Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Parents to appeal ruling that religion classes don't discriminate against the non-religious
(Rachel Baxendale, The Australian)
Planned east London Islamic center sparks 'Mega Mosque No Thanks' campaign
(RT)
President congratulates FM for Pakistan’s election to UN’s Human Rights Council
(APP, AAJ News)
Religious freedom award for Nigerian Christian leader
(Christian Post)
Religious liberty defense must be long-term, Archbishop Lori declares
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
Sharia Law presentation focused on understanding
(Morgan Eads, Kentucky Kernel)
Supreme Court says no to hypersecularist attack on religious freedom
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund)
The impact of H. v. Finland ("step taken against the rights of same-sex couples")
(Paul Johnson, The Jurist)
Top bishop: We won't give in on birth control rule
(Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press)
U.S. to legitimize U.N. Human Rights Council for three more years
(Anne Bayefsky, The Alegemeiner)
UN refugee agency urges countries to open borders to people fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state by boat
(UN News Centre)
UNHRC Periodic Review Working Group, meeting highlights, fourteenth session
Why not polygamy?
(John Witte Jr., The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
EU lawmakers challenge Catholic nominee for top health job
(Robin Emmott and Claire Davenport, Reuters)
Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu in Congress, to take oath over the Bhagavad Gita: Report
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huff Post Religion)
'First Freedom' to air on PBS on December 18
(April MacIntyre, Monsters and Critics)
7th Circuit: Police department employee was offered adequate religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abu Qatada: Preventing a flagrant denial of justice
(Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bin Laden's right hand man Abu Qatada goes free
(Herald Sun (Melbourne))
Bishops vow to continue fight for religious freedom, marriage and the family
(Rebecca Hamilton, Patheos Blog - Public Catholic)
California gurdwara members clash, two stabbed
(First Post)
Dalai Lama presses China to investigate Tibetan self-immolations
(Lisa Twaronite, Jonathan Thatcher, Reuters)
Efforts to promote religious liberty will not end, archbishop says
(Catholic News Service, Georgia Bulletin)
Evidence of religious beliefs may negate intent to distribute marijuana
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Extremist wins case against expulsion
(Mark Hennessy, Irish Times)
Group's faith rule stirs clash at Tufts University
(Peter Schworm and Katherine Landergan, Boston Globe)
Hindus laud Gibraltar Mayor for Diwali celebration
(Eurasia Review)
Historic sexual abuse, trustees and vicarious liability – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Human Rights Council elections results
(UN Watch)
India: Can Hindu law cover Sikhs, Jains, asks SC
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)
Japan: Abduction and deprivation of freedom for the purpose of religious de-conversion
(VIDEO of the Event, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Justices deny appeal over SC religious classes
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Libertad Religiosa en Los Estados Unidos de America, LA. Un estudio a través del sistema educativo y de la educación en familia
(Briones Martinez, I.M., Atelier Libros Jurídicos)
Morocco reacts to terror arrests
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Opposition to Tonio Borg nomination as Maltese EU Commissioner is an assault on basic rights and civil liberties
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Papal nuncio: Catholic division undermines religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Putin agrees to go slow on law against hurting believers' feelings
(Interfax-religion via Stetson University)
Religious and spiritual leaders on moving past a divisive election
(Jessica Ravitz, CNN Belief Blog)
Religious oppression continues to increase
(Shayne Looper, Enterprise News)
Russia: Anti-Mormon demonstration a diversion
(Gazeta.ru, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Khakamada to initiate alternative bill on protection of believers' feelings in rights council
(Interfax-religion)
Saudi Arabia denounces Bahrain blasts
(MENAFN - Arab News)
The current Talibani assault on the Pakistani nation
(P. K. Upadhyay, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The only people really not allowed to mention the Holocaust
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Tibet: Self-immolations continue amid heightened Chinese security
(Eurasia Review)
Tunisian Jews demand protection from extremists
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year
(Manila Bulletin)
Ukraine: The World Christian Council requests the President to postpone the signing amendments to the law on freedom of conscience
("Religion in Ukraine")
UN: Noncompetitive elections weaken Rights Council, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Universities welcome Muslim students through interfaith efforts
(Aaron Shapiro, Center for American Progress)
US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
(Eurasia Review)
Vatican launches 'anti-gay media blitz,' compares gay marriage to polygamy, polyandry
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huff Post Religion)
Monday, 12 November 2012
At UN, Pakistan calls for collectively combating religious intolerance
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Ukrainian Christian Churches urge V. Yanukovych to veto amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Abraham Lincoln's faith, 'Battle With God,' explored in new book
(Christopher Sullivan, Huffington Post)
Abu Qatada wins appeal against deportation
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Anti-gay marriage group targets Starbucks Middle East business
(Travis Pittman and Elizabeth Wiley, KING 5 News)
Azerbaijan: Censorship "to create an environment of freedom of conscience"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Church leaders say returning vets need time, attention
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter)
Egypt: Brief Salafi occupation of Coptic land part of larger problem, Copts say
(Eurasia Review)
Freedom of Religion or Belief: Anti-Sect Movements and State Neutrality (A Case Study)
(FECRIS, LIT Verlag)
Getting back to Soviet standard? Ukraine’s administration wants control over all religious organizations
(Oksana Klymonchuk, The Day (Kjiv))
Hindus urge new Archbishop of Canterbury to promote interfaith dialogue
(Eurasia Review)
Israel fires missile into Syria, first since 1973
(GenevaLunch.com)
Kazakhstan: Religion Law restricting faith in the name of tackling extremism?
(Joanna Lillis, EurasiaNet.org)
Lebanon: Harirism exposed
(Mohammad Aslam, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Let's talk about religious faiths in Auckland
(Dionne Christian, The New Zealand Herald)
Liberals vs. Salafis: The fight to contain the Muslim Brotherhood
(Mustafa Salama, Al Arabiya News)
Missourians for Equality files for approval of petition
(stl today)
Muslim cleric shot dead in Dagestan
(Ria Novosti)
No compulsion in religion ....
(Robert Hunt, Patheos Blog - Interfaith Encounters)
Obama, religious liberty, and the Constitution
(James Poulos, Forbes)
PM's religoius advisor: There should be an understanding among Muslim leaders
(The Star Online)
Religious freedom concerns in Russia
(Statement by the European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, OSCE HDIM)
Second circular epistle from prison
(Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan, POA-Info.org)
Selection by religion 'should be banned in state schools'
(Graeme Paton, The Telegraph)
Shanghai surprises: Religious tourism in the 'New New York'
(Noel Irwin Hentschel, Huffington Post)
The caretaker of ‘Allah’s House’ in Hanoi
(VietnamNet Bridge)
Tibetans in SF protest Chinese repression
(John King, San Francisco Chronicle)
To some Mennonites in Mexico, Russia looks like Promised Land
(Tim Johnson, The Kansas City Star)
Tunisia battles over pulpits, and revolt’s legacy
(Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times)
Uncertainty hangs over post-Mendes Ethiopia
(Jerome Mwanda, InDepth News (IDN))
Vatican historian says church is not losing same-sex marriage battle
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Sunday, 11 November 2012
'No compulsion in religion' only for non-believers?
(Malaysiakini)
40 Islamists file lawsuit accusing ElBaradei of 'insulting sharia'
(Ahram Online)
Australia: Non-religious tax avoidance
(Max Wallace, On Line Opinion)
BNP bus driver, legal aid bills and Abu Qatada – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sam Murrant, UK Human Rights Blog)
Egypt's ultraconservative Muslims rally demanding bigger role for Islamic law in constitution
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Evangelist files free speech lawsuit against Mines
(Ryan Lengerich, Rapid City Journal)
HHS threat undiminished
(Kyle Duncan, National Catholic Register)
Honor our veterans by standing for religious freedom
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Birmingham News)
How to end government intolerance of Islam in Ethiopia – OpEd
(Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Eurasia Review)
Inda: School bridging the religious differences
(Syed Ali Mujtaba Syed, The Ground Report India)
Malaysia: Common understanding needed among Muslim leaders to protect Islam – PM's religious advisor
(Bernama)
Malaysia: Nurul Issah's statement politicising religious belief, says Home Minister
(Bernama)
Malaysia: Who’s politicising religion here?
(Ahmed Zakaria, The Malaysian Insider)
Some thoughts on the five stages of religious persecution
(Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington)
Supreme court urged to rule on Sikh leader's claim he is a 'holy saint'
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)
This week in religion history: Where God's law cannot be next to man's law
(Canadian Press, National Post)
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