Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Court rejects minister's challenge to social security number on driver's license application
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Final clause in Cadet Honor Oath made optional
(Maj. Brus E. Vidal, U.S. Air Force Academy)
Baptists in Uzbekistan lose camp
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Should Christians be in politics? Evangelical leader thinks Johnny Cash has the answer
(Matt K. Lewis, The Daily Caller)
Francis pledges to further Jewish-Catholic dialogue
(JTA)
Russian priest suspended over anti-Semitic pejorative
(JTA)
Faith and freedom: An indispensable pair
(Ed Feulner, Townhall.com)
Burial in the wrong grave and what (possibly) to do about it
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
What happens when Muslims and Christians tie the knot?
(Karen Millington, BBC News Religion & Ethics)
Baptist-Hindu couple write how-to book on interfaith marriage
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Russell Moore clarifies misleading WSJ article, praises predecessor's 'prophetic voice'
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)
Religious, civil rights groups demand investigation of NYPD spying
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Minnetonka firm seeks religious exemption to Obamacare mandate
(Randy Furst, Star Tribune)
D.C. clergy join push to change Redskins name
(Erik Brady, Religion News Service)
Hawaii churches face tough decision should same-sex marriage bill pass
(Huff Post Religion)
Atheists step in to help Ohio pastor assaulted by ‘militant atheist’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Drone reports * Hajj assault * Confronting Boko Haram
(Omar Sacirbey, RNS Blog: Moozweek)
Leaders push for free Jewish preschool in US, Canada
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
The Edict of Milan: A declaration of tolerance
(Mike Aquilina, Mercator Net)
Iran gives Christians 80 lashes for communion wine as UN blasts human rights record
(Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News)
Women drive gets punctured
(Abdullah Al-Bargi & Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News)
Taxi firms fear losing revenue if women drive
(Ibrahim Naffee, Arab News)
Friday, 25 October 2013
Action needed as kidnapping of Syrian archbishops reaches 180 days
(Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Huff Post Religion)
Anti-Christian terror is everyone’s concern
(Steven G. Nasatir, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Army orders stand-down on anti-Christian briefings
(Chad Groening, OneNewsNow)
British lords debate government’s responsibility for religious asylum seekers
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Israel's duel on the sun
(Shmuel Rosner, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Moore sets forth 'priority' not 'pullback'
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Muslim Brotherhood denies links to church attacks
(Basil El-Dabh, Daily News Egypt)
Muslim civil society: embattled or thriving?
(Public Spirit)
Obama names three to Holocaust council
(JTA)
Race, faith and Dutch festivities: A new angle on Nicholas
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Tennessee judge cited for ordering baby's name changed from Messiah
(Tim Ghianni, Reuters)
HRW calls for Saudi Arabia to end driving ban for women
(Eurasia Review)
Govt pressure puts brakes on women driving campaign
(Rob L. Wagner and Ali Fayyaz, Arab News)
Saudi Arabia warns online backers of planned women-driving protest they could face arrest
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Attorneys strengthen defense of religious military members
(Liberty Institute)
Two Christian colleges sue over contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
For Saeed Abedini's wife and family, year-long imprisonment in Iran takes its toll
(Grace Thornton, The Alabama Baptist, Religion Today)
American Jews say others face more discrimination
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Russia: Incoherence persists in counter-"extremism" policy
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Description of radical Islam in indictment does not violate defendant's religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ukrainian Jews lose bid to regain Balta synagogue
(JTA)
New Zealand: Fined for ordering woman to remove burqa
(Otago Daily Times)
Rex Ahdar and Andrew Geddis: Fine for burqa remarks questioned
(Shawn McAvinue, Otago Daily Times)
EVENT, 29 October 2013: What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Christianity?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Thursday, 24 October 2013
China and the Vatican: Singing from the same hymnal
(T.P., The Economist [Analects: China])
Is the culture war over?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Florida marriage bill would guard religious liberty
(Florida Baptist Witness)
Editorial: Individual religious liberties trump rights of corporations
(The Sacramento Bee)
HHS mandate: 'fiery rafter in burning house'
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
One third of Syrian Christians have gone, cleric says
(World Watch Monitor, Religion Today)
Pope Francis breathes new life into Cardinal Bernardin’s contested legacy
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Report: Church giving reaches Depression-era record lows
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)
At BYU, Mohler cites theological divide with Mormons, common religious freedom concerns
(James A. Smith, Baptist Press)
"Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to Religion in America"
(Liberty Institute)
Mark Driscoll makes pacifists fighting mad
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
At christening, Prince George becomes Church of England’s newest member — and its future head
(Elizabeth Tenety, The Washington Post – On Faith)
El Salvador declares Oct. 28 National Day of Evangelical Churches
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)
DOJ pressured to probe New York's Muslim spying program
(Ryan J. Reilly, Matt Sledge, Huff Post Politics)
'Snake Salvation' exclusive: Pastor says serpent-handling movement could be as mainstream as southern Baptists (Part 3)
(Nicloa Menzie, The Christian Post)
Putin says unnamed foreign foes use radical Islam to weaken Russia
(Alexei Anishchuk)
Women of Wall deeply split over Anat Hoffman's acceptance of prayer deal
(Nathan Jeffay)
Malaysia’s curbs on use of the term ‘Allah’ hurting its moderate Muslim image
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)
Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara dead: Thai Buddhism's Supreme Patriarch dies at 100
(AFP, Yahoo! News)
Convictions reversed after prosecutor's comments on Shariah law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Maybe leave Sharia law out of Washington County sex abuse cases
(Dirk Banderhart, Blogtown)
Godless gatherings: A McAtheist moment?
(J.S. and B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Appeals court declines religious challenge to Obamacare by Michigan natural foods business
(Brian Smith, M Live)
French politicians, clergymen support petition defending circumcision
(JTA)
Uzbekistan: Baptist camp ordered seized, Protestant pressured to inform
(Mushfig Bayram and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Two pastors killed in Kenya's Coastal Area
(Morning Star News)
Cyprus: UN expert praises Muslim, Greek Orthodox ‘breakthrough’ in religious contact
((Heiner Bielefeldt), UN News Centre)
Washington high court hears arguments on whether state law requires religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Access to adoption in Northern Ireland – UKSC refuses leave to appeal
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Reporting not required for information on abuse learned by priest during confession
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gay couple gets marriage license in Oklahoma, issued through Indian tribe, not the state
(Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World)
High court rejects appeal by S. Koreans over Yasukuni enshrinement
(Kyodo News International, Global Post)
Islamists may lose power in Tunisia after Egypt - Russian senator
(Interfax-Religion)
"Religious Factor in International Relations". The Metropolitan Hilarion's lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
(Interfax-Religion)
Failed mosque arson attempt reported in Volgograd
(Interfax-Religion)
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Peres takes up circumcision battle in letter to Council of Europe
(Greer Fay Cashman, Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Holy Cross lecture to explore Afro-Catholic tradition in Brazil
(Danielle Kane, Holy Cross)
Turkey, religious freedom and the current state of Christian-Muslim dialogue
(Assyrian International News Agency)
UK Supreme Court considers definition of “terrorism”
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Four-year-olds should be taught about religion, says education council representing faith groups
(Paul Vale, Huffington Post UK)
VAT returns, religious objections to on-line filing and Article 9 ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Mother of Volgograd bus bomber says daughter put on hijab after marrying ethnic Russian man
(Interfax)
Kazakh security services deny that 150 members of one family fighting in Syria
(Interfax)
New Shariah penal code coming into effect in Brunei
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
The Sultanate of Brunei to introduce Sharia-based rules
(AsiaNews.it)
Brunei sultan announces Islamic laws that could include stoning and amputation
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Putin proposes restoring Russia's Islamic theologian school
(Interfax)
Govt, Muslims must jointly rebuff attempts to politicize Islam - Putin
(Interfax)
Al-Shabaab’s savage coming of age (and how to respond)
(Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Foreign Policy in Focus)
EVENT, 22-24 October 2013: Sikh Summit, Washington, D.C.
(United Sikhs)
Russians transporting religious books in Arabic held in Kazakhstan
(Interfax)
EU condemns Egypt church violence, urges end to religion-based attacks
(Ahram Online)
10 facts about the transforming global religious landscape
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)
Democracy is a marketplace of (sometimes obnoxious) idea
(Tom Ehrich, Religion News Service)
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