Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
U.S. bishops renew commitment to fighting threats to religious liberty
(Lisa Bourne, Life Site)
Baha’i girl denied burial
(Kian Sabeti, Iran Wire)
In rural Kenya, traditions run deeper than law on cutting girls
(Siegfried Modola, Reuters)
Indonesia drafts religion legislation to 'protect all faiths'
(Fatiyah Wardah, Voice of America)
White supremacist charged in Kansas murders makes court appearance
(Kevin Murphy, Reuters)
Holidays’ names stricken from next year’s Montgomery schools calendar
(Donna St. George, The Washington Post)
Jerusalem, a sanctuary for all
(Prince Hassan bin Talal, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Jerusalem on the edge as tensions over holy site threaten to boil over
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
I respect all believers, even Sunnis
(Özgür Korkmaz, Hürriyet Daily News)
Same-sex marriages may go ahead in Kansas
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Army studying religious requirement for ROTC prof at Christian college
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian school’s ROTC under attack
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)
Holy See creates new judicial body for abuse cases
(Vatican Radio)
Pope Francis creates new judicial body to speed up sex abuse claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No chance Turkey will be 'kicked out of NATO'
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Post)
Domino’s founder turning FL town into unconstitutional contraception-free ‘Catholic enclave’
(Scott Kaufman, Raw Story)
The Jewish divide over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Activists intent on building third Jewish temple spark tensions at holy site
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Ori Weisberg, Religion News Service)
Public bodies, quasi-law and religion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UN refugee agency urges Thais not to eject Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Kentucky Baptists kick out gay-friendly church
(Dylan Lovan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Obama to press Burma on Rohingyas and stalled political reforms on visit
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
No Islamophobia in Latin America, says Turkey’s religious head
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Supreme Court stays gay marriage in Kansas
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Today's must-read faith and family stories 2014.11.12
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition)
Bureau of Democracy, human rights and labor request for proposals: religious freedom in Egypt
(United States Department of State)
East Lancs Muslim college vice-principal's claim for religious discrimination thrown out
(The Citizen)
The Hobby Lobby moment
(Paul Horwitz, Harvard Law Review)
Suit challenges ban on prayer group during high school free period
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colo. school to students: No praying during free time
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Texas Senator proposes broad religious freedom amendment to state constitution
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Xinjiang court sentences 22 people to jail for religious activities
(Alison Sacriponte, JURIST)
Xinjiang Muslim preachers jailed for 'stirring up religious hatred'
(Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post)
Court sentences 22 for illegal religious activities
(Chen Heying, Global Times)
Obamacare may die so gay marriage survives
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
Turks increasingly sympathetic to Islamic State
(PInar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The rise of Christianity in China
(Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times)
Obamacare and gay marriage — the missing link
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The 1915 Genocide : Who can legally represent Armenians?
(Rodney Dakessian, Assyrian International News Agency)
Conviction of journalist for reporting about sex abuses in a Christian rehabilitation centre violated Article 10 ECHR
(Flutura Kusari and Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
EVENT, 12-13 November 2014: The International Conference "Presence of the cross in the public space of the European states"
(The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler on the Hebrew Bible
(OUPblog Religion)
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Annual roundtable on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Norwegian Helsinki Committee Freedom of Belief Initiative in Istanbul)
At inaugural conference of Israeli-American group, a sense of tentativeness
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Oklahoma Baptists pledge stand against homosexuality, while offering compassion to gays
(Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman)
Russia gets religion - OpEd
(Joshua Keating, Slate)
One year after boycott vote, Israel issue still divides ASA
(Anthony Weiss, JTA)
Munich: Muslims have a right to build a mosque, and opponents have a right to criticize Islam
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Seven common misconceptions about the Hebrew Bible
(Marc Zvi Brettler, OUPblog Religion)
Iraqi Shiites join Sunnis to fight Islamic State
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer signals gay marriage case not closed
(Politico)
Churches in Pacific strengthen ecumenical collaboration
(World Council of Churches)
La Eutanasia y la copialina colombiana
(Juan Guillermo Ortiz, Dinero)
Pestes contra Venezuela, silencio ante México ensangrentado
(Ilka Olivia Corado, Tercera Information)
British Parliament votes 181-1 to declare sex-selection abortions illegal
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com)
Convocan a manifestación para defender el derecho al aborto
(Nación.cl)
International parliamentary group promoting religious freedom is formed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parliamentarians and religious freedom: From Norway with pain
(B.C., The Economist: [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
More good news: International Coalition for Religious Freedom launched
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
WCC congratulates new chairperson of Evangelical Church in Germany
(World Council of Churches)
Christianity in China: Crosses to bear
(The Economist [Analects: China])
China targets 'wild imams' in mass public sentencing
(Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
Christian and Muslim leaders to denounce ISIS violence at White House candlelight vigil tomorrow
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Pakistan Christian couple burned in kiln over debt, not blasphemy
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Palestinian president accuses Israel of provoking a 'religious war'
(Al Jazeera)
Parents upset their children are learning about Islam in school
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
After Bae release, Christian groups tread carefully in North Korea
(Bill Rigby and Sohee Kim, Reuters)
Gay debate challenges traditional definitions of ‘evangelical’
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Should the Church abandon civil marriage?
(Helen Alvaré, OSV Newsweekly)
Historic Armenian church destroyed by Islamists in Syria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Churches in Australia are using the ISIS flag to spread the Gospel
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Inside an Indian camp for radical Hindu women
(BBC News)
Freedom From Religion Foundation blasts Texas school district over religious posters, quotes
(Jonathan Wolfe, Opposing Views)
British religious schools penalized over new tolerance law
(Emily Scheie, World Magazine)
Poppy hijab sparks controversy in U.K.
(Isabel Teotonio, Toronto Star)
Quebec Muslims warn of heightened Islamophobia after October attacks
(Massoud Hayoun, Al-Jazeera America)
Irish-born priest to serve no jail time in Chile child sex abuse case
(Anthony Esposito, Reuters)
Netanyahu: Iran is U.S. enemy, not partner
(JTA)
Hundreds jailed for abortion in El Salvador
(Anastasia Moloney, Al Jazeera)
Israel recognises 'Aramaics' as separate ethnic group
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Israel igniting ‘religious war’
(Arab News)
Hacker-hit Tibetan monks 'detach from attachments'
(Raphael Satter and Ashwinu Bhatia, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
With new team, Vatican ups efforts to fight clerical sex abuse
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis launches new panel to speed up abuse cases
(Josephine McKenna - RNS, The Kansas City Star)
Apocalypse soonest: Muslim and Jewish extremists who yearn for the End of Days may get their wish--but not as they envision it
(Todd Gitlin, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Pakistani archdiocese rejoices over return of a school from government
(Catholic News Agency)
Suit challenges old amendments to United Effort Plan Trust
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egypt demotes 200 school teachers for Brotherhood links
(Middle East Monitor)
Civil partnership conversion approved
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Los Angeles Monsignor cleared of abuse charges in canon law trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkish minister: 'We will drive Israeli soldiers out of Al-Aqsa with their shoes in their hands'
(Middle East Monitor)
Online extremism: Challenges and counter-measures
(Navhat Nuraniyah, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The importance of Modi's visit to Myanmar
(K. Yhome, Observer Researcher Foundation)
Yasukuni Shrine and museum: Japan's WW2 reponsibility
(Barry Desker, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Kenya’s Catholic bishops: Tetanus vaccine is birth control in disguise
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
For Indian bishop, the death of eight women following forced sterilisation is devastating
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Bangkok ready to expel more than 200 Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishops: Indian government inaction on minorities' hounding makes it complicit
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
U.S. Supreme Court justices talk Jewish at G.A. opening
(JTA)
Turkish PM vows to defend all faiths, ‘even Buddhism’
(Hurriyet Daily News)
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