Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Preacher alarms many in Egypt with calls for Islamist vice police
(Yasmine Saleh and Shaimaa Fayed, Reuters)
Creating a Human Freedom Index
(Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Indonesia envisions more religion in schools
(Sara Schonhardt, New York Times)
French Muslims join opposition to same-sex marriage
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Iraq shuts Jordan border crossing over Sunni protests
(Raheem Salman, Reuters)
Maldives cleric's murder raises fears of growing religious extremism
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Malaysian police raid sect, seize weapons: report
(Agence France-Presse, The Jakarta Globe)
Guestview: Yes to interfaith harmony, no to religious police in Egypt
(Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, Reuters)
Nepal jails mob for burning suspected ‘witch’ alive
(Agence France-Presse, The Raw Story)
Iran slams French weekly over blasphemous cartoons
(PressTV)
Indonesia schools: Less time for science, and more for religion?
(Joyce Lau, International Herald Tribune)
Iraqi Sunnis, Kurds boycott cabinet to back protests
(Patrick Markey and Aseel Kami, Reuters)
Indonesia: Sharia tourism initiated to tap growing Muslim travel market
(Nurfika Osman, The Jakarta Post)
Sharp increase in religious freedom violations in Cuba
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Christian Today)
The Christian Aid Conference on Peace and Justice in the Holy Land
(Dennis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Kyrgyzstan: NSC secret police behind "needed" new religious freedom punishments
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Police raid Chinese House Church Alliance's Bible study meeting
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Ordinary Muslims in Indonesia violating rights, study finds
(Morning Star News)
Traditionalist Catholic leader calls Jewish people ‘enemies of the Church’ – VIDEO
(Cathy Hayes, Irish Central)
Christian MP praises freedom of speech in Iran
(FARS News Agency)
Political Islam: The experience of Nigeria and Senegal
(Buya Jammeh and Prince Charles Dickson, SpyGhana)
About 100 million Christians persecuted around the world: report
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
USCIRF releases report on “unruly state of law” in Russia
(USCIRF)
Non-Muslims must not use ‘Allah’, says Selangor Sultan
(The Malaysia Insider)
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Fury as Indian guru blames tragic student, 23, for the vicious gang attack which killed her
(Hugo Gye and Suzannah Hills, Mail Online)
Vatican: Calling Jews ‘enemies’ of the church is unacceptable
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Update 2 – Russian patriarch says religion law must not go too far
(Reuters)
Monday, 7 January 2013
Amid Orthodox Christmas, Egypt's Christians fear for their rights under Islamist government
(Shahira Amin, CNN)
Brotherhood official urges Egypt's Jews to return
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Hebei Catholics: Penal code reform means Xi Jinping must free imprisoned bishops and priests
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Indonesia town to ban women “straddling motorbikes”
(Sina English)
Iraq's Al-Sadr visits church, site of 2010 attack
(Adam Schreck, Associated Press)
Israeli library reveals ancient Afghan manuscripts
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
Morsi expands Brotherhood influence in Egyptian cabinet
(Egypt News)
Parliamentary reform after the Arab Spring
(Edward Burke, FRIDE)
Philippines contraceptives law harmful to families, says Catholic leaders
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Cameroon: Same sex marriages are crimes against humanity, says Archbishop Bakot
(Catholic Information Service for Africa, All Africa)
Friday, 4 January 2013
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
The most persecuted religion in the world
(Kelly James Clark, Huffington Post)
Thursday, 3 January 2013
After Assad, is strict Islamic rule ahead for Syria?
(Tom A. Peter, USA Today)
Burma’s Chin Christians face persecution in Buddhist Na Ta La schools
(Shaikh Azizur Rahman, Toronto Star)
Iran: 50 Christians temporarily arrested in Christmas raid
(Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service, Religion Today)
Iraq orders release of 11 female detainees
(AFP, Worldwide Religious News)
Nigeria leader: Islamists won't stop godly Worship
(CBN News)
Nigerian-Americans call on U.S. government to help end Christian persecution in Nigeria
(J.C. Derrick, Religion Today)
Saudi activists urge release of writer who 'insulted' Islam
(AFP, Hindustan Times)
Concerns new decree restricts religious freedom in Vietnam
(Christian Today)
Cult leaders no reflection of religion
(WKS Hosein, Trinidad Express)
Egypt-UAE ties worsen with ‘Brotherhood’ arrests
(Hassen Jouini | AFP, Arab News)
Georgian Orthodox Church leader to visit Moscow
(Civil Georgia)
Haiti - Literature : "Race, Religion, and The Haitian Revolution"
(Celucien L. Joseph, Ph.D., Haiti Libre)
Iranian pastor's Christmas arrest worries religious liberty advocates
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
New law points to Philippine church’s waning sway
(Hrvoje Hranjski, Arab News)
OIC slams French caricature of Prophet
(Arab News)
Religion and money sit together uneasily as Myanmar opens up
(Yu Jincui, The Global Times)
Tunisia: Fatwa against Christmas, New Year's sparks outrage
(Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia)
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
'Accept women's marriage registration testimony'
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Dozens killed in Africa as stampedes at prayer event and fireworks celebration end in disaster
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Feature: The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee – social, humanitarian and cultural issues
(UN News Centre)
Hindus laud Pope on highlighting growing rich-poor gap
(Eurasia Review)
Iranians seek relief in Christmas celebrations
(Tara Kangarlou, CNN)
Nigerian forces kill 13 Boko Haram militants after church attacks
(Ben Brumfield, CNN)
Pakistan: 5 female teachers killed near Malala Yousufzai attack
(Myles Collier, The Christian Post)
Pope hopes for 2013 of peace, slams unbridled capitalism
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Pope: even in the midst of the most difficult problems we have to trust in God
(AsiaNews.it)
Putin approves new education law including mandatory religion course
(The Moscow Times)
Russia: Is anti-Jehovah's Witness campaign slowing?
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Thailand to repatriate Rohingya refugees
(Associated Press, The Hindu)
The Islamization of France in 2012
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Ukrainian Hierarchs from Diaspora share Christmas greetings
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
UN human rights chief calls for profound change in India in wake of gang-rape tragedy
(UN News Centre)
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Canada: ‘Freeman on the Land’ movement worries CSIS
(Douglas Quan, Victoria Times Colonist)
India: Church now has visa power!
(Sandhya Jain, Niti Central)
India Missionaries Visa Information
(Immihelp)
The role of religion
(Erica Brown, The Alegemeiner)
India: Don’t exploit women under cover of religion, court tells priests, maulvis
(Jiby Kattakayam, The Hindu)
Mixing religion and politics is the root of despotism in the East, say academics
(Mohammed Saad, Ahram Online)
Religious and spiritual leaders offer hope for 2013
(Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Huff Post Religion)
Egypt may strip topless protester of citizenship
(RIA Novosti)
Sufism: The spritual path to preach love, coexistence and peace – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Monday, 31 December 2012
Christianity no longer a religion, says Turkish minister
(Doğan News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Fire and brimstone: the year in politics for a region in flux, part 2
(Al Bawaba News)
In southern France, Jews paying a price for the government’s effort to curb extremism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Several Christians dead after aerial attacks in Sudan
(Continental News)
Sunday, 30 December 2012
In Egypt, Salafists sue wealthy newspaper owner over cartoon seen as insulting to prophet
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Could Belgium bring down Scientology?
(Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic Wire)
Religion 2012 in review: Most memorable pictures of the year (PHOTOS)
(Jahnabi Barooah, Huff Post Religion)
Saudis crackdown on Christmas 'plotters', gatecrash party
(Al Bawaba News)
Friday, 28 December 2012
'Let us promote religious tolerance'
(The Times of India)
Across caste and religion, Indian women share sense of powerlessness over rape
(Broadcast Transcript, PBE Newshour)
Egypt approves disputed draft constitution
(Al Jazeera)
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan coalesce power – OpEd
(Dan Lieberman, Eurasia Review)
Hindus welcome Malayasian PM's call for interfaith dialogue
(Eurasia Review)
Indonesia: Muslims attack Protestant congregation
(Ryan Dagur, UCANews)
Iranian pastor shares joy despite imprisonment in letter to Christians
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Jews, law, and human rights
(Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Jewish Ideas Daily)
Kyrgyz Christians face tighter restrictions on religious freedom
(International Christian Concern)
Mali: Destruction of holy shrines continues in Timbuktu – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Nigeria: NOA partners traditional rulers in peace building
(Patience Ivie Obhafuoso, Leadership for God and Country)
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