Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 February 2014
Clashes in C.Africa town kill at least 75: Priest
(Ahram Online)
Saturday, 1 February 2014
New hope for Central African Republic
(M. Zuhdi Jasser and Sam Gejdenson, World Affairs)
Welby flies to Africa telling Anglicans to treat gay people as ‘children of God’
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Dispatches: Central African Republic – “We will take our revenge”
(Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch)
Church of England’s call for dialogue on gays rebuffed in Africa
(Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Nazi ban * Blasphemy in Greece * Anti-gay Africa: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 20-27
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Central African Republic wants U.N. force as EU troops OKed
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Call for Papers DUE 15 February 2014: Law and Religion in Africa (26-28 May 2014)
(Pieter Coertzen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Friday, 24 January 2014
Secular South Africa?
(Philip Jenkins, The Christian Century)
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
South African u. suspends students who broke up concert by Israeli
(The Jewish Press)
Thursday, 16 January 2014
The Middle East and North Africa: Cauldron of conflict – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Monday, 13 January 2014
EVENT, 12 January 2014: One-time Miracle or Exemplar: What are the lessons of Mandela's legacy and South Africa's transition for other countries?
(United States Institute of Peace)
Sunday, 12 January 2014
'Score-settling' in C. African Republic kills 13
(Hippolyte Marboua | The Associated Press, KTVU.com)
Friday, 10 January 2014
C. African Republic president, PM stepping down
(Abubakar Mohammed | AP, Arab News)
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Central African Republic: Fears of sectarian genocide
(Paul Wood, BBC News)
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Chaos in Central African Republic is about power, not religion
(Emily Mellgard, The Christian Science Monitor)
Friday, 3 January 2014
Violence in Central African Republic displaces nearly 1 million: U.N.
(Paul-Marin Ngoupana, Reuters)
Media ‘wrong’ to ignore Christians’ plight in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Central African Christmas * Ohio Makes 19? * Muslim Yuletide : Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Laruen Markoe, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Nigerian lawyer defends human rights of women in West Africa
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News National Edition)
Friday, 13 December 2013
Three pastors among dead in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Africa is plagued with tribalism and religious intolerance - Kufuor
(GhanaWeb, GhanaWeb)
African animist funeral customs and military pomp for Mandela burial on Sunday
(Xola Potelwa, Reuters FaithWorld)
Religious leaders seek calm in tense Central African Republic
(Emmanuel Braun, Reuters)
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Fighting in Central African Republic is not about religion, archbishop says
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 9 December 2013
Central African Republic mobs launch sectarian attacks
(Krista Larson, Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Zambia: Illegal churches face deregistration
(Sarah Tembo, All Africa)
Friday, 29 November 2013
UN consensus builds to send force to Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor, Christianity Today Australia)
Thursday, 28 November 2013
French court upholds scarf dismissal
(AFP, iafrica.com)
Monday, 25 November 2013
Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks not inspired by religion - Badeh
(Solomon Ayado, All Africa)
Sunday, 10 November 2013
No ban on gov’t officials traveling to Israel, South African Cabinet says
(JTA)
Friday, 8 November 2013
First woman and African moderator elected to the WCC Central Committee
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 4 November 2013
Central African Republic: Religious tinderbox
(BBC News Africa)
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
The rise of Islamist Militancy in East Africa: Al Qaeda’s Next Target?
(Ahmed Salah Hashim, RSIS)
Hindus worldwide upset at ‘trivialization’ of Lord Ganesh in South Africa newspaper
(Eurasia Review)
Monday, 28 October 2013
Somalia's al-Shabab commanders 'killed' in strike
(BBC News Africa)
African liberation a vehicle for westernization
(Morris DC Komakech, The Independent)
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Clerics call on UN military force to secure Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 21 October 2013
Ethiopian immigrants create an Israeli tradition out of Africa
(Roy (Chicky) Arad, Haaretz)
Friday, 11 October 2013
Many of 250 drowned migrants were African Christians fleeing persecution
(Kate Tracy, Christianity Today)
Monday, 7 October 2013
Religious order urges action to stem chaos in Central African Republic
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Catholic clerics mugged at gunpoint in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Kenya: religious leaders call for Oct 1 prayers
(Jemimah Wangui, All Africa)
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Nigeria: Religious re-education
(Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, Daily Trust via AllAfrica)
Monday, 23 September 2013
Cameroon: youths focus on inter-religious dialogue
(Branda Y Nchewnang-Ngassa, All Africa)
Kenya mall carnage shows Shabab resilience
(Nicholas Kulish, Mark Mazzetti, Eric Schmitt, The New York Times Africa)
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
African countries pledge to tackle terrorism
(Hayam El Hadi, Magharebia)
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
10 years after Gene Robinson, African Anglicans to take stock
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Monday, 26 August 2013
Pope calls for anti-human trafficking meeting
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Ancient African religion finds roots in America
(Christopher Johnson, NPR)
Monday, 19 August 2013
Dartmouth nixes hire of African bishop on past gay rights stance
(Daniel Lovering, Reuters FaithWorld)
Thursday, 15 August 2013
African Religious Liberty Congress promotes peaceful coexistence
(Adventist News Network)
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
Cameroon: gov't hunts illegal churches
(Brenda Y. Nchewnang-Ngassa, All Africa)
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Top pastor’s arrest adds to Christians’ concerns in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Nigeria and the girl child bride: Culture, constitution and religion
(Mary Ajoke Akangbe, Africa on the Blog)
Monday, 5 August 2013
Liberia: LP identifies with Muslims - executive official says party above religious divide
(J. Edwood N. Dennis, The Analyst via All Africa)
LP identifies with Muslims—executive official says party above religious divide
(Edwood Dennis, All Africa)
Friday, 2 August 2013
African chief evangelizes about adult circumcision
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Monday, 29 July 2013
Former ICPC Chair blames religious tension on politicians
(All Africa)
Nigeria: Senate, religion and child marriage law
(All Africa)
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Putin concerned about violation of rights of Orthodox Christians in Mideast, N. Africa
(Interfax)
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Ethiopia: Religions encouraged to advance nation building
(Zeryhun Kassa, Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency via All Africa)
Friday, 19 July 2013
World abandons C. African Republic in hour of need, MSF says
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 15 July 2013
Jonathan says religious, ethnic intolerance will divide Nigeria
(Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, All Africa)
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Egypt and North Africa's religious tumult
(Ahmed Charai, The National Interest)
Monday, 8 July 2013
Educated Muslim women challenged to know their religion
(Ludovick Kazoka, All Africa)
Monday, 1 July 2013
International effort seeks to counter jihadists in Africa
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Monday, 17 June 2013
African-Americans and gay marriage–its complicated
(Michel Martin, NPR)
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Egypt: Author sentenced to five years for insulting religion
(allAfrica)
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Lay preacher turned union boss wages South African class war
(Reuters)
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Nigerians urged to shun religious bigotry
(Abdullateef Aliyu, All Africa)
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
In Africa, evangelicals join war against AIDS
(Cathleen Falsani, Orange County Register)
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Ethiopia: Dissenting voices take to the streets
(Konye Obaji Ori, The Africa Report)
Friday, 31 May 2013
Moroccan Salafist slams Tunisia’s Ennahda
(Mohamed Saadouni, All Africa)
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Malawi: Ngaunja commends government for upholding freedom of worship
(Andrew Silumbu, AllAfrica via Malawi News Agency)
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
No favouritism in subsidising religious hospitals, minister says
(Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam), All Africa)
Monday, 27 May 2013
Nigeria: First Lady seeks end to teenage pregnancies in Africa
(Uche Uduma, All Africa)
Nigeria: Lagos schools, Hijab and the sovereignty of the state
(Adelou Ademoyo, All Africa)
Friday, 24 May 2013
Religious defamation charges reflect practices of authoritarian regimes, says Egyptian politician
(Christian Post Africa)
Monday, 20 May 2013
Tunisia's last Jews at ease despite troubled past
(BBC News Africa)
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Africa, Asia see boom in priests as Europe withers
(Nicole Winfield, ABC News via AP)
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Africa: Global survey aims to equip Anglicans to engage in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Tradition, religion holding back Africa's progress
(Ferdinand Berkhof, MmegiOnline)
South Africa: Government encourages freedom of children's religious and ethnic rights
(All Africa)
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Government encourages freedom of children's religious and ethnic rights
(Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), South African Government Information)
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Political Islam is post-Gaddafi Libya
(James Maxwell, Think Africa Press)
Thursday, 2 May 2013
What are you? A review of Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora by Emily Raboteau
(David F. Evans, The Revealer (NYU))
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
El Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue, welcomes Jewish pilgrims back to Tunisia amidst tight security
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)
Monday, 29 April 2013
El Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue, welcomes Jewish pilgrims back to Tunisia amidst tight security
(Tarek Amara, Huffington Post Religion)
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Homosexuality: What you must know
(Paul Bupe, The Times of Zambia via All Africa)
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Protesters ‘intimidate’ South African Jews
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Church shelled, seven Christians killed in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 15 April 2013
Higher education for displaced people in Africa with UNHCR-JRS initiative
(Bernadine Racoma, Day News)
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
South Africa gay 'cure' school found guilty of human rights violation
(Dan Littauer, Gay Star News)
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Advocating for peace and religious liberty in the Central African Republic
(ANN Video Full Episode - April 5, 2013, Adventist News Network)
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Africa finds an effective weapon against AIDS: religion
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Egypt: Coptic Christians must be protected from sectarian violence
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Anxiety high as rebels take over Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor, Christian Today)
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Africa: New priorities for the Anglican Witness core group
(Revd John Kafwanka, Anglican Communion News Service)
Liberia's Muslims protest, want Christians' petition trashed, two holidays in Liberia
(Al- Varney Rogers, Front Page Africa)
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