Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Structure of primary education in Ireland in the 1970s failed to protect a schoolgirl from sexual abuse by her teacher
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
ECtHR orders Irish government to compensate abuse victim
(Douglas Dalby, International New York Times)
European Court ruling may force Ireland to revamp Catholic school monopoly
(Jennifer Collins, Religion News Service)
Lavrov calls claims on Syrian govt's using Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to promote terrorism "unscrupulous"
(Interfax-Religion)
Lifting the veil on the science of counting Jews
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Syrian battle edges closer to historic Crusader castle
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Religious girls enlisting to IDF in record numbers
(The Times of Israel)
Near St. Peter’s, an ancient burial site opens to the public
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
To get around Jewish law, some rabbis insist on prenups
(Lilly Fowler / The Post-Dispatch, Religion News Service)
Sri Lanka: Christians took to the streets for religious freedom: 18 Buddhists on trial for attacks against churches
(Agenzia Fides)
Malaysia: Penang cops to watch over churches, mosques
(Noor Adzman Baharuddin and Melissa Darlyne Chow, New Straits Times)
Blasphemy law used against minorities in Pakistan
(Kathy Ganon, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Man arrested over photo of quenelle in front of Toulouse Jewish schoo
(JTA)
After Busan: A pilgrimage of justice and peace
(Christina Biere, World Council of Churches)
Head of Russian Orthodox Church calls for protection of traditional family
(Russian Press Review, ITAR-TASS News Agency)
Iran: Wife of Assemblies of God pastor conditionally released from Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz
(Mohabat News)
Uzbekistan: Art lessons, talking constitute "illegal" religious activity?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Who are the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem?
(Malcolm Lowe, Gatestone Institute)
East Java Religious Affairs Court judges sanctioned by Indonesia Supreme Court
(Jakarta Globe)
Bishops’ statement on Pilling Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Australian Jewish MPs defend the Lord’s Prayer
(The Australian Jewish News)
New Zealand: School Bible studies challenged
(Danielle Street, Stuff.co.nz)
Designated ‘Hindu prayer room’ sought in all Australian universities
(Eurasia Review)
Religious accommodations in the Armed Services - Hearing
(Subcommittee on Military Personnel, United States Armed Services Committee)
Top brass say they’re not aware of bias against military chaplains
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
'God Bless America' in presidential speeches has a little-known, uncomfortable beginning
(Huff Post Religion)
‘Jesus Tattoo’ ad barred from jumbotron
(Jeremy Tedesco, Matt Sharp, Alliance Defending Freedom)
ADL’s Foxman: Pollard incarceration verges on anti-Semitism
(JTA)
After lull, intermarriage debate reignites
(Julie Wiener, JTA)
Central African Republic wants U.N. force as EU troops OKed
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Chile’s Palestino soccer club leaves map on uniforms despite fine
(JTA)
Egyptian general assassinated in Cairo hours before Morsi trial convenes
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
Ex-Bronx principal fired from Pennsylvania Catholic school after identity revealed
(Edgar Sandova and Corky Siemaszko, New York Daily News)
Extremism is fuelled by lack of religious awareness - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Extremism on the rise in Egypt’s Sinai
(Zachary Fillingham, Geopolitical Monitor)
Genocide and the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya People in Myanmar
(Sufyan bin Uzayr, Eurasia Review)
High Court orders Israel to recognize gay adoption of child born through surrogacy
(Yohah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
House votes to restrict payments for abortions
(Jeremy W. Peters, International New York Times)
India’s Rahul Gandhi under attack over remarks about 1984 Sikh riots
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)
Indian Supreme Court won't review gay sex ban
(Hari Kumar, International New York Times)
Indiana House amends HJR-3, possibly delaying gay unions referendum
(Tony Cook and Barb Berggoetz, IndyStar)
Is the black race the most religious of all races?
(Ben Ofosu-Appiah, Ghana Web)
Islamic 'Martin 'Luther' issues his proclamation
(James Zumwalt, UPI)
Judge orders nun, 2 others to pay restitution for damaging nuclear plant; hearing delayed
(Travis Loller, Associated Press, Star Tribune)
Marriage debate fills the halls of the Utah Capitol
(McKenzie Romero, Deseret News)
Muslim group demands apology from Harper, chief spokesman over ‘terrorist’ comment
(Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail)
Nearly half the Israeli parliament marks Holocaust remembrance day at Auschwitz
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
NY judges alarms gay parents by finding marriage law negates need for adoption
(James McKinley Jr., International New York Times)
On compromise and congressional brinkmanship
(David Brockman, Religion & Politics)
Panel recommends suspending Leon County judge accused of using office to promote religious business
(Tia Mitchell, Tampa Bay Times)
Philly District Attorney files appeal of Monsignor William Lynn's overturned conviction
(Brian X. McCrone, Philly.com)
Reform Judaism with a Latin flavor takes root in Florida school
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Religion title call over Scottish school assemblies
(BBC News)
Russian Church spokesman urges interference to stop Ukraine getting on EU-bound course
(Interfax-Religion)
Sochi: The Olympics of anxiety: Security concerns, antigay law and construction issues dominate
(Sharon Terlep and Matthew Futterman, The Wall Street Journal)
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)
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