaw, The Globe and Mail)
Cornering a brave Palestinian man of peace
(Nicola Nasser, Eurasia Review)
Minority status will help us help others, Jains say
(The Times of India)
Facebook figures * Hindu keynoter * Sochi culture : Thursday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Christians and circumcision
(Mark Movsesian, CLR Forum - St. John's University)
Al-Qaeda: Jihadists v jihadists
(S.B., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])
Uzbekistan: Massive fine for Muslim prayer mat, Christian book raid ordered by NSS secret police
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Kenya: Nation goes on the offensive against Muslims
(Philipp Sandner, AllAfrica)
India’s Supreme Court to review "pro- Hindu" ruling, to curb religious extremism
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Israeli lawmaker apologizes, says comments on Reform were ‘misinterpreted’
(JTA)
Christian girl abducted, converted and forced to marry a Muslim in Lahore
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Council of Saudi Chambers rejects two-day weekend
(Arab News)
Egypt: Little-known army figure rises to stardom
(Reuters, Gulf News)
The Third Intifada
(Thomas L. Friedman, International New York Times)
Church law and state law: A loose canon?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The U.N.’s war on religious liberty
(Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine)
Vatican envoy rejects UN panel's critical verdict on clerical abuse scandal
(Lizzy Davies and Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
U.N. mishandles Vatican on its handling of sex abuse
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Central African Republic lynching a shock even in a country torn by violence
(David Smith, The Guardian via World Affairs Journal)
U.N. panel blasts Vatican handling of clergy sex abuse, church teachings on gays, abortion
(Anthony Faiola and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post Europe)
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