Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Palestinian youth riot at Temple Mount over Israeli lawmaker’s visit
(JTA)
Prisoners of conscience in Vietnam not allowed to go to Mass or even have a Bible
(NH, AsiaNews.it)
Spring break salvation: Christian Ministry travels to South Padre Island to help partiers find their way [VIDEO]
(Erin Brady, Chris James, Lauren Effron, ABC News)
Tatars: 'Our hearts ache for our brothers' in Crimea
(Paul Ciociou, Southeast European Times)
U.K.’s ritual slaughter debate reeks of prejudice
(Daniella Peled, Haaretz)
Uighur activist's detention rallies China's dissidents to his cause
(Massoud Hayoun, Aljazeera America)
Will PC culture trump biblical truth at Mennonite school?
(Charlile Butts, Jody Brown, OneNewsNow)
Yaalon calls Hagel, clarifies remarks seen as criticizing U.S.
(JTA)
Zhejiang churches face demolition of crosses topping church building
(China Aid News)
Freedom of religion in Egypt no better under military rule
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor)
LDS President’s prosecution discontinued as abuse of process
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
British courts do not show enough respect to Christians, says one of the country's most senior judges
(Steve Doughty, Daily Mail)
Christian beliefs should be 'accommodated' under law – top judge
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
CSLR publishes first issue of the Journal of Law and Religion
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Cambridge University Press)
IRS says two religious organizations do not qualify as non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argentina marks 22nd anniversary of Israeli embassy bombing
(JTA, The Jerusalem Post)
Atheists in Afghanistan
(Kelly James Clark, Huff Post Religion)
When Pope Francis meets President Obama, expect collaboration over conflict
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Middle-East's sectarian balance shifts as Syrian uprising enters fourth year
(Jawad Anwar Quershi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers
(Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)
The UFO sect campaigning against female genital mutilation
(Monica Mark, The Guardian)
British judge tosses fraud case against Mormon prophet
(The Salt Lake Tribune)
Media Advisory: Hobby Lobby Supreme Court arguments March 25th (time for oral arguments extended to 90 minutes)
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Hobby Lobby Argument preview: Religion, rights, and the workplace
(Lyle Denniston, Scotusblog)
Religious Freedom Project receives million dollar Templeton Foundation Grant, enters into partnership with Baylor University
(Press Release, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
British judge rejects case, calls it an 'attack' on LDS
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Health care law’s ‘contraception mandate’ reaches the Supreme Court
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
In U.S. contraception case, a question of corporate rights
(Laurence Hurley, Reuters)
Loyola of Chicago Student Senate passes divestment measure
(JTA)
Russian Jewish group worried over anti-Semitism in Ukraine
(JTA)
UC Santa Barbara professor steals young anti-abortion protester’s sign, apparently assaults protesters, says she ‘set a good example for her students’
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
Contraception v. religious freedom: Hobby Lobby heads to the Supreme Court
(Tracy Fessenden, Religion and Politics)
Reported death of Caucasus jihad leader Doku Umarov unlikely to give Russia any respite
(Will England, The Washington Post)
Connecticut ponders doctor-aided suicide
(Joseph De Avila, The Wall Street Journal)
Supreme Court faces wave of free-speech cases from conservatives
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
The Bible verse that could land Scott Walker in a major battle with atheists
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Many seek Spanish citizenship offered to Sephardic Jews
(Rick Gladstone, New York Times)
Lev Tahor secret court transcripts made public
(Wendy Gillis, TheStar.com)
Kazakhstan: Religious freedom survey, March 2014
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Alban Institute, a resource for mainline institutions, to shutter
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
The Dutch far-right: A step too far?
(M.S., The Economist [Charlemagne: European politics])
Westboro church founder Fred Phelps dies
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Analysis: Fred Phelps’ hateful legacy may be the opposite of all he intended
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Putin's project: What sort of Messianism?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Freedom of religion or belief in Iran
(Dr Mark Barwick and HRWF Director Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers at the European Parliament)
WCC welcomes representatives of the World Jewish Congress
(World Council of Churches)
Islamist terror challenge continues in Britain
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Gatestone Institute)
Copts in a revolutionary age: Egypt’s last secularists?
(Jared Maslan, The Revealer)
The most influential reformer you've never heard of
(Karen Swallow Prior, her-menuetics / Christianity Today)
Are these photos of jihadists training – or a boy scout camp?
(France 24 International News)
Religious police found in nearly one-in-ten countries worldwide
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Saudi anti-terror laws ‘model for the world’
(Yusuf Mohammad, Arab News)
How a missing plane eased religious tensions in Malaysia
(Eileen Ng, TwinCities.com)
Medals of honor go to 24 Army veterans who had been denied
(Jada F. Smith, New York Times)
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
A new vision for US foreign policy
(Chris Seiple, World Economic Forum)
Church in Russia closed for holding “unregistered” Sunday school classes
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian News Headlines)
David Cameron presides over largest liberalisation of abortion practice since 1967 Abortion Act
(Peter Saunders, Christian Medical Comment)
IGE holds conferences on religion, security and citizenship in Kyrgyzstan and Nepal
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Shedding a list on Islamic art's great treasure
(Judith H. Dobrzynski, The New York Times)
Texas finds new execution drug supply
(Michael Graczyk, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Well-grounded research supports virtue and human flourishing
(Paul D. Miller, MercatorNet)
Concerns about discrimination doomed Arizona legislation
(General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Missing plane boosts ethnic unity in Malaysia
(The Associated Press, Mint Press News)
Gay rights, money and morals: Guinness sent a message about role of business in social change
(John Bussey, The Wall Street Journal)
US Muslim family sues Empire State for being forced off roof for praying
(OnIslam)
'Saint Death' now revered on both sides of U.S.-Mexico frontier
(John Burnett, NPR Parallels)
The Social and Economic Impact of Religious Intolerance
(Brian J. Grim at the United Nations, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Sri Lanka, priest and human rights activist released: "Prayer can do anything"
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Celebrity pastors' Walter White problem: On megachurch megabucks
(James Duncan, First Things)
Buddhist student wins settlement with Louisiana school district that called his religion ‘stupid’
(Nicole Flatow, Think Progress)
Lev Tahor: Children remain with parents ahead of Guatemalan court hearing
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star.com)
Christian leaders urge dialogue with Nigeria’s violent Boko Haram
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
70 years after Nazi occupation, anti-Semitism still a problem in Hungary
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
UN slavery rapporteur visits Mauritania
(Magharebia)
Mangalore: Insult to religion on FB: Christian leaders meet police commissioner
(Daiji World)
Saudi Arabia: 53% don’t remember Friday sermon topic
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Crimean Tatars will have to vacate land - official
(RIA Novosti)
Russia: Claims government tightens screws after Sochi
(Eurasia Review)
“Anti-headscarf law”, 10 years later: how it triggered a rise of islamophobia
(European Forum of Muslim Women)
India: Continuing irritants in Mizoram - analysis
(Veronica Khangchian, South Asia Terrorism Portal via Eurasia Review)
White House slams Israeli defense chief’s disparaging remarks
(JTA)
Toulouse Jewish leader urges young Jews to leave
(JTA)
NCJW, Reform sign on to back contraceptive coverage as ‘moral good’
(JTA)
After referendum Catholics in Crimea will feel fear and anxiety
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
In Syria, the dhimma returns
(Mark Movsesian, First Things: First Thoughts)
Syria: The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s history, current status, and why it matters
(Chris Looney, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Court dismisses pastor's contract claim on 1st Amendment grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects vagueness attack on Missouri funeral picketing law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
England: £20m for urgent cathedral repairs "welcome"
(from the Church of England, Anglican Communion News Service)
WCC general secretary expresses concern over Israeli Knesset law
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Recent consistory court judgments – reordering
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Knesset committee must vote again on conversion bill it backed
(JTA)
Global leaders emphasise continuing CAR chaos is ‘not about religion’
(World Watch Monitor)
Tatars in Crimea face up to a Russian future - video
(Antony Butts, The Guardian)
Faith-based prisons in World magazine
(Sasha Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
Court reverses convictions in aiding-suicide case
(Amy Forliti, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Salvation Army in New York settles long-running religious discrimination suit
(Bernard Vaughan, Reuters)
Gay community watching Michigan for changes in legal landscape
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press)
Head of Southeast Michigan Episcopal Church backs same-sex marriage
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
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