Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Yazidis seen storming aid helicopters at Mount Sinjar in Iraq in dramatic videos
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
Israel is not committing war crimes in Gaza, int'l law group responds to Red Cross accusations
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
More than one-in-three report workplace religious discrimination in U.S.
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
World's most populous Muslim nation declares ISIS support illegal
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Sam Harris looks back on 'new Atheist' movement, insists not all religions are equally as bad
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
African American pastors do not necessarily have to plant black, multi-ethnic churches only, says Christian writer
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
Churches help Afghan interpreter, family stay in the United States
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
UK theatre rejects Jewish film festival over Israel-Palestine conflist
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
Gay marriage debate continues splitting United Methodist Church
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
CAR President names country’s first ever Muslim Prime Minister
(World Watch Monitor)
The surrogacy debate is about to break the Christian right wide open
(Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
Israel OK's gay Jews to immigrate with spouses
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Jewish group asks French minister to rename Death to Jews hamlet
(Agence France-Presse)
Catholic schools force students to study religion despite court order
(Kate Hammer, The Globe and Mail)
Uganda president not keen on rushing anti-gay law
(Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Ebola: Spanish missionary dies of disease after being flown to Madrid
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Raising a gay teen: When faith, family and sexuality collide
(Jessica Bliss, The Tennessean)
Formerly Orthodox, and struggling for parental rights
(Melanie Grayce West, The Wall Street Journal)
Judge extends temporary halt to Ohio executions
(Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Monday, 11 August 2014
‘Vicar of Baghdad’ Canon Andrew White refuses to leave Iraq, despite the vicious Christian persecution by Islamic State
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Aleppo's forgotten Christians
(Edward Dark, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Court overturns win by nursing home aide fired for failing to say rosary
(Patrick Dorrian, Bloomberg BNA)
Food company wins religious exemption from contraception benefit
(Andrew Zajac, Insurance Journal)
In Greece, Orthodox priest buys inmates their freedom in the midst of financial crisis
(Costas Kantouris, The Huffington Post via WWRN)
On religion, it’s public Kasich vs. private FitzGerald
(Darrel Rowland, The Columbus Dispatch)
Richard Dawkins keeps digging on ‘mild’ date rape and pedophilia
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Taking on the debate of religion imagery at Ground Zero
(Charles C. Haynes, Delaware Online)
Turkish politics: Erdogan wins
(A.Z., The Economist [Charlemagne: European politics])
Ukraine's Catholic leaders back military campaign 'to protect our homeland against Russia'
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian Orthodox parish leaves Moscow Patriarchate over patriotism
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
US air support is not enough. We must save Islamic-Christian coexistence and Iraq
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Indonesia's tough stance on ISIS militancy
(Farish A. Noor (RSIS), The Straits Times)
String of same-sex marriage rulings broken
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
The Father of Jihad: ‘Abd Allah ‘Azzam’s Jihad Ideas and Implications to National Security
(Muhammad Haniff Hassan, S. Raharatnam School of International Studies)
Workplace religious discrimination encountered by 1-in-3 in US
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Texas court says there is no absolute right to home school free of state regulation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. petitions filed in Oklahoma and Virginia same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Street preacher's challenge to permit requirements dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq president asks Abadi to succeed PM Nouri Maliki
(BBC News Middle East)
Religion and law round up – 10th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Caste discrimination UK: base-line data
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Egypt: Human Rights Watch delegation refused entry
(Eurasia Review)
Filipinos joining jihadists in Iraq and Syria
(Raul Dancel, The Straits Times Asia Report)
China cracking down on Christian groups along North Korea border: sources
(Megha Rajagopalan and James Pearson, Reuters)
Iraq’s Yazidis are on the brink of genocide – who will save them?
(Ali Mamouri, MercatorNet)
Funeral held in Miami for murdered Rabbi Raksin
(JTA)
Children of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini send plea to Iranian leaders, President Obama
(Kara Jones, Townhall.com)
Pope kicks off Asia missionary boost in S Korea
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press -The Big Story)
Azerbaijan: "They don't want a Sunni mosque in the Old City"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kuwait: 5 critics stripped of citizenship
(Human Rights Watch)
Gaza: widespread impact of power plant attack
(Human Rights Watch)
Flyers in Rome call for boycotting Jewish-owned stores
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Boston, Riverway reaches young Jews outside the synagogue
(Anthony Weiss, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Western complicity in nurturing Islamic extremism - OpEd
(Nauman Sadiq, Eurasia Review)
Swedish paper pulls cartoon deemed anti-Semitic
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Is Ebola a curse from God? Some African Christian leaders think so
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
On Iraq, Pope Francis’ message of peace meets reality of war
(Josephine McKenna and David Gibson, Religion News Service)
‘Ugly intolerance’ of religious speech
(Matthew Whitaker and Jeremiah G. Dys, The Des Moines Register)
Obama: Between Iraq and a hard place
(Tony Perkins, The Patriot Post)
Valley Forge Christian Colleges sues health act on abortion provisions
(Evan Brandt, Daily Local News)
The Evangelical persecution complex
(Alan Noble, The Atlantic)
Death of a religion: Isis and the Yazidi
(Sean Thomas, The Telegraph)
Who are the Yazidis and why is Isis hunting them?
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)
Hamas orders foreign journalists in Gaza to hold its press card
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Global group helps deaf Muslims embrace their faith
(Shelina Jaffer, Deseret National News)
#WeAreN campaign gains momentum, brings attention to persecuted Christians in Iraq
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram overruns town, kills 100
(World Watch Monitor)
U.S. nuns face shrinking numbers and tensions with the Vatican
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
Nepal gay community parades for same-sex marriage
(Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood's political wing
(BBC News)
Ethical questions emerge over who gets Ebola drug
(Ciaran Giles and Maria Cheng, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope expresses outrage at violence in Iraq
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
U.S. actions in Iraq fueled rise of a rebel
(Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria's east
(Oliver Holmes and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Exodus from the mountain: Yazidis flood into Iraq following U.S. airstrikes
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Jewish community trying to make room for interfaith couples
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
U.S. Evangelicals cheer on Latin American culture wars
(Alistair Bell and Mitra Taj, Reuters)
Guided by history, a Jew tries to unite two faiths divided by war in Gaza
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Catholic network sets up California base
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)
Missionaries who had contact with Ebola to be quarantined in Charlotte
(Elisabeth Arriero, The Charlotte Observer)
Admitting-privileges laws have created high hurdle for abortion providers to clear
(Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)
20,000 Yazidis taken to safety as US launches more airstrikes in Iraq; Lebanese patriarch calls for protection of Christians
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Thousands of Assyrian Americans rally for persecuted Christians of Iraq
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
A third way for Christians on the ‘gay issue?’
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Hindus prepare for Raksha Banhan, annual celebration of brother-sister love
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
KSA, Egypt seek united front against extremism
(Arab News)
The dream of the Caliphate spreads to Asia, raising fears of violence in Indonesia and Malaysia
(AsiaNews.it)
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Congress members to Erdogan: Your anti-Semitism is damaging U.S.-Turkey ties
(Associated Press, Haaretz)
In France, the seeds of a hatred renewed
(Eleanor Beardsley, NPR via KWBU - Heart of Texas Public Radio)
West Africans fill churches to pray for deliverance from 'devil' Ebola
(Clair MacDougall and Umaru Fofana, Reuters)
Daryan sweeps to victory at Grand Mufti elections with 74 votes
(Naharnet Newsdesk)
Christian-owned bridal shop under fire for declining to schedule lesbian gown fitting
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)
Consent decree allows gospel tracts at street festivals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China Government is promoting a Chinese version of Protestant theology
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq confirms IS killed 500 Yazidis
(Al Jazeera America)
Holy War arrives in Germany
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Xinjiang: Restrictions on religion may lead to 'Uighur radicalization'
(Loveday Wright, Deutsche Welle)
Why is China tearing down church crosses? Because it’s terrified of religion
(Damian Thompson, The Spectator)
China plans establishment of Christian theology
(China Daily)
Taiwan religious freedom report released
(Chinatopix)
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