Law and Religion Headlines


Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Challenges remain in ensuring minority rights respected globally, says Ban
(UN News Centre)

Don't blame the church
(K.J. Alphons, The Hindu)

Edmonton human rights centre aims to bridge youth differences on religion
(Jane Cardillo, Edmonton Journal)

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
(Sarah El Deeb, The Daily Star Lebanon)

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
(Sarah Deeb, Associated Press)

Federal judge dismisses Pittsburgh diocese lawsuit seeking exemption to health care law
(Adam Brandolph, Trib Live)

Gay Orthodox Jews sue over therapy that claims to ‘cure’ them
(Zoë Blackler, The Daily Beast)

Hungary anti-Semitism: MP condemned over 'list of Jews'
(BBC News Europe)

In hero of the Catholic left, a conservative cardinal sees a saint
(Sharon Otterman, New York Times)

India appoints first Muslim to head Intelligence Bureau in 125-year history
(Jason Burke, The Guardian )

Indonesia: Indigenous communities want religion scrubbed from ID cards
(Amir Tejo, The Jakarta Globe)

Indonesia: Shia refugees' supplies cut off
(Ryan Dagur, UCAN)

Ireland and abortion – the debate continues
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Korea church scraps border Christmas lights
(AFP, UCAN)

Let's quit the European Court of Human Rights says ex-justice minister: Uproar in Commons over votes for prisoners
(James Slack and Jack Doyle, Mail Online)

Mormon missionary age reduction prompts U. deferment policy
(Brain Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Muslims not free to choose religion, repent: Cheif imam
(The Sun Daily)

Nigerian army chief estimates death toll by Boko Haram at 3,000
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)

Norway’s cops apologize for sending Jews to WWII death camps
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Pakistan: 'Religion and politics'
(Ather Naveed, Dawn.com)

Persecution or freedom? Kansas town decides to remove religious cross from seal
(Matt Harrigan, syracuse.com)

Polish court bans ritual slaughter, EU gives go-ahead
(AFP, France24)

Polish ruling on kosher meat angers Jews
(Marcin Goettig, Reuters, Yahoo! News)

Religion educators respond to students’ questions about faith
(Samuel Speciale, The Pathenon (Marshall University))

Religious communities support government draft on circumcision
(Deutscher Bundestag, Deutscher Bundestag)

Religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia?
(Chad Groening, One News Now)

Salvation Army's red kettle holiday campaign takes heat from gay rights activists
(Huffington Post)

SPLC announces fraud suit over gay conversion therapy
(Southern Poverty Law Center)

U.N. committee expresses concern for Myanmar's Muslims
(Michelle Nichols, The Star Online)

UK not doing enough to combat human trafficking and domestic slavery
(Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights Blog)

Vatican says it will promote religious liberty in Saudi-backed center
(Catholic News Service , Catholic Sentinel)

Warren Jeffs' ranch may be seized by Texas
(Paul J. Weber, The Christian Science Monitor)

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Draft Law # 10221: the end to religious freedom in Ukraine?
(Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom)

100,000 Egyptians protest as ‘Pharaoh’ Morsi digs heels in over power grab (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
(RT)

Application for Wilberforce Academy
(Due 14 January 2013, Christian Concern / Christian Legal Centre)

As worshippers gather, Pakistani city endures second deadly blast in two days
(Nasir Habib and Shaan Khan, CNN)

At intercultural centre, Ban highlights need for religious and political leaders to use their influence responsibly
(UN News Centre)

Austin, Texas, student sues over SmartID 'locator' chips on religious grounds
(Associated Press, The Plain Dealer )

Churches find revenue leasing steeples to cell companies
(Kendall Taggart, NBC)

Colombian evangelical Christians convert to Judaism, embracing hidden past
(Juan Forero, The Washington Post)

Dalai Lama: ‘Religion should not indulge in conversions’
(Deccan Herald)

EVENT 30 November 2012: "The Religious Question in Modern China"
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT 30 November 2012: USCIRF telephone briefing with mandate assistant of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

EVENT 4-5 December 2012 – Secularism and Religious Diversity in Europe: Opportunities and Perspectives
(RELIGARE)

Extremism law curbs religious freedom in Russia
(Matthew Brunwasser , PRI's The World)

France: les “mariages” homosexuels approuvés, mais pour qui ?
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Globalization vs. traditional religion
( Margaret Placentra Johhston, Huff Post Religion)

Government will act ‘speedily’ to legalize abortion: Irish Labour Party
(Hilary White, LifeSiteNews)

Have human rights hijacked the language of morals? – and other questions: Laws
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Iowa company: US probe into whether it falsely labeled items as halal could damage business
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Israel-Palestine not a religious conflict
(Daniel Alan Bey, Jakarta Globe)

It would make a mockery of justice but foreign judges could rule that Britain’s mass murderers have a human right to be set free
(Nick Hebert, Mail Online)

Merkel dabbles in risky business: religion
(Mary Beth Warner, Global Post)

New curriculum to focus on religion, civics and history
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)

Nigeria's future depends on how its religious groups see each other
(Charlotte Keenan, The Guardian)

No amendments to Morsi decree after meeting with top judges
(RT)

Obamacare: Supreme Court orders new look at university’s lawsuit
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)

Oklahoma appeals court orders name change in transgender case
(Nolan Clay, NewsOK)

Opposition groups, parties demand Morsi's 'immediate' retreat on constitutional decree
(Ahram Online)

Ordinary Britons are comfortable with Christianity. Teachers and government aren't, though.
(Cristina Odone, The Telegraph)

Religion in America: Evangelicals surge as Catholics wane
(Science 2.0)

Remove politics from religion if not religion from politics
(Muhammad Akram, Daily Times (Pakistan))

Report: Discrimination in the EU in 2012
(Special Eurobarometer 393 / Wave EB77.4 – TNS Opinion & Social, European Commission)

The House of Lords “doing God” – or, at any rate, debating religion
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

U.N. chief says Mideast, African crises show need for interfaith amity
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Uncertain future for Jews in French provinces
(Robert Zaretsky, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Vatican says it will promote religious liberty in Saudi-backed center
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Monday, 26 November 2012

70% of French people favor establishment of Islamic parties: Poll
(Press TV)

A Leiter case for the superfluousness of religious liberty
(Ryan Anderson, Library of Law and Liberty)

Al-Sudais: Islam is a religion of dialogue
(Arab News)

Anti-Semites blamed for Rome soccer attack
(Harvey Morris, International Herald Tribune)

Bad judgment at Strasbourg?
(Michael Pinto-Duschinksy, The Jewish Chronicle)

Battle over preaching at Northland holiday lighting display heads back to federal court
(John Myers, Duluth News Tribune)

Britain's House of Lords debates role of religion In society
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Children among the dead after Taliban targets Shias in Pakistan
(Al Bawaba News)

China: Weibo and advancing freedom of religion or belief
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)

Christian college settles federal lawsuit over state's denial of grant money
(Jim Saunders, The Ledger)

Companies plan massive layoffs as Obamacare becomes reality
(Kerry Picket, The Washington Times)

Court: Too much religion in prosecution of priest
(Bob Collins, Minnesota Public Radio)

DC digs up lessons in history: The story of one of America's earliest Muslims unfolds
(Julienne Gage, Al Bawaba News)

Debating the Abu Qatada affair
(Gavin Phillipson, UK Human Rights Blog)

Decree by Egypt's Mursi raises rights concerns: U.N.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Angus MacSwan, Reuters)

Detailed analysis of religious hate crime
(The Scottish Government)

Donald Wuerl on religious liberty
(Religious Freedoms, Modern Contexts)

Egyptian protests over Mohamed Morsi decree expected to draw thousands
(Abdel-Rahman Hussein, The Guardian)

Embattled W. Pa. Amish sect moving to upstate NY
(Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal)

Four Tibetans self-immolate
(Radio Free Asia)

From man who insulted Muhammad, no regret
(Serge F. Kovaleski & Brooks Barnes, The New York Times)

Honoring faith in the public square
(Wilfred McClay , Christianity Today)

How the victory in Gaza can bring civil rights to Palestinians in Lebanon – OpEd
(Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review)

In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
(Chris Stein, Christian Science Monitor)

India: Shocking case of miscarriage of justice – Analysis
(B. Raman, Eurasia Review)

Malians rally against religious extremism
(Associated Press)

Mursi ends Egypt spring
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, Arab News)

New Vienna interfaith center opens with Saudi help
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Shame on anyone who ever thought Mohammad Morsi was a moderate
(Eric Trager, The New Republic)

Stalking, Judicial Review threatened and Prisoner Voting (Again) – The Human Rights Roundup
(Daniel Isenberg, UK Human Rights Blog)

Suicide bombers attack Nigerian military church
(Heather Murdock, Voice of America)

The Brotherhood rallies to Morsi's side after mass opposition demonstrations
(Al Bawaba News)

Third attack in new Assyrian quarter in Aleppo, scores injured and killed
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)

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