Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
South Korea takes down 'Christmas tree' border tower
(BBC News)
Rise in divorce in Iran linked to shift in status of women
(Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
New freedoms in Tunisia drive support for ISIS
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Colorado girls make possible bid to join militants
(Sadie Gurman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Americans of all ages divided over doctor-assisted suicide laws
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
Hollman Report: RLUIPA case demonstrates need for balance between security and religion
(K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Prisoner’s right to religious grooming practice argued before Supreme Court
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
NC legislator to introduce bill to support religious objections of magistrates
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Couer d’Alene City Attorney confirms: conservative Christian ministers’ wedding chapel business must provide same-sex marriage ceremonies
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
CALL FOR PAPERS: ReligioWest Project Working Paper Series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) - European University Institute (EUI))
EVENT, 22 October 2014: Religious Freedom is Good for Business, Brian J. Grim, Washington D.C.
(Family Research Council)
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Court of Appeals considers neo-Pagan tax exemption case
(Robert Gavin, Times Union)
Opinion: Al Baghdadi and doctrine behind the name
(Farhang Jahanpour, Inter Press Service)
Rabbis Barry Freundel and Leib Tropper ensnared in scandals tied to conversions
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Daily Forward)
Russian medical university bans hijabs, religious clothes
(Ria Novosti, Eurasia Review)
The Pakistanization of Turkey beyond "Zero Problems"
(Masoud Rezaei, Iran Review)
William Carey: Into all the world
(Timothy George, First Things)
The 2014 Erasmus Lecture, "Strangers in a Strange Land"
(Presented by The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. CAP, Archbishop of Philadelphia, First Things)
State religion and the American remnant
(Ray Nothstine, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty)
Good news for the naked public university
(Robert Osburn, First Things)
Dwindling evangelicals? Why you should be very skeptical of outrageous claims
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
India: Catholics and Hindus "working together against the globalization of indifference"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Christian group calls for international pressure to stop Pakistan from executing Christian mother of 5 Asia Bibi
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Lahore: Christian activists ask Supreme Court to deliver speedy justice for Asia Bibi
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
The Lahore court’s decision to uphold Asia Bibi’s death penalty is far from just: Unless influential people oppose Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, there’s no hope for her or many others facing execution
(Samira Shackle, The Guardian)
Medieval golden age, modern barbarism
(Andrew Doran, First Things)
Church should not fear change, pope says at synod close
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Commons debate women in the episcopate
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)
British Parliament passes measure to permit women bishops in Church of England
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Priest kidnapped, dozens killed amidst renewed violence in C. African Rep
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Ashira Silverman and her role in women's rights in Israel
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
It's hard to change the Catholic Church--even if you're the Pope
(Daniel Burke, CNN World)
Islamic State: What is drawing the European Muslims?
(Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
India: High Court rejects plea of man who sought divorce on religious grounds
(Ruhi Bhasin, The Indian Express)
Pope to visit Turkey as region's Christians flee Islamic State persecution
(Reporting by Steve Scherer; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky, Reuters)
Synod wrap: What else got discussed, how Francis concluded
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Russian Medical University bans hijabs, religious clothes
(RIA Novosti)
Having failed at Miss. polls, 'gay' activists go to court
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Tanzanian teacher murdered in church, pastor and wife on Zanzibar attacked by extremists
(World Watch Monitor)
Dutch Christians boycott Netherlands church over exhibit portraying jailed Palestinian children
(VIncent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Pakistan: Forced to marry and convert to Islam by force, a young Christian girl’s struggle for justice
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
North Korea releases Christian American Jeffrey Fowle who was held for leaving Bible in hotel
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Islamic authorities slam "I want to touch a dog"
(AsiaNews.it)
School to parents: Does your son have to be Buddhist?
(Bryan Myers & Michael Okwu, Al Jazeera America)
Will a Conservative government withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights?
(David Morrison, Huff Post Politics United Kingdom)
China’s crackdown slows Tibetan refugee crossings to freedom in India
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
Austria: Civil law vs. Sharia law
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews attack Jerusalem buses over ad
(Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Netanyahu reportedly withdraws support for conversion bill
(JTA)
To spank or not to spank: Corporal punishment in the US
(Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor)
France moves to clarify the rules on full veil
(Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times)
In Turkey, it's all about the beard
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
General Theological Seminary board to negotiate with terminated faculty
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Putting to rest a bad argument: Marriage law and sex discrimination
(Sherif Girgis, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Puerto Rico ban on same-sex marriage upheld
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Puerto Rico federal court dismisses same-sex marriage lawsuit
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Wyoming added to same-sex marriage list
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
North Carolina County Commission resolution opposes court's marriage equality ruling
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Idaho pastors opposed to gay marriage sue city over law
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)
Group: NC officials can refuse to marry gay couples
(Gavin Off, The Charlotte Observer)
Young U.S. Catholics overwhelmingly accepting of homosexuality
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
Idaho city ordinance bans distribution of Bible to children
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
Will the IRS ban on pulpit politics ever make it to court?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religious liberty and the bullies
(Jim Tonkowich, Juicy Ecumenism)
Russia and the Uniates
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russians see more threats from the USA than from radical Islamists - poll
(Interfax: Religion)
In Alabama, the religiously 'unaffiliated' now surpasses this major religious group
(Carol McPhall, AL.com)
Top U.S. aid recipient is set to hang a Christian woman for blasphemy
(David French, National Review Online: The Corner)
Here’s what Chipotle and Boy Scouts have to do with the Constitution
(Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal)
Palestinians throw firebombs at Jewish-owned building in eastern Jerusalem
(JTA)
Five key questions answered on the link between peace & religion
(Institute for Economics and Peace)
Understand concept of ‘infidel’ to understand risks of Islamic radicalization
(Jacob Zen, World Watch Monitor)
The road to sedition: Malaysia and Myanmar crackdown on dissent
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Archpriest Chaplin to Khodorkovsky: people basing on God's law instead of oligarchs and West will determine Russia's future
(Interfax: Religion)
Risen again: China's underground churches
(Emily Rauhala, Time)
EVENT, 21 October 2014: “What’s happening at the Supreme Court? The Fights for Marriage and Religious Liberty” (Washington, D.C.
(Speaker Ed Whelan, The Thomas More Society)
Monday, 20 October 2014
'Mass mobs' are filling the pews at Detroit's Catholic churches
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post Religion)
More than a number: Violence and freedom of expression in Honduras
(Council on Hemispheric Affairs)
Wyoming attorney general says gay marriages can begin on Tuesday
(Dan Whitcomb, Reuters)
Idaho wedding chapel sues over requirement to marry same-sex couples
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Gay marriage ruling will bring renewed push for religious liberty protections
(Hank Stephenson and Ben Giles, Arizona Capitol Times)
Columbus County commissioners approve resolution opposing same sex-marriage ruling
(WECT)
Northern Ireland Assembly votes to criminalise the purchase of sexual services
(Louise Gleich, Care)
Asia Bibi's husband distraught after court upholds death sentence: 'How can I tell my children their mother is not free?'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today World)
What is African American religion?
(Eddie S. Glaude Jr., OUPblog Religion)
Conference at EUI (Florence) on The Roberts Court and the protection of religious freedom in the United States
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released: But Chibok mediator says government sponsors keep Boko Haram alive
(World Watch Monitor)
Poll: Most Israeli Jews oppose Palestinian state on ’67 lines
(JTA)
New Indonesian president must face religious issues, academics say
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Paganism, religion and human rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
About 1,000 Evangelical Christians gather in central Kiev to pray for Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Interview with William P. Mumma, President of the Becket Fund [Video]
(Deseret News National Edition)
Idaho Ministers Told Perform Gay Marriage or Go to Jail
(Christian Broadcasting Network)
Surge in public executions in Saudi Arabia raises questions about country's justice system
(Christian Today)
Iranian women attacked with acid for 'bad hijab' — attackers may be enforcing law, not breaking it
(Inquisitr)
Mikvahs seek security after hidden camera scandal
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Rabbinical Council to add a role for women in wake of voyeurism scandal
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Houston Mayor amends controversial pastor subpoenas
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Jerusalem bus ads featuring young women in prayer shawls vandalized
(JTA)
Exclusive poll: Utahns attitudes about same-sex marriage shifting following Supreme Court decision
(Bryan Schott, Utah Policy)
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