Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 27 October 2014
Brazil: In a Catholic stronghold, Evangelicals flexing their political power
(Jaxon Plautz, National Journal)
Iran executes Reyhaneh Jabbari despite global appeals for retrial
(Chris Johnson and agencies, The Guardian)
Religion and law round-up – 26th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Today is International Religious Freedom Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The U.S. Commitment to Religious Freedom Abroad: Honoring International Religious Freedom Day
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Robert P. George: Gay marriage and religious freedom cannot coexist
(Napp Nazworth, Christian Post)
Want to prevent threats like ISIS? Religious freedom key, Katrina Lantos Swett says
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
World must pressure North Korea on human rights
(Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, The Seattle Times)
Minority religions in the Middle East under threat, need protection
(Simon Worrall, National Geographic)
Christian school fears closure over British rule mandating Imams to take assemblies, 'actively' promoting other faiths
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
ISIS leaders threaten fighters who want to leave the Islamic State and return to their homeland
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Poor, disadvantaged youth would benefit from school choice programs that include faith-based schools, 50 years of research suggests
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
Isis is a monster created by many countries. It requires an international solution
(Abolhassan Banisadr, The Guardian)
HS coaches excluded from post-game prayer after atheist complaints
(Christian Today)
Animal rights activists want Nepal's sacrifice festival stopped
(Bibek Bhandari, South China Morning Post)
KKK outfit worn in Australia Muslim veil protest
(BBC News)
Anglican leader troubled by Britain's anti-immigration rhetoric
(William James, Reuters)
Jordan arrests influential al Qaeda scholar for 'incitement'
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
City now says ministers' for-profit wedding chapel need not perform same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
UPDATE: Coeur d’Alene clarifies law for wedding chapel ministers
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religious, political leaders in Michigan and other states split over gay rights
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Why Americans want more religion in their politics (COMMENTARY)
(Chad Connelly, Religion News Service)
Ted Olson: ‘Point of no return’ on gay marriage passed
(Susan Page, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis: ‘Evolution … is not inconsistent with the notion of creation’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
An eerie calm: Iraqi Christians anxiously ponder their future
(Cathy Otten, Religion News Service)
US universities see a rise in pro-Palestine activism
(Al Akhbar, Mint Press News)
Young UK Christians have faith in politics but less in politicians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
'Prayer for Ottawa' service held after deadly week in capital
(Emma Loop, Ottawa Citizen)
Canada must do more to rein in threat from radicals: police head
(Randall Palmer, David Ljunggren, and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters)
Canada: Stand strong against violence or hatred
(Art Babych, Anglican Communion News Service)
Iran acid attacks put 'vice groups' on defensive
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor)
Ennahda distances itself from Salafists
(Jahd Khalil, Al-Monitor)
Nigeria: Victims of Boko Haram abductions tell their stories (with link to "'Those Terrible Weeks in their Camp': Boko Haram Violence against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria")
(Human Rights Watch)
Boko Haram aductee release talks ongoing despite Nigeria's surge in violence; victims recount sex slavery, forced conversions
(Benge Nsenduluka, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram accused of escalating abductions
(Associated Press, Al Jazeera America)
Netanyahu vows to continue building Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem
(Al Jazeera)
Bahrain: Free activists facing free-speech charges
(Human Rights Watch)
In Crimea serious human rights violations and attacks on minorities and journalists require urgent action
(Council of Europe)
Atheists in foxholes: The military chaplaincy's humanist problem
(Ronit Y. Stahl, Religion & Politics)
Turning the Uyghur east (Uyghur history and current situation in China)
(Umar Farooq, The Revealer)
AG orders Ya'alon: Explain why Palestinians banned from Israeli-run buses in West Bank
(Revital Hovel and Chaim Levinson, Haaretz)
Europe rights body condemns Azerbaijan crackdown on activists
(Peter Snyder, Jurist)
Azerbaijan: Stop reprisals against human rights defenders
(Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe)
Final LGBT anti-discrimination rule issued without soliciting public comment; religious freedom issues still unclear
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Pope calls for end to death penalty out of respect for human dignity
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
Surrogacy: A global trade in women's bodies (Sweden's leading feminist lobby regards surrogate motherhood as a revival of serfdom for women)
(Swedish Women's Lobby, MercatorNet)
US judge: "Marriage is the fundamental unit of the political order"
(Brian S. Brown, Conjugality: A Blog on the Future of Marriage)
Rooting for the women fighting ISIS in Syria: But defeating the brutal jihadist group will require international assistance
(Roya Hakakian, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Assisted suicide debate intensifies in Scotland
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
The hidden costs of legalized suicide: What we can learn from Brittany Maynard
(Adam J. MacLeod, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Kobani, then and now
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Form at St. John's University School of Law)
India minister says no special caste status for Christians
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Faith in the face of Ebola: Church in Sierra Leone looks to rebuild society
(John Burger, Aleteia)
U.S. recognizes more same-sex marriages
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Jay Alan Sekulow, PhD, JD honored with Athenagoras Human Rights Award
(Order of St. Andrew the Apostle)
Number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar tops 100,000
(Robin McDowell, ABC News)
Secular party set to win Tunisia elections
(Paul Schemm, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The Pope and the precipice — OpEd
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Sunday Review)
Afghan Mullah who raped girl in his mosque receives 20-year prison sentence
(Rob Nordland, The New York Times)
Religious liberty and the bullies
(James Tonkowich, Christian Headlines)
Amid atrocity and martyrdom, El Salvador yields a saint
(Oakland Ross, Toronto Star)
Man says devil told him to topple Ten Commandments at Oklahoma capitol
(Reuters)
Abortion capital of Bible Belt? Tennessee vote tests that idea
(Richard Fausset, The New York Times)
North Dakota argues 'right-to-life' measure intent
(James MacPherson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Human rights worsen in Crimea, report says
(Gabrielle Steinhauser, The Wall Street Journal)
Pastor who performed gay marriage keeps ordination
(Travis Loller, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Private prosecution of 'gender-selection' abortion doctors
(Christian Concern)
Rahmon: OIC countries face global challenges
(Interfax: Religion)
Belgium university to address race issues following Gaza-themed student game
(JTA)
Turkish government aims to 'save' marriages
(Tulia Cetingulec, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Pope to meet Turkish president, Ecumenical Patriarch in November
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Tension high in Istanbul grove amid police blockade
(Hürriyet Daily News)
'What is being proposed is not marriage' – Pope calls for defense of family
(Elise Harris, CNA)
Westboro Baptist Church seeks to intervene in Kansas same-sex marriage case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Bangladesh: Another war criminal gone, but Islamists reorganising
(Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, South Asia Monitor)
Feds will recognize same-sex marriages from 6 more states
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious organizations in the public health paradigm
(Ellen Idler, OUPblog Religion)
Saturday, 25 October 2014
Man destroys Oklahoma Capitol Ten Commandments, saying Satan told him to do it
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants in Ukraine today are more united than ever before, Head of the UGCC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Suit challenges refusal to approve atheist to perform marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nashville conference to teach how to defend traditional marriage
(Claudette Riley, The Tennessean)
Minnesota atheists sue over right to perform marriages
(Jon Collins, Minnesota Public Radio News)
Diwali, Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated by more than just Hindus
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Will this shocking atheist pamphlet be handed out in some Florida schools?
(Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor)
Celebrating the elderly
(Evangelical Alliance UK: IDEA)
Preach to me: More Americans want their churches involved with politics
(The Economist)
Chairman of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is optimistic about religious freedom
(Kelsey Clark, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Freedom of religion, belief must be protected in workplace says UN expert
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Bielefeldt: Why isn’t the UN protecting religious liberty whistleblowers?
(Emily Belz, World Magazine)
Grace, forgiveness and the Tutu legacy
(Evangelical Alliance UK: IDEA)
Semarang: Church hosts conference to strengthen friendship and dialogue between religions
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Gulf Cooperation Council vows tough steps to curb ‘media extremism’
(Arab News)
8,000 more Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar
(Robin McDowell, Arab News)
Grand mufti: Bogus sick leaves are sinful
(Arab News)
Egypt, young Catholics: The revolution has been betrayed, but the future belongs to us
(Giulia Mazza inviato, AsiaNews.it)
Muhammad, where are you? - OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Pope urges abolish life prison terms, death penalty; lashes corruption
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Secularism grows as more U.S. Christians turn ‘churchless’
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
US: ISIS generates tens of millions of dollars monthly
(Jason Ditz, Mint Press News)
Attorney General Holder announces Federal Government to recognize same-sex married couples in six additional states
(United States Department of Justice)
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