Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Muslim persecution of Christians escalating in Pakistan
(Mohshin Habib, Gatestone Institute)
From Khusūs to the cathedral: New attacks on Copts
(Jayson Casper, Arab West Report)
Libya: Religious Affairs Committee angered by website article, demands apology
(Nihal Zaroug, Libya Herald)
Libya: Volunteers crisscross borders as Islamist extremism goes global
(Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail)
Attack on Christians in Egypt comes after a pledge
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim, The New York Times)
Buddhist monks provoke Muslim killings in Myanmar
(Muhammad Iqbal, Business Recorder)
Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt kill 5 people
(Agence Tunis Afrique Presse)
Liberia: Theocratic state is dangerous – OpEd
(Rev. Dr. Slocum, The New Dawn)
Uganda: Govt persecuting us, Muslims – OpEd
(Steven Candia, The New Vision)
Tanzanian Muslim clerics call for end to interfaith conflict
(Sabahi)
Egypt: Protesters cut off road following cathedral clashes
(Aswat Masriya)
Monday, 8 April 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day begins in Israel
(Aron Heller, Huffington Post)
Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Katharina von Kellenbach, OUP Blog)
Leading Egyptian political figures condemn attacks on St. Mark's Cathedral
(The Christian Post)
Sri Lanka: Attacks on Muslims, a new ball-game
(Dr Kumar David, South Asia Analysis Group)
Bangladesh protesters demand blasphemy law
(Al Jazeera)
Bangladesh PM rules out blasphemy law
(Al Jazeera)
Anti-Muslim campaign causes fears of a new wave of ethnic violence in war-torn Sri Lanka
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Canada asks how middle-class boys became jihadists
(Felix Corley, Al Arabiya)
Kazakh Embassy hosts round table on role of Congress of World and Traditional Religions
(ANI News)
Indonesian minorities protest growing religious intolerance
(Straits Times)
Religion, politics should not collide
(Dismas Nkunda, The Observer (Uganda))
My view: Christians are harassed more than any other religion in the world
(Kirsten Powers, USA Today, Deseret News)
Just one more religion? Venerating the Kims
(The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])
Two women beheaded in Papua New Guinea over witchcraft claims
(Charlie Cooper, The Independent)
Indonesian minorities protest growing religious intolerance
(Bangkok Post)
Police rescue religious sect members
(Ghana Web)
Egyptian Copts and Muslims clash again, in central Cairo
(Press TV)
Jerusalem approves, then revokes, grant to combat secularization of Orthodox girls
(Revital Hovel, Haaretz)
Pakistan officials bar candidates using rarely used religious rule
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Monday’s religion news roundup: Holocaust remembrance * Rick Warren’s son * Juche
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service)
Kyrgyzstan: Eight raids, two official warnings in three months
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Laos: Pastors released after arrest for 'spreading Christian religion'
(Christian Today)
What Islam says on marrying from another religion
(New Vision)
With Pope Francis, it's prime time for Jesuits
(Rachel Zoll, ABC News)
Death toll in Egypt's Muslim-Christian clashes at Cairo cathedral rises to 2
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Anti-Semitic attacks surged in 2012, report claims
(Ariel David, Huffington Post)
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Pakistan: We must not let it happen again
(M. Zahid Rajput, Business Recorder)
Burma: Reaching out to heal religious ruptures
(Susan Hayward, United States Institute of Peace)
Moderate imams denounce radicalism
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Malaysia: Churches roll out campaign for GE13
(Bob Teoh, My Sinchew)
Myanmar: Print media analysis of the Rohingya unrest
(Janani Govindankutty, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Egyptians demand an end to ties with Iran and 'Shia Islam'
(Al Bawaba News)
Egypt, Brotherhood and US
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, Arab News)
My Take: What real persecution looks like
(Nina Shea, CNN Belief Blog)
Friday, 5 April 2013
Women's prayers at the Western Wall spark tensions
(Michele Chabin, Huffington Post)
Pakistan's sectarian violence creeps into art scene
(Amie Ferris-Rotman, Reuters)
Court acquits Christian on death row for blasphemy
(AFP, The Express Tribune)
Court releases rights lawyer detained for defending Falun Gong
(The Epoch Times)
Nigeria weighs amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents
(Deutsche Welle)
Pakistani candidates face religious vetting
(Saeed Shah, The Wall Street Journal)
North Korean church leaders ask for prayer amid war preparations
(Eurasia Review)
VIDEO: Ancient complex discovered near biblical birthplace of Abraham in Southern Iraq
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huffington Post)
Desmond Tutu wins $1.7 million prize for promoting forgiveness and justice
(Maria Golovnina, Reuters)
Pope Francis calls for action on clerical sex abuse
(BBC News)
Tensions flare over women’s prayers at sacred Western Wall
(Michele Chabin, The Washington Post)
The mandatum issue: Beware of superficial judgment
(Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture)
In Canberra, as it is in Rome: here come the Jesuits
(Damien Murphy, The Sydney Morning Herald)
More face charges in Egypt’s escalating free speech and dissent crackdown
(Amnesty International)
Insulting religion or Mursi?
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, Arab News)
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Syria becoming new cradle for foreign extremists, research warns
(Alex Spillius, The Telegraph)
Advocating for peace and religious liberty in the Central African Republic
(ANN Video Full Episode - April 5, 2013, Adventist News Network)
Indonesia shuts down Ahmadiyya Mosque
(Rafiq A. Tschannen, The Muslim Times)
Threats to religious freedom in Cuba
(Christian Today)
Indonesia's mass organizations bill looks set to pass
(Carlos Paath, Jakarta Globe)
Long the bane of Venezuelan Jews, Chavez is gone. Now what?
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Playing the Venezuelan anti-Semitism card
(Stephen Lendman, ThePeoplesVoice.org)
Ancient Damascus synagogue hit by looting, shelling in Syrian conflict
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
In Southern Mexico, religious liberty continues to grow despite history of intolerance
(Adventist News Network)
Dubai police chief says Muslim Brotherhood sows subversion in the Gulf
(William Maclean, Reuters FaithWorld)
Myanmar ignored warning signs, U.N. says
(UPI Asia)
Sudan's Arab Spring?
(Alsir Sidahmed, Arab News)
Syria in danger of replicating Christian exodus in Iraq
(Christian Post)
Liberia: Latter-day Saints identify with less fortunate – dedicated latrines, water wells
(The New Republic)
Three Bangladeshi bloggers arrested for offending Islam
(Sumon Francis Gomes, AsiaNews.it)
Talking about religion and schools
(Kyle Church, Scoop Independent News (New Zealand))
In the quest for a better world religion and ideology should be equal partners
(Geoff Gallop, WA Today (Western Australia))
Israel set to jail teenage conscientious objector for eighth time
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
The Pope and China's Communist Party: More similar than you think
(Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Asia Society: Asia Blog)
Canadian court says police religious ruse did not violate murder defendants' religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uganda: Marriage bill and police war on Imams can only fail
(Ssemujju Ibrahim, The Observer)
Tunisia: NCA commission votes against enshrining Higher Islamic Council in constitution
(Agence Tunis Afrique Presse)
Egypt opposition demands ban of religious slogans in electoral campaigns
(Aswat Masriya)
Tanzania: Council demand release of priest's killer
(Issa Yussuf, Daily News)
Christian minister dies in Vietnam police custody
(Charisma News)
In Burma, satellite images show extent of religious violence
(Charlie Campbell, Time)
Pope Francis stresses "fundamental" importance of women in church
(Naomi O'Leary, Reuters)
Canadian prisoners sue over lack of chaplains
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Interests of all religions must be ensured in Jerusalem - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax)
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools
(Dalia Nammari, Ibrahim Barzak, NBC News)
Africa finds an effective weapon against AIDS: religion
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Jihadis' exploitation of Muslim girls
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Venezuela tries to weaken human rights watchdog
(Yvette Betance, The Heritage Foundation)
Myanmar police failed to stop killing, arson: HRW
(The Indian Express)
SEA’s biggest church opens amid rising religious debate in Malaysia
(Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider)
Kyrgyzstan: Criminal prosecutions to punish registration applications?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Islamist fighters slip back into Timbuktu and are repelled by French and Malians
(Scott Sayare, The New York Times)
Myanmar fire kills 13 Muslim students, adding to Buddhist-Muslim tensions
(Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor)
Egypt: Coptic Christians must be protected from sectarian violence
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Uganda: Seventh-day Adventist Church rejects marriage bill
(Luke Kagiri, New Vision)
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