Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Future of Egypt rests in its people’s hands - OpEd
(Linda Heard, Arab News)
Hebrew teacher assaulted in possible anti-Semitic attack in Kiev
(JTA)
Hollande: 'We will not tolerate hate against any religion'
(AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff, Arutz Sheva 7)
Iraq’s Anbar: is religion trumping tribe?
(Dr. Theodore Karasik, Al Arabiya News Middle East)
Judge censured for asking staffers to pray, run errands
(Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal)
Judge rejects minister's claim on Oklahoma license plate
(Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World)
Kansas City rabbi grows a congregation of Latin American Jews
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)
Kazakhstan: 48-hour jail terms for refusing to pay "unjust" fines
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Legion reformed?
(Thomas V. Berg, First Things: First Thoughts)
Little punjab 200 years after first entering Nepal, the Nepali Sikh community has successfully retained its distinctive cultural and religious identity
(Meghna Bali, Nepali Times)
Lords defeat Government on “spad” lobbying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Macedonia prey to global racket in holy icon theft
(Konstantin Testorides, The News Tribune)
Marriage Testimony: You can’t say fathers are essential if the law redefines marriage to make them optional
(Kelsey Harris, The Foundry (blog))
Morocco Jews pray for rain at king’s request
(JTA)
Most Britons believe the terminally ill should have the right to an assisted suicide (The Sun)
(David Pearce, Campaign for Dying in Dignity)
New Evangelical movement seeks split from pro-Israel line
(McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed Politics)
New Mexico photography business seeks Supreme Court review
(Thomas Messner, The Heritage Foundation)
Notre Dame students allowed to join health care lawsuit
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)
Pew Report: Religious Hostilities Reach Six-Year High
(Brian J. Grim, Principal Researcher, Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Poland: Painting of Jews murdering Christian children to go on display
(The Jewish Press)
Quebec values charter takes a beating at opening day of public hearings
(Rhéal Séguin, The Globe and Mail)
Religious hostilities impact more people than government restrictions on religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Saudi Arabia: Women on cloud nine as travel notification halted
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Sri Lankan Buddhist radicals attack two independent Christian churches
(AsiaNews.it)
Texas textbooks: A case study for creationism’s staying power
(Molly Worthen, Religion & Politics)
The archbishop of Westminster and LGBT Catholics
(The Guardian)
The Gaza withdrawal and Israel's permanent dilemma
(George Friedman, Stratfor)
The Hindus of Bangladesh fear for their future
(Joseph Allchin, Time World)
The power of a circle: Standing hand-in-hand to overcome discrimination
(Ellen Blum Barish, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Turkey cracks down on charity suspected of arming Al Qaeda affiliates in Syria (+video)
(Ariel Zirulnick, The Christian Science Monitor)
U of M Bangladeshi students and grads protest violence against religious minorities
(Kevin Linklater, The Manitoban)
WCC general secretary invokes blessings for WCRC’s new office in Hannover
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 13 January 2014
2014 New Years' blessings from religious leaders
(Huff Post Religion)
Ahmad Tibi: The Arab thorn on the side of Israeli Jews
(Aaron Magid, Your Middle East)
Atheist Afghan man granted asylum in UK to protect him from ‘religious’ persecution
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Atheists file federal lawsuit to remove Christian monument at OK state capitol
(Press Release, American Atheists)
Blogs and Bullets III: Syria’s socially mediated civil war
(Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, and Sean Aday, USIP PeaceTech Initiative)
Catholic fury over schools’ gay sex guide
(Rod Mills, Scottish Express)
EVENT, 12 January 2014: One-time Miracle or Exemplar: What are the lessons of Mandela's legacy and South Africa's transition for other countries?
(United States Institute of Peace)
ewish groups challenging Fla. synagogue over $3 million bequest
(JTA)
Fear and faith: global persecution of Christians increases
(Evangelical Alliance)
Get thee to a nunnery
(Timothy George, First Things: On the Square)
Hindus in Bangladesh rattled by a string of attacks
(Hassan Haq Inu, Firstpost World)
How might cooperation play a role in evolution?
(Martin Nowak, Big Questions Online)
Is Eric Holder making up gay marriage law as he goes along? Or is this how progress happens?
(Emily Bazelon, Slate)
New Iran agreement includes secret side deal, Tehran official says
(Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times)
Obamacare’s many loopholes: Forcing individuals and taxpayers to fund elective abortion coverage
(Sarah Torre, The Heritage Foundation)
York University’s religious accommodation decision the correct one, dean writes
(Graham Slaughter, The Star (Canada))
Chicago cardinal stresses accountability amid past clergy reports
(Catholic News Agency)
Federal abortion funding harms women, experts tell Congress
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
The Arab World: Trying times ahead
(Ranjit Gupta, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Mobs Led by Buddhist Monks attack two Christian churches at Hikkaduwa in southern Sri Lanka during Sunday worship
(D.B.S. Jeyaraj, dbsjeyaraj.com)
Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law, drawing U.S. fire
(Felix Onuah, Worldwide Religious News)
UK: Christian counsellors ban therapy aimed at 'converting' gay patients
(Patrick Strudwick, The Guardian)
Disturbing YouTube video of Russian thugs burning Quran, beating up Muslims sparks police investigation
(SyndiGate.info, Al Bawaba)
APPLICATIONS DUE January 15: Inquiry on Law & Religious Freedom Visiting Scholar Program
(Center of Theological Inquiry)
EVENT, 24 January 2014: Law & Religious Liberties Symposium, Tempe, AZ
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society & St. Thomas More Legal Society, Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law - Great Hall)
EVENT, 28 January 2014: Mohler/Douthat/Prager on religious liberty
(Owen Strachan, Pathos Blog: thoughtlife)
UK faith minister warns of religious freedom crisis, in Vatican newspaper
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sumatra: in one month authorities block the construction of five churches
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Mawlid 2014: Muslims Observe Prophet Muhammad's B'day [PHOTOS]
(International Business Times - Religion)
Mauritanians condemn call to kill author
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Earlier appellate decision in Texas church property case withdrawn in light of new state supreme court ruling
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
It is Muhammad’s birthday! Rumi’s take on Muhammad as the Prophet of Love
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)
Yemeni educators take a stand against terrorism and extremism
(Faisal Darem, Al-Shorfa)
I found Islam through my business dealings: Canadian Catholic discovers Islam
(Yusuf Ali Bernier, OnIslam)
India Constitution wrongly interpreted to deny rights to minorities: Minister
(ZeeNews)
US researcher speaks on religious freedom, meets pope
(Kellie Yoder, Mennonite World Review)
The Irish and Asian Buddhism is a story that goes back 14 centuries
(Laurence Cox, The Irish Times - Religion & Beliefs)
High court rejects review of Arizona's 20-week abortion ban
(Bill Mears, CNN)
Pope looks to developing world in appointing new cardinals
(Jim Yardley, International New York Times)
Q&A: Quebec minister defends religious ban
(Daniel Lak, Al Jazeera)
Religion and the law: The Jais raid on the premises of the Bible Society of Malaysia has put into focus the Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Enactment 1988 of Selangor
(The Star Online (Malaysia))
Kalashnikov asked the Patriarch shortly before his death if he is guilty in killing people with his gun
(Interfax-Religion)
Rajshahi: Islamists kill young Catholic who complained about anti-Christian violence
(Bangladesh, AsiaNews.it)
Indonesian jihadists taking up arms in Syria
(Okky Feliantiar, Al-Shorfa)
India's riot-displaced decry 'evictions'
(Sophie Cousins, Al Jazeera)
Are liberals too "special" to go to church?
(Elizabeth Drescher, Religion Dispatches: (A)theologies)
Gay marriage and the eclipse of religious liberty
(Denny Burk, The Southern Blog, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Haiti - Religion : For the first time in its history, Haiti has a Cardinal
(Haiti Libre)
Pressure to have fantasy wedding threatening marriage, warns Rowan Williams
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
The continuing legacy of Sir John Templeton
(beliefnet)
Rewards offered for Maghreb terrorists
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)
Why Christians shouldn’t support Dennis Rodman’s North Korea circus
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Pope says abortion evidence of 'throwaway culture'
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, ABC News)
What the quenelle!? * Burned books * Utah’s unions: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 6-13
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Iran, 6 world powers agree to nuclear deal terms
(Nasser Karimi of Associated Press, MSN News)
When the right to religion conflicts with a changing society
(NPR)
Belarus: Baptist worship raided, Catholic priest "will be tried"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Sharon's legacies — in life and death: How should we die Jewishly and with dignity?
(Jane Eisner, The Jewish Daily Forward)
It’s about women’s health and rights
(Donna Barry, Center for American Progress)
Obamacare overreach tramples Little Sisters: Our view
(The Editorial Board, USA Today)
In response to ‘Freedom of religion does not guarantee exemption from law’
(Joe Puchner, The Crimson White)
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Religion and Law round-up – 12th January
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
AP Enterprise: Brawl hurts Berlin Jewish community
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Forced conversion of Hindu girls on the rise: Pakistan Hindu Council
(Hinduism Today)
Let Little Sisters minister to poor – OpEd
(Deroy Murdock, Boston Herald)
My view: Same-sex marriage decisions and 3 attacks on religious freedom
(Michael Worley, Deseret News)
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ex-Shin Bet chief leaves Denmark following torture accusation
(JTA)
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