Law and Religion Headlines

Mass prayers held for Tibetan self-immolators
(Reported and translated by Rigdhen Dolma for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Written in English by Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia)

China: Ghulja official tightens religious restrictions
(Reported by Mihray Abdilim for RFA’s Uyghur Service. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Written in English by Joshua Lipes, Radio Free Asia)

Israel lobby group gears up early to counter church divestment initiatives in 2014
(Alex Kane, Mondoweiss)

Papal apartments, basilica sealed for sede vacante
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)

Religions will discuss peace in German capital
(Vercihan Ziflioğlu, Hürriyet Daily News)

Egypt: Answers needed on state and religion
(Ibrahim El-Houdaiby, Ahram Online)

Senior Pakistani religious leader: Ayatollah Khamenei, spiritual guide of Muslim Ummah
(AhluBayt News Agency)

Benghazi, 48 Egyptian Christians arrested on religious grounds
(Asia News)

Proposed Christian law school should be denied accreditation, Clayton Ruby says
(Jeff Green, The Star)

Kenya Re launches Sharia compliant product
(John Oyuke, Standard Digital News)

Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death
(Farid Ahmed and Moni Basu, CNN)

Friday, 1 March 2013

Principles of tolerance and respect can help address global challenges – UN officials
(UN News Centre)

A Vatican spring?
(Hans Küng, translated by from the German by Peter Heinegg, The International Herald Tribune)

Kenya: Arsonists burn Keroka church in land dispute
(The Star)

Pakistan: A human rights organization was banned due to the pressure of fanatical Muslim groups in Gilgit-Baltistan
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

Uganda: MPs divided over property sharing after divorce
(Henry Sekanjako and John Odyek, New Vision)

Nigeria: MSSN protest paralyses activities at Alausa
(Monsur Olowoopejo, Vanguard)

Update: 6 arrested amid continued clashes at church in Aswan
(Aswat Masriya)

Kazakhstan: "If they continue to pray, they'll be brought to legal responsibility"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Egypt, to Coptic Orthodox children aged 9 and 10 risk jail on blasphemy charges
(Asia News)

Chinese intellectuals urge action on human rights
(Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph)

UN chief calls for abolition of death penalty
(Sung Un Kim, The Jurist)

Religious expression in the public sphere
(Benedict Coleridge Jesuit Refugee Service - Europe, EuropeInfos)

Christians, Sikhs and Hindus demand electoral reform for better representation
(Shafique Khokhar, Asia News)

Nigeria: Muslim students protest ban of Hijab in Lagos schools
(George Okogie, Leadership via AllAfrica)

Al Azhar condemns Aby Sayyaf over un-Islamic abductions and terror acts
(Asia News)

Kenya: Arsonists burn Keroka church in land dispute
(Angwenyi Gichana, The Star via AllAfrica)

Bangladesh: Dozens killed in clashes between Islamists and police
(Asia News)

Nigeria: MSSN protest paralyses activities at Alausa
(Monsur Olowoopejo, Vanguard via All Africa)

Kanlho, 9 Tibetans on trial for encouraging self-immolations
(Asia News)

Egyptian Muslims clash with police amid religious tensions
(Global Post)

Sri Lanka: Under threat of abduction, Christian lawyer will not give up his mission
(Melani Manel Perera, Asia News)

Nigeria: Killers in name of religion, agents of Devil – Taraba ag. gov
(Ojih Andrew, Leadership)

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Our new blog on religion: Hard clogs to fill
(B.C., The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])

China arrests 5 Tibetans for 'inciting' immolation
(Gillian Wong, Huffington Post)

Seeking war crimes justice, Bangladesh protesters fight 'anit-Islam' label
(Elizabeth Yuan and Farid Ahmed, CNN)

Australia High Court bans controversial church from public preaching without permit
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Ethiopia elects new leader for Orthodox church
(Associated Press)

Victory for Manicaland in long awaited judgment
(Bellah Zulu, Anglican Communion News Service)

UK Government notes the genuine concern of 118,000 petitions regarding human rights abuses in India
(Parmjit Singh, Sikhsiyasat.net)

Vietnam affirms consistent policy of protecting human rights
(VietNamNet Bridge)

Disagree with Christians? That’s fine. But do not silence them
(Matthew Block, National Post)

Election of new pontiff: events leading to the sede vacante
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update

Christian convert in Sudan reveals struggles, restrictions on religious freedom in African nation
(Morning Star News)

A hard look at freedom: Religious toleration as a foreign-policy aim
(B.C., The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])

Sabah utstazah, Catholic priest siblings say religion bonds them
(Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider)

Religion news in brief
(AP via Washington Post)

Indonesia: Religious minorities targets of rising violence
(Human Rights Watch)

Israel: 'Religious councils act as a law unto themselves'
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

India: Minor Muslim girls can’t marry: High Court
(Umesh R Yadav, The New Indian Express)

Four men found guilty of sharia law whipping in Australia
(The Indian Express)

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Novosibirsk Regional Court brands Allya-Ayat extremist
(Interfax-Religion)

Ahmadenijad considers separation of religion and state
(Arutz Sheva 7)

Pope Benedict XVI recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience (+videos)
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Deseret News)

As a new pope is chosen, Latin America hopes for more sway
(Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times)

Street preachers banned from Rundle Mall after High Court upholds Adelaide City Council bylaw
(Sean Fewster, The Australian)

Child Marriage Act overrides Muslim Personal Law: Karnataka high court
(The Times of India)

Pope Benedict allows earlier conclave, extends secrecy oath
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)

Bangladesh: Bloggers threatened and journalists endangered by Islamists and authorities‏
(Eurasia Review)

Egypt: Islamist preacher launches new party to run for parliament
(Aswat Masriya)

Egypt: Christians ask govnt. to reconsider election date
(CISA News Africa)

Bangladesh: Thousands of people rally against Islamic party and the political use of religion
(Sumon Francis Gomes, Asia News)

Punjab: Muslim attacks disabled Christian for money, police deny any investigation
(Shafique, Asia News)

China should recognise Dalai Lama as religious leader
(Christian Today)

Kenya: Kikuyu TNA aspirant confronts pastor over debate
(Njenga Gichea, The Star via AllAfrica)

Canada: Anti-gay flyers violated hate law, Supreme Court rules
(CTV News Staff, CTV News)

Tunisia: Islamist arrested for politician's murder
(The Guardian)

Islamist leader urges Russia to revise attitude to Central Asia, Caucasus Islamists
(Interfax-religion)

Not anti-religion but pro-justice: Bangladesh protesters
(Haroon Habib, The Hindu)

United Church says limits to freedom of religion are reasonable
(Canada Newswire)

Bahá'í student expelled from Iranian university 'on grounds of religion'
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)

Indonesia's rising religious intolerance
(Benedict Rogers, New York Times)

Judaism’s enemy No. 1: Moral complacency among religious Zionists
(Rabbi Gideon D. Sylvester, Haaretz)

Bulgaria chooses new religious leader -- with complex past
(Public Radio International)

Canada: Parent speaks up about religious accommodation
(Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer)

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Attack on Indian revival meeting sends Christians underground
(World Watch Monitor)

No religious education reform in Gibraltar
(Kathryn Richardson, The Olive Press)

Moshe Feiglin: the religious Jew who might be a future Israeli prime minister
(Maya Shwayder, International Business Times)

Benedict XVI's second act
(Howard Chua-Eoan, Time Magazine)

Beit Shemesh women sue over 'modesty' coercion
(Maayana Miskin, Arutz Sheva)

Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest
(Associated Press)

Syria civil war threatens to pull Lebanon into conflict, U.N. says
(Michelle Nichols and Cynthia Osterman, Reuters)

France says will not negotiate with Cameroon hostage-takers
(Reuters)

Quebec loses status as Canada's most secular province
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)

Pink anti-Semitism is no different from brown anti-Semitism
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)

Online Discussion: The Internet, generosity and spiritual progress: Finding connections
(Ansley Roan (re Diane Winston & Sree Sreenivasan), Big Questions Online)

Hindus urge removal of “disrespectful” Lord Ganesha artwork from Massachusetts museum
(Eurasia Review)

Burned church is latest in string of Tanzanian attacks
(World Watch Monitor)

Is Buddhism a religion?
(Yeshaia Blakeney, Jewish Journal)

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