Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 2 May 2014
Prayer politics * Faith v. Fact * Tea Party Jesus : Friday’s Roundup
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Xinjiang, Urumqi attack "work of religious extremists"
(AsiaNews.it)
Ecumenical conference held to strengthen unity among Bangladesh Christians
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Hindu Shankara masters decry Narendra Modi: A sinner for the Gujarat massacres
(AsiaNews.it)
Ostracised, Christians in Orissa again see their homes destroyed and water wells poisoned
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Satanic temple unveils plan to bring sympathy for the devil to Oklahoma
(Massoud Hayoun, Aljazeera America)
The evolution of anti-trafficking campaigns in the church
(Jo Anne Lyon, On Faith)
Pakistan: Autopsy raises questions whether Christian’s death was suicide
(World Watch Monitor)
British Pakistani Christians protest blasphemy laws at Downing Street
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today World)
Catholic Church legal status in Angola tops meeting
(Agência Angola Press)
US should be increasingly worried about persecution in Nigeria, Egypt, Pakistan and Syria, says religious freedom group
(Morgan Lee, Christian Post Reporter)
Suit challenging denial of IRS non-profit exemption dismissed on numerous grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pennsylvania appellate court: property of breakaway congregation belongs to PCUSA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Report on human rights in Pakistan issued
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
“Big Mountain Jesus” on trial before 9th Circuit
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
The Arab Spring was not supposed to be about religion
(Acton Institute, Aleteia)
Jehovah's Witness challenge to South Korea's military service
(Jason Strother, World Crunch)
Are Millennials calling for a truce on the culture wars?
(Brian Brown, Aleteia)
Vatican to debate teachings on divorce, birth control, gay unions
(Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)
Ministry looking to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
(Spencer Ho, The Times of Israel)
Netanyahu pushing Basic Law defining Israel as Jewish state
(Barak Ravid, Jonathan Lis, and Jack Khoury, Haaretz News)
How did the Irish Minister for Education anger teachers?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Eleven Muslims killed in sectarian attacks in India's Assam
(Biswajyoti Das, Reuters)
Anger as French judge blocks lesbian couple's adoption
(BBC News Europe)
Focus on the Family's James Dobson will not yield to abortion pill mandate
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Janice Hahn walks out of event after James Dobson calls Obama the 'Abortion President'
(Shadee Ashtari, Huffington Post)
Sri Lanka: Cautious welcome for police unit for religious disputes
(ACNS Staff, Episcopal News Service)
Rick Jacobs threatens to pull URJ out of Presidents Conference after J Street fiasco
(Michael Kaplan, The Jewish Daily Forward)
J Street deserves a place at the table
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Extremists crucify Syrians as method of execution
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
School districts alter Pledge of Allegiance
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
The relentless assault of an increasingly pornographic culture
(Russell Shaw, The Catholic World Report)
Nirvanaless: Asian Buddhism’s growing fundamentalist streak
(Anuradha Sharma and Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)
Amid rising anti-Semitism in western Europe, Italian Jews are staging a surprising revival
(Michael Ledeen, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Pope backs his Vatican economy czar
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Lack of health care deadly for Myanmar’s Rohingya
(The Associated Press, Mint Press News)
Women raise their voices on the walls of Afghanistan
(Pina Sadar, Mint Press News)
The head of the Jewish community of Ukraine speaks out against Putin
(David Mikics, Tablet)
Hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian school girls reportedly sold as brides to militants for $12, relatives say
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
Uzbekistan: Another 5 year prison term for sermons in mobile
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Cremation following miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: the Mortonhall Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
France launches anti-jihadist plan
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Cash-strapped Catholic schools resurrect as charters
(Allie Bidwell, US News & World Report)
China destroys statues as 'anti-Christian' campaign widens
(Tom Phillips, Shanghai, The Telegraph)
Claremont cuts ties to controversial offspring
(General Board of Church & Society of The United Methodist Church)
Do other faiths have a problem with Britain being a 'Christian country'?
(Michael Trimmer, Christian Today World)
Hobby Lobby Brief, 9 Academic Institutions and 27 Comparative Law and Religion Scholars
(Cole Durham, Elizabeth Clark, Brett Scharffs)
India's new Hinduism is about order, not wonder
(Amit Chaudhuri, The Guardian)
Iran: A number of Christian converts arrested at Easter Service
(Mohabat News)
Naming and shaming: 8 countries egregiously violating religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, Index on Censorship)
New Yorkr mosque to be names for Jesus, Son of Mary
(William Kilpatrick, The Catholic World Report)
No swimsuit competition for Miss Indian World
(Tristan Ahtone, Al Jazeera America)
Sectarianism overshadows Iraq's elections; the winner will be Iran
(Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian)
The collapse of anti-gay religion
(William Saletan, Slate)
Young Atheist's Handbooks sent to secondary schools
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Commentary: On the front lines in Mississippi
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Values and data meet at a Vatican workshop on sustaining humanity on a flourishing planet
(Andrew Revkin, The New York Times)
Islamic extremists now crucifying people in Syria—and Tweeting out the pictures
(Jacob Siegel, The Daily Beast)
A new vision for Middle East peace?
(Alan Johnson, World Affairs: Idealism Without Illusion)
Former Muslim Alom Shaha: Why atheists should care about anti-Muslim prejudice
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)
Survey: When science and faith collide, faith usually wins
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Presidential Proclamation — Jewish American Heritage Month, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Presidential Proclamation — National Day of Prayer, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
The many faces of Islam
(John L. Esposito, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
Do we need a National Day of Prayer?
(Herb Scribner, Deseret National News)
Americans unite with 'one voice' on 'day of prayer' while secularists and atheists continue push for 'reason'
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)
5 facts about prayer
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Workers unite! * Crucifixions redux * Guns banned: Thursday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
May Day event turns violent in embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
(Anna Nemtsova, The Washington Post)
New suit targets Ohio gay marriage ban
(Amber Hunt and Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati.com)
Doctor euthanizes Belgian woman without first treating depression
(Carrie Dedrick)
Cassidy supports tax-exempt housing for religious institutions
(Press Release, Congressman Bill Cassidy)
Saudi Arabia takes swipe at Norway's human rights record
(Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times)
How the new pope-saints embody the principles of Vatican II
(Fr Dwight Longenecker, Aleteia)
North Carolina's new gay marriage lawsuit could turn 'everything on its head'
(Lila Shapiro, Huff Post Gay Voices)
For Bangui's last Muslims, to stray outside the safe haven is to court death
(Chris Stein, Global Post)
London cleric wanted jihadists to train in Oregon, U.S. jury told
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)
Cobblestones to remember murdered Jews multiply in Berlin
(Christopher Alessi, Reuters)
Kerry: US taking a pause, reassessing after peace talk failure
(the Jerusalem Post)
Kenyan bishops protest against pay-to-preach law
(Julius Mbaluto, World Watch Monitor)
Islamist group condemns Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood death sentences
(Sami Aboudi, Reuters)
What's really stalling the Israel-Palestinian peace process
(Christopher J. Fettweis, Los Angeles Times)
Egyptian Synod delays action on women's ordination
(Chris Meehan, Christian Reformed Church)
Syria jihadists execute seven, two by crucifixion
(Gulf News)
Obama and the paradoxes of progressive Christianity: an interview with James Kloppenberg
(Tiffany Stanley, Religion and Politics)
China denies church demolition is persecution of Christians
(Zoe Li, CNN On China)
China blames religious extremists for station bombing
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
Bombing in Xinjiang: Holes in the iron wall
(J.M., The Economist: Analects China)
British Humanist Association distributes Atheists handbook to high school students
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Egypt's Jewish problem
(Michael J. Totten, World Affairs: Dispatches)
Kenya’s new polygamy law bad for families, Christian leaders say
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Traditional marriage group accuses Notre Dame of censorship
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post U.S.)
Freedom to marry, freedom to disagree: a public statement
(Dale Carpenter, the Volokh Conspiracy)
PM to push basic law that will define Israel as 'Jewish state'
(Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post)
In Britain, secularism is only skin deep
(Roland Flamini, World Affairs: Corridors of Power)
The Fatah-Hamas agreement
(Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute)
Russia: "They'll punish you .. whether or not you committed a crime"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Women raise their voices on the walls of Afghanistan
(Pina Sadar, Mint Press News)
Design of Nazi occupation statue etched in stone, Hungary’s Orban tells Jews
(JTA)
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations rejects J Street’s membership bid
(JTA)
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