Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
U.S. appeals court takes up gay marriage cases from four states
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
Missouri inmate executed for raping, killing woman
(Jim Suhr, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australian columnist resigns over expletive-laden responses to Gaza piece
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ohio health department cracks down on abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood for abuses
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Hindu radicals, emboldened by power, terrorizing Christians in India
(Chris Woodward, One News Now)
Important decision on marriage amendments under way
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Meriam Ibrahim's husband describes being terrorised by 'Agents of Fear'
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Bishop of Gloucester questioned by police over assault allegations
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
North Korea rejects offer to attend mass given by Pope Francis in Seoul
(The Guardian)
Christians of Iraq threatened by ISIS
(World Religion News)
"I saw my niece burn alive." The dramatic story of an attack on Ahmadis in Punjab
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Baghdad: Iraqi Christians and Muslims pray together for peace and religious freedom
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Gay wedding canon Jeremy Pemberton has NHS job offer withdrawn
(BBC News England)
Syrian Alawites horrified by rising death toll
(Translation: Tyler Huffman, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Same-sex marriage issue reaches the Court early (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Utah files same-sex marriage appeal with U.S. Supreme Court
(Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Judge: Pittsylvania prayer injunction will remain
(AP, Greenwich Time)
Op-Ed: European governments must act to stem rising anti-Semitism
(Robert Singer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sinjar, Islamic State militia massacre Yazidis and impose tax on Christians
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Erdogan, the new caliph, frontrunner in presidential elections
(AsiaNews.it)
Storm breaks out over minister's failure to block pro-ISIS video
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Young Hindu woman raped and forced to convert to Islam
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Earthquake in Yunnan, Catholics at forefront in helping survivors
(AsiaNews.it)
Remembering Rabbi Regina Jonas
(Eric Marx, Al Jazeera America)
Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us'
(Mohammed A Salih & Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Al Jazeera America)
Russia: European Court repeats calls for Religion Law change
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Trial court invalidates Florida's ban on recognizing same-sex civil unions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge refuses to recuse himself on charges that Jewish charitable activities bias him in immigration trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Report focuses on expensive homes of U.S. Catholic archbishops
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Documents reveal current IRS procedures on church tax inquiries
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canadian in China investigation says trained North Koreans to be missionaries: audio
(James Pearson and Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Italy expels imam for preaching hatred against Jews
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Campaign seeks to help educate escaped Nigerian schoolgirls
(Katy Senour, Catholic News Agency)
The Muslim right and the Anglo-American left: The love that dare not speak its name
(Meredith Tax, Tablet Magazine)
Judge overturns Alabama pro-life admitting privileges law that closed abortion clinics
(Cheryl Sullenger, Life News)
Protecting religious freedom is the American way
(Lamar Alexander, The Elk Valley Times)
Don’t use religion as a cover for discrimination
(Rev. Carol Burnett, The Clarion-Ledger)
UK Muslim cabinet member quits over Gaza policies
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Inclusive language for God does not equal heresy
(Rachel Marie Stone, Religion News Service)
If God does not exist, where did we come from?
(Kennedy Karuga, The Star)
'It's time to get out' of public schools, says college professor
(Bob Kellogg, One News Now)
Sayeeda Warsi, first Muslim in British Cabinet, resigns over ‘indefensible’ Gaza policy
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Russian Church urges Ukrainian authorities to stop persecutions against Orthodox Christians
(Interfax-Religion)
What should happen to churches as religion recedes?
(Oliver Farry, New Statesman)
Gunmen wound Lebanese religious mediators
(The Associated Press)
Rabbis urge U.S. action to free American jailed in Cuba
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)
India shaken by case of Muslim men missing in Iraq
(Ellen Barry and Mansi Choksi, The New York Times)
China imposes intrusive rules on Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times)
Pope Francis lifts 29-year suspension on liberation theology icon
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Iraq agrees to help Kurds battle Sunni extremists
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
De Blasio’s prekindergarten expansion collides with church-state divide
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
Abortion providers in Texas press judge to block portions of new law
(Manny Fernandez and Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Federal judge finds Alabama abortion law unconstitutional
(Cameron McWhirter, The Wall Street Journal)
Contrasting views of marriage (Part 4): The destructive logic of marriage revisionism
(Robert P. George, The Christian Post)
Texas megachurch leaves PCUSA for conservative Presbyterian group
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
China probes Canadian Christian couple for alleged spying
(Kelly Olsen, Tom Hancock, Agence France-Presse)
Trusting God when you don't understand
(Joyce Meyer, The Christian Post)
Liberian churches call for 3-day of prayer to fight Ebola
(Front Page Africa)
FRC backs bill to protect faith-based adoption agencies
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Monday, 4 August 2014
‘Major Victory’: Atheist group reveals what led to its settlement with the IRS over church politicking
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Broward judge rules gay-marriage ban unconstitutional
(Steve Rothaus, Tampa Bay Times)
De Blasio’s prekindergarten expansion collides with church-state divide
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
In Maharashtra prisons "only members of minorities die"
(AsiaNews.it)
Myanmar's Rohingya deprived of education
(Joshua Carroll, Al Jazeera America)
The new Nazism's first victim: Truth
(Peter Martino, Gatestone Institute)
Tibet, thousands celebrate enthronement of new Penor Rinpoche
(AsiaNews.it)
Tulsa bishop urges prayer, fasting in response to black mass
(Catholic News Agency)
Tunisia: Squaring the 'Islamic Democracy' circle - OpEd
(Eric Walberg, Eurasia Review)
Wenzhou bishop and priests slam government's campaign against crosses and churches in Zhejiang
(AsiaNews.it)
"Religious Market Theory of Peace" yields interfaith harmony and economic growth
(Valentina Gasbarri, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
More than 8-in-10 people hold religious beliefs, and it's rising, finds new book
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Neither side got what it wanted: What Obama’s non-discrimination executive order means going forward
(Douglas Laycock, First Things)
Press Statement on the visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
“Outing” gay bishops and Article 8 ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Former 'ex-gay' leaders publish open letter saying conversion therapy is damaging
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Sharia and the legal profession: Turning your lawyer into an imam
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Religion and law round up – 3rd August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Boko Haram attacks five churches in Northern Nigeria
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Restaurant gives discount to praying customers
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Situation Report: Myanmar
(Tony Blair Foundation)
Indonesia to officially recognize Baha'i in increasing tolerance
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Satanic temple cites Hobby Lobby case for religious exemption
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
ISIS free to kill as world focuses on Gaza, vicar warns, as family of 8 murdered next to open Bible
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Uganda’s Anglican leader doubles down on anti-gay law
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Islamic extremists impose reign of terror on Iraq
(Anmar Al Shamary and Gilgamesh Nabeel, Religion News Service)
Dispute over authority to fire minister dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No ‘Pope Francis effect’ on Capitol Hill gridlock
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Maliki orders air force to help Kurds against the Islamic State
(Isra' Al-Rubai'i, Reuters)
Russian Church hopes Ukrainian schismatics will return to its jurisdiction
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian military are pressuring Donbas Orthodox Christians - Metropolitan Onufry
(Interfax-Religion)
Muslim students want political solution to Boko Haram
(Muideen Olaniyi, Daily Trust)
Israeli rabbi demanding apology after group prevented from singing at Auschwitz
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Gaza op to continue, Netanyahu says, as Palestinians present cease-fire demands
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Muslims hack off Christian man's head after forcing him to deny Jesus Christ and salute Mohammed as 'messenger of God'
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
10 reasons religious education belongs in school
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Islamic extremists impose reign of terror in Iraq
(Ammar Al Shamary and Gilgamesh Nabeel, USA Today)
Fewer children than ever excluded from UK schools
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Gay, Christian and … celibate: The changing face of the homosexuality debate
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Cameroon pastor, 25 killed as Dep Prime Minister's wife kidnapped
(World Watch Monitor)
Kaiser: Americans’ views of Hobby Lobby ruling are evenly divided
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
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