Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Pope Francis says confessional not a ‘dry cleaner’
(Carol GLatz, Catholic Harold UK)
China’s Sufis: The shrines behind the dunes
(Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books)
El Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue, welcomes Jewish pilgrims back to Tunisia amidst tight security
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)
Muslim-Christian romance fuels Egypt sectarian row
(Al Arabiya with AP, Al Arabiya)
Nigeria's Christians suffering repeated attacks
(ASSIST News Service, Christian Today)
Iraq’s surge in executions of Al-Qaeda condemned by NGO – OpEd
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Can a moderate chief rabbi transform the Israeli Rabbinate? Not likely
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian's legacy for religious freedom in China
(Adam Minter, The Atlantic)
Mumbai university plans diploma in religion
(The Times of India)
2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators, April 30, 2013
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2013
(The Full Report)
USCIRF issues 2013 Annual Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monitoring religious repression: A (contentious) list of violators
(B.C., The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])
Following Boston attacks, uptick in Islamophobia, gestures of tolerance
(Richard Solash, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Five takeaways from Pew’s comprehensive study on Islam
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)
BC religion poll finds majority of British Columbians are non-religious
(Huffington Post British Columbia)
Pope accepts Peres' invitation to Israel
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Monday, 29 April 2013
Finding true essence of marriage
(Rex Adhar, Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc.)
Ambassador Bennett visits Washington
(Flickr)
CONFERENCE CALL ALERT 30 April 2013: Pew Research Center to discuss new report on social and political attitudes of Muslims worldwide
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Radical religion at war and at peace
(D.C. Innes, World Magazine)
Neuhaus’ law and religious liberty
(Jordan J. Ballor, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Did religion motivate the Boston bombers?
(Dwight Longenecker, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Why religion and terrorism are opposites
(Hesham A. Hassaballa, Patheos Blog: An American Islam)
Religion and the Yasukuni Shrine controversy
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
About the Anglican religion
(Ben Gabriel, Opposing Views)
Detonating Myanmar's ethnic powder keg
(Yohei Sasakawa, DNA India)
Prof. Bhullar’s death sentence – Canadian Sikhs urges India to abolish death penalty – Rights Group calls for Global Boycott of “Air India”
(Jagdeep Singh, Sikh Siyasat Network News)
Sikh bodies to protest in front of UN Office at Switzerland on April 25 against death sentence to Prof. Bhullar
(Prabh Singh, Sikh Siyasat Network News)
Op-Ed: UN probing Canada's human rights record — Really?
(Karl Gotthardt, Digital Journal)
Malaysia: Religion in elections
(Tay Tian Yan (translated by Dominic Loh, Sin Chew Daily)
Turkish pianist's conviction for blasphemy provokes debate
(Dorian Jones, Voice of America)
Indonesia, Islam and democracy – Analysis
(Bawono Kumoro, Eurasia Review)
Disasters and their side-effects: Islam, the Caucasus and Boston
(B.C., Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Christian villages “turned into battlefields” in Pakistan
(Shamim Masih, International Christian Concern)
Islamic Council proposes death penalty for apostates in Morocco
(International Christian Concern)
China releases US preacher; local Christians receive prison terms
(BosNewsLife Asia Service)
How does Islam see itself in relation to Judaism & Christianity?
(Timothy Peckinpaugh, Opposing Views)
Russia continues efforts to help free abducted Christian bishops
(Interfax)
Supreme leader urges Muslim Ulema to show vigilance about western plots in Bahrain
(Fars News Agency)
West Bank convent loses appeal over Israeli separation barrier route
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Chile: three surrender over ritual baby killing
(Eurasia Review)
Dutch rabbi upset over royal event scheduled for Yom Kippur
(The Times of Israel)
China's ancient Jewish community is re-emerging – but to unexpected problems
(Jonathan Romain, Huffington Post)
Liberation theologians see Pope Francis as able to fix a church “in ruins”
(The Washington Post)
El Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue, welcomes Jewish pilgrims back to Tunisia amidst tight security
(Tarek Amara, Huffington Post Religion)
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Islamist rebels create dilemma on Syria policy
(Ben Hubbard, International Herald Tribune)
TEDx Talk: The numbers of religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim at Tedx Via Della Conciliazione, the Weekly Number)
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Vatican official cautions of ‘subtle’ religious freedom violations
(EWTN News, National Catholic Register)
‘No religion teaches the killing of other fellow beings’
(Paul Russell, National Post)
Seventh-day Adventists, friends, celebrate religious liberty in Chiapas
(Adventist News)
Burma: End ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
(Press Release & Report, Human Rights Watch)
How anti-American are most Chechens? Not very
(Olga Khazan, The Atlantic)
Lebanon’s first civil marriage registered, agency says
(Agence France-Press, Al Arabiya)
Inside the mind of a Muslim terrorist
(Jamal Khashoggi, Al Arabiya)
Vietnam sucker-punches the US on human rights and religious freedom
(Michael Benge, American Thinker)
Pakistan: Religious scholars fully support cause of education
(International: The News)
Friday, 26 April 2013
Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
(Daniel Estrin (Associated Press), Yahoo! News)
Newly released footage shows family of imprisoned pastor in Togo
(Adventist News Network)
Samoan fa'afafine reject same sex marriage
(Radio Australia)
Address by Ambassador Andrew Bennett at Religious Liberty Dinner
(International Religious Liberty Association)
Looking at trees in a new way
(David Haberman, OUP Blog)
The brazen bibliophiles of Timbuktu: How a team of sneaky librarians duped Al Qaeda
(Yochi Dreazen, New Republic)
Jesus and Muhammad and the question of the state
(Juan Cole, Informed Consent)
Not all religion is fundamentalist
(Charles Richardson, Crikey)
From church choir to Jerusalem, a couple’s interfaith journey
(Harold Berman, JTA)
North Korea, Eritrea, China named as violators of freedom of religion in European Parliament
(Interview with Willy Fauté, Tunne Kelam, Laszlo Surjan, NTD Television)
Indonesia: Government collaborates with non-tolerant groups in closing down three Ahmadi mosques in Cianjur
(Asian Human Rights Commission)
Syria: Kidnapped bishops spur call for religious freedom promotion
(CNA Daily News, Catholic.org)
Egypt's Pope says Islamist rulers neglect Copts
(Al-Arabiya)
Syria's uneasy Christians feel both sides closing in
(Ian Black, The Guardian)
China: EU commitments demand tough response
(Human Rights Watch, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Historic victory in court for Women of the Wall
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Kazakhstan: Religious free speech "doesn't exist"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Four arrested after live baby sacrificed in bonfire during Chilean sect’s end-of-world ritual
(National Post)
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Concerns about religious extremism in Boston bombings suspects' homelands
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Pew Research Center)
Yanukovych: Religion helps unite people
(Interfax - Ukraine)
Special Report: Assisted suicide
(CBC News Manitoba)
Physician-assisted suicide: the case for legalization
(Arthur Schafer, CBC News Manitoba)
Assisted suicide would jeopardize people with disabilities
(Ruth Enns, CBC News Manitoba)
Winnipeg's Susan Griffiths dies by assisted suicide in Zurich
(CBC News Manitoba)
Syria campaigns to persuade U.S. to change sides
(International Herald Tribbune)
Court rules ‘illegal’ Montreal Hasidic synagogue can stay despite campaign to shut it down
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)
ANALYSIS: John Paul II, Oscar Romero and the politics of making saints
(David Gibson, The Washington Post)
Turkey's Muslim Armenians come out of hiding
(Global Post)
Treat Kashmir as a political, not a religious dispute: Choudhry
(News Track India)
Call it what it is: Islamic terrorism
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Terror plot: Toronto Muslim leader tipped off RCMP: CBC
(CBC News)
Ontario court orders woman to remove face-covering veil to testify
(Calgary Herald)
Clashes suggest Sunni anger boiling over in Iraq
(Adam Schreck, Associated Press, ABC News)
The Muslim Brotherhood wants Spain back. Can the Christians have Egypt in exchange?
(Tim Stanley, The Telegraph)
Homosexuality: What you must know
(Paul Bupe, The Times of Zambia via All Africa)
Homosexuality: What you must know (II)
(Paul Bupe, The Times of Zambia)
Indonesia: Students expelled for ‘tainting religion’ with Maroon 5 dance
(Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times)
The appeal of Islamic radicalism
(Ken Ballen, CNN Opinion)
Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions
(Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times)
How Toronto's Muslim community uncovered the would-be train bombers
(Olga Khazan, The Atlantic)
Religion too often convenient justification for terrorism’s inhumane politics of death
(Benny Susetyo, Jakarta Globe)
Where is Islam a common religion?
(Jason Cristiano Ramon, Opposing Views)
Muslims in North Caucasus concerned about ‘extremism'
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)
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