Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Abu-Bekir Shabanovich: Religious literacy is important for modern society
(Belarusian Telegraph Agency)
KAICIID: Religion should be part of solution to conflicts
(Rafiq A. Tschannen, The Muslim Times)
South Sudanese bishops praise national progress, urge reform
(Catholic News Agency)
Egypt: Are there really three million atheists?
(BBC News)
The two Jacks: Contrasting takes on C.S. Lewis and JFK’s public and private faiths
(Justin Taylor and Joe Rigney, Religion News Service)
Screwtape and the cure of souls: Grace among the ruins
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
Survey: Dutch favor Arab recognition of Israel as Jewish state
(JTA)
Deeply unpopular at home, French president embraced on Israel trip
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
On Israeli religious reforms, Naftali Bennett still figuring out road map
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Chaplains to Air Force Academy: Obey the law concerning oaths
(Human Events)
Church members stage peaceful protest after decades of waiting for government to return church land
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Three-Self sanctioned church pastor and 20 believers detained in Henan
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)
Anti-Christian revolution sweeps through Europe - Russian MP
(Interfax)
Europe’s first state-run Jewish divinity program opens in Germany
(JTA)
Jews challenge worship rules at holiest of Jerusalem sites
(Neri Zilber, Religion News Service)
French priest 'kidnapped' by Nigeria’s Boko Haram in Cameroon
(World Watch Monitor)
Survey: Same-sex couples create own rules in wedding planning
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)
Letter from Tangier
(Reva Bhalla, Stratfor)
Religion doesn’t belong in the classroom
(Rob Breakenridge, Calgary Herald)
Al-Qaeda power struggle enters new phase – Analysis
(Rajeh Saeed, Al-Shorfa (Arabic) via Eurasia Review)
Yemen: Review Saudi Woman’s refugee claim
(Human Rights Watch)
Guestview: NYC circumcision rite consent rule tests limits of religious freedom
(Eliyahu Federman, Reuters FaithWorld)
Vatican removes 'La Repubblica' interview from its website
(Catholic News Agency)
Worldwide Hindus concerned at Diwali labeled as ‘blasphemy’ in Cook Islands
(Eurasia Review)
New on Big Questions Online: Atheism, Press Freedom, Gratitude
(Ansley Roan, Big Questions Online)
Burma’s promise: President Thein Sein’s 11 commitments to Obama
(Daniel P. Sullivan, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Nepal goes to the polls
(Deepak Adhikari, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Kosovo Islamic Community opposes joining fighting in Syria
(SETimes, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Spectre of 9/11 haunts the freedoms in U.S.
(Mehmet Yegin, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Public figures call for creation of church commission to investigate Grozovsky case
(Interfax)
Catholic Diocese of Gallup becomes ninth to file for bankruptcy protection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal judge OKs settlement over halal meals in Michigan prisons
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal - Law Blog)
Siavosh Derakhti, a young Muslim, defends Jews and others targeted by hate crimes
(Gary G. Yerkey, The Christian Science Monitor)
What makes music sacred?
(Laura Davis, OUPblog)
Religious discrimination: City of Portland subjected employee to hostile work environment
(Brad Schmidt, Oregon Live)
Science teacher cannot display religious material in classroom
(Kathleen Maloney, Court News Ohio)
Ohio Supreme Court upholds firing of Freshwater in religious-symbols case
(Darrel Rowland, The Columbus Dispatch)
The New Evangelization: Responsibilities and Challenges for the American Continent
(Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., First Things: On the Square)
Our Alypian Moment? (pornography in the mainstream culture)
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things: First Thoughts)
Moscow perplexed with U.S. demands for review of IOC opinion on Russian gay propaganda law
(Interfax)
Challenging supremacist ideology in Islam
(Tahmina Kazi, Public Spirit)
Muslim civil society in Britain: embattled or thriving?
(Public Spirit)
Hollande in Israel vows to fight anti-Semitism
(News Wires, France 24 International News)
The Christian Intellectual
(R.R. Reno, First Things: On the Square)
Anti-military, anti-Brotherhood protesters enter Tahrir for 1st time since Morsi's ouster
(Ahram Online)
Tajik mullah detained for killing young man "possessed by a Jinn"
(Interfax)
Muslim migrants coming to Russia often support extremist unities - CIS Anti-Terrorism Center
(Interfax)
Unknown individuals try to burn down two Orthodox churches in Tatarstan
(Interfax)
Eastern Patriarchs to meet Pope to discuss the future of Christians in the Middle East
(AsiaNews.it)
Metropolitan Hilarion offers baptizing "surrogate" babies when they reach the age of consciousness
(Interfax)
As China relents on one-child policy, Third Plenum's contradictions show
(Wang Zhicheng, Asianews.it)
Shi'ite professor, driver shot dead in Pakistan violence
(Ahram Online)
Beirut, al- Qaeda cast shadow over suicide attack on Iranian embassy
(AsiaNews.it)
Israel court upholds 3-year-old detention of al-Qaeda suspect
(Ahram Online)
The Evolution of Conscience in the Western World
(Howard P. Kainz, First Things: On the Square)
Update: Islamists raid Somali police station, at least 28 dead
(Ahram Online)
Two priests from underground Church in prison. Doubts about Xi Jinping’s "unprecedented" reforms
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Council of Europe calls for views on the longer-term future of the ECHR and ECtHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 23-26 November 2013: SBL Annual Meetings Baltimore, Maryland
(Society of Biblical Literature)
Georgian Patriarchate against LGBT-sponsored shelter for homeless children
(Interfax)
Disfigured man embraced by Pope: 'I felt only love'
(Daniel Burke and Livia Borghese, CNN Belief Blog)
Islamist youth group defend their right to march in Mohamed Mahmoud
(Ahram Online)
Monday, 18 November 2013
Polish Forbes magazine apologizes to Jewish leaders
(JTA)
EVENT, 20 November 2013: US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium: A new narrative on US-Pakistani relationships
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Sudan’s Enduring Question: The Role of Shari'ah in the Constitution and Law
(Policy Brief, The US Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Caste discrimination legislation – progress?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
How the State Department is getting religion
(Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Huff Post Religion)
Global Religious Futures: Religious Freedom, Affiliation and Attitudes
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
2 Chileans charged with causing Spain church blast
(Harold Heckle, Associated Press, ABC News)
Supreme Court should hear Hobby Lobby case
(Danny Huizinga, The Washington Times)
Egypt's embattled atheists
(Patrick Keddie, Al Jazeera)
Church of England 'will be extinct in one generation', warns ex-archbishop
(Ben Riley-Smith, The Telegraph)
Egypt: Fears replace Christians' high expectations
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press, Deseret News)
Pastor who presided over son's gay marriage is found guilty at church trial
(Allison Steele, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Fresno Bee)
Church unites native spirituality, Christianity
(Nikki Tundel, The Fresno Bee)
Kazakh universities make lists of Muslim students
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Sarawak & Sabah’s Christian concern raised in British Parliament
(Sarawak, Malaysia Chronicle)
The changing face of Germany: German Muslims
(Syahredzan Johan, The Star Online)
The touchy topic of religion: Afghanistan's future
(Katherine Marshall, Huff Post Religion)
Christian organizations tackle sensitive issue of family planning
(Religion Press Release Services, Religion News Service)
Dispatch from Lebanon: Ashura in a time of war
(A.R., M.G. and J.H-Y., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])
Religious difference and war: The sharp edge of sectarianism
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth: After the circus
(The Economist)
New Scientology building in Florida claims to teach members 'super powers'
(Lifestyle)
Religion and law round up – 17th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tajikistan: "The Law demands that all religious literature be checked by the State"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Cardinal mum about three prominent Dems — Quinn, Madigan, Cullerton — backing gay marriage
(Brian Slodysko, Chicago Sun-Times)
Virat Ramayan Mandir will be world's largest religious monument when construction is completed in Bihar, India
(Huff Post Religion)
Wall between church, state is faith's best bulwark
(Frederica Aalto, Times-Standard Quest Opinion)
Rahul Gandhi woos election-bound Delhi; takes on BJP, Shiv Sena
(Hemant Abhishek, India: Assembly Elections 2013)
Illinois religious leaders assure faithful that organ donation not counter to their beliefs
(Associated Press, The New Republic)
President announces nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakatan’s stand on religious issues is a smart move, say political analysts
(Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider)
MPD to continue Operation Good Shepherd despite threats of lawsuit
(Kala Kachmar, Montgomery Advertiser)
NYPD's grooming rule violates free exercise rights of Orthodox Jewish officer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fishel Litzman, Hasidic NYPD recruit, suffered religious discrimination over beard: judge
(Caitlin Nolan and Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News)
Salt Lake museum unlocking the secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Faith-based service impacts future of volunteers
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Looking forward to AAR/SBL 2013
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog)
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Angry Shi'ites storm Schlumberger camp at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield
(Aref Mohammed, Reuters)
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