Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 18 April 2014
Anti-Semitism card overplayed in Ukraine
(Abraham H. Foxman, USA Today)
Scientists make first embryo clones from adults
(Gautman Naik, The Wall Street Journal)
University's diversity officer, demoted for anti-gay marriage views, loses discrimination lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom eroded in the court decision on a Christian youth camp
(Australian Christian Lobby, Christian Today Australia)
Initiation into America’s original megachurch
(David Yamane, OUPblog)
Faith in the Public Realm: ‘Near Neighbours – can Christians do public faith for everyone?
(Public Spirit)
No challenge to gay rights standard
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
N.H. Supreme Court hears dispute over education tax credit
(Jeremy Blackman, Concord Monitor)
Americans United asks federal court to approve New Jersey atheist's custom license plate
(Press Release, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
ADF appeals decision against churches meeting in NYC public schools
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Denver-based appeals court again takes on same-sex marriage
(Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times)
For Pune bishop, India is multi-religious because it is an authentic and healthy democracy
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Narendra Modi's right hand man stopped for inciting hatred against Muslims
(N/A, AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Pope Francis's challenge to the Evangelical-Catholic coalition
(Robert P. Jones, The Atlantic)
Muslim Brotherhood cooperating with investigations in UK
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Are Ukrainian Jews political pawns or actual targets?
(Aliza Worthington, Patheos Blog: The Worthington Project)
What we know about the ‘grotesque’ leaflet handed out to Jews in Donetsk
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post WorldViews)
UK warns MEPs against evangelical attack on EU development aid
(EurActiv)
Court: Religious jobs exempt from some labor laws
(Brett Barrouquere, Associated Press, The Courier-Journal)
New poll: Attitudes toward religion sour with advanced education
(Ryan Bell, Patheos Blog: Year Without God)
Religion Clause is 9 years old!
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Priest marries gay partner
(Madeleine Davies, The Church Times)
Openly gay judge, Michael McShane, in spotlight overseeing Oregon case
(Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian)
Demands that Jews register in Eastern Ukraine are denounced, and denied
(Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times)
Manhattan U.S. Attorney announces settlement relating to Iranian-owned Manhattan office tower that will provide recovery to terrorism victims
(Press Release, US District Attorney for the Southern District of New York)
London Jews slam opening of store with neo-Nazis’ favored clothing
(JTA)
Everything we know so far about the flyers in Ukraine demanding Jews ‘register’ their families and property
(Joe Coscarelli, New York News & Politics)
Egypt's gay community fears government crackdown
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
Muslims in New York City unite on push to add holidays to school calendar
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
Easter among India's Christians, a challenge and a mission of hope
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh, tribal Catholic gang raped: Christians and Muslims demand justice
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Beijing blogger sentenced to 3 years for "spreading rumors" online
(N/A, AsiaNews.it)
Living in fear: LGBTs in India
(Sonia Paul, Aljazeera America)
Amazighs join call to boycott Algeria's presidential election
(Massoud Hayoun, Aljazeera America)
Building Buddhism in England
(Emma Tomalin and Caroline Starkey, Public Spirit)
Kyrgyzstan: Lenten service raided, other raids, warnings of "illegal activity"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Ground-breaking Good Friday mass signals thaw in Cyprus
(Michele Kambas, Reuters)
USCIRF commissioners reappointed
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Judge OKs East Ramapo settlement with yeshivas
(Mareesa Nicosia, Lower Hudson Journal News)
British trial court rejects claim that wealthy family's property was held under Hindu/ Sikh Law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
At UVU, Elder Oaks sees hope despite 'alarming' religious liberty trends
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Yale's agony over social justice: The unsettling pro-life witness
(Matthew Gerken, First Things)
In-churching Russia: Journeying through the efforts of orthodoxy to return Russia to faith
(John P. Burgess, First Things)
Legislative bullying
(Katherine Kersten, First Things)
Israeli families gather for ritual Passover meal
(Ian Deitch, Associated Press)
Elder Oaks speaks at UVU, gives message of hope
(Genelle Pugmire, Daily Herald)
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Africans among the most morally opposed to contraception
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Calif. city settles prayer suit with FFRF
(News Release, Freedom From Religion Foundaion)
Coming this fall in the Senate races: Big fights over Personhood
(Greg Sargent, The Washington Post)
Dispatches: Can OSCE defuse Ukraine crisis?
(Hugh Williamson, Human Rights Watch)
Europeans hold more liberal views on moral issues
(Richard Wike, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
How the President got to ‘I do’ on same-sex marriage
(Jo Becker, New York Times)
Indian court recognizes gender self-identification
(Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN)
Neither Capitalism nor Communism: Distributism
(Joseph Adams, On Religion)
New approval, but also law suit, are latest steps in creating new Canadian Christian law school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pagan Easter? * Christian Britain * Surviving Scandal * Thursday’s Roundup
(Religion News Service)
Some Cleveland Hopkins cab drivers refuse to drive with Gay Games signage
(Alison Grant, Cleveland.com)
The Civil Religion of Machiavelli
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)
The spirited debate about the role of government and religious liberty will continue well into the future
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice)
Vietnam frees Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi
(BBC News Asia)
Who believes in religious liberty now?
(John Pierce, Baptists Today)
Keeping the church weird
(Carol Howard Merritt, The Christian Century)
Muslims welcome shuttering of NYPD spying unit
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Holy Week music sets a high bar, but one church rises to the challenge
(Mary Beth McCauley, Religion News Service)
Can you question the Resurrection and still be a Christian?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Group wants all religion removed from Clemson football
(Carla Field, WYFF4.com News)
Dr M: Muslims must portray Islam as simple religion
(Sylvia Looi, New Straits Times)
Photo Slideshow: Sikhs from four continents flock to Pakistan for Vaisakhi festival
(Naveed Ahmad, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom group protests crosses displayed by Ohio village for Easter
(Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press, Star Tribune)
Activists call on British government to deport African exorcist
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Religion as a human rights liability
(Terrorism Watch)
A nation that is 'Boston strong'
(Amy Payne, The Foundry (blog))
Egypt court jails 120 Morsi supporters for three years
(Ahram Online)
UN calls for immediate release of abducted school girls in north-eastern Nigeria
(UN News Centre)
Sonia Gandhi: Nation is being divided on basis of religion
(Business Standard)
Religion only works when it appeals to the senses
(Jenna Weissman Joselit, New Republic)
How can secular and religious individuals share the same public space? Humility, humility and humility
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
The pope as a turnaround CEO: The Francis effect
(The Economist)
EVENT, 16 April 2014: Constitutional Symposium on Religious Freedom
(Keynote Address by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Utah Valley University)
Zeroing in on religious hubs, atheists to gather in Salt Lake City for Easter
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
EVENT, 16 April 2014: Consolidating democratic gains or cementing sectarian divides? Prospects for Iraq’s April 30 elections
(United States Institute of Peace)
Egypt clamps hold over mosques to control message
(Maggie Michael, Associated Press, The Big Story)
When Pope Francis washes women’s feet, arguments follow. Who’s right?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Property rights in England and Wales and the applicability of Hindu law
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
David Cameron says Christians should be 'more evangelical'
(Steven Swinford, The Telegraph)
Azerbaijan: Four days incommunicado at secret police – so far
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem holy site
(Reuters)
Heathenism's battle with white supremacists
(Joshua Rood, CNN Belief Blog)
Ukraine and the Crisis of the West: The U.S. must defeat Putin’s revanchism
(Editorial, National Review Online)
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe writes against death penalty for Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
End of NYPD Muslim surveillance program applauded
(Jake Pearson and Tom Hays, The Big Story)
Goodbye, good luck to Ukraine?
(Frida Ghitis, CNN Opinion)
Obama attorneys: Cross atop California war veterans memorial is 'appropriate'
(Chelsea J. Carter, CNN)
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Malta legalizes same-sex unions and gay adoption; defies official Catholic state religion
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
Saudi Arabia jails organiser of women’s protests for six years
(DPA, The Hindu)
The difference a day makes: How Saudi students in the U.S. dealt with April 15, 2013
(Tamara Zuniga-Brown, World Tribune)
US 'surprised' Israel did not support UN vote on Ukraine's territorial integrity
(The Jerusalem Post)
Ukraine, a developing story
(Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
Algeria’s potential ‘Arab Spring’:
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran considers ban on vasectomies in drive to boost birthrate
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
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