Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Court of Appeal recognises in law Sunday as Christian rest day
(Christian Concern)
Turkey’s secret 'ancestry codes' track non-Muslim minorities
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al-Monitor)
Armenia releases all imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Egypt's new draft constitution heading toward referendum, including provisions on religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kansas City car dealer gets injunction in Obamacare contraception suit
(Brianne Pfannenstiel, Kansas City Business Journal)
Missing nuns, missing details, in Maaloula (updated)
(Terry Mattingly, Patheos Blog: Get Religion)
UK Parliament is told Christianity is ‘most persecuted religion’
(World Watch Monitor)
Final Summary Report on the RELIGARE Project
RELIGARE Final Booklet on 'Messages to inform policy-making'
Hymn-books, projectors and copyright &c
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The movies and biblical epics of Cecil B. DeMille
(William D. Romanowski, OUPblog)
The Cross, culture and the law: Onward secular soldiers (on Gedicks and Annicchino)
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Cross, Crucifix, Culture: An Approach to the Constitutional Meaning of Religious Symbol
(Frederick Mark Gedicks and Pasquale Annichino, SSRN)
Russia: Alternatives to "extremism" charges to punish freedom of religion or belief
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Tajikistan: Have "suspended" Islamic schools been closed down?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Hearing on challenge to Utah's same-sex marriage ban
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Alleged Sydney anti-Semitic attacker pleads not guilty
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bishops Sued * Muslims Grounded * Pope Bounced: Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Bishops sued over anti-abortion policies at Catholic hospitals
(Erik Eckholm, International New York Times)
Chabad menorah in Utah vandalized
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Court orders Minnesota dioceses to release information on credibly accused priests
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Croatians approve constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Idaho Supreme Court: Mormon church owed no special duty to child injured at church organized camp out
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge to rule again on controversial sale of Hopi masks in Paris
(Thomas Adamson, AP, Worldwide Religious News)
Kansas school bans fliers with Bible verses
(Matt Sharp | Jeremy Tedesco, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Minaret built in Georgian village at night
(Interfax-Religion)
Notre Dame sues over birth control mandate
(Tom Coyne, AP, Worldwide Religious News)
Only a little pork in the soup: Can religious beliefs be put on hold?
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Pro-marriage equality protesters fined one cent for trespassing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Reward pledged in Tatarstan for info on church arsonists
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox church urges inquiry into religious cult
(RIA Novosti, Worldwide Religious News)
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare by Christian university
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)
Swiss alderman seeks ban on Hanukkah ceremony
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Temple Mount closed after Jewish-Muslim brawl
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tunisia creates new anti-terrorism body
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Monday, 2 December 2013
Challenge to ACA employer mandate fails
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Equality, Christianity and who decides on human rights – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)
Jailed Bahraini Shia activist denied early release
(Ahram Online)
Jewish activists set sights on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, raising alarm in Muslim world
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, Washington Post)
Maaloula: Islamist rebels abduct 12 nuns from the St Thecla Orthodox monastery
(AsiaNews.it)
North Sumatra: Hundreds of Islamists attack Protestant community during prayer service
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Obamacare attacks religion, but hurts women: Column
(Helen Alvare, USA Today)
Orissa: fears over new Hindu temple built in front of Catholic church
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Religion in Japan: Unity and Diversity
(Andrew Lee, The Japan Times)
Sri Lanka Catholic priest gets death threats from fake intelligence officers
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Suit by anti-Catholic group challenges IRS revocation of its non-profit status
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Has Angola banned Islam? Not yet, at least
(Syahredzan Johan, The Star Online)
Spiritual Human Rights 2013 Conference - Copenhagen - 10th December 2013
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Religious Freedom: A 21st Century Paradigm
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Defending religious freedom from Obamacare
(Matthew S. Bowman, The Washington Times)
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Address of churches and religious organizations on EU integration of Ukraine
(Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
Armenia offers alternative civilian service to conscientious objectors
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)
Echoing John the Baptist at Advent
(Philip H. Pfatteicher, OUPblog)
EU condemns Ukraine excessive force against protestors
(Eurasia Review)
Large Europe majorities for assisted suicide: survey
(Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor, Reuters)
New U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Kenneth F. Hackett, presents credentials to Pope Francis
(Zenit)
Religion and law round-up – 1st December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The other Arab awakening
(Thomas Friedman, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
The work of Fabrice Balanche on Alawites and Syrian Communitarianism reviewed by Nikolaos van Dam
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
Under MacArthur's gaze, a Filipino nun sees hope in Tacloban's ruins
(Anna Mulrine, The Christian Science Monitor)
EVENT, 2 December 2013. “New Perspectives on Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Racialization and Religion.” Discussion and book launch in London
(European Association for Jewish Studies)
Saturday, 30 November 2013
A deadly conflict of interest: Why euthanasia in Belgium is so out of control
(Sourced both from Tom Mortier and Alex Schadenberg's blog, Care Not Killing)
Belgian Senate will vote on bill to extend euthanasia to children with disabilities on 26 November
(Alex Schadenberg, Care Not Killing)
Iran’s darker purpose – OpEd
(Neville Teller, Eurasia Review)
Kazakhstan creates new initiatives to combat religious extremism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope expresses hope for reunion with Orthodox Patriarch
(Kerri Lenartowick, Catholic News Agency)
Professors challenge previous notions of Renaissance
(CORDIS, Eurasia Review)
Tunisia: Growing concerns cross-border trafficking increases jihadis’ power
(Eurasia Review)
Is this public pool giving special privileges to a certain religious group?
(Breanna Deutsch, The Daily Caller)
Ukrainian President Yanukovych 'outraged' by violence
(BBC News Europe)
Islam tops the list, but other topics on the rise in scholarly religion
(Marcia Z. Nelson, Publisher's Weekly)
American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature 2013 wrap up
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog)
An interview with Mohsin Hamid
(Robert Repino, OUPblog)
A detailed look at Syria’s Islamist, jihadist groups
(Leela Jacinto, France 24 International News)
Egypt's draft constitution bolsters military, bans religious parties
(PanArmenian.net)
Egypt's draft constitution enshrines army role in politics
(Reporting by Asma Alsharif and Omar Fahmy; editing by Alistair Lyon; editing by Alistair Lyon, Reuters)
China aims to harness religious beliefs to promote harmony
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; editing by Clarence Fernandez, Reuters)
Center for Law and Religion Forum named a top law blog
(Mark Movesesian, First Things: First Thoughts)
Regime shelling in northern Syria kills at least six as rebels re-enter historic Christian town
(Al Bawaba)
Islamophobia in Russia
(Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg, Arab News)
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity
(Hudson Bookstore, The Hudson Institute)
Why Sunnis fear Shiites: The true nature of the Syrian Conflict—and the Middle East’s (needs download)
(Hillel Fradkin, Lewis Libby, The Hudson Institute)
Obamacare, Dante, and what women really want
(Maura Shea, Catholic News Agency)
Sudan: Sharia, women & religious freedom
(Robert P. George, Baptist Press)
This is women's healthcare?
(Maggie Lawson, Catholic News Agency)
First woman bishop In UK and Ireland installed by Anglican Church
(The Huffington Post United Kindom)
Muslims and Jews unite to challenge Poland's halal and kosher meat ban
(Jessica Elgot, The Huffington Post United Kindom)
Behind mask of secularism, France hardens face towards Islam
(AFP, Worldwide Religious News)
The Charter's veiled threat against Montreal's Muslims
(Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, Huffpost Style Canada)
Superheroes and faith: How religion plays a role in the comic book industry
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition)
The Bible, Channel 5: 'A pastor in America did 3,000 baptisms as a result of the TV series'
(Benji Wilson, The Telegraph)
France reaffirms limits on Muslim headscarves, veils
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters India)
Monopolies, markets and the pope: Left, right, left, left
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Egypt: Deeply restrictive new assembly law
(Human Rights Watch)
Double rooms, gay couples, Christians and the clash of rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Jesus the Muslim hippie
(Gabriel Said Reynolds, First Things)
More laws are needed as religion declines, top judge says
(Miranda Prynne, The Telegraph)
Friday, 29 November 2013
Clergy employment: Church of England rector wins appeal on jurisdictional issue
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Court says free exercise challenge to blood alcohol test not clearly Raised
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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