Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 July 2014
The Dalai Lama calls for peace between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)
Iraqi Christian leaders appeal to Europe as nuns kidnapped
(Damaris Kremida, World Watch Monitor)
A liberal’s second thoughts about Hobby Lobby
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Can people “exercise religion” through publicly traded corporations?
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Evangelicals are changing their minds on gay marriage
(Jim Hinch, Politico)
In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)
Voodoo won't save Haiti, says cardinal
(Rashmee Roshan Lall, The Guardian)
Mandalay’s Chinese Muslims chilled by riots
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)
In divided Jerusalem, rail line for Arabs and Jews is among the fractures
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
Hollande urges Middle East diplomacy after pro-Palestinian protest in Paris
(Anne Penketh, The Guardian)
Women bishops: Church's second chance to decide
(BBC News)
Faithful flock to see statue of Santo Toribio, the immigrants' saint
(Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times)
How some colleges that ban premarital sex teach prevention of sexual assault
(Nick Anderson, The Washington Post)
Pastor led son’s gay wedding, revealing fault line in church
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
A Raleigh family’s Ramadan combines cultures and traditions
(Kara Bettis, The News and Observer)
Kentucky set to license pastoral counselors to provide faith-based mental health services
(Jack Brammer, Lexington Herald-Leader)
Republican Governors' words shift on gay marriage
(Steve Peoples and Erik Schelzig, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The eleven most active religious cults in China
(The China Story)
Hong Kong and Beijing: A fine line for religious leaders
(South China Morning Post)
Church of England General Synod set to approve female bishops
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
The economic cost of demolishing houses of worship
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Neo-Nazis, Islamists declare 'You Jews are beasts' during protest of Israeli operation
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)
Sunday, 13 July 2014
7 ways congregations can embrace people with special needs
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
IRS to rubber-stamp tax-exempt status for most charities after scandal
(Massimo Calabresi, Time)
Berlin protest against Israel’s Gaza op turns violent
(JTA)
Tunisian police shut down restaurants during Ramadan
(Sarra Hlaoui, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
French court lifts mayor’s ban on Muslim hijab at beach
(France 24 with AFP)
Christian college gets Title IX religious exemption for housing of transgender students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion and law round up – 13th July
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What, exactly, is Hamas trying to prove?
(Jeffrey Goldberg, The Alantic)
In advance of campaign, IDF sends evacuation warning to northern Gazans
(JTA)
Hamas tells Palestinian civilians to stay in homes in face of Israeli warnings
(JTA)
Rocket seriously injures Israeli teen in Ashkelon; dual citizens leave Gaza
(JTA)
Egyptians hoping Israel will destroy Hamas
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Nepal retracts permission for a Tibetan lama’s cremation
(Bhadra Sharma, The New York Times)
Report: Hamas, not Israel, rejected cease-fired
(Tova Dvorin, Arutz Sheva 7)
Paris synagogue firebombed in anti-Semitic attack
(JTA, Haaretz)
Louisiana ruling raises Catholic worries that it could breach sanctity of confession
(Melinda Deslatte, U.S. News)
Wenzhou Christians protecting chapel cross face beatings; hundreds of Zhejiang chapel crosses are destroyed [Simplified Chinese]
(Ma Ping, Radio Free Asia)
Saturday, 12 July 2014
S.A.S. v. France: The European Court’s decision in light of human rights doctrine on restricting religious dress
(International Justice Resource Center)
The data of hate
(Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, The New York Times)
Erdogan: No normalizing of ties with Israel
(AP, Mint Press News)
Catholics, Jews and Muslims sign peace statement in Colombia
(Catholic News Agency)
Profile: Nigeria's Boko Haram
(Nachiket Khadkiwala & Saurabh Mishra, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Declaration of State of Islam ‘Caliphate’: Will discord among Indonesian jihadists breed violence? – Analysis
(V. Arianti and Robi Sugara, RSIS via Eurasia Review)
UK bans pro-jihad Islamist groups
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Indonesia: Joko vows to remain the same if voted in as president
(Andrea Wijaya, The Jakarta Globe)
New test on same-sex marriage due at Court soon (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Court lifts stay, but gives Utah chance to appeal same-sex marriage recognition
(McKenzie Romero, Deseret News)
Israel and Gaza: The atrocity – OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Death toll passes 100 as Israel continues Gaza assault
(Ma'an News Agency)
CNN: Palestinians want to die – OpEd
(David Swanson, Eurasia Review)
World Council of Churches to divest from world's dirty fuels
(Jon Queally, Mint Press News)
Friday, 11 July 2014
A caliphate erupts amid the boiling hatreds of Sunnis and Shiites
(compiled by Darryl Levings, with information by Kimberly Winston of Religion News Service, Kansas City Star)
Among Justices, considering a divide not of gender or politics, but of beliefs
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Colorado "gay marriage" ruling misinterprets marriage, bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)
Ghana denies religion claims of asylum seekers in Brazil
(Pauline Bax, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Iraqi minorities victim of sectarian conflict
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Israeli hospitals continue to treat sick Gazans despite missile attacks
(Judy Seigel-Itzkovich, The Jerusalem Post)
Riverside: Cal Baptist wins on most claims in suit by transgender student
(Brian Rokos, The Press-Enterprise)
Taliban debate merits of Islamic State's caliphate announcement
(Saud Mehsud and Katharine Houreld, Reuters UK)
Women bishops: what are the issues?
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Northern Israel hit by rockets from Lebanon
(Ma'an News Agency)
Israel imposes restrictions at al-Aqsa for Friday prayers
(Ma'an News Agency)
ISIS changes its name and makes a big statement, but what happens next?
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Pope Francis's radical environmentalism
(Tara Isabella Burton, The Atlantic)
Catalonia government moving forward with burqa ban
(Awr Hawkins, Breitbart.com)
India: Ignorance, hypocrisy or biasness on Fatwas & Shariat?
(tcn, ICAN)
The French Jewish community expresses solidarity after abduction and killing of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaer
(Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France)
Yes, the French government has proposed a coherent plan of action against terrorism
(Eve Gani, Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France)
To burqa or not to burqa? That is the question in Europe
(The Blot Magazine)
Legalizing pot erodes communities, panel warns
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Hobby Lobby ruling aids Michigan woman's lawsuit
(Catholic News Agency)
America is the arsonist of the Middle East
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Cultural Diversity and Law in Association with RELIGARE
(Series editor, Prakash Shah, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Ashgate)
Sri Lankan Muslim leader warns of radicalization after clashes
(Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)
Supreme Court rejects attempt by county clerk to appeal Pennsylvania same-sex marriage decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Non-religious non-profit sues to challenge contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Party ties, not religious ones, drive down Obama’s approval rating
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
What the Pope’s popularity says about American culture
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Inequality: The USA is NOT an outlier on religiosity and economics
(Tobin Grant, Religion News Service)
Student who married same-sex partner expelled from Southwestern Christian University
(Greg Horton, Religion News Service)
Gay teacher files sex discrimination claim against Georgia school
(Adam Ragusea, NPR)
What explains the reaction to Hobby Lobby?
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Militants take over Christian university in Ukraine
(Kate Tracy, Christianity Today)
A European cultural Summer
(Patrick H. Daly, COMECE, europeinfos)
The connection of separationism and limited government
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Should atheist prayers lead city council meetings?
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Activists seek to divide U.S. Evangelicals and Israel amid Gaza conflict
(Luke Moon, Juicy Ecumenism)
Burundi wants churches to have at least 500 members and a building before they can register; foreign churches need 1,000
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Do Evangelical churches have to accept gay marriage to attract millennials?
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
Senate Democrats’ religious-freedom deprivation bill
(Ed Whelan, National Review Online)
Italian religious procession sparks mafia row
(BBC News)
Vatican makes "new generation" cardinal head of key German archdiocese
(Reuters)
The Evangelical crusade against immigration
(Gina Piccalo, Mashable)
Catholics in business wrestle with Pope Francis' attacks on capitalism
(Gregory J. Millman, The Wall Street Journal)
Killing of Palestinian youth puts an Israeli focus on extremism
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
Church of England women bishops: archbishops will overrule synod
(Andre Brown, The Guardian)
Breaking the Ramadan fast in the company of Jews
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
BOOK LAUNCH, 24 July 2014: "Ayodhya: Debacle, Divide and Dividend"
(Surendra Kumar Pachauri, India International Centre, New Delhi)
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