Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Ukraine: Heading towards civil war?
(Nidhi Sinha, Observer Research Foundation)
Bangladesh: Implications of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Indictment
(Rupak Bhattacharjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Blair backs Egypt's government and criticises Brotherhood
(Al Bawaba News)
Pakistan: Malala Yousafzai book launch censored in Peshawar
(Eurasia Review)
Bishops urge end to confiscation of land in Palestine
(Catholic News Agency)
Islamic Governance in Malaysia: Taking the cue from Brunei?
(Yang Razali Kassim, RSIS Commentaries)
Nazi ban * Blasphemy in Greece * Anti-gay Africa: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 20-27
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Common Statement by John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Extremists have no place in Syrian political processes - Russian and Antioch church leaders
(Interfax-Religion)
‘Don’t force students to abandon their religion’
(Ghana Web)
Slideshow: Holy waters in Nepal
(Reuters)
"Army of Islam" members detained in Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Religion Titles
(Oxford University Press)
Hamas, Islamic Jihad gunmen now in West Bank
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Quebec police search homes of haredi Orthodox sect
(JTA)
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
In South Sudan conflict, churches attacked, looted
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The war on Christianity: The religion's followers are dwindling in the land of its birth - and it's not a crisis of faith, but one of violence
(Peter Popham, The Independent)
Lavrov calls claims on Syrian govt's using Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to promote terrorism "unscrupulous"
(Interfax-Religion)
Syrian battle edges closer to historic Crusader castle
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Religious girls enlisting to IDF in record numbers
(The Times of Israel)
Sri Lanka: Christians took to the streets for religious freedom: 18 Buddhists on trial for attacks against churches
(Agenzia Fides)
Malaysia: Penang cops to watch over churches, mosques
(Noor Adzman Baharuddin and Melissa Darlyne Chow, New Straits Times)
Blasphemy law used against minorities in Pakistan
(Kathy Ganon, Associated Press, The Big Story)
After Busan: A pilgrimage of justice and peace
(Christina Biere, World Council of Churches)
Iran: Wife of Assemblies of God pastor conditionally released from Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz
(Mohabat News)
Uzbekistan: Art lessons, talking constitute "illegal" religious activity?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Who are the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem?
(Malcolm Lowe, Gatestone Institute)
East Java Religious Affairs Court judges sanctioned by Indonesia Supreme Court
(Jakarta Globe)
Australian Jewish MPs defend the Lord’s Prayer
(The Australian Jewish News)
New Zealand: School Bible studies challenged
(Danielle Street, Stuff.co.nz)
Designated ‘Hindu prayer room’ sought in all Australian universities
(Eurasia Review)
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
ADL’s Foxman: Pollard incarceration verges on anti-Semitism
(JTA)
Central African Republic wants U.N. force as EU troops OKed
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Chile’s Palestino soccer club leaves map on uniforms despite fine
(JTA)
Egyptian general assassinated in Cairo hours before Morsi trial convenes
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
Extremism on the rise in Egypt’s Sinai
(Zachary Fillingham, Geopolitical Monitor)
Genocide and the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya People in Myanmar
(Sufyan bin Uzayr, Eurasia Review)
High Court orders Israel to recognize gay adoption of child born through surrogacy
(Yohah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
India’s Rahul Gandhi under attack over remarks about 1984 Sikh riots
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)
Indian Supreme Court won't review gay sex ban
(Hari Kumar, International New York Times)
Is the black race the most religious of all races?
(Ben Ofosu-Appiah, Ghana Web)
Islamic 'Martin 'Luther' issues his proclamation
(James Zumwalt, UPI)
Muslim group demands apology from Harper, chief spokesman over ‘terrorist’ comment
(Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail)
Nearly half the Israeli parliament marks Holocaust remembrance day at Auschwitz
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Sochi: The Olympics of anxiety: Security concerns, antigay law and construction issues dominate
(Sharon Terlep and Matthew Futterman, The Wall Street Journal)
South Sudan’s religious unity can help heal wounds of violence
(Othow Okoti Abich Onger and Jacqueline H. Wilson, The Olive Branch - United States Institute of Peace)
Tunisia adpots a moderate Constitution with Freedom of Religion, Women's Rights
(Gary, The Federalist)
Vatican Library, Japan to catalogue lost archive
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Egypt police arrests church attack gunmen
(Ahram Online)
Kazakhstan: Jailed for refusing to pay fine for exercising human rights without state permission
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sri Lanka’s Christians protest after January attacks
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 27 January 2014
‘Allah’ rings out in Malaysian churches despite ban
(Mohabat News)
320 arrested in Nigeria for alleged Boko Haram ties
(Reyhan Güner, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Argentina coin mixes politics, religion
(Richard Giedroyc, World Coin News, NumisMaster)
Nigeria: No to campaign on religious ground
(Felix Agbedeh, Nigerian Tribune)
Queensland students fear 'burning in hell' after religious instruction, author says
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Report: Women of the Wall nearing agreement with Israeli gov’t
(JTA)
Sorcery, spirits and sacrifice at Morocco Sufi festival
(Tngri News)
Targeting minorities: Emerging trend in Bangladesh and Pakistan
(C Uday Bhaskar, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Thai police rescue hundreds of Rohingya in raid on suspected traffickers' camp
(Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)
Zimbabwe: Of womanhood, culture, religion and hypocrisy
(Elliot Ziwira, The Herald)
Filipino troops battle rebels opposing peace deal
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Tony Blair: Extremist religion will be the defining battle of the 21st Century
(Georgia Graham, The Guardian)
Tunisia finally passes progressive constitution
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
The Holocaust, Muslims and Jews: Remembering the Righteous
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy]))
Malaysia church attacked amid 'Allah' dispute
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Anti-Semitism is an international threat once again
(Brendan Simms, London Evening Standard)
The growing importance of the International Criminal Court
(Naseem Kourosh, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Will lawyers in Canada soon face a religious test? The hypersensitive response over Canada’s first openly Christian law school
(Barry W. Bussey, `Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Attacks by extremists kill at least 99 Nigerian Christians
(Haruna Umar, Associated Press)
Egyptian military backs army chief for president
(Maggie Michael, Associated Press)
Anti-assimilation group begs Bibi: break up son’s dating non-Jew
(Jewish Press News Briefs)
Molotov cocktails and banners against churches. Malaysian priest warns of escalating sectarian divisions
(AsiaNews.it)
Georgian authorities to finance another four religions
(Interfax-Religion)
Rawalpindi, British citizen sentenced to death for blasphemy
(AsiaNews.it)
Islamabad: as bishop calls for 'unity against violence', thousands of Christians march for peace
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Sunday, 26 January 2014
China official seeks tougher rules on religion after Xinjiang blasts
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
Kerry reject claims U.S. is disengaging from world
(Al Bawaba News)
Pakistani religious leaders protest Taliban attacks on shrines
(Zia Ur Rehman, Central Asia Online)
The Rohingya People: The most suffering people on earth – OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
VIDEO: Religious freedom is our first freedom
(People of Faith, You Tube)
Saturday, 25 January 2014
China announces 'crimes' against detained Uighur scholar
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Religious liberty in Western and Islamic law: Toward a world legal tradition
(Kristine Kalanges, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Paper)
TWU School of Law receives final approval
(Jennifer Watton, Trinity Western University)
EVENT, 26-27 January: Workshop on Global Development and Institutions Inspired by Faith in Bangladesh
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Geneva-2: First round of direct Syria talks concludes
(Voice of Russia)
Muslims need to speak out against persecution
(Imam Muhammad Musri, Huff Post Religion)
Re-Judaizing Israel: Nothing new under the sun – OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Call for Papers DUE 15 February 2014: Law and Religion in Africa (26-28 May 2014)
(Pieter Coertzen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Only PM can pave way forward in ‘Allah’ impasse, says DAP rep
(The Malay Mail Online)
Pakistan suspends Shi'ite pilgrimage route to Iran
(Gul Yousafzai, Reuters)
Excerpt: Divine Interventions, an ebook about religion and government
(Rick Salutin, The Star (Canada))
Afghanistan: Young radio hournalist tortured and killed in Helmand
(Eurasia Review)
Friday, 24 January 2014
Foreign fighters' 'family jihad' erodes Syria's social fabric: analysts
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)
Iraqi Shiite figure advocates civic, not religious state at USIP
(United States Institute of Peace)
Syrian women in Jordan at risk of sexual exploitation at refugee camps
(Lee Harper, The Guardian)
Blasphemy case: Briton in Pakistan sentenced to death
(BBC News)
The Church and the World
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
My religion is better than yours
(Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne, Sri Lanka Guardian)
India: Military court fails victims in Kashmir killings
(Human Rights Watch)
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