Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Kremlin refuses to tolerate any dissent over its Ukrainian policy
(Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)
Kissinger misunderstands Ukraine
(Alexander J. Motyl, World Affairs Journal)
Czech priest, philosopher Tomas Halik wins 2014 Templeton Prize
(Chris Herlinger, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: 87-year-old fined, two new five-day prison terms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Pope Francis’s first year: Reenergizing the Church as a missionary enterprise has been his primary aim
(George Weigel, National Review Online)
In his second year, Pope faces expectations that change is coming
(Jim Yardley, The New York Times)
Pope Francis: Media mentions
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Pope's Franciscans kick-start restoration effort
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press via NPR)
Pope Francis 'as real as it gets' in first year
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Russell Crowe Twitter stalks the Pope to get Noah screening
(Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast)
Noah and Islam: Making waves
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Many points of praise for pope’s first year
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
Mistrial declared in priest's sex-assault case
(Joseph A. Slobodzian, The Philadelphia Inquierer)
Gay Ethiopian faces uncertainty, peril if deported
(Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe)
Israel law taps religious Jews for military service
(Nicholas Casey and Joshua Mitnick, The Wall Street Journal)
Malaysians lift up missing flight in prayers
(Calum MacLeod, USA Today)
Catholics, Evangelicals press GOP on immigration
(Donna Cassata, Associated Press)
First ever fatwa issued against wildlife trafficking
(Bryan Christy, National Geographic)
Catholic group mounts challenge to health care law
(Bailey Elise McBride, Associated Press)
New group aims to conduct census of Muslim Americans
(Meredith Somers, The Washington Times)
Controversy over new Israeli law highlights growing ultra-Orthodox population
(Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Frozen sperm, posthumous conception and Article 8 ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Group of 200 Catholic employers sues to block HHS mandate
(Catholic News Agency)
House passes Schock bill with religious liberty protections under Obamacare
(Qunicy Journal)
How Jews brought America to the tipping point on marriage equality: Lessons for the next social justice issues
(AMy Dean, Tikkun)
Human rights for thee but not for me
(Lauren Carasik, Al Jazeera America)
Israel cuts army exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who study Torah for life
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
No right to choose in Crimean referendum
(Olexandr Ruzhitsky, Ukrainska Pravda, Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
Nurturing Faith: New book on religious liberty now available
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Orissa: Hindu fundamentalists block Catholic church construction
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)
Raghuvanshi: appropriating Gandhi will not help Hindu extremists win elections
(AsiaNews.it)
We deserve better than sexist and racist “teachers”: Honoring real leaders, and a rejoinder to Abu Eesa
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)
U.S. Catholics more hopeful than expectant of changes to church teachings
(Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Is the Mormon Church expanding the role of women?
(Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Jew saved from Malaysia flight by travel agent who wouldn't book him on Shabbat
(JTA, The Jerusalem Post)
British PM Cameron offers support for Israel in Knesset address
(JTA)
J'Accuse - My Tale of Two Countries: Anti-semitism in Hungary and France
(Georgette Bennett, Ph.D., Huff Post Religion)
Utah recognition of same-sex marriage in judge's hands
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Republican defeats Democrat in key Fla. election
(JTA)
Episcopalians file formal complaint against Presiding Bishop over massive litigation costs
(David W. Virtue, Virtueonline)
India's Supreme Court: Book leaders indulging in hate speech
(Outlook India)
Report: U.S. is one of seven countries that allows late-term abortion
(Sarah Torre, The Foundry (blog))
High Court rules dead partner’s sperm can be kept despite lack of written consent
(JHL Elliott, UK Human Rights Blog)
Secularism on the decline France
(Emma-Kate Symons, Mint Press News)
Federal judge OK's Mo. law aimed at Westboro Baptist Church
(Associated Press, CBS News)
The people who believe in medical miracles
(BBC News)
Kiev rabbi plays down neo-Nazi threat from Ukrainian nationalists
(reporting by Alastair Macdonald, Reuters)
U.S. top court case highlights unsettled science in contraception
(Sharon Begley, Reuters)
Ultra-Orthodox mayor wins vote in Israeli town torn by religion
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Conservative Methodists upset by UMC Bishop's decision to drop church trial of pastor who officiated son's gay wedding
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)
UK government to allow free vote on assisted suicide bill
(Christian Concern)
Imaginary Jews (review of Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, by David Nirenberg)
(Michael Walzer, The New York Review of Books)
Islamic scholars establish prizes for peace, recommend Muslim peace teams
(Reuters FaithWorld)
IRS issues sample questions that may be asked of non-profits in making rulings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigeria’s churches will not stay silent during violence, leader says
(World Watch Monitor)
Wa. State employees, students could take off religious holidays under bill
(Melissa Santos, The Bellingham Herald)
Norwegian cruise lines drops Tunisia over anti-Israeli discrimination
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
Calif. city torn by multiple fights over public crosses
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Survey finds growth, vitality in Protestant multisite church model
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
For some Christians, sharing medical bills is a godly alternative
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Minnesota: Archbishop will not face charges
(The New York Times)
NY brothers admit guilt in violent Jewish divorce scheme
(Ellen Wulfhorst and Gunna Dickson, Reuters)
Rohingya dying from lack of health care in Myanmar
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)
Gay marriage: the race analogy
(William Saletan, Slate)
A year on, Pope Francis faces challenges meeting reform hopes
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Myanmar’s upcoming census could spark anti-Muslim violence
(Patrick Winn, Mint Press News)
Doctors Without Borders expelled from Myanmar
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)
Third teen hospitalized in Lev Tahor hunger strike
(CTV News)
Court upholds writer’s five-year prison sentence for insulting religion
(Rana Muhammad Taha, Daily News Egypt)
Russia: Two fines, two more sentences imminent, court-ordered book destructions
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” movie (starring Russell Crowe) banned in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))
Knesset passes draft law requiring haredi Orthodox men to serve
(JTA)
Israel passes law meant to draft ultra-Orthodox
(Tia Goldenberg, Time)
Young Americans disengage – OpEd
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Abuse charges roil heavily Catholic Puerto Rico
(Danica Coto, ABC News)
Al Jazeera and the Qatar squabble - OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)
Tibetans in Nepal targeted by authorities: summary arrests and raids
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Vietnamese police fabricates evidence, distorts witness statements to convict blogger
(AsiaNews.it)
Only religious freedom can ensure China's social and economic stability
(Brian J. Grim, AsiaNews.it)
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Christian Scientists seek exemption from new healthcare rules
(Jared Keever, Opposing Views)
Free markets, democracy are nothing without moral, religious people, Eric Metaxas says
(Tyler O'Neil, The Christian Post Politics)
Mohler says gay marriage a religious-liberty threat
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Religious liberty should be a liberal value, too
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, The Week)
The Sunday Assembly: Time for a religion free megachurch revival?
(Becky Garrison, The Revealer)
Gay clergy marriages: the final chapter of the Anglican Communion fiction
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Pope Francis: has his revolution even started?
(Paul Valley, The Guardian)
Israeli Christians seek more integration into country
(Michele Chabin, USA Today)
Catholic schools should be able to fire some gay teachers for being gay
(Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
Contraception mandate doublecross: Column
(Bart Stupak, USA Today)
The basic right of a free people
(John Boozman & J. Randy Forbes, National Review Online)
Underlying Hobby Lobby: Religious Americans have been politically excluded
(Philip Hamburger, National Review Online)
Fewer than 1,000 Muslims left in Central African Republic capital
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The new face of terrorism
(Lorenzo Vidion, The International Relations and Security Network)
Religion, ethnicity and state formation in Algeria
(Lisa Watanabe, The International Relations and Security Network)
Chaldean Patriarchate and Caritas Iraq aid Muslim families fleeing violence
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)
Exchanged for the wife of an al Qaeda member, Ma'aloula Sisters shout "Allah Akbar"
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)
Exclusively-secular marriage for England and Wales? – unlikely, but the law needs reform
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Use of intimidation to stifle Israeli critics rebuked by academics
(Les Neuhaus, Mint Press News)
Clergy, same-sex marriage and (quasi-) law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
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