Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Does the Dalai Lama want to end all religion?
(Christian Piatt, Opposing Views)
Egyptian admits involvement with anti-Islam film, Jewish connection seems unlikely
(JTA)
Govt response to religious provocation must be tough: Putin on US embassy attack in Libya
(RT)
Humiliation and rage in Libya
(Vijay Prashad, counterpunch)
Indonesia's blasphemy law: The regulation of faith by the State
(Qantara.de)
Kenya church attacks are latest sign of tension between Christians, Muslims
(Alan Boswell, McClatchy Newspapers)
New winds of jihad: Simplified and from the global to the local
(B. Raman, Eurasia Review)
Pakistani Hindus flee to India claiming persecution
(Arab Times)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Reaction to anti-Islam film fuels debate on free speech versus hate speech
(Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog)
Religion as pretext or cause in attacks in Cairo, Egypt and Libya
(Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, The Washington Post)
Religious violence is all too real
(Brad Hirschfield, Washington Post)
Russia: Raised penalties for demonstrations extended to worship
(Geraldine Fagan and Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Tunisian police fire tear gas to disperse protest outside U.S. embassy
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
U.S. embassy's initial statement criticizing anti-Muslim video leads to political controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Ambassador killed in Libya. Pastor Terry Jones is to blame?
(John Robles, Voice of Russia)
Vatican balancing calls for democracy, religious freedom in Middle East
(Catholic World News)
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Anger over a film fuels anti-American attacks in Libya and Egypt
(David D Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests
(Shaya Tayefe Hohajer, Associated Press)
Australia PM cancels speech over gay lifestyle row
(AFP, The International Herald Tribune)
China: The marketisation of religious sites
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)
Egypt constitution talks stumble on role of Islam
(Tamim Elyan, Reuters)
EU launches online anti-Semitism survey in nine countries
(JTA, Haaretz)
Exorcism boom in Poland sees magazine launch
(AFP, The International Herald Tribune)
Israeli lesbian couple awarded NIS 60,000 after turned away from wedding hall
(Llan Lior, Haaretz News)
Karzai condemns anti-Islam movie, Afghan protests feared
(Nathan Hodge, The Wall Street Journal)
Massachusetts religious communities divided over doctor-assisted suicide measure
(Lisa Wangsness, The Boston Globe)
Nigeria: Women call for religious tolerance
(Ojoma Akor, Daily Trust)
Ontario Christian minister forced to conduct same-sex ‘marriages’ or get sacked
(Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews)
Rare sects take Uganda by storm
(All Africa)
Religious meeting calls for world peace
(Associated Press)
Russia's fractured society deepens Putin's woes
(Timothy Heritage, Reuters)
Study: Religious exemption doesn't require mandatory child education
(Samantha Koon, The Daily Progress)
US opposes penalty for Russia over historic books
(Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press)
Vatican insists on interreligious dialogue
(Associated Press)
Youcef Nadarkhani is free, but his lawyer still faces threat of imprisonment
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
500 lashes, death by stoning: women in Islam
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Bosnia: Balkan religious leaders urge reconciliation, tolerance
(ADN Kronos International)
Channel 4 cancels controversial screening of Islam: The Untold Story documentary after presenter Tom Holland is threatened
(John Hall, The Independent )
Christian father sues Ontario school board for 'religious accommodation'
(Matthew Coutts, CTV News)
Congo religious leaders seek to build awareness of war
(ENInews)
Court refuses to enforce Islamic premarital agreement that promised wife $677,000 in the event of divorce
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy )
Freedom of belief stirs controversy in Egypt constitutional debate
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Gabriel Vahanian, professor, dies at 85; was linked to ‘Death of God’ movement
(Paul Vitello, New York Times)
Hamas to Israel: Stop the raids, we’re catching the Salafis responsible for rocket attacks
(Jacob Edelist, The Jewish Press)
In Latin America, Jewish communities are booming
(Diego Melamed, JTA)
Indian guru leads huge crowd in Argentina’s capital in mass meditation against violence
(Washington Post)
Islamic police publicly amputate five alleged bandits in Mali
(CTV News)
Mexico extradites San Jose mosque imam accused of Hezbollah membership
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press)
Parents worry about radicalisation in schools
(Khabar Southeast Asia)
Patriarch Kirill says Russian Orthodox Church under attack
(Nastassia Astrasheuskaya and Steve Gutterman, Reuters)
Relatives of 16 Muslim clerics slain in Mali seek answers; Mauritania calls killings odious
(Washington Post)
Russian authorities' shocking nighttime demolition of a Pentecostal church in Moscow
(Mark Adomanis, Forbes)
Sri Lanka youth pledge to ‘Nunca Mas’ mantra
(Salma Yusuf, Eurasia Review)
Syria conflict casts shadow over Pope Lebanon trip-envoy
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Terrorism and Palestinian statehood
(Alan M. Dershowitz, The Wall Street Journal via Gatestone Institute)
UN independent experts condemn destruction of Sufi religious sites in Libya
(UN News Centre)
Uzbekistan: Raid, beating, literature destruction – but fine annulled
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Was Cardinal Carlo Martini the last liberal Catholic bishop?
(Alessandro Speciale, Washington Post)
What happens when the two Israels meet
(Kfar Vradim, New York Times)
Monday, 10 September 2012
EU expresses ‘great disappointment’ as Bosnia misses deadline for changes in the country’s constitution barring Jews and Roma from standing for high office
(European Jewish Press)
EU to raise Tibet's human rights issue with China
(Harold Mandel, examiner.com)
First-Person: Why blasphemy laws are wrong
(Russell D. Moore, Baptist Press)
In the face of the State: The Church too is a <em>res publica</em>, a public thing
(Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture.org)
Iraq attacks kill at least 92 as Sunni VP sentenced to death
(Voice of America)
Jihadists join fight, eye ‘Islamic state’
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Kazakhstan: Fears over latest Uzbek extradition case
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Nigeria: Regulate religion, for societal sanity
(Tope Fasau, allAfrica.com)
President declares weekend as days of prayer and remembrance for 9-11 victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion freedom bill by Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada signed into law
(The Reporter)
Religion's role in Arab Spring is promoting dignity, official says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Siegel resigns as Palm Beach Democratic chair after Christians vs. Jews remark
(George Bennett, The Palm Beach Post)
Syria: Car bomb kills at Least 17, wounds over 40 in Aleppo
(Ria Novosti, Turkish Weekly)
The untold story of Iran's religious minorities
(Mark Hetfield, The Hill)
The World Association for Christian Communication: Supports gender aware journalism
(Maria Teresa Aveggio, WACC)
Saturday, 8 September 2012
A more religious world
(David Ignatius, The Washington Post)
Egypt town's Muslim-Christian unrest speaks to bigger challenges
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)
Iranian Christian pastor released from jail
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
Is Palestine a lost cause?
(Eurasia Review)
Is religion on the way out?
(Nigel Barber, Huffington Post)
More states challenge US anti-gay marriage law
(Associated Press)
Our View: Burmese Muslims face severe persecution
(Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George, Indy Star)
Pakistan: Sunni militants killing Shias
(Devinder Kumar, Kabul Press)
Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy released on bail
(Reza Sayah and Nasir Habib, CNN)
Roll Call - Opinion: Lautenberg Amendment a lifeline for Iranian refugees
(Katrina Lantos Swett, USCIRF)
Sri Lanka: Bishops denounce human rights violations and education void
(MISNA)
Violence in Assam: Resource wars, illegal migration or governance deficit?
(Shanthie Mariet D’Souza and Bibhu Prasad Routray, Eurasia Review)
Zuma: Religious sector must promote cohesion and family stability
(Mail & Guardian)
Friday, 7 September 2012
Argument at the ECtHR: Highlights
(Mark L. Movsesian, CLR Forum)
Bishop Finn is found guilty of failing to report child abuse suspicions
(Mark Morris and Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star)
Christian summer camp in Shaanxi banned; more churches in Guangdong shut down, pastors apply for administrative review
(Radio Free Asia)
Closed: Last synagogue in Egypt
(Shiraz Maher, Gatestone Institute)
Ecclesiastical Law Journal publishes the final issue of the anniversary volume
(Cambridge University Press)
Even authoritarian Communist countries need religion
(Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest)
Exempting churches from anti-discrimination laws
(Frank Brennan, Eureka Street)
Family life according to the Brotherhood
(Mona El-Naggar, New York Times)
Fort Hood shooting suspect’s beard must be shaved, Military judge rules
(Manny Fernandez, The New York Times)
Indonesia’s Shiite minority feels the heat
(Endy Bayuni, Foreign Policy)
Islam's ancient divide fuels Middle East conflicts
(Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online)
It’s official: Feds OK Mont Vernon’s Jew Pond being renamed Carelton Pond
(David Brooks, Nashua Telegraph)
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