Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 September 2013
Kenya mall carnage shows Shabab resilience
(Nicholas Kulish, Mark Mazzetti, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times Africa)
Pope expresses good will to Muslims in letter to Sunni imam
(Catholic News Agency)
Kenya mall attack: David Cameron's rush to 'solve the crisis' won't help
(Simon Jenkins, The Guardian)
A big heart open to God: The exclusive interview with Pope Francis
(Antonio Spadaro, S.J., America: The National Catholic Review)
Pope attacks global economics for worshipping 'god of money'
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Gunmen kill dozens in terror attack at Kenyan mall
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq kills 64, wounds 140 in car bomb attacks
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
The philosophy of Pope Francis—OpEd
(Paul Woodward, Eurasia Review)
Religion and law round up – 22nd September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Jews challenge rules to claim heart of Jerusalem
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Saturday, 21 September 2013
After the storm: Egyptian Church leaders in Delga reflect after army re-establishes state control
(World Watch Monitor)
Comparative Religion studies banned in Punjab
(Asher John, Pakistan Today)
Healing the divide between Christianity and the occult
(Stephen H. Webb, OUPblog)
USCIRF letter to President Obama on unprecedented sectarian attacks committed against Christians in Egypt
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Time for renewal of religious independence in Uzbekistan
(Catherine Cosman, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
ABS data shows Satanists outnumber Scientologists as lifestyle-friendly left-of-field creeds blossom
(Jackie Sinnerton, News.com.au)
Fiji PM denies restriction on religious freedom
(Fiji Broadcasting Corporation)
Depoliticizing Islamic finance
(Alsir Sidahmed, Arab News)
Historical contribution of local religions focus of new exhibit at Galt Museum
(Nick Kuhl, Lethbridge Herald)
Saudi Arabia religious police warned not to arrest women drivers
(DNA India)
Consultation focuses on rights of religious minorities
(Ekklesia)
Sri Lanka: Society has distanced itself from religion
(Kingsley Durairaj, The Nation)
Anglican Communion faces troubled waters
(Bob Bettson, Religion News Service)
Friday, 20 September 2013
Beyond liberal or conservative: A papal interview
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In-Brief: How to come by aid funding in the Muslim world
(IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis)
Iran releases 2 Christians, but many more still imprisoned
(World Watch Monitor)
Modern martyrs in the Syrian heartland of early Christianity
(Vincenzina Santoro, Mercator Net)
Why Iran seeks constructive engagement
(Hassan Rouhani, The Washington Post Opinions)
CAIR Report: Islamophobia network funded with $119 Million 2008 to 2011
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Delga, Islamists threaten Christians: "When the army leaves we will destroy everything"
(AsiaNews.it)
Iraq Sunni mosque blasts kill 16: Police
(Ahram Online)
Pope says Church is ‘obsessed’ with gays, abortion and birth control
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
Tajik Islamic Renaissance Party sues state TV broadcaster
(Interfax)
'There is only one Ontario,' Wynne says as province resolves to not limit religious symbols
(Adrian Morrow, The Globe and Mail)
Girls' empowerment movement is a global game-changer (article from April 2013)
(Gordon Brown, The Christian Science Monitor)
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Pakistan's internet censors seek help from Canadian company
(Katharine Houreld, Reuters)
Islamists raise the stake, as bombs are found on Cairo metro
(AsiaNews.it)
Qaeda-linked fighters tighten grip on Syria border town
(Ahram Online)
Al-Jazeera America * Kosher Smartphones * Honest Homeless: Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Dalai Lama urges peace in Myanmar, asks monks to 'remember the Buddhist faith'
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)
Hopes are high for Iran's 'diplomatic sheikh' on eve of UN visit
(Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Headscarf incident in Sudan highlights a global trend
(Sandra Stencel and Brian J. Grim, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Kosher smart phone arrives as ultra-Orthodox tech taboo shifts
(Nathan Jeffay, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Religious freedom for the right to die? Court orders boy to receive blood transfusion against religious beliefs
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post World)
Ontario to debate religious rights motion in wake of proposed Quebec charter
(Global Post)
Quebec should be as tolerant of religious diversity as it has been of sexual orientation
(Robert Leckey and Robert Wintemute, The Montreal Gazette)
Pope Francis: Church can't 'interfere' with gays
(Eric Marrapodi and Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Analysis: Pope Francis stuns the church. But will it have a lasting effect?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Pape François : « Je rêve d’une Église mère et pasteur »
(La Croix)
Attacks on Christians escalate in Egypt, Nigeria
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Religious liberty threats pose 'real danger' in Indonesia, Burma
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Jordan jails six for trying to join Syria jihadists
(Ahram Online)
Curfew in Delga, a Islamist-held town where Christians cannot live
(AsiaNews.it)
First Armenian Orthodox cathedral consecrated in Moscow
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Os Guinness: Liberals and conservatives are getting religious freedom wrong
(Interview by Judd Birdsall, Christianity Today)
With eyes on neighbors, Azerbaijan and Israel intensify ties
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)
Two injured from rocks thrown by Arab worshippers on Temple Mount
(News Brief, JTA)
How Egypt's Coptic Christians can keep the Arab Spring fresh
(Editorial, The Christian Science Monitor)
Muslim publics share concerns about extremist groups
(Pew Research Global Attitudes Project)
Uzbekistan: Church piano, pulpit, carpet, refrigerator seized
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
PQ minister’s advice for religious minorities: Accept Quebec values
(The Globe and Mail)
Saudi minister slams religious police over lingerie shop threats
(Courtney Trenwith, Arabian Business)
Indonesia affirms freedom of religion
(Yenny Herawati, Khabar Southeast Asia)
Tajik Islamists nominate rights campaigner for president
(Interfax)
Yemeni man sentenced to hand and foot amputation for armed robbery
(Amnesty International)
Gender-specific abortion: law and ethics
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Politics and religion: Quebec's secular attire debate opens a Canadian can of worms
Nigerian army claims raid kills 150 Islamists
(AFP, Dhaka Tribune)
VIDEO: Focus on impact of religion during international film festival in Italy
(Rome Reports)
PQ opens door to ‘improving’ religion plan in charter of values
(Maclean's)
Today’s letters: ‘Government offices no place for religious statements’
(Paul Russell, National Post)
Solving the problem of child marriage
(Moshin Habib, Gatestone Institute)
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorses diplomacy over militarism
(Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post)
Sunnis say sect targeted in southern Iraqi city of Basra, with 17 killed in 2 weeks
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)
Religion no excuse for violence against women
(Shafin Fattah, Dhaka Tribune)
Marrying religion and state
(Yair Sheleg, The New York Jewish Week)
Kyrgyzstan: EU should press leader to free activist, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Zanzibar acid attack tied to growing religious tensions
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: "If you adopt their faith I'll tear off your head"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
African countries pledge to tackle terrorism
(Hayam El Hadi, Magharebia)
Humanizing enemies: Iran's post-religious intellectual discourse
(Jahandad Memarian, Huff Post World)
Tunisia Muslims reject terrorism
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Egyptian army saves Christians from Muslim terrorists
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)
British PM: Holocaust teaches not to ignore Syria crimes
(Jewish Press)
Leaders from all of Nepal's faith communities come out against child marriages
(Kalpit Parajuli, AsiaNews.it)
Morocco arrests website editor for airing Al-Qaeda video
(Ahram Online)
Case filed to dissolve Islamic Scholars’ Council in Bahrain
(Habib Toumi, Gulf News)
Hindus term Quebec restriction on religious symbols as cynical
(Albany Tribune)
The UNRWA Dilemma
(Timon Dias, Gatestone Institute)
When will religious organisations realise their full potentials as investors?
(Katinka C van Craenburgh, The Guardian)
Australia: Religious boy fights court for right to die
(Rachel Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Sorry Miley Cyrus, no twerking in Malaysia
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
In Islamist bastions of Egypt, the army treads carefully, and Christians do, too
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Video: Thousands protest religious-symbols ban, Montreal, Canada
(Belfast Telegraph)
Diesel’s ‘topless burka-clad model,’ and Islam’s influence on Western fashion – OpEd
(Angel Millar, Eurasia Review)
Monday, 16 September 2013
A rival to Miss World will crown a pious Muslim woman
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Religion News Service)
Al Qaeda leader al-Zawahri urges restraint in first ‘guidelines for jihad’
(Myra MacDonald, Reuters)
Al-Qaeda’s continued core strategy and disquieting leader-led trajectory – analysis
(Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares, Elcano Royal Institute via Eurasia Review)
Brazilian believers of hidden religion step out of shadows
(Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, GPB News)
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