Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 1 August 2013
More young Muslims back sharia, says poll
(Stephen Bates, The Guardian)
Censoring religious freedom in the military
(Tony Perkins, The Ceres Courier)
State Department creates new religious outreach office
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Passions high over Bible in schools
(Nicholas Jones, The New Zealand Herald)
Jesuit priest likely kidnapped in Syria
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom in North Korea (interview with Ben Rogers)
(Venn Institute)
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Beit Shemesh Haredim riot over bus segregation arrest
(The Jewish Press)
Churches bombed in Kano, Nigeria, killing 45 people, Christians leaders say
(Morning Star News)
Defense Minister postpones Haredi draft until further notice
(Yori Yanover, The Jewish Press)
Five Catholic religious orders release files on L.A. clergy abuse
(Victoria Kim and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times)
Atheists attack Star of David at Holocaust Memorial
(Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark, The Washington Post: On Faith)
Ireland OKs abortion in some cases in blow to Catholic Church
(Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)
Throne Day in Morocco, speech: A royal vision to promote demoracy, social justice and a new Maghreb order, founded on integration and openess – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Shia persecution violates freedom of religion
(Josef Roy Benedict, Free Malaysia Today)
Populist Pope proves irresistible – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Third-largest Lebanese city shows signs of recovery after clashes
(Aisha Habli, Common Ground News Service)
Turkey: Uprising's currents run deep
(Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Hated in Egypt: How the Palestinian bogeyman resurfaced like never before – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)
Indonesian terrorism financing: resorting to robberies
(V. Arianti, RSIS Commentaries)
Fears that Iraq returning to days of sectarian strife
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Family business asks full 3rd Circuit to protect religious freedom from Obama mandate
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
No Israelis in future Palestinian state, Abbas says
(JTA)
Malaysian arrested over Eid greeting featuring dogs
(Agence France-Press, Inquirer News)
Pakistan: Taking a bite from platter of challenges – OpEd
(S. Haris, Eurasia Review)
Ex-Polish pol hired to challenge country’s ban on ritual slaughter
(JTA)
Group demands 'prayer caravan' be canceled
(Shumuriel Ratliff, WSFA.com)
USCIRF condemns Saudi blasphemy sentence
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF welcomes new European initiatives to support freedom of religion or belief
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Should military chaplains have to believe in God?
(John Burnett, NPR)
Did Pope Francis change church teaching on homosexuality?
(David Gibson and Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Services)
San Antonio's proposed ordinance would restrict and discriminate against citizens with traditional religious viewpoints
(Liberty Institute, Herald Online)
BSU President calls intelligent design religion, not science
(Sam Hoyt, The Daily (Ball State Univ))
Liberty Institute vows court battle if San Antonio enacts anti-discrimination measure
(James Aldridge, San Antonio Business Journal)
100 days of captivity: A call to release two Syrian bishops
(Religious for Peace)
Federal judge: Catholic Church has a constitutional right not to compensate victims of sex abuse
(Ian Millhiser, Think Progress)
Sunday shopping the frontline in France's work-life balance war
(Natalie Huet, Reuters)
Right-to-die judgement of Appeal Court: Summary
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Appeal court shies away from right to die issue
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Not too late for youth to help shape Tunisia’s constitution
(Héla Boujneh, Common Ground News Service)
The mysteries of Pope Francis
(Peter McDonough, OUPblog)
Sectarian violence spirals in Guinea’s volatile southeast
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Why are millennials leaving church? Try atheism
(Hemant Mehta, CNN)
Advancing new reasons to ordain Orthodox women
(Elli Fischer, The New York Jewish Week)
How Georgetown became a gay-friendly campus
(Kyle Spencer, New York Timmes)
High court may be near HHS mandate review
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Why U.S. international religious freedom policy fails
(George Weigel, First Things)
Yes, [it is] the Christian West
(Conrad Black, National Review Online)
A Catholic case for same-sex marriage
(Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, The Washington Post: On Faith)
Granting asylum to Snowden to show Russia guards ideals of freedom
(Interfax)
Can Muslims write about Christianity?
(Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor)
Kenyan lawyer on quixotic quest to nullify trial of Jesus
(Fredrick Nzwili, The Washington Post)
Woman charged with paint vandalism at Washington National Cathedral
(The Washington Post)
Court upholds sale of Perth Amboy shul
(Debra Rubin, New Jersey Jewish News)
Judge denies restraining order to stop R.I. same-sex marriages
(Randal Edgar, Providence Journal)
Judge shields Wis. Archdiocese fund from creditors
(Dinesh Ramde, ABC News)
Kentucky mayor's religious references draw critics
(Kayla Moody, Tristate Home Page)
Revealed: Hand of God in schools
(Nicholas Jones, The New Zealand Herald)
Appeals court finds for-profit employers lack religious rights
(Allison Bell, Life Health Pro)
Kentucky school prayer petition links prayer ban with AIDS epidemic
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post Religion)
Corporate right to the free exercise of religion
(Thom Hartmann, The Right To Be Heard)
Guyana: Businessman accused of using religion, politics to bully neighbours
(Kaieteur News)
New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera gives all the credit to God
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
‘Non-Muslims are insulting our religion’
(Free Malaysia Today)
Georgia: Religion and politics
(The Voice of Russia)
What Reza Aslan actually says about Jesus
(Steven Prothero, CNN Belief Blog)
Why I write about Jesus
(Reza Aslan, CNN Belief Blog)
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
French court sentences youth in veil riot case
(AFP, France 24 International News)
Why is Latin making a comeback?
(M.S.L.J., The Economist explains)
Special Report: How the Muslim Brotherhood lost Egypt
(Edmund Blair, Paul Taylor and Tom Perry, Reuters)
104 Arab prisoners to be released by Israel - Reflections of an Israeli farmer
(Uri Rosenzweig, Common Ground News Service)
'Burka Avenger' fights for Pakistani schools
(BBC News Asia)
In India, a familiar pattern of pressure on Christians
(Christian Today World)
In Pakistan, Adventist sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged blasphemy
(Elizabeth Lechleitner, Adventist News Network)
Karnataka: Hindu nationalists persecute Tribals to regain power, says Christian leader
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
What is Israel asking of the Arab world? – OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)
Christians in Eritrea punished for their faith
(Morning Star News, Religion Today)
Central Java: young Christians and Muslims together to promote harmony and tolerance
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
In Beijing, 34 members of the Shouwang Church arrested
(AsiaNews.it)
Saudi website editor sentenced to seven years in prison, lashes
(Ahram Online)
Bombs kill 24 in mainly Christian area of north Nigeria
(Ahram Online)
Tunisia's biggest union urges Islamist-led government to quit
(Ahram Online)
New USCIRF Chair Robert George: Religious Freedom Commission is 'nation's conscience'
(Tyler O'Neil, Christian Post)
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks begin with timing impacted by Ramadan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bangladesh – India – Myanmar: Emerging Threat – Analysis
(South Asia Intelligence Review, Eurasia Review)
Bible app 'YouVersion' is getting as big as Instagram with 100 million download milestone
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huffington Post)
Pa. sues to stop issuance of gay marriage licenses
(Kathy Matheson, AP)
Buddhism v Islam in Asia: Fears of a new religious strife
(The Economist)
Legal standing and other changes to judicial review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Widening regional dispute over abortion laws
(Pew Research Center for the People and the Press)
Pope Francis and gays: "Loving the sinner" is still intolerance
(Tim Padgett, Time Ideas)
A Supreme Court abortion fight could come in time for 2016 elections
(Abby D. Phillip, ABC News)
For-profit firm doesn't have religious freedom right to deny workers access to contraceptives, Americans United tells Court
(Press Release, Americans United)
The home-schooling debate: Does a child's right to learn trump parents' religious freedom?
(Scott Alessi, U.S. Catholic)
Religious freedom in search of its argument
(Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing)
60 Terrorist Plots Since 9/11: Continued Lessons in Domestic Counterterrorism
(Jessica Zuckerman, Steven P. Bucci, Ph.D. and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation)
Protecting religious freedom
(Nancy Sarowski, Petoskey News (Mich.))
Gay Catholic priest: Pope's words an 'invitation'
(Gary M. Meier, CNN Belief Blog)
Yes. threats to religious freedom happen here
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review Online)
Boko Haram: 42 Suspects Arrested in Lagos, Ogun, Nigeria
(Chiemelie Ezeobi and Ibrahim Shuaibu, This Day Live)
'Liberia is coming' - Min. Konneh says; wants lull in diversionist rhetoric
(The Analyst)
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