Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 16 September 2013
Full-face veils are 'inappropriate' in schools, Clegg warns as Tory MP calls for ban because 'they make women invisible'
(Matt Chorley and Chris Brooke, The Daily Mail)
Seminary, private college form Desmond Tutu center
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Religious leaders rip Kenya vote to withdraw from world court
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Alexander Nevsky submarine tested with prayer services
(Interfax)
"Muslim Quartet" should increase role in Syria settlement - Lavrov
(Interfax)
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Is Quebec creating a secular utopia?
(Margaret Somerville, Mercator Net)
New Philippines clashes shatter ceasefire hopes
(AFP, France 24 International News)
Muslims and bathing costumes: All in it together
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Florida county official faces discipline for post critical of Islam on Facebook
(Examiner.com)
Attacks on the members of the Evangelical Church of Yerevan after Archimandrite Komitas’s statements
(Stepan Danielyan, Religions in Armenia)
Canadian charter sparks fears over religious freedom threats
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Canada province considers ban on religious clothing, crucifixes
(Dave Bohon, The New American)
Ghana: Ban on Muslim students wearing religious veils called off
(Ghana News)
‘Silly’ secularism is the new ‘elf ‘n safety, says MP
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Christian leaders meet with Pentagon on religious liberty violations
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com)
Steve Young says he wants to build bridges with LGBT community
(Whitney Evans, Deseret News)
Assad gets a week to reveal chemical arms stockpile
(Ma'an News Agency)
Religion and law round up – 15th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Court denies preliminary injunction in contraceptive coverage mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
LDS join 'growing chorus' of faiths asking followers to defend religious liberty
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Religion and education in England and France: A sharp contrast, in theory
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
U.S. and Russia reach deal to destroy Syria’s chemical arms
(Michael R. Gordon, The New York Times)
What surveys say about worship attendance – and why some stay home
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
The Holy Cross (Journey into the Heart of God)
(Philip H. Pfatteicher, OUPblog)
'British Jews are a success story, but not yet free of anxiety'
(Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian / The Observer)
Pentecostal employee loses retaliation claim as 5th Circuit applies recent Supreme Court precedent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is Quebec’s secular charter constitutional? Nine legal experts weigh in
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)
Prominent sovereigntists come out against PQ’s charter tactics
(Les Perreaux, The Globe and Mail)
Businesses find anxiety and opportunity in Quebec’s values charter
(Barrie McKenna, Bertrand Marotte, and Sophie Cousineau, The Globe and Mail)
Jewish athletes balance careers and religion
(Randy Covitz, The Kansas City Star, Leader-Telegram)
Santa Rosa County rebounds since religion in schools issue
(Katie Tammen, NWF Daily News)
Hindu defined: 25 years in making, encyclopedia is complete
(Associated Press, The Missoulian)
Philippines: ARMM gov downplays religion angle in Zambo siege
(Allan Nawal, Charlie Señase, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Why are newspaper religion reporters quitting?
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
Yemeni minister seeks law to end child marriage
(BBC News)
Jewish teenagers attacked at Paris sports court
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish cult leader convicted for rape, torture in Jerusalem
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘The American’ Somali jihadist executed for sin of narcissism
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press)
Mikail, a young Coptic who fled Minya: Christians persecuted by Muslim Brotherhood, but also Mubarak
(AsiaNews.it)
Laotian authorities take aim at Christian families with threats of expulsion and abuse
(AsiaNews.it)
Activist hopes to become Turkey's first gay mayor
(Ahram Online)
Religion Online: Social media helps spread LDS message
(Tom Christensen, Standard-Examiner)
Religion: Every nation, tribe and tongue
(Bill Tinsley, Waco Tribune)
Ghana: Religious leaders to receive training
(Business Ghana)
Friday, 13 September 2013
8th Circuit: Pride Festival's limits on Bible distributions outside festival booths are invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argument: Absent without leave
(Will Marshall, Foreign Policy)
Bill would protect religious convictions
(Melissa Santos, The Olympian)
Birmingham college makes U-turn on face veil ban
(Press Association, The Guardian)
Christians flee Pakistani village after pastor accused of blasphemy
(World Watch Monitor)
Cohen: Without America, chaos
(Roger Cohen, The New York Times, The Salt Lake Tribune | Opinion)
Desmond Tutu: 'God doesn't want us being childish'
(Jamshid Ghazi Askar, The Deseret News)
Fight terrorism with religious freedom
(Robert P. George, CNN World)
Finally a limit is reached: Ninth Circuit rules McCormack can’t be prosecuted for her abortion
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check)
For Jews, Yom Kippur's message fits well with writing ethical wills
(Journal-Sentinel)
Human rights, religious freedom called necessary to lasting peace
(Mark Pattison, The Boston Pilot)
In Baby Veronica case, some evangelicals side with adoptive parents
(Angela Aleiss, Religion News Service)
Judge allows Muslim woman to wear niqab in London court
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Kirk plan to halt all weddings if gay marriage becomes law
(Herald Scotland)
Kosovo official presses U.S. Jews on Israel recognition
(News Brief, JTA)
Maintain religious tolerance ONS urges religious leaders
(Sierra Express Media)
Messianic Jewish group to host conference to explore recent Mideast events and Biblical prophecy
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
Pa. judge orders halt to marriage licenses to same-sex couples
(Kate Giammarise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Students, religious groups gather in 'Forward March'
(philstar.com)
The financial cost of religious faith
(Charles Passy, Market Watch)
The irresistible power of religion
(Fethullah Gulen, Leadership)
Virginia names scholar to new Mormon Studies chair
(Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times Arts Beat)
Welsh Anglicans allow women bishops, pressure mounts on Church of England
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Analysis: Turkey's Alevi Issue: Implications for sectarianism in the region
(Kanchi Gupta, Observer Research Foundation)
Protecting the Freedom of Religion and Beliefs in the Eastern Partnership Countries
(hosted by EU Ukraine Business Council and Human Rights Without Frontiers)
9/11 arrest * Exceptionalism dangerous? * Francis’ Renault: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Spain: Jihadists threaten Catalonia over burqa ban
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Algeria salafists denounce love celebration
(Mouna Sadek, Magharebia)
Why celibacy policy for Catholic priests is not changing soon
(Elizabeth Dias, Time World)
9/11 inspired attack? Taliban breaches US Consulate walls in Afghanistan
(Al Bawaba News)
New generation of theologians to promote retired Pope Benedict’s teachings
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters FaithWorld)
Analysis: Pope Francis’ outreach to atheists not as controversial as it seems
(David GIbson, Religion News Service)
Syrian rebels face another foe: Al Qaeda-linked militants
(Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Al-Jazeera op-ed: America should forget 9/11
(Examiner.com)
Assad: Israel should ditch its chemical weapons too
(News Brief, JTA)
New Harmony: A tale of two California shrines
(Jerry Earl Johnston, Deseret News)
Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones' arrest could be unconstitutional, experts say
(Steven Nelson, U.S. News)
Six months into papacy, large majority of Catholics continue to express favorable view of Pope Francis
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Yom Kippur brings Jewish High Holy Days to an end
(The Washington Post)
Pope Francis tells atheists to ‘obey their conscience’
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
With Scientology leader as a defendant, church legal team shows up in force
(Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times, Worldwide Religious News)
Nepal battles misconceptions over Buddha’s birthplace
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)
Islam in Germany: Burqini ruling was the right call
(Commentary by Dietmar Hipp and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online International)
Might the Church of Scotland stop conducting “civil” marriages?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
German 'Desert Flower' centre to help circumcised women
(Fox News)
Myanmar Buddhist committee bans anti-Muslim organisations
(Jared Ferrie and Min Zayar Oo, Reuters)
Somali Islamic scholars denounce al-Shabab in fatwa
(BBC News)
Veil exposes courtroom quandary
(BBC News)
Christian widows in India beaten for refusing to ‘reconvert’ to Hinduism
(Morning Star News)
Muslim herdsmen kill six Christians outside Jos, Nigeria
(Morning Star News)
Australian Orthodox leader apologizes for ‘culture of cover-up’ on abuse
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Spain to vote on making Holocaust studies obligatory
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Police arrest religious arsonist, impound 2,998 kerosene-soaked Korans
(Yori Yanover, Jewish Press)
Pakistan: Innocent Ahmadis continue to be harassed persecuted and murdered while the government looks on
(Asian Human Rights Commission)
A plea for caution from Russia
(Vladmir V. Putin, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
For somber Jews on Yom Kippur, white is the new black
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
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