Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 22 November 2013
No-fly Muslims * Muslim mayor * Tweeter jailed
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Start of Hanukkah this year earliest since 1888
(Phil Anderson, The Topeka Capital-Journal)
Religious groups rally around U.N. climate talks in Warsaw
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Jewish sect says exodus from Quebec tied to clash with education authorities
(Allan Woods, The Star (Canada))
Pope Francis calls for full religious freedom in the Middle East
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald)
Indonesian Ulema want mosques in Madura Island hotels "to fight vice and immorality"
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Nepal, civil society and religions against kidnapping of child brides
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Iraqi Shiite group claims shelling Saudi border
(Ahram Online)
Anti-Christian death threats force closure of Bridge of Hope Center for Children in India
(Eurasia Review)
Islamist students protest across the country against al-Azhar
(AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 21 November 2013
A new (confessional) sirection in Catholic-Lutheran dialogue
(Mathew Block, First Things: First Thoughts)
MENA youth refuse to step down despite setbacks
(Aisha Habli, Common Ground News Service)
Modi’s Hindu nationalist campaign stirs religious divide in India’s heartland
(Mike Collett-White and Sharat Pradhan, Reuters)
Syrian religious leaders call for release of two bishops
(The 9th World Assembly of Religions for Peace)
When religion had a mind: The history of philosophical religion
(Peter E. Gordom, The New Republic)
Christian Israeli-Arab wants to build Rio-style Jesus statue near Nazareth
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
Religions for Peace: Opening Remarks
(Dr. William Vendley – Secretary General, Religions for Peace 9th World Assembly)
Religion for Peace Global Assembly, first day: some reflections
(Bhikku Sujato, Sujato's Blog)
Flight of Iraq Christians resumes amid surge in unrest
(The Malay Mail Online)
Myanmar rejects U.N. resolution on Rohingya Muslims
(reporting by Jared Ferrie; editing by Jason Szep and Robert Birsel, Reuters UK)
AP Photos: Myanmar madrassa draws displaced kids
(Associated Press, The Washington Post Asia & Pacific)
Kazakhstan: "They need permission from the local authorities"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
‘White Widow’ key suspect in Kenyan pastors' murders
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan’s NBP a major participant in Shariah compliant financing facility for PIA – OpEd
(Shabbir H. Kazmi, Eurasia Review)
B’nai B’rith celebrates 170 years; discusses issues facing Jews, Israel, US at forum
(Eurasia Review)
Pray like JFK * Hug like Francis * Chanukkah Honey: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Israeli couples say 'I don't' to Orthodox Jewish weddings
(Reuters, Voice of America)
Nepal Maoist head Prachanda calls for election halt
(BBC News Asia)
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
The bourgeois are at the gates
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things: First Thoughts)
Nepal: Now the social revolution can begin
(Eric Randolph, Foreign Policy)
Muslim Women more likely to suffer Islamophobic attacks than men - study
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Expectations are high for summit between Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Witness: Iran, where your shoes can get you deported
(Human Rights Watch)
New Google ad highlights complicated India-Pakistan relationship
(Neha Sahgal, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Reform’s Rick Jacobs hails new openness in Israel to religious pluralism
(Uriel Heilman, JTA Telegraph)
Will people stop being religious?
(Khaya Mpembe, The Times of Swaziland)
Analysis: How Bangladesh aid restrictions impact Rohingyas
(IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis)
Hizbullah’s actions threaten Lebanon’s stability
(Nohad Topalian, Al-Shorfa via Eurasia Review)
Egypt remains confused by White House policy
(Adel El-Adawy, The Hill Congress Blog)
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Ancient city discovered beneath Biblical-era ruins in Israel
(Tia Ghose, Fox News)
Ghana: Parliament commends Catholic Church
(Ghana Web)
KAICIID: Religion should be part of solution to conflicts
(Rafiq A. Tschannen, The Muslim Times)
South Sudanese bishops praise national progress, urge reform
(Catholic News Agency)
Egypt: Are there really three million atheists?
(BBC News)
The two Jacks: Contrasting takes on C.S. Lewis and JFK’s public and private faiths
(Justin Taylor and Joe Rigney, Religion News Service)
Screwtape and the cure of souls: Grace among the ruins
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
Deeply unpopular at home, French president embraced on Israel trip
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
On Israeli religious reforms, Naftali Bennett still figuring out road map
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Church members stage peaceful protest after decades of waiting for government to return church land
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Three-Self sanctioned church pastor and 20 believers detained in Henan
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Jews challenge worship rules at holiest of Jerusalem sites
(Neri Zilber, Religion News Service)
French priest 'kidnapped' by Nigeria’s Boko Haram in Cameroon
(World Watch Monitor)
Letter from Tangier
(Reva Bhalla, Stratfor)
Religion doesn’t belong in the classroom
(Rob Breakenridge, Calgary Herald)
Al-Qaeda power struggle enters new phase – Analysis
(Rajeh Saeed, Al-Shorfa (Arabic) via Eurasia Review)
Yemen: Review Saudi Woman’s refugee claim
(Human Rights Watch)
Vatican removes 'La Repubblica' interview from its website
(Catholic News Agency)
Worldwide Hindus concerned at Diwali labeled as ‘blasphemy’ in Cook Islands
(Eurasia Review)
New on Big Questions Online: Atheism, Press Freedom, Gratitude
(Ansley Roan, Big Questions Online)
Burma’s promise: President Thein Sein’s 11 commitments to Obama
(Daniel P. Sullivan, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Nepal goes to the polls
(Deepak Adhikari, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Siavosh Derakhti, a young Muslim, defends Jews and others targeted by hate crimes
(Gary G. Yerkey, The Christian Science Monitor)
What makes music sacred?
(Laura Davis, OUPblog)
The New Evangelization: Responsibilities and Challenges for the American Continent
(Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., First Things: On the Square)
Challenging supremacist ideology in Islam
(Tahmina Kazi, Public Spirit)
Hollande in Israel vows to fight anti-Semitism
(News Wires, France 24 International News)
The Christian Intellectual
(R.R. Reno, First Things: On the Square)
Anti-military, anti-Brotherhood protesters enter Tahrir for 1st time since Morsi's ouster
(Ahram Online)
Tajik mullah detained for killing young man "possessed by a Jinn"
(Interfax)
Eastern Patriarchs to meet Pope to discuss the future of Christians in the Middle East
(AsiaNews.it)
As China relents on one-child policy, Third Plenum's contradictions show
(Wang Zhicheng, Asianews.it)
Shi'ite professor, driver shot dead in Pakistan violence
(Ahram Online)
Beirut, al- Qaeda cast shadow over suicide attack on Iranian embassy
(AsiaNews.it)
Israel court upholds 3-year-old detention of al-Qaeda suspect
(Ahram Online)
The Evolution of Conscience in the Western World
(Howard P. Kainz, First Things: On the Square)
Update: Islamists raid Somali police station, at least 28 dead
(Ahram Online)
Two priests from underground Church in prison. Doubts about Xi Jinping’s "unprecedented" reforms
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Islamist youth group defend their right to march in Mohamed Mahmoud
(Ahram Online)
Monday, 18 November 2013
Sudan’s Enduring Question: The Role of Shari'ah in the Constitution and Law
(Policy Brief, The US Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Global Religious Futures: Religious Freedom, Affiliation and Attitudes
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Egypt's embattled atheists
(Patrick Keddie, Al Jazeera)
Egypt: Fears replace Christians' high expectations
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press, Deseret News)
Kazakh universities make lists of Muslim students
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
The touchy topic of religion: Afghanistan's future
(Katherine Marshall, Huff Post Religion)
Dispatch from Lebanon: Ashura in a time of war
(A.R., M.G. and J.H-Y., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])
Religious difference and war: The sharp edge of sectarianism
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth: After the circus
(The Economist)
Tajikistan: "The Law demands that all religious literature be checked by the State"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Virat Ramayan Mandir will be world's largest religious monument when construction is completed in Bihar, India
(Huff Post Religion)
Rahul Gandhi woos election-bound Delhi; takes on BJP, Shiv Sena
(Hemant Abhishek, India: Assembly Elections 2013)
Pakatan’s stand on religious issues is a smart move, say political analysts
(Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider)
Looking forward to AAR/SBL 2013
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog)
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Angry Shi'ites storm Schlumberger camp at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield
(Aref Mohammed, Reuters)
OIC delegation visits Rohingya refugee camps amid protests
(Reported by Thin Thiri for RFA’s Myanmar Service; translated by Khet Mar; written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink, Radio Free Asia)
Conscientious objectors and religious freedom
(Elizabeth Cassidy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
How to mark the battle of Mohamed Mahmoud?
(Amira Howeidy, Ahram Online)
Fate of military trials in Egypt's constitution to be decided on Sunday
(Ahram Online)
Islamophobe retires * Sunni-Shiite violence * Mauritania’s slavery
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
West Java: fakes conversion to Islam to be marry, Christian soap actor risks jail
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
An absurd push for separation of religion and state in Canada
(Mira Sucharov, The Daily Beast: Open Zion)
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