Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Oral arguments are underway inside #SCOTUS. At stake: whether Americans forfeit their religious freedom when they start a business
((Tweets), Inagist)
Ibn al-Haytham: The Muslim scientist who birthed the scientific method
(Ross Pomeroy, Real Clear Science)
Not just for Catholics: A reflection on Roman pilgrimage (review of Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches by George Weigel)
(Timothy George, First Things)
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 7 April 2014: Constitution and Religion June Workshop
(June 5-7, 2014, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), Bielefeld, Germany)
Britain’s baby burning: On repugnance and religion
(Tom Wilson, First Things)
Monday, 24 March 2014
To my haredi brothers (on serving in the military)
(Robert Stark, The Jerusalem Post)
U.S. says glad 'noxious' U.N. rights envoy for Palestine leaving
(Louis Charbonneau)
Little girl taken out of Christian school after told she's too much like a boy
(James Gherardi, ABC News)
Most Palestinians back extending talks if more prisoners freed
(JTA)
Canadian court orders seizure of Iranian assets for terror victims
(JTA)
Yad Vashem rejects Hungarian memorial initiative
(JTA)
Religious freedom in the workplace (attire and facial hair)
(Tanique Williams, Legislative Gazette)
Egypt’s miscarriage of justice
(The New York Times Op Ed)
'God's Not Dead': What low-budget hit says about Christians and Hollywood
(Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor)
A new crusade: Aid proposed to stop Christian persecution in the Middle East
(Meredith Somers, The Washington Times)
Anti-genocide group sounds warning about Myanmar
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
'Story of the Jews' is personal for historian Schama
(Bill Keveney, USA Today)
Kaduna villages’ death toll rises to 150, including pastor’s wife and three children
(World Watch Monitor)
Let’s give the pope’s abuse commission a chance
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Gunmen kill six in attack on Kenyan church
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Jimmy Carter: Religion part of pay inequity
(Tal Kopan, Politico)
Commentary: The bad theology behind opposing the contraception mandate
(Cheryl B. Anderson, Religion News Service)
Bible verses in newsletter wasn't part of the deal, Buddhist worker says
(Courthouse News Service)
World Vision to recognize employees’ same-sex marriages
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
A major Christian charity lifts its same-sex marriage ban for employees
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Wire)
Monday round-up: The Court to hear Hobby Lobby tomorrow, March 25
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Background sources for tomorrow's Supreme Court arguments in Hobby Lobby/Conestoga
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5 questions about the Hobby Lobby case and contraceptive coverage
(David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
EVENT, 24 March 2014: Everybody's Business: The Legal, Economic, and Political Implications of Religious Freedom
(12 noon - 5:30 pm, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
A comparative analysis of laws pertaining to same-sex unions
(W. Cole Durham, Robert Theron Smith & William C. Duncan, SSRN)
Economic growth higher where governments do not regulate women's headscarves
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
The Law Society’s practice note on sharia-compliant wills
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Sharia law in UK: calls for Parliamentary inquiry
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Sharia law to be adopted into UK legal system for first time
(RT)
Confucianism, democratization, and human rights in Taiwan
(Joel S. Fetzer and J. Christopher Soper, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Religious exemptions — a guide for the confused
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
High court with vocally devout justices set to hear religious objections to health-care law
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
In our opinion: In Hobby Lobby case, freedom is under threat
(Editorial, Deseret News)
Religious case at Supreme Court could affect Obamacare and much more
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
Survey: Up to 40 percent of Hungarians accept anti-Semitic attitudes
(JTA)
UN envoy rules out new Syria talks 'for time being'
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Marriage equality: In America today the rich have the money and the social capital
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
Germany publishes guide aimed at Jewish tourists
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Harris needs Christian right for GOP NC Senate win
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Pope appoints former victim to sex abuse commission
(Eric J. Lyman, USA Today)
Why some Israeli settlers are willing to live in a Palestinian state
(Joshua Mitnick, The Christian Science Monitor)
Pope taps women, victims for sex abuse commission
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Francis shows political instincts in naming antiabuse panel
(John L. Allen, Jr., The Boston Globe)
Vatican No. 3 finds blame within in abuse scandal
(Associated Press, The New York Times)
Iran’s oppressed Christians
(Liana Aghajanian, The New York Times)
Uzbekistan: Seven Muslims amnestied, but ailing Muslim prisoner waits for operation
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom
(Stephanie Simon, Politico)
Nutter, Corbett, and Chaput embark on a Vatican mission
(Jessica Parks and Claudia Vargas, Philly.com)
Church of England Sunday attendance continues downward slide
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Xinjiang’s cycle of violence
(Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu)
Montreal Catholic school fighting for the right to teach ethics and religious culture in its own Jesuit style
(Joseph Brean, National Post)
Chechnya president inaugurates new $10 million mosque in Arab village in Israel
(US News and World Report)
Young advocate seeks pope's aid on immigration
(Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times)
More U.S. troops to aid Uganda search for Kony
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)
Government intervenes at school 'taken over’ by Muslim radicals
(Andrew Gilligan, The Telegraph)
Ugandan official: US cuts up to $6 million in aid over anti-gay law
(ABC News)
Countries divided on future of ancient Buddahs
(Rob Nordland, The New York Times)
German customs seizes cocaine addressed to Vatican
(Chicago Sun-Times)
The Catholic roots of Obama’s activism
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Vatican Chief Justice: Obama’s policies ‘have become progressively more hostile toward Christian civilization’
(CBS St. Louis)
UK police warn of prosecutions over Islamist posts
(RT)
Madhya Pradesh, two Pentecostal pastors arrested on false charges of forced conversions
(AsiaNews.it)
Egypt sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
(Al Jazeera)
UPDATED: Michigan same-sex marriages blocked
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Governor: Michigan won’t yet recognize gay marriages
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Legal questions abound over same-sex marriages in Mich.
(Tresa Baldas and Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press via USA Today)
Are firms entitled to religious protections?
(Janet Adamy, The Wall Street Journal)
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Evangelicals still don't know what to do with the Big Bang
(Karl W. Giberson, The Daily Beast)
In rural Uganda, small Jewish community splits over conversion
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Preserving Jewish Calcutta
(The Jerusalem Post)
Religion and law round up – 23rd March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Israel, religion and the draft: Get into uniform
(N.P., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])
Religion rights and human rights: The meaning of freedom
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
"How to think about religious freedom" by Nick Spencer
((download link), Theos)
War is over – now Serbs and Bosniaks fight to win control of a brutal history
(Julian Borger, The Guardian)
Jewish heirs won’t get back art treasure, German panel rules
(JTA)
Jewish groups slam latest Khameini Holocaust denial
(JTA)
District Court invalidates Michigan ban on same-sex marriage; 6th Circuit stays order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wisconsin governor refuses atheist demands to remove scripture from social media pages
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)
Op-Ed: American Jewry must reclaim Hebrew
(Ari Rudolph, The Global Jewish News Source)
Nigerian Catholics risk violence, lives to attend Mass
(Catholic News Agency)
Reflections on Son of God movie
(William D. Romanowski, OUPblog)
Manifestations of collective hatred do not ‘erupt’ like a volcano – UN expert on freedom of religion
(Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Freedom of expression under threat by new measures proposed by Human Rights Commissioner
(Jacob Mchangama, Freedom Rights Project)
UN officials warn against misuse of Article 20 ICCPR to thwart free speech
(Freedom Rights Project)
The evolution of the death penalty in one map
(Lane Florsheim, New Republic)
Saturday, 22 March 2014
China will introduce school uniform guidelines to prevent racial and religious discrimination
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Evangelical Latinos say they could be force in midterm elections
(Nick Valencia, CNN)
For antigay church, losing its cause before its founder
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
French parents alone against Syria jihad recruiters
(Nicholas Vinocur and Pauline Mevel, Reuters)
Immigrants from former Soviet Union challenge German secularism
(Ben Goossen, Mennonite World Review)
Israeli diplomat strike looms over Pope's visit to Holy Land
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Lev Tahor children in Guatemala can stay with their parents for now, says judge
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star.com)
Msgr. Fan Zhongliang's funeral attended by 5,000 priests and faithful from the official and underground Churches
(Jian Mei, AsiaNews.it)
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