Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 18 January 2013
Conway School District embroiled in church and state fight
(Jonathan Athens, Arkansas Matters)
Media Reports on the European Court rulings in Eweida and others v. United Kingdom
(Video Reports, Christian Concern)
Pakistan's envoy to US faces potentially deadly blasphemy accusation
(Fakkar Rehman and F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News)
Proposed Christian law school at Trinity Western under fire because of university’s anti-gay rules
(Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun)
Some Uruguayan doctors refuse to perform abortions despite law
(Malena Castaldi, Global Post (Thomson Reuters))
US officials call for Iran to release Iranian-American pastor
(Associated Press)
Nigeria detains suspects from military church bombing
(Reuters)
Violence in Mali, Algeria raises fresh fear of radical Islam
(Becky Bratu, NBC Worldwide News)
Ecclesiastical Law Journal - First 2013 issue now available
(Mark Hill, QC, editor, Cambridge Journals)
Muslims, Christians clash in southern Egypt over accusations in Luxor
(Haggag Salama, AP, Worldwide Religious News)
Israel’s Knesset set for record influx of Orthodox lawmakers after Jan 22 vote
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters FaithWorld)
Tax court rejects Free Exercise and Equal Protection challenge to exclusion of Navajo clan relatives as children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Colo. civil unions bill could endanger Catholic child services
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Could Britain move away from EU and toward the Commonwealth?
(Ben Quinn, The Christian Science Monitor)
Secularism and Christianity
(Fr Alfred Micallef, The Times of Malta)
Legal Regulation of Religious Communities in EU Member States: A Human Rights Perspective
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Gideon Bible distribution in school causes conflict in NC county
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Egyptian court sentences Christian family to 15 years for converting from Islam
(Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News)
Reformed church organization granted corporate status in Germany
(World Communion of Reformed Churches)
Violence erupts after Mulsim protesters attack Upper Egypt Church
(Ahram Online)
Lawmakers' presence raises questions of religion and nationality for Hindus
(Deepti Hajela, Washington Post)
40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes are winning -- and losing
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton to preach at inaugural National Prayer Service
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service)
Creve Coeur passes funeral protest law targeting Westboro Baptist
(Gregg Palermo, Creve Couer Patch)
Catholic schools in Blitar agree to provide Islamic lessons
(Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post)
Victims seek public release of documents in archdiocese bankruptcy
(Annysa Johnson, Journal Sentinel)
Press Release: USCIRF Calls charges against Iranian-American Pastor bogus, urges immediate release
(USCIRF)
USA: Egypt needs to do more on religious violence
(Reuters)
Thursday, 17 January 2013
On detention and beating of Orthodox Christians by Kosovo police
(Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service, Interfax-religion)
The "victimology" subterfuge
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
The self-delusions of secular Jews
(Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Huff Post Religion)
Roe and religion: A surprising history
(Sally Steenland, Huff Post Religion)
Nigeria’s northern insurgency and the selfishness of the nation’s elite
(Emeka Mamah, Clifford Ndujihe, Okey Ndiribe & Dapo Akinrefon, Vanguard)
State Committee: “Fact of religious intolerance has been revealed in the books, which the Jehovah's Witnesses religious community attempted to bring to Azerbaijan”
(Mubariz Aslanov, APA)
Questions for the House of Laity (and the Church)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Chaplin, Eweida, Ladele and McFarlane: the judgment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Nationalism, religion a deadly mix in Balochistan
(Jafaria News Network)
Chechnya admin denies restrictions on religious freedom
(Interfax-Religion)
Citing religion, some health workers refuse flu shots
(Janice Lloyd, Religion News Service)
Azerbaijan: No legal place of worship for 40,000-strong town
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Pakistani cleric, government strike deal
(Zarar Khan, Associated Press)
Study shows Bible courses plagued by insufficient teacher training, religious bias, poor instructional materials
(Texas Freedom Network)
Judge orders Russia to pay $50K per day in contempt sanctions
(Zoe Tillman, The Blog of Legal Times)
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
At once Catholic and secular, France debates gay marriage
(Steven Erlanger, New York Times)
Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote
(Rebecca Santana, Associated Press)
Contraception coverage heads to high court
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
Morsi’s slurs against Jews stir concern
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
RI coalition rallies support for gay marriage
(David Klepper, Associated Press)
Vatican criticizes European religious freedom ruling
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Presidential Proclamation -- Religious Freedom Day
(Barack Obama, The White House)
European Court of Human Rights supports the right to wear a cross at work
(Sarah Ash and Nick Thomas, Lexicology)
Four get religious-liberty awards from First Freedom Center
(Graham Moomaw, Times Dispatch)
First Freedom Awards 2013: Rebiya Kadeer, Tad Stahnke, Eric Treene, W. Taylor Reveley III
(First Freedom Center)
Commission welcomes European Court of Human Rights ruling on religious discrimination cases
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
European court rules religion cannot justify anti-gay discrimination
(Michael K. Lavers, Washington Blade)
Balancing Christian and gay rights isn't easy - give Strasbourg some credit
(Joshua Rozenberg, The Guardian)
Abp Mamberti responds to European Court of Human Rights judgement
(Vatican Radio)
ECHR: "Obsessive political correctness" trumps freedom of conscience
(European Dignity Watch)
End conditions that feed terrorism, Ban tells Security Council at day-long debate
(UN News Centre)
Hungary's "revival of the the cult of anti-Semitism"
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Azerbaijan: Accountability for raiders through Baku and Strasbourg courts?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Anonymous to protect funeral of Reddit co-founder from Westboro Baptist protest
(Vincent Funaro, (The Christian Post) CP Tech & Biz)
Obama picks D.C. Episcopal priest to deliver inauguration benediction
(Lisa Desjardins and Eric Marrapod, CNN Belief Blog)
Rising religious restrictions around the world include wearing of religious symbols
(Pew Research Center)
Westboro Baptist Church gets permit to protest President Barack Obama inauguration
(Cavan Sieczkowski, Huff Post Religion)
Pakistan’s newest martyrs: Why anti-Shi‘ite violence may be the country’s biggest problem
(Omar Waraich, Time)
Aum successor wins damages, apology from Tokyo government
(The Japan Times)
How much Quran belongs in the classroom?
(Ariel Zirulnick, The Christian Science Monitor)
Muslims demolish church building in Egypt
(Mary Abdelmassih, Assyrian International News Agency)
15 years in jail: Egyptian family charged for attempting to restore Christian names
(Russia Today (RT))
Judge halts Illinois state mandate of contraceptives and abortifacients coverage in his HHS lawsuit
(Thomas More Society)
ObamaCare a drain on freedom: plumbing supply co.’s suit enters pipeline
(Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cross will stay in parliament, Polish court rules
(Polskie Radio)
U.S. to mark 20th Religious Freedom Day
(David Ward, Deseret News)
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Cross case nurse Shirley Chaplin plans to appeal ruling
(BBC News)
Kosovo: 56 Orthodox Tombstones Seriously Vandalized
(Draško Đenović, Centar 9)
International religious freedom: A human right for everyone
(Ben Rogers, Conservative Home)
Something to celebrate on Religious Freedom Day
(John Ragosta, Religion News Service)
Human rights panel: 'gay' trumps 'faith'
(Alex Newman, WND Faith)
Mixed religious-freedom rulings at European Court of Human Rights
(Catholic World News, CatholicCulture.org)
European court rejects three UK faith bias complaints
(Claire Davenport, Reuters)
Stanford University appoints atheist 'chaplain'
(Thomas Kidd, World News Service, Religion Today)
A loss for the Christian lobby: the ECHR ruling reinforces the crucial point that religious rights don't automatically trump the rights of others
(Jerome Taylor, The Independent)
Ontario police investigate and lay polygamy charges, while B.C. dithers
(Daphne Bramham, The Star Phoenix)
The Atlantic’s Scientology problem, start to finish
(Erik Wemple, The Washington Post)
Satanists plan rally in support of Florida Gov. Rick Scott
(Christina NG, ABC Nightline)
NY teacher sues over classroom religious displays
(Carolyn Thompson, AP, Worldwide Religious News)
Faith in religion good for mental health, says new study
(Independent.ie)
More than 1,000 Catholic priests in England sign open letter railing against gay marriage proposal
(Cavan Sieczkowski, Huff Post Religion)
Polish court rejects motion to remove crucifix from parliament
(Reuters FaithWorld)
The EHF welcomes the European Court of Human Rights’s judgement about supposed “Christian discrimination” and joins its member organisation BHA’s analysis about it
(European Humanist Federation)
Vatican II and religious liberty
(Joe Carter, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Saudi clerics protest against appointing women to advisory body
(Asma Alsharif, Reuters)
Religious freedom across the pond
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
The puzzle of religious liberty
(Benjamin Wiker, The Catholic World Report)
European Court: Religious beliefs do not trump anti-discrimination law
(Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches)
Religion and Downton Abbey
(Rev. Ian Markham, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)
Christians win and lose at European human rights court
(Whitney Williams, World News Service)
Europe's top human rights court defines limits of religious freedom
(Daniel DeFraia and Paul Ames, Global Post)
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