Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 15 March 2014
A counter-coalition in Israel
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea, China abstains
(The Voice of Russia)
Priest kidnapping reports raise pre-referendum tensions in Crimea
(Oleg Leus, AFP, Yahoo! News)
Rabbi injured in Kiev attack, wife claims it was anti-Semitic
(Reuters, The Jerusalem Post)
The intellectual snobbery of conspicuous atheism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
EVENT, 15 March 2014: God and Government Conference
(St Matthew's Westminster, Theos)
Leaning in: Women in church leadership
(Katie Day, OUPblog)
Morocco ends military trials of civilians – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Lawsuit could challenge South Carolina's same sex marriage ban
(Tim Waller, WYFF4.com News)
Friday, 14 March 2014
Chinese students pray for passengers on missing jet
(NBC News)
Dan Cathy seeks to put gay marriage flap behind Chick-fil-A
(Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Reconstruction of Timbuktu’s destroyed tombs begins in Mali
(Emma Farge, Reuters)
Can public faith help rebuild the link between morality and markets?
(Series, Public Spirit)
The realism of faith and the fantasies of finance
(Luke Bretherton, Public Spirit)
Islamic finance has something to teach us all and may have more freedom to flourish here in the UK
(Elaine Housby, Public Spirit)
Federal judge rules Tennessee must recognize same-sex marriage
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi's lonely, costly bid for Sunni-Shiite equality
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
An Illinois parish shows why Pope Francis can’t fix the Catholic Church by himself
(Melinda Henneberger, The Washington Post Opinions)
Let’s make dome noise—It’s Purim!
(Matt Nosanchuk, White House Blog)
An Al Qaeda-Indian Mujahideen alliance spells trouble for Pakistan
(Balasubramaniyan Viswanathan, Geopolitical Monitor)
Nigeria: Blasts and clashes in Maiduguri
(MISNA)
Myanmar government excludes Rohingya from census
(AsiaNews.it)
For Myanmar Muslim minority, no escape from brutality
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Norwegian schools reproduce racism and gender stereotypes
(Eurasia Review)
“Above all liberties”: Free speech is at the heart of a self-governing society
(David Ghend, MercatorNet)
Christian donors to give more than $1M in crisis aid to Ukraine Jews
(JTA)
Latvian minister to be fired for endorsing SS vets
(JTA)
Tunisia: Israelis are welcome with pre-arranged papers
(JTA)
Holocaust denier on French National Front party’s ticket
(JTA)
History, myth, and the struggle over Crimea
(Igor Torbakov, Eurasianet)
Sri Lanka: TNA welcomes draft resolution, misses a golden opportunity
(Associated Press, Asian Correspondent)
From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China
(Saud Mehsud and Maria Golovnina, Reuters)
Thailand: Don’t forcibly return Uighurs to China
(Human Rights Watch)
Crimea: Attacks, ‘disappearances’ by illegal forces
(Human Rights Watch)
5 things we've learned about Russia since the Crimean crisis
(Brian Whitmore, The Atlantic)
How one girl found God at America’s most infamous divinity school
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Ukrainian crisis may split Russian Orthodox Church
(Sophia Kishkovsky, Religion News Service)
Crimea Catholics selling homes, moving away in fear of arrests, church confiscation under Russian rule
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The trouble with France: the largest Muslim community in Europe seethes on the periphery
(Matthew Price, The National)
Beit Shemesh election highlights ultra-orthodox and secular tensions in Israel
(Reuters via Huffington Post)
Don’t underestimate importance of religion for understanding Russia’s actions in Crimea
(Mara Kozelsky, The Washington Post)
Tennessee ruling on married same-sex couples
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
A briefing on the contraception mandate cases (video)
(Kimberly Atkins, Kevin T. Baine, Caroline Mala Corbin, Walter Dellinger, Douglas B. Maggs, Frederick Gedicks, American Constitution Society)
‘Noah’ film sparks debate over one of the world’s oldest and most beloved stories
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Florida drive-thru prayer delivers God to go
(Liz Fields, ABC News)
Rebels, Islamists form dangerous alliance in Pakistan's unruly southwest
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
In Syrian province, Islamist militant group flexing its muscle
(Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)
Aum Shinrikyo’s victims fear cult’s resurgence
(Arabia MSN)
Chechen head presents cars to Orthodox priests and sets up salaries for them
(Interfax)
Mark Driscoll's problem, and ours: The crisis of leadership in American Evangelicalism
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)
Patriarch Kirill praying no war occurs between Russia, Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
British judge hears arguments in case LDS Church calls 'mischief'
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
A terrible ruling against a terrible film: Ninth Circuit nixes "Innocence of Muslims"
(Gabriel Rossman, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Prisoners of belief: Individuals jailed under blasphemy laws
(Policy Brief, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Blasphemy laws: Wrong on so many levels
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Gene Robinson makes the case for gay marriage
(Dennis DiMauro: A review of God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
In defense of religious liberty: Anti-gay bills and the Hobby Lobby case have given religious rights a bad name. But they’re still important to fight for.
(Emily Bazelon, Slate)
Just war revisited and revitalized
(George Weigel, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Time to accommodate the divorce revolution?
(W. Bradford Wilcox, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Israeli Christians seek integration, including army service
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
St Margaret’s Children and Family Care: no further appeal by OSCR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Behind the numbers: Religious ‘nones’ may not be who you think they are
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
United Methodist bishop may face trial for presiding at gay wedding
(Renee K. Gadoua, Religion News Service)
Franklin Graham: Putin is better on gay issues than Obama
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Patheos Panel: Women in religious leadership
Absence of U.S. envoy in Dublin looms over White House St. Patrick’s Day
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)
Pope Francis invited to address a joint session of Congress
(Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post)
Committee of Ministers decides on measures for Ukraine and expresses grave concern on proposed referendum
(Committee of Minister, Council of Europe)
Federal lawsuit challenges Arizona same-sex marriage ban
(Alia Beard Rau, AZ Central)
Has assisted suicide really moved a significant step closer?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
American Bible reading statistics reveal who is studying the good book and why
(The Huffington Post)
Moroccan king plays up business, religious ties on African tour
(Thomas Hubert, France 24 International News)
Beijing, Pyongyang, and Hanoi win 'Worst Enemies of the Internet' title
(AsiaNews.it)
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Aleksander Radler - Tinker, Tailor, Pastor, Spy
(Elisabeth Braw, Newsweek)
Canadian Catholic school being pressured to teach all religions are equal
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Canadian legal brief backs Catholic cchool’s religious freedom
(CNA/EWTN News, National Catholic Register)
Of monks and men (review of The Last Monk of Tibhirine by Freddy Derwahl)
(Paula Huston, The Christian Century)
Tunisia security effort begins with mosques
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Iran: Jailed dervishes continue hunger strike
(Radio Zameneh)
A recession is no time for assisted suicide, says disabled British peer
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Bombs heighten fears that Zanzibar autonomy movement targets Christians
(Fredrick Nzwili, World Watch Monitor)
The most popular and fastest growing Bible translation isn't what you think it is
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today)
In Vatican shake-up, Pope redefines role of second-in-command
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Meeting of Orthodox believers to back up Russians in Ukraine to take place in downtown Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Russians became more religious in past ten years - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli air raid on Gaza follows barrage of Islamic Jihad missiles
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)
Islamabad revives peace talks with the Taliban. But the army is ready to intervene
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Cairo extends detention of Al Jazeera staff
(Al Jazeera America)
‘Go Home Terrorist’: Sikh children bullied twice the national average
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
Ceasefire collapses between Israel and Gaza amid cross-border strikes
(Al Jazeera America)
One cleric’s war on radicals is the hope for moderate Islam
(Ed Husain, The National (UAE))
Czech priest who fought for religious liberty during Soviet occupation awarded Templeton prize
(Catholic Herald UK)
ANAJURE hosting several religious freedom events across Brazil this week
(Advocates International, The Christian Post - CrossMap)
American Pastor Saeed Abedini taken to hospital, but shackled and forced to return untreated
(Jeremy Reynalds / Assist News, The Christian Post - CrossMap)
Jehovah's Witnesses' tracts taken off extremist list (scroll down to see article)
(ReligioPolis 5 March 2014, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Five things Pope Francis definitely didn’t do in his first year
(Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald UK)
Congressmen ask DoD to issue stronger religious liberty instructions
(Ron Crews, Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty)
Worldwide, many see belief in God as essential to morality
(Pew Global Attitudes Project)
At 92, party insider again urges China to loosen reins on Tibet
(Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC)
Turkey returns less than half of monastery land it seized
(Damaris Kremida, World Watch Monitor)
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