Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds in northern Nigeria town
(Joe Penney, Reuters)
Religious parties pressed to pass anti-missionary law
(Ari Yashar, Inside Israel)
Churches grieve Germanwings tragedy
(World Council of Churches)
Imam fired by Religious Affairs Directorate for critical posts about Erdoğan
(Today's Zaman)
Shariah law: Texas sparks anguish with legislation that Muslims say stokes Islamophobia
(Andrew Buncombe, The Independent)
How Saudi Arabia turned Sweden’s human rights criticisms into an attack on Islam
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Indiana House passes controversial 'religious freedom' bill
(Mary Wisniewski, Reuters)
Why most American Jews vote for Democrats, explained
(John Sides, The Washington Post)
Nigerian Christians may back a Muslim candidate in upcoming presidential elections
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Indian's top bishop says some people want division along religious lines
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Aleppo's Christians see regime as last hope
(Edward Dark, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Moscow Patriarchate priest assaulted in west Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Vandals paint swastika on Jewish WWII monument in Volgograd
(Anna Dolgov, The Moscow Times)
Prosecutors demand 19 years in jail for alleged organizer of foiled terror attack
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Despite rising anti-Semitism, Jews thrive in central Europe
(Katarina Wecker and Maya Vidon, Religion News Service)
Syria, Iraq discuss ways to tackle militants
(The Jerusalem Post)
China executes three Muslim men convicted in mass stabbing at train station
(The Jerusalem Post)
The ‘African moment’ in global Catholicism gathers steam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Secular Beit Shemesh school to become all haredi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Debate on religion not domain of experts alone
(Free Malaysia Today)
Ethnic, religious groups pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew's role in building harmony
(Zakir Hussain, The Straits Times)
Shawano lawyer suspended for smearing judges
(Paul Srubas, Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Rajnath Singh red-flags religious conversion, says committed to instilling a sense of security
(The Indian Express)
Doctors make Charter challenge on right to refuse care on religious grounds
(CBC News)
Monday, 23 March 2015
Azerbaijan: Imprisoned for their faith
(Jehovah's Witness.org)
Rising religious intolerance in Azerbaijan
(Jehovah's Witness.org)
Street preacher fined for using “abusive” language after quoting Leviticus
(National Secular Society)
Threats to religious freedom undermine Vietnam’s Communist Party
(Nguyen Hung, AsiaNews.it)
The many names of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
'Religious freedom' proposal wins House approval
(Dan Carden, The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Sri Lanka plans legislation outlawing racist, religious extremist groups
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Controversy over church's objection to opera is not going away
(Russia Religion News)
Attack in the London shtetl
(Ben Judah and Josh Glancy, Tablet)
Indonesia detains alleged ISIS recruiters
(Al Arabiya News)
USCCB tells Congress: restore religious freedom, rescind these laws!
(Kathy Schiffer, Patheos)
26 arrests after mob beats, burns Afghan woman
(Hilary Whiteman and Masoud Popalzai, CNN)
Reconsidering religion in society
(Oscar A. Rudenstam, The Daily Pennsylvanian)
Religious rally calls for reducing arrests of children, immigrants
(Andy Reid, Sun Sentinel)
Report from the Supreme Court: Religious freedom, free speech, Obamacare
(Walter M. Weber, American Center for Law and Justice)
IS shows off Assyrian Christian 'convert' to Islam in new video
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Tajik IS militants threaten 'jihad' at home (or even in the Kremlin)
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
In Italy, plans for an Easter blessing yield a lawsuit for a public school
(Jim Yardley, The New York Times)
Gender equality brings peace between states
(Bineta Diop, Saisuree Chutikul, Valerie Hudson, Youssef Mahmoud, Ann Phillips, Virachai Plasai, Marie O'Reilly, Irene Santiago, Jessica Zimerman, International Peace Institute and the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN)
Sydney cafe reopens after terrorist attack
(Christian Today)
Schoolchildren from Turkey, Italy, Egypt to discuss fight against religious extremism in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Iraqi Patriarch calls for law to counter violence-inciting preachers
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Family abductions for forceful change of religion continue in Japan
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Theresa May, the Home Office and shari’a
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
A stronger Britain, built on our values
(The Rt Hon Theresa May MP, The Home Office, GOV.UK)
Is socialism a “protected belief”? – GMB v Henderson
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ukrainians trust Church the most - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Australia a puzzling hotbed of Islamic State recruiting
(Rod McGuirk, The Associated Press)
Islamic State calls on backers to kill 100 U.S. military personnel
(Reuters)
Puerto Rico seeks to recognize, allow gay marriages
(Danica Coto, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Activists urge Lebanon to make marital rape illegal
(Dana Halawi, Reuters)
Over 5,000 mercenaries from CIS fight on ISIS side - expert
(Interfax-Religion)
Britain to investigate Sharia courts, crack down on extremist preachers
(Michael Holden, Reuters)
Analysts unanimous Russia does need Islamic banking
(Lyudmila Alexandrova, Tass Russian News Agency)
British ponder charitable tax relief status of controversial Exclusive Brethren schools
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Bob Jones III apologizes for stone-the-gays remarks
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
The war against Islamic State: The caliphate cracks
(The Economist)
Supreme Court says Quebec province infringed religious freedom of Loyola school in Montreal: Authorities wanted secular perspective in teaching
(Kalyan Kumar, International Business Times)
Teachers' alliance sues Rhode Island school for barring observation of Good Friday
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
German court rules against banning veil in schools, but Europe remains divided
(The Conversation)
Simon Hughes' human rights speech
(Liberal Democrats)
Turkey's highest religious body says surrogate motherhood is like adultery, calls process religiously unacceptable
(Juan Paulino Cornejo, Design & Trend)
Turkey’s top religious body says IVF is ‘unacceptable and like adultery’
(Al Arabiya News)
How sectarian violence within Islam hurts the youth
(Huma Munir, World Religion News)
Afghan woman lynched over Koran-burning was innocent: minister
(Al Arabiya News)
Sex worker to launch legal challenge against NI prostitution ban
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Jewish cemetery vandalized in Hungary
(The Jerusalem Post)
Monitor: Islamic State moves west to attack Syrian army in Homs
(The Jerusalem Post)
Freedom to change one's religion is fundamental right, says Vice President Hamid Ansari
(DNA India)
Uzbekistan worried about ISIL activity near its borders
(Interfax-Religion)
Stop using Brooklyn fire to stoke anti-Orthodox hatred
(Mordechai Lightstone, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Women face setbacks in new Libya
(Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Rise of religious extremism and atheism: Ominous signs for Bangladesh
(Rupak Bhattacharjee, South Asia Monitor)
Palestinian female judges gavel down taboos
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Pakistan: The contested issue of madrasa modernization
(Dr. Sanchita Bhattacharya, South Asia Monitor)
Salafis, Salafism and Modern Salafism: What lies behind a term?
(Mohamed Bin Ali, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Idaho Republicans push back against LGBT rights
(Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America)
India, fresh attacks on two Catholic churches "evil and dangerous"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
As Houthi militias move south, UN warns of possible civil war in Yemen
(AsiaNews.it)
Ordinary Afghans take to Kabul streets in protest over Farkhunda's murder
(AsiaNews.it)
Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders meet in Gaza
(Middle East Monitor)
Missouri House OKs bill to protect religious student groups
(Maria French, Associated Press)
Tunisia will win against terrorism, insists Ghannouchi
(Middle East Monitor)
Religious fraternity fights campus ban
(Anjali Hemphill, CNN)
A religious ‘conscience clause’. The church wants it but campaigners say ‘licence to discriminate’
(The Journal)
‘Constant suspicion’: Muslim police officers allege harassment
(Halima Kazem, Aljazeera: America)
Egypt’s Sisi again calls for ‘religious revolution’
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
US delegation encouraged by Sri Lanka's progress in religious freedom
(Eurasia Review)
10,000 letters to Indiana House Speaker oppose "religious freedom" bill
(Ray Steele, 93.1 WIBC)
Experts: 'Merry Christmas bill' won't protect schools from lawsuits
(Kristine Guerra, Indianapolis Star)
Finding salvation in religious law's safe harbor
(Evan J. Seeman, The Conneticut Law Tribune)
Will a Catholic school fire a theology teacher for "anti-gay" remarks?
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)
Rajnath calls for a national debate on anti-conversion law
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)
World Alliance of Religions Peace Office Meeting held in Georgia
(Spy Ghana)
Gay and Mennonite
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
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