Law and Religion Headlines

Friday, 23 November 2012

Malaysia: Reporting religion faithfully
(Mustafa K. Anuar, The Malaysian Insider)

Nigeria: Blair, others launch initiative to curb religious acrimony
(Tobi Soniyi, Paul Ohia , Paul Obi , Michael Olugbode , Ibrahim Shuaibu, All Africa)

Nigeria: Sect kill 18
(Haruna Umar and Salisu Rabiu, Associated Press)

Pakistan: Threat of Jihadi terror continues, even after Kasab's execution
(B Raman, The Economic Times (India))

Religious tensions in Nigeria politically motivated – Jonathan
(Ikechukwu Nnochiri, All Africa)

Thanksgiving: Honor religious freedom across globe – OpEd
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Eurasia Review)

Top 3 myths about religion in South Africa
(User: Free Your Mind, News24)

Transforming conflict in the Middle East requires out-of-the-box thinking
(Giuliana Tiripelli, TransConflict)

Tunisia will not allow Islamists to impose their vision: PM Jebali
(Reuters)

Uzbekistan: Jailed for discussing their faith and learning to pray
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Whale worship a way of life for Vietnam fishermen
(The Sun Daily)

Zimbabwe: Court orders breakaway Anglican bishop to return seized church property
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Zimbabwe: Kunonga under probe
(Clemence Manyukwe, The Financial Gazette)

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Kazakhstan: Muslim Board Islamic monopoly, Catholic exemption
(Felix Corley, Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Sri Lanka: Tamil politics and the quest for a political solution
(Eurasia Review)

US city honors Indian Jesuit activist
(Business Standard, UCAN India)

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Pope’s final book on Jesus focuses on Christmas birth, hidden childhood
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)

As UN votes to abolish death penalty, a wave of executions in South Asia
(Heather Timmons, International Herald Tribune)

Court ends six-year seizure of Zimbabwe churches
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)

How American Jews view Israel's latest Gaza assault
(Joe Sterling, CNN)

Human rights could be faultline in post-2015 development agenda
(Mark Tran, The Guardian: Global Development)

Is rational secularism becoming a religion?
(Rick Blue, The West Island Gazette (Canada))

Is same-sex marriage more clearly a bad idea than legalized abortion?
(William J. Haun, First Things)

Kazakhstan: "Complex", "arbitrary", "unnecessary" and "expensive" re-registration process
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Liberia: Religious Council wants children's rights prioritized
(Edwin G. Genoway, All Africa)

Malaysia: Progress in human rights over the past three years (information about UPR methodology)
(Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee, New Straits Times)

Saudi reforms detour through Vienna faith centre
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Church of England blocks move to approve female bishops
(Associated Press, USA Today)

Egypt liberals quit assembly drafting constitution
(Tamim Elyan, Reuters)

Indonesia's terrorist groups have fractured but their grievances remain
(Aymeric Janier, The Guardian)

Islamic hardliners announce fatwa on Malala Yousafzai
(New York Daily News)

Kenyan church leaders say laws would weaken marriage
(Fredrick Nzwili, Washington Post)

Murder case against a Sheik tests Senegal’s new president
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)

Name of Israel's anti-Hamas operation has biblical meaning
(Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog)

New Coptic Orthodox pope installed to lead church in Islamist-run Egypt
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters FaithWorld)

Obama speaks in Burma about religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pakistan drops blasphemy case against Christian girl
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)

Singapore Muslims, government call for ceasefire in Gaza
(Mariam Yuan, Bikyamasr)

Woman hits 'like' on Facebook, gets arrested in India
(Shivam Vij, The Christian Science Monitor)

Monday, 19 November 2012

4 killed in religious riots in central Nigeria
(Ibrahim Abdul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

An Arab view ... (Opinion)
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)

An outgunned Hamas tries to tap Islamists' growing clout
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Mayy El Sheikh, The New York Times)

Asean leaders ink declaration
(Mergawati Zulfakar, The Star)

Bahrain: Ministry warns against abusing Ashura ceremonies
(GulfNews.com)

Blasphemy charges filed over gay Jesus play in Greece
(Karolina Tagaris, Reuters)

EgyptAir stewardesses begin wearing hijab
(Daily Times (Pakistan))

EU praises Tanzania govt’s handling of simmering religious tensions
(Mkinga Mkinga, The Citizen)

Gains in global marriage equality campaigns
(Karl Hand, Green Left)

India: Catholic newspaper's office gutted
(UCAN, Eurasia Review)

Ireland: Abortion issue must be clarified by Irish government without delay
(Amnesty International)

Nigeria: Traditional rulers against tradition
(Editorial, All Africa)

Rebgong burnings raise tensions
(Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)

Religious intolerance on the rise in Asia
(Dinouk Colombage, Huff Post World)

Religious violence feared after bus bombing in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor)

World's biggest Bible publisher? China
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)

Saturday, 17 November 2012

All eyes on 'game-changer' Welby as Church faces final showdown on women bishops
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Bal Thackeray dead: Indian Hindu hardliner dies at 86 of cardio-respiratory arrest
(Rajesh Shah, Huffington Post)

Expert (Tom Farr) finds religious freedom a matter of national security
(Hillary Senour, Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 16 November 2012

Is Egypt going backward on religious freedom?
(Wahid Abdel Meguid. Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Monitor)

At Yale lecture, Ban reiterates key role of two-state solution in Middle East peace process
(UN News Centre)

Baha’is in Egypt
(Lucy Provan, Egypt Daily News)

Civilisation and religion
(Muhammad Ali, Dawn.com (Pakistan))

Egypt: Coptic women attacked on the metro
(Fady Salah, Egypt Daily News)

From India, pressure on Ireland over abortion laws
(NIHARIKA MANDHANA, New York Times)

Implications of President Obama's Asian visit to Buddhist Burma – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)

Indonesia: Government dismisses ‘incidental’ religious violence
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia: Pillay gets no clear answer on discriminatory laws
(The Jakarta Post)

Malaysia: Pahang Sultan expresses disappointment over freedom of religion statement
(Bernama, The Star Online)

Muslim Brotherhood mobilizes protests against Israel in Cairo
(Sarah Lynch, USA Today)

Nigeria: Peace initiative leader blames misunderstanding on religious conflicts
(All Africa)

Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update

Politics and religion gain popularity in spam
(Shivani Shinde, Business Standard (India))

Should Canadian prisons employ chaplains of different faiths?
(The Ottawa Citizen)

Southeast Asian leaders to adopt human rights declaration despite criticism of some provisions
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Ten things about Syria
(Mail & Guardian (Africao)

U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)

USCIRF urges Obama to raise religious freedom issues on visit to Burma
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

With whom does the Muslim Brotherhood align: the Salafis or democratic forces?
(Farid Zahran, Egypt Daily News)

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Access to contraception a human right, would cut health costs, UN says
(The Canadian Press/Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)

Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya of Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)

Azerbaijan's official religious leader: "I do not know what freedom of conscience is"
(Azeri Report)

Bosnian Muslims inaugurate new spiritual leader, expected to maintain moderate stance
(Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)

Brussels takes aim at books portraying ‘traditional’ families
(James Chapman, Daily Mail, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Cairo Declaration: EU-Arab League minsters denounce ‘any changes to the pre-1967 borders’ including Jerusalem and slam Israeli settlement policy as ‘an obstacle to peace’
(Shari Ryness, European Jewish Press)

Détruire la famille : un crime contre l'Humanité
(Pascal de Roubaix, Le Beffroi, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Humanists attempt to halt 'back-door' spread of state-funded religious schools
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)

Humanists call for African age of "Enlightenment"
(Robert Evans and Paul Casciato, Reuters)

In Canada, a 'watershed' religious freedom win
(Baptist Press)

Malaysia: Keep religion out of politics
(Mazlinda Mahmood, New Straits Times)

Pakistan: Violence against the Ahmadi community, a religious minority continues unabated
(Stewart Sloan, Asian Human Rights Commission)

Religion and the Nigerian condition
(Olusegun Adeniyi, This Day Live)

Religion Journal: India mosque hit by Holy Hair row
(Joanna Sugden, Wall Street Journal)

Religion, poor leadership remain at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dan Ehrlich, Huffington Post UK)

The world's fastest growing religion
(Philip Jenkins, Real Clear Religion)

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