Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
"The right kind of jihad": Muslim champions of freedom
(Karen Lugo, Gatestone Institute)
Arab women in the middle east
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Attack on Pakistani schoolgirl galvanizes anti-Taliban feeling
(Reza Sayah and Jethro Mullen, CNN)
Egypt must free Christian held for blasphemy over film: Amnesty
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Egypt's non-Islamist forces take aim at draft constitutional articles
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)
French cops fight terrorist cell In Paris as EU ponders Mali action
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Iraqi Shiite militants fight for Syria's Assad
(Reuters)
Milwaukee Archdiocese, victims fail to reach bankruptcy settlement
(Annysa Johnson, The Journal Sentinel)
West's free speech stand bars blasphemy ban: OIC
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
EU and Turkey: Report impact is mixed
(Menekse Tokyay, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
15 explosions, gunfire heard in northeast Nigeria city under siege by Islamist sect
(Associated Press, Washington Post)
Azerbaijan: One conscientious objector jailed, others called up
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Bhutan bans religious activity ahead of election
(Vishal Arora, Associated Press via The Record)
Holy See signs agreement with Equatorial Guinea
(Zenit)
Imran Khan says Taliban's 'holy war' in Afghanistan is justified by Islamic law
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Limits of freedom (opinion)
(Jamil Maidan Flores, The Jakarta Globe)
Man jailed in France for veil-related attack
(Associated Press)
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
(Hrovje Hranjski and Jim Gomez, Associated Press via ABC News)
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
(Hrvoje Hranjski and Jim Gomez, Associated Press via ABC News)
Muslims protest outside Google offices over anti-Islam YouTube clip
(Hannah Furness and Jennifer O'Mahony, The Telegraph)
Political manipulation of religion and collapse of secular values – exclusive interview with Mustapha Tlili
(Yekaterina Kudashkina, The Voice of Russia)
Religion, violence, and coexistence: An event marking International Religious Freedom Day
([Upcoming Event], United States Institute of Peace)
Religious passions run high over hijab ban
(Haji Kariuki, Daily Nation)
Salafism: Why ultra-conservative Islam is finding support in post-revolution Egypt
(Jenny Cuffe, BBC News)
Shielding Israel: Inter-faith dialogue, anybody?
(Stuart Littlewood, Palestine Chronicle)
Texas values launches to preserve Texans’ faith, family and freedom
(Liberty Institute)
Transforming terrorism and radicalism with Muslim nonviolent alternatives
([Past Event], United States Institute of Peace)
Tunisia: Leaked Ghannouchi tape raises Salafism concerns
(Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia)
UK doctors say Pakistan teen Malala has chance for ‘good recovery’
(Radio Free Europe)
UN experts’ concern for religious minorities in Iran
(Iran Press Watch)
Why blasphemy laws are not about religion
(Brandon G. Withrow, Huff Post Religion)
Monday, 15 October 2012
"Grave concern" over Iran's human rights abuses
(Baha'i World News Service)
A public law school faces trial over liberal bias
(Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press)
Church’s muscle helped propel president’s rivals to victory in Georgia
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)
Court refuses petition to change name to ChristIsKing (with a special bonus Sharia reference)
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy)
Court rejects petition to block anti-Islam film trailer in Israel
(Philip Podolsky, The Times of Israel)
CP World Report: Pakistani Girl shot by Taliban, religious freedom study, Israel
(The Christian Post)
Deafening silence: The 2012 pro-life day of silent solidarity
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Faith meets football and a dispute ensues in East Texas
(Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune)
Fight for the Word: Two West Tenn. religious leaders continue fight over church name
(Tracie Simer, Jackson, Tennessee Sun)
HRW says Tunisia must confront extremist assaults
(Associated Press)
Iran: Seven Christians detained following raid on prayer meeting
(CSW, Christianity Today Australia)
Italy will not tax church property
(The Right Perspective)
Keep politics and religion separate, but groups can air views: DPM Teo
(Asia One (Singapore))
Landmark mosque in Aleppo burned in fighting
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press via. Arizona Daily Star)
Lawsuit filed to overturn ban on Santa Monica Nativity scenes
(CBS Local)
Officials: Deadly attack hits north Nigeria mosque
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press via ABC News)
Ontario Catholics should not be intimidated by education minister’s warnings
(Teresa Pierre, National Post)
Pro-abortion protesters storm church chanting, ‘If Mary had aborted, we wouldn’t have this nonsense’
(Peter Balinski, Life Site News)
Questions rise over Tunisian party's moderateness
(Paul Schemm and Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
Religions vary on birth-control views
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)
Russia: Pussy Riot, blasphemy, and freedom of religion or belief
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Sudan: Protecting the freedoms of religion and speech
(Ambassador Joseph Stafford, Sudan Tribune)
The hijacking of the ‘true face’ of Islam
(Rob L. Wagner, Arab News)
The making of Buddhism as a world religion
(Geoffrey Goble, Dissertation Reviews)
Tibetan man dies after self-immolation to protest China rule, rights group say
(Did Tang, The Republic)
What do the Chinese people believe?
(Robert Lawrence Kuhn, China Daily USA)
Why Iran can’t follow China’s lead
(Ray Takeyh, The New York Times)
Wole Soyinka: 'If religion was taken away I'd be happy'
(Peter Godwin, The Telegraph)
Saturday, 13 October 2012
21 people killed in attacks in central, north Nigeria as ethnic, religious unrest simmers
(Washington Post)
Bahraini protesters emboldened by police teargassing
(RT)
Canada to partner Nigeria on security
(AllAfrica.com)
HRW accuses Boko Haram, Nigerian Security Forces of 'crime against humanity'
(AllAfrica.com)
Syria’s fundamentalist opposition hints at tentative jihad
(Eurasia Review)
Taliban vows to kill Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani peace activist, if she survives attack
(Hani Yousuf and Janelle Dumalao, Huffington Post)
The boom in religious research
(Carl Bialik, The Wall Street Journal)
Where the Pakistani state fails, religion steps in
(Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail)
Why 14-year-old Malala is important for Pakistan
(Mazhar Iqbal, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 12 October 2012
ADL pulls out of Jewish-Christian dialogue over Israel
(Michele Chabin, Huffington Post)
Anti-blasphemy tool a diplomatic blunder
(Mohamad Mova Al’Afghani, The Jakarta Post)
Anti-Islam film prompts Saudi call for net censorship body
(Christopher Williams, The Telegraph)
Argentina Supreme Court ok's sex slaves abortion
(Michael Warren, Associated Press)
China slams US report on human rights
(China Daily)
Clerics declare Malala shooting 'un-Islamic'
(Al Jazeera)
Correction: UN-Iran-human rights
(Associated Press)
Egyptian Christian boys accused of desecrating Quran cleared of blasphemy
(Katherine Weber, CP Africa)
Fear grows as Mali extremists compile list of unmarried mothers
(Faith Karimi, CNN)
Gov’t allays fears of Bangsamoro becoming an Islamic state
(Michael Lim Ubac and Philip C. Tubeza, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Hopes raised for churces’ unification
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Koran-burning U.S. pastor barred from entering Canada for debate
(Reuters)
Malaysia’s transgender lose court battle over dress
(Alisha Hassan, Bikya Masr)
Muslim Newcastle players warned against wearing Wonga shirts
(Johnny Boyle, Goal.com)
Nigeria crackdown risks playing into Islamists' hands
(Tim Cocks, Reuters)
NYC, Rabbis clash over circumcision ritual
(David B. Caruso, Associated Press)
One third of Kazakh religious groups and organizations to be shut down
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Religious liberty - Growing international support for freedom of belief
(VIDEO, Adventist News Network)
Religious liberty - Growing international support for freedom of belief
(Adventist News Network)
The Alawites and the future of Syria
(Harold Rhode, Gatestone Institute)
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Abdul Baha: 100 years of connecting the world's religions
(Shastri Purushotma, Huff Post Religion)
ACLJ files second lawsuit asking federal court to block HHS Mandate for Illinois company
(ACLJ)
Blasphemy bans threaten reform
(Ida Lichter, Huffington Post)
Christian boy in Pakistan arrested for blasphemy
(BBC News)
Dalai Lama warns against generalizing Islam
(Jakarta Globe)
Draft of Egypt’s new constitution under fire for Islam’s influence
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Hamilton Spectator)
Egypt’s political class needs wider focus
(Roula Khalaf, Financial Times)
European Court of Human Rights to examine Hungary’s church law
(MTI, Politics.hu)
Human Rights Watch: Nigeria, radical Islamist sect likely committed ‘crimes against humanity’
(Washington Post)
Iran must release human rights defender Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
(Amnesty International)
Is the Apple logo blasphemous? Depends upon your definition of blasphemy
(Tim Worstall, Forbes)
Islam's inroads in land of Voodoo and Christianity
(Trenton Daniel, Associated Press)
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