Law and Religion Headlines
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Can Christians still go to Harvard?
(Kirsten Powers, The Daily Beast)
Withdrawal of land from uranium mining survives Establishment Clause challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq: Forced marriage, conversion for Yezidis
(Human Rights Watch)
Study: Americans want more religion in politics
(Sara Grossman, CNN Belief Blog)
15% rise in Dutch euthanasia deaths
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
Who leads the fight against gay discrimination in Nigeria? The Catholic Church
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
Can death be beautiful? A response to Brittany Maynard
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme indecision on marriage redefinition
(Catholic News Agency)
Saturday, 11 October 2014
The (in)human dimension of Ghana’s prayer camps
(Shantha Rau Barriga, Open Democracy | Open Global Rights)
Ethnic dimension of Iraqi Assyrians often ignored
(Maxim Edwards, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Palestinian Christian village cancels Oktoberfest
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Muslim waiter alleges religious harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Marriage equality proponents win victories in Nevada, Idaho, North Carolina
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysian Christians lash government after supremacist evades prosecution
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Kansas Supreme Court blocks gay marriage licenses
(Laura McCallister, KCTV 5 Kansas City News)
Cape questioned over football prayer with coach
(Melissa Steele, Cape Gazette)
Newman Society, Catholic leaders fight repeal of religious protections in nation’s Capital
(CNS Staff, Catholic Education Daily)
Ohio community defies Atheist group's threat with public prayer at high school football game
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg’s Judgments on Domestic Policy (PDF)
(Edited by Dia Anagnostou, Edinburgh University Press)
The Second Vatican Council and John Henry Newman
(Ian Ker, OUPblog Religion)
7 things every Christian should know about faith in the workplace
(Charisma News)
Same-sex marriage on 35-state trajectory
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Religious freedom: A genuinely fair approach
(Maggie Garrett, Cato Unbound)
The man working to bring down China's one-child policy
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)
No delay on Idaho same-sex marriages (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
The difference between religions and cults from five perspectives [Simplified Chinese]
(Sina News)
Emerging and developing economies much more optimistic than rich countries about the future
(Pew Research Global Attitudes Project)
WCC general secretary meets with Patriarch Kirill in Moscow
(World Council of Churches)
Catholic bishops debate: Where does doctrine end and pastoral practice begin?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
What the Church can do (communion for the divorced and remarried)
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
A surprising tie that binds Hong Kong's protest leaders: Faith
(Frank Lanfitt, NPR Parallels)
Throwing Catholic charities under the bus
(Phyllis Zagano, National Catholic Reporter)
The study of law as a spiritual act: Finding truth and meaning in the Talmud
(Adam Kirsch, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
CofE parishes: the future
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Why do so many liberals despise Christianity?
(Damon Linker, The Week)
Friday, 10 October 2014
Atlanta Rabbi Shalom Lewis calls for 'holy crusade' against radical Islam
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)
N.C. high court to examine private school vouchers
(AP, Winston-Salem Journal)
Oral Arguments in Holt v. Hobbs (Muslim prisoner beard case) (transcript)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Oral Arguments in Holt v. Hobbs (Muslim prisoner beard case) (audio)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Why religious freedom for prisoners matters
(Luke W. Goodrich, The Hill: Congress Blog)
FRA and civil society develop strategic framework for cooperation
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)
Iraqi women targeted for execution by IS
(Pascale el Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Turkish government risks isolating Kurds, facing IS alone
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
In battle against Kurds, is it AKP's policy to back IS?
(Cengiz Çandar, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Dutch Protestant school hires 'dress coaches' to teach right class garb
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
ADF to Ariz. school district: Teachers free to have personal Bible at desk
(Sonoran News)
Instant view: It's Kristallnacht; execute the terrorists
(The Commentator)
Judaism's sexual revolution: Why Judaism rejected homosexuality
(Chuck Colson, BreakPoint)
Capital events highlight threats to American religious freedom
(Andrew E. Harrod, Juicy Ecumenism)
Vatican debate on gays provokes strong reaction from all corners
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Church giving won’t rise unless pastors embrace Jesus’ teachings on poor, report says
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Kidnapped Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor escapes from Boko Haram
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Greens want to counter extremism among youth using outreach body
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Australia: Pastor puts 'Muslims welcome here' sign outside his church
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Tallying the same-sex marriage states (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Works of Nobel Prize for Literature winner Patrick Modiano deal with Holocaust issues
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Taliban shooting victim Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist share Nobel
(Griff Witte and Brian Murphy, The Washington Post)
The Nobel Peace Price for 2014: Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay
(Nobelprize.org)
For Pakistani Christians and Muslims, Nobel Prize to Malala helps fight for human rights in the country
(AsiaNews.it)
In Pakistani’s Swat Valley, Malala’s peace prize seen as slap at Taliban
(Haq Nawaz Khan, The Washington Post)
Religion, employment and teaching: The staff and their souls
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Jihadists seize Kurdish HQ in Syria's Kobane, massacre feared
(Fulya Ozerkan with Sara Hussein in Beirut, AFP via Yahoo!News)
After Court action, U.Va. adds same-sex benefits
(Inside Higher Ed)
Kazakhstan: Ten days' imprisonment for "extremist" book
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Justices show skepticism about prison no beard rule
(Tony Mauro, New York Law Journal)
Religion and politics mingle as Supreme Court, Vatican put focus on just who defines a modern family
(Anne-Gerard Flynn, Mass Live)
Repressions against Crimean Tatars have significantly intensified
(Timur Bakiev, Ground Report)
Ultra-orthadox Jewish men "stand up" for "religious freedom" ... on a plane
(Kara Loewentheil, USC Annenberg: Religious Dispatches)
Australia's terrorism laws 'could criminalise preaching from Qur'an'
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
China’s one-child policy: Pro-choice and pro-life must work together to end forced abortion and gendercide
(Reggie Littlejohn, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
NC school district to keep but re-evaluate Bible curriculum
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
California churches take action against forced abortion coverage
(Tom Ciesielka, Christian News Wire)
California megachurch pastor Rick Cole sleeps on the streets to raise funds for the homeless
(Smitha Nambiar, Christian Today)
Turkey condemns Israeli security forces for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Tunisia's Islamists ready for a coalition with old regime officials
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)
Estonia first ex-Soviet state to legalise gay marriage
(BBC News)
Estonian president promulgated the controversial Cohabitation Law
(The Baltic Course)
Leading Vatican cardinal says Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Church officials struggle to assist those with mental illness
(Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register)
Notre Dame, Saint Mary's extend benefits to same-sex spouses
(Margaret Fosmoe, South Bend Tribune)
Frustrations end as gay couples marry in Las Vegas
(Kimberly Pierceall, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
N.C. GOP leaders face noon deadline to intervene in same-sex marriage lawsuits
(Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer)
A beheading in Oklahoma: Was it terrorism or workplace violence?
(Holly Bailey, Yahoo! News)
The woman’s place in the synagogue
(Barry Davis, The Jerusalem Post)
Christian clerics to Europe: Recognize Palestinian statehood
(The Jerusalem Post)
College students get app to combat anti-Semitism
(Hannah Dreyfus, The Jewish Week)
Three wheels and three walls: New York’s tricycle sukkahs
(Raffi Wineburg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reform rabbis nudge ICE on deportations
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel Police restrict Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount following riots
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Abortion law reform in Northern Ireland – so will it happen this time round?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope Francis' message to Catholic Charities USA
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Human rights: The gay divide
(The Economist)
Britain, Sweden - and a State of Palestine?
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
Christian students to get their own religion classes, Turkey’s education minister says
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Minister: Christian theology lessons to be introduced in schools
(Daily Sabah)
Christians urge India's prime minister to halt torment in Madhya Pradesh
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Muslim women attacked in Australian communities after anti-terror raids
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Symposium: The human costs of staying out of the marriage debate
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The gay marriage cases and federal jurisdiction
(Steven Calabresi, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The Supreme Court’s deliberation-forcing move in the marriage equality cases
(William Eskridge Jr., SCOTUSblog)
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