Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Malaysia: Leaders blast Nurul over religion remark that sparked outrage
(Asia One News)
Man behind anti-Muslim film gets 1 year in prison
(Greg Risling and Linda Deutsch, Associated Press via ABC News)
Moroccans will continue to stand against extremism – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Morocco dismantles 'Ansar al-Sharia' terror cell
(Mawassi Lahcen, Magharebia)
Pakistan: Religion and politics
(Zubeida Mustafa , Dawn.com)
Pakistan's minority Hindus feel under attack
(Rebecca Santana, Associated Press)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Religion in China, a freedom with limits: official and unofficial Christian churches
(Duncan Hewitt and Baptiste Fallevoz, France 24 International News (VIDEO))
Scientology makes few waves in Israel
(Lauren E. Bohn, Associated Press)
Stop abuse of religions
(Abdulrahman Al-Zuhayyan, Kuwait Times)
The dharma of religion
(Bhartendu Sood, Hindustan Times)
Tunisia arrests salafist imam
( Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia)
U.N. loses focus on the human rights they ought to protect
(Grace Melton, The Foundry)
UN expert: Free speech is central to deterring hate speech
(Actualité Africa – Africa News)
Understanding the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
(Roland Adjovi, AllAfrica.com)
Who is politicising Islam? Not PAS
(Comments, Malaysiakini)
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Bahrain strips Shiite activists of citizenship amid unrest
(Saad Abedine and Mustafa Al-Arab, CNN)
Brazil's truth commission to investigate church
(Associated Press)
Court allows hearings in Nevada abortion case
(Martin Griffith, Associated Press)
Crew asks IRS to investigate U.S. conference of Catholic Bishops
(Crew)
Curbing free speech extreme, U.N. says
(UPI.com)
Florida voters reject most constitutional amendments, including 'religious freedom' proposal
(Toluse Olorunnipa and Brittany Alana Davis, Tampa Bay Times)
In Egypt streets, Islamists throw weight around
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
Minnesota voters reject marriage amendment
(Don Davis, Duluth News Tribune)
Pact ends dispute over Sikh company
(Sherri Buri, The Register Guard)
Redefining Marriage: the case for caution
(Julian Rivers, Jubilee Centre (Cambridge Papers))
Religion creeping into some B.C. public schools, group warns education minister
(Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun)
Religious leaders join hands for diabetes awareness
(News Track India)
Rights community welcomes first U.N. statement on Tibet
(Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service)
Sahel clerics plead for release of hostages
(Walid Ramzi & Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Saudi sharia judges decry "Westernizing stench" of legal reforms
(Angus McDowall, editing by Mark Heinrich, Reuters)
The first victim of the fight against "agents" Pro-government activists held a rally against the Mormon Church [in Russian]
(Nikolai Terentiev, NG Religion (НГ Религии))
Tunisia combats radical speech
(Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia)
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Caymanians now have rights
(Cayman News Service)
China rebuffs UN for criticizing Tibet unrest
(Voice of America)
China seeks to halt Tibetan self-immolations
(Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times)
Court ruling: Catholic adoption charities must work with gay couples
(Charles Maggs, Politics.co.uk)
Egyptian teacher sentenced in headscarf case
(Associated Press via Boston.com)
Ethiopia presents new Islamic Council
(Martha Van Der Wolf, Voice of America)
Kazakhstan: The number of religious institutions slashed by 1/3 following obligatory registration requirement
(Tengri News)
Merkel urges German churches to agree on Luther fest
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Merkel's 'Christian persecution' comments draw ire
(Associated Press)
New pope says Egypt's constitution must be inclusive
(Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
New York Gov. slams Orthodox Rabbi for linking storm to gay marriage
(Vos Iz Neias?)
Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria dies at age 98
(Veselin Toshkov, Associated Press)
Religion-driven IT to generate over $40bn by 2017: Gartner
(The Times of India)
Roy Moore, Bob Vance face off in Alabama chief justice race
(Associated Press via AL)
Russia: Religious freedom "the only viable option for consolidating Russia's extraordinary diversity"
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Saudi women must uncover faces for security checks, council says
(Amena Bakr and Pravin Char, Reuters)
Strong Swiss franc forces Reformed church group out
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Thailand: Buddhist minority declines in the 'deep south' due to protracted armed conflict
(AlertNet)
Vietnam, common home for beliefs and religions
(VNA, TuoiTreNews)
Virginia victory: Wiccan priestess wins right to perform weddings
(Joseph L. Conn, Wall of Separation)
Monday, 5 November 2012
'Pop-star priest' aims to use mammoth new church in Brazil to battle Catholics' indifference
(Associated Press, Fox News)
AP Photos: Egypt's Copts choose new pope
(Thomas Hartwell, Associated Press)
Aziz Bari explains ‘No compulsion’ verse
(Leven Woon, FMT News (Malaysia))
Buddhists launch bid to build temple in Cambridge
(Andrew Dickens, Cambridge News)
Coptic Church chooses pope who rejects political role
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
Genocide of the Rohingyas of Myanmar
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Group: Myanmar ethnic tensions block medical aid
(Grant Peck, Associated Press)
Islamic radicalism a real threat in Malaysia
(Radio Australia)
Kazakhstan: "What difference does it make whether you are registered or not?"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Makeshift Islamic courts fill void in the Sinai
(Matt Bradley, The Wall Street Journal)
My comments on religion twisted, says Nurul Izzah
(The Sun Daily (Malaysia))
No schools taking up new school prayer law yet
(Kathleen Haughney, Sun Sentinel)
Organ donation: Jewish, Muslim presumed consent worries
(BBC News)
Religious bodies, lawyers to look into HC view on talaaq
(Bashaarat Masood, The Indian Express)
The Muslim Brotherhood are turning into Leninists in Islamist dress. Egypt is in real trouble
(Alan Johnson, The Telegraph)
Three pastors from Rimsha's hometown perplexed about religious liberty
(Shamim Masih, Salem-News)
Wahhabi vandalism in Morocco and Tunisia
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Gatestone Institute)
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Religion dominates Iraqi politics
(Deutsche Welle)
This week in religion history: The start of an embryonic stem cell debate
(Canadian Press, National Post)
Saturday, 3 November 2012
Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. declined by 13 percent in 2011, ADL audit finds
(JTA)
Bahrainis protest against ban on public gatherings
(RT)
Good and bad at the UN
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
In Turkey, a break from the past plays out in the streets
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
India chokes NGOs dependent on Western charity
(John Dayal, Christian Today India)
India law bans the Golden Rule
(Benjamin Bull, Christian Post Opinion)
Mormons latest target in Kremlin’s anti-spy campaign
(Dan Peleschuk, RIA Novosti)
Morocco's Mohammed VI: A popular reform minded king – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Nigerian forces making Islamist insurgency worse: Amnesty
(Joe Brock, Reuters)
Patriarch 'threatens to close Sepulchre church' over bank freeze
(Ma'an News Agency)
Syria: More than 110 killed in fighting; video shows possible war crime
(Eurasia Review)
The Council at 50: Religious liberty major worldwide issue for Church today
(Archbishop William E. Lori, USCCBlog)
Ukrainian President’s Meeting with heads of denominations: Is there really a dialogue between the government and the churches?
(Oleksandr Zaiets , Institute for Religious Freedom)
UN experts call on Iran to release Sakharov prize winners
(Pakistan Daily Times)
Vatican ambassador taking part in Notre Dame event
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Vietnam: US diplomat visits restive pagoda
(Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)
Yemen’s tattered reality after 'fairytale' revolution: Photographic perspectives
(RT)
Friday, 2 November 2012
‘If I were a judge, I wouldn’t jail Pussy Riot’ - Medvedev
(RT)
All politics is local, even the US election as seen by Kenyans
(Fredrick Nzwili, The Christian Science Monitor)
Alleged member of radical Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria sets peace talk conditions
(Associated Press via Washington Post)
At launching point of Mexico's drug war, quasi-religious cartel rules 6 years later
(Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press)
Ethiopia Muslims rally on Fridays as tension rises
(Kirubel Tadesse, Associated Press)
Historic church in row over Calvary water bill
(Reuters)
Indian artists hope images of Hindu gods will save trees
(Reuters)
Islamists protest in Cairo, call for Islamic law
(Reuters)
Lahore: extremist crowd sets fire to girls schools over alleged blasphemy
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Muslims in Christian-dominated Ethiopia rally on Fridays as tensions rise and arrests increase
(Associated Press, WWRN)
Ninth Beijing Forum: 【2012 Panel II】Faith and Society: Spiritual Reflections of Global Age
(EVENT 3 November 2012, Peking University)
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