Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Massachusetts high court bars religious school teacher from bringing workplace discrimination claim
(John R. Ellement, Boston Globe)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Pew: Religious intolerance is on the rise worldwide
(Eyder Peralta, National Public Radio)
Prophet film puts spotlight on US Copts
(Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press)
Prophet Mohammed movie: What should be done?
(Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, World Security Network)
Religious leaders seek inquiry into misuse of Pakistan blasphemy law
(Kristine Greenaway , Episcopal News Service)
Senate hearings on hate crimes included focus on Sikh temple shooting
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tunisian artists cry for help against religious extremists
(Tarek Amara, Reqq)
World Council of Churches urges revision of Pakistan's 'abusive' blasphemy laws
(CP Europe)
Worries over violence against churches in Israel
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
A textbook Islamist: The man who ignited the Muhammad movie rage
(Mudar Zahran, Gatestone Institute)
Amritsar: SGPC urges UP Government to allow Sikh baptized students to wear kirpan in schools
(Jagmohan Singh, Punjab Newsline)
Are radical imams going to redefine freedom of speech?
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Australian Christians put global poverty deadline on nation's agenda
(Stephen W, Insights News)
College of the Ozarks suing federal government over health care law
(Cliff Sain, News Leader)
Colombia High Court says religion out in rulings
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Cultural clash fuels Muslims angry at online video
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
Denied property sale, gay couple to sue bishop
(Lisa Wangsness, Boston Globe)
Egypt charges Coptic Christians linked to infamous video
(Ed Payne and Saad Abedine, CNN)
Embassy protests and Middle East unrest in context
(Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Faith groups in Africa mobilize to protect environment
(Frederick Nzwill, ENInews v. Anglican Journal)
Freedom of expression in the unfree world
(Jacob Mchangama, Voice of Russia)
Hezbollah leads massive anti-US protest in Lebanon
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
Judge reinstates contempt charges for Somali woman
(Amy Forliti, Associated Press v. San Francisco Chronicle)
Moderate and hardline Muslims struggle within popular rage against anti-Islam film and America
(Brian Murphy, Huffington Post)
Muhammad cartoons: how freedom of expression is curtailed across the globe
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)
National Council of Churches approves restructuring recommendation
(ENInews, Episcopal News Service)
No sale of chicken, fish during Jain festival, rules HC
(Express India News Service)
President Obama's Rosh Hashanah greeting
(White House, Office of the Press Secretary)
Report says religion at heart of illegal ivory trade
(Jeanie Groh, The Washington Post)
South African church leaders plead for mining dispute resolution
(Munyaradzi Makoni, ENInews v. Episcopal News Service)
Universal periodic review of Indonesia at Human Rights Council
(Press Release, Human Rights First)
US House passes bill to promote human rights in Vietnam
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
An open letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi regarding the Rohingya issue
(Aung Aung Oo, Eurasia Review)
As Muslims rage, churches hit Pakistan blasphemy law
(Robert Evans, Reuters)
Burmese gov't fosters religious intolerance: US official
(Lalit K Jha, The Irrawaddy)
Controversial writer Rushdie releases memoirs as anti-Islam film protests rage
(Jakarta Globe)
Hezbollah warns US over film as protests spread
(Agence France-Presse, Jakarta Globe)
In the courts, equality trumps tolerance
(Jon Holbrook, Spiked Online)
Indonesian president urges UN and OIC to issue regulations against religious defamation
(Jakarta Globe)
Is Islamic ideology totalitarian?
(Michael Curtis, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Israeli police intolerant of Christianity: clergyman
(Adrian Bloomfield, The Daily Telegraph, National Post)
Libya: Video shows Libyans trying to rescue U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens
(allAfrica.com)
Religious education should not be an oxymoron
(Charles Negy, PhD, Huff Post Colleg)
Same-sex marriage issue heats up in France as introduction of legislation nears
(Jeanne Smits, LifeSiteNews)
Turkey’s "problematic" secular and religious cultures
(Dr. Nazila Isgandarova, Turkish Weekly)
UN faults 16 gov'ts for reprisals against critics
(John Heilprin, Huffington Post)
US urged to take action against filmmaker
(The News)
Uzbekistan: "Leave only one spoon, one mug and one mattress for each"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Monday, 17 September 2012
Change of Pakistan's blasphemy laws unlikely
(Rebecca Santana, The Seattle Times)
EEOC posts web page on employment discrimination against Muslims and Sikhs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FFRF sues to remove decalogue from Pa. high school
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Greater religious freedom for Christians in India – OpEd
(Benjamin Bull, The Christian Post)
Is a truce between religions possible?
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, Arab News)
Leading Sunni clerics demand global ban on insults to Islam
(Patrick Goodenough, CNS News)
Middle East violence no excuse for vile provocation
(Ernest Corea, ISN Insights, Eurasia Review)
Mob rule replaces rule of law
(Shiraz Maher, Gatestone Institute)
Nasrallah calls for ban on attacks on religion
(Tehran Times)
Ontario Christian dad fighting for parental rights smeared in local press
(Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews)
Protests over contentious film spread to Afghanistan, Indonesia
(Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times)
Publication Schedule: Look for the next new posting on Religion Clause on Wednesday morning
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Salman Rushdie: Free speech under threat from 'religious extremists'
(Daily News)
Syria's battle in Aleppo takes on religious tone
(David Enders, Seattle Times)
Tunisians condemn US embassy attack
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Uzbekistan: "Sacred primary source of one of world's major religions" destroyed
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Violent anti-U.S. protests continue in Pakistan
(CBS News)
Would-be frat house can't sell monastery line
(Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News Service)
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Religious minority oppression is not helped by hate
(Jeffrey Imm, Pakistan Christian Post)
A fight against religious extremism
(Ahmed Salah, Washington Post)
After anti-Islam movie, Egypt’s Christians anxious watching Islamists’ street mobilization
(Washington Post)
Amish Shunning is central to Ohio hate crime trial
(John Seewer, Associated Press)
Beyond religion: Getting to the heart of the violence
(Manal Omar, CBS News)
Egypt's Christians anxious about anti-Islam film, Coptic community anticipate troubles
(Maggie Michael, Huff Post Religion)
Is religion good for women?
(Bettany Hughes, BBC News)
Latest developments on anti-Islam film protests
(Associated Press)
Lebanon Christians feel under siege; find hope in pope
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)
Mali opens probe into preacher slayings
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Pope calls for religious freedom in Middle East
(Associated Press, Time World)
Protesters burn flags outside US embassy in London
(The Telegraph)
Protesters set fire to U.S. school in Tunis
(Reuters)
Protests against anti-Islam film spread; assaults on US, Western embassies and peacekeepers
(Washington Post)
Religious group Media for Christ made Mohammed film
(Leila Macor, The Australian)
Friday, 14 September 2012
15 photos of Libyans apologizing to Americans
(Jessica Testa, BuzzFeed)
Ambassador's killing shines light on Muslim sensitivities around Prophet Mohammed
(Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog)
Board votes to regulate circumcision, citing risks
(Sharon Otterman, New York Times)
Controversy over anti-Islamic film shines light on Coptic Christianity
(Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog)
Ecumenical voices in Brazil urge “communication for life, justice and peace”
(WCC)
Egypt: Comedian’s anti-Islam conviction overturned
(The Associated Press v. The New York Times)
In Lebanon visit, pope denounces religious fundamentalism
(Victor L. Simpson, Anchorage Daily News)
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Legionaries of Christ
(Jason Berry, National Catholic Reporter)
N.Y. Appeals Court: Chupah qualifies as a structure
(JTA)
Pope Benedict XVI will bring hope to the Middle East
(Kira Kalinina, Voice of Russia)
Religion, provocation, and fanaticism
(Yusuf Kanali, Hürriyet Daily News)
Secretary Clinton delivers powerful religion speech after Middle East embassy attacks
(Dana Hughes, ABC News)
Soldiers open fire to disperse Nigerians protesting Prophet Muhammad film
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Sudan: Protesters storm Western diplomatic missions over anti-Islam film
(allAfrica)
US, Zionists prime anti-Islam suspects
(Iran Review)
What the Libyan Embassy attack teaches us about true religious freedom
(Roy Speckhardt, Huff Post Religion)
Thursday, 13 September 2012
”Making your presence felt”
(Melkam Lidet, MIFTAH)
Beyond religion in the Middle East
(Mimi Hanaoka, Los Angeles Times)
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