Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 31 August 2012
Brutality, anger fuel jihad in Russia's Caucasus
(Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters)
China policy on Tibetan freedom of religion may face change as self-immolations continue
(Carla Friedman, Women News Network)
Christian marriage registrar case goes to Europe
(The Christian Institute)
Congo-Kinshasa: UN alarmed over reports of further massacres in eastern DR Congo
(allAfrica)
Council statement invokes new understanding of mission
(ENInews)
Essay compilation addresses legal, theological issues of homosexuality
(Adventist News Network)
Former teachers, Jehovah's Witnesses file discrimination lawsuit against school district
(Sabina Bhasin, Naple News)
Forthcoming Chamber hearing in four cases concerning freedom of religion
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Himachal Pradesh (partially) repeals its anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Kenya: Fears of more violence over Islamist killed
(Tom Odula, Associated Press)
Libya: Sufi under attack, Saudi Arabia condemned
(MISNA)
Muslim persecution of Christians: July, 2012
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
New Zealand lawmakers back same-sex marriage
(David Crampton, Episcopal News Service)
Palestinians chip away at male divorce monopoly
(Diaa Hadid, Associated Press)
Sydney Anglicans accused of sexism over new marriage vows
(David Crampton, Episcopal News Service)
Tunisia democratic activists fear a tilt toward militant Islam
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)
Tunisians fear growing salafist violence
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Youth protest against Pakistan’s role in Gilgit Baltistan
(Zafar Iqbal, Eurasia Review)
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Sri Lanka and India - cultural and religious ties
(N. Sathiya Moorthy, Daily Mirror)
Anti-Assad forces in Syria are growing more Islamist
( Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz)
Archbishop of Canterbury condemns child abuse failings
(BBC News)
Assad draws shock troops from elite sect in Syria
(Bill Spindle, Wall Street Journal)
Cops: Religion not motive in attack on Jewish man
(Ed White, Associated Press)
Couple to debate right to distribute atheist book
(Tom Godfrey, CNews)
Electing the faithful: Is the US election a faith-based race?
(Al Jazeera)
Federal judge allows Murfreesboro mosque opponents to intervene
(Travis Loller, The Tennessean)
Final Republican platform has strong religious freedom plank
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
Global Christian group takes up cause of 11-year-old Down syndrome girl facing execution in Pakistan
(Fox News)
Israeli chief rabbi warns Geert Wilders not to ‘force Dutch Jews to leave’
(JTA)
Italy celebrates Jewish culture, despite quake
(Rosella Tercatin, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Judgment in Gujarat: The wheels of justice, slowly turned
(A.R., The Economist)
Kenya PM blames killing of Muslim cleric on nation's foes
(Richard Lough and Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Lawsuit filed against haredi radio station for excluding women
(JTA)
Libya officials seem helpless as Sufi shrines are vandalized
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
Neologism and nationalism
(Alex Joffe, Jewish Ideas Daily)
Pakistan court postpones bail decision for girl accused of burning Quran
(Nasir Habib, CNN)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Religious beliefs should be respected - when rights are not impeded
(Joshua Rozenberg, National Secular Society)
Reports of Iran 'halal' intranet are contradictory
(Info Security)
Russia and Islam: The end of peaceful coexistence?
(The Economist)
Russia: (Jehovah's Witnesses) One month in prison, another to follow
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Ryan's Catholic roots reach deep
(Peter Nicholas and Mark Peters, Wall Street Journal)
State alters vaccination waiver form, asking parents to cite religion
(Phaedra Haywood, Santa Fe New Mexican)
Suicide bomber kills Muslim cleric as Putin urges unity
(Gleb Bryanski, Reuters)
Survey: Southeast Asian Muslims among world's most devout
(Eric Bellman, The Wall Street Journal)
Syria's war spills into Lebanon
(Michael J. Totten, Gatestone Institute)
Update: Judge releases decision on Commission prayer
(Gordan Boyd, WRCB TV)
What motivates Christian Zionists?
(Shelley Neese, The Jerusalem Post)
Why Jews hold circumcision so dear, and what Germany has to fear
(Rabbi Micah Peltz, Haaretz)
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Aleppo archbishop flees to Lebanon: Vatican radio
(The Daily Star)
Are there Muslim evangelists?
(geoconger, GetReligion.org)
BBC bias? Sharia law and Egypt
(geoconger, GetReligion.org)
Beirut Patriarch: EU doesn't care about the fate of Christians in the Middle East
(Jurgen Liminski, Assyrian International News Agency)
Diverse group of religion leaders delivering prayers at Republican convention
(Daniel Treiman, JTA)
India’s Billy Graham laid to rest
(UCAN India)
Investigation finds no malicious intent in Quran case
(JIm Garamone, American Forces Press Service)
Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after Mombasa riots
( Fredrick Nzwili, Episcopal News Service)
Kenyans must stop religious violence after deadly riots: PM
(Capital FM News)
Moscow art museum attacked by Orthodox Christians
(Interfax Religion News)
Pakistan blasphemy case Christian girl 'is 14'
(BBC News Asia)
Pentagon hands down punishment over burning Korans, urinating on corpses
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Spiritual leader of Dagestani Muslims killed in suicide blast
(RT)
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
After Anders Breivik's conviction, Norway must confront Islamophobia
(Sindre Bangstad, The Guardian)
Amish beard-cutting trial pits religious freedom vs hate crimes
(James F. McCarty, Religion News Service, Huff Post Religion)
Appeals court to wait on Hasan beard ruling
(Jeremy Schwartz, Austin Legal)
Christian in Pakistan blasphemy case ruled a minor
(Rebecca Santana, Associated Press)
Church sues Fairfax board over zoning law
(The Examiner)
Despite public outcry, Falun Gong practitioner sentenced
(Luo Ya, The Epoch Times)
Egyptian religion: A new chapter?
(H.A. Hellyer, Huffington Post)
European court nixes Italy embryo screening ban
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press, Huff Post Tech)
First civil union between three partners in Brazil sparks outrage
(Andrea Madambashi, Christian Post Latin America)
German Jews to Israeli Chief Rabbi: Your circumcision commotion did more harm than good
(Jacob Edelist, The Jewish Press)
Hajj scam: Hamid Saeed Kazmi released on bail
(Mudassir Raja, International Herald Tribune)
Indian government in dilemma over Muslim killings in Myanmar
(Seema Sengupta, Eurasia Review)
Iran: Concern grows for health of imprisoned pastor
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Judge dismisses Wheaton College's Obama lawsuit
(NBC Chicago)
Misuse of mosque for manufacturing explosives condemned
(Arab News)
Mombasa riots stretch into second day as extremist group tries to rally Muslims
(Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor)
Pakistan's conservative mullahs question blasphemy law
(Saheed Shah, The Miami Herald)
Priest warns of security risk in pope trip to Lebanon
(AFP)
Religious violence growing in Indonesia
(Australia Network News)
Tajikistan: Further administrative penalties punish religious activity
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
The Arab revolts: Impact on Central Asia
(James M. Dorsey, Middle East Online)
Top Libyan officials implicated in mosque desecrations
(Mel Frykberg, The Miami Herald)
US Soldiers punished for Quran burnings
(Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)
Monday, 27 August 2012
Benefits of circumcision are said to outweigh risks
(Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times)
Christian group to hold conference on blasphemy law
(Robert Evans, Reuters)
Christian groups susceptible to violence in India
(The Evangelical Fellowship of India, International Institute for Religious Freedom)
Churches fight to feed the homeless
(Charles C. Haynes, The Spectrum)
Crosses chopped down: 'Anti-church hysteria' spreads across Russia
(RT)
Germany: Turkish Muslims hope for more Muslims than Christians
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
In Chile, Jews face new dangers and old fears
(Gil Shefler, The Jerusalem Post)
Indonesia: Religious violence kills 2 Shias
(Adnkronos International)
Indonesian security forces turn to Islamic clerics to uproot terrorism
(Andrew Higgins, Washington Post)
Interfaith and intercultural dialogue ‘a big litmus test for the EU’
(Dr. Nazila Isgandarova, Turkish Weekly)
Interfaith crisis on the borderlands of Burma (Myanmar), Bangladesh, and India
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
John Walker Lindh sues for prison prayer group
(Carrie Johnson and Margot Williams, NPR)
Libyan Islamists raze Sufi sites in bold attacks
(Reuters, The New York Times)
Mauritanian imams plead for moderation
(Bakari Gueye, Magharebia)
Morocco: the police forces assault on the peaceful demonstrations is an assault on the freedom of expression
(The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information)
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