Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 16 August 2014
China says it 'rescues' 82 children from Xinjiang religious schools
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Thailand moves to ban surrogacy
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
British Jewish paper responds to outcry over Gaza appeal ad
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
From Berlin to Jerusalem, a lament for Gaza and Israel
(Yael Shinar, Religion & Politics)
Paolo and Francesca's IVF mix-up
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
Australia could recognise multiple parents
(BioEdge)
Al-Sudais calls for code of conduct to curb violence
(Arab News)
Friday, 15 August 2014
Central African Republic: A cleric asks: 'Why do you want to kill this boy?'
(Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times)
Iraq's Christian diaspora: Thinking hard about the future
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Joint appeal by religious leaders
(Media Release by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan: signed by leading representatives of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Stop the anti-Semitism when talking Gaza
(Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast)
The Word and the world: Catholicism in Asia (chart)
(The Economist [Graphic detail))
Yasukuni Shrine: war criminals among the dead revered by Japan
(Julian Ryall, The Telegraph)
Court: LC not required to cover emergency contraception
(Leigh Guidry, Shreveport Times)
New Zealand election posters defaced with anti-Semitic messages
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A rabbi’s departure manifests a challenge for Jews in America
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
Jew assaulted in Marseille over Gaza
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ADL reports ‘dramatic surge’ in anti-Jewish violence
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Today's war-torn Mideast is not yesterday's Europe – OpEd
(Peter H. Wilson, Los Angeles Times Opinion)
Europe’s Catholic bishops appeal for international action on Iraq
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times Religion & Belief)
Clashing visions threaten the mission of U.S. religious liberty panel
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Delay sought on Virginia same-sex marriages (debated)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court asked to put hold on ruling that would allow gay marriage in Virginia
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
In Tennessee, a rare win for opponents of same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Pope's Asia challenge
(Deborah Ball, The Wall Street Journal)
Pope Francis reaches out to China as he begins Asia trip
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
The future of Christianity in China: Sino-theology and the pope
(Zoe Li, CNN)
Chinese state theology
(Marcus Roberts, MercatorNet)
China and North Korea combining to crush Christian aid
(Philip Wen, Sydney Morning Herald)
Pope’s Korean visit highlights plight of North’s Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Papal visit underscores religious divide in Koreas
(Eric Talmadge, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope Francis: "There is only one Korea"
(Catholic News Agency)
China willing to improve relationship with Vatican [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)
BJC breaks down Hobby Lobby ruling
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Annicchino on religious freedom as a (non-)priority in Italy and the EU
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Kirsten Powers: Obama's inattention to Iraqi Christians
(Kirsten Powers, USA Today)
Blasphemy in Oklahoma City
(Phyllis Zagano, National Catholic Reporter)
Ohio resolution asking for discipline falls short
(Kelli Yoder, Mennonite World Review)
Is prayer just too boring?
(Marcus Goodyear, Patheos)
Meet the Kurds, a historically oppressed people who will get their own state
(Ofra Bengio, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Engaged Buddhism and community ecology
(David P. Barash, OUPblog Religion)
IRS would lose in court battle against churches over "Pulpit Freedom," says NRB head
(Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post)
Israel expands Law of Return to include interfaith gay couples
(Tal Kra-Oz, Tablet)
U.S. court revives challenge to New York City circumcision law
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
Religion and Modernity: Pilgrims
(Peter Berger, The American Interest)
Law school dean compares GOP’s muted reaction on gay marriage to silence about Nazi Germany
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Preference for religious stability vs. parent’s desire to leave religious group
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The Bibles are back: Navy lodges scuttle removal plan
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Methodists doing immigration right
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)
When freedoms collide
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Familial love is not a contract
(Andrea Mrozek, MercatorNet)
Whose baby is it? (Italian judges will need the wisdom of Solomon to sort out the latest tragic IVF mix-up)
(Philippa Taylor, MercatorNet)
Protecting Christians and Yazidis: Elusive religious freedom
(Bill Leonard, ABP News)
"Mr. Obama's war"
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
States have authority to define marriage
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)
In denial: breast cancer establishment continues to reject abortion link
(Gerard M. Nadal, MercatorNet)
Garrett-Evangelical goes gay?
(Alexander Griswold, Juicy Ecumenism)
Dealing with graphic content is a moral minefield for journalists
(John Jewell, MercatorNet)
Naming Children: England and Wales, 2013
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
New fighting hits South Sudan
(Jason Straziuso, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Dr. Kent Brantly to be released from hospital soon, officials say
(Sami K. Martin, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys in northeast Nigeria: witnesses
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)
Violence against Christians in Pakistan on the rise
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Religious liberty at heart of freedom
(Joshua Hawley, Springfield News-Leader)
As online anti-Semitism grows, so do efforts to counter it
(Luigi Serenelli, Religion News Service)
Navy reverses decision to remove Bibles from rooms, reviews policy
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Head of Ireland's abuse-tainted Catholic Church retires
(Conor Humprhies, Reuters UK)
Cardinal Séan Brady offers pope his resignation
(BBC News)
Atheist college student says separation of church and state protects Christians from Islamic rule
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Mars Hill cancels annual resurgence conference amid controversy surrounding Mark Driscoll
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
The moral of this story is getting worn out
(Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal)
Chilean priest probed after 'stolen babies' scandal
(BBC News)
Iraqi Sunnis lay out conditional offer to join unity government
(Raheem Salman and Michael Georgy, Reuters)
Iraq's Yazidis warn refugees crisis isn't over
(Nour Malas and Joe Parkinson and Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)
With Islamic State on march, Lebanon's Christians must agree on president
(Tom Perry, Reuters)
No longer behind the curve: Black churches address mental illness
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Yeshiva students challenge myths of the menorah
(Sophia Hollander, The Wall Street Journal)
In tight Senate race, McConnell talks religion
(Adam Beam and Bruce Schreiner, The Associated Press)
Imam shortage crimps U.S. mosques
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)
A new mosque rises—in Alaska
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)
"A return to the Middle Ages"
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
The surprising benefit of a stay-at-home mother
(Joanna Roughton, Family Edge)
Defining the "One Land, Two State" solution
(Mathias Mossberg and Mark LeVine, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
A victory, for now, for religious freedom: Navy will allow Bibles during review
(Chad Groening, One News Now)
Britain's "murky anti-Semitic subculture"
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)
ISIS: A short history
(Bobby Ghosh, The Atlantic)
A timeline of ISIS terror
(World Watch Monitor)
Bountiful wife says polygamy charge violates religious freedom
(James Keller, Maclean's)
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Beijing "recalls" Chinese priests from Seoul and blocks 80 young people from travelling for the AYD
(AsiaNews.it)
Hamas lies about the Gaza civilian death toll: And the media believed it
(Oren Kessler, U.S. News & World Report)
Palestinians voice optimism as Gaza truce holds
(Associated Press, The New York Times)
Slovakia launches aid for displaced civilians in Northern Iraq
(Leos Rousek, The Wall Street Journal Emerging Europe)
Survivors of Rabia massacre still search for justice
(Saah el-Sirgany, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Charges laid against Bountiful leader Winston Blackmore after judge rules Charter should not protect polygamists
(Analysis, National Post)
New York farm owners fined for declining same-sex wedding
(Rick Karlin, Albany Times-Union)
Suras and tolerance: Meet Europe's gay imam
(Takis Würger, Spiegel Online International)
Facebook, Google censor human rights activists
(Shabnam Assadollahi, Gatestone Institute)
A priest's eye-witness account of fleeing the Islamic State
(Gelsomino Del Guerico, Aleteia)
Ferguson protests draw clergy, faith voices to streets and Twitter
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
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