Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
South Sudan’s religious unity can help heal wounds of violence
(Othow Okoti Abich Onger and Jacqueline H. Wilson, The Olive Branch - United States Institute of Peace)
Tunisia adpots a moderate Constitution with Freedom of Religion, Women's Rights
(Gary, The Federalist)
Vatican Library, Japan to catalogue lost archive
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hobby Lobby briefs: Bold challenge to a law on religion
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Bi-partisan legislators, religious leaders, legal scholars and states file support in Supreme Court for Hobby Lobby
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
The U.S. puts 'moderate' restrictions on religious freedom
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Dr. Mark Lazenby reflects on Jahi McMath's surgery gone wrong
(OUPblog)
Perspectives on the Ukrainian Protests
(George Friedman, Stratfor)
The ‘Ex-gay’ London bus advert ban – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The (non) religious vote: Cultivating the nones
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy]))
Italy Church appeals to thieves to return John Paul blood relic
(Ahram Online)
Egypt police arrests church attack gunmen
(Ahram Online)
Alliances in Civil Wars: An Interview with Fotini Christia
(Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Kazakhstan: Jailed for refusing to pay fine for exercising human rights without state permission
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sri Lanka’s Christians protest after January attacks
(World Watch Monitor)
19 Democrat senators urge SCOTUS to force Christian businesses to pay for contraceptives
(Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit)
Bosnian Serb allies Mladic, Karadzic side by side in war crimes court
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
Monday, 27 January 2014
‘Allah’ rings out in Malaysian churches despite ban
(Mohabat News)
320 arrested in Nigeria for alleged Boko Haram ties
(Reyhan Güner, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
An atheist’s love letter to religion
(Steven Beynon, The Miami Student)
Argentina coin mixes politics, religion
(Richard Giedroyc, World Coin News, NumisMaster)
Church of England bishops: we agree on one thing – that we can't agree on homosexuality
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Church offers cut-price funerals ... if you opt for cremation
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Croatia has high level of religious rights, freedoms - says president
(Dalje.com)
Devoutly religious parents face jail after baby's rickets death
(Sarah Ann Harris, Express)
Fla. man gets prison for abortion-pill miscarriage
(Michael WInter, USA Today)
Georgia Govt pledges GEL 4.5m to four religious minority groups in 2014
(Civil Georgia)
Ireland’s Education Minister plans to cut religion to free up class time
(Irish Central)
N.Y. State bill ends funding to schools linked to boycott Israel groups
(JTA)
Nigeria: No to campaign on religious ground
(Felix Agbedeh, Nigerian Tribune)
Op-Ed: The Hill -- Congress can defend freedoms abroad
(Robert P. George, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Priests bring comfort to menacing Kiev protests
(Vitnija Saldava, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Queensland students fear 'burning in hell' after religious instruction, author says
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Reminder: School voucher programs undermine religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Report: Women of the Wall nearing agreement with Israeli gov’t
(JTA)
Sorcery, spirits and sacrifice at Morocco Sufi festival
(Tngri News)
Targeting minorities: Emerging trend in Bangladesh and Pakistan
(C Uday Bhaskar, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Thai police rescue hundreds of Rohingya in raid on suspected traffickers' camp
(Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)
The Great Decline: 60 years of religion in one graph
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
The women of Chabad
(Ben Harris, JTA Telegraph)
Tony Blair is right – religious extremism sustains political conflict
(Archbishop Cranmer, Cranmer Blog)
Zimbabwe: Of womanhood, culture, religion and hypocrisy
(Elliot Ziwira, The Herald)
Church of England’s bishops defer gay marriage decision
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Filipino troops battle rebels opposing peace deal
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Tony Blair: Extremist religion will be the defining battle of the 21st Century
(Georgia Graham, The Guardian)
Tunisia finally passes progressive constitution
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Priests’ group labels Quinn’s comments on religious education ‘unacceptable’
(The Irish Times)
Obama administration to appeal clergy tax ruling
(Robert Dilday, ABP)
Paris anti-Hollande march turns hateful against Jews
(JTA)
U.S. attorney: Evidence shows N.Y. district didn’t deal with student anti-Semitism
(JTA)
Drones, “Ex-Gay” Bus Advert and Train Track Constitutionalism – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)
The Holocaust, Muslims and Jews: Remembering the Righteous
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy]))
Malaysia church attacked amid 'Allah' dispute
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Canon law, schools admission and the state (continued)
(David Pocklinton, Law & Religion UK)
Anti-Semitism is an international threat once again
(Brendan Simms, London Evening Standard)
When judges believe in 'natural law'
(Antony Murray, The Atlantic)
The growing importance of the International Criminal Court
(Naseem Kourosh, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Will lawyers in Canada soon face a religious test? The hypersensitive response over Canada’s first openly Christian law school
(Barry W. Bussey, `Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Anti-Semitic graffiti in Rome shortly before Holocaust day
(AFP, The Times of Israel)
Priests for Life’s Challenge to the Obamacare “Contraception Mandate” Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
(American Freedom Law Center)
Attacks by extremists kill at least 99 Nigerian Christians
(Haruna Umar, Associated Press)
Egyptian military backs army chief for president
(Maggie Michael, Associated Press)
Ukraine president will scrap anti-protest law
(Jim Heintz and Maria Danilova, Associated Press)
Boris Johnson's gay bus advert ban to be investigated
(BBC News)
Russia: Two "extremism" bans overturned - but bans, fines continue
(Victoria Arnold, Geradline Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Anti-assimilation group begs Bibi: break up son’s dating non-Jew
(Jewish Press News Briefs)
Swedes and Danes want to permit circumcision – for Bar Mitzvah
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)
US: Canceling Olympics an option due to terrorism threats
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, Jewish Press)
Molotov cocktails and banners against churches. Malaysian priest warns of escalating sectarian divisions
(AsiaNews.it)
Paris anti-Hollande march turns into day of hatred of Jews
(JTA, Jewish Press)
Russia: Court rejects appeal in gay propaganda case - LGBT activist Alexeyev
(Interfax-Religion)
Georgian authorities to finance another four religions
(Interfax-Religion)
Rawalpindi, British citizen sentenced to death for blasphemy
(AsiaNews.it)
Islamabad: as bishop calls for 'unity against violence', thousands of Christians march for peace
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)
Veterans' group cautiously optimistic about DOD's new directive
(Russ Jones, OneNewsNow)
Sunday, 26 January 2014
China official seeks tougher rules on religion after Xinjiang blasts
(Michael Martina, Reuters)
Kerry reject claims U.S. is disengaging from world
(Al Bawaba News)
Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism
(Chris Kirk, Slate)
Metro Detroit faiths come together for annual World Sabbath day
(David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, My Desert.com)
Pakistani religious leaders protest Taliban attacks on shrines
(Zia Ur Rehman, Central Asia Online)
Religious circumcisions not subject to Pennsylvania oversight
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
The Rohingya People: The most suffering people on earth – OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Ukraine’s crackdown singling out Catholics, Canada’s religious-freedom envoy says
(Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail)
Religion and Law round-up – 26th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
VIDEO: Religious freedom is our first freedom
(People of Faith, You Tube)
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Best Buy commercial points way to greater Muslim acceptance
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
China announces 'crimes' against detained Uighur scholar
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Holder to ban religion in terror probes
(Editorial, Investor's Business Daily)
Religious liberty in Western and Islamic law: Toward a world legal tradition
(Kristine Kalanges, Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Paper)
TWU School of Law receives final approval
(Jennifer Watton, Trinity Western University)
EVENT, 26-27 January: Workshop on Global Development and Institutions Inspired by Faith in Bangladesh
(The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Geneva-2: First round of direct Syria talks concludes
(Voice of Russia)
Muslims need to speak out against persecution
(Imam Muhammad Musri, Huff Post Religion)
Re-Judaizing Israel: Nothing new under the sun – OpEd
(Uri Avnery, Eurasia Review)
Call for Papers DUE 15 February 2014: Law and Religion in Africa (26-28 May 2014)
(Pieter Coertzen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Only PM can pave way forward in ‘Allah’ impasse, says DAP rep
(The Malay Mail Online)
Pakistan suspends Shi'ite pilgrimage route to Iran
(Gul Yousafzai, Reuters)
A Case for Modesty on the Streets of NYC
(Noah Feldman for Bloomberg News, Valley News)
Excerpt: Divine Interventions, an ebook about religion and government
(Rick Salutin, The Star (Canada))
Afghanistan: Young radio hournalist tortured and killed in Helmand
(Eurasia Review)
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