Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Volgograd suicide bomber's identity confirmed, photos now public
(The Voice of Russia)
Wahhabis launch anti-New Year propaganda in Russia
(RT)
What is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Sunni militants storm Iraq police stations to free prisoners
(Kamal Namaa, Reuters)
Happy New Year 2014!
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court temporarily allows religious groups not to cover birth control
(Sandhya Somashekhar, Robert Barnes and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Justice Sotomayor and 3 circuits rule on injunctions pending appeals by non-profits in contraceptive mandate cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Blogging our way through 2013
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Nazi graffiti on Stockholm mosque
(Associated Press, Miami Herald)
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Lynne Hybels, Evangelicals, and Israel
(Mark D. Tooley, First Things: On the Square)
Russia suicide bombing: Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin's worst nightmare? (+video)
(Mike Eckel, The Christian Science Monitor)
Retired chaplain says military bill improves religious freedom
(Chad Groening, OneNewsNow)
The year America's post-9/11 foreign policy failed, and the nine other top foreign policy headlines of 2014
(David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy)
Four Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt, accused of illegal ties to Muslim Brotherhood
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
Boy Scouts Christian alternative launches with 500 troops
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
New challenges to birth-control mandate
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Gay marriages are 'affront' to Utah, state argues in appeal to high court
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Utah seeks delay of same-sex marriages
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Best Dressed Pope * Bad Book Covers * Muslim Informants : Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Religion News Service)
Law & Religion 2013 and 2014: retrospect and prospect
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK Human Rights Blog 2013 in review
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Prayer in Eureka:Judge narrowly rules in State's favor
(The Times-Standard (CA))
Pakistan: Federal Shariat Court appoints first female judge
(Daily Times)
EEOC wins settlements in three religious discrimination cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause blog)
Lesbian couple say marriage lawsuit against Utah, LDS Church was filed without their knowledge
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – Dec. 27 & Jan. 3
(Religion News Service)
Religious Accommodation, European Controversy, and Posthumous Pardons – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)
Edict of Milan, forever?
(John Weicher, Real Clear Religion)
Freedom of Religion or Belief & Blasphemy: Prisoners List (World Report 2013)
(Edited by Willy Fautré; Mark Barwick, David Gonsalves, Aaron Sessions & Alfiaz Vaiya, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Monday, 30 December 2013
Egyptian presidential advisor: Brotherhood ideology a crime against society
(Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi, Asharq Al-Awsat)
Utah weighs impact of ruling allowing gay marriage
(John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times)
Quenelle salute performed in front of Toulouse Jewish school
(JTA)
Religion and Law round-up – holiday edition
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Trayvon nativity * Snake jury * Obama’s faith: Monday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
U.N. Human Rights Council fails to protect religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Public's views on human evolution
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Israeli leaders reach out to Putin after Volgograd bombings
(JTA)
Greece struggles to outlaw its Golden Dawn fascist party
(Marcus Walker and Marianna Kakaounaki, The Wall Street Journal)
The Islamization of Britain in 2013
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Religion photos of 2013 capture the year's most powerful moments
(Huff Post Religion)
Islam to become Ireland's second religion by 2043
(Ralph Riegel, Independent.ie)
New transformational Roman Catholic pontiff voted winner in survey of Top 10 Religion News Stories of the Year
(Religion Newswriters Association)
The year's most popular blogs: Global Religious Futures, TEDx Talk & 10 Facts About Muslims
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Boy Scouts start accepting gay youth on New Year's Day
(David Crary and Nomaan Merchant, Huff Post Gay Voices)
Peres: Impossible to separate religion and state in Israel
(David Lev, Arutz Sheva 7)
55 U.S. universities condemn ASA boycott of Israel
(JTA)
Sunday, 29 December 2013
2 persons sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy
(Press Trust of India, Business Standard)
53% view marriage as a religious institution
(Rasmussen Reports)
Catonsville nuns group not required to provide birth control under Obamacare, judge says
(Carrie Wells and Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun)
Colorado federal court: Contraceptive mandate accommodation imposes no substantial burden on ERISA-exempt church plans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How Armenian Genocide impacts Turkey’s Jewish community
(Rifat Bali, The Armenian Reporter)
Roman Catholic bishops’ olive branch to divorcees
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
The Gulen movement: a self-exiled imam challenges Turkey's Erdogan
(Alexander Christie-Miller, The Christian Science Monitor)
Times on the legal naughty step for bizarre ‘right to marry’ headline splash
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Woman charged with blasphemy out of revenge for refusing arranged marriage
(Kathryn Schroeder, Opposing Views)
Saturday, 28 December 2013
3 reasons Christians should mourn before 2014
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
A small but growing number of Jews are questioning the ancient ritual of circumcision
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Best of religion blogs 2013: Words that inspired, surprised, and moved us this year
(Huff Post Religion)
Camille Paglia: A feminist defense of masculine virtues
(Bari Weiss, The Wall Street Journal)
DC Circuit denies preliminary injunction to non-liturgical Navy chaplains challenging promotion procedures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Decisions in non-profit challenges to contraceptive mandate accommodation continue to be issued
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Does ‘Duck Dynasty’ or ‘Downton Abbey’ reflect your values?
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, RNS Blog: Faith & Reason)
Food banks and the church: Rowan's rebuke
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Israel pushes to recruit Arab Christians into its army
(AP Wire Service, Tulsa World)
Mormon-centric Utah epicenter for food storage
(Brady McCombs, The Detroit News - Religion)
Still out there and growing — al Qaeda on the rebound, experts say
(Ashley Fantz, CNN)
More on ACA/HHS mandate challenges
Friday, 27 December 2013
‘Church for people who aren’t into church’: Protestant mega-congregations packing the pews in Canada
(Tristin Hopper, National Post)
Court reverses church official's endangerment conviction
(Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press, MSN News)
How to defend Quebec’s secularism charter
(Sigal Samuel, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Islamic reformism: Definition and prospects
(Shireen T. Hunter, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Judge dismisses religious discrimination lawsuit against Northwestern in Chabad House disaffiliation
(Patrick Svitek, The Daily Northwestern)
LDS Church shares resources on freedom of religion
(Bishop Tom Fox, Baxter Bulletin)
Nazila Ghanea: Iran’s Charter of Citizens’ Rights could worsen religious freedom in the country
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Pope Francis craze may be idolatry, says Catholic writer Elizabeth Scalia
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Rare portrayal of Muhammad’s youth in upcoming Iranian film
(Tehran Bureau Correspondent, The Guardian)
Texas Baptist universities win lawsuit against controversial HHS mandate
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Tom Monaghan non-profits sue challenging contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 26 December 2013
Can Muslim lands learn to tolerate Christianity?
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post)
How culpable were Dutch Jews in the slave trade?
(Cnaan Liphshiz and Iris Tzur, JTA)
What Francis can do on anti-Christian persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., National Catholic Reporter)
Japan's Abe visits shrine for war dead, China, South Korea angered
(Antoni Slodkowski and Linda Sieg, Reuters)
Egypt’s military-backed government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
Somalia bans Christmas celebrations
(Ghana Web)
Top 10 church-state and religious liberty developments in 2013
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egyptian police raid al-Azhar University in Cairo
(Press TV)
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
A disappointing ruling against Notre Dame
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Progressive Polygamist: Polygamists need to change their ways
(Chris Henrichsen, Approaching Justice)
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Central African Christmas * Ohio Makes 19? * Muslim Yuletide : Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Laruen Markoe, Religion News Service)
Christmas card sales: No tidings of comfort or joy
(C.S.-W., The Economist [Schumpeter: Business and management])
Giving birth to God: A wonder beyond gender?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Okla. judge grants injunction in health care suit
(Tim Talley, SF Gate)
Political fight in South Sudan targets civilians
(Nicholas Kulish, International New York Times)
The bizarre War on Christmas Debate
(Brett Bertucio, First Things: On the Square)
The veil and religious neutrality—version française
(Jonathan Derbyshire, Prospect)
Monday, 23 December 2013
Appeals court denies stay on same-sex marriage ruling pending hearing Monday
(Emilee Eagar, Deseret News)
Francis, peace and poverty: Another papal challenge
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In France, quasi-Nazi salute may evade long arm of the law
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Mary and feminism: Sexing divinity
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Email Subscription
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies maintains a Law and Religion Headlines service covering news about freedom of religion or belief internationally. All interested may subscribe to this service, free of charge, using the link below.
Subscribe