Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Pope Francis asks forgiveness for priests who sexually abused children
(Daniel Burke & Laura Smith-Spark, CNN)
‘Pay for it yourself’: Canadian Catholics fighting renewed push for single publicly funded school system
(Sarah Boesveld, National Post)
From house church to 1,000-seat solar-powered sanctuary
(Hamil R. Harris, The Washington Post)
Millennials 'talk to God,' but fewer rely on religion, survey finds
(Scott Neuman, National Public Radio)
Central African Republic clergy urge faster deployment of UN peacekeepers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Church of England faces 'crisis’ as gay priest weds
(Edward Malnick, The Telegraph)
The Mexican-American War and the making of American identity
(John C. Pinheiro, OUPblog)
Louisiana moves to make the Bible its state book
(Frederick Reese, Mint Press News)
Caste discrimination: the Government’s progress
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Brandeis chooses not to tolerate intolerance
(Obaid H. Siddiqui, Patheos: altmuslim, Global Perspectives on Muslim life, politics & culture)
Friday, 11 April 2014
A 23-year-old gay-marriage opponent explains herself
(Connor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)
Centuries of Judaica from life and rites in Muslim lands
(Eve M. Kahn, The New York Times)
Group of Jehovah's Witnesses followers detained in Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Jesus more popular than Mao in China?
(Michael Trimmer, Christian Today World)
Jewish inmates say Florida prisons serve cold, gross food to discourage kosher requests
(Dara Kam, The Palm Beach Post)
Kosher for Gentiles
(Elizabeth Weiss, The New Yorker)
Observatory at Fundamental Rights Agency / Submits Report on Hate Crimes in Europe to OSCE
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe)
Online and unabashed: Orthodox rabbis and scholars take to the internet
(Shulem Deen, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Saeed Abedini's wife: It's very hard but God is holding me up and him up too
(Christianity Today World)
Utah and same-sex marriage: Issues on appeal
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
The shame of Brandeis, and of a culture that has lost its way
(Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review Online)
Secular education on the decrease in national religious schools in Israel
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Pope Francis' strongest statement yet on sex abuse
(CBC News)
Hungary breached freedom of religion
(Veronika Gulyas, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Has capitalism failed? A multifaith response
(Multiple Authors, Patheos Public Square)
France's policy against "sects" disavowed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(HRWF and Marco Ventura, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Rudy Salles fails to export anti-religious policies to the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
Speech by Mr Morten Wold at PACE regarding Rudy Salles' report
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
BC Law Society approves TWU Law School graduates
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Europe, sects and freedom: One man's sect...
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
More than 10,000 signed a petition demanding Council of Europe to stop proposed anti-religious legislation
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Protecting minors against the excesses of sects
(Link to voting result, Adopted text, Debate video, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
The protection of minors against excesses of sects
(Resolution 1992 (2014) Provisional version, The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
Dr Aaron Rhodes speech on religious freedom at Council of Europe side event
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Turkey: Malatya murder trial postponed again
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
TSA travel information on Jewish Holiday of Passover
(Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security)
Judge grants request to force Indiana to recognize couple's same-sex marriage
(Jill Disis and Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star)
Suu Kyi cautions Myanmar 'not yet a democracy'
(Arab News)
Health bosses in Denmark, Norway resist calls to ban circumcision
(JTA)
India: School is not a battleground for religion
(Babu Gogineni, World Religion News)
Oslo Accords pioneer Ron Pundak dies
(JTA)
Spanish village called ‘kill Jews’ mulling name change
(JTA)
Nobody expects the Rainbow Inquisition
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint - Christian Headlines)
WCC announces international consultation on Korean peninsula
(World Council of Churches)
Tennessee Baptist school fights Obamacare
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
The Indian election: Will 2014 be 'Modi's moment'?
(Gauri Khandekar, FRIDE - A European Think Tank for Global Action)
Japanese airports becoming 'Islam-friendly' to cater to growing Muslim tourism
(AsiaNews.it)
PACE strongly condemns cases when the Strasbourg Court’s ‘interim measures’ are ignored
(Italy, Russia, Slovak Republic, Turkey implicated, The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
Church of Uganda explains support for controversial anti-homosexuality law
(Frank Jack Daniel and Manoy Kumar, The Christian Post World)
Thursday, 10 April 2014
2013 was unfavorable for religious activity in Ukraine – statistics
(Translated by Karolina Omelchenko, Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
3rd Annual Symposium of the Center for Global Justice: Advancing the Rule of Law in East Africa
(Regent's University School of Law)
Adventist Church joins amicus brief in support of ‘parsonage allowance’
(Ansel Oliver, Adventist News Network)
Bible study: More Americans say the Good Book isn’t a God book
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Church of Norway rejects same-sex marriage
(France 24 International News)
European Court condemns Hungary Church Law
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife)
Holy Bible clears first hurdle to becoming Louisiana's official state book
(Julia O'Donoghue, The Times-Picayune)
Religion and security in the heart of Asia
(Cory Bender, Capital Comment)
UK open to Sikh as head of armed forces, judiciary: David Cameron
(Kounteya Sinha, The Times of India UK)
Muslims, Southern Baptists, Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Hindus respond to atheist attack on church housing allowances
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Becket Fund amicus brief in "parsonage allowance" case
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Millennials in adulthood: Detached from institutions, networked with friends
(Pew Research Social & Demographic Trends)
The case of Brendan Eich
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Opinion)
Clergy out in force to defend their housing tax break
(Peter J Reilly, Forbes)
Citing Crimea, PACE suspends voting rights of Russian delegation and excludes it from leading bodies
(The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
Does Mozilla CEO ousting portend new era of public scrutiny?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
The illegal annexation of Crimea has no legal effect and is not recognised by the Council of Europe
(The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
Why not get the state out of the marriage business?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
Canadian nun and two priests abducted in Cameroon
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Haredim demonstrate over arrest of draft-dodging yeshiva student
(JTA)
Historic hearing on abortion at European Parliament
(European Dignity Watch)
MEPs and NGOs sound the alarm on anti-choice threat to maternal health
(Press Release, European Humanist Federation)
Latest salvo in circumcision war, study cuts against ‘intactivist’ arguments
(Anthony Weiss, JTA)
Saudi husbands to be taken to court by force if they refuse to grant a divorce
(AsiaNews.it)
After two centuries, Henan Jews prepare to celebrate Passover
(AsiaNews.it)
‘Subjective discrimination’ fuels states’ religious freedom bills
(SRN News)
Judge allows Jewish Congregation's religious practice to continue, denies HOA's injunction
(PRNewswire, Liberty Institute)
Pope Francis: Human trafficking is ‘a crime against humanity’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Hobby Lobby, Christian women, and contraception: More complicated than you might think
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Collapse of peace talks shows little desire for two-state solution
(Frederick Reese, Mint Press News)
Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks
(Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel)
Appeals court appears split on Utah’s same-sex marriage case
(Brooke Adams and Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Judges in Utah gay marriage case question lawyers
(NIcholas Riccardi, Associated Press, ABC News)
Same-sex marriage in Utah now in federal judges' hands
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
All eyes of the nation focused on the 10th Circuit Court
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News National Edition)
Islamabad-Pakistan Taliban peace talks: Shifting focus to Afghanistan
(Halimullah Kousary, RSIS Commentaries)
Religious freedom issues in Russia
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Gay marriage battle moves back to courts
(David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Do same-sex couples have right to wed? Appeals court hears first post-DOMA case
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)
Same-sex marriage battle escalates to force Supreme Court decision on constitutionality
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post Politics)
Understanding the arguments before the Tenth Circuit in Utah's Marriage Amendment 3 case, Part 1
(Bill Duncan, The Sutherland Institute, YouTube)
Understanding the arguments before the Tenth Circuit in Utah's Marriage Amendment 3 case, Part 2
(Bill Duncan, The Sutherland Institute, YouTube)
Is the Internet bad for religion?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Is the internet really killing religion in the US?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Missouri court denies TRO to prevent same-sex couples' joint tax filings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
As riot-hit Indian region votes, religious divide favors Hindu leader
(Frank Jack Daniel and Manoj Kumar, Reuters)
A Narendra Modi victory would bode ill for India, say Rushdie and Kapoor
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
BDS campaigners at Cornell try stealth resolution
(Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel)
Religious atheists? Maria Greene on Unitarian Universalist Humanists
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)
Miliband calls Israel ‘Jewish homeland,’ won’t say he’s a Zionist
(Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel)
The challenge of religious freedom
(Noah Aronin, The Times of Israel)
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