Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 1 February 2014
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)
Pressure mounts on law societies to reject faith-based school’s graduates
(James Bradshaw, Globe and Mail)
Canadian Muslim hipsters defy stereotypes
(Aalia Adam, Global News)
Hamas and Hezbollah agree to disagree on Syria
(Giorgio Cafiero and Peter Certo, The Atlantic Council)
Ukraine: Heading towards civil war?
(Nidhi Sinha, Observer Research Foundation)
Bangladesh: Implications of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Indictment
(Rupak Bhattacharjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Blair backs Egypt's government and criticises Brotherhood
(Al Bawaba News)
Pakistan: Malala Yousafzai book launch censored in Peshawar
(Eurasia Review)
Bishops urge end to confiscation of land in Palestine
(Catholic News Agency)
Volgograd suicide bombers identified, suspected accomplices detained
(RT)
Celebrity ex-priest faces lawsuit over anti-gay statements
(RT)
U.S. is seeking death penalty in Boston Case
(Matt Apuzzo, International New York Times)
Group seeks criminal probes of Catholic order
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
No charges against Twin Cities archdiocese in case of convicted priest
(Tony Kennedy and Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune)
Ham-on-Nye debate pits atheists, creationists
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Sikhs stand up to bullying as they try to build understanding
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Wyo. Catholic groups buck feds on birth control
(Associated Press, The Washington Times)
Archdiocese settles with alleged McCormack abuse victim for $3.2 million
(Francine Knowles, Chicago Sun-Times)
Islamic Governance in Malaysia: Taking the cue from Brunei?
(Yang Razali Kassim, RSIS Commentaries)
Nazi ban * Blasphemy in Greece * Anti-gay Africa: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 20-27
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Common Statement by John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Prominent rights activist Alexeyeva objects to proclaiming Orthodoxy's role in Russian Constitution
(Interfax-Religion)
Extremists have no place in Syrian political processes - Russian and Antioch church leaders
(Interfax-Religion)
‘Don’t force students to abandon their religion’
(Ghana Web)
Slideshow: Holy waters in Nepal
(Reuters)
Court to allow Utah lengthier 'brief' in same-sex marriage appeal
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Should pro-lifers use shocking images to fight abortion?
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint - Religion Today)
"Army of Islam" members detained in Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Religion, culture and human rights: What sort of violation?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Commentary: The prophets of Sundance
(Dick Staub, Religion News Service)
Can atheists be spiritual? Sam Harris reignites long-running debate
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)
Faith: Rising in the East, setting in the West?
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
Guide to Religious Freedom and the Law (Catholic Truth Society - UK)
(Neil Addison, Religion Law Blog)
Religion Titles
(Oxford University Press)
Court: Transgender student's rights violated in bathroom choice
(David Sharp, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Death of television character should lead Government to add 'transgender' to forms, says MP
(Owen Bennett, Express)
Gay married man says Catholic school rescinded job offer
(Milton J. Valencia, The Boston Globe)
Santeria priest may proceed with 1st Amendment claims against police chief
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hamas, Islamic Jihad gunmen now in West Bank
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Quebec police search homes of haredi Orthodox sect
(JTA)
Gay therapy case heads to Supreme Court
(Pacific Justice Institute)
9th Circuit, with dissents, denies en banc review in reparative therapy ban challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
A church divided over marriage equality
(Casey N. Cep, The New Yorker)
In South Sudan conflict, churches attacked, looted
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The war on Christianity: The religion's followers are dwindling in the land of its birth - and it's not a crisis of faith, but one of violence
(Peter Popham, The Independent)
Ninth Circuit upholds "Gay Conversion" ban
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)
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