Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Hobby Lobby Brief, 9 Academic Institutions and 27 Comparative Law and Religion Scholars
(Cole Durham, Elizabeth Clark, Brett Scharffs)
India's new Hinduism is about order, not wonder
(Amit Chaudhuri, The Guardian)
Iran: A number of Christian converts arrested at Easter Service
(Mohabat News)
Naming and shaming: 8 countries egregiously violating religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, Index on Censorship)
New Yorkr mosque to be names for Jesus, Son of Mary
(William Kilpatrick, The Catholic World Report)
No swimsuit competition for Miss Indian World
(Tristan Ahtone, Al Jazeera America)
Sectarianism overshadows Iraq's elections; the winner will be Iran
(Ranj Alaaldin, The Guardian)
The collapse of anti-gay religion
(William Saletan, Slate)
Young Atheist's Handbooks sent to secondary schools
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Commentary: On the front lines in Mississippi
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Values and data meet at a Vatican workshop on sustaining humanity on a flourishing planet
(Andrew Revkin, The New York Times)
Islamic extremists now crucifying people in Syria—and Tweeting out the pictures
(Jacob Siegel, The Daily Beast)
A new vision for Middle East peace?
(Alan Johnson, World Affairs: Idealism Without Illusion)
Former Muslim Alom Shaha: Why atheists should care about anti-Muslim prejudice
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)
Survey: When science and faith collide, faith usually wins
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Presidential Proclamation — Jewish American Heritage Month, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Presidential Proclamation — National Day of Prayer, 2014
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
The many faces of Islam
(John L. Esposito, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
Do we need a National Day of Prayer?
(Herb Scribner, Deseret National News)
Americans unite with 'one voice' on 'day of prayer' while secularists and atheists continue push for 'reason'
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)
5 facts about prayer
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Workers unite! * Crucifixions redux * Guns banned: Thursday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
May Day event turns violent in embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
(Anna Nemtsova, The Washington Post)
New suit targets Ohio gay marriage ban
(Amber Hunt and Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati.com)
Doctor euthanizes Belgian woman without first treating depression
(Carrie Dedrick)
Cassidy supports tax-exempt housing for religious institutions
(Press Release, Congressman Bill Cassidy)
Saudi Arabia takes swipe at Norway's human rights record
(Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times)
How the new pope-saints embody the principles of Vatican II
(Fr Dwight Longenecker, Aleteia)
North Carolina's new gay marriage lawsuit could turn 'everything on its head'
(Lila Shapiro, Huff Post Gay Voices)
For Bangui's last Muslims, to stray outside the safe haven is to court death
(Chris Stein, Global Post)
London cleric wanted jihadists to train in Oregon, U.S. jury told
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)
Cobblestones to remember murdered Jews multiply in Berlin
(Christopher Alessi, Reuters)
Kerry: US taking a pause, reassessing after peace talk failure
(the Jerusalem Post)
Kenyan bishops protest against pay-to-preach law
(Julius Mbaluto, World Watch Monitor)
Islamist group condemns Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood death sentences
(Sami Aboudi, Reuters)
What's really stalling the Israel-Palestinian peace process
(Christopher J. Fettweis, Los Angeles Times)
Egyptian Synod delays action on women's ordination
(Chris Meehan, Christian Reformed Church)
Syria jihadists execute seven, two by crucifixion
(Gulf News)
Obama and the paradoxes of progressive Christianity: an interview with James Kloppenberg
(Tiffany Stanley, Religion and Politics)
China denies church demolition is persecution of Christians
(Zoe Li, CNN On China)
China blames religious extremists for station bombing
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
Bombing in Xinjiang: Holes in the iron wall
(J.M., The Economist: Analects China)
British Humanist Association distributes Atheists handbook to high school students
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Egypt's Jewish problem
(Michael J. Totten, World Affairs: Dispatches)
Kenya’s new polygamy law bad for families, Christian leaders say
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Traditional marriage group accuses Notre Dame of censorship
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post U.S.)
Freedom to marry, freedom to disagree: a public statement
(Dale Carpenter, the Volokh Conspiracy)
PM to push basic law that will define Israel as 'Jewish state'
(Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post)
In Britain, secularism is only skin deep
(Roland Flamini, World Affairs: Corridors of Power)
The Fatah-Hamas agreement
(Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute)
Russia: "They'll punish you .. whether or not you committed a crime"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Women raise their voices on the walls of Afghanistan
(Pina Sadar, Mint Press News)
Design of Nazi occupation statue etched in stone, Hungary’s Orban tells Jews
(JTA)
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations rejects J Street’s membership bid
(JTA)
North Carolina’s gay-marriage ban Is challenged by church
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
The Muslims of America lose
(Eugene Volokh, the Volokh Conspiracy)
Mistranslation and the Holocaust
(Paul Liben, The Jerusalem Post)
Ukraine crisis: Small numbers, global impact
(Tim Lister, CNN)
Ukraine and Christian disunity: Earthly causes, spiritual effects
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
CofE’s top female cleric: I would have ‘no problem’ with blessings for gay marriages
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
French "far-right" marches toward European elections
(Associated Press, Aleteia)
Vatican pendulum swings from theater to substance
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
Jewish tourism in Tunisia: Causing a fuss
(E.B., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])
Church-state groups skeptical about Hobby Lobby Bible curriculum
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Why the death of western Catholicism is great for the Church
(David Carlin, Aleteia)
More than 250 Evangelical pastors urge immigration reform on Capitol Hill
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
Guatemala: suppressing dissent at home and abroad
(Patricia Davis, Foreign Policy in Focus)
British tourist arrested and about to be deported from Sri Lanka because of her Buddha tattoo
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Are religious prisoners specially entitled to conjugal visits?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Sultan of Brunei unveils strict sharia penal code
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Brunei adopts sharia law amid international outcry
(Arshiya Khullar, CNN)
What Sharia law may bring for non-Muslims in Brunei
(World Watch Monitor)
Brunei’s new Shariah penal code is awful—and about to get even worse
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Nigerians demand government do more to bring home kidnapped girls
(Faith Karimi and Vladimir Duthiers, CNN)
Religion and culture in the discourse of the European Court of Human Rights: the risks of stereotyping and naturalising
(Lourdes Peroni, International Journal of Law in Context)
Ecumenical delegation to visit South Sudan amidst conflict
(World Council of Churches, Anglican Communion News Service)
A fundamental fight: Fatwa on Salman Rushdie
(Paul Elie, Vanity Fair)
Transgender inmate suing over hormone treatments
(Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Big Story)
Botched execution could renew 'cruel' challenges
(Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Big Story)
US executions evolved from hanging to injection
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
EVENT, 7 May 2014: Marriages, Civil-Unions, Partnerships and Religions in South-Africa after 1996
(Professor Pieter Coertzen, KU Leuven)
Maliki is ‘certain’ his political bloc will win
(With Associated Press and AFP, Al Arabiya News)
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Fears for China's churches as Christianity rises
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)
Georgian Church protests adoption of anti-discrimination legislation recommended by EU
(Interfax-Religion)
KS school district changes free speech policy after student lawsuit
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Who knew? The late Cardinal John O’Connor’s mother was born Jewish
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Governor calls for review after botched execution
(Bailey Elise McBride and Sean Murphy, The Big Story)
A look at major players in Iraq national elections
(Associated Press, Aleteia)
Vicious attack at women's prison in Iran
(Shadi Paveh, Gatestone Institute)
Newspaper wars, Israel-style
(Ben Sales, JTA Telegraph)
Is a secular state the best option for Christians in Iraq?
(Aid to the Church in Need, Aleteia)
Abbas pumps new life into Hamas
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
UK government rules out inquiry in 1971 killings of Catholics
(David Young, Belfast Telegraph)
Ecumenical Patriarch criticizes nationalist tendencies within Eastern Orthodoxy
(RISU)
Mariupol Rabbi managed to pass three block posts to help chief rabbi of Donbass to ransom his grandson
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian patriarch urges clergy to remain "above fighting" in Ukraine, to stay within "Divine Mandate"
(Interfax-Religion)
Glenn Beck preaches Mormon theology at Liberty University
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
USCIRF issues its 2014 Annual Report - 15th Anniversary Retrospective: Renewing the Commitment
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2014
Annual report on the world’s worst religious freedom abusers comes with a new twist
(Knox Thames and Elizabeth Cassidy, On Faith)
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