Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Death-row inmates may testify, Former Aum members may be called in Hirata lay judge trial
(The Yomiuri Shimbun)
Friday, 22 March 2013
Tunisian salafist announce al-Qaeda support
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
International Good Faith: An Introduction to the 10th Anniversary Issue
(Chris Seiple, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (HRC/22/31)
(Policy Brief, Family Watch International)
UN resolution recognizes "the family" as fundamental unit of society [PP5 (bis)]
(United Nations Economic and Social Council, Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family)
Making anti-gay Christian-right views law, at home and abroad (Kenya, Zimbabwe, Brazil)
(Rev. Kapya Kaoma and Jandira Queiroz, Huff Post Gay Voices)
Sectarian clashes are reported in central Myanmar
(Thomas Fuller and Wai Moe, The New York Times)
Toll rises as sectarian violence in Myanmar spreads to nearby villages
(Thomas Fuller and Wai Moe, The New York Times)
Ethnic violence erupts in Burma leaving scores dead
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
Liberia: Christian group petitions legislature
(The Inquirer)
Kazakhstan's spiritual landscape can change drastically: Lama Sharif
(Renat Tashkinbayev, Tengri News)
Tanzania: Witness accuses founding fathers of destroying Muslim association
(Daily News)
Nigeria: Hijab controversy - kids also face persecution
(Ishola Balogun, Vanguard)
Tanzania: Ponda's followers land in jail
(Faustine Kapama, Daily News)
Kenya: Catholic church seeks Uhuru, Raila petition vow
(Wambui Ndonga, Capital FM News)
Kenya: Catholic church slams condom advert
(Wambui Ndonga, Capital FM News)
Egypt: Salafi Nour Party to file appeal against Islamic bonds law
(Aswat Masriya)
Marriage and politics: Why the debate matters; why the conjugal view can prevail
(Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson & Robert P. George, National Review Online)
Top pro-Assad Sunni cleric killed as attack on Damascus mosque kills 42
(Russian Times)
Paraguayan church invites Pope Francis to visit Caacupe
(Peter Tase, Eurasia Review)
Pope Francis says the ‘nones’ can be allies for the church
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
What Pope Francis means for Latin America
(Jamie Daremblum, Hudson Institute)
I'm gay and I oppose same-sex marriage
(Doug Mainwaring, The Witherspoon Institute – Public Discourse)
Religious intolerance in Indonesia 'strips away other rights'
(Dessy Sagita, Jakarta Globe)
Japanese politician wants to boost the national birthrate by banning abortion
(Max Fisher, The Washington Post)
Tasmania to liberalize abortion law
(MIchael Cook, BioEdge)
Journalists attacked in Egypt
(Committee to Protect Journalists)
New video introducing IGE and the mission of religious freedom
(Institute for Global Engagement)
RFIA Presents Robert Hefner Lecture: “Shari’a, Democracy, and Human Rights: Debates and Policy Implications”
(The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Institute for Global Engagement)
India: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh seeks separate law for Hindu, Muslim migrants
(Daily Bhaskar)
Canada: How police use religion to deceive suspects
(Kamari Clarke, Huffington Post)
Tajikistan: Religious political party members fined for religious activity
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Pope urges dialogue with Islam, more help for the poor
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
When the new pope meets the old pope: Awkward?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Religion, ethnicity and popularity come into play in Indonesia
(Bruce Gale, Jakarta Globe)
Thursday, 21 March 2013
The patentability of human genes: more developments
(Rosalind English)
Russia: Familiar twist in anti-Jehovah's Witness campaign
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Buddhist temples in Japan joining matchmaking boom
(Sanjay G. Dhande, The Indian Express)
Syrian TV says mosque bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press, USA Today)
Afghan villagers take on Taliban in their heartland
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Indonesian city tears down church in front of worshippers
(Agence France-Presse, Global Post)
Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Religion News Service)
Who are the Jesuits, exactly?
(The Economist: Newsbook)
European jihadists: the latest export
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Venezuela Jews unveil new main Sephardic synagogue
(The St. Louis Jewish Light)
Boko Haram threatens JTF spokesperson, demands prisoners exchange for French nationals
(Abubakar Shekau, The Premium Times (Nigeria))
An Israeli and a Palestinian make a bold plea to Obama and their leaders
(Gadi Kenny and Mahmoud Jabari, Common Ground News Service)
Vatican's communications site runs Batman story
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Israel and the U.S. are home to more than four-fifths of the world’s Jews
(Graphic, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Full text of Pope Francis’s address to religious leaders
(Pope Francis, Catholic Herald)
Mosques torched in deadly Myanmar riots
(Al Jazeera)
Russian Orthodox Church, Vatican to stand up for family values
(Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI))
Pope Francis signals core mission – returning Catholics to the church (+video)
(G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor)
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Buddhist, Jewish, Wiccan, Muslim and Sikh prisoners sue over lack of non-Christian chaplains in federal prisons
(Dene Moore, Canadian Press, National Post)
Pakistan’s extremist democracy
(Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books)
On gay unions, a pragmatist before he was a pope
(Simon Romero and Emily Schmall, The International Herald Tribune)
Toronto Masons look for ways to reclaim the Masonic Temple
(Rachel Mendleson, The Star (Canada))
Pope Francis on Twitter: @Pontifex account blowing up as new pope asserts social media presence
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post)
Traditional Catholics key in on signs of pope’s worship style
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Islamic law comes to rebel-held Syria
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Libya Islamists gaining strength: Libyans concerned by sectarian violence
(Sherif Elhelwa, Huffington Post)
Illicit ordination in China on same day as pope's inauguration
(UCA News)
In 2012 interview, Pope Francis (then-Cardinal Bergoglio) reveals secret of celibacy
(Aleteia)
'It's not your homeland': An interview with Shlomo Sand
(Lewis Turner, The Palestine Chronicle)
Will a China collapse bring freedom to Tibet?
(Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia)
Canada: From 'Bible Bill' to Stephen Harper, the evolution of faith-based politics
(Ira Basen, CBC News)
Anti-bullying law not supported
(The Canadian Press, Castanet)
Indonesia: Few hard-liners, political elites behind religious violence: Ministry
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)
Muslim girl’s disappearance in Egypt sparks religious strife
(Tarek El-Tablawy, Bloomberg)
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Israel's rabbis in retreat as Obama arrives
(Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin, Huffington Post)
Mormons change references to blacks, polygamy
(NPR: All Things Considered)
Philippine Supreme Court halts implementation of contraceptives law amid church opposition
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Pope Francis
(Resources on Faith, Ethics, and Public Life, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
**Pope Francis – the Inauguration and More**
Pope Francis inauguration mass - as it happened
(Paul Owen, The Guardian)
The significance of Pope Francis
(Rudolf C. Heredia, The Hindu)
Catholic Church inaugurates Pope Francis in huge, open-air Mass
(Jason Horowitz, The Washington Post)
Pope Francis receives fisherman's ring
(Associated Press Video, The Washington Post)
Pope Francis celebrates Mass to inaugurate his reign amid hope for change
(Buenos Aires Herald)
Pope Francis celebrates grandiose inaugural mass
(Seema Gupta, France 24 International News)
Pope sets tone for humbler papacy, calls for defense of the weak
(Philip Pullella and Catherine Hornby, Reuters)
'Protect the poorest and the weakest. This bishop loves you very much': Pope Francis ditches the pomp as he blesses tens of thousands at inaugural mass
(Jill Reilly, Daily Mail)
Francis-mania grips thousands as Pope delivers inaugural mass
(Polina Chernitsa reporting, Voice of Russia Radio)
Argentine leader asks pope to intervene in Falklands row
(Voice of Russia Radio)
Jews find early signs from Pope Francis encouraging
(Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTA)
New pope is an old friend of the Jewish community
(Mordechai Levin, JTA)
Pope Francis I speaks on Holocaust, Israel and Jews in only book
(Alan Brill and Ronnie Perelis, The Jewish Daily Forward)
The worsening plight of religious minorities in Iran
(Testimony of Five Witnesses, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission – United States Congress)
In israel, new government is formed without Haredi parties in coalition
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vatican releases Pope Francis' coat of arms, motto and ring
(The Telegraph)
Religion Without God
(Ronald Dworkin, The New York Review of Books)
Pope Francis inauguration: as it happened
(Sarah Titterton, The Guardian)
Pope Francis holds inauguration mass in the Vatican (VIDEO)
(The Telegraph)
Homily for inaugural Mass of Petrine Ministry [full text, English]
(Vatican Radio)
Inaugural Mass – Liturgy
(Vatican News Services)
At inaugural Mass, Pope Francis calls for defending environment, poor
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief discusses new report on violence against Baha'is in Iran
(Bahá'í International Community United Nations Office)
Unholy alliance [discussion at the UN concerning violence against women] – OpEd
(The New York Times)
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