Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 May 2013
Faith-based organisations: should dogma be left out of development?
(Anna Scott and Eliza Anyangwe, The Guardian)
Dalai Lama to Louisville crowd: Forgive the Boston bombing suspects
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)
In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
(Joseph J. Schatz, The Christian Science Monitor)
US senators approve 5,000 visas for Tibet refugees
(Agence-France Press, The West Australian)
Christians remain targets as Nigeria violence grows
(CBN News)
Church of Scotland takes step to allow gay clergy
(Sylvia Hui, U-T San Diego via AP)
Nigeria: Muslim youth reject Lagos government's ban on Hijab
(Sani Tukur, Premium Times)
Nigeria: Church seeks compensation fro victims of Boko Haram
(Premium Times)
Nigeria: Sambo's wife tasks Islamic organizations on peace
(Premium Times)
Gambia: ISESCO organises workshop on open-day knowledge-based economy
(Njie Baldeh, The Point)
Tanzania: Fifteen suspects held by police for torching churches
(Ludovick Kazoka, Daily News)
Germany's Merkel meets Pope Francis at Vatican
(Eurasia Review)
Britain releases 2011 censuseata on religious affiliation and characteristics of population by religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Freedom of religion is the fundamental right of every living person
(Seminar of Religious freedom of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Euro Cath Info)
The 2012 International Religious Freedom Report
(direct link, United States Department of State)
VIDEO: Secretary Kerry's remarks at the International Religious Freedom Report Rollout
(United States Department of State)
Full text of Secretary Kerry's remarks on the release of the International Religious Freedom Report
(United States Department of State)
Ambassador-at-Large Suzan Johnson Cook on the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report
(U.S. Department of State, HumanRights.gov)
Kerry: Religious freedom is a "birthright"
(CBN News)
US sees 'climate of intolerance' on global religious freedom
(Voice of America)
U.S. Policy and Programs in Support of International Religious Freedom
(Fact Sheet - Office of the Spokesperson, United States Department of State)
Learn more about the 2012 Human Rights Reports
(U.S. Department of State, HumanRights.gov)
2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
(Fact Sheet - Office of the Spokesperson, United States Department of State)
Muslim leaders in U.S. facing challenges inside and outside the faith
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Nigeria offer amnesty to Islamist militants as bloody offensive against Boko Haram insurgency continues
(The Telegraph)
Indonesia minorities slam president’s interfaith award
(Jakarta Globe)
Iraq bombings kill 70, wound dozens on Shiite and Sunni neighborhoods
(Freya Petersen, Global Post)
Evangelical groups claim IRS practicing ‘viewpoint discrimination’
(Sarah Posner, The National Memo)
Atheist literature to be placed in Georgia state park cabins
(Examiner.com)
Georgian patriarch calls on supporters, opponents of gay movement to pray for each other
(Interfax)
Pope: church should open up but follow teaching
(ABC News)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest in Jerusalem and vow to defy military draft
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Bombs at mosques in northwest Pakistan kill 15
(Fox News)
Farrakhan urges black unity in Detroit
(Niraj Warikoo, USA Today)
A dazzling documentary about pop music in China’s Muslim-majority province
(Max Fisher, The Washington Post)
Amish bishop Samuel Mullet opposes federal prison rule requiring him to attend school classes
(James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer)
More on US State Department Reports
Sunday, 19 May 2013
More than 500 imams in landmark gay marriage protest
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Secretary Kerry to release report on international religious freedom
(United States Department of State)
Congress receives irrefutable evidence of IRS harassment of pro-life organizations
(Tom Ciesielka, Thomas More Society)
Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'
(Charlie Spiering, The Washington Examiner)
It could soon be 'too late' to retain traditional meaning of marriage, warns Archbishop
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Communiqué on The Edict of Milan–1,700 years later
(Order of St. Andrew the Apostle)
Insult and punishment: Russian MPs mull softer penalty for religious offenses
(RT)
Africa, Asia see boom in priests as Europe withers
(Nicole Winfield, ABC News via AP)
Politics and the pulpit: Black churches at heart of gay marriage debate in Illinois
(Sophia Tareen, The Republic)
Christian churches back Jews facing anit-Semitism in Hungary
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Are Buddhist monks involved in Myanmar's violence?
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
Two bombings at Mosques in Pakistan kill at least 13
(Ismail Khan and Salman Masood, The New York Times)
Christians aren't being persecuted in American schools
(TF Charlton, The Guardian)
Afghan law to protect women's rights blocked by opponents
(The Guardian)
Thousands urge Boston College to drop pro-abortion commencement speaker Enda Kenny
(John Ritchie, Christian News Wire)
Study shows undocumented immigrants largely Christian
(Catholic News Agency)
Islam could be dominant UK religion in 10 years- census analysis
(Russian Times)
Anti-gay riot in Georgian capital
(Tine Zhvania, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
Georgia: Patriarch calls for calm after Orthodox groups thwart gay rights rally
(Civil Georgia)
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: the story continues
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
85-year-old wife of Mormon church president dies
(Brady McCombs, ABC News)
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe
(Frances D'Emilo, The Miami Herald)
Convictions handed down in securities fraud conspiracy that used inisters to sell stock
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Louisiana appeals court upholds election, injunctive relief in Baptist church dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kosher prison food lawsuit goes forward
(Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami Herald)
Oak Harbor faces lawsuit over prayer
(Lee Stoll, KIRO Seattle)
The bipartisan folly of our Islam delusion
(Michael Youssef, Fox News)
Dalai Lama preaches compassion to a responsive New Orleans crowd of 4,000
(John Pope, The Times-Picayune)
Hezbollah exploits religion to intervene in Syria, says Shiite cleric
(Al Arabiya)
Indonesia: Criticism of president ‘just part of democracy’
(Ezra Sihite, Jakarta Globe)
Conservative Afghan lawmakers block law protecting women’s freedom, saying it is against Islam
(The Washington Post)
Women of the wall - OpEd
(Uri Avneru, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 17 May 2013
Bombers target Benghazi Catholic Church - minister expresses solidarity
(Times of Malta)
Benghazi, the Coptic Church of St. Mark is torched
(AsiaNews.it)
Welcome to Zaytuna, the nation’s first Muslim Liberal Arts College
(Scott Korb, Religion & Politics)
Elder Oaks promotes strengthening the free exercise of religion
(Gerry Avant, Deseret News)
The other Women of the Wall
(Deena Nataf, The Jerusalem Post)
Gov. Nathan Deal orders Bibles back to Georgia state park lodging in church-state battle
(Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum, Huff Post Religion)
Black pro-lifers: Gosnell worst kind of racist
(CBN News)
Blasphemy charges becoming new weapon against Egyptian Christians
(Morning Star News, Christianity Today)
The religious affiliation of U.S. immigrants: Majority Christian, rising share of other faiths
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Same-sex marriage state-by-state
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
What about the video? The Benghazi scandal and religious liberty
(Mollie Hemingway, Richochet)
The European Union (Referendum) Bill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Apocalypse soon? The UK without the European Convention on Human Rights
(Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog)
Turkmenistan: Lebap Region raids, confiscations, fines and public vilification
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Census 2011: update on religious affiliation data
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Moroccan jailed for five years for plotting to bomb Milan synagogue
(JTA)
U.S. policy spotlights the human right of religious freedom
(Jane Morse, U.S. Department of State)
Kenya: Garissa Muslims decry use of pigs in Tuesday demonstration
(The Star)
Pope Francis to 'launch' new moblie app
(Eurasia Review)
Continue to pray—each according to his or her tradition—for our captured Honorary President, his Companion Bishop and all Syrians
(Religions for Peace)
A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become converts
(The Economist)
Rice University getting new center to study religious tolerance
(Mike Tolson, Statesman)
Namibia: How to teach religions studies in school
(Hezekia L. /Awaseb, New Era)
Religious parties not well-received this election
(Pakistan Today)
Marion school board sticks with prayer that group says is illegal
(Felicia Frazar, Seguin Gazette)
Apartheid tactics separate Myanmar’s minority Muslims from majority Buddhists
(Jason Szep, Reuters)
Afghanistan's kochis: Nomads no more
(Ali M. Latifi, Aljazeera)
City Harvest Church leaders on trial for embezzling $40 million in pop star Ho Yeow Sun scandal
(Heather Tan, Huffington Post Religion)
Thursday, 16 May 2013
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to China
(The Far Abroad, Patriarchal Ministry, DECR Chairman, Russian Orthodox Church)
UK Census: religion by age, ethnicity and country of birth
(Datablog, The Guardian)
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