Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
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)
Muslim advocates amplify 9/11 museum film concerns
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
When churches do the right thing
(William Saletan, Slate)
Why would atheist China ban Paramount’s ‘Noah’ amid religious freedom fears?
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Christian ministries help women escape sex industry
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
For Jews in Eastern Ukraine anarchy is a concern but not anti-Semitism
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Vatican threatens Jesuit theologian in India with censure
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Charter school teaming with faith-based nonprofit would violate Constitution: group
(Becky Schlikerman, Chicago Sun Times)
Nigerian schoolgirls * LGBT Army? * Atheists lose: Monday’s Roundup
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
‘Black Mass’ at Harvard: Not a black and white issue
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)
Drag queen winner of Eurovision contest condemned by Russian Orthodox Church
(Sophia Kishkovsky, Religion News Service)
NYPD trolled jails hoping to turn Muslims into informants
(Jon Quelly, Mint Press News)
Americans United announces response to misguided Supreme Court ruling on legislative prayer
(Press Release, au.org)
Atheists still 'under God' when it comes to Pledge of Allegiance in Massachusetts
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)
First gay NFL draft pick draws mixed reaction
(Russ Jones, Christian Headlines)
UN urged to tell Catholic Church it has no right to oppose abortion
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Iranian Christians flock to Germany for sanctuary from persecution
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Legal alliance gains host of court victories for conservative Christian movement
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Faith leaders and human rights organizations to have prayer vigil and public witness at Nigerian embassy in Washington, D.C.
(Christian News Wire)
Arkansas seeks stay on ruling allowing same-sex marriage
(Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times)
Do Harvard black satanic mass plans reveal multiculturalism run amuck?
(Christian News Wire)
Islamic radicalisation a 'significant threat in prisons'
(The Guardian)
Flurry of arrests in Xinjiang: over 230 people detained in past 6 weeks
(AsiaNews.it)
Homophobia must not be tolerated in schools, Church of England says
(The Guardian)
Crusade against British Muslims in education
(Ibrahim Hewitt, Al Jazeera America)
Kuwait minister 'linked to Syria jihad' quits
(Al Jazeera)
Praying in fear after Kenya church attacks
(Hamza Mohamed, Al Jazeera)
Lessons in Catholic judgment – Op-Ed
(Frank Bruni, The New York Times Sunday Review)
In Mexico, doors open for Foundation's work
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
India's elections nearing end
(N/A, Aljazeera America)
Investigators to probe work of religious organization in Ufa
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajik theologian calls on Tajikistan to back Russia's position on Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
The Church believes Austrian representative's victory in Eurovision is another step to refusing Christian identity in Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
An Orthodox priest killed in Donetsk Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Malaysia: Freedom of religion and the press
(Soong Phui Jee, Sin Chew Daily)
Churches urge South Sudanese leaders to implement peace agreement
(World Council of Churches)
Ukraine declares senior Russian bishop persona non grata
(Interfax-Religion)
Dozens of members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect have left Canada and are living in a shack in Guatemala
(Jason Magder, National Post)
Plans for 'black mass' at Harvard anger Boston Catholics
(Daniel Lovering, Reuters)
Australia: Scientologist bid for drug rehab centre rejected
(Damien Murphy, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Pope Francis should stick to doctrine, stay away from economic 'redistribution'
(John Moody, Fox News)
Church attacks in Israel 'poison' before pope's visit, cleric says
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Would Jesus raise the minimum wage?
(Elise Amyx, Institute for Faith, Work and Economics)
U.N. readies aid in South Sudan after ceasefire deal
(Andrew Green and Edmund Blair, Reuters)
41 American Anglican Bishops stand in solidarity with persecuted believers
(Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism)
Ukraine warns of 'abyss' as rebel east approaches self-rule vote
(Matt Robinson and Alessandra Prentice, Reuters)
Benham brothers: there's an agenda in America to silence Christians
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
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