Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 17 March 2014
At White House, Abbas says Israel's recognition is settled
(Michael Wilner, The Jerusalem Post)
Christians, Muslims join anti-slavery campaign
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
The woman who saved Syria’s Jews
(Emma Beals, The Daily Beast)
Woman claims SoCal cult is trying to sell her home
(Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service)
Video: Don’t freak, I’m Sikh
(Sally Morrow, Religion News Service)
Debate: Should gays picket Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps’s funeral?
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Ireland's ecumenical patron: Banishing the sectarian snake
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
British Christians seek justice in Europe rather than UK
(Press Release, Christian Concern)
Christian guesthouse owners go to Strasbourg over 'discrimination' case
(David Barrett, The Telegraph)
Denominations downsizing and selling assets in more secular era
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Judge recognizes gay marriages of 3 Tennessee couples
(Heidi Hall, The Tennessean via USA Today)
Obama meets with Palestinian leader as diplomacy deadline looms
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)
On the street and in the pews, East Harlem mourns
(Vivian Yee, The New York Times)
Will evangelicals miss the boat on Paramount’s ‘Noah?’
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green stands on faith against Obamacare mandate
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Walsh skips St. Patrick’s Day Parade
(Jeremy C. Fox and Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, The Boston Globe)
New organization unites American Muslims in one coalition
(Amanda Murphy, Religion News Service)
Westboro Baptist founder is 'on the edge of death,' son says
(Bill Chappell, National Public Radio)
Asia Bibi’s appeal to be heard by Lahore High Court
(AsiaNews.it)
Pastor Mark Driscoll apologizes for missteps, quits social media
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Crimea’s parliament votes to join Russia
(Carol Morello, Will Englund and Griff Witte, The Washington Post Europe)
Read between...what lines? Saudi bans thousands of books at Riyadh fair, calls Darwish blasphemous
(Al Bawaba News)
Indian activist: Narendra Modi’s candidature in Varanasi an outrage
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
The Central African Republic has become a nightmare for Muslims
(The Washington Post)
Jewish group rejects Quebec candidate’s apology for views seen as anti-Semitic
(JTA)
Mgr Fan Zhongliang's body taken to a funeral home, not at church
(Jian Mei, AsiaNews.it)
Why the intense fascination paid to Pope Francis—or any pope—isn’t good for the Catholic Church
(Paul Bauman, Slate)
Thailand's fight over who should rule
(Charles Keyes, Al Jazeera America)
Sri Lanka, Catholic priest and human rights activist arrested
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
India is still no country for free speech
(Zahir Janmohamed, Al Jazeera America)
Pakistani university refuses prosperous work to Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Officials in three states bank on states’ rights argument to stop gay marriage spread
(Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)
Egypt's human rights situation is going from ugly to uglier
(Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor: Security Watch)
Nigeria attacks kill more than 150: Fulani, Boko Haram suspected in weekend of violence against several villages
(World Watch Monitor)
Jerusalem cinema complex must close on Shabbat
(JTA)
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Catholic bishops urge NSW politicians to vote in support of Zoe's law
(Bridie Jabour, The Guardian)
Same-sex marriage and religious liberty, continued
(Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
World poll finds striking connection between wealth and belief in God
(Stephen Calabria, Huff Post Religion)
Officials: Herders kill more than 100 in Nigeria land conflict
(Al Jazeera America)
Frontrunner to lead India picks holy Hindu city for election race
(Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)
Elevation Church to build 1,200-seat campus in University City, discloses audit for the first time
(Rick Rothacker and Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer)
Blasphemous babies: Saudi Arabia bans 50 names
(Al Bawaba News)
Religion and law round up – 16th March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mormon tax, posthumous procreation and Stephen Lawrence spying – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)
Crisis stirs old fears for Ukraine’s Jews
(David Filipov, The Boston Globe)
Saturday, 15 March 2014
'Women of Courage' awardees challenge social norms head on
(Viola Gienger, United States Institute of Peace - The Olive Branch)
House votes to broaden religious exemptions within 'Obamacare'
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)
Nine out of 10 women say doctors must see abortion patients before giving green light – poll
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Greek Catholic priest abducted by pro-Russian armed forces in Crimea
(Bishop Borys Gudziak, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Evangelical Christians on Maidan: ‘Repentance must start with president, end with criminals in prison’
(Iryna Naumets, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Meet the Philippine Pope Francis
(John L. Allen, Jr., The Boston Globe)
Westminster rules on gay marriage in shared churches and chapels
(Gavin Drake, Church Times)
Government sets up free vote on assisted-dying Bill
(Paul Wilkinson, Church Times)
Bid to boost feminism among British Muslim women
(Tracy McVeigh, The Guardian)
The ghost at the atheist feast: was Nietzsche right about religion?
(John Gray, New Statesman)
Denominations downsizing and selling assets in more secular era
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)
Countrymen: The untold story of how Denmark's Jews escaped the Nazis - review
(Ian Buruma, The Guardian)
It's prayer, not psychosis, woman says
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
Buddhist student, religious liberty prevail in Louisiana
(Heather L. Weaver, ACLU)
German church leader signals opening for divorcees
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Orissa, ruling on raped nun "example of collusion between the state and Hindu extremists "
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates ban Noah film: it contradicts Islam
(AsiaNews.it)
Gunmen kills 6 soldiers at Egyptian checkpoint
(Al Jazeera America)
Religious Futures 101: Population growth 3x faster in countries believing God is essential to morality
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
European Parliament rejects anti-human dignity report
(Zenit)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea, China abstains
(Margaret Besheer, Voice of America)
A counter-coalition in Israel
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Crimea, China abstains
(The Voice of Russia)
Priest kidnapping reports raise pre-referendum tensions in Crimea
(Oleg Leus, AFP, Yahoo! News)
Rabbi injured in Kiev attack, wife claims it was anti-Semitic
(Reuters, The Jerusalem Post)
The intellectual snobbery of conspicuous atheism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
EVENT, 15 March 2014: God and Government Conference
(St Matthew's Westminster, Theos)
Leaning in: Women in church leadership
(Katie Day, OUPblog)
Morocco ends military trials of civilians – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)
Lawsuit could challenge South Carolina's same sex marriage ban
(Tim Waller, WYFF4.com News)
Friday, 14 March 2014
Chinese students pray for passengers on missing jet
(NBC News)
Dan Cathy seeks to put gay marriage flap behind Chick-fil-A
(Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Reconstruction of Timbuktu’s destroyed tombs begins in Mali
(Emma Farge, Reuters)
Can public faith help rebuild the link between morality and markets?
(Series, Public Spirit)
The realism of faith and the fantasies of finance
(Luke Bretherton, Public Spirit)
Islamic finance has something to teach us all and may have more freedom to flourish here in the UK
(Elaine Housby, Public Spirit)
Federal judge rules Tennessee must recognize same-sex marriage
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi's lonely, costly bid for Sunni-Shiite equality
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
An Illinois parish shows why Pope Francis can’t fix the Catholic Church by himself
(Melinda Henneberger, The Washington Post Opinions)
Let’s make dome noise—It’s Purim!
(Matt Nosanchuk, White House Blog)
An Al Qaeda-Indian Mujahideen alliance spells trouble for Pakistan
(Balasubramaniyan Viswanathan, Geopolitical Monitor)
Nigeria: Blasts and clashes in Maiduguri
(MISNA)
Myanmar government excludes Rohingya from census
(AsiaNews.it)
For Myanmar Muslim minority, no escape from brutality
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Norwegian schools reproduce racism and gender stereotypes
(Eurasia Review)
“Above all liberties”: Free speech is at the heart of a self-governing society
(David Ghend, MercatorNet)
Christian donors to give more than $1M in crisis aid to Ukraine Jews
(JTA)
Latvian minister to be fired for endorsing SS vets
(JTA)
Tunisia: Israelis are welcome with pre-arranged papers
(JTA)
Holocaust denier on French National Front party’s ticket
(JTA)
History, myth, and the struggle over Crimea
(Igor Torbakov, Eurasianet)
Sri Lanka: TNA welcomes draft resolution, misses a golden opportunity
(Associated Press, Asian Correspondent)
From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China
(Saud Mehsud and Maria Golovnina, Reuters)
Thailand: Don’t forcibly return Uighurs to China
(Human Rights Watch)
Crimea: Attacks, ‘disappearances’ by illegal forces
(Human Rights Watch)
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