Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Turkey: Erdogan's mad idea for president: turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque
(NAT da Polis, Asianews.it)
YouTube ordered to take down anti-Muslim film
(Ahram Online)
Jordan arrests 10 gays over get-together party
(Ahram Online)
Jordan terror suspect criticises jihadist tax on Syria Christians
(Ahram Online)
Bahrain arrests 4 for 'religious insult' on Instagram
(Ahram Online)
Among the snake handlers
(Peter Lawler, First Things)
How Arizona’s anti-gay bill will hurt the religious
(E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post)
Indian ministry to discuss developing Islamic endowments
(Kuala Lumprur, Reuters)
Federal judge rules Texas' gay marriage ban is unconstitutional
(Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News)
Arizona governor's veto aimed at own party's right
(Bob Christie, Associated Press)
Kerry likens Uganda anti-gay law to anti-Semitism and apartheid
(Lesley Wroughton, Reuters)
Experts say immigrants are changing the U.S. religious landscape
(Meredith Somers, The Washington Times)
Rift at Jewish school in Manhattan over canceled plan for Israeli-Palestinian talk
(Jacob W. Sotak, New York Times)
Syrian Christians sign treaty of submission to Islamists
(Elhanan Miller, The Times of Israel)
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Attacks on religious freedom amount to 'sophisticated warfare' on Christians, say top journalist, legal scholars
(Paul Stanley, The Christian Post Politics)
Banned Sikh group never advocated violence, former leader says
(Sunny Dhillon, The Globe and Mail)
Bishop to lead parliamentary inquiry into foodbanks and food poverty
(News Release, Church of England)
Canada's ambassador for religious freedom weighs in on controversial Arizona bill
(Jessica Murphy, Sun News)
Is the right's "religious liberty" campaign about to backfire?
(Kevin Drum, Mother Jones)
Little Sisters of the Poor formally file appeal in birth control case
(Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun)
Mohler: Religious liberty threat growing
(James A. Smith Sr., Baptist Press)
Pakistani Taliban say government must embrace Islamic law
(Saud Mehsud, Reuters)
Pastors, lay people agree: religious liberty declining in U.S.
(Pennsylvania Pastors Network)
S. Korean missionary jailed in North seeks mercy
(Eric Talmadge, Associated Press)
Why did Harvard and the YMCA stray from their Christian roots?
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)
Notice & Call for Papers for Annual Symposium of IASJF: Proposals Due 15 March 2014
(The International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family)
Why 6 federal judges have struck down state gay marriage bans, in their own words
(Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post)
Arizona governor vetoes bill on denying services to gays
(Aaron Blake, The Washington Post)
Arizona religious-freedom bill becomes test case
(Tamara Audi and Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal)
No, this is not Jim Crow for gays – Understanding Arizona S.B. 1062
(Paul Mirengoff, Powerline)
Arizona bill sparks debate about religious objections to gay marriage
(Michael Lipka and David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Morocco, counter-terrorism, and the U.S - Africa Summit
(Ahmed Charai, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Ronald Reagan's City of God
(Paul Kengor, RealClearReligion)
After ban, Danish gov’t minister to examine science of ritual slaughter
(JTA)
Making sense of global terrorism now
(Fernando Reinares, Elcano Royal Institute)
Mormon Apostle: Believers should join together to defend free exercise of faith
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Mormon Newsroom)
Teenage jihadists, car burnings and Muslim-only cemeteries
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Survey: Americans turn sharply favorable on gay issues
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
One-third of Millennials who left their religion did it because of anti-gay policies: survey
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huff Post Religion)
Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims voice their concerns on religion based discrimination in India to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(National Council of Churches in India)
Indonesia’s religious freedom ‘in peril’
(World Watch Monitor)
Indonesia Report 2014
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Dozens dead as sectarian violence continues in central Nigeria
(World Watch Monitor)
Arabs riot on Temple Mount ahead of Feiglin’s debate on Jewish Prayer
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)
Reform and Conservative Jews upset over plans for Robinson’s Arch
(JTA, Jewish Press)
World Russian People's Council threatens with legal prosecution to those who try to capture churches in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill calls on Ukrainian authorities not to interfere in church affairs
(Interfax-Religion)
The first Saudi Woman to become an editor-in-chief
(Samya, Patheos Blog: Muslimah Media Watch)
Kathmandu: the invasion of naked holy men sparks protests among residents
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
New Israeli 'divide and rule' law to separate Arab Christians and Muslims
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)
New Ukraine acting president Turchynov is Baptist pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ukraine names Baptist pastor as acting president
(Timothy C. Morgan, Christianity Today)
Profile: Olexander Turchynov
(BBC News)
Oleksandr Turchynov’s Baptist faith may help defuse Ukrainian crisis
(Olga Rudenko, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Skye Bank chairman - Boko Haram has taken freedom of religion too far
(Senator Iroegbu, This Day via AllAfrica)
Shock as interim prime minister and government resigns
(Christian Telegraph)
Moroccan Salafist imam receives light sentence
(Mohamed Saadouni, Magharebia)
Bombs target church, restaurant in Zanzibar
(Dar Es Salaam, Reuters)
Death toll doubles in Nigerian militant attack on school
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Hindus in New Jersey school district want a day off for Diwali
(Katherine Davis, Religion News Service)
One ugly church bites the dust
(Nicholas G. Hahn III, Real Clear Religion)
Boone County treasurer allows same-sex couples to claim property
(Rudi Keller, Columbia Daily Tribune)
Lesbian employee forced to watch religious anti-gay video loses claim for harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Same-sex parenting goes on trial in Detroit
(Rick Pluta, National Public Radio)
Federal judge voids Texas’ gay marriage ban, though he delays order from taking effect immediately
(Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News)
Does the Bible prohibit providing services for same-sex weddings? Theologians weigh in.
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Does ‘religious affiliation’ include nonreligiousness?
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy)
Greek Jewish community seeks return of Nazi ransom
(Costas Kantouris, Associated Press)
Are public universities discriminating against Christians with recent hotel Bible bans?
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Secular group sues state agency for displaying 40-foot Christian cross on public land
(Shadee Ashtari, The Huffington Post)
'Ground zero' for the death penalty
(Tal Kopan, Politico)
Rights group blasts Myranmar over Rohingya policies
(Robin McDowell, Associated Press)
Va. state Sen. Stephen H. Martin criticized for ‘host’ comment in antiabortion Facebook post
(Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)
Update: Bob Jones University rehires firm hired to investigate sex abuse
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Gay-rights advocates rally at Kansas Statehouse
(The Associated Press)
China condemned for charging Uighur academic Ilham Tohti with separatism
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Europeans stop Uganda aid after antigay Law
(Nicholas Bariyo, The Wall Street Journal)
Benedict rejects rumors on why he resigned as “simply absurd”
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Riots hit Jerusalem holy site
(Joshua Mitnick, Wall Street Journal)
CPAC reverses decision, will not allow atheist group at conservative conference
(Dan Merica, CNN)
Republicans go from anti-gay to no way on Arizona bill
(Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast)
Prenuptial agreements, the Church and the Law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Young evangelicals and same-sex marriage
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint - Religion Today)
Map: Countries where homosexuality is a crime
(CBC News)
Kerry to Uganda: Repeal anti-gay law — or else
(Julian Pecquet, The Hill)
State lawyers don't have to defend gay marriage bans: Holder
(Eric M. Johnson, Reuters via Chicago Tribune)
The Holder ‘nuance’
(Alec Torres, National Review Online)
Symposium: Mandates make martyrs out of corporate owners
(Ilya Shapiro, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: In a battle of semantics, the family businesses win with scientific facts
(Mailee Smith, SCOTUSblog)
Briefing set for Virginia marriage appeal
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
EVENT, 26 February 2014: Encounters with the Religious ‘Other’: From One True Religion to Interreligious Dialogue
(José Casanova, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT, 26 February: 50 years after Birmingham: Reflections on and from the Black church
(2-3 pm CST, Patheos Topics: Black History Month)
EVENT, 26 February 2014: Indonesia's Pluralism in Peril: the rise of religious intolerance
(Workshop, 10am-12pm, London School of Economics)
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Egypt names Ibrahim Mahlab as new prime minister
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
The real agenda behind the push for "Islamophobia"
(Raheel Raza, Gatestone Institute)
What price a religious calling? Record seminary debt shows need for financial as well as divine guidance
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
In Ukraine, both sides exploit Jewish history
(David Firestone, The New York Times: Taking Note)
Religion-civil rights panel: gay marriage will be the law and 'most churches will go along with it'
(Greg Garrison, AL.com)
Religious-freedom bills proliferate in statehouses
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal Law Blog)
Rights group: Burma government ‘systematically persecuting’ Rohingya
(Mark Inkey, Asian Correspondent)
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