Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Brazil Human Rights Minister praises Foundation's work
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
As Gaza bombardment continues, West Bank cities stand up for fellow Palestinians
(Matthew Vickery and Sheren Khalel, Reuters)
Ramadan highlights divisions in China’s Muslim community
(Hannah Gardner, The National)
Dodging bullets over religious freedom
(Juicy Ecumenism)
Will Christianity ever rise again in Iraq?
(Joel S. Baden and Candida Moss, CNN: Belief Blog)
United Nations warns Japan on religious freedom
(International Coalition for Religious Freedom)
Is the death penalty moral? What do religious groups say?
(Religion Link)
Secular academia and its anti-Christian bias
(Bob Kellogg, One News Now)
What’s happening to Montreal’s churches? Quebec finding new ways to preserve its heritage in a secular age
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)
'I used to be a Christian... but converted to Islam'
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Judge strikes down Florida same-sex marriage ban for Miami area
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Not all millennials want a trendy church, says young Christian author
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
Is this what a war on women looks like? Reflections from the steps of the Supreme Court
(Mary Therese Drury, Washington Examiner)
Presbyterian Church Assembly considers redefining marriage
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
$3.5 million belongs to break-away episcopal diocese
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Editor fired for anti-gay blog post files EEOC religious discrimination claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In Madhya Pradesh: Nationalists shout victory for Rama after Catholic school wall demolished
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
10,400 Thai Muslims to perform Haj
(Arab News)
Obama’s insensitive Iftar comments irk American Muslims
(Zeba Khan, Al Jazeera America)
Paris's Kristallnacht
(Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute)
Sudanese mother freed, but many others still held captive
(Russ Jones, Chris Woodward, One News Now)
Friday, 25 July 2014
An "apostate" escapes: A happy Italian ending
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
CUA prof defends religious freedom in court and class
(Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register)
Hamas rockets traumatize Israeli children
(Alan Johnson / Idealism without Illusion, World Affairs Journal)
IRS to atheists: Okay, we'll investigate Pulpit Freedom Sunday pastors
(Kate Tracy, Christian Today Gleanings)
Jihadists in Iraq erase cultural heritage
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal)
NYC pastor who prayed with Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan credits those who cried 'Let Meriam go!' for defiant Christian woman's release (Video)
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)
Protecting a church’s right to worship
(Geoffrey Surtees, ACLJ)
Meriam Ibrahim leaves Sudan, headed to America
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Meriam Ibrahim, freed from Sudan, plans to settle in New Hampshire
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Seventh-day Adventist leader calls on family experiences to tackle challenges facing the church
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Jehovah's Witness congregration lodges appeal with charity tribunal over statutory inquiry
(Sam Burne James, The Third Sector)
European Court: Gay marriage is not a human right
(Stefano Gennarini, J.D., Catholic Lane)
Benefit halted after eucharist request refused
(Gavin Drake, Church Times)
Islamic State destroys sacred shrine in Mosul
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Who will be Iran's next supreme leader?
(Behdad Bordbar, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
U.S. religious leaders embrace cause of immigrant children
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Why jogging or going to church can get you arrested (in Burundi)
(Cara E. Jones, The Washington Post)
Indiana school district agrees to end teacher-led prayer at school events
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Sen. Rubio urges action on life, marriage and healthy families
(Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism)
Christian woman previously sentenced to death successfully departs Sudan
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Welby: Provisions in women-bishops measure express ‘love’ to opponents
(Gavin Drake and Tim Wyatt, Church Times)
Iranians tell Palestinians to fight against Israel: state TV
(Parisa Hafezi, Reuters)
Israeli team's soccer match in Austria moved on security grounds
(Georgina Prodhan, Reuters)
Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt to appeal: family
(Matt Siegel, Reuters)
Foreign press complain of ‘intimidation’ by Israel during Gaza War
(Jason Ditz, Mint Press News)
Of astrophysics and atheism
(Daniel Ross Goodman, MercatorNet)
Terrified Christians driven out of Mosul
(Abdel Hamid Zebari, MercatorNet)
Imams warn against radicalism to Aboriginal inmates converting to Islam
(Rachel Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)
China to close border with Kyrgyzstan for Eid al-Fitr holiday
(Interfax)
Iraqi abbot calls for action to ensure local Christians' future
(Catholic News Agency)
Violence in Nigeria has 'no boundaries' now, archbishop says
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Why America is duty bound to help Iraqi Christians
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, The Week)
The last Christians in Iraq
(Lela Gilbert, Fox News)
Is libertarianism compatible with secularism?
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)
Arabic Twitter avatar illustrates #WeAreN solidarity with Iraqi Christians
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Yunnan Provincial UFWD holds discussion on minority and religious rights [Simplified Chinese]
(Yunnan Net)
Marriage falls out of favour for young Europeans as austerity and apathy bite
(Lizzy Davies, Anne Penketh, Stephen Burgen, Helena Smith, and Remi Adekoya, The Guardian)
University professor admits to assault on pro-life students
(Christian News Wire)
Pioneer Day remembers the Mormons landing in Salt Lake City, Utah
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
ISIS blows up Muslim shrine with Biblical prophet Jonah's tomb 'to dust' because it had become a place of apostasy
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Texas sees 13 percent drop in abortions with controversial pro-life law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Theologian says 'love' is the new cultural apologetic affirming immoral activities such as assisted suicide
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)
Two Finnish Christian aid workers killed in Afghanistan
(World Watch Monitor)
Temple in Brazil appeals to a surge in Evangelicals
(Simon Romero, The New York Times)
French mayor ditches anti-gay marriage stance to preside at son's wedding
(Kim Willsher, The Guardian)
With Mosul’s Christians gone, Islamic State troops take over 4th-century monastery
(Cathy Otten, Religion News Service)
Islamist militants gain in Syria
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)
Spectators to war, West Bank residents hail the Hamas fight against Israel
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Archbishop Chaput says pope will visit Philadelphia in September 2015
(Nancy Wiechec, Catholic News Service)
Massachusetts monks tap brewing tradition to support aging members
(Scott Malone, Reuters)
For new post at Yeshiva, Lieberman is a natural
(Ariel Kaminer, The New York Times)
Editor who used 'gaystapo' claims religious discrimination
(Daniel Finney and William Petroski, The Des Moines Register)
Conservatives hone script to light a fire over abortion
(Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times)
Lengthy Arizona execution heightens lethal-injection questions
(Ashby Jones and Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal)
Public holidays, religion and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Xinjiang state-sponsored Islamic schools to expand enrollment
(Xinhua Net)
China, Taiwan hold religious exchange; Chinese officials hope to promote cross strait relations [Traditional Chinese]
(Lin Ruiyi, China Times)
Bishkek: Supreme Court outlaws Ahmadis
(AsiaNews.it)
Shandong, flurry of arrests against Church of Almighty God members
(AsiaNews.it)
Germany, France, Italy jointly condemn Gaza-related anti-Semitic acts
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Call to boycott work of Jewish Turkish writer backfires
(Tulin Daloglu, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Conclusions from the crisis in Ukraine: Russian Baptists' criticism of Ukrainian Baptists
(William Yoder, Ph.D., Rea-moskva.org via Russian Religion News (Stetson University))
Dignity Health pension plan is not a church plan, court rules -- again
(Kathy Robertson, San Francisco Business Times)
Echoes of apocalypse in Iraq conflict
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Egypt campaigns against atheism
(Ahmed Fouad, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Lawsuit: CSUN scientist fired after soft tissue found on dinosaur fossil
(CBS Los Angeles)
Mindanao's only Christian municipality does not want to be part of Islamic region
(AsiaNews.it)
OIC welcomes UNHRC resolution on investigating Israeli violations in Gaza and regrets American opposition
(Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation)
Sri Lanka and Myanmar: Understanding the rise of Buddhist radicalism
(Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Sri Lanka: Understanding the Buddhist-Muslim Communal Clashes
(Zarin Ahmad, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Supreme Court may not protect Obamacare this time
(Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post Opinions)
The fine line between freedom of speech and treason in Israel
(Erel Segal, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
UAE Twitter activist not guilty but still in custody
(Matt J. Duffy, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Meriam Ibrahim, finally freed from Sudan, meets with Pope Francis
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
$500,000 judgment in phony charities case
(Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service)
US Congress, European Parliament focus on case of Meriam Ibrahim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colorado same-sex marriage laws invalidated with only limited stay
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colorado gay marriage ban struck, appeal awaits
(AP, Houston Chronicle)
Church split can be adjudicated using neutral principles of law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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