Law and Religion Headlines
Sunday, 2 November 2014
Religion and law round-up – 2nd November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The new culture war: religious freedom
(Irin Carmon, MSNBC)
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Slavery in Islam: To have and to hold
(The Economist)
The roots of the Islamic State's appeal
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)
Philadelphia passes hate crimes ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8 convicted for alleged same-sex wedding in Egypt
(The Associated Press, NewsObserver.com)
Egyptian court sentences men in gay wedding party to 3 years in prison
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egyptian court sentences 8 men to jail for 3 years over 'gay marriage'
(Al Bawaba News)
Utah Governor: Religious freedom legislation on the way
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Abortion law upheld by minority vote
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Egypt jails eight men over gay marriage video
(Lin Noueihed, Reuters)
Religious talk: Salem school bars church leader
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
China sentences 12 to death for July attack in Xinjiang region
(Miko, Ecumenical News)
Democracy or ISIS; Maghreb youth debate choice
(Mawassi Lahcen, Magharebia)
Banning Sharia law: Is that really on the ballot as a constitutional amendment?
(Greg Garrison, The Huntsville Times)
South Carolina's same-sex marriage ban faces another challenge
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
25 years after the Berlin Wall falls, faith remains fragile in former East Germany
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Turkish leader, using conflicts, cements power
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
B.C. lawyers vote down Trinity Western law school
(Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun)
Lawyers’ referendum not just about TWU – It’s about our commitment to the rule of law
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
CCCC intervention in Trinity Western: Called to participate, but not at the table
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Religion in China: Cracks in the atheist edifice
(The Economist)
Orthodox Christianity in China: A comb worth fighting for
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Is nonviolence a solution to all the world’s conflicts?
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Omar Khadr urges Canadian government to respect law while dealing with national security issues – OpEd
(Andy Worthington, Eurasia Review)
ISIS snuffs out ancient Christianity
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Crib from one book, it’s plagiarism: crib from twenty, it’s research?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
"Britain belongs to Allah”: Anjem Choudary and his supporters
(Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
UN Security Council condemns ISIL's murder of Sunni tribesmen in Anbar
(UN News Centre)
Text messaging project helps ease religious and tribal tensions in Kenya’s Tana Delta
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Friday, 31 October 2014
$13.5M for Jehovah’s Witness sex victim
(Kristina Davis, San Diego Union Tribune)
An attack on love
(Sonia Faleiro, The New York Times Opinion)
Jerusalem: As the Temple Mount is reopened (with restrictions), tension remains high
(AsiaNews.it)
Morocco vows to help UAE in fight against terrorism
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Myanmar: Violence in Rakhine State and a way forward
(Aparupa Bhattacherjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Suu Kyi disappointed by quadripartite meeting
(Democratic Voice of Burma)
Was the last 'witch' of Boston actually a Catholic martyr?
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
The Pope's views on evolution haven't really evolved
(Kara Gordon, The Atlantic)
Walmart's Catholic problem
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
By the numbers: Pakistan's perilous religious laws
(Knox Thames, Foreign Policy)
Colonel's column encouraging officers to trust in Jesus is pulled from US Air Force newsletter
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
My mother’s physician-assisted suicide
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Colorado school district sued by humanists for participating in Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child programme
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Iran fails to address calls for greater religious freedom
(Baha'i World News Service)
Today's must-read faith and family stories 2014.10.31
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Federal court says law school can opt out of controversial Obamacare mandates
(Caitlin Grimes, Campus Reform)
Poll shows voters ‘concerned’ over religious liberty threats
(The Christian Institute)
Romanian officials offer strong support for religious liberty
(Aurelian Horja, Adventist News Network)
Niger drops sex education from syllabus at Muslim leaders' urging
(Abdoulaye Massalaki and Misha Hussain, Reuters)
Latvian musical on Nazi collaborator stirs anger
(Rayyan Sabet-Parry, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Foreign jihadists flocking to Iraq and Syria on 'unprecedented scale' – UN
(Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian)
Southern Baptists, gay community break bread at conference
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)
As archdiocese reorganizes, New York Catholics await news about their parishes
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
Chinese Christians under pressure from 'anti-cult' campaign
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
What happens when the gay rights movement influences laws
(Steven W. Mosher, Aleteia)
Let Islamic reform start in America
(Salam Al-Marayati and Maher Hathout, The Wall Street Journal Opinion [subscription])
Synod will debate the confidentiality of the confessional
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Bishops object as Catholic universities offer same-sex benefits
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Is Burkina Faso sub-Saharan Africa’s version of the Arab Spring?
(Larisa Epatko, PBS NewsHour)
Subpoenas aside, religious liberty warnings remain
(Baptist Press)
6 steps to preserving religious freedom in schools
(Charisma News)
Lawsuit filed in Florida over attempts to stop pro-lifers telling women about abortion outside clinic
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Security official: Jerusalem rioting could persist for weeks, even months
(The Jerusalem Post)
GITMO detainee seeks end to use of female guards in transporting him
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Alito gets award from St. Thomas More Society
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Florida Supreme Court removes trial judge for promoting her faith-based business from courtroom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Parliament working group on Freedom of Religion or Belief Newsletter, 30 October 2014
Iraqi Christians seek shelter in Jordan after ISIS threats
(Areej Abuqudairi, Mint Press News)
ISIS gains halted, but defeat not on horizon
(Paul Crompton, Al Arabiya News)
Human trafficking survivors offered full scholarship at Christian university
(Ben Sheffler, Religion News Service)
IRS approves leave-based programs that contribute to non-profits fighting ebola
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq's Christian paramilitaries split in IS fight
(Peter Henderson, Al-Monitor)
Lebanon's Druze fear IS, Hezbollah
(Mona Alami, Al-Monitor)
Why Jerusalem’s holiest site remains a flashpoint
(Tom Kutsch, Al Jazeera)
Israel bars Palestinians under 50 from entering Al-Aqsa mosque
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera)
Crimean Tatars: Disappointment at limited representation in the Ukrainian Parliament
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Report by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, following his mission in Kyiv, Moscow and Crimea, from 7 to 12 September 2014
(Council of Europe)
Slovak court allows referendum to support true marriage, parental rights
(Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews)
Southern Baptists, LGBT activists happily coexist, but for how long?
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
When does making fun of faith cross the line?
(Deutsche Welle)
British Jewish school flunks tolerance test
(JTA)
Sharia law or gay marriage critics would be branded ‘extremists’ under Tory plans, atheists and Christians warn
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Suu Kyi presidency moves a step closer to reality in Myanmar
(Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor)
Religious freedom advocate Tim Schultz is 'optimistic, but vigilant' about the future
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Eight Palestinians reported injured in Jerusalem-area clashes
(JTA)
Future composition of the Lords Spiritual
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Thursday, 30 October 2014
City Council approves hate-crime measure, moves to regulate the use of drones
(Claudia Vargas, Philly.com)
Israel to reopen Al Aqsa Mosque Friday
(Al Bawaba News)
Obama asked to ‘just say their name’
(Binny Mary Paul, Democratic Voice of Burma)
Obama pushes reforms in phone calls to Myanmar's Thein Sein and suu Kyi
(Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)
Rise of religious extremism in Bangladesh: A threat to region
(Rupak Bhattacharjee, South Asia Monitor)
China clamps down on 'underage religion' among Muslim Uyghurs
(Radio Free Asia)
Most Americans say employers should never discriminate, even on religious grounds
(Harris/Out & Equal Poll)
War court censors word 'female' in legal argument
(Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald)
Alito wins award from Catholic law group in Maryland
(Steve Lash, Daily Record)
Florida Supreme Court removes judge who sold religious books from office
(AP, Local10.com)
Assisted suicide: The failures of the cult of ‘celebrity endorsement’
(Paul Russell, LifeSiteNews)
Islamic banking gains ground in Turkey
(Mehmet Cetingulec, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Experts ask if Supreme Court rulings are influenced by religion
(Wesley Juhl, Kansas City infoZine)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea under threat
(Glavkom, Russia Religion News)
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