Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 28 April 2014
Kerry apologizes for 'apartheid' comments
(Ben Jacobs, The Daily Beast)
Supreme Court denies review in case of disciplinary sanctions on former Kansas AG for abortion clinic investigations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious campaign to halt EU abortion funding 'lacks mercy'
(Liz Ford, The Guardian)
CAR crisis: Peacekeepers escort Muslims out of Bangui
(BBC News Africa)
Looting follows evacuation of Muslims from Central African capita
(Emmanuel Braun and Chrispin Dembassa-Kette, Reuters)
Azerbaijan: Three year prison terms for Koran study?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
These accounts from Arab Americans show why an Israeli visa waiver plan is so controversial
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Resilience of Rwandans kept nation alive – Kagame
(The New Times)
China accused of anti-Christian campaign as church demolition begins
(Tom Phillips, Shanghai, The Telegraph)
Jewish Mayor of eastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv shot, fighting for life
(The Jerusalem Post)
Our bodies, their battleground: Boko Haram and gender-based violence against Christian women and children in north-eastern Nigeria since 1999
(Atta Barkindo, Benjamin Tyavkase Gudaku, Caroline Katgurum Wesley, for the World Watch Research Unit of Open Doors International, Netherlands)
The cold chill of the legal profession’s rejection of religious freedom
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Time to annoint Muslim Prime Minister in India - OpEd
(Seema Sengupta, Eurasia Review)
Sako: "In 10 years there will only be a few thousand Christians left in Iraq"
(AsiaNews.it)
Palestinians aiming to join dozens of international bodies, agreements
(JTA)
Uzbekistan: Under pressure from imams, Christians cannot be buried in state-owned cemeteries
(AsiaNews.it)
Stay voids 3 legal same-sex marriages in Tennessee
(Heidi Hall, The Tennessean)
Egyptian court sentences 683 people to death
(Al Jazeera)
Egypt sentences top Islamist and over 680 others to death
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Hungarian government moves against religious minorities, in disregard of ruling by European Court of Human Rights
(Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)
More than a third live in countries with high religious diversity
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Is Britain a Christian country and, whatever the case, what then?
(Bob Morris [guest post], Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 28 April 2014: Moral Dilemmas of Partisanship: Ethical Obligations and Limitations for Political Partisans
(Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life)
EVENT, 28 April 2014: Religion and Social Entrepreneurship: What's Faith Got to Do With It?
(held at the Advisory Board Company, 2445 M St. NW, D.C., The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Council of Europe Briefing: An attempted strike against minority religions fails, a landmark victory for freedom of religion or belief
(All Faiths Network & European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Francis presides over historic day of 4 popes
(Nicole Winfield and Daniela Petroff, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Hungarians march against anti-Semitism after far-right poll gains
(Sandor Peto, Reuters)
NY Times: Decline of religion is making church organists irrelevant
(Deacon Greg Kandra, Patheos Blog: The Deacon's Bench)
Anabaptist historical files on beliefs and practices
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Hungary statue plans scorned at Holocaust memorial
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Anti-Semitic attacks almost a ‘daily phenomenon,’ global survey finds
(JTA)
Bahrain sentences eight to life in prison over alleged role in bomb blast
(N/A, Aljazeera America)
EVENT, 27 April 2014: Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
(Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Jonathan A.C. Brown, Father Daniel Madigan, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Popes John XXIII, John Paul II elevated to sainthood
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Canonising two popes: Big and small differences
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Historic canonization of two popes brings joy and controversy
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Jews hail new papal saints who revolutionized ties with Catholics
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Five facts on canonization for saint watchers and atheists who believe in miracles
(Jacalyn Duffin, OUPblog)
Papal saints: Once a given, now extremely rare
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Turning waste to wealth - A strategy to reverse discrimination
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation News
Meet James Woods, who could be the first open atheist elected to Congress
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)
Britain’s Baroness Berridge seeks global coalition on religious freedom
(Brian Pellott, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Religious liberty officials warn of dark cloud over Hungary
(Dennis Crowley, Juicy Ecumenism: Blog of The Institute on Religion & Democracy)
Religion and law round up – 27th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bar society rulings in Nova Scotia, Ontario strike blow against religion: school
(Melanie Patten, The Canadian Press)
Trinity Western blasts N.S., Ontario law societies
(CBC News)
Trinity Western grads will not be eligible for the Ontario bar; Nova Scotia gives provisional accreditation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ontario law society votes ‘no’ to accrediting Trinity Western University
(The Canadian Press, Ottawa Citizen)
Trinity Western law school rejected by Ontario law society
(CBC News)
Law Society votes against accrediting controversial Christian law school
(Jane Gerster, The Star)
'Have mercy on our litte ones': kidnapping agonizes Nigerians
(Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR - Listen to the Story)
More on the Trinity Western accreditation controversy
Saturday, 26 April 2014
“I’m stunned and horrified” – North Korean Christian tells MPs of their persecution
(Gillan Scott, God & Politics in the UK)
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)
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