Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Graduate schools' political leanings concern some students
(Menachem Wecker, US News)
Illegal to encourage values?
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Lennon Cihak, Minnesota teen, denied confirmation for supporting gay marriage on Facebook
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huff Post Religion)
Social media, employment, religious views and freedom of speech
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
South Carolina Episcopalians break away from U.S. church
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
Friday, 16 November 2012
Is Egypt going backward on religious freedom?
(Wahid Abdel Meguid. Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Monitor)
Report: White Christian voters no longer hold keys to the White House
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)
'Taken to task for doing nothing wrong': worker demoted for opposing gay marriage was unlawfully punished, judge rules
(Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph)
"Islam needs a fair chance in Germany"
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
10 Commandments monument in place at Okla. Capitol
(Sean Murphy, The Associated Press)
Abu Qatada: in the public interest
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Activists say blame doctors, not religion for Indian woman's death in Ireland
(IBN Live (India))
At Yale lecture, Ban reiterates key role of two-state solution in Middle East peace process
(UN News Centre)
Atheists sue IRS for failure to monitor church politicking
(Kimberly Winston, The Washington Post)
Baha’is in Egypt
(Lucy Provan, Egypt Daily News)
Being outside the ECHR does not make a country a "pariah"
(Matthew Grayling, Tory Diary)
Christian housing manager wins freedom of speech case
(Christian Concern)
Civilisation and religion
(Muhammad Ali, Dawn.com (Pakistan))
Death of Indian woman forces Ireland to confront abortion taboo
(Dara Doyle and Colm Heatley, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Demoted Christian wins legal fight in UK
(BreakingNews.ie)
Egypt: Coptic women attacked on the metro
(Fady Salah, Egypt Daily News)
European Court of Human Rights rules on transsexual case
(Marilyn Stowe Blog)
European press focuses on religion
(Derek Scally, Irish Times)
Few get political messages at church
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)
Franklin Graham was 'shocked' to find Mormonism is a cult article on BGEA site
(Lillian Kwon, The Christian Post)
From India, pressure on Ireland over abortion laws
(NIHARIKA MANDHANA, New York Times)
Hamburg, Germany expands religious rights of Muslims
(James Heiser, The New American)
Human Rights Training Manual for European Churches
(The Church and Society Commission)
Implications of President Obama's Asian visit to Buddhist Burma – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Indonesia: Government dismisses ‘incidental’ religious violence
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)
Indonesia: Pillay gets no clear answer on discriminatory laws
(The Jakarta Post)
Ireland: Great honour from UN, but do we care about human rights?
(Irish Independent)
Lawsuits possible over 10 Commandments monument
(Justin Juozapavicious, The Associated Press)
Malaysia: Pahang Sultan expresses disappointment over freedom of religion statement
(Bernama, The Star Online)
MPs call for inquiry into Charity Commission
(Christian Concern)
Muslim Brotherhood mobilizes protests against Israel in Cairo
(Sarah Lynch, USA Today)
Nigeria: Peace initiative leader blames misunderstanding on religious conflicts
(All Africa)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Politics and religion gain popularity in spam
(Shivani Shinde, Business Standard (India))
Presumed consent to organ donation: UK
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious leaders pledge to work with Obama administration ‘for liberty and justice for all’
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Should Canadian prisons employ chaplains of different faiths?
(The Ottawa Citizen)
Southeast Asian leaders to adopt human rights declaration despite criticism of some provisions
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Stanford starts religious liberty clinic
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Ten things about Syria
(Mail & Guardian (Africao)
U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)
USCIRF urges Obama to raise religious freedom issues on visit to Burma
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
With whom does the Muslim Brotherhood align: the Salafis or democratic forces?
(Farid Zahran, Egypt Daily News)
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Teen sentenced to attend church as part of probation for DUI manslaughter conviction
(Susan Hylton, Tulsa World)
‘Grounds’ for ‘Respect’ in the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Access to contraception a human right, would cut health costs, UN says
(The Canadian Press/Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)
Atheist group sues over religious electioneering
(ABC News)
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya of Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)
Azerbaijan's official religious leader: "I do not know what freedom of conscience is"
(Azeri Report)
Bosnian Muslims inaugurate new spiritual leader, expected to maintain moderate stance
(Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)
Brussels takes aim at books portraying ‘traditional’ families
(James Chapman, Daily Mail, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Cairo Declaration: EU-Arab League minsters denounce ‘any changes to the pre-1967 borders’ including Jerusalem and slam Israeli settlement policy as ‘an obstacle to peace’
(Shari Ryness, European Jewish Press)
Détruire la famille : un crime contre l'Humanité
(Pascal de Roubaix, Le Beffroi, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Family commitment blended with strong religion dampens civic participation, researcher finds
(Baylor University, Phys.org)
Gathering for convention, religious scholars see labor issues as more than academic
(Bridget Doyle, Chicago Tribune, Democratic Underground)
Growing hostility against Christians in Europe – Report sent to OSCE
(Marco Tosatti, Vatican Insider, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Humanists attempt to halt 'back-door' spread of state-funded religious schools
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Humanists call for African age of "Enlightenment"
(Robert Evans and Paul Casciato, Reuters)
In Canada, a 'watershed' religious freedom win
(Baptist Press)
Is the Petraeus scandal a religious affair?
(Daniel Burke, Christianity Today)
Macomb County murdered killed out of control, not religion
(Jameson Cook, Royal Oaks Daily Tribune)
Malaysia: Keep religion out of politics
(Mazlinda Mahmood, New Straits Times)
Mitt, Mormons, and the religious test that wasn’t
(Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center, Hamburg Reporter)
Pakistan: Violence against the Ahmadi community, a religious minority continues unabated
(Stewart Sloan, Asian Human Rights Commission)
Religion and the Nigerian condition
(Olusegun Adeniyi, This Day Live)
Religion Journal: India mosque hit by Holy Hair row
(Joanna Sugden, Wall Street Journal)
Religion, poor leadership remain at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dan Ehrlich, Huffington Post UK)
Survey: Religiously unaffiliated, minority Christians propelled Obama’s victory
(Dan Mercia, CCN Belief Blog)
Tenn. officials face private school aid controversy
(AUSCS, Opposing Views)
The new Evangelical agenda
(Jim Wallis, Huffington Post)
The world's fastest growing religion
(Philip Jenkins, Real Clear Religion)
UN: Family planning pays huge benefit for developing countries
(Lisa Schlein, Voice of America New)
Utah school district sued over restricted access to lesbian family book
(Jennifer Dobner, Reuters)
Uzbekistan: "They simply prayed together"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Woman denied haircut goes to Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star.com)
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Liberal Catholics use election results to battle bishops
(Dan Merica, CNN)
Abbott wants child abuse to be reported
(AAP, The Australian)
Adjudicating matters of doctrine – or possibly not
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
African Union asks UN to authorize Mali deployment
(Kirubel Tadesse, Associated Press)
Are Wood-Chips the new Jam-Jars?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Autralian prime minister announces royal commission will probe child sex abuse
(AAP, The Australian)
Canada: Sikhs divided over baptism resolution
(Tom Zytaruk, The Now Newspaper)
Defiant Cardinal George Pell says sex abuse royal commission will 'separate fact from fiction'
(AAP, News.com.Au)
En Allemagne, cinq universités enseignent la théologie islamique
(Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, La Croix, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
EU: Die Vorstellung der traditionellen Familie soll schon im Kindesalter ausgemerzt werden
(Benno Hofschulte, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Hijab-wearing mayor breaks barriers
(Ana Lovakovic, Southeast European Times)
In Russia, fears of Central Asians being abducted to face rough justice at home
(Daisy Sindelar and Tom Balmforth, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Indonesia: UN urges to address ‘lawful’ persecution
(Margareth S. Aritonang and Yohana Ririhena, The Jakarta Post)
Investigative report reveals some religious reform schools are havens for child abuse
(Maia Szalavitz, Time)
Ireland must make hospitals safe for women by following abortion laws
(Sally Peck, The Telegraph)
Israeli strike kills Hamas commander
(Joshua Mitnick and Charles Levinson, The Wall Street Journal)
Jamaica stops preaching on public buses
(Jamaica Gleaner)
Miscreants trying to create sectarian strife in Karachi: PM
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Murgan Salem al-Gohary, Egyptian jihadist, wants pyramids and sphinx destroyed
(Cavan Sieczkowski , Huff Post Religion)
November surprise: The United States wins second term on UN Human Rights Council
(Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick, The Internationalist (Council on Foreign Relations))
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