Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 27 March 2014
The hunt for child sorcerers in Congo
(Deni Béchard, Foreign Policy, The Daily Herald, Columbia TN)
Pakistani gets death penalty for blasphemy
(Waqar Gillani and Salaman Masood, The New York Times)
Obama seeks to calm Saudis as paths split
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Opinion: Why corporations don’t deserve religious freedom
(Jay Michaelson, Reuters)
Obama, Pope Francis hold first meeting
(Al Jazeera America)
Obama, Francis find common ground and divisions
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
An exchange of views, some in accord: President Obama meets with Pope Francis
(Michael D. Shear and Jim Yardley, The New York Times)
Pope tells Obama of concern for 'religious freedom' in U.S
(Reuters)
Two versions of Obama-Pope Francis discussion: Agreements, but some divergences
(Barbie Latza Nadeau, Yahoo! News)
The pope’s message to the president
(E.J. Dione, The Washington Post Opinions)
Sri Lanka has changed, not the UN
(Donald Camp, IDN - InDepthNews)
China: EU leaders should confront Xi on rights, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Sri Lanka: Christian activists against government, anti-terrorism law, which threatens democracy
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Aceh: Ulema against entertainment in hotels and public places
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Since Pope Francis, more Catholics say the church is in touch
(Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus, CBS News)
Slow church movement fights the ‘McDonaldization’ of church
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Christian ink: Mummy's 1,300-year-old thigh tattoo revealed
(Megan Gannon, Live Science)
Violence against Christian Copts in Egypt continues despite fall of Muslim Brotherhood
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Obama asked to pressure Saudis to revise offending textbooks
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Dervish cleric was questioned in special court for clerics
(Majzooban Noor)
World Vision reverses decision to hire Christians in same-sex marriages
(Celeste Gracey and Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
WCC consultation will address migration, human trafficking and modern slavery
(World Council of Churches)
Cremation, incineration and the foetus
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Equality and Human Rights Commission on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
ECHR looks into Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(RAPSI - Russian Legal Information Agency)
Obama and Pope Francis meet at the Vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sacred and profane: How not to negotiate with believers
(Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker: Annals of Religion)
What kind of God did Shakespeare believe in?
(Andrew Hadfield, The Irish Times)
This Harvard-educated monk is reintroducing Buddhism to the Western world
(Carolyn Gregoire, Huff Post Religion)
Uruguay’s Jews concerned by arrival of Gitmo inmates
(JTA)
3000 Syrian Christians flee Armenian village as Islamist rebels take control
(World Watch Monitor)
King’s College London Student Union votes to back BDS
(JTA)
In Africa, homophobia is driving gays to speak out
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)
District court enjoins sectarian invocations at county council meetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis visit to Israel is on despite diplomats’ strike
(JTA)
A year on, Israeli team of rivals rules Netanyahu’s coalition
(Ben Sales, JTA)
In Crimea, a Karaite community carries on, and welcomes Russia
(Talia Lavin, JTA)
Buddhist mobs attack aid workers' homes in Myanmar
(Robin McDowell, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Does the RCA hold too much sway over Orthodox conversion?
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Hobby Lobby case creates unexpected allies in Dershowitz and Starr
(Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post)
Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford) on the Hobby Lobby arguments
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
Can Orthodox Jews save Winnipeg?
(Uriel Heilman, JTA Telegraph)
Analysis: If Justice Kennedy writes the Hobby Lobby decision…
(Lyle Denniston, Yahoo! News)
Not just for profit: Religious corporations have their day in court
(Travis Weber, First Things)
Could Citizens United and a semi-colon undo Obamacare?
(Scott Bomboy, Constitution Daily)
Religious non-profits win injunction against contraceptive coverage mandate opt-out rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Boko Haram: How a militant Islamist group emerged in Nigeria
(Femi Owolade, Gatestone Institute)
Philippines, Muslim rebels seal historic peace deal
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
Ukraine's phantom neo-Nazi menace
(David Frum, The Atlantic)
U.S. Catholics mirror general public on views of inequality
(Tim Townsend, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Loyola student government president vetoes Israel divestment resolution
(Aaron B. Cohen, JUF News)
Pakistan leads the world in blasphemy prisoners
(Knox Thames and Elizabeth Cassidy, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Afghanistan’s political transition
(United States Institute of Peace)
Crimea in the Russian imagination: In search of lost time
(A.M., The Economist [Eastern approaches: Ex-communist Europe])
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine leads to dismissal of suit over church's board
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NYC Transit Authority must pay $187,000+ in plaintiffs' attorneys fees in religious discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Faith, truth and sex abuse: Cultures of cover-up
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Obamacare and religious freedom: The Hobby Lobby hubbub
(The Economist)
1 church diocese sues another over accused priest
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
SCOTUS blog Thursday round-up
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSsblog)
Status of Michigan same-sex marriages
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Muslim-American demographics reveal a diverse group that rejects categorization
(Huff Post Politics)
Pending deal with Women of the Wall would annul regulations banning non-Orthodox practice at Kotel
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Survey claims weakening ‘Zionism’ among Israeli youth
(The Times of Israel)
Pope Francis hosts President Obama for ‘cordial’ talks
(Eric J. Lyman, Religious News Service)
Obama tells Pope Francis he is a 'great admirer'
(Jim Kuhnhenin and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press via Yahoo! News)
Ga. Catholic groups win fight over contraception
(Kate Brumback, The Chippewa Herald)
Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish tourist attacked in possible ‘knockout game’ variation
(Thomas Tracy, Daily News)
Holy self-worth: Studies find religion promotes healthy body image for young women
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
Al Qaeda-linked Islamists capture Syrian Christian village
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Syria rebels advance in Latakia, establish first coastal toe-hold; fears among religious minorities
(Ariel Zirulnick, Security Watch)
War of words between Ukrainian and Russian Jews heats up
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Ukrainian Jews slam Putin in full-page ad in New York Times
(JTA)
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Will Scotus let religious freedom trump gender equity?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Obama Admin lawyer was surprised Hobby Lobby case had anything to do with abortion
(Matthew Clark, LifeNews)
Ecumenical Patriarch says no to Hagia Sophia as a mosque, yes to Christian worship
(NAT da Polis, AsiaNews.it)
ICOMOS Turkey - Briefing on the Hagia Sophia Museum
(Order of St. Andrew the Apostle)
Vandalism at a Sacred Site in Constantinople
(Nicholas Manginas, Orthodox Christian Network)
Same-sex parenting: Scholarly “consensus” isn’t always valid
(Walter R. Schumm, MercatorNet)
Baroness Warsi chairs first Religious Freedom Advisory Group
(Christian Today - UK)
Oklahoma told it can't shield suppliers of execution drugs
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Court weighs delay of strict limits to drug-induced abortions in Arizona
(Fernanda Santos, The New York Times)
African clergy join fight to save elephants and rhinos from poaching
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Chief Russian rabbi slams Ukrainian Jews for criticizing Putin
(The Global Jewish News Source)
"Do Syrians want to fight until victory of do they want a ceasefire?"
(James McMichael, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Religion, strategy and the Tsars: When history bites back
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Liberal group breaks with Berlin’s main Jewish body
(JTA)
German man to return Nazi-looted art
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
Jimmy Carter says Pope Francis promised ‘women should have a greater role’
(Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post)
Philippines prepares for historic peace deal
(Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera)
Calls for Obama on Saudi Arabia visit to raise rights issues
(Eurasia Review)
Orthodox church vandalised in Istanbul
(NAT da Polis, AsiaNews.it)
Bin Laden son-in-law convicted at NYC terror trial
(John Bacon, USA Today)
The first Chinese rabbi in 200 years
(Michael Freund, The Jerusalem Post: Fundamentally Freund)
The Council of Europe’s draft document on sects: one Quaker’s perspective
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Attack on Western Religions by Western Law: Re-Framing Pluralism, Liberalism and Diversity
(Iain T. Benson, SSRN - International Journal for Religious Freedom Vol 6:1/2 2013, 111–125)
Does the RCA hold too much sway over Orthodox conversion?
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion to study situation in Kazakhstan
(Interfax-Religion)
State Responses to Minority Religions
(David Kirkham, Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements)
A look at Mideast judicial systems
(Navi Pillay, Associated Press, The Big Story)
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