Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 November 2012
Mali: 6 young people get 100 lashes in Timbuktu
(Associated Press)
Rice stresses UN resolution doesn't establish Palestine as a state
(Eurasia Review)
Rising voice stems police prejudice in India – OpEd
(Nilofar Suhrawardy, Arab News, Eurasia Review)
There is religious freedom in Cuba, says Episcopal bishop
(Prensa Latina)
UN grants Palestine non-member observer state status
(Eurasia Review)
Video: Religious tensions in Myanmar
(Poypiti Amatatham, New York Times)
Vietnam: New law limits religious freedom
(Radio Free Asia)
Vietnamese Catholics continue their fight for peace and religious freedom
(Nguyen Hung, AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 29 November 2012
‘Amma’ to speak at Shanghai UN meet
(Daily News and Analysis)
AIPMC backs UN calls for Rohingya assistance
(Mizzima News)
Ancient Persian religion on the decline in Pakistan
(PRI's The World)
Egypt rushes to vote on new constitution
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
Human Rights First welcomes new U.N. text on religious intolerance
(Brenda Bowser-Soder, Human Rights First)
In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments
(John Thorne, Christian Science Monitor)
In Israel, some rebel against circumcision
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Israel, Hamas, and "the Egypt We Were Waiting For"
(Brandon Friedman, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Mali extremists target women
(Jemal Oumar and Bakari Gueye, Magharebia)
Man behind anti-Islam film that stoked riots has no regrets-NYT
(Peter Rudegeair, Reuters)
Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state
(Reporting By Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Sandra Maler, Reuters)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Praveen may go to European Court of Human Rights
(The Times of India)
Rastafarianism grows in Jamaica after long disdain
(David McFadden, Huffington Post)
Religion news in brief
(Associated Press)
Tunisian salafist discusses path to extremism
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Turkey lifts headscarf ban in religious schools
(Daren Butler, Reuters)
Uzbekistan: Fined for discussing their faith and praying together
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Yad Vashem honors Italian cardinal who rescued Jews
(Catholic News Service)
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
After bus bombing, Bulgaria frets over its Muslims
(Tsvetelia Tsolova and Sam Cage, Reuters)
Challenges remain in ensuring minority rights respected globally, says Ban
(UN News Centre)
Don't blame the church
(K.J. Alphons, The Hindu)
Edmonton human rights centre aims to bridge youth differences on religion
(Jane Cardillo, Edmonton Journal)
Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
(Sarah El Deeb, The Daily Star Lebanon)
Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
(Sarah Deeb, Associated Press)
Hungary anti-Semitism: MP condemned over 'list of Jews'
(BBC News Europe)
India appoints first Muslim to head Intelligence Bureau in 125-year history
(Jason Burke, The Guardian )
Indonesia: Indigenous communities want religion scrubbed from ID cards
(Amir Tejo, The Jakarta Globe)
Indonesia: Shia refugees' supplies cut off
(Ryan Dagur, UCAN)
Korea church scraps border Christmas lights
(AFP, UCAN)
Muslims not free to choose religion, repent: Cheif imam
(The Sun Daily)
Nigerian army chief estimates death toll by Boko Haram at 3,000
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Pakistan: 'Religion and politics'
(Ather Naveed, Dawn.com)
Religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia?
(Chad Groening, One News Now)
U.N. committee expresses concern for Myanmar's Muslims
(Michelle Nichols, The Star Online)
Vatican says it will promote religious liberty in Saudi-backed center
(Catholic News Service , Catholic Sentinel)
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
100,000 Egyptians protest as ‘Pharaoh’ Morsi digs heels in over power grab (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
(RT)
As worshippers gather, Pakistani city endures second deadly blast in two days
(Nasir Habib and Shaan Khan, CNN)
At intercultural centre, Ban highlights need for religious and political leaders to use their influence responsibly
(UN News Centre)
Colombian evangelical Christians convert to Judaism, embracing hidden past
(Juan Forero, The Washington Post)
Dalai Lama: ‘Religion should not indulge in conversions’
(Deccan Herald)
EVENT 30 November 2012: "The Religious Question in Modern China"
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Extremism law curbs religious freedom in Russia
(Matthew Brunwasser , PRI's The World)
Globalization vs. traditional religion
( Margaret Placentra Johhston, Huff Post Religion)
Israel-Palestine not a religious conflict
(Daniel Alan Bey, Jakarta Globe)
New curriculum to focus on religion, civics and history
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)
Nigeria's future depends on how its religious groups see each other
(Charlotte Keenan, The Guardian)
No amendments to Morsi decree after meeting with top judges
(RT)
Opposition groups, parties demand Morsi's 'immediate' retreat on constitutional decree
(Ahram Online)
Ordinary Britons are comfortable with Christianity. Teachers and government aren't, though.
(Cristina Odone, The Telegraph)
Remove politics from religion if not religion from politics
(Muhammad Akram, Daily Times (Pakistan))
U.N. chief says Mideast, African crises show need for interfaith amity
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Vatican says it will promote religious liberty in Saudi-backed center
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Monday, 26 November 2012
A Leiter case for the superfluousness of religious liberty
(Ryan Anderson, Library of Law and Liberty)
Al-Sudais: Islam is a religion of dialogue
(Arab News)
Anti-Semites blamed for Rome soccer attack
(Harvey Morris, International Herald Tribune)
Children among the dead after Taliban targets Shias in Pakistan
(Al Bawaba News)
China: Weibo and advancing freedom of religion or belief
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)
Decree by Egypt's Mursi raises rights concerns: U.N.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Angus MacSwan, Reuters)
Egyptian protests over Mohamed Morsi decree expected to draw thousands
(Abdel-Rahman Hussein, The Guardian)
Four Tibetans self-immolate
(Radio Free Asia)
Honoring faith in the public square
(Wilfred McClay , Christianity Today)
How the victory in Gaza can bring civil rights to Palestinians in Lebanon – OpEd
(Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review)
In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
(Chris Stein, Christian Science Monitor)
India: Shocking case of miscarriage of justice – Analysis
(B. Raman, Eurasia Review)
Malians rally against religious extremism
(Associated Press)
Mursi ends Egypt spring
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, Arab News)
New Vienna interfaith center opens with Saudi help
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Shame on anyone who ever thought Mohammad Morsi was a moderate
(Eric Trager, The New Republic)
Suicide bombers attack Nigerian military church
(Heather Murdock, Voice of America)
The Brotherhood rallies to Morsi's side after mass opposition demonstrations
(Al Bawaba News)
Third attack in new Assyrian quarter in Aleppo, scores injured and killed
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Victory of Gaza, horrendous tsunami for Israel
(Iran Review)
Witchcraft and execution: the darker side of Gambia
(Colin Freeman, The Telegraph)
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Pakistan's Shia Muslims on alert after Taliban double bombing
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Canadian Islamic group charges Jewish school using racist textbook
(JTA, Haaretz)
Clashes break out after Morsi seizes new power in Egypt
(Kareem Fahim and David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Egypt demonstrators clash with police at rally against Mursi
(Salma El Wardany, Tarek El-Tablawy, and Mariam Fam, San Francisco Chronicle)
Egypt opposition leader: No dialogue with Morsi until rescinds 'dictatorial' powers
(Reuters, Haaretz)
Egypt’s embattled Christians fear exclusion under new Islamist constitution
(Eurasia Review)
Egyptian judicial council condemns Morsi's edicts
(The Wall Street Journal)
Indian rationalist targets 'miracles'
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Lebanon army seizes men suspected of bomb plot against Shi'ites
(Oliver Holmes and Andrew Roche, Reuters)
Muslim nations tiptoe between commerce and religion
(Shamil Shams, DeutscheWelle)
Taliban suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3 and wounds more than 90 people
(Associated Press)
The plight of Pakistan's Shiites
(Huma Yusuf, International Herald Tribune Global Opinion)
Uganda drops death penalty for homosexuals
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
UK: Muslim radio station fined for saying gay people should be tortured
(The Telegraph)
Friday, 23 November 2012
Muslim media told to be more professional
(Arab News)
Ajmal Kasab’s Execution: Why there is no reason to celebrate
(Swati Parashar, South Asia Analysis Group)
Defining and divining religion
(Jogchum Vrielink, Strasbourg Observers)
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