Law and Religion Headlines

Saturday, 16 November 2013

The unkindest cut: Anti-Semitism comes roaring back
(Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, Patheos Blog: The Velvet Kippah)

Myanmar Muslims, Buddhists urged to build mutual trust
(Arab News)

Human rights abuses are rampant in Burma
(Nang Lao Liang Won, The Washington Post Opinions)

Friday, 15 November 2013

Bill Clinton urges reconciliation in surprise trip to Myanmar
(Joseph J. Schatz, The Christian Science Monitor)

Tokyo court convicts Salvation Army major for defaming Christian church in Japan
(Japan Daily Press, Worldwide Religious News)

All eyes on Sri Lanka as Commonwealth summit begins
(World Watch Monitor)

Kazakhstan: Censorship "is not censorship", tightened censorship planned
(Forum 18 News Service)

Qatar's big ambitions: An interview with Dr. Mehran Kamrava
(Interview with Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Thursday, 14 November 2013

‘Christianity will become extinct’ in religion’s ancient homelands if sectarian attacks continue: U.K. minister
(Matthew Holehouse, The Telegraph, National Post: Holy Post)

New Scientology Center opens in the north of Israel
(Scientology Newsroom)

European, American Orthodox rabbis stand up for Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
(JTA)

The Druze militias of southern Syria
(Aymenn Al-Tamimi, Joshua Landis: Syria Comment)

Morocco, Mali sign religious affairs accord
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)

Indian Mujahideen as a terror model — Analysis
(Dr Shanthie Mariet D'Souza and Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray)

State Department names Boko Haram a terrorist organization
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)

Christian shot dead in Kenya for 'spreading wrong religion'
(Morning Star News, The Christian Post World)

The mindfulness business: Western capitalism is looking for inspiration in Eastern mysticism
(The Economist)

The Menorah Tree: Dangerous religious syncretism or amazing religious creativity?
(Brad Hirschfield, Huff Post Religion)

Yesh Atid MK seeks to make non-religious burial in Israel easier
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

Muslim holiday of Ashura brings into focus Shia-Sunni differences
(Michael Lipka and Fatima Ghani, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

EVENT, 20-22 November 2013: Religions for Peace 9th World Assembly
(How to participate and connect online)

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Youth easy prey for jihadists, analyst says
(Bakari Gueye, Magharebia)

Tunisia hunts down terrorists
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)

West Java: Islamists against Christian businessman accused of proselytising
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Head of town in Mexico sends mob to beat, abduct Christians
(Morning Star News)

Five lessons from the world of faith
(Chris Seiple, Economic World Forum)

2 Mormon missionaries OK after attack in Kosovo; suspected assailants arrested
(Tad Walch and The Associated Press, Deseret News)

Fundamentalists disrupt interfaith Kristallnacht remembrance in Argentina
(JTA)

Court should end Quebec's trampling of religious freedoms
(Editorial, Calgary Herald)

Australia Church child sex inquiry urges sweeping changes
(Tengri News)

At least 21 killed in Iraq on religious holiday
(RT)

Jesus statue unscathed by Typhoon Haiyan
(CNN Belief Blog)

The triple tragedy of Christian persecution in Middle East
(Ken Starr, Institute for Studies of Religion - Baylor University)

Can Matteo Ricci’s beatification mend China’s rift with the Catholic Church
(Debra Bruno, The Atlantic)

Chapel survival * Exaggerating martyrs * A rabbi return: Wednesday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Clash of ideologies plunges Bangladesh into cycle of violence
(Reuters, Voice of America)

Number of Christian martyrs continues to cause debate
(World Watch Monitor)

EVENT, 13 November 2013: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value of Cultivating Respect for Religion
(W. Cole Durham, Jr., Peres Academic Center Law School)

Rabbinate's discrimination of Orthodox rabbis abroad prompts emergency Knesset meeting
(Haaretz (subscription required for full text))

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Injustice in South Korea causes international outcry
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)

Ecumenical organization releases first statement on evangelism in decades
(Mark A. Kellner, Adventist News Network)

Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes
(World Council of Churches)

Why more than 1.86 million Christians around the world believe in God the Mother
(Aileen Donnelly, National Post: Holy Post Blog)

Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar protest Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s upcoming visit
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)

Fourth man charged in alleged anti-Semitic attack in Sydney
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Fight for religious pluralism recurring theme of 2013 federations confab
(Ben Sales, JTA)

New analysis of Pew data: Children of intermarriage increasingly identify as Jews
(Theodore Sasson, Tablet)

Grappling with Pew at the G.A.
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Lebanese clerics gather to call for religious diversity and co-existence
(Ayoub Khaddaj, Al-Shorfa)

Pope Francis is internet's top name of 2013, according to Global Language Monitor survey
(Huff Post Religion)

A call for a more realistic reporting of Christian martyrs
(Judd Birdsall, Religion News Service)

British oil worker hurt in Iraq row over 'Shiite insult'
(Karim Jamil, The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Religion wasn’t behind two recent terrorist attacks
(Akbar Ahmed, The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Jordan’s queen lambastes Islamic extremism
(The Times of Israel)

Karl Marx as a radical Protestant infidel?
(Janine Giordano Drake, Religion in American History (Blog))

Indonesian ulema again demand Catholic schools teach Islam
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Lahore: Life of Christian pastor accused of blasphemy in danger
(AsiaNews.it)

Tibet, young monk who set himself on fire for freedom survives
(AsiaNews.it)

Religion is not the enemy: agnostic, Maarcello Pera, explains why
(Philip F. Lawler, The American Spectator)

Lutherans see Malaysia 'Allah' ban for Christians violating religious freedom
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The Gambia: Imam Fatty renews call for commitment to religion - as Muslims observe Yowmal Ashura Today
(Amadou Jallow, Daily Observer (Forward with The Gambia))

When religion becomes a tool for campaign strategy
(Ejiro Barrett, The Nigerian Observer)

The Westgate Mall attack: What it means for Somali refugees
(Mark Yarnell, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Egypt's Christians close ranks as kidnappings spike
(Kristen Chick, The Christian Science Monitor)

Quebec secularism bill even tougher than expected
(Janice Arnold, The Canadian Jewish News)

Charter afﬁrming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests
(Mr. Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship, Québec National Assembly)

World Court awards some territory to Cambodia in temple dispute
(Voice of America)

A slippery slope back into Iraq? – OpEd
(Ivan Eland, Eurasia Review)

Minority report: Why Baha’is face persecution in Iran
(Reuters FaithWorld)

Fifty-Minister Wedding * Vatican at Baltimore * Death Row Donor : Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

News legal academic community in Israel
(Yannis Moliib, 91st Newsletter)

After 22 years as Chief Rabbi of the U.K., Jonathan Sacks wants to go global
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet)

Monday, 11 November 2013

Dershowitz backs Avi Weiss in dispute with Israeli Rabbinate
(Uriel Heilman, JTA Telegraph)

Secularists and Islamists exchange accusations over Egypt's new constitution
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)

Civil wars: How to stop the fighting, sometimes
(O.M, R.L.W., A.M. and P.K., The Economist)

Raising the bar on the conversation about religion
(Rabbi Alan Lurie, Huff Post Religion)

Where has religion gone from Australian history?
(Anglican Diocese of Melbourne)

Ma meets Hajj delegation to Mecca
(Taiwan Today)

Religious extremism and oppressed nation
(Salar Lateef, Pakistan Observer)

Bennett, Livni push for only one chief rabbi
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

List of acceptable Diaspora rabbis does not exist, Chief Rabbinate says
(JTA)

Elderly woman’s killing lays bare Myanmar’s religious divisions
(Thomas Fuller, International New York Times)

Political awakening of Pakistani women
(Muhammad Waqas, Arab News)

Public prayer * Belgium’s ‘youthanasia’ * Christmas in November: Religious Freedom Recap: Nov. 4 – 10
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Five Christmas holiday locations in Asia
(Jo Lane, Asian Correspondent)

Seven killed and 50 wounded in Iraq
(Al Bawaba)

China asks Church for help with social care
(Hazel Southam, World Watch Monitor)

In search of a winning Palestinian narrative
(Ramzy Baroud, Arab News)

Kazakhstan: (exercising freedom of religion or belief without state permission) At least 142 fines in 2013 – and counting
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

As U.S. negotiates with Iran, 3 things to know about religion in the Islamic Republic
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Syria: Islamists accused of massacre of Christians
(Gerald Butt, The Church Times)

The science of consciousness must escape the religious dark ages
(Michael S. A. Graziano, OUPblog Religion)

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