Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 February 2014
Helena Diocese filing for bankruptcy in wake of child sex-abuse lawsuits
(Dan Boyce, Montana Public Radio)
Abortion bill finds Spain a changed country
(Tom Burridge, BBC News)
French conservatives march against government 'family-phobia'
(Tom Heneghan, Religion Edito, Reuters)
Gay-marriage debate takes new twist in Oregon: religious exemption
(Edith Honan, Reuters)
Study: Abortion rate at lowest point since 1973
(The Washington Post)
Why the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state
(Ali Salim, Gatestone Institute)
Hungary’s new system of church recognition: Rule of law or rule by decree?
(Prof. H. David Baer, Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)
Belarus: Long-awaited Alternative Service Law abandoned?
(Forum 18 News Service)
NY newborn contracts herpes after Metzitzah B’Peh
(JTA, Jewish Press)
Leningrad Region blogger arrested for inciting religious discord
(Interfax-Religion)
Faisalabad: hundreds of 'white flags' march for peace against terrorism
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Clashes in C.Africa town kill at least 75: Priest
(Ahram Online)
China: Suppression of religious freedoms in Xinjiang continues
(Ahmed W Khan, X index: the voice of free expression)
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Group hopes I-96 billboard helps educate others about Islam
(Mark Hicks, The Detroit News)
Home-grown terror threat looms large in America – OpEd
(Dr. Sudhanshu Tripathi, Eurasia Review)
Human Rights Without Frontiers is 25 years old
Pew Study: US Gov’t restrictions on religion increased 87.5% from 2009-2012
(Fox News)
Police identify man suspected of sending pig heads to Rome synagogue
(JTA)
Prisoner free exercise cases – February 2, 2014
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion and Law round-up – 2nd February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Scholars meet to promote Buddhism
(Ashis Senapti, The Times of India)
Two killed in clash at terror-linked Kenyan mosque
(Associated Press)
Saturday, 1 February 2014
‘Salaam, Love’ counters stereotypes of Muslim men
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Al-Qaeda brings suffering, hardship to Syrians and Iraqis: activists
(Mohammed al-Qaisi in al-Anbar and Waleed Abu al-Khair in Cairo, Al-Shorfa)
Anti-Semitism and Freedom of Expression: a balance must still be struck
(Dirk Voorhoof and Hugh Tomlinson, Inforrm's Blog)
Arab Spring bears fruit as Tunisia passes democratic constitution, plans elections
(Associated Press, South China Morning Post)
Atheist sentenced under blasphemy law released
(The Jakarta Post)
Australia: The new silence which is destroying our kids
(Jeremy Sammut, MercatorNet)
Authordoxy: Faith and free speech
(Alice Kirkland, X index: the voice of free expression)
Book explores ways faith is kept, or lost, over generations
(Mark Openheimer, The New York Times Books)
Christians flee attacks in Nigeria’s northeast
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Evangelicals, Israel and US Foreign Policy
(Paul D. Miller, Survival, Global Politics and Strategy via IISS)
Expert: Laguna Niguel policy against renting space to religious groups is unconstitutional
(Luke Ramseth, Orange County Register)
Experts: Russian Patriarch Kirill brings Christian values into public discussions
(ITAR-TASS)
Jordanian Islamist prisoners stage hunger strike
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Judge: Orlando can take church land for soccer stadium
(Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel)
Kirk Cameron comes under fire from gay activists for comments on Grammy's mass wedding
(Jennifer Jones, Christian Today - News Briefs)
Mississippi Senate OKs adding 'In God We Trust' to seal
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Sun Herald)
Mississippi Senate unanimously passes Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(CrossMap)
New hope for Central African Republic
(M. Zuhdi Jasser and Sam Gejdenson, World Affairs)
Peace talks on S. Sudan, Syria: Where are the women?
(Chloe Schwenke, The Christian Science Monitor)
Professor Grayson's crusade (religious rights v. secular rights)
(Paul Allen, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Religious actions to be given the same status as rallies [article from January 2014]
(Russian Press Review, TASS: Russian News Agency)
RTE apologises to Iona Institute for 'homophobia' remark
(David Quinn, The Iona Blog)
Syria becoming magnet for young French Muslims
(Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Tokyo court rules in favor of Unificationist held captive
(Press Release, Family Federation for World Peace and Unification)
Too far, too fast: Sochi, tourism and conflict in the Caucasus
(Europe Report No. 228, International Crisis Group)
Top legal experts have created a Commission to Investigate Human Rights violations in Ukraine
(Press Release, Voices of Ukraine)
Tunisia: Man jailed for Facebook post to be released
(Afef Abrougui, X index)
Two-thirds of briefs filed with Supreme Court in Hobby Lobby case support the company
(Ashe Schow, Washington Examiner)
Welby flies to Africa telling Anglicans to treat gay people as ‘children of God’
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
What it means to alter the meaning of religious worship
(Peter Smith, Catholic Voices Comment)
EVENT, 5 February 2014 (RSVP by 3 February): Religious freedom in America
(Meir Soloveichik, The Tikvah Center (NYC))
IDF allows first peek into secret Golan Heights field hospital: Israelis treat Syrian wounded
(Yifa Yaakov, The Times of Israel)
The secularisation of English and Scots law? A reflection
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
A Modesty Proposal: New York City’s half-baked inquisition
(Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard)
New Saudi writers offer form of Islamic liberation theology
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor)
Tribals in Jharkhand: Religion and identity politics
(Anant Kumar, Economic & Political Weekly)
Friday, 31 January 2014
Archbishops of Canterbury and York write powerful letter in protest against Nigeria and Uganda anti-gay laws
(The Huffington Post UK)
Colombian priest who ran far-right militia nabbed
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Conference: Legal Personality of Non-Muslims / Problems and Rights II
(İÖG (Freedom of Belief Initiative in Turkey)
Egypt tries to reassure journalists from abroad
(David D. Kirkpatrick, International New York Times)
Egypt's revolutionary confusion – OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)
Europe still haunted by antisemitism
(Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights, The Council of Europe's Human Rights Comment)
French Jews take YouTube to court over ‘year of quenelle’ video
(JTA)
Is religion losing ground to sports?
(Chris Beneke and Arthur Remillard, The Washington Post)
Joint Working Group with Roman Catholic Church
(World Council of Churches)
Kazakh pastor’s trial halts amid heated arguments
(World Watch Monitor)
Law school’s Religious Liberty Clinic fights for residential homeless ministry
(Madeleine Han, Stanford Law School)
Lebanese sheikh charged over spate of attacks
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))
Pakistan poised to make death penalty compulsory for 'blasphemy'
(Patrick Goodenough, CNS News)
Pew Research work on global restrictions to continue
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Pope replaces cardinal at head of Vatican financial authority
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Sexual abuse lawsuit against Yeshiva U. tossed
(JTA)
Suicide bombers called biggest Sochi Olympics risk
(Vladimir Isachenkov and Nataliya Vasilyeva, The Big Story)
Syria crisis: Geneva peace talks end in recriminations
(BBC News)
Texas board approves textbook review rule change
(Will Weissert, Associated Press, The Big Story)
The British Government's responsibility for northern Nigeria
(Alan Craig, Gatestone Institute)
The specter of mass killings in Burma: Religious intolerance is threatening the country’s tenuous transition to democracy.
(Larry Diamond, The Atlantic)
Unthinkable: Which ‘golden rule’ of ethics is best, the Christian or Confucian?
(Joe Humphreys, The Irish Times)
Court dismisses challenge to exclusion of private schools from NY law protecting students from sex abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Insurer needn't pay archdiocese for abuse-related death claim settlement
(Judy Greenwald, Business Insurance)
GLAD challenges employment discrimination at Fontbonne Academy
(GLAD)
The Facebook of Mormon
(Shira Telushkin, The Atlantic)
Ontology vs. phenomenology in the gay Christian debate
(Ron Belgau, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Banning circumcision in Scandinavia
(Mark Movsesian, First Things: Religion and Public Life)
Spain rethinks universal jurisdiction
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Thursday, 30 January 2014
York professor at centre of religious rights furor: Rights Code is the issue
(Paul Grayson, The Globe and Mail)
A response to the statement by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York of 29th January 2014
(The Most Rev’d Dr Eliud Wabukala, GAFCON)
Dispatches: Central African Republic – “We will take our revenge”
(Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch)
Law societies promising public consultation on whether to accept TWU degrees
(Lauren Strapagiel, Postmedia News, The Vancouver Sun)
Anti-gay pledge could result in Trinity Western’s law degrees being worthless
(Daphne Bramham, The Vancouver Sun)
Haifa Chief Rabbi set to be indicted
(David Lev, Arutz Sheva 7)
Hawaii Marriage Equality Act upheld as constitutional
(News Release, Department of the Attorney General - Hawaii)
Northern Cyprus abolishes the last law in Europe criminalising homosexuality
(ILGA Europe)
In Kiev, protests bring Orthodox priests to pray on the frontline despite Government warnings (PHOTOS)
(Jura Nanuk, Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)
Bahraini court dissolves Islamic Scholars Council
(Al-Monitor)
Church of England’s call for dialogue on gays rebuffed in Africa
(Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Najib touches base with Muslim NGOs as tensions rise over ‘Allah’
(Pathma Subramaniam, The Malay Online)
Largest ever survey reveals decline of Jewish mainstream
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle)
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