Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 November 2014
Vatican to host global meeting of faith leaders to discuss marriage
(Mormon Newsroom)
Native American Heritage Month: Much to celebrate, much to defend
(Stephanie Keenan, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Shias begin Ashura ceremonies
(Al Bawaba News)
London bus passenger who shouted anti-Semitic epithets jailed
(JTA)
In Bangladesh, the Sisters of Mother Teresa stand with single mothers against abortion
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Religion: Take it or leave it
(The Economist)
Abortion is illegal and wrong for Indonesian Muslim leaders as well
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Ukraine needs to resolve problem of church property
(Stetson University)
Ukraine’s vote proves Putin wrong and puts anti-Semitic past behind
(John Lloyd, Reuters)
Crimea: "All our priests and nuns will have to leave by the 2014 year end"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
B.C. lawyers discriminate against religious minority
(Jeremy Maddock, Lillooet News)
Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Islamist politician
(Paper Chase, The Jurist)
Gate with ‘Work Makes You Free’ sign stolen from Dachau
(JTA)
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on passport designation for Americans born in Jerusalem
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SCOTUS hears arguments in Israel passport case
(John Gerstein, Politico)
U.S. foreign policy concerns loom large in Jerusalem passport case
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
Argument analysis: Playing “diplomat for a day”
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Federal district court holds Humanism is a religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Denial kills you twice: Canada's response to terrorism
(Harley J. Sims, MercatorNet)
U.S. top court leaves intact New York City pregnancy center rule
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
Tension simmers following attack on Christians in troubled Bastar
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Brittany Maynard, advocate for 'death with dignity,' dies
(Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN)
Brittany Maynard, as promised, ends her life at 29
(Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post)
Certiorari denied in NYC pregnancy center and Texas Episcopal Church property cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Issues of interest on tomorrow's state ballots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
At American Jewish day schools, unions are rare — and becoming rarer
(JTA)
Abuse victim awarded $13.5 M in suit against Jehovah's Witness Watchtower Society
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Campus access is a national issue
(Julie Oosterhouse, Mission Network News)
Silence, and speculation, on health care, plus cert denied in a church land dispute
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute
(Associated Press, Boston Herald)
China officials 'buy corpses to meet cremation quota'
(BBC News)
The rght to say ‘God’ divides a diverse nation
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)
Egypt jails eight men after ‘gay marriage’ ceremony on Nile
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
Convert to Islam tests boundaries of Germany’s terror laws
(Anton Troianovski, The Wall Street Journal)
Mars Hill Church to disband, tells local branches to go independent
(Craig Welch, The Seattle Times)
Faith in Bible led Ohio man to North Korea prison
(Felicia Schwartz, The Wall Street Journal)
Houston Mayor retreats on fight over pastor subpoenas
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal: Law Blog)
Israel approves law to ease conversion to Judaism
(Agence France-Presse, Hürriyet Daily News)
Saudi Arabia and its merciless judges
(Deutsche Welle)
Far-right Israeli MP visits al-Aqsa compound, defying Netanyahu
(Luke Baker, Reuters)
Qatar pares support for Islamists but careful to preserve ties
(Amena Bakr, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia mobilizes clergy and media against jihadi recruitment
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)
Uruguayan churches offer some resettlement help to Syrian refugees
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Buddhist extremists accused of persecuting Sri Lanka Christians
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Rogue pastors endorse candidates, but IRS looks away
(Rachael Bade, Politico)
Archbishop Justin visits Ghana with praise for its 'remarkable' religious tolerance
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Anglican Communion members gather for anti-trafficking, slavery consultation
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Iraq airstrikes not a solution, says Syrian priest
(Beatrice Paez, Anglican Journal)
Turkish politician calls for Vatican-like administration of Mecca
(Tulay Cetingulec, Al-Monitor)
Iran lies about religious freedom, Christian, Baha'i believers say at UN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Suicide bombing targets Shia festival in Nigeria
(Al Jazeera)
Moody’s Diner co-owner accused of discriminating against employee based on religion
(Beth Brogan, Bangor Daily News)
Pope Francis’ other pro-life campaign
(Jesse Carey, Relevant Magazine)
Europe and the world engage in thoughtful debate in Prague
(Johanna Touzel, COMECE, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
MPs poised to declare gender abortion illegal
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Anglican clergy support greater separation between church and state
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Surrogacy, human dignity and the best interests of the child
(José Ramos-Ascensão, COMECE, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Academic freedom, religious institutions and the state
(Daniel Kuebler, Public Discourse)
Reconciliation over the war graves
(Martin Maier sj JESC, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Freedom of religion - rights enshrined [VIDEO]
(Tom Ellis: The Eweida Case, The Open University)
Brittany Maynard, death with dignity advocate, dies
(Al Jazeera)
EVENT, 3-4 November 2014: Islam in Eurasia: State Policies, Social Changes and Globalized Interactions
(Central Asia Program)
Sunday, 2 November 2014
The "explosive growth" of jihadism in the Netherlands
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Cabinet approves controversial Jewish conversion law making system more accessible
(Jeremy Sharon and Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Yemen: Political rivals sign deal tasking country's leaders to form new government
(Ria Novosti, Eurasia Review)
Israel's cabinet approves regulation that will ease conversions to Judaism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Extremist Hindu groups in India using violence to prevent Hindu-Muslim marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion and law round-up – 2nd November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The new culture war: religious freedom
(Irin Carmon, MSNBC)
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Slavery in Islam: To have and to hold
(The Economist)
The roots of the Islamic State's appeal
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)
Philadelphia passes hate crimes ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8 convicted for alleged same-sex wedding in Egypt
(The Associated Press, NewsObserver.com)
Egyptian court sentences men in gay wedding party to 3 years in prison
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egyptian court sentences 8 men to jail for 3 years over 'gay marriage'
(Al Bawaba News)
Utah Governor: Religious freedom legislation on the way
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Abortion law upheld by minority vote
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Egypt jails eight men over gay marriage video
(Lin Noueihed, Reuters)
Religious talk: Salem school bars church leader
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
China sentences 12 to death for July attack in Xinjiang region
(Miko, Ecumenical News)
Democracy or ISIS; Maghreb youth debate choice
(Mawassi Lahcen, Magharebia)
Banning Sharia law: Is that really on the ballot as a constitutional amendment?
(Greg Garrison, The Huntsville Times)
South Carolina's same-sex marriage ban faces another challenge
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
25 years after the Berlin Wall falls, faith remains fragile in former East Germany
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Turkish leader, using conflicts, cements power
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
B.C. lawyers vote down Trinity Western law school
(Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun)
Lawyers’ referendum not just about TWU – It’s about our commitment to the rule of law
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
CCCC intervention in Trinity Western: Called to participate, but not at the table
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Religion in China: Cracks in the atheist edifice
(The Economist)
Orthodox Christianity in China: A comb worth fighting for
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Is nonviolence a solution to all the world’s conflicts?
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Omar Khadr urges Canadian government to respect law while dealing with national security issues – OpEd
(Andy Worthington, Eurasia Review)
ISIS snuffs out ancient Christianity
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Crib from one book, it’s plagiarism: crib from twenty, it’s research?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
"Britain belongs to Allah”: Anjem Choudary and his supporters
(Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
UN Security Council condemns ISIL's murder of Sunni tribesmen in Anbar
(UN News Centre)
Text messaging project helps ease religious and tribal tensions in Kenya’s Tana Delta
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Friday, 31 October 2014
$13.5M for Jehovah’s Witness sex victim
(Kristina Davis, San Diego Union Tribune)
An attack on love
(Sonia Faleiro, The New York Times Opinion)
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