Law and Religion Headlines

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Boko Haram: 42 Suspects Arrested in Lagos, Ogun, Nigeria
(Chiemelie Ezeobi and Ibrahim Shuaibu, This Day Live)

'Liberia is coming' - Min. Konneh says; wants lull in diversionist rhetoric
(The Analyst)

Christians murdered nonstop in Nigeria (Muslim Persecution of Christians: May, 2013)
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)

Government religion always bad
(Blade Leguerrier, Langley Advance)

Women of the Wall request use of sacred site’s Torah scroll
(The Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Maker of undetectable underwear bomb still at large, spawning proteges
(Yori Yanover, The Jewish Press)

Celebrations for the baptism of ancient Russ’ turn into political event
(AsiaNews.it)

Monday, 29 July 2013

Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by Doina Chiacu, Reuters)

Fate of Jerusalem looms over peace talks
(Oren Dorell, The Washington Post)

Former ICPC Chair blames religious tension on politicians
(All Africa)

Nigeria: Senate, religion and child marriage law
(All Africa)

Pope speaks to youth alienated by church's sins
(Global Post)

US becomes battleground for Hindu-Muslim political feud
(Chidanand Rajghatta, The Times of India)

A charity aims to bring Buddhist studies into the modern world
(Yenni Kwok, The New York Times)

Rights of non-converted spouse must be upheld
(Sally Wangsawijaya, Free Malaysia Today)

Sources of change in Catholicism
(Peter McDonough, OUPblog)

Is Assad winning by default? [tensions between Sunni and Shia] – OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)

As U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue commences this week, study finds religious groups are harassed in four-in-five countries
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Hezbollah blacklisting debate rages on
(Al Bawaba News)

‘The globalisation of indifference’
(Sheila Liaugminas, Mercator Net (Sheila Reports blog))

Malaysia religious conversion case: Indira’s estranged husband to file appeal against court verdict
(Arijita Bhowmik, International Business Times)

Worries mount as Syria lures West’s Muslims
(Eric Schmitt, International Herald Tribine)

Crackdown in Egypt kills Islamists as they protest
(Kareen Fahim and Mayy el Sheikh, International Herald Tribine)

Facing one’s demons: The Egyptian military and the Brotherhood at crossroads – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

A familiar role for Muslim Brotherhood: Opposition
(Robert F. Worth, International Herald Tribine)

Nigerian Christians urge State Dept. to label Boko Haram as terrorist group
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Politics)

Egyptian authorities arrest 2 more Islamist leaders as EU’s top diplomat attempts to mediate
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church
(James Martin, Huffington Post)

Pope Francis: Who am I to judge gay people?
(BBC News)

Pope Francis 'will not judge' priests for sexual orientation, reaffirms Catholic stance on homosexuality, women, abortion and sin
(Jon Campbell, The Christian Post World)

USCIRF urges the Kazakh government to release two activists
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Petition for religious freedom in India
(Christian Today)

Malaysia court quashes Hindu kids' conversion to Islam
(AFP, Fox News)

Study: world is turning more religious; Atheism declining
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Meeting on religious freedom in Vietnam
(US Department of State)

Indonesia: Java, Ahmadi mosque shut down
(Mathias Hariyadi, Asianews.it)

Israel: PA Arab arrested on way to carry out terrorist attack
(The Jewish Press)

Tehran, volleyball sparks protest against ayatollahs
(Asianews.it)

Tashkent, pensioners fined and bibles destroyed: 'The state is obsessed with religion'
(Asianews.it)

Thursday, 25 July 2013

A Jewish renaissance, tucked away in a Budapest apartment
(Andrew Connelly, Helene Bienvenu)

The rise and fall of the “Turkish Model”
(Ihsan Bal, The Journal of the Turkish Weekly)

Haredim Yosef and Lau elected chief rabbis of Israel
(Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)

Yitzhak Yosef, David Lau win chief rabbi posts
(Debra Kamin and Joshua Davidovich, The Times of Israel)

Court: Law designating ‘Israel’ as birthplace unconstitutional
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)

Beyond churches, Sudan regime targeting foreign aid workers
(Eden Nelson, Baptist Press)

Editorial: Religious freedom for Vietnam
(The Washington Times)

Pakistan's Christians and other religious minorities should take sweeper jobs, says one minister
(Christian Today)

Halal Google gives Muslims an internet free of vice
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huffington Post Religion)

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Arab terrorists suspected in two stabbings of Jews in Jerusalem
(The Jewish Press)

Malaysia: Non-Muslim pupils forced to eat in bathroom because of Ramadan
(AsiaNews.it)

Nigeria: Boko Haram: Christian girls kidnapped and Islamized, schools targeted
(Agenzia Fides)

Sanghar: Catholic nurse living in fear because she does not want to marry Muslim man
(Jibran Kahn, AsiaNews.it)

Two Nepalese women accused of witchcraft and tortured in a Buddhist monastery
(Kalpit Parajuli, AsiaNews.it)

U.S. court invalidates passport law on status of Jerusalem
(David Ingram, Reuters)

Blue Mosque spokesman Ansari: “Islam is peace” – OpEd
(Hubertus Hoffmann, Word Security Network via Eurasia Review)

Analysis: Is Egypt back to square one?
(Ravi Joshi, Observer Research Foundation)

Of Mormonish and Saintspeak
(Philip Barlow, OUPblog)

Iranian mobile provider under fire for insulting Sunnis
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs calls for short-lived peace treaty
(The Algemeiner)

US and Europe throw Syrians to the wolves – OpEd
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)

Ethiopia: Religions encouraged to advance nation building
(Zeryhun Kassa, Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency via All Africa)

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

That’s Amar’e: Stoudemire at Maccabiah feels Jewish connections
(Hillel Kuttler, JTA)

Iraq returns to civil war? Al Qaeda group claims Abu Ghraib prison attack
(Richard Engel, ABC World News)

Kurdistan: 'Islamic' ambulance driver refuses to take the body of a Christian woman to church
(AsiaNews.it)

Punjab: Catholic couple accused of blasphemy
(Jibran Kahn, AsiaNews.it)

Bombs against Iraq Sunni mosques kill nine: officials
(Ahram Online)

Religious teachers may be paid more
(New Straits Times)

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