Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Is Egypt about to explode—again?
(Eric Trager, The Atlantic)
Israel obtains extradition of recalcitrant husband from U.S. using other charges as pretext
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Longtime support group for gay Mormons shuts down
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Qaeda-aligned militants threaten key Iraqi cities
(Yasir Ghazi and Tim Arango, International New York Times Middle East)
Six questions about the contraception mandate and the Supreme Court
(David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
Utah’s former Episcopal bishop, a gay-rights trailblazer, dies at 87
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Utahns grace Mormon-inspired ‘We’re Atheists’ billboard
(Matthew Piper, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Will Arabs have the courage to label Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group?
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Women of Wall service quiet, but without Torah scroll
(JTA)
New Year twin * Contraception challenge * Jewish Reformation: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Hawaii Federal Court rejects RFRA claims in 2 cannabis cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysia's Islamic authorities seize Bibles as Allah row deepens
(Niluksi Koswanage, Reuters)
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
A judge weakened Utah’s anti-polygamy law. What does this say about sex, race, and religion?
(Nathan B. Oman, Religion & Politics)
A Point of View: A long winter for Christians in the Middle East
(William Dalrymple, BBC News)
After defeat, India's gay rights movement sees new political path
(Shivam Vji, The Christian Science Monitor)
Al-Qaeda has killed over 900 medical workers in past 5 years
(Abu Bakr al-Yamani in Sanaa, Waleed Abu al-Khair in Cairo, Mohammed al-Qaisi in Baghdad, Al-Shorfa)
Andras Schiff: Why I won't perform in Hungary
(Tim Franks, BBC News Magazine)
Are Jews a race or a religion? A genetic map helps – OpEd
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Buddhism and biology: a not-so-odd couple
(David P. Barash, OUPblog Religion)
Californian pleads guilty in Al-Qaeda recruit training case
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Documentary by Jacob Mchangama: "Collision! Free speech and religion"
(Free to Choose TV)
First Things: 2013 in Review
(R.R. Reno, First Things: On the Square)
Five (religious freedom) "sleeper" stories from 2013
(Oeter Laarman, Patheos Blog: Progressive Christian)
France: The looming battle over Muslim integration
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
India group seeks action on 'mass conversion' of Aboriginals to Christianity
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post World)
Iran: Fifty Christians temporarily arrested; concern over the wellbeing of Rev. Vruir Avanessian
(Mohabat News)
Iran's war on religion
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Real Clear World)
Islam doesn’t only belong in Germany. It also belongs to Turkey.
(Jonathan Laurence, Brookings)
Islamic charity officials gave millions to al-Qaeda, U.S. says
(Joby Warrick and Tik Root, The Washington Post)
Islamist students torch buildings at university in Cairo
(AFP, France 24 International News)
Israeli government pays salaries of 4 Reform rabbis
(JTA)
Judge Shelby was wrong, but gay marriage momentum is a reality
(Richard Davis, Deseret News)
Justice blocks contraception mandate on insurance in suit by nuns
(Steve Kenny and Robert Pear, The New York Times)
Kyrgyzstan court rules in favor of conscientious objectors
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)
Little Sisters of the Poor granted temporary injunction by Supreme Court
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Loyola Supreme Court case could jeopardize right to homeschool in Canada: HSLDA
(Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews)
Not quite Hobby Lobby: The nonprofit cases, and opting out as complicity [with update on Little Sisters "church plan" situation]
(Marty Lederman, Balkinization)
One country saved its Jews. Were they just better people? The surprising truth about Denmark in the Holocaust
(Michael Ignatieff, The New Republic)
Report: 8 countries on UN Human Rights Council restrict religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Saudi religious police warn against New Year’s celebrations
(AFP, Al Arabiya News Middle East)
Sierra Leone's first-ever Krio Bible makes impact
(Nina de Vries, Voice of America)
Spain moves to restrict abortion in swing to right
(Emma Pinedo and Sonya Dowsett, Reuters)
The dark, deep roots of Britain's fascination with witchcraft
(Dominic Selwood, The Telegraph)
The eight kinds of commenters in the Christian blogosphere
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things: First Thoughts)
The most important (Christian) book of 2013…
(Christopher Smith, Patheos Blog: Slow Church)
The Myth of the Shi’a Crescent: Does Iran truly have the ability to extend its reach into the Arab world?
(Laurence Louër, The Majalla)
The Thistle and the Drone: The real story behind the war on terror
(Joe Wolverton, II, J.D., The New American)
The world’s Christian population – take our quiz
(Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)
U.S. frees last 3 Uighur prisoners from Guantanamo
(Ben Fox | The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune)
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)
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