Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
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)
Immigration becomes ‘pro-life’ issue for Catholic leaders
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
Vatican urges priests to clamp down on excessive emotions during the sign of peace
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Putin wants monasteries, church rebuilt inside Kremlin
(Lidia Kelly, Reuters)
Iran's elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back Islamic State
(Babek Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
Church faces legal challenge after blocking job offer to married gay priest
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
UN warns of 'tragedy' as militants take over Iraq towns
(BBC News)
Lebanese adoptee, searching for his roots, finds Islam
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)
2 Bible Belt filmmakers expand box office horizons
(Lucas L.Johnson II, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
On the bowery, questions about the Catholic Church’s shifting mission
(David Gonzalez, The New York Times)
Dozens protest Mars Hill Church after leader resignations and Mark Driscoll apology
(Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Texas trial to test higher standard for state's abortion clinics
(Nathan Koppel, The Wall Street Journal)
Sunday, 3 August 2014
Parties' agreement to dismiss challenge on IRS church audit rules trumps intervenors' objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
White House condemns Hamas' 'barbaric' violation of ceasefire; 'captured' Israeli soldier declared cead
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post US)
Saturday, 2 August 2014
"In the beginning, the brothers, they told me to kill: France's toxic hate, part III
(Marc Weitzmann, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Hindus want religious food certification like “Kosher”
(Secretary / Press Release, The Official Site of Rajan Zed)
Is the gay bullying plague in schools a myth?
(David van Gend, MercatorNet)
Religion in Xinjiang: The Party and government should severly punish terrorists [Simplified Chinese]
(People's Daily)
The expulsion of Mosul’s Christians, part 1: The account of the kidnapped nuns
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Understanding Israel and Hamas: Why this conflict differs from others
(Morgan Jacobsen, Deseret News)
What marriage defenders can learn from Roe
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)
Friday, 1 August 2014
Japan’s policy of denial on religious freedom
(by Aaron Rhodes, co-authored by Patricia Duval and Willy Fautré, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Russian mass media told lie about murder of priests in Slovyansk
(Maksym Vasin's Blog)
Islamophobia in America on the rise, poll shows
(Taylor Wofford, Newsweek)
American Attitudes Toward Arabs and Muslims: 2014
(Poll, Arab American Institute)
Al Qaeda jihadists denounce Islamic State’s caliphate move
(Taylor Luck, The Jordan Times)
Muslim leaders denounce Islamic State’s caliphate as un-Islamic
(Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch)
As Evangelical clout grows, Brazil may face new culture wars
(Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR Parallels)
What should Israel do? What would the United States do?
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
Exodus: Why Europe's Jews are fleeing once again
(Adam LeBor, Newsweek)
New same-sex marriage case headed for Court
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Hindu temple sought in Malaysia’s Miri
(Secretary / Press Release, The Official Site of Rajan Zed)
Will Rabbi David Saperstein’s departure mean watershed change at the RAC?I
(Yardain Amron, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Flemish Jews slam Belgian prime minister’s criticism of Israel
(JTA)
Can state-sponsored terror victims satisfy judgments by attaching internet country code TLDs?
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Restaurant's "Praying in Public" discount raises questions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court upholds New Jersey's reparative therapy ban for second time
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pussy Riot members take Kremlin to European court of human rights
(Alec Luhn, The Guardian)
Congress passes two bills on international religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sinn Fein rebukes councillor who called on U.N. to bomb Israel
(JTA)
Turkmenistan: Police violence, forcible injections, fabricated charges, four years jail for prisoner of conscience
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
The religious compromise in Xinjiang [Simplified Chinese]
(DW News)
Chinese SARA director, Wang Zuoan, suggests new direction for religious groups [Simplified Chinese]
(Xinhua Net)
The destruction of crosses of government-sanctioned churches is similar to Cultural Revolution policies [Simplified Chinese]
(Guo Baosheng, Radio Free Asia)
Christian ethicists concerned over 'three parent baby' IVF plan
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Religious doctrine and justiciability: a view from California
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US State Dept publishes Religious Freedom Report on Hungary
(Benjamin Novak, The Budapest Beacon)
Deadly clashes break planned three-day Gaza cease-fire; White House urges Israel to do more to limit civilian casualties
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Freed persecuted Christian Meriam Ibrahim all smiles, husband in tears amid warm welcome by Sudanese community in New Hampshire (Photos)
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
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