Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Kenya: Mosque that serves all regardles of religion
(Ishaq Jumbe, Standard Digital News)
The Nobel peace prize: Peace comes dropping slow
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
5 facts about the hajj
(Fatima Ghani and Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Factank)
Shahbag: Religion and politics in Dhaka’s public square
(Nayma Qayum, The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion & Media (NYU))
'It's very good news' Malala didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize: Pakistani Taliban
(Henry Austin and Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC World News)
A year on from Malala’s attack – keeping education out of the battle
(The Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation)
As China targets jihad talk and India sees rise in sectarian conflict, 3 things to know about the Asian giants
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Finally! A voice in the Shoura Council
(Sabria S. Jawhar, Arab News)
Women of the Wall vs. Women of the Wall: Organization splits over controversial decision
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Egypt: Christians scapegoated after dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins
(Amnesty International)
Syria: Rebels execute Alawite civilians in Latakia Province
(MISNA, Eurasia Review)
Re-assessing political Islam – OpEd
(Eric Walberg, Eurasia Review)
Hajis begin streaming into Mina
(Siraj Wahab, Arab News)
Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of unauthorized pilgrims held
(Ibrahim Naffee, Arab News)
Tunisia in the grip of a political crisis
(Mounira Chaieb, Pambazuka News)
The fall of Tunisia's Islamists
(Michael J. Totten, World Affairs: Dispatches)
Some Egyptian Islamists on haj pray for victory against the generals
(Amena Bakr, Reuters)
Vatican Jesus medal recalled after embarrassing misspelling
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)
Nun’s devotional songs take the Buddha’s message beyond Nepal
(Vishal Arora and Anuradha Sharma, Religion News Service)
Human chain formed to protect Christians during Lahore mass
(Aroosa Shaukat, The Express Tribune)
Egyptian attacks are escalating amid stalemate
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
In Egypt, a campaign to promote an ‘Egyptian Islam’
(Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)
China punishes nearly 400 for jihad-related offences
(The Indian Express)
“Homosexuals and devil worshippers” arrested in Iran
(Radio Zamaneh)
Friday, 11 October 2013
Algeria adopts tougher terrorism laws
(Walid Ramzi, Magharebia)
Brazil tries to combat religious intolerance of minority faiths
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)
Canada: Scientology donors can’t claim tax credits
(Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post)
Many of 250 drowned migrants were African Christians fleeing persecution
(Kate Tracy, Christianity Today)
Tibetan villages revolt against imposition of Chinese flags
(Observers, France 24 International News)
Tunisia magistrates seek counter-terror role
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Vietnam: More than 60 religious leaders are in prison camps
(Agenzia Fides)
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Bergoglio’s list: the untold story
(Edward Pentin, Mercator Net)
Is the West becoming less religious?
(Mary Eberstadt, Big Questions Online)
Malala's year: Shot for defying Taliban, now considered for Nobel
(Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times)
Remembering religious minorities in Syria
(Sahar Chaudhry, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Sudanese official hails secular system in S. Sudan
(Sudan Tribune)
The rise of Persian Salafism
(Mehdi Khalaji, Real Clear World)
The war on Christians: The global persecution of Christians is the unreported catastrophe of our time
(John L. Allen Jr., The Spectator)
20th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium concludes
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)
Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Pope Francis does
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Muslim leader says pope is model of what religious leader should be
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Gulf states to introduce medical testing on travellers to 'detect' gay people and stop them from entering the country
(Ted Thornhill, Mail Online)
Indonesia’s last synagogue, an intended heritage site, destroyed
(JTA and Times of Israel Staff, The Times of Israel)
Myanmar: Buddhists kill woman, 94
(Associated Press, The New York Times)
Indonesia: A coffin in procession: Islamist threats against the Christian governor
(Agenzia Fides)
Pakistan: A sanctuary for the Christian victims of Peshawar, still without compensation on behalf of the government
(Agenzia Fides)
Hizb ut-Tahrir denies recruiting mercenaries for fighting in Syria
(Interfax)
Religion and the UN: Visions of a new world
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Arab Spring is a window on global restrictions on religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Saudi advisory body rejects bid to raise women driving ban
(Ahram Online)
Tension high as Mombasa Muslims protest cleric’s murder
(World Watch Monitor)
Malala Yousafzai wins Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought
(UPI)
Faith-based Organisations at the United Nations
(Jeffrey Haynes, EUI Working Papers)
Salafis convicted of terrorism in Kazakhstan
(Interfax)
Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control
(Kret Krot, Worldwide Religious News)
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Akong Tulku Rinpoche dead: Prominent Tibetan monk reported killed in Chengdu, China
(AFP, Huff Post Religion)
In search of real witches in Nicaragua
(Dave Seminara, Fox News)
Kazakhstan: Pastor re-arrested within minutes as suspected "extremist"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Quebec seeks ban on religious symbols in public work places
(Benjamin Shingler, Huff Post Religion)
Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave
(Reporting by Syed Raza Hassan; Editing by Maria Golovnina and Clarence Fernandez, Reuters)
Taliban renews threat against Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai as Nobel decision nears
(Tim Craig and Saleem Mehsud, The Washington Post)
Vandals damage graves in Jerusalem, in latest attack against Christians
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Dubai court clears woman of giving a man the finger
(Jewish Press News Briefs, Jewish Press)
Vinh: amid threats and attacks, 50 thousand Catholics pray for release of the two parishioners
(J.B. An Dang, AsiaNews.it)
Attack on Jerusalem graves unnerves Christians
(Ahram Online)
Forty Tibetans arrested for protesting against China's red flag
(AsiaNews.it)
Women members of Saudi Shura Council challenge driving ban
(Ahram Online)
Gaza protesters demand death penalty as anti-NGOs meet
(Ahram Online)
Saudi warns against politics during upcoming hajj
(Ahram Online)
Myanmar religious leaders urge harmony after anti-Muslim clashes
(Radio Free Asia)
'Soil immersion against religious beliefs'
(Ishita Mishra, Times of India)
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Kazakhstan: Pastor to be transferred from prison to house arrest
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Hobby Lobby, and Mormon singles: This Week In Religion
(Katie Zavadski, Bustle)
Jewish feminists say they’d accept Western Wall prayer compromise
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Monday, 7 October 2013
As Saskatoon City Council considers prayer policy, should Regina follow suit?
(Vanessa Brown, The Leader-Post)
Is Buddhism a religion?
(Michael McGhee, The Guardian)
Let religious freedom reign
(Patrick Dacey, Times Live)
Pakistan: An Islamic country cannot protect its minors from sexual assault and the perpetrators enjoy impunity
(Asian Human Rights Commission)
Suspected recruiter of Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group arrested in Moscow
(Interfax)
The rabbi who brought religion into Israeli politics
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
Women of the Wall agrees to pray in egalitarian space, with conditions
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Young Nepali Hindus becoming Catholic to stop discrimination
(Kalpit Parajuli, AsiaNews.it)
Sunday, 6 October 2013
The promise and peril of Pope Francis
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times)
Saturday, 5 October 2013
The wave from Syria: Flow of refugees destabilizes Lebanon
(Samiha Shafy, Spiegel Online International)
The religion of Australian politics
(Cardinal George Pell, The Daily Telegraph)
Spiritual but not religious? Path may still lead to Church
(John Longhurst, Winnipeg Free Press)
Friday, 4 October 2013
An antidote to religious strife in Egypt: nationalism
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 6-8 October 2013: Twentieth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)
A rabbi and a Palestinian farmer are neighbors, partners – and friends
(Margarida Santos Lopes, The Christian Science Monitor)
Xi Jinping hopes traditional faiths can fill moral void in China: sources
(Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Quebec’s coup d’etat against religious freedom
(Sean Murphy, Mercator Net)
The meaning of martyrdom: Ways to bear witness
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Saudi cleric supports expansion of Grand Mosque
(Foreign staff, The Guardian)
How many people convert to Islam?
(J.D., The Economist explains)
‘Surprise’ release of Moroccan jailed for 30 months for evangelism
(World Watch Monitor)
Youths burn church, riot in Kenya's Mombasa after imam killed
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters UK)
Tunisian Jews are fearful following attacks, rights group says
(News Brief, JTA)
Saskatoon shifts to non-specific religious prayer, but fight not over for atheist who made complaint
(Sarah Boesveld, National Post)
Myanmar Muslims hide amid deadly sectarian clashes
(Khin Maung Win and Robin McDowell, Associated Press, ABC News)
Insight: Saudi Arabia boosts Salafist rivals to al Qaeda in Syria
(Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters)
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