Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 8 February 2013
Egypt's Coptic leader: 'Christians are not a minority in terms of value to the nation'
(Katherine Weber, Christian Post)
MTF analysis of governor's FY 14 tax proposal
(Massachusetts Taxpayers foundation)
Chabad claim denied
(Jonah Lowenfeld, Jewish Journal)
Thursday, 7 February 2013
India's artists struggle to safeguard free speech
(Deutsche Welle)
Sri Lanka: President vows not to allow religious differences to divide the nation
(Sunday Times)
Vietnam looks to amend religious laws
(Khanh Vu Duc, Asia Sentinel)
Tunisian PM says he will dissolve government to halt crisis
(Al Bawaba News)
Ethiopia: The case against trial by public media — OpEd
(Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Eurasia Review)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Who should regulate kosher and halal food?
(The Economist)
Religion’s wise embrace of commerce
(Michael A. Helfand, First Things)
Vatican denies had role in Monte Paschi-Antonveneta deal
(Reuters)
Mayor Bloomberg backs Brooklyn College in flap over boycott Israel panel
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward)
Gambia: President Jammeh attends Cairo OIC Summit
(The Daily Observer)
Nigeria: Kaduna Muslims, Christians demand legislation against hate speech
(Alex Abutu, Hope Abah, Chris Eze, Eyo Charles, Aliyu Abdullateef, Johnkennedy Uzoma, Aliyu M. Hamagam, and Christiana T. Alabi, Daily Trust)
Zambia: Islamic groups infighting worries state
(Victoria Phiri, Times of Zambia)
Egypt: Al-Azhar criticizes West over curbing Muslims freedom
(Egypt State Information Service)
Zimbabwe: Central Bank governor blasted for 'sanitising' Makandiwa and Angel
(Violet Gonda, All Africa)
Russian sect leader jailed for 11 years
(Valery Titievsky, StarAfrica.com)
Sarajevo Haggadah: Bosnia's prized Jewish manuscript won't show in NYC
(Aida Cerekez, Associated Press)
Filipino faces jail time for 'offending religious feelings'
(Thomas Maresca, Time)
Bangladesh mob torches Muslim sect festival site
(Times Online)
Islam Summit calls for Syria dialogue, Palestine donors meeting
(Salma El Wardany, Bloomberg Business Week)
Salaka Djicke, Mali woman, punished for forbidden love
(Rukmini Callimachi, Huffington Post)
Did gun control prevent Jews from stopping the Holocaust?
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
China: Should religious freedom be a "core interest"?
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)
Catholic lawyers in Colorado won't cite defense of fetuses aren't people
(Electa Draper, The Denver Post)
Chinese preacher arrested for hymn session
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
AP Interview: Egypt’s Coptic Christian pope delivers measured criticism of Islamist government
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Seiple attends first-ever meeting of Catholics and Protestants at the Catholic Bishops Conference in Yangon, Myanmar
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Myanmar: “Five principles for the minority church amidst countries in transition”
(Dr. Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement)
Documents show Venezuela spying on Jewish community
(Gil Shefler, JTA)
Nigeria: Death sentence - Reverend King loses round two
(Mohammed Shosanya, Daily Trust)
Egypt: Morsi inaugurates 12th OIC Summit
(Egypt State Information Service)
Ahmadinejad attacked with shoe in Cairo
(Robert Mackey, New York Times: The Lede)
Pastor to sue Forbes for listing 'richest pastors' in Brazil; Claims information wholly inaccurate
(Andrea Madambashi, Christian Post)
Kashmir girl band breaks up after threats
(Aijaz Hussain, Huffington Post)
Pastor Saeed Abedini tortured, 'feeling helpless' as plea to free him continues
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Kyrgyzstan: Imam still faces extradition to Uzbek torture
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
South Sudan Church calls to review separation of religion and the state
(Sudan Tribune)
Church should have more control over Russian life: Putin
(Thomas Grove, Reuters)
Academic study weakens Israeli claim that Palestinian school texts teach hate
(Isabel Kershner, New York Times)
Iraq’s Christians still searching for a home
(Matteo Fagotto, Toronto Star)
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
(Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor)
Riots erupt as Bangladeshi Islamist sentenced to life
(Bangkok Post)
Saudi Islamist preacher on trial in daughter's slaying
(Mohammed Jamjoom and Saad Abedine, CNN)
Ministers urge religious chiefs to oppose genital mutilation
(Catherine Hornby, Reuters)
Tajik man to go on trial for spreading pamphlets at Moscow mosque
(Interfax)
Kazakhstan: "To counter manifestations of religious extremism and terrorism"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Churches will soon have a choice to allow guns in the building
(Janelle Lilley, ABC KATV)
Court allows catholic diocese’s lawsuit to proceed against the HHS Mandate
(Edward White, ACLJ)
Monday, 4 February 2013
Vatican signals options for protecting gay couples
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
EVENT February 7: Facilitated Dialogue in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
(Bassam Aramin and Robi Damelin, United States Institute of Peace)
New textbook study threatens to undercut argument that Palestinian schools preach hate
(Rom Kampeas, JTA)
Israel and the Arab Spring
(Lior Lehrs, Mitvim)
Nigeria: Sultan denies call for licensing of preachers
(Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, Weekly Trust)
Kenya: 200 Muslim leaders back Kiraitu's bid
(Martin Murithi, The Star)
Liberia: YWCA scribe wants awareness against violence
(The Liberian Times)
Ghana: Church of Pentecost feeds Ho Prison inmates
(The Chronicle)
Zimbabwe: Satanism fear rocks Remand prison
(Nqaba Matshazi, The Standard)
Egypt: Church blames morsi for protest deaths
(John Pontifex, Independent Catholic News)
Gambia ratifies Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam
(Alieu Ceesay and Aji Fatou Faal, The Daily Observer)
Zambia: By-elections are not our fault, Sata tells Catholic bishops
(Peter Adamu, Zambia Reports)
Vatican shoots down claim that Iran backed John paul assassinatino attempt
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Timbuktu celebrates defeat of Islamist extremists
(Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News)
Nigeria: Appeal court upholds death sentence on Reverend King
(Akinwale Akintunde, All Africa)
Rwanda: Fighting deadly hate speech requires 'multi-layered approach,' UN official says
(All Africa)
Friday, 1 February 2013
The Edict of Milan in the history of liberty
(Dylan Pahman, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Al-Azhar bids to solve Egypt crisis
(OnIslam)
Egyptian political parties sign Al-Azhar document renouncing violence
(Middle East Monitor)
Limits of religious tolerance: Protestantism in Belarus
(Paula Borowska, Belarus Digest)
Kosovo orders ban on headscarves in schools
(OnIslam)
Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 23 dead
(Riaz Khan, Huffington Post)
Nigeria: Pastor nabbed over illegal gun
(Hope Abah, Daily Trust)
Zambia: Lusaka maintains Christian nation clause
(Peter Adamu, Zambia Reports)
Liberia: Churches concerned about dismissed GAC workers
(All Africa)
Gambia: Statute of the OIC Women Development Organization ratified
(Alieu Ceesay and Aji Fatou Raal, The Daily Observer)
Tanzania: 'Cleric attacks in Zanzibar not religiously motivated'
(Tanzania Daily News)
Thousands in Egypt defy curfews, protest Morsi
(Associated Press)
Heavy sentences in China for 2 Tibetans over self-immolations
(CNN)
Germans press Morsi on slurs against Jews as Berlin marks somber anniversary
(Robert Mackey, The New York Times: The Lede)
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Review: Believing in Russia—Religious Policy after Communism
(Geraldine Fagan, The Economist)
UN Special Rapporteur discusses freedom of religion or belief in Canada
(Canada Civil Liberties Association)
Egypt Copts get death in absentia over film
(Al Jazeera)
Kenya: Clerics applaud Mutula's call
(Brian Otieno, All Africa)
Nigeria: Sultan, CAN president differ on licensing of preachers
(Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Sam Eyoboka and Abdallah El-Kurebe, All Africa)
Zimbabwe: Prove you're a true prophet, Makandiwa told
(Daniel Nemukuyu, All Africa)
Egypt: Preparations finalized for hosting OIC Summit
(All Africa)
Israeli election rekindles debate over military service
(Larry Abramson, National Public Radio)
Uzbekistan: Raids, criminal charges and Christmas Bible destruction
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
India: Govt doesn’t identify terrorism with any religion
(Manish Tewari, Firstpost.India)
New FBI hate crime training manual published
(Access ADL)
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Kuwait: ‘Political parties tied to religion, sects harmful’
(Bassam Al-Qassas, Arab Times)
Pope Benedict XVI says lack of ‘faith’ could be used in marriage annulments
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)
Appeal will be launched for convicted American Pastor, sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Christians in Syria fleeing country as crisis reaches 'unprecedented levels of horror'
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Muslim group threatens Egypt's Coptic Christians; tells them to 'pay tribute'
(MidEast Christian News, Christian Post World)
Nigeria: CAN passes confidence vote on Oritsejafor
(Caleb Ayansina, AllAfrica)
Uganda: Muslims want prophet Muhammad's birthday declared public holiday
(Sadab Kitata Kaaya, AllAfrica)
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