Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 12 June 2014
University ordered to pay over $710,000 for discriminating against Christian professor
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)
Poland's prime minister says doctor must put law over faith, perform abortion despite Christian belief
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis tells human traffickers they will be held accountable; pleads for tens of thousands of children in degrading labor conditions
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
InterVarsity: Colleges take non-discrimination policies to 'illogical extreme' against Christian student groups
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)
Virginia church offends Muslims with pamphlet that says they're going to hell, need Jesus Christ
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Campaign to crack down on fringe sects in China worries mainstream churches
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)
Mali PM warns of Islamist threat within Tuareg rebels
(Joe Penney, Reuters)
Thousands raid South Korea church in futile search for ferry family boss
(Ju-Min Park, Reuters)
Legal confusion follows federal judge’s ruling on same-sex marriage in Wisconsin
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Iraq militants, pushing south, aim at capital
(Suadad Al-Salhy and Tim Arango, The New York Times)
US bishops open assembly by voting to stay the course
(Brian Roewe and Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Southern Baptists pray for ‘favorable’ Hobby Lobby ruling
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Phoenix priest killed, another wounded in attack
(Katherine Bieri, Connor Wince, and Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic)
High Court’s role in 13-year-old’s abortion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
A Call to protect the life of a converted Ahmadi and his family under constant threat from religious extremists in Pakistan
(Asian Human Rights Commission)
Apostolic administrator of Yujiang arrested as China attempts to "eradicate" underground Church
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
B.C. lawyers vote against religious school
(James Keller, The Canadian Press)
Catholic charities' Obamacare challenge denied; they must certify they're not offering contraception
(Brian Smith, MLive.com)
EEOC sues United Health Programs of America and parent company for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Is religious liberty being threatened in America?
(Jim Denison, Denison Forum on Truth and Culture)
Leading Turkish Islamist thinker: We can't go on like this
(Levent Gultekin, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Long Island business forced workers into Onionhead 'religion,' lawsuit claims
(John Marzulli, New York Daily News)
President Obama’s spiritual advisor raises Pastor Saeed Abedini’s case in Iran, asks for clemency
(Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ)
Religious and European Union leaders gather in Brussels
(Mormon Newsroom)
Report: Gang of youths taser French Jew at Paris monument
(JTA)
Sunni radicals seize Turkey's Mosul consulate
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
The cleansing of Iraq’s Christians is entering its end game
(Nina Shea, National Review Online)
USCIRF deeply concerned by draft “Religious Conversion Law” in Burma
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Women shut out from Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal
(Asmaa Al-Ghoul, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
House subcommittee holds hearing on religious liberty In U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim and anti-Muslim bus ads battle heads to Round 3
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Kentucky city passes ordinance barring LGBT discrimination, but with broad exemption for faith-based institutions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement on Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, a Sudanese believer sentenced to death for apostacy
(Press Release, European Commission)
Egypt can inspire new Arab world
(Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi, Arab News)
African Wikipedia aims to create online legacy of traditions and languages
(David Smith, The Guardian)
For the Bahá'ís imprisoned in Iran, freedom and human rights seem remote
(Nazila Ghanea, New Statesman)
Is religious doctrine justiciable? Up to a point, yes: Khaira v Shergill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Supreme Court reduces religious no-go area for courts
(David Hart, QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
Tweetfest: Eric Cantor and the death of the Jewish GOP
(Lauren Markoe and David Gibson, Religion News Service)
At Angelina Jolie-chaired summit, faith leaders work to end sexual violence
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Italy’s Catholic bishops denounce court ruling that OK’d sperm donors
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Israeli government continuously targeting Palestinian Christian village
(Patrick O. Strickland, Mint Press News)
Kyrgyzstan: "I don't see political will on higher level" to resolve burial problems
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Atheist group demands ten commandments display be removed from Pennsylvania school grounds
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
The patient body: the end of eating
(Ann Neumann, The Revealer)
Religion and press freedom in the digital age - Part one: Information on trial
(Natsja Sheriff, The Revealer)
Christian right attacks Planned Parenthood for praying
(Elizabeth Dias, TIME)
Conversion therapy victims can recover treble damages under New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colleges and Evangelicals collide on bias policy
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Another lawsuit is filed challenging Alabama's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
France National Front rift widens in 'anti-Semitism' row
(BBC News Europe)
Muslim cab driver says he was fired over religious dress; appeals to St. Louis judge
(Jennifer S. Mann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Southern Baptists oppose gender reassignment
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Mexican immigrant who sought sanctuary in church can stay in U.S
(Paul Ingram, Reuters)
Two churches with Nashville ties tackle same-sex marriage
(Heidi Hall and Noah Manskar, The Tennessean)
S. Baptist Leader: No Change on marriage stance
(Juliet Linderman, The Associated Press)
The New York Times defends Al-Qaeda
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Indian Muslims feel insecure under Modi
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)
OIC to discuss extremism, wars affecting Muslims
(Siraj Wahab, Arab News)
Saudi Justice to Americans: ‘Hands off Islamic law’
(Arab News)
Radical Hindus target Christian communities: Murder and torture
(AsiaNews.it)
UK: "Culture of fear" in Birmingham schools
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Christians among half a million fleeing after Islamic extremists capture second largest Iraq city
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
DC Circuit dismisses suit by former Gitmo detainees claiming disruption of religious practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
French Birthright expected to increase tenfold this year
(JTA)
Special Report: Why do youth join Boko Haram?
(Freedom Onuoha, United States Institute of Peace)
Court finds abuse of former Guantánamo detainees “standard”, “foreseeable”
(Press Release, Center for Constitutional Rights)
Up to 1000 Christian families flee Iraq’s second city
(World Watch Monitor)
The rabbi Cardinal O’Connor never knew: His grandfather
(Alison Leigh Cowan, The New York Times)
One week of Rouhani's "moderate" Islamic Republic of Iran
(Shadi Paveh, Gatestone Institute)
Syrian Kurds continue to blame Turkey for backing ISIS militants
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Ex-Islamic Jihad leader launches new armed group in Gaza
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
A year in Kuwaiti jail for a tweet? Draft law threatens free speech
(Mona Kareem, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Egypt's ultraconservative Islamists back Sisi, seek to eclipse Brotherhood
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
Ireland to investigate adoptions, baby deaths at church homes
(Conor Humphries, Reuters)
9th Circuit: suit to claim Nazi confiscated artwork can proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oklahoma lawmaker seeks other execution options
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
No evangelical exclusionism on campus?
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals see 8-point drop in support for immigration reform
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Orthodox believers to hold a procession with cross against war and Ukraine's integration in "Euro Sodom"
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious extremists seek to recruit new supporters in Russia - FSB head
(Interfax-Religion)
Court rejects challenge to New York vaccination requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wis. bishop: Redefining marriage has domino effect on family
(Catholic News Agency)
United Methodist pastors urge the church to remain unified in face of same-sex marriage debate
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Muslim turned Christian shares terrifying, real-life nightmare conversion story
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Anti-mosque today, anti-church tomorrow?
(Ryan Hill, WORLD News Service)
Boko Haram abducts 20 Fulani women, 3 men near Chibok
(Ola' Audu, Premium Times (Nigeria))
Boko Haram kidnaps more women near Chibok, reports say
(The Guardian)
The missing girls of Chibok will determine Nigeria's fate
(Ben Okri, The Guardian)
Pakistan militants launch new attack on Karachi airport; Taliban claims responsibility
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)
Why are men more in favour of abortion?
(Philippa Taylor, MercatorNet)
Wiccan prayers before government meetings a possible result of recent SCOTUS ruling?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Shoots of hope for Christians in Syria's civil war
(Patrick Sookhdeo, MercatorNet)
The struggle for religious freedom as a fundamental human right in Asia
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
"Yes" to euthanasia brings a seismic shift in values
(Margaret Somerville, Careful! A blog about end-of-life issues (MercatorNet))
Russian takeover of Crimea leads to inter-Church tensions
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria’s ex-central bank governor takes throne as Muslim monarch
(Haruna Mohamed, Reuters)
Southern Baptists confront a ‘third way’ on homosexuality and sin
(Tim Townsend and Jessica Martinez, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Shia pilgrims killed in Pakistan
(BBC News Asia)
Extra security at Jewish buildings in Amsterdam
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
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