Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Can a religious believer be a serious journalist? Richard Dawkins and the unbearable smugness of tweeting
(Scott Stephens, Religion and Ethics)
Religion and politics strange bedfellows
(Abubakar Bheel, The Nation (Pakistan))
Surrey Vaisakhi parade: Sikh youths participate with pride
(HindustanTimes)
Amid Christian persecution, Sudan government proclaims religious freedom
(Charisma News)
Beware of LGBT and freedom of religion movements, Muhyiddin tells Muslims
(Zurairi Ar, The Malaysian Insider)
Opinion: Civil marriage in Israel - the time has come
(Susie Gelman, Washington Jewish Week)
Queensland: Bike helmet laws will change to allow religious exemptions
(Marissa Calligeros, Brisbane Times (Audio))
On Muslim terrorists and collective responsibility
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
USCIRF issues report: Protecting and Promoting Religious Freedom in Syria
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
China issues report on human rights record of the United States
(ChinaDaily.com)
US human rights report cites Iran, Venezuela, Russia
(Guy Taylor, The Washington Times)
Petition drive as Australian university cancels Dalai Lama talk
(Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)
Egyptian police accused of siding with cathedral attackers
(National Catholic Register)
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Massive investment losses rock leading Buddhist sect
(The Asahi Shimbun)
Netanyahu approves Sharansky's proposal for egalitarian prayer section at Western Wall
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)
Pope calls for release of 2 bishops in Syria
(The Miami Herald)
The nice Muslim family next door
(Nonie Darwish, Gatestone Institute)
Monday, 22 April 2013
China's 100 million religious believers must banish their 'superstitions', says official
(Ben Blanchard, The Independent)
Kazakhstan: Four raids, heart attack, eight fines – amid presidential claims of religious freedom
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Nigeria: 185 killed in battle with Islamic radicals
(Associated Press, USA Today)
Tunisian Salafists storm female student hostel to stop dancing
(Reuters FaithWorld)
What America means to Israel
(Fania Oz-Salzberger, The Daily Beast)
Sunday, 21 April 2013
China says aims to banish superstition, promote knowledge
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Adventists celebrate religious liberty in Brazil
(Video, Adventist News Network)
Terminally ill Canadian woman travels to Switzerland for assisted suicide
(Thaddeus Balinski, LifeSiteNews)
EVENT April 23, 2013: Faith Efforts against Human Trafficking in Cambodia
(12:00-1:30 pm, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT April 25, 2013: Homosexuality in China: An Emergent Social and Religious Controversy
(Huang Ping, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
U.S. agency blasts Jonathan, wants Nigeria designated “country of particular concern”
(Monday Ateboh, Premium Times)
Saudi Arabia’s diplomacy doesn’t mask its religious intolerance
(Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald.co.uk)
ASEAN can tackle religious divides
(Zhang Yuan, Global Times)
Ahmadiyah sect under siege in Indonesia
(Agence-France Press, Global Post)
At desert monastery, Egypt’s monks join new Christian assertiveness in face of Islamist power
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
How the Boston bombing mixes religion and politics
(Tahir Gora, Huffington Post)
Pakistani youth prefer shariah law over democracy: survey
(The Frontier Post)
Top ten ways Islamic Law forbids terrorism
(Juan Cole, AlterNet)
Pakistani Christians do not support Pervez Musharraf nor any other Muslim leader
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Friday, 19 April 2013
Religious youth could swing Pakistani poll
(Zofeen Ebrahim, Inter Press Service)
Religious leaders urge Iraqis to vote in local elections
(Mohammed al-Qaisi, Al-Shorfa)
‘Indian secularism useful for religious fraternity’
(Saudi Gazette)
Papal resignation and incapacity
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
At desert monastery, Egypt's monks join new Christian assertiveness in face of Islamist power
(Fox News)
Frugal pope nixes bonus for Vatican employees
(USA Today)
After failed self-immolation, Tibetan says ‘I won’t repeat it’
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)
Saudi Arabia opens luxury ‘religious extremist’ rehab center for Al-Qaeda militants
(The Raw Story)
Beatings intensify: American pastor Saeed's condition worsens in Iranian prison
(Jordan Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice)
ACLJ joins global coalition to highlight plight of Christians in Syria
(Tiffany Barrans, American Center for Law and Justice)
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Protesters ‘intimidate’ South African Jews
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Twist in race for Chief Rabbinate
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Striking a balance on religion and state
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Advisory group will not weaken Pope's power, analyst explains
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Does a good cause justify an ethically questionable act?
(Eloy del Potro; Guido Stein Martínez; José R. Pin Arboledas; Juan Carlos Vázquez-Dodero de Bonifaz, IESE Insight)
Lessons in tolerance from Indonesian Muslim leaders
(Laode Arham, Common Ground News Service)
Church shelled, seven Christians killed in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Alarm over exodus of Christians from Syria
(Quentin Vacheron, Christian Today)
Hostility against religion: It’s a rising tide
(Elise Hilton, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Kiobel v Shell: US Supreme Court on corporate accountability for foreign human rights abuses
(Wessen Jazrawi, UK Human Rights Blog)
Syrian patriarch asks Vatican to increase peace efforts
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon: Governments have a duty to uphold the rights of LGBT people
(Towleroad)
Cheers and Maori song as lawmakers make New Zealand 13th country to legalize gay marriage
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Brazilians’ ordeal in Senegal prison over, but legal challenges remain
(World Watch Monitor, Christian Today)
Nigeria, beset by violence from Islamic extremists, sets up committee on offering amnesty deal
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
A modest case for civil marriage equality
(Ben Greenberg, My Jewish Learning)
Kazakhstan: Imprisoned atheist mad, bad, or neither?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Pope Francis likely to cut staff bonus, citing hard times
(Reuters)
Saudi religious police aren’t funny
(Terry Sanderson, National Secular Society)
Australia: Fraser warns MPs religious conflict is imminent
(John Masanauskas, The Herald Sun)
Parliament of the World’s Religions survives financial crunch
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Egyptian religious ministry bans interactions with Evangelical Church
(Myles Collier, The Christian Post)
New Zealand approves same-sex marriage
(Rachel Cooper, World Magazine)
Opinion: A time for modern Orthodox leaders to speak out
(Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, The New York Jewish Week)
Monks gone bad
(Swe Win, International Herald Tribune Global Opinion)
Three-year jail term for candidate if ethnicity, religion used to gain votes: ECP
(The Express Tribune (Pakistan))
At a checkpoint, watching for bombs, the talk turned to religion
(Robert Fisk, The Independent)
Philippine prelate: don’t vote for candidates who support abortion, divorce
(Catholic World News)
The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia
(Karishma Vaswani, BBC News Asia)
Bangladesh simmers as Islamic conservatives and progressives clash
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Nigeria failing to tackle religious violence in its “Middle Belt” – U.S. agency
(Reuters)
Egyptians take religion out of view
(Al Jazeera)
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Rapporteur’s Digest on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Excerpts of the Reports from 1986 to 2011 Arranged by Topic, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Achebe, religion, renaissance and Bangladesh
(Kajal Bandyopadhyay, Vanguard (Nigeria))
Religion and human rights: Buddhist hatred in Sri Lanka and Burma
(Jack Healy, Huff Post World)
Religion to take centrestage in battle for Shah Alam
(Debra Chong and Syed Jaymal Zahiid, The Malaysian Insider)
Dervishes end hunger strike after 90 days
(Radio Zameneh)
Antisectarian campaign in Egypt urges citizens to remove religion from ID cards
(Robert Mackey, The New York Times)
In the name of religion
(Editorial, The Nation (Pakistan))
The religion card in elections
(Editorial, Pakistan Today)
Listening to all religious traditions
(Padre James Bhagwan, The Fiji Times Online)
Independence Day and the Zionist vision
(Isi Leibler, The Jerusalem Post)
VIDEO: See what Sharansky’s Western Wall compromise could look like
(Uri Fintzy, JTA)
India: Administration to restrict Ram Navmi puja at Ayodhya site
(Arshad Afzal Khan, The Times of India)
Sri Lanka: Fears churches may be hit by legislation on cults
(Christian Today)
Ex-Agape cult member John Mouhalos facing jail for spending three years on the run
(Sea Fewster, The Telegraph)
Tibet: A female Dalai Lama? Why it matters- OpEd
(Michaela Haas, Huffington Post)
Nigeria: Boko Haram- ECWA demands compensation for burnt churches
(Seriki Adinoyi, This Day Live)
Zambia: Church, state agree to reject homosexuality
(James Kunda, Times of Zambia)
Kenya: Upheavals in the Church of Jesus Christ
(James Murua, The Star)
Religious extremism worries Tunisians
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Nigeria: MEND threatens retaliatory attacks on Mosques, Muslims
(Ogala Emmanuel, Premium Times)
Monday, 15 April 2013
‘Nigeria needs a ministry of religion affairs’
(Chris Irekamba and Femi Alabi, The Guardian Nigeria)
Monday’s religion news roundup: Evil Jews? * Catholic reform * God as therapist
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
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