Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Freedom of choice, the real birthright
(Khaled Diab, Daily News Egypt)
Afghans see their army woo them with piety
(Azam Ahmed, The New York Times)
Battle for control as cult leader deteriorates
(Chris Johnston, The Age Victoria)
World churches body denounces bomb blasts at India Buddhist site
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
'Swastika Rehabilitation Day' not anti-Semitic?
(Rina Tzvi, Israel National News)
At 95, Nelson Mandela shows how good can drown evil
(Eugene Ohi, Mercator Net (Harambee blog))
Brazil has lowest government restrictions on religion among 25 most populous nations, as country undergoes major religious shifts
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Why should we care about the Septuagint?
(Timothy Michael Law, OUPblog)
Islam and Islamism
(Salim Mansur, Gatestone Institute)
Former Nigerian Governor allows ‘under-age’ marriage loophole into Constitution
(World Watch Monitor)
The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham expands into Rural Northern Syria
(Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis Blog))
Articles 8 & 9 and the “seal of the confessional”: are communications between clergy and penitents privileged?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ansar al-Sharia leader sparks Ramadan row in Tunisia
(Jamel Arfaoui, The Magharebia)
AG decision on Rabbi Eliyahu goes to Supreme Court
(The Jewish Press)
What does quantum physics have to do with free will?
(Antoine Suarez, The Big Questions)
Haredi MK stars in Broadway ‘Haredi draft’ show in Knesset
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, The Jewish Press)
Tamil Nadu, a Pentecostal pastor in prison for baptizing a woman
(AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 22 July 2013
Analysis: How to reverse Buddhism’s radical turn in Southeast Asia?
(Dana MacLean, IRIN - Humanitarian News and Analysis)
Religious hardliners declare 'jihad' on Afghanistan's TV talent shows
(Zubair Babakarkhail, Kabul and Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)
Extremism escalating in the West Bank
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Revealed: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the moon (but NASA kept it secret)
(Mail Online)
USCIRF calls on Ethiopia to release religious freedom advocates on trial
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A conscientious objector poses a challenge to the Israeli military
(Isabel Kershner, New York Times)
Protestant churches feel the heat in Kazakhstan
(Christian Aid Mission)
The Iranian threat in Latin America
(Jaime Darenblum, The Weekly Standard Online/Hudson Institute via Eurasia Review)
The myth and reality of Venezuela-Iran ties
(Ryan Mallett-Outtrim, IDN-InDepthAnalysis)
Islamic Renaissance Party won't back pro-govt candidate in Tajik presidential election
(Interfax)
Tanzania: State condemns religious bigotry
(Daily News)
Exploring religious diversity in communist Cuba
(Mary Loftus, Emory News Center)
Jail inmates break religious barrier to fast together
(The Hindu)
Myanmar president urges prevention of turning communal conflict issue into racial, religious one
(People's Daily News)
Group targets ‘fake’ monks, religious swindlers
(Cherry Thein, Myanmar Times)
Ban sought on religious parties, politics in mosques
(One India News)
Five myths about Pope Francis
(William Donio Jr., First Things (First Thoughts Blog))
Pope Francis embarks on historic trip to Brazil, where protesters await
(Eric Marrapodi and Miguel Marquez, CNN Belief Blog)
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Catholic youths converge on Rio to see 'Slum Pope'
(Debora Rey, Associated Press)
Iran opposes Israeli-Palestinian talks
(Albawaba News)
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Archeologists say unearthed King David’s palace
(PanArmenian.net)
Female footballers covered head to toe inflame Islamists
(Christopher Stephen & Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg)
It’s rabbi versus rabbi in $17 billion dot-kosher battle
(Ellen Rosen & Hugo Miller, Bloomberg)
Rocket attack kills custodian of Syrian Shi'ite shrine in Damascus
(Reuters)
UK court ducks position on circumcision
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Religious circumcision and the courts – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law and Religion UK)
Friday, 19 July 2013
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Sri Lanka: Public officials and state institutes responsible for religious and racial disharmony – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Arab Spring quickly turning into Arab nightmare – OpEd
(Zaher Mahruqi, Eurasia Review)
Burma arrests six Buddhists for role in Muslim massacre
(Aye Nai, Democratic Voice of Burma)
Australian Jews protest rehiring of men responsible for Maccabiah tragedy
(JTA)
World abandons C. African Republic in hour of need, MSF says
(World Watch Monitor)
Islamic woman valedictorian at Israel's top medical school
(Diana Bletter, Huff Post Religion)
Raelians: Swastika reclamation day
(Josh Lipowsky, JTA)
2 Malaysians charged over photo that riled Muslims
(Sean Yoong, Associated Press)
Religion & Wikipedia: The 'edit wars' rage on
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)
Consecrated to serve Botswana
(The Anglican Diocese of Botswana)
Kyrgyz civil activists propose ban on religious training abroad
(Interfax)
Tibet Buddhist monk sentenced to ten years for demanding freedom
(AsiaNews.it)
Uzbekistan: Pensioners owning Koran and Bibles fined over two years pension
(Forum 18 News Service)
Islamist cleric sentenced to 14 years in Egypt after burning Bible, calling Christian women prostitutes
(Christian Post)
First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over 'Allah'
(Al Arabiya)
Thailand Ramadan ceasefire signed: government and Islamist guerrillas halt fighting during Holy Month
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Huffington Post Religion)
Pope Francis to encounter a church in crisis in Brazil
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)
Catholic Church promises time off purgatory to Twitter followers
(Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post)
Hindus, other minorities worse off in Pakistan
(News Bullet)
Church of Iran members sentenced to long prison terms
(BosNewsLife Middle East Service)
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Algerian village ousts Salafist imam
(Fidet Mansour, Magharebia)
Radicals fail to force Ramadan changes in Tunisia
(Mona Yahia, Magharebia)
Indonesia: Aceh, increasing intolerance against Christians: 17 house churches closed
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
With Israel set to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, those already in service face ire of their peers
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Israeli women’s lacrosse team vows to lay down sticks for Sabbath
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pakistan: A history of violence
(Factsheet, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Alevi association calls on Turkish PM to 'stop defining faiths'
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Pakistani Christian violently attacked for protecting his daughters
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Israel approaches Chief Rabbinate elections amid flood of legal charges and personal bitterness
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why religious freedom is inseparable from progress in the Middle East
(Andrew Doran, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Religion and State in Israel: A modest proposal
(Moshe Koppel, The Jerusalem Post)
Brazil's changing religious landscape
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Israel's Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, hosts Ramadan Iftar dinner
(The Huffington Post, Yasmine Hafiz)
Indian gov’t forces in Kashmir kill 4 villagers protesting over alleged desecration of Quran
(Alkaz Hussain, Associated Press)
Changing Myanmar means new dynamic between monks, government
(Public Radio International)
Face of religion changing in Brazil
(Gabriel Elizondo, Aljazeera)
Religious conflict not a problem in ‘tolerant’ Indonesia
(Camelia Pasandaran, The Jakarta Globe)
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Political Islam: The power of religion
(The Economist)
Tisha B'Av: It's not all about the Temple
(Elisheva Goldberg, The Daily Beast)
Christians in Brazil: to protest or not to protest
(Emma Elliott Freire, First Things (First Thoughts Blog))
Thousands of athletes to compete in “Jewish Olympics”
(Michele Chabin, The Washington Post)
Thai university apologizes for banner featuring Adolf Hitler
(Kaitlin Funaro, Global Post)
Christians in Sudan face increased hostility
(Fredrick Nzwiliw, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Sudan tracking down converts from Islam in purge of Christianity
(Morning Star News)
Christian in Pakistan sent to prison for 'blasphemy,' in spite of accuser's retraction
(Morning Star News)
Israeli lawsuit seeks damages for closing of Temple Mount to Jews on 9th of Av
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hundreds of Jews denied entry to Temple Mount after riot threats
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, The Jerusalem Post)
Holy work or troublemaking? Laying the groundwork for a Third Temple in Jerusalem
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Columbian churches, faith groups, engage to urge peace
(Virginia M. Bouvier, United States Institute of Peace)
Polish shechita ban 'unthinkable' restriction of religious freedom
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Thai government and Muslim guerrillas sign Ramadan cease fire accord
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Religion News Service)
'Wadjda', film by Saudi's first female director Haifaa Al Mansour, tackles Quranic memorization and female empowerment
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huffington Post)
Bangladesh braces for violence after Islamist politician's war crimes verdict
(Jason Burke and Saad Hammandi, The Guardian)
In Israel, women struggling to gain equal religious rights
(Associated Press, Arizona Daily Star)
Afghan women, clerics, eye unlikely alliance to improve rights
(Miram Arghandiwal, Chicago Tribune)
Christian association gives memo to MP governor
(Hindustan Times)
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