Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 15 April 2013
Israel’s 65th birthday: ‘Around us the storm is raging’ – OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Israel is the miracle – OpEd
(Alan Caruba, Eurasia Review)
Haredi reflections on Israel's Independence Day
(Avraham Edelstein, Huff Post Religion)
Tunisia Grand Mufti denounces radical fatwas
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Al-Qaeda targets children through video games
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Assad forces destroy symbolic Syrian mosque
(Al Bawaba News)
Local hostility threatens Arakan reconstruction pledge
(Hannah Hindstrom and Aye Nai, Democratic Voice of Burma)
When Muslims intermarry, do they keep the faith?
(Emiliano Ponzi, Washington Post Opinions)
Thailand: ‘Phoenix Rising’ for LGBT people — but questions remain
(Grace Poore, The New Civil Rights Movement)
Fear stalks Yangon's Muslims after Buddhist-led killings
(Jared Ferrie, Reuters)
President of Egyptian Jewish community dies at 82
(Ariel Ben Solomon, Greer Fay Cashman, The Jerusalem Post)
Excited about the death penalty: The mixed record on abolishing capital punishment – OpEd
(Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review)
Rohingyas ‘using fake passports to reach KSA’
(Md Rasooldeen, Arab News)
Myanmar's Muslims fear toxic fallout of reform
(The Times of India)
Expect Pope Francis to do something about the worldwide persecution of Christians
(Daniel Philpott, Aleteia)
Higher education for displaced people in Africa with UNHCR-JRS initiative
(Bernadine Racoma, Day News)
The crisis of Islam
(Amin Farouk, Gatestone Institute)
Battle of the sexes at Western Wall
(Sara Sidner, CNN Belief Blog)
Exploring the role of caliphs and popes
(Sharique Naeem, New Civilisation)
Saudi Arabia: Free detainee in ‘eye-for-an-eye’ case, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Burundi court jails 182 followers of Catholic cult
(Global Post)
Religious march sparks tension in Sambalpur
(Times of India)
India: Violent clashes in Udaipur over inflammatory remarks on religion
(The Times of India)
Pakistan: Seeking votes in name of religion, sect banned
(Mumtaz Alvi, International: The News)
Turkish pianist receives suspended jail sentence for ‘denigrating religion’ on Twitter
(Frank Jordans in Berlin, AP via Washington Post)
Pope sets up cardinals’ group to advise on Vatican reform
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Uzbekistan: "All believers are backward-looking fanatics who drag society down"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Friday, 12 April 2013
Egypt's new sukuk law "incompatible with Islamic Shari’a law"
(Al Bawaba)
Burma: Promoting ‘rule of law’ will end violence, Suu Kyi tells Muslim leaders
(Kyaw Phyo Tha, The Irrawaddy)
Hamas segregates Gaza schools by gender
(Abeer Ayyoub, Al Jazeera)
Islamists storm Tunisian school after it bars veiled student
(Reuters - Tarek Amara, Al Arabiya)
Friday’s religion news roundup: Warren on guns * Rand’s ‘decadent’ DC * Condom portrait
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Vatican seeks to rebrand its relationship with science
(Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN)
Thursday, 11 April 2013
TEDx Conference coming to Vatican
(Vatican Radio)
Increasing role of religion in Pak elections remain a worry
(Mehr F. Husain, India Today)
India: Govt defends caste, religion, region names of Army units
(The Indian Express)
New and surprising discoveries about mysterious Easter Island statue: Origin of the Birdman Cult
(Catherine Griffin, Science World Report)
Uzbekistan: "Unbelievable" fines after no trial and raid with no warrant
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Chinese government gives house churches 'silent approval', says expert
(Quan Wei, The Gospel Herald)
Cemetery desecration signals power of Libyan Islamists
(Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail)
Nigerian Christians denounce pressure to grant Boko Haram amnesty
(The Christian Post)
North Korea continues to make threats as Christians suffer
(Persecution)
Gay marriage around the world
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Can Pope Francis and Xi Jinping normalize Vatican-China relations?
(David Gosset, Huff Post Religion)
Singapore's High Court throws out challenge to gay sex ban
(Jessica Seah, Law.com)
‘Allahu Akbar’ at Israeli ambassador's Paris residence
(Itamar Eichner, Ynet News)
Ancient Chinese Buddhist temple faces demolition
(The West Australian)
Authorities promise Russia's Buddhists their full support
(Lyudmila Alexandrova, Itar-Tass)
Liberia: Administrator advises Muslim Congress students
(The Inquirer)
Protesters march to cathedral, chanting for unity of Egyptians
(Aswat Masriya)
Nigeria: Anglican cleric condemns proposed amnesty for Boko Haram
(Jide Jegede, Premium Times)
Human Rights Watch urges Egypt to solve Muslim-Christian strife
(Aswat Masriya)
Somalia: Information Minister accuses Al Shabaab of attack on Sheikh
(Garowe Online)
Religious freedom must not violate the rights of children - Oye Lithur
(Ghana Web)
Egypt: Address recurring sectarian violence, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Vatican spokesman denies report that Benedict XVI is ill
(Marta Jiménez, Catholic News Agency)
Pakistan: Mullahs to Monks: Why is our clergy angry and violent? - Analysis
(Suba Chandran, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Ivanishvili on Georgian Orthodox Church
(Civil Georgia)
Women praying at Western Wall arrested in Jerusalem (VIDEO) (PHOTOS)
(Aron Heller, Huff Post Religion)
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Supreme Court cases send mixed messages on religious freedom
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)
Western Wall compromise raises hopes, but still faces obstacles
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Attendance at religious services lowers risk of depression, Canadian study finds
(Graeme Hamilton, The National Post)
Proposed new prayer section at Western Wall could mark victory for liberal Jewish streams
(Associated Press, The Washington Post – Middle East)
Shmuel Rabinovich, Western Wall Rabbi, supports mixed gender prayer section
(Daniel Estrin, Huffington Post)
U.S. envoy alarmed over anti-Muslim events in Sri Lanka
(Associated Press, Al Arabiya)
'They stood shouting at us to come out and be killed': Anti-Muslim violence in central Burma has left thousands of people homeless
(Peter Popham, The Independent)
India aims to end unlawful detention of Muslims
(Deutsche Welle)
Religion news in brief
(The Washington Post – On Faith)
Tyranny of the majority: ‘Military and religious groups are using religion to divide people’
(Press Release, The Express Tribune (Pakistan))
Kazakhstan: Never too old to be fined
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Understanding the Muslim world
(Robert Repino, OUP Blog)
Australian broadcasting changes terminology after Hindus protest
(Eurasia Review)
South Africa gay 'cure' school found guilty of human rights violation
(Dan Littauer, Gay Star News)
Lebanon’s sects game: The problem with its byzantine political system
(Aryn Baker, TIME Magazine)
India: 'Bharatiya Janata Party will bring law against religious conversions if voted to power’
(The Hindu)
Toronto dad upset he's not allowed to watch daughter's swim class
(Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun)
“Anti-semitism, racism, xenophobia and religious intolerance” deeply entrenched in Maldivian political discourse: Dr Shaheed
(Minivan News)
Vatican gets behind adult stem cell research
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Filipino Catholic groups band together to back poll candidates who oppose contraceptives law
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Sharansky proposes egalitarian section at Kotel
(Sam Sokil, Jeremy Sharon, Daniel K. Eisenbud, The Jerusalem Post)
Special Report - Buddhist monks incite Muslim killings in Myanmar
(Jason Szep, Reuters UK)
Egypt's Morsi orders shake-up of Justice & Equality Council
(Ahram Online)
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Articles by Mary Ann Glendon
(First Things)
More Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia
(United Press International)
Kenya: Pentacostal priest reject state plan to vet religious groups
(Jesse Mwangi, The Star)
Tunisia: 'Topless Jihad' sparks rights debate
(Yasmin Najjar, Magharedbia)
First Muslim woman to enter Australian Parliament
(World News Australia)
Pope names head of Franciscans to Vatican office overseeing religious
(Carol Glatz, The Catholic Register)
Religious minorities band together for tolerance
(Sandra Siagian and Rebecca Lake, Jakarta Globe)
The dark side of “revolution” – The Arab Spring and state fragmentation
(Sabahat Khan, Senior Analyst, INEGMA (Institute for Near East & Gulf Military Analysis))
Pope considering Secretariat of State overhaul
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt's Christian pope blasts Islamist president
(AP News, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Christian Religion in Egypt
(Ginger Yapp, Demand Media, Opposing Views)
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects blasphemy law
(Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News Asia)
Tebbe (ed.), “Religion and Equality Law”
(Yosefa A. Heber, Center for Law and Religion Forum)
Abdullah and Abbas playing the Jerusalem Card
(Mudar Zahran, Gatestone Institute)
Risk of religious conflict possible as a result of the Arab Spring in Syria, says Maronite patriarch
(Fady Noun, Aleteia)
India: Civic body, cops to join hands to determine legal religious structures in Nagpur
(Proshun Chakraborty, The Times of India)
Religious tensions escalate in Egypt amid violence
(David Greene and Leila Fadel, NPR)
Funeral attacked at Egypt's biggest church as religious violence kills six Copts
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)
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