Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Briton jailed in Pakistan for 'posing as Muslim' tells of ordeal
(Athar Ahmad, BBC News Glasgow & West Scotland)
Do newest Catholic saints have lessons for others?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
Four killed in Pakistan by bomb aimed at Shi'ites, say police
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Former archbishop of Canterbury: We are a post-Christian nation
(Tim Ross, Cole Moreton and James Kirkup, The Telegraph)
Capital punishment in America: Dismantling the machinery of death
(The Economist)
The Pope’s phone call
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times)
Nigerian abducted girls' families fast losing hope of rescue
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)
How does Boko Haram justify kidnap of 230 Nigerian teenage girls?
(World Watch Monitor)
Federal court orders preliminary relief from HHS mandate for FOCUS
(Catholic News Service, The Pilot)
New law aimed at boosting supplies of kosher, halal food for poor; spurred by Superstorm Sandy
(Jeff Karoub, The Republic)
Muslims and education: Religious studies
(The Economist)
Why religion matters: The salt of society
(Mormon Newsroom)
Afghan election heads for June runoff
(Qadir Sediqi and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN World)
Closing down a soup-kitchen (or not): Blake v Waltham Forest LB
(Christopher Luff [guest post], Law & Religion UK)
Kontum: Easter among Vietnamese Catholics is stronger than Communist repression
(TT, AsiaNews.it)
Strasbourg acting as the EU Court’s enforcer
(David Hart, QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
Friday, 25 April 2014
2013 Best of the Christian Press Awards
(Anglican Church Press)
Archbishop Justin joins British 'Christian country' debate
(Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury)
Beijing attacks claim China could become 'world's most Christian nation'
(Tom Phillips, Shanghai, The Telegraph)
Canada Supreme Court refuses to hear Windsor church property case
(Anglican Journal)
Cautious support for Cameron’s Christian country
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Congressional candidate’s two-state solution: A ‘New Israel’ in Texas
(Anthony Weiss, JTA Telegraph)
Hirsi Ali, Islam, and cultural relativism: The Brandeis Controversy
(Ibrahim Sundiata, Tikkun Daily)
Meet the Israeli Christians who actually want to be drafted
(Noga Tarnopolsky, Global Post)
Once top musicians, organists see loss of relevance
(Michael White, The New York Times)
Openly gay Oregon judge defends marriage ban because no one else will
(Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
Reform Jews land victory in lawsuit against Hungary
(JTA)
Report: Anti-Semitism heard at major Islamic conference in France
(JTA)
The actor David Suchet has made an audio recording of the entire Bible
(Church Times)
The ECLJ calls the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to investigate on children born alive after late abortion
(European Centre for Law and Justice)
Ukraine and the myths, blessings, and curses of nationalism
(Howard Cooper, Tikkun Daily)
Vow of freedom of religion goes unkept in Egypt
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Why the Jerusalem passport case should be dismissed for lack of standing
(Eugene Kontorovich, The Volokh Conspiracy - The Washington Post)
Colombian spiritual leader with churches in Costa Rica accused of money laundering, other crimes
(Corey Kane, The Tico Times)
Church standoff a study in China's complexity
(World Watch Monitor)
The Jewish Kid from New Jersey who became a radical Islamist
(Dina Temple-Raston, NPR Morning Edition)
Russia, Islam and the West: Shifting sands
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Methodists' Jewish boycott report criticised
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicl)
U.S. doctors killed at Afghan hospital run by Christian charity
(Valerie Plesch and Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today, Religion News Service)
Report: Pope Paul VI to be beatified after California ‘miracle’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Nepal: Hope rises again for a new constitution - Analysis
(Kamal Dev Bhat-tarai, Eurasia Review)
Mr. Swamy: Why not claim the entire Bangladesh? - OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Afghan elections, Abdullah still in the lead. But run-off is likely
(AsiaNews.it)
HS2, Burial Grounds, (& Richard III)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Excluding churches from unemployment compensation overage does not violate 1st or 14th amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uzbekistan: "Those who accepted other religions may not be buried in same cemetery with Muslims"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Alabama Supreme Court concurrence relies on natural law argument to define fetus as "child"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
For Indian Jesuit, Narendra Modi is vindictive and a threat to India's minorities
(Cedric Prakash sj, AsiaNews.it)
The Catholic Church in India calls for freedom of expression for all
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Sultanate of Brunei "postpones" introduction of Sharia
(AsiaNews.it)
Iran, President Rouhani: End to discrimination, equal rights and opportunities for women
(AsiaNews.it)
Turkey's Erdogan warns against Taksim Square May Day protests
(Al Jazeera)
Deadly mosque bombing in Pakistan city
(Al Jazeera)
South Sudan says massacre toll up to 400
(Al Jazeera)
EVENT, 25 April 2014: China’s Roles in the World
(8:30 am - 4:15 pm, United States Institute of Peace)
Saudi rights activist detained, allegedly tortured
(Al Jazeera America)
Lawsuit exposes FBI abuse of No Fly List to coerce individuals to become informants
(Center for Constitutional Justice)
Is Britain Christian? Does it matter? A divided country debates
(Brian Pellott, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
What really makes a nation Christian
(Paul Vallely, Church Times)
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Ontario law society votes against accrediting graduates of B.C. university with ‘abhorrent’ gay sex ban
(Allison Jones, Canadian Press, National Post)
PA assures reconciliation agreement requires Hamas recognition of Israel's existence
(The Jerusalem Post)
Religious charity in Solomon Dwek corruption sting focus of new charges
(Tad Sherman / The Star-Ledger, The Jersey Journal)
Using Texas' model, more states mull 'religious viewpoints' in schools law
(Sarah Posner, Al Jazeera America)
Vatican: Pope's phone calls don't change doctrine
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Cameron’s ‘Christian country’: What the numbers say about religion in the United Kingdom
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
France joins gay couples by thousands, amid gripes
(Maïa de la Baume and Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)
‘Harry Potter’ religion class seeks to enlighten students on ‘God, sin, and theodicy’
(Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times)
French minorities alarmed by far-right wins
(Al Jazeera)
Ukrainian Jews look to Israel as anti-Semitism escalates
(Haaretz)
Easter killings in CAR
(World Watch Monitor)
Angry Muslims in Central African Republic call for partition
(Emmanuel Braun, Reuters)
South Koreans love megachurches even more than Americans do
(Gwynn Guilford, Quartz)
The religious left is struggling. Can the cause of economic justice help it rise again?
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Losing my religion: Clergy who no longer believe gather online
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Darren Aronofsky: I’m not religious, but the environmental messages in ‘Noah’ are
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Mississippi sets 20-week limit on abortions
(reporting by Eric M. Johnson; editing by John Stonestreet, Reuters)
Missouri governor faces impeachment calls over gay marriage move
(BBC News Echo Chambers)
Meet the women behind the miracles credited to John Paul II and John XXIII
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Lawsuit says FBI uses no-fly list in bid to recruit Muslim informants
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)
Europe treaty on violence against women to take effect
(Human Rights Watch)
For the first time Ankara sends "condolences" to Armenians for (unmentioned) genocide
(AsiaNews.it)
Christians and Buddhists to foster together the growth of the community
(AsiaNews.it)
Punjab: clan gang rapes seven year old Christian and kidnaps father to stop him reporting them
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Bogor: Christians appeal to new mayor to let Yasmin Church reopen
(AsiaNews.it)
India votes on second biggest polling day
(Al Jazeera)
Australia: Christian Youth Camp liable for declining booking from gay support group
(Neil Foster [guest post], Law & Religion UK)
Court dismisses Episcopal priest's suit against bishop who fired him
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court asked to hear case on free speech, homosexual therapy
(Press Release, Pacific Justice Institute)
Royals’ silence on Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple disturbs Supreme Court
(DC Correspondent, The Deccan Chronicle)
EVENT, 24 April 2014: IGE's Faith & International Affairs April Conference Call: Faith & Global Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
European Court of Human Rights' landmark ruling protecting church autonomy
(Roger Kiska, Speak Up)
Film at 9/11 museum sets off clash over reference to Islam
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
HRWF Special Issue on Tatars in Crimea
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)
New days, new ways for mission and evangelism
(World Council of Churches)
South Sudan: Ethnic killings spiraling
(Human Rights Watch)
Texas evangelist yields pulpit for Ukraine’s acting president to share faith on Easter
(Sharayah Colter, Texan Southern Baptist)
Pope John XXIII launched Vatican II and then some
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Gov. Fallin signs bill restricting use of abortion drugs
(Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World)
Missouri executes inmate for 1993 farm slaying
(Jim Salter, Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Protestant and Jewish leaders try to mend rift
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
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