Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Police ban gay pride march in Serbia that Christian Orthodox church opposed
(Washington Post)
Reinforcing religious freedom through asylum
(José Luis Bazán, COMECE, EuropeInfos)
Tunisia: Fears grow over Tunisian salafist violence
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Welcoming the more vulnerable: do parents have a right to selection of a healthy child?
(José Ramos-Ascensão, COMECE, EuropeInfos)
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Anti-Semitic attacks on the rise in Berlin
(The Globe and Mail)
Armenian Christians torn in Syria’s civil war
(Martin Armstrong, Lauren Williams, The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Australia: Evangelist preaching ban heads to High Court
(Mike Sexton, ABC News)
Blog: Muslim ideology and Western freedom of speech
(John McLaughlin, American Thinker)
Dhaka blames recent Facebook riots on Rohingya
(Sanjiv Burman, Deutsche Welle)
District court dismisses lawsuit challenging 'Year of the Bible'
(Amy Worden, Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau)
Egypt's constitution Party seeks prosecution for 'infidel' fatwa by Islamist sheikhs
(Ahram Online)
Egyptian boys detained for alleged Quran defiling
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press, ABC News)
End to Philippine Muslim insurgency near
(The Australian)
Gov. Brown signs bill to protect religious freedom in marriage solemnization
(LGBT Weekly)
Hardline Israeli settlers deface Monastery of Saint Francis in Jerusalem
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Hate speech, Islam and Israel
(David Moshman, Huff Post Politics)
In Assisi, seeking love and forgiveness in the shadow of St. Francis
(Charles Honey, Washington Post)
Islamists in Mali recruit, pay for child soldiers
(Krista Larson and Baba Ahmed, Associated Press)
Kantor urges Europeans to enter into dialogue over "assault on religion"
(World Jewish Congress)
Nigeria resumes hajj trips to Mecca, ending row over unaccompanied women
(Reuters)
No Arab Spring without the 'flower’ of women’s rights
(Barbara Slavin, AL Monitor)
Obama administration: Bible publisher isn’t religious enough for exemption
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Obama enacts visa program for religious workers
(JTA)
Philippines defies church to push family planning
(Karen Lema, Reuters)
Russia: No more mosques outside "Muslim areas"?
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Saudi religious police losing some powers
(Associated Press)
Saudi religious police losing some powers
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Supreme Court justices attend annual Red Mass
(Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press via Huffington Post)
The globalisation of free speech: a race to the top or the bottom?
(Sarah Joseph, On Line Opinion (Australia))
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
27 students killed in northeast Nigeria
(Haruna Umar/Yinka Ibukun, Associated Press, ABC News)
A step backward for Indonesian diplomacy
(TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta)
Christians in Europe face 'persecution'
(Martin Banks, The Parliament.com)
Explainer: Pakistan's blasphemy laws
(Reza Sayah, CNN Belief Blog)
Human rights as a way of life
(Shulamith Koenig, Un Chronicle)
Inciting hate under the banner of human rights
(Salma Yusuf, Eurasia Review)
New Egyptian constitution offers fewer religious freedoms, critics allege
(Osman El Sharnoubi, Ahram Online)
Nineteenth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium - 7-9 October 2012
(International Center for Law & Religion Studies)
Petition against religious intolerance
(Justice (R) Fakhr-un-Nisa Khokhar, The International News (Pakistan))
Setback for Pakistani teen facing blasphemy charges
(Reza Sayah and Nasir Habib, CNN Belief Blog)
Tanzania: Hamad cautions over religious intolerance
(Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam), All Africa)
Monday, 1 October 2012
Algeria at UN: Limit free speech, protect Islam
(David Stringer, Associated Press)
Bangladesh vows to protect Buddhists after attacks
(Tofayel Ahmed and Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Calif. first to ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy
(Associated Press)
Egypt: The religious implications of IMF loans
(David Bosco, Bosco Foreign Policy)
In true democracy, state is neutral on religion
(Ronald Benjamin, Malaysiakini)
Joint statement on Peace and Tolerance by EU High Representative, OIC Secretary General, Arab League Secretary General, and AU Commissioner for Peace and Security
(European Union@United Nations)
Kenya church grenade attack kills child, wounds others
(VOA News)
Laws against religious hatred urged
(Khaleej Times)
Moscow court postpones Pussy Riot appeal
(Max Seddon and Peter Leonard, Associated Press)
Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh
(Reporting by Nurul Islam; Writing by Anis Ahmed; Editing by Robert Birsel, Reuters)
Muslim rage is about politics, not religion
(Husain Haqqani, Newsweek/The Daily Beast)
Muslim world questions West freedom of speech – Muslims call for rules on blasphemy
(Reuters, Kuwait Times)
Nigeria: 'Religion has been good, bad for national development'
(Chris Irekamba, Isaac Taiwo and Oluwakemi Ajani, The Guardian Nigeria)
Now 2 bounties on producer of anti-Islamic film
(Nasir Habib, CNN)
Pakistan: In twist, Muslims accused of blasphemy
(Adil Jawad, Associated Press)
Religion doesn't justify mayhem
(Wole Soyinka, The Root)
Religious leaders condemn Nairobi church attack
(Simon Ndonga, Capital FM News)
Religious oppression wears camouflage
(Paul de Vries, PhD, The Christian Post)
Russian city cancels Jesus Christ Superstar performance over religious complaints
(RT)
Syrian Christians feel pull from both sides in civil war
(Caelainn Hogan, The Washington Times)
Ultimatum to Christians in Egypt: Leave “within 48 hours” or be killed
(Mary Abdelmassih, Continental News)
UN resolutions on Islam not being implemented
(Ansar Abbasi, The International News (Pakistan))
Saturday, 29 September 2012
'Half the Sky' tells pain, hope of exploited women
(Lynn Elber, Associated Press)
Arab League, OIC proposals out of step with progress on freedom of expression
(Press Release, Human Rights First)
Different models on free speech as U.N. debates resolution on curbing ethnic, religious hatred
(Associated Press, WWRN)
Egypt's president heads to Turkey to build ties
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Egyptian activist accused of defaming religion denies charges
(Reem Abdellatif, Los Angeles Times)
Exit Ahmadinejad: Iranian president leaves world stage with a whimper
(Ishaan Tharoor, Time World)
Many immigrants carry religious baggage
(Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun)
Religious freedom on the run
(Thomas F. Farr, National Review Online)
RIG to submit petition: UN urged to introduce law to control acts of blasphemy
(Waqar Lillah, Business Recorder (Pakistan))
Swett and Jasser: No human rights without religious freedom
(Katrina Lantos Swett and M. Zuhdi Jasser, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US courts weigh asylum for sex kidnapping targets
(Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
Vietnam struggles to crack down on activist blogs
(Chris Brummitt, Associated Press)
Why Turkey will never join the EU
(Andrew C. McCarthy, Assyrian International News Agency)
Friday, 28 September 2012
Blasphemy - the limits of freedom of expression (II)
(Na-Allah Mohammed Zagga, All Africa)
Christians suspend protest against Bollywood movie
(UCA News)
Controversies over mosques and Islamic Centers across the U.S.
(The Pew Forum)
FFRF takes Ten Commandments to court
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Italy, Jordan push religious tolerance initiative
(Associated Press)
Let churches hold gay weddings, says Labour leader
(IANS)
Morristown, Amish settle building code dispute
(Watertown Daily Times)
Nigeria says its push against the Boko Haram Islamists is paying off
(Louis Charbonneau, Reuters)
Nigeria stops pilgrimages to Mecca over women row
(Reuters)
Northwestern faces claim of Jewish bias
(Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News Service)
Pakistan bounty on anti-Islam filmmaker: Government distances self from minister's offer
(Rebecca Santana, Huff Post World)
Pakistani radio show uses mothers and mullahs to undercut Taliban
(Katharine Houreld, Reuters)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Religious groups team up to fight sex trafficking
(Amanda Greene, RNS, The Washington Post)
Russia: Culture activists speak out against new bill protecting religious sentiment
(RT)
Russian court outlaws anti-Islam film
(Associated Press)
Sachiko Eto dead: Japan cult leader executed for 6 murders
(Associated Press, WWRN)
Schools increasingly religious in Turkey
(Dorian Jones, Deutsche Welle, WWRN)
The Italian Islamic Religious Community
(Imam Yahya Pallavicini, Civil Society and Education on Human Rights as a tool for promoting religious tolerance, United Nations)
Tibetan exiles speak out against self-immolations
(Ashwini Bhatia, Associated Press)
Tunisian president vows crackdown on extremists
(Diaa Hadid, Associated Press)
Turkmenistan: Raids, fines, exit denial, bloodied hands
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Uruguay lawmakers narrowly approve legalizing abortion, ground-breaking step in Latin America
(Associated Press, Washington Post)
Vatican walks a fine line on trying to combat blasphemy in UN
(Alessandro Speciale, Huff Post Religion)
West and Muslim World jointly criticize religious hatred
(Roberta Fedele, Saudi Gazette)
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