Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 31 March 2014
The Christian penumbra
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Op Ed)
Thousands attend Paris aliyah fair amid spate of anti-Semitic incidents
(JTA)
Britain’s Tate Gallery to return Nazi-looted painting
(JTA)
Jewish woman, partner among first same-sex marriages in Britain
(JTA)
"Religious freedom is good for business" discussed at high level events worldwide
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Holocaust survivors in Canada target of scam
(JTA)
Newark Archdiocese fails to pay state taxes in for-profit headstone, mausoleum business
(Mark Mueller, New Jersey Star-Ledger)
Appeals court assigns 3 judges to hear Utah same-sex marriage case
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Japan: Airports eager to cater to Muslims’ needs
(Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)
Tibetan Communist who urged reconciliation with Dalai Lama dies
(Benjamin Kang Lim and David Stanway, Reuters)
Iranian chief rabbi dies
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
France in new tack to fight roots of terrorism
(Jamey Keaten and Elaine Ganley, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope Francis expresses concern to Pres. Obama as U.S. hits 6-year high in religious restrictions
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Why Africa's turning anti-gay
(Jay Michaelson, The Daily Beast)
Gestational parents, non-genetic mothers, siblings with different mothers: family law in a quandary
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Supreme Court declines to hear new contraception cases
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
Why evil committed in the name of God is worse
(Dennis Prager, Jewish Journal)
Europe, faith and liberty: How Europe defines religious freedom
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Anti-Semitic slur by a Westchester fire chief stirs controversy
(Joseph Berger, The New York Times)
Promoting “religious freedom” does more harm than good
(Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, The Conversation)
A company aims to put good karma and energy close at hand
(Mark Oppenheimer, N.Y. Times)
When ‘Egyptian’ just meant Egyptian: ‘Jews of Egypt,’ about the end of a more tolerant era
(Miriam Bale, The New York Times)
Does God have a prayer in Hollywood?
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
How evangelicals won a culture war and lost a generation
(Rachel Held Evans, CNN)
Here comes everybody: Catholic diversity
(Robert P. George, First Things)
Washington's politics of reality distortion: What Mark Leibovich's this town tells us about our political class
(Forfare Davis, First Things)
Religion and law round up – 30th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Rabbi: Danish zoo killings show shechitah ban isn’t about animal welfare
(JTA)
More Mormon women choosing missions over college
(The Houston Chronicle)
Vatican bank fraud foiled after suspects stopped with €1.2bn of forged bonds
(John Hooper, The Guardian)
Vatican hustle: Con men no longer welcome in the Holy See
(Tom Kington, The Daily Beast)
Vatican bank's ousted president comes out swinging
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press via NPR)
US mediators try to rescue Mideast peace talks
(Associated Press via The Washington Post)
‘Most glorious sisterhood’ of Mormons gathers in historic meeting
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood: Keeping a low profile
(Ibrahim Gharayaba, The Majalla)
Egypt: Resurgence of the security state
(Ann M. Lesch, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Erdogan wins election: hunt for "traitors" is on
(AsiaNews.it)
Sunday, 30 March 2014
Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians killed in Boko Haram violence in 2014
(Heather Murdock, Voice of America)
Caterers who refuse to work on same-sex weddings face prosecution
(Alice Philipson, The Telegraph)
Is belief a Jewish notion?
(Gary Gutting, The New York Times Op Ed)
Prayer in the secular republic
(John E. McIntyre, The Baltimore Sun)
Report from the John C. Danforth Center's Beyond the Culture Wars Conference
(Cara L. Burnidge, Religion in American History)
U.S. Catholics view Pope Francis as a change for the better
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Sri Lanka: Indian abstention at UNHRC: National interest or complicity issue?
(Professor Ramu Manivannan, South Asia Analysis Group)
Algeria: Bureaucratic ploys used to stifle associations, warns HRW
(N/A, Eurasia Review)
Myanmar begins census amid tensions
(Al Jazeera)
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus will fight religious persecution
(Christopher Cooksey, The Cap Times)
European Muslim Initiative alerts on Rudy Salle's report against religious minorities at PACE
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
Gay marriage will change the Church of England forever
(Damian Thompson, The Telegraph)
Lutheran affiliated senior housing not entitled to propety tax exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York town awaits ruling on moment of prayer
(Carolyn Thompson, The Big Story)
Professor Pietro Nocita considerations on Rudy Salles’ draft report at PACE
(Pietro Nocita, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
Spanish evangelical federation stands up against Rudy Salles' report at PACE
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)
West Virginia’s “pro-life” governor vetoes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews)
Whither Myanmar?
(Derek Tonkin, EU-Asia)
Myanmar 1st census in decades bars minority Muslims from identifying themselves as 'Rohingya'
(Associated Press via Fox News)
COMMENTARY: The tragedy of America’s failed immigration system
(Mary Ann Walsh, Religion News Service)
Thrivent Financial is no longer for Lutherans only
(David Yonke, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom is a civil and human right
(Alveda King, The Christian Post)
Russell Moore: Young Evangelicals reject Christian right, but not moving left; prefer to be freakish
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
Death sentencing of Pakistani Christian for 'blasphemy' stirs outrage
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Hobby Lobby case – three reasons why corporations must have religious freedom
(Jay Sekulow, Fox News)
Jewish groups resume dialogue with mainline churches
(JTA)
Same-sex marriage legalized in England, Wales - religious exemption / popular support
(Deutsche Welle)
Same-sex marriage now legal as first couples wed
(BBC News UK)
Gay marriage ban ending in England and Wales on Saturday
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post Europe)
Soul-searching as Japan ends a man's decades on death row
(Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times)
Malaysia's Islamic endowments set to venture into shares, bonds
(Al-Zaguan Amer Hamzah, Reuters)
Indian activist: Narendra Modi and Arwind Kejriwal, as dangerous as "Hitler and Mussolini"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Afghanistan: Kabul election commission comes under Taliban attack
(Al Jazeera)
Vatican says it's willing to play mediator role in Venezuela
(Nicole Winfield, Huffington Post)
As Santería grows and evolves, the increasing focus on Africa opens rifts among the sects
(David Ovalle, Miami Herald)
Shrinking majority of Americans support death penalty
(Pew Research)
ACLU says Muslim inmates in L.A. jails not treated equally
(Thomas Himes, LA Daily News: Freedom of Religion)
Days after Supreme Court challenge, Hobby Lobby president speaks out [VIDEO]
(Rob Bluey, The Foundry)
Friday, 28 March 2014
Azerbaijan's illiberal opposition
(Eldar Mamedov, Eurasianet.org)
Chinese search engine, operating in the U.S., has First Amendment right to skew search results for political reasons
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
Church increased spending for child protection by more than 50 percent, annual audit finds
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Clergy should defy Church's 'morally outrageous' gay marriage ban, says bishop
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
David Cameron welcomes first gay marriages
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
No blasphemous miming here
(Jacob Mchangama, National Review Online)
NYC lesbian chef owed $1.6M for harassment
(Jeff D. Gorman, Courthouse News Service)
Ohio couple drops lawsuit over gay marriage ban
(Ann Sanner, Associated Press)
Philippines, Muslim rebels sign final peace deal to end conflict
(Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato; Additional reporting by Will Dunham in Washington; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Paul Simao, Reuters)
Uniting Iran and America in life and death: a tribute to Professor Richard N. Frye
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)
Will World Vision flip-flop = lawsuits?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Hobby Lobby and how left and right flipped on religious freedom
(W. James Antle III, The National Interest)
Georgia Catholic organizations win permanent exclusion from Obamacare birth control mandate
(Kirsten Andersen, LifeSiteNews)
Rebels reassure Christians after capturing key Syrian border town
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Crimean Tatars offered the Orthodox Christians of Kyiv Patriarchate to hold services in their mosques
(Nirmala Carvalho, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Vatican shocker: Despite US ambassador’s statement, POTUS-Pope summit focused on religious liberty…
(John Shmek, Catholic Vote)
What the Supreme Court heard in HHS arguments
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet: Sheila Reports)
Israel may be cut out of Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Developments in Missouri and Michigan on same-sex marriage recognition
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Burma’s Muslims are facing incredibly harsh curbs on marriage, childbirth and religion
(Charlie Campbell, Time)
Moscow Patriarchate slams Ukrainian Catholic 'Uniates' for "meddling" in politics and taking a pro-West stance
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews)
Exile from polygamous sect wants custody of kids
(Associated Press via SF Gate)
The Ah-ha Moment - the connection of religious freedom and business
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Foundation president Brian Grim speaks in U.N., Italy, Brazil, Canada, Finland & Russia (and the U.S.)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
English priest shadows women bishops for a job she can’t have — yet
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
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