Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Muslim Brotherhood offices in Cairo set on fire
(Cairo Bureau, Tom Perry, Yasmine Saleh, and Louise Ireland, Reuters)
Myanmar apologizes for violence against monks
(Aye Aye Win, Associated Press)
No Justice? Indonesia struggles to address history of human rights abuse
(The Jakarta Globe)
PC (USA)'s West Africa Initiative promotes sustainable food production
(Margaret Mwale, Presbyterian News Service)
Sectarian violence in Karachi: Is Pakistan closer to the Precipice?
(P. K. Upadhyay, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Thailand: Leadership Academy for Muslim women
(The Nation)
Friday, 7 December 2012
'Stay with us,' new LDS website urges gay Mormons
(Joseph Walker, Deseret News)
Card-writing campaign latest move in effort to release imprisoned Adventists
(Adventist News Network)
China: Self-immolators and their abettors will be charged with murder
(Olga Khazan, Washington Post)
Egypt protesters march toward president's palace
(Maggie Fick and Maggie Michael, Associated Press)
EVENT (webcast) 18 December 2012: Crisis in Mali: Causes and Options
(United States Institute of Peace)
Kazakhstan: "There can be no Tatar, Chechen or Tajik mosques"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Malaysia storm over female circumcision
(ABC News)
Mayan Apocalypse: Cuban beach hosts sacred rites by sages
(Anne-Marie Garcia, Huffington Post)
Morsi turns to his Islamist backers as Egypt’s crisis grows
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Rising religious sectarian violence in Pakistan
(Qamar-ul Huda, Olive Branch Post)
Syria: Human rights, minorities, and the challenge of Accountability
(Steven Heydemann, United States Institute of Peace)
Voodoo in Africa: Christian demonisation angers followers
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)
WCC delivers climate change statement at COP 18
(World Council of Churches)
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Christians in Kurdish region of Iraq faring well, say experts
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter)
EVENT 14 December 2012: Inaugural Symposium: Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Interview with Egypt women's rights activist, Samira Ibrahim
(Human Rights Without Frontiers, Facebook)
Islamic finance faces growth challenges
(Jennifer Pak, BBC)
Islamist Intimidation: The battle for the future of Tunisia
(Alexander Smoltczyk, Der Spiegel)
Minorities in Lebanon are wary of Syrian war
(Josh Wood, New York Times)
Nigeria: Tony Blair’s religious reconcilatory efforts
(John Amoda, Vanguard Nigeria)
Professor Robert T. Smith Discusses the Battle over the Meaning of Religious Freedom
(The International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The explosive debate over Egypt's new constitution
(The Atlantic)
The Wahhabi war on Indonesia's Shiites
(Rossie Indira and Andre Vltchek, Foreign Policy in Focus)
YouTube ban, spurred by anti-Islamic video, is met with shrugs
(Azam Ahmed, New York Times)
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
'Zamzam' reveals divisions in Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood
(Tamer al-Samadi, Al-Monitor)
Desmond Tutu urges Uganda to drop anti-homosexuality bill
(Fredrick Nzwili, Huff Post Religion)
Egypt’s draft constitution: Religious freedom undermined
(Samuel Tadros, National Review Online)
Hundreds of thousands besiege Egypt's presidential palace to protest draft constitution
(Yasmine Fathy, Randa Ali and Zeinab El-Guindi, Ahram Online)
Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly
(Jon Gambrell, AP via ABC News)
Kazakhstan: Government "did the right thing" in allowing wanted Uzbek pastor to leave
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Nigeria: Top terrorism leader, subordinates killed
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Pakistan: HRCP condemns desecration of Ahmadi graves
(The International Herald Tribune)
Syrians civil war spills into Lebanon
(Bassem Mroue, USA Today)
Who will Gujarat's Muslims vote for?
(Ram Puniyani, Tehelka)
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Algerian faces 5 years in prison for sharing Christian faith
(Compass Direct News)
Israel: Court approves gay divorce in landmark ruling
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
Mongolia: Police detain 9 Christians, send two to labor camp for holding free medical clinics & evangelizing
(Christian Newsire, Canada Free Press)
Mormons reach growth milestones in Africa, world
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, Salt Lake Tribune)
One dead in violent clashes in Bangladesh
(The Australian)
Pakistan reels with violence against Shiites
(Declan Walsh, New York Times via RealClearWorld)
Pope Benedict XVI tightens church control over Catholic charities
(Alessandro Speciale, Huffington Post)
Press Release: USCIRF alarmed by anti-Semitic remarks in Hungary
(USCIRF)
Russians fear Mayan doomsday, government assures world will not end
(Eline Gordts, Huffington Post)
Sunni-Alawite clashes break out in north Lebanon
(Erika Solomon, Mark Heinrich, Reuters)
Three-Self church's application to stage protest against illegal demolition of church property is rejected
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Tunisia arrests Salafist suspects over Sufi shrine attack
(Agence France-Presse, Arab News)
Watch your tongue: Prejudiced comments illegal in Brazi
(Taylor Barnes | Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo News)
Women priests movement endorsed by National Catholic Reporter
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huffington Post)
Monday, 3 December 2012
Islam religion of tolerance, peace and harmony: Kaira
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
A Muslim divide in China
(Rukiye Turdush, Radio Free Asia)
Ahmadinejad slams new rules for candidacy
(Radio Zameneh)
Australia: Religious slur provoked man before police shooting
(ABC News)
Australia: Why is politics more important than religion?
(Geoff Gallop, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Boko Haram kills more Christians
(The Voice of Russia)
Egypt draft constitution gets oversight from Supreme Judicial Council
(RT)
Gunman severely wounds elderly Swedish woman who worked for church in Pakistan
(Louise Nordstrom, Adil Jawad, Sabastian Abbot, Washington Post)
How Israel's ceasefire terms are a security disaster
(Lee Kaplan, Gatestone Institute)
In defense of religious freedom in Ethiopia
(Prof. Al Mariam, Abugidainfo)
Is Malaysia ready for an Islamist prime minister?
(Farish M Noor, RSIS Commentaries)
Myanmar police apologizes for wounding monks in dispersal
(PhilStar.com (Philippines))
Pakistan's Imran Khan: We can defeat "Jihad Syndrome"
(Faisal J. Abbas, Al Bawaba News)
Pentecostals denounced by Zimbabwe president
(Michael McGuire, Examiner.com)
Religious rights don't trump human ones in Canada
(Shahla Khan Salter, The Huffington Post Canada)
Report: Iran court suspends death sentence against programmer
(Based on reporting by AFP, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Should any genetic information be a trade secret?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Sultan: Don't twist my position as state head of religion
(New Straits Times)
Theologian says China to have largest Christian population
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)
Tibet owes its religion to India
(Lobsang Sangay, The Times of India)
Violence against Afghan women "more extreme"
(Mina Habib, Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
What do we mean by an organic Christian society?
(Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Why Hamas and Islamic Jihad supported Abbas's statehood bid
(Gatestone Institute)
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Egypt's Islamists rally in support of President Morsi
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)
Egyptians fear decades of Muslim Brotherhood rule, warn Morsi is no friend to US
(Richard Engel, NBC)
Gender vs religion: Woman refused haircut by Muslim barber highlights problem of colliding rights
(Sarah Boesveld, National Post)
Hindus want desegregation of gypsy children In Macedonia schools
(Eurasia Review)
Legal implication of the United Nations Resolution on Palestine
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Lighting of Menorah brings message of freedom of expression and religion
(Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald)
Paris Muslim activist to test Islamic taboos with gay-friendly mosque
(Reuters)
Philippines: Church-gov't ties thawing
(Michael Lim Ubac, Philip C. Tubeza, Inquirer)
Seven house church Christians in Henan Province charged with cult activities
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Some wish Islam would inform climate debate
(Associated Press)
Syria sees incidents of Anti-Christian violence increase as war intensifies
(Albany Tribune)
Tibetan immolations, security measures escalate
(Eurasia Review)
Friday, 30 November 2012
1001 reasons for Muslim pride
(Lucy Chumbley, Common Ground News Service)
A place for religion
(Roger Cohen, New York Times Opinions)
Ban Ki-Moon’s message on international day of solidarity with Palestinian people – Transcript
(Eurasia Review)
Ban says Israelis, Palestinians must break out of ‘zero-sum mentality’
(Eurasia Review)
Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest
(Aya Batrawy and Maggie Michael, Associated Press )
Egypt: New constitution mixed on support of rights
(Human Rights Watch)
Holy See welcomes UN recognition of Palestine
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)
Iranian embassy attacked in Berlin
(Radio Zameneh)
Islamic leader calls for common language to reduce tensions
(Aleksandar Pavlevski, SE Times)
Israel okays new West Bank settlement construction
(Associated Press)
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