Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Viet Nam policies ensure religious freedom
(VietNamNet Bridge)
Violence erupts at anti-Islam protest in Sweden
(Associated Press)
Will Vietnam legalize gay marriage?
(Andrew Lam, AsianWeek)
Friday, 3 August 2012
Al-Aqsa security tightened by Israel as Palestinians make Ramadan pilgrimage - video
(The Guardian)
Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)
At first meeting, President's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships takes up issue of human trafficking
(Joshua Dubois, The White House)
B&B accommodation – Discrimination in Canada and England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Baha'i citizens arrested in Iran
(Radio Zamaneh)
Bryant: 'Unfortunate' church blocked black wedding
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)
China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims
(Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
China responds to US criticism on religious rights: Don't 'meddle' in our policies
(NBC News and wire reports)
Concessions to Muslim law in Saudi woman controversy undermines the Olympics
(Bob Taylor, Washington Times)
Does the contraception mandate really kill religious freedom?
(David Gibson, Huffington Post)
Egypt: 120 Christian families flee their homes following death of a Muslim
(Michael Ireland, Continental News)
Girl of 10 can choose to convert from Judaism to Christianity, judge rules
(Martin Beckford, The Telegraph)
Islamic banking may enter Morocco
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Judging the role of religion (or not) in law
(Science Codex)
RPT-Arab Islamist fighters eager to join Syria rebels
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Russian church slams US State Department's unfair criticism
(Milena Faustova, The Voice of Russia)
Russian human rights warrior: Rustem Valiullin
(Abdullah Rinat Muhametov, Onislam)
Russian Muslim community refutes U. S. Department of State report on religious freedom in Russia
(Interfax, Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Turkey: European Court of Human Rights again says Turkey violated human rights of conscientious objector
(War Resisters' International)
Turkey: Head of religious affairs calls for freedom of belief
(Anatolia News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Vietnam says US Religious Freedom Report is wrong
(Associated Press)
Thursday, 2 August 2012
170 law professors debunk 'religious freedom' argument in contraception debate
(Think Progress)
Austria’s Justice Minister gives legal clearance to resume religious circumcisions
(European Jewish Press)
Burma: Government forces targeting Rohingya Muslims
(Eurasia Review)
Chick-fil-A latest example of how same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom
(Thomas Messner, Culture Watch)
Christians tormented with music, then attacked
(Compass Direct News)
Exclusive Brethren group appeals against Charity Commission's refusal to grant charitable status
(Tim Tonkin, Third Sector)
French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Hindus and Jews urge AT&T and Intel withdraw QuakeCon sponsorship over Hindu gods trivialization
(Eurasia Review)
In Texas Supreme Court primary, incumbent defeated by advocate of religious displays on public property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islam at the Olympics
(Shiraz Maher, Gatestone Institute)
Nigeria: Building God's Kingdom with bombs, blood and tears
(Ogaja Ifowodu, All Africa)
Norway called beacon of hope one year after massacre
(ENInews)
Ontario man suing county for $5,000 in damages over Lord’s Prayer at meetings
(Jake Edmiston, National Post)
Peru: Academics battle Vatican for religious freedom
(Simeon Tegel, Minn Post)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Ramadan and religious freedom
(Azizah al-Hibri and M. Zuhdi Jasser, The Washington Post)
Somali comedian who dared mock militants is killed
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press)
Syriacs get land title after 25-year-old legal struggle
(Vercihan Ziflioğlu, Hürriyet Daily News)
Tennessee candidates engage in anti-Islam contest
(Tim Ghianni, Reuters)
Two pig heads hung outside mosque in France
(Associated Press)
U.S. should continue role as international advocate for religious freedom
(Editorial, Deseret News)
USCIRF commissioners harsher on Russia's religious liberty record than State Department
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vietnam: a detained blogger's mother self-immolates
(Patrick Winn, Global Post)
Vietnam: US ‘deeply concerned’ over Christian activist’s mother self-immolation
(UCA News)
Why are secular businesses claiming religious rights?
(Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic)
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Abraham’s children: Liberty and tolerance in an age of religious conflict
(Teresa, Shelf Love (Blog))
Annual report chronicles key trends in international religious freedom
(Suzan Johnson Cook, HumanRights.gov)
Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)
China dismisses US Religious Freedom Report
(Voice of America News)
Gay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review
(Lisa Leff, The Associated Press)
Health, faith and birth control
(Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
Hillary Clinton: Religious freedom worldwide 'sliding backward.' But what about in U.S.?
(Charlotte Hays, National Catholic Register)
In Nigeria, Islamic leaders call on Boko Haram to end violence
(David Eto, Bikyamasr.com)
India respects religious freedom: US report
(IANS via New York Daily News)
India: 21 Sentenced to life in prison in 2002 killings
(Associated Press, New York Times)
Indonesian protection of religious freedom deteriorating: US
(Jakarta Globe)
International religious freedom: A human right, a national security issue, a foreign policy priority
(Denis R. McDonough, The White House Blog)
Israel to end draft exemptions for Ultra-Orthodox
(Amy Teibel, Associated Press)
Khmer Krom: Religious freedom in Vietnam severely undermined
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Lawsuit against Two Rivers claims sacker violates customer’s religious freedom
(Seria Dassing, Big Sandy-Hawkins Journal)
Olympics are a great forum to all for an end to religious persecution
(Azeem Ibrahim, Huff Post World)
Religious freedom ‘declines markedly’ in China
(Rachel Vandenbrink, Radio Free Asia)
Religious freedom threatened worldwide
(Anna Williams, First Things)
Restore religion to public schools
(Francis Xoagub, The New Era (Namibia))
Russia: More "extremist" books to be banned?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia's failure to protect freedom of religion
(Katrina Lantos Swett and Robert George, The Moscow Times)
Saudi woman approved to wear headscarf during Olympics judo competition
(CNN)
Secretary Clinton: World is "sliding backwards" in religious freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Freedom)
Sectarian violence in Nigeria "goes beyond just religious tensions"
(Office of the Archbishop of Dublin, Anglican Communion News Service)
Terror, China's reach top Clinton agenda in Africa
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
The mandate kicks in
(George Weigel, National Review Online)
The religious silence on Christian persecution
(Ben Cohen and Keith Roderick, Wall Street Journal)
U.S. evangelicals see political, religious cause in Syria conflict
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)
USCIRF on release of International Religious Freedom Report
(USCIRF)
Vietnam: Pastor's sentence upheld
(Rachel Vandenbrink, Radio Free Asia)
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
The State Department and international religious freedom
(Thomas F. Farr, National Review Online)
A human right to blaspheme?
(Austin Dacey, The Revealer)
Abkhaz MPs discuss draft law on religious groups
(Civil Georgia)
China assails U.S. 'arrogance' in report on religious freedom
(Mar McDonald, International Herald Tribune)
Egypt unnerved by rising religious fervor
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)
France defends lay policies after US criticism of religious freedom
(KUNA)
Hindu temple opens In Arkansas
(Eurasia Review)
Is religious persecution coming to Scotland?
(David Robertson, Wizbang Blog)
New website covers Moroccan religious news
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Religious freedom in Egypt "quite tenuous": Clinton
(Arshad Mohammed, Reuters)
Religious freedoms deteriorated in China last year, U.S. says
(Reuters)
State Dept. report describes ‘rising tide’ of anti-Semitism
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
The freedom not to believe
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The right not to hold any belief is fundamental, says UK Supreme Court
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Unmarried couple in Mali is stoned to death as Islamists impose Shariah law
(Baba Ahmed, Rukmini Callimachi, The Associated Press, Winnipeg Free Press)
US calls on Egypt to follow through on religious freedom
(Trend)
US raps Europe over Muslim freedoms
(OnIslam & Newspapers)
US: Religious freedom worsens in China, Indonesia
(NECN.com)
Vatican daily slams 'confused' Gates Foundation policies
(L’Osservatore Romano, Catholic News Agency)
With special prayers and kosher food, Jewish London embracing Olympic spirit
(Miriam Shaviv, JTA)
Monday, 30 July 2012
A revival of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine
(Milena Faustova, The Voice of Russia)
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