Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Religion in India bubbles over into politics
(Tim Sullivan, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Big question for 2015: Will the Supreme Court rule on abortion?
(Jennifer Ludden, NPR Shots)
Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church looks to boost sway – by equipping military
(Amie Ferris-Rotman, The Christian Science Monitor)
A teacher's guide to discussing religion in the classroom
(Matthen Yellin, First Things)
Prominent Malaysians call for more tolerance from Muslims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Western Muslims and Egypt: Telling (all) hard truths
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why Arab states are banning Ridley Scott’s “Exodus”
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Let us listen to Francis against slave labour, scourge of India
(Lenin Raghuvanshi, AsiaNews.it)
Aceh, Islamic authorities forbid New Year celebrations
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
UN calls for 'full Rohingya citizenship'
(Al Jazeera)
Legal policy choice of Hungary challenged before the Grand Chamber of the ECHR: the case Baka v. Hungary
(Andreea Popescu, European Centre for Law and Justice)
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Monday, 29 December 2014
Chicago synagogue, garages defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
(JTA)
Forty shades of ecumenism
(Laura Duhan Kaplan, My Jewish Learning)
Full steam ahead: The threat isn't only to freedom of faith. India’s Constitution and democracy are the targets of Hindu religious nationalism
(John Dayal, World Watch Monitor)
How Christians forgot Jesus’ Jewishness, and why they should recover it
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Islamic insurgency isn’t just a Mideast problem, as Africans know all too well
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Wiesenthal Center releases top 10 anti-Semitic incidents of 2014
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Mexico-Guatemala border: Terrorist gateway to the United States?
(Diego Solis, Geopolitical Monitor)
'In God We Trust' signs now hang in Capitol meeting rooms
(ABC News)
Egypt Court bans festival honoring revered Moroccan Rabbi
(ABC News)
Sri Lanka: What kind of presidential election is this? - OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Pakistan 'blasphemy' victims' children get Christmas reprieve; law unchallanged
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Financial authorities give UK-wide church credit union green light
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Spurgeon at year's end
(Timothy George, First Things)
Court strikes down lawsuits by Catholic firefighters who opposed driving in gay pride parade
(Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press, Daily Journal)
Religion and guns in Chicago
(V.V.B, The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies
(Ian Deitch, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Israel's ultra-Orthodox mull bigger role for women
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Man from Ahmadi religious minority killed in Pakistan after Muslim leader calls them 'enemy'
(Katharine Houreld and Mehreen Zahra-Malik, Reuters)
Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Indonesia's Aceh
(Gayatri Suroyo and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters)
Fire damages Swedish mosque in second suspected arson attack
(Johan Ahlander, Reuters)
Fire damages another Islamic site in Sweden
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Did Erdogan reverse secularism in schools in 2014?
(Dina al-Shibeeb, Al Arabiya)
Muslims join Christians for Christmas celebrations in Gaza
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, Al-Monitor)
Christmas in jail for Christians in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Beijing to publish list of "legal" religious venues to "eradicate" illegal religious activities
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
End of Year Quiz for 2014
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Top dozen church-state and religious liberty developments in 2014
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Conscientious objection to abortion: Catholic midwives lose in Supreme Court
(Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights Blog)
Uncertainty continues on religious expression in the military
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A question of Vatican diplomacy: Why Pope Francis won't meet with the Dalai Lama
(William Doino Jr., First Things)
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Benefits of religious freedom is sleeper story of 2014
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
'Christendom Destroyed': European upheaval in 16th and 17th centuries
(Glenn Altschuler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
2014 Top 10 Religion Stories
(Religion Newswriters Association)
In Pakistan, "living the faith is a new challenge every day"
(Reinhard Backes, Catholic News Agency)
The Palestinians' real enemy: Europe
(Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute)
14 religious moments in 2014 that give us hope for 2015
(Huff Post Religion)
In battle to defang ISIS, U.S. targets its psychology
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Prisoner free exercise cases – December 28, 2014
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Syria year-end predictions and analysis
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
After years of delays, Pakistan cracks down on violent Islamists
(Tim Craig and Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
Defendant's failure to touch Bible during oath leads NJ High Court to remand
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Employment discrimination claim filed by Muslims against Hertz in Minneapolis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sir Winston Churchill 's family feared he might convert to Islam
(Patrick Sawer, The Telegraph)
Early warning signs in UAE indicate troubling crisis over press freedoms
(Yasin Kakande, Middle East Monitor)
Heroes 2014: Christian leader exiled from Iraq still cares for his scattered flock
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
10 paintings of Jesus you may have never seen
(Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Best of 2014: What makes a happy society?
(Claire Wallace, World Economic Forum Blog)
Year in Review: Supreme Court, issue of accommodation dominate 2014
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Airlines facing religious objections by passengers
(Religion Clause)
As police stops woman who tried to "bring the Gospel" to Xi Jinping, Wenzhou bans Christmas celebrations in schools and universities
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
Displaced CAR Muslims in dire straits
(Azad Essa, Al Jazeera)
Held back by Hindutva
(C. Raja Mohan, Observer Researcher Foundation)
High Court of Ireland rules brain-dead pregnant woman can be taken off life support
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Malaysian Christmas and the backdrop of Allah
(Mohd Abdul Alam, Al Jazeera)
Manila: Islamic leader calls on Muslims to follow Pope Francis for world peace
(AsiaNews.it)
MoRA issues statement on Christmas celebrations in Brunei
(Bandar Seri Begawan, The Brunei Times)
Myanmar's Catholic Church celebrates 500 years in southeast Asian nation
(Ecumenical News)
PEGIDA in Dresden: New German anti-immigrant movement gathers steam
(Andrew Curry, Al Jazeera)
Pope Francis, for human rights and against the secularization of religions
(Andrea Gagliarducci, BinarioLoco)
The destruction of the Middle East
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
The year BDS became the number one concern for American Jews
(Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz)
Friday, 26 December 2014
ACLU supports free-speech rights of anti-Islam group
(Niraj Wrikook, Detroit Free Press)
At Health Ministries, caring means sharing the bills
(Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune)
Images of Christmas: Mary Mary quite contrary
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In Malaysia, Christmas decried as ‘ploy’ to lead Muslims astray
(World Watch Monitor)
Indiana bill would legalize discrimination against LGBT couples
(Gerald Farinas, Chicago Phoenix)
Indiana plans religious freedom bill that would allow anti‑gay discrimination
(Staff, LGBTQ Nation)
ISIS say only a matter of time before Europe is conquered; plan 'largest religious cleansing campaign' in history
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Woman held after trying to 'bring gospel' to Chinese President
(Radio Free Asia)
The District of Columbia Council forces Catholic schools to support student groups that oppose church teachings
(Patrick J. Reilly, The Wall Street Journal)
State freedom of conscience clause does not cover environmentalist who refuses to mow lawn
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jehovah's Witness Title VII claim survives summary judgment motion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is yoga religious?
(Andrea Jain, OUPblog Religion)
Catholic refugee relief opens hearts in Syria
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
A Christmas with tears—Pope Francis' words to Middle East
(Catholic News Agency)
Resurgence of the SSNP in Syria: An ideological opponent of the regime gets a boost from the conflict
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Strangers in their own country: Israeli liberals and democrats feel alienated from their government
(Etgar Keret, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
The Sydney siege: the good news
(Tamara Rajakariar, Family Edge: Human Dignity & the Family)
India Hindu leaders turn up "reconversion" rhetoric: "Planned conspiracy" says respected journalist
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Kosher restaurant in Paris attacked
(JTA)
Papal peacemakers: Pope Francis' role in the US-Cuba relations breakthrough has a notable precedent
(Andrew Liaugminas and Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
How have Syrian rebels become so radical?
(Nader Hashemi, MercatorNet)
Islamic State promoting "sexual jihad"
(Chiara Pellegrino, MercatorNet)
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Chinese hit back against a foreign intrusion: Christmas
(Andrew Jacobs, Sinosphere: Dispatches from China)
Israel, a Jewish republic?
(Kai Bird, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Science increasingly makes the case for God
(Eric Metaxas, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
Zombie nativity scene ordered taken down by Ohio town bureaucrats
(The Guardian)
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
As India shifts towards fundamentalism, Indian priest urges Christmas prayers for religious freedom
(Dominic Emmanuel, AsiaNews.it)
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