Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Myanmar Muslims jailed for defending themselves from the Buddhist mob
(Khin Maung Win, The Balkan Chronicle)
Living in hell, Iraqi Christians dream of paradise
(Karlos Zurutuza, Inter Press Service)
Ghana: Miracles are leading Christians astray
(Ghana Web)
Monday, 20 May 2013
Religious politics in Israel: Who’s a Jew?
(The Economist)
T K A Nair rues double standards on caste, religion
(The New Indian Express)
Women of the Wall board member’s home hit with threatening graffiti
(JTA)
Vandals spray-paint slogans against liberal Jewish women’s prayer group in Israel
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Kazakhstan: Pentecostal jailed for 2 months pre-trial, Baptist gets 3-days jail, atheist still in psychiatric hospital
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Religion render race insignificant
(Y.S. Chan, Malay Mail)
Tunisia's last Jews at ease despite troubled past
(BBC News Africa)
Israel to return settlement's land to Palestinian owners
(Xinhuanet)
Kerry: Blasphemy, apostasy, anti-semitism troubling trends in International Religious Freedom Report
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Turkey's political imams: The Gulenists fight back
(The Economist)
Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive law banning violence against women
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Pope decries more concern over banks than people; leads Vatican rally, meets with Merkel
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Faith-based organisations: should dogma be left out of development?
(Anna Scott and Eliza Anyangwe, The Guardian)
Dalai Lama to Louisville crowd: Forgive the Boston bombing suspects
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)
In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
(Joseph J. Schatz, The Christian Science Monitor)
Christians remain targets as Nigeria violence grows
(CBN News)
Nigeria: Muslim youth reject Lagos government's ban on Hijab
(Sani Tukur, Premium Times)
Nigeria: Church seeks compensation fro victims of Boko Haram
(Premium Times)
Nigeria: Sambo's wife tasks Islamic organizations on peace
(Premium Times)
Gambia: ISESCO organises workshop on open-day knowledge-based economy
(Njie Baldeh, The Point)
Tanzania: Fifteen suspects held by police for torching churches
(Ludovick Kazoka, Daily News)
Germany's Merkel meets Pope Francis at Vatican
(Eurasia Review)
US sees 'climate of intolerance' on global religious freedom
(Voice of America)
Nigeria offer amnesty to Islamist militants as bloody offensive against Boko Haram insurgency continues
(The Telegraph)
Indonesia minorities slam president’s interfaith award
(Jakarta Globe)
Iraq bombings kill 70, wound dozens on Shiite and Sunni neighborhoods
(Freya Petersen, Global Post)
Pope: church should open up but follow teaching
(ABC News)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem and vow to defy military draft
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 15
(Fox News)
A dazzling documentary about pop music in China’s Muslim-majority province
(Max Fisher, The Washington Post)
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Africa, Asia see boom in priests as Europe withers
(Nicole Winfield, ABC News via AP)
Are Buddhist monks involved in Myanmar's violence?
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
Two bombings at Mosques in Pakistan kill at least 13
(Ismail Khan and Salman Masood, The New York Times)
Afghan law to protect women's rights blocked by opponents
(The Guardian)
Anti-gay riot in Georgian capital
(Tine Zhvania, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
Georgia: Patriarch calls for calm after Orthodox groups thwart gay rights rally
(Civil Georgia)
85-year-old wife of Mormon church president dies
(Brady McCombs, ABC News)
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe
(Frances D'Emilo, The Miami Herald)
Hezbollah exploits religion to intervene in Syria, says Shiite cleric
(Al Arabiya)
Indonesia: Criticism of president ‘just part of democracy’
(Ezra Sihite, Jakarta Globe)
Conservative Afghan lawmakers block law protecting women’s freedom, saying it is against Islam
(The Washington Post)
Women of the wall - OpEd
(Uri Avneru, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 17 May 2013
Bombers target Benghazi Catholic Church - minister expresses solidarity
(Times of Malta)
Benghazi, the Coptic Church of St. Mark is torched
(AsiaNews.it)
The other Women of the Wall
(Deena Nataf, The Jerusalem Post)
Blasphemy charges becoming new weapon against Egyptian Christians
(Morning Star News, Christianity Today)
Turkmenistan: Lebap Region raids, confiscations, fines and public vilification
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kenya: Garissa Muslims decry use of pigs in Tuesday demonstration
(The Star)
Pope Francis to 'launch' new moblie app
(Eurasia Review)
Continue to pray—each according to his or her tradition—for our captured Honorary President, his Companion Bishop and all Syrians
(Religions for Peace)
Namibia: How to teach religions studies in school
(Hezekia L. /Awaseb, New Era)
Religious parties not well-received this election
(Pakistan Today)
Apartheid tactics separate Myanmar’s minority Muslims from majority Buddhists
(Jason Szep, Reuters)
Afghanistan's kochis: Nomads no more
(Ali M. Latifi, Aljazeera)
City Harvest Church leaders on trial for embezzling $40 million in pop star Ho Yeow Sun scandal
(Heather Tan, Huffington Post Religion)
Thursday, 16 May 2013
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to China
(The Far Abroad, Patriarchal Ministry, DECR Chairman, Russian Orthodox Church)
The Muslim Brotherhood prepares for a comeback in Syria
(Raphaël Lefèvre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press, The Miami Herald)
The Politics of anti-Rohingya Violence in Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)
Pope Francis blasts free market system, urges rich to help the poor
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The Israeli Peace Organizations and the Arab Spring
(Yael Patir, MITVIM)
Christians uneasy in Morsi's Egypt
(Stephen Glain, The New York Times)
Al-Qaeda ally Boko Haram assassinates Christian leader in Nigeria
(Jim Kouri, Examiner.com)
Tanzania: A secular state, why all this fight?
(Michael Mbiro, DailyNews)
Priests should return to Chinese Orthodox churches
(Interfax-Religion)
Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia's religious police head condemns Twitter users
(Big News Network)
Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosque
(AFP, The Daily Star)
At political rally, Serbian church crosses sensitive line
(Vesna Peric Zimonjic, Inter Press Service News Agency)
Uganda: New religion discourages use of cellphones
(George Bita, New Vision)
Sudanese centre says incidents of apostasy, atheism increasing in country
(Sudan Tribune)
Nigeria: Lagos insists on restriction of Hijab in public schools
(This Day)
Nigeria: Gunmen kill Borno CAN's Secretary
(Vanguard)
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood party to host former Malaysian Premier
(Aswat Masriya)
Africa: Global survey aims to equip Anglicans to engage in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
More books to read about Islam
(Marvin Olasky, World)
Canadians turning away from organized religion
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Can Russia and the West end Syria's chaos?
(Marc Pierini, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Egypt teacher accused of insulting religion released on bail
(Aswat Masriya)
Islam and politics in the new Egypt
(Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Return to Iqrit: how one Palestinian village is being reborn
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
China: Tight state controls on religious education
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)
Tradition, religion holding back Africa's progress
(Ferdinand Berkhof, MmegiOnline)
Indonesian police kill suspect in attempted bomb attack
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Nigeria: State of emergency declared
(AP, The New York Times)
Orthodox Christians in China seeking official recognition
(Xuyang Jingjing, Global Times)
Saudi Arabia lifts travel ban
(Paul Kiwuuwa, New Vision)
Egypt's dismal opposition: A second look
(Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
South Africa: Government encourages freedom of children's religious and ethnic rights
(All Africa)
Ghana: Who chopped the flesh? Methodist clergy quizzes Mahama over bare-bone economy
(Albert Nana Asante, The Chronicle)
Christian teacher in Egypt faces trial for ‘insulting religion’
(Agence France-Press, The Raw Story)
Jail time extended for teacher accused of blasphemy in Egypt
(Christian Today Australia)
Mahama praises Christians Moslems... for avoiding intra-religious conflict in Ghana
(The Chronicle)
Gambia: ICCWC organises 16th annual Islamic conference
(Fatoumata Ceesay, Daily Observer)
Tanzania: Man charged in Arusha church bombing
(Sabahi)
Burma: A subtle way of ethnic cleansing and marginalizing people - OpEd
(Kanbawza Win, Eurasia Review)
New report on the Muslim Brotherhood
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment)
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