Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
USCIRF commissioners appointed
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
U.S. court says trademarks can't disparage religious, ethnic groups
(Diane Bartz, Reuters)
California man facing terrorism charges denied house arrest
(Jennifer Chaussee, Reuters)
Judge overturns Idaho ban on gay marriage as unconstitutional
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)
Pakistani police charge 68 lawyers with blasphemy over protest
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president
(Ned Parker and Isabel Coles, Reuters)
Outgoing Afghan leader not going anywhere, to U.S. chagrin
(Jeremy Laurence and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
International court accuses Lebanese news group of contempt
(Oliver Holmes, Reuters)
Jordanian envoy to Libya freed, Jordan sends back jailed militant
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Idaho: Quick appeal on same-sex marriage?
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
Town of Greece: a guided tour of the Supreme Court's prayer decision
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Timeline: History of turbulent Saudi-Iranian ties
(Mark Heinrich, Reuters)
Frustrated Syria mediator Brahimi to step down, U.N. seeks replacement
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Algerian army ambushes militants, two killed east of capital
(Lamine Chikhi and Patrick Markey, Reuters)
Palestinian factions start talks on forming joint government
(Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
Bozeman leaders back gay-rights protections
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Holy Land Christians hope Pope Francis’ visit might revive peace talks
(Evan Simo-Bednarski and Harry Stevens, Religion News Service)
Survey: One-quarter of the world harbors anti-Semitic sentiment
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Drag queen * Black mass * Sex workers: Tuesday’s roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Commentary: Is the Hobby Lobby Bible elective objective?
(Stephen Prothero, Religion News Service)
Iranian women embrace ‘stealthy freedoms’ with hijab-free selfies on Facebook
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Satanism 101: The ‘faith’ behind the headlines
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Germany: Islamists infiltrating schools in Hamburg
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
The war on terrorism led to a worldwide increase of torture
(Sarah Kneezle, Al Jazeera)
Despite explosion, Gaza freedom flotilla to sail against siege: organizers
(Sarah Lazare, Mint Press News)
Marital rape is officially legal in India
(Jess Zimmerman, Global Post)
Uzbekistan: "To prevent illegal religious materials"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Federal circuit denies trademark registration for "Stop the Islamisation of America"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ADL poll of over 100 countries finds more than one-quarter of those surveyed infected with anti-Semitic attitudes
(Press Release, Anti-Defamation League)
Child parenting time order did not violate Free Exercise protections or Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion and sports collide in NCAA athletic teams
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Should Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals be considered torture?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Orthodoxy, Putin and the West
(Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Huffington Post: Religion)
'Hallowed be Your name': Why prayer can never simply be private
(Matthew Anslow, ABC: Religion and Ethics)
Iranian women post pictures of themselves without hijabs on Facebook
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
The Great War and religion: A neglected history
(Kimberly Winston, Publishers Weekly)
Same-sex marriage in Virginia gets its day in federal appeals court
(Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times)
Police investigate far-right 'invasions' of Bradford and Glasgow mosques
(Helen Pidd, The Guardian)
Atheists still 'under God' when it comes to Pledge of Allegiance in Massachusetts
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)
Are crosses next for the Supreme Court?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Church-state separation is good for religious activism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
History shades Arkansas' gay marriage debate
(AP: The big story)
Pro-life priests take Obamacare fight to court
(J.C. Derrick, WORLD News Service)
Gay activists inform Moscow Mayor's office on holding Conchita Wurst march of bearded women, men
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian priest is threatened with murder for giving communion to Berkut soldiers
(Interfax-Religion)
Search engine giants remove pregnancy center ads
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
Couples challenging Alaska gay marriage ban
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Bobby Jindal, raised Hindu, discusses Christian conversion
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Pope Francis announces beatification date for Paul VI
(BBC News Europe)
Nigerian girls seen in video from militants
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)
China’s relations with Muslim Uighurs worsen as tensions rise after attacks
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
Christian party asserts Dalit rights in Indian elections debut
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, to fight Boko Haram with $2.3B investment in northern Nigeria
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
NI abortion ruling: a “pro-life” victory?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
After Catholic outcry, Satanist ceremony canceled at Harvard
(Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times)
Update: Harvard's satanic 'black Mass' cancelled
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Stripping away the stigma: Christian ministries help women escape sex industry
(Bobby Ross Jr., The Washington Post)
Nigerian Christians remain hopeful amid persecution
(Kelly Givens, Christian Headlines)
US has uneasy ties with likely next India PM
(N/A, Arab News)
El-Sissi vows Egypt progress in 2 years
(Arab News)
India exit polls tap Hindu nationalist Modi as next PM, markets rally
(N/A, Aljazeera America)
Ukrainian authorities place sanction on high Moscow church official
(RISU)
Gay couples marry in Arkansas, most clerks sit out
(Christina Huynh, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Survey: Most Americans say fighting global poverty is futile
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Presbyterian Church USA)
As South Sudan rivals agree truce, church plays pivotal role
(Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service)
Guidance for Church of England schools on challenging homophobic bullying
(Church of England)
The path to legal same-sex civil unions in Peru
(Presbyterian Church USA)
Summit first step in creating a coalition against trafficking
(Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service)
Pope says baptism is for everyone, even Martians
(Yahoo News)
France’s top rabbi denies extortion claims
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Orthodox Jews protest at disputed Jerusalem site
(Yahoo News)
Sharp rise in French Jews leaving for Israel
(Yahoo News)
Monday, 12 May 2014
Appeals court judges seem sharply divided over Virginia ban on same-sex marriage
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Are millennial Muslims doomed to become unmosqued?
(Hind Makki, Patheos Blog: Hindtrospectives)
Islam, the West and Nigeria: Whose faith, whose girls?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Odessa’s Jews lay low as violence engulfs their oasis of calm
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The women in Iran taking off the hijab
(BBC News Trending)
French chief rabbi accused of $120K orthodox divorce shakedown
(JTA, Forward.com)
Are women kosher supervisors a step toward gender equality?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Amnesty: 141 countries still torture
(Michael Pizzi, Aljazeera America)
200 girls kidnapped and for sale: Religious hostilities hinder Nigeria's better economy
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Boko Haram rebels say ready to exchange kidnapped Nigerian girls for prisoners
(John Irish, Reuters)
Boko Haram releases video of kidnapped schoolgirls, looking to bargain for their release
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
In Indonesia, moderate Islamic party returns to political centerstage
(Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Reuters)
Israeli ministers approve bid to block Palestinian prisoner releases
(Jeffrey Heller, Reuters)
Israeli PM says Iran's nuclear program a 'clear and present danger'
(Elaine Lies, Reuters)
Al Qaeda's Iraqi offshoot gains ground in Syria amid rebel infighting
(Oliver Holmes, Reuters)
Turkish PM signals to intensify state purge ahead of expected presidential bid
(Daren Butler and Ayla Jean Yackley, Reuters)
Afghan fighting worsens as foreign troops withdraw: report
(Jeremy Laurence, Reuters)
Chad closes border with Central African Republic
(Madjiasra Nako and Joe Bavier, Reuters)
Car bomb kills at least 12 people in Somalia: police
(Abdi Sheikh and James Macharia, Reuters)
Palestinian foreign minister requests 'terrorist' label for militant settlers
(Noah Browning, Reuters)
Egypt's Sisi says Syria crisis should end via peaceful means
(Yasmine Saleh and Mostafa Hashem, Reuters)
Iran prods Pakistan leader on U.S. ties, security, pipeline
(Mehrdad Balali, Reuters)
Virginia governor orders review of abortion clinic rules
(Gary Robertson, Reuters)
More than 150 same-sex couples marry in Arkansas capital
(Steve Barnes, Reuters)
Modi on course to be India's next leader, exit polls show
(Shyamantha Asokan, Reuters)
Islamic cleric testifies he wanted to aid hostages
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Is there a Biblical answer to poverty?
(Gracy Olmstead, The Federalist)
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