Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 6 August 2012
London Olympics and Sunday shopping
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Marriage, mental capacity and sharia: a clash of religious and cultural norms
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Myanmar ‘massacres’: OIC wants fact-finding mission
(Arab News)
New religious sects: Cults or ‘churches’?
(Mitia, The Times of Zambia)
Philippine school bans Muslim hijab
(AFP via International Herald Tribune)
Riyadh deports 35 Ethiopian Christians for praying
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post )
Rohingya Muslims 'persecuted' after Myanmar crackdown: report
(Martin Petty, Chicago Tribune)
Saudi King invites Iran president for summit in Makkah
(Arab News)
Schools burned as sect tightens grip on Mexico’s ‘New Jerusalem’
(Pablo Perez, The Jakarta Globe)
Seven dead in shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin
(Brendan O'Brien, Reuters)
Sikhism: 5 things to know about the Sikh religion
(Huffington Post)
Syria PM defects, accuses Assad regime of ‘genocide’
(Arab News)
Syria: Clashes in Damascus and Aleppo as 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted
(Al Bawaba News via Eurasia Review)
Syrian TV host kidnapped, executed by Islamists
(RT)
Temple spree leaves 7 dead
(Arian Campo-Flores and Caroline Porter, The Wall Street Journal)
Timeline: Islam in middle Tennessee
(The Tennessean)
TiZA, ACLU settle lawsuit
(Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio)
Trial nears in VT. civil union child custody case
(Wilson Ring, Associated Press)
Understanding the standoff in Mali
(Giorgio Cafiero, Foreign Policy in Focus)
USCIRF issues new report on constitutions of Muslim countries
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uzbekistan: "It is prohibited to keep such books at home"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Who was Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page?
(John Bacon, USA Today)
Wisconsin rampage stokes fear of religious intolerance in KC
(Robert A. Cronkelton, The Kansas City Star)
Saturday, 4 August 2012
A religious freedom election
(Wesley J. Smith, The Weekly Standard)
Al-Qaeda’s Russian trace in Spain?
(Polina Chernitsa, The Voice of Russia)
Buddhist activism and public policy: The International Network of Engaged Buddhists
(Matt Bieber, Huffington Post)
Chick-fil-A controversy shines light on company’s charitable giving
(Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog)
Egypt issues fatwa on Muslims who publicly ignore Ramadan fast
(Los Angeles Times)
Egypt's Christian leader lashes out at government
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Eibner: Islamic extremists threaten Syria’s Christians
(John Eibner, Washington Times)
Government pressure on religious groups growing in US, says archbishop
(Catholic Free Press)
Islamist warns Russia after claiming cleric killing
(Dmitry Zaks, Agence France Presse)
Japan: Abduction and deprivation of freedom for the purpose of religious de-conversion
(Report, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Miami schools backs down; church eviction threat dropped
(Florida Baptist Witness)
Missouri to vote on prayer amendment
(Tim Townsend, USA Today)
Students petition against religious liberty lawsuit
(Kristen Durbin, The Observer)
SVSU law instructor, attorney: Courts could go either way on Frankenmuth cross
(Lindsay Knake, Michigan Live)
Tunisia: Prison, fines for offending ‘sacred values’
(Human Rights Watch, Bikya Masr)
UN, US officials warn Mali crisis could spill over
(John Heilprin, AJC)
USCIRF issues new study of OIC country constitutions
(USCIRF)
Viet Nam policies ensure religious freedom
(VietNamNet Bridge)
Violence erupts at anti-Islam protest in Sweden
(Associated Press)
Will Vietnam legalize gay marriage?
(Andrew Lam, AsianWeek)
Friday, 3 August 2012
Al-Aqsa security tightened by Israel as Palestinians make Ramadan pilgrimage - video
(The Guardian)
Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)
At first meeting, President's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships takes up issue of human trafficking
(Joshua Dubois, The White House)
B&B accommodation – Discrimination in Canada and England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Baha'i citizens arrested in Iran
(Radio Zamaneh)
Bryant: 'Unfortunate' church blocked black wedding
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)
China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims
(Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
China responds to US criticism on religious rights: Don't 'meddle' in our policies
(NBC News and wire reports)
Concessions to Muslim law in Saudi woman controversy undermines the Olympics
(Bob Taylor, Washington Times)
Does the contraception mandate really kill religious freedom?
(David Gibson, Huffington Post)
Egypt: 120 Christian families flee their homes following death of a Muslim
(Michael Ireland, Continental News)
Girl of 10 can choose to convert from Judaism to Christianity, judge rules
(Martin Beckford, The Telegraph)
Islamic banking may enter Morocco
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Judging the role of religion (or not) in law
(Science Codex)
Obama Administration gives free pass for faith-based groups to discriminate
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
RPT-Arab Islamist fighters eager to join Syria rebels
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Russian church slams US State Department's unfair criticism
(Milena Faustova, The Voice of Russia)
Russian human rights warrior: Rustem Valiullin
(Abdullah Rinat Muhametov, Onislam)
Russian Muslim community refutes U. S. Department of State report on religious freedom in Russia
(Interfax, Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Turkey: European Court of Human Rights again says Turkey violated human rights of conscientious objector
(War Resisters' International)
Turkey: Head of religious affairs calls for freedom of belief
(Anatolia News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Vietnam says US Religious Freedom Report is wrong
(Associated Press)
Thursday, 2 August 2012
'Supporting the good Lord' draws overflow crowds
(Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow)
170 law professors debunk 'religious freedom' argument in contraception debate
(Think Progress)
Austria’s Justice Minister gives legal clearance to resume religious circumcisions
(European Jewish Press)
Building a culture of religious freedom
(Archbishop Charles Chaput, National Catholic Register)
Burma: Government forces targeting Rohingya Muslims
(Eurasia Review)
Chicago Alderman: I will deny business permit because “there are consequences for [its owner's] statements and beliefs,” and they should include denial
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Chick-fil-A latest example of how same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom
(Thomas Messner, Culture Watch)
Christians tormented with music, then attacked
(Compass Direct News)
Exclusive Brethren group appeals against Charity Commission's refusal to grant charitable status
(Tim Tonkin, Third Sector)
French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Head of DOJ civil rights division declines to state whether he will protect speech critical of religion
(The Lawfare Project)
HHS mandate shouldn’t require leaving faith, values at home
(William E. Lori, The Washington Post Guest Voices)
Hindus and Jews urge AT&T and Intel withdraw QuakeCon sponsorship over Hindu gods trivialization
(Eurasia Review)
In Texas Supreme Court primary, incumbent defeated by advocate of religious displays on public property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islam at the Olympics
(Shiraz Maher, Gatestone Institute)
Nigeria: Building God's Kingdom with bombs, blood and tears
(Ogaja Ifowodu, All Africa)
Norway called beacon of hope one year after massacre
(ENInews)
Ontario man suing county for $5,000 in damages over Lord’s Prayer at meetings
(Jake Edmiston, National Post)
Peru: Academics battle Vatican for religious freedom
(Simeon Tegel, Minn Post)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Ramadan and religious freedom
(Azizah al-Hibri and M. Zuhdi Jasser, The Washington Post)
Sexual health & the need for secularism
(Patrick McGhee, TheRiskyShift.com)
Somali comedian who dared mock militants is killed
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press)
Syriacs get land title after 25-year-old legal struggle
(Vercihan Ziflioğlu, Hürriyet Daily News)
Tennessee candidates engage in anti-Islam contest
(Tim Ghianni, Reuters)
Two pig heads hung outside mosque in France
(Associated Press)
U.S. should continue role as international advocate for religious freedom
(Editorial, Deseret News)
USCIRF commissioners harsher on Russia's religious liberty record than State Department
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vietnam: a detained blogger's mother self-immolates
(Patrick Winn, Global Post)
Vietnam: US ‘deeply concerned’ over Christian activist’s mother self-immolation
(UCA News)
Why are secular businesses claiming religious rights?
(Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic)
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
This day in the history of religious liberty
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
5 things you should know about religion and contraception
(Eleni Towns, Center for American Progress)
Abraham’s children: Liberty and tolerance in an age of religious conflict
(Teresa, Shelf Love (Blog))
Annual report chronicles key trends in international religious freedom
(Suzan Johnson Cook, HumanRights.gov)
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