Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Iraqi Shiites join Sunnis to fight Islamic State
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer signals gay marriage case not closed
(Politico)
Churches in Pacific strengthen ecumenical collaboration
(World Council of Churches)
La Eutanasia y la copialina colombiana
(Juan Guillermo Ortiz, Dinero)
Pestes contra Venezuela, silencio ante México ensangrentado
(Ilka Olivia Corado, Tercera Information)
British Parliament votes 181-1 to declare sex-selection abortions illegal
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com)
Convocan a manifestación para defender el derecho al aborto
(Nación.cl)
International parliamentary group promoting religious freedom is formed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parliamentarians and religious freedom: From Norway with pain
(B.C., The Economist: [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
More good news: International Coalition for Religious Freedom launched
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
WCC congratulates new chairperson of Evangelical Church in Germany
(World Council of Churches)
Christianity in China: Crosses to bear
(The Economist [Analects: China])
China targets 'wild imams' in mass public sentencing
(Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters)
Christian and Muslim leaders to denounce ISIS violence at White House candlelight vigil tomorrow
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Pakistan Christian couple burned in kiln over debt, not blasphemy
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Palestinian president accuses Israel of provoking a 'religious war'
(Al Jazeera)
Parents upset their children are learning about Islam in school
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
After Bae release, Christian groups tread carefully in North Korea
(Bill Rigby and Sohee Kim, Reuters)
Gay debate challenges traditional definitions of ‘evangelical’
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Should the Church abandon civil marriage?
(Helen Alvaré, OSV Newsweekly)
Historic Armenian church destroyed by Islamists in Syria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Churches in Australia are using the ISIS flag to spread the Gospel
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Inside an Indian camp for radical Hindu women
(BBC News)
Freedom From Religion Foundation blasts Texas school district over religious posters, quotes
(Jonathan Wolfe, Opposing Views)
British religious schools penalized over new tolerance law
(Emily Scheie, World Magazine)
Poppy hijab sparks controversy in U.K.
(Isabel Teotonio, Toronto Star)
Quebec Muslims warn of heightened Islamophobia after October attacks
(Massoud Hayoun, Al-Jazeera America)
Irish-born priest to serve no jail time in Chile child sex abuse case
(Anthony Esposito, Reuters)
Netanyahu: Iran is U.S. enemy, not partner
(JTA)
Hundreds jailed for abortion in El Salvador
(Anastasia Moloney, Al Jazeera)
Israel recognises 'Aramaics' as separate ethnic group
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Israel igniting ‘religious war’
(Arab News)
Hacker-hit Tibetan monks 'detach from attachments'
(Raphael Satter and Ashwinu Bhatia, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
With new team, Vatican ups efforts to fight clerical sex abuse
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis launches new panel to speed up abuse cases
(Josephine McKenna - RNS, The Kansas City Star)
Apocalypse soonest: Muslim and Jewish extremists who yearn for the End of Days may get their wish--but not as they envision it
(Todd Gitlin, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Pakistani archdiocese rejoices over return of a school from government
(Catholic News Agency)
Suit challenges old amendments to United Effort Plan Trust
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egypt demotes 200 school teachers for Brotherhood links
(Middle East Monitor)
Civil partnership conversion approved
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Los Angeles Monsignor cleared of abuse charges in canon law trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkish minister: 'We will drive Israeli soldiers out of Al-Aqsa with their shoes in their hands'
(Middle East Monitor)
Online extremism: Challenges and counter-measures
(Navhat Nuraniyah, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The importance of Modi's visit to Myanmar
(K. Yhome, Observer Researcher Foundation)
Yasukuni Shrine and museum: Japan's WW2 reponsibility
(Barry Desker, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Kenya’s Catholic bishops: Tetanus vaccine is birth control in disguise
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
For Indian bishop, the death of eight women following forced sterilisation is devastating
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Bangkok ready to expel more than 200 Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishops: Indian government inaction on minorities' hounding makes it complicit
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
U.S. Supreme Court justices talk Jewish at G.A. opening
(JTA)
Turkish PM vows to defend all faiths, ‘even Buddhism’
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Turkey the loudest voice against Israel’s actions: PM Davutoğlu
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Heading to Rome to discuss the family with Pope Francis
(Maggie Gallagher, National Review Online: The Corner)
Court summons for doctor in UK's first 'gender abortion' prosecution
(Christian Concern)
New law may encourage conversion to Judaism in Israel
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Couple fined for refusing to host same-sex wedding on their farm
(Andrea Peyser, The New York Post)
Religious freedom ambassador challenged by University of Toronto professors
(Alex McKeen, The Varsity)
First Amendment: LGBT rights don't nix religious freedom
(Charles C. Haynes, The Town Talk)
Kyrgyzstan proposes to tighten restrictive religion law
(Barnabas Aid, Cross Map)
Association praises Masing for stand on religious freedom
(Borneo Post online)
Coalition challenges selection of judges in same-sex marriage case
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
In a first, Washington National Cathedral to host Friday Muslim prayer service
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Lawsuit challenges school ban on religious activity during open time
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Christian missionary Kenneth Bae freed from North Korean prison, others remain
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Turks increasingly sympathetic to Islamic State
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Illinois prosecutors: Suspect in synagogue vandalism wanted to ‘shoot Jews’
(JTA)
Abortion back in the legal spotlight
(Neil Addison, Religion Law Blog)
International "religious freedom" agenda will only embolden ISIS
(Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Religion Dispatches)
What the Pope could do to defend religious freedom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
Delay in Kansas same-sex marriages opposed
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Kansas same-sex marriage ruling generates flurry of appeals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 10 November 2014
U.S. justice temporarily blocks gay marriage in Kansas
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor blocks same-sex marriages in Kansas
(Jonathan Shorman, The Topeka Capital-Journal)
New lawsuit seeks to send polygamous Utah, Arizona towns back to 1942
(Nate Carlisle, Salt Lake Tribune)
Central African Republic: Urge end to killings, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Riolobos: «Las propuestas de Page y Sánchez contra la iglesia atacan a los intereses turísticos»
(La Tribuna de Ciudad Real.es)
Una exposición revela el origen judío de personalidades para combatir el antisemitismo
(LaVanguardia)
Eight members of Rwandan sect jailed for inciting revolt against Kagame
(Clement Uwiringiyimana and James Macharia, Reuters)
Priest urges UN to intervene after Pakistani woman, husband burned alive over Quran
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Chinese order Tibetan monks, nuns to leave Buddhist institutes
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Se reabre el debate acerca del aborto en Argentina
(Guillermina Sutter Schneider, Panam Post)
La polémica declaración de Viviana Canosa sobre el aborto
(Primicias Ya)
North Korea's release of US prisoners sparks debate on why
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Berlin celebrates 25 years since fall of Wall
(The Local (Germany))
EVENT, 10 November 2014: Peacebuilding in Central African Republic: The Views of Top Religious Leaders
(Imam Omar Kabine Layama, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Reverend Nicolas Guérékoyame Gbangou, United States Institute of Peace)
ISIS, Mariam Ibrahim case highlights need for deeper knowledge of Islam
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Three states voted on abortion amendments, with fight far from over
(Sandra Fish, Al Jazeera)
Canada welcomes launch of international coalition of parliamentarians committed to religious freedom
(Government of Canada)
USCIRF helps launch international parliamentary coalition to advance religious freedom
(USCIRF)
USCIRF issues report on Burma as Obama visit approaches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dying with Conscience: The potential application of Article 9 ECHR to assisted dying
(Elizabeth Wicks, SSRN: University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper)
First Muslim art museum in North America aims to create better understanding of Islam
(Shanifa Nasser, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Russian Orthodox Church calls on U.S. Christians to work together to achieve peace in Ukraine, Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)
96-year-old pastor loses credentials after marrying gay son
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Church of England schools to promote tolerance for other faiths and lifestyles
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
99 per cent of MPs support ban on gender-selective abortions
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Lesbian couple are supporting Christian printer's right to refuse pro-gay T-shirt orders
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Ex ISIS member reveals Turkey, a NATO member, is supporting Islamic State
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Arab-American convicted of covering up terrorist crimes in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Indian Muslims lose hope in National Secular Party
(Neha Thirani Bagri, The New York Times)
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