Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Saudi Arabia arrests 62 over terror plot, still searching for 44 more at-large
(Al Bawaba News)
Saudi Arabia says uncovers al Qaeda cell plotting attacks
(Rania el Gamal and Yara Bayoumy, Reuters)
Iran's parliament votes against censuring Zarif over Holocaust stance
(Mehrdad Balali, Reuters)
Ugandan minister says anti-gay law has little investment impact
(Carolyn Cohn, Reuters)
Obama to meet Syrian opposition leader Jarba
(Steve Holland, Reuters)
Boston College offers to return interviews to Irish militants
(Conor Humphries and Ross Kerber, Reuters)
Twelve Pakistani Taliban killed in factional in-fighting
(Jibran Ahmad, Reuters)
Warlord Kony hiding in disputed South Sudan enclave: U.N.
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Gerry Adams calls on Irish government to act over arrest
(Conor Humphries, Reuters)
In China's Xinjiang, economic divide seen fuelling ethnic unrest
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
High Court misinterpreted Court of Appeal 'Allah' ruling, say Sarawak leaders
(Desmond Davidson, The Malaysian Insider)
SIB ruling a glimpse of far-reaching effects of ‘Allah’ judgement, say lawyers
(The Malay Online)
Senator appears to make light of Holocaust remark
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Vatican’s year-by-year breakdown on abuse cases
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Former polygamists back man who won custody suit
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Vatican releases figures on how it disciplined priests accused of sex abuse
(The Guardian)
For NBA teams, religion can be unifying or divisive
(Sam Amick, Religion News Service)
Sorry, America, the New World Order is dead
(Eric A. Posner, Foreign Policy)
Brunei law on gays, women sparks Beverly Hills Hotel boycott
(Martha Groves, Nabih Bulos, Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times)
Nun rebuke * Supreme prayer * abducted girls : Tuesday’s roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Group charging schools with religious discrimination picks Broward as latest target
(Michael Vasquez, Miami Herald)
Supreme Court denies review in RLUIPA zoning case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Alaska Supreme Court holds tax exemption unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canonization celebration: Gilbert Levine and the spirit of music
(Anne Midgette, The Washington Post)
What the Donald Sterling situation means for Christians
(John V. Gerardi, Aleteia)
Sisi says Muslim Brotherhood will not exist under his reign
(Louisa Loveluck, The Guardian)
Belgian police disperse crowd after ban on French comedian’s event
(Adrian Croft, Reuters)
Palestinian student activists claim discrimination and excessive police force during protests
(Patrick O. Strickland, Mint Press News)
Nigeria's Boko Haram threatens to sell kidnapped schoolgirls
(Tim Cocks and Isaac Abrak, Reuters)
Israeli says he has found King David's Citadel
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
China demolishes megachurch
(Gordon G. Chang, World Affairs: Around Asia)
Getting rid of national borders in the Middle East won't end sectarian warfare
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Peres: Netanyahu blocked Palestinian-Israeli framework agreement in 2011
(JTA)
Talmudic rabbis, all men, admit they cannot bring women under their power
(Adam Kirsch, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Will the UK's Bible colleges survive into the future?
(Michael Trimmer, Christian Today)
Pakistan-backed Indian Mujahideen: Down but certainly not out! – Analysis
(Ajai Sahni, Eurasia Review)
Catholic church leaders prepare for grilling by UN human rights panel
(Lizzy Davies, The Guardian)
Islamic Jihad gains new traction in Gaza
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Papal commission on sex abuse wants accountability for priests, bishops
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Accommodating bishops and the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure 2009
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Prayer in the public square: God hangs on by a vote at the Supreme Court
(The Wall Street Journal)
The Netherlands' most notorious killer: Did the time fit the crime?
(M.S., The Economist [Charlemagne: European politics])
FL teacher orders student to call parents for reading Bible
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Religion and the first world war: From godlessness to ruthlessness?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus:Religion and Public Policy])
India's election: Trouble for the scion
(A.R., The Economist [Banyan: Asia])
Schuette: An impact on same-sex marriage?
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
With the Supreme Court's help, religion creeps toward the State
(Garrett Epps, The Atlantic)
Symposium on Greece v. Galloway
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Azerbaijan: Muslim Nursi texts, Old Testament, and Jehovah's Witness texts "banned"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Hey Boko Haram, pick up a Quran and bring back our girls
(Arsalan Iftikhar, CNN: Belief Blog)
For NBA teams, religion can be unifying or divisive
(Sam Amick, USA Today)
After Supreme Court ruling, do religious minorities have a prayer?
(Daniel Burke, CNN: Belief Blog)
Pakistani girl forced to marry as compensation for uncle's crime
(Annabek Symington, The Wall Street Journal - World)
BC study says Latinos are key to future of US Catholicism
(Peter Schworm, Boston Globe)
Singapore extends megachurch's legal drama
(Chun Han Wong, The Wall Street Journal)
China bans forced religion for orphans
(Wang Fan, Ecns.cn)
Female priests have suffered, says Justin Welby
(Edward Malnick, The Telegraph)
All in for multisite churches? Not so fast
(John Chandler, ABP News)
Defining Israel as the Jewish state
(Yitzhak Klein, The Jewish Press)
Not your grandfather’s Establishment Clause
(Eugene Kontorovich, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Other justices make errors too
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Taking issue with Yochai Benkler on J Street, Israel, and American Jews
(David Bernstein, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Supreme Court blesses town prayer
(Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune: Minority of One blog)
Walter Olson (Secular Right) on the city council prayer decision
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Celebrities and business leaders come out against Brunei sultan's decision to introduce Sharia
(AsiaNews.it)
General al-Sisi promises to "finish" Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
(N/A, AsiaNews.it)
Baptist disaster volunteers respond to tornado victims
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Internet in China: the Bible trumps Mao’s Little Red Book (and the Pope tops the Prime Minister)
(AsiaNews.it)
Vietnam arrests dissident bloggers
(Al Jazeera America)
Ministry ousted by Evangelical alliance UK
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
Statement: Oasis Trust membership
(Evangelical Alliance UK)
Six injured in knife attack at Chinese station
(Al Jazeera America)
Supreme Court votes in favor of prayer at public meetings
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
WCC encourages “swift and peaceful” action to restore Nigeria’s missing girls
(World Council of Churches)
More on public prayer in the United States (including recent Supreme Court judgment)
Monday, 5 May 2014
'Big Mountain Jesus' case to go before the Ninth Circuit court
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Analysis: Hobby Lobby contraception case
(Mark Goldfeder, Emory Center for the Study of Law and Religion)
China demolition of church in Wenzhou leaves Christians uneasy
(Julie Makinen, LA Times)
Educational Pluralism can raise academic achievement, Berner says
(Emory Center for the Study of Law and Religion)
Freedom for religion, not from it
(Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine)
Hispanic growth is strength but also challenge for U.S. Catholic Church
(Michael Paulson, New York Times)
It's time to stop destruction of Middle East heritage
(Iason Athanasiadis, Al Jazeera America)
Jesus and the death penalty
(Mark Tooley, The American Spectator)
Judge to allow Rattlesnake Mountain wildflower tours to proceed
(Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald)
Mark of belonging: Why circumcision is no crime
(William Galston, Commonweal)
Right to Life director sues Sebelius: ObamaCare forces me to pay for abortion
(Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews)
Supreme Court decision allows Carroll Co. commissioners to pray
(John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun)
The Catholic Church and the Convention on Torture
(David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey, The Wall Street Journal)
The return of a cult classic – Hare Krishnas are back
(Bart Blasengame, Details)
U.N. panel on torture presses Vatican envoy on abuse
(Nick Cumming-Bruce, The New York Times)
What happened to Switzerland
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
Vatican could face flood of torture-related abuse lawsuits
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Vatican’s doctrine chief blasts U.S. nuns for disobedience
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Satanic group says Oklahoma must give the devil his due
(Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News)
US officials: Even if Israel doesn’t like it, Palestinians will get state
(The Times of Israel)
Jews preparing to evacuate Ukraine
(Worthy News)
PM: ‘Jewish Israel’ law vital to counter assault on legitimacy
(Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel)
Argentina's fight to hold onto religious freedom
(World Watch Monitor)
Israeli settlers launch enclave in Palestinian business hub
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Bahraini Shi'ite youth risk radicalization as political talks stall
(Rania El Gamal, Reuters)
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