Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Attack at Jewish museum in Belgium highlights what? - OpEd
(Paul Woodward, Eurasia Review)
Yemeni air force bombs Houthi fighters in Amran
(Al Bawaba News)
Saudi anti-terrorism law casts wide net
(Abdulmajeed al-Buluwi, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
Turkey unblocks YouTube
(Arab News)
Brazil: Religious intolerance on the rise
(Simone Marques, Index on Censorship)
Sudan woman’s apostasy death sentence ‘depends on appeal’
(Arab News)
Meriam Ibrahim has not recanted Christian faith, says lawyer
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
After 25 years, Beijing is wasting time trying to erase Tiananmen
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Evangelicals may be holy grail of Latino vote
(Haya El Nasser, Al Jazeera America)
Jewish museum shooting suspect refuses extradition to Belgium
(Alexandria Sage, Reuters)
Embroiled over Israel, Presbyterians invite a rabbi to the pulpit
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
ECHR fines Turkey for Jehovah’s Witnesses forced to do military service
(Hurriyet Daily News)
More than 1,100 religious leaders push Congress for reform in federal drug cases
(Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post)
Moscow Patriarchate to translate services to sign language and set up infrastructure for disabled people in its churches
(Interfax-Religion)
Islamist organization activists convicted in Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)
If civil war in Ukraine is not stopped, it will come to Russia - ex-secretary of the Odessa Diocese
(Interfax-Religion)
The U.S. Sisters & the Holy See
(Mollie Wilson O'Reilly, Commonweal Magazine)
Southern Baptists meet as membership, baptism decline continues
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Remembering Tienanmen Square
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
A new vow: gay rights and religious freedom
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)
In defense of familyism
(John Zmirak, Aleteia)
Austria: Muslim Brotherhood's new European headquarters
(Valentina Colombo, Gatestone Institute)
Nigerian villagers 'killed in Boko Haram church attack'
(BBC News Africa)
Shelter is a refuge and more to Muslim women
(Marc Ramirez, Dallas News)
The Bible: Most important book ever written designed for people, not states
(Jacob L. Wright, Fox News)
Presbyterian Church's realignment persisting
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Op-Ed: Presbyterians, BDS and Israel — here we go again
(Noam E. Marans, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Fellowship at Two Rivers property sold to Catholics
(Heidi Hall, The Tennessean)
Music and genocide link Jewish lawyers with Nazi criminal on stage
(NIgel Stephenson, Reuters)
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
'Bad veiling' a protest against government, says Iran cleric
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)
As Presbyterians again weigh divestment, Jewish groups lobby, warn and worry
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Boehner’s got a Catholic problem on immigration reform
(Christopher J. Hale, Time)
Church of England to bar clergy from joining parties seen as racist
(Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters)
Egyptian satirist Youssef ends show
(Arab News)
EU adds Nigeria's Boko Haram to blacklisted terror groups
(AFP, Ahram Online)
How Hitler and Judas could end up in heaven
(Damon Linker, The Week)
Islamist militia helps new Libyan PM seize office
(Esam Mohamed, Arab News)
Just two Catholic priests in Dublin aged under 40 - Martin
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times Religion & Belief)
Nigeria tops Christian persecution violence list, according to Open Doors, report
(Eurasia Review)
Religious groups and scholars of Islam in Syrian revolution
(Issam Eido, Syria Comment)
Sabha reporter's throat slit
(Asma Elourfi, Magharebia)
The Audacity of Pope: The ‘Francis Doctrine’ puts the Vatican back on the world stage
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Mormon pioneer polygamous wives [infographic]
(Paula Kelly Harline, OUPblog)
Baptist-Catholic university partnership forges religious liberty alliance
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Religion and Law in the United Kingdom - Second Edition
(Mark Hill QC, Russell Sandberg, Norman Doe, Kluwer Law International)
Christian publisher unveils 'Modern English Version' of the Bible
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)
Livni officiates same-sex wedding
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
United Church of Christ lawsuit adds plaintiffs, while defendants seek motion for stay in case
(PR Newswire, Digital Journal)
In modified opinion, court dismisses some diocesan contraceptive coverage claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church group removes Alabama billboard quoting Hitler
(Verna Gates, Reuters)
MIT ditches graduation prayer — and may soon gain a humanist chaplain
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)
Catholic and libertarian? Pope’s top adviser says they’re incompatible
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Scandal-rocked megachurch loses yet another pastor
(Jennifer leClaire, Charisma News)
Cambodia welcomes return of 1,000-year-old statues
(Sopheng Cheang, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Jesuit director kidnapped in Afghanistan
(Amir Shah, The Times and Democrat)
BBC's Edward Stourton: British media suffers from religious 'blind spot' leading to 'skewed' coverage
(William Turvill, Press Gazette)
Prisons: is there an Article 9 right to see a spiritual adviser?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope to packed stadium: families are under attack
(Associated Press)
5 controversies that still plague the (Christian) church
(Bonnie Kristian, Relevant Magazine)
Open Doors releases top 10 list of countries where Christians face most violent attacks
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Navy rejects request for first humanist chaplain
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Atheists lose latest legal fight over ‘In God We Trust’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Planned Parenthood's 'pastoral letter' says the Bible is silent on abortion
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Tennessee night club partners with Christian church for worship services
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether execution survivor can be killed
(Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times)
"Muslim Gospel" revealing the "Christian Truth" excites the Da Vinci code set
(Annette Yoshiko Reed, Religious Dispatches: (A)theologies)
Church of England bans clergy from joining BNP
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
VA hospital orders Christian symbols to be covered inside its chapel
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)
Over 60 churches destroyed in Syria, thousands of Christians become refugees - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)
Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society plans to send humanitarian aid to southeastern Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
In first, Mexico's Catholic Church accuses priest of child sex crime
(Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters)
Fearing converts to terrorism, France intercepts citizens bound for Syria
(Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)
Judges challenge Archdiocesan positions in bankruptcy case
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Azerbaijan: "The banned book the Old Testament was confiscated"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
An afterlife for Europe’s disused places of worship
(Celestine Bohlen, The New York Times)
Vatican: Too early to confirm 2025 Orthodox-Catholic summit
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Sending a Torah and other cultural artifacts from Earth to the moon, just in case
(Paul Marks, The Washington Post)
Azerbaijan: A leading nation advocating peace and humanitarianism - OpEd
(Peter Tase, Eurasia Review)
Thai coup leaders warn against making 'Hunger Games' sign
(Voice of America)
Mass migration helping stem church decline in Britain
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today Church)
Pope Francis tells couples not to substitute dogs and cats for children
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Hawaiian churches win partial victory in fight over school rentals
(Sarah Padbury, WORLD News Service)
West Java authorities yield to Islamic pressure and close down seven Protestant churches
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Tiananmen psychosis: Even Bao Tong, who wanted to stop the massacre, is arrested
(AsiaNews.it)
The story of Anni Zhang, China's youngest prisoner of conscience
(AsiaNews.it)
Egyptian satirist Youssef ends TV show
(Evan Hill, Al Jazeera America)
Live discussion with Vatican & British Embassy: Ending sexual violence in conflict
(Carly Andrews, Aleteia)
Stop the premature talk of surrender on same-sex marriage
(Carson Holloway, Aleteia)
Nigerian police ban protests over abducted schoolgirls
(AFP, France 24 International News)
EVENT, 3-5 June 2014: Religions and Constitutional Transitions in the Muslim Mediterranean: "The Pluralistic Moment"
(Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italy, The International Center for Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Muslims in Malegaon burn effigy of Najma…
(Indian Christian Activist Network)
Murfreesboro mosque fight laid to rest after Supreme Court ruling
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Midwife lodges legal challenge against a Swedish County Council for denial of her right to freedom of conscience and religion on abortion
(Pat Buckley, National Right to Life News Today)
Monday, 2 June 2014
'Millions denied end-of-life drugs'
(Tulip Mazumdar, BBC News Health)
Gay cakes * Zombie guru * Camp Kill Jews: May’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Southern Baptists face a moment of decision on gay marriage (and you will too)
(Al Mohler, Christian Headlines)
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Tenn. mosque case
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court won't hear Murfreesboro mosque case
(Scott Broden, The Tennessean)
Reuven Rivlin, Israeli presidential front-runner, champions pluralism in politics but not Judaism
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Laws forbidding conversion and inter-faith marriage shake Mynamar
(Lizabeth Paulat, Care2)
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