Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Jewish athletes balance careers and religion
(Randy Covitz, The Kansas City Star, Leader-Telegram)
Santa Rosa County rebounds since religion in schools issue
(Katie Tammen, NWF Daily News)
Hindu defined: 25 years in making, encyclopedia is complete
(Associated Press, The Missoulian)
Philippines: ARMM gov downplays religion angle in Zambo siege
(Allan Nawal, Charlie Señase, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Why are newspaper religion reporters quitting?
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
Yemeni minister seeks law to end child marriage
(BBC News)
Jewish teenagers attacked at Paris sports court
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish cult leader convicted for rape, torture in Jerusalem
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘The American’ Somali jihadist executed for sin of narcissism
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press)
Mikail, a young Coptic who fled Minya: Christians persecuted by Muslim Brotherhood, but also Mubarak
(AsiaNews.it)
Laotian authorities take aim at Christian families with threats of expulsion and abuse
(AsiaNews.it)
Activist hopes to become Turkey's first gay mayor
(Ahram Online)
Religion Online: Social media helps spread LDS message
(Tom Christensen, Standard-Examiner)
Religion: Every nation, tribe and tongue
(Bill Tinsley, Waco Tribune)
Ghana: Religious leaders to receive training
(Business Ghana)
Friday, 13 September 2013
8th Circuit: Pride Festival's limits on Bible distributions outside festival booths are invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argument: Absent without leave
(Will Marshall, Foreign Policy)
Bill would protect religious convictions
(Melissa Santos, The Olympian)
Birmingham college makes U-turn on face veil ban
(Press Association, The Guardian)
Christians flee Pakistani village after pastor accused of blasphemy
(World Watch Monitor)
Cohen: Without America, chaos
(Roger Cohen, The New York Times, The Salt Lake Tribune | Opinion)
Desmond Tutu: 'God doesn't want us being childish'
(Jamshid Ghazi Askar, The Deseret News)
Fight terrorism with religious freedom
(Robert P. George, CNN World)
Finally a limit is reached: Ninth Circuit rules McCormack can’t be prosecuted for her abortion
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check)
For Jews, Yom Kippur's message fits well with writing ethical wills
(Journal-Sentinel)
Human rights, religious freedom called necessary to lasting peace
(Mark Pattison, The Boston Pilot)
In Baby Veronica case, some evangelicals side with adoptive parents
(Angela Aleiss, Religion News Service)
Judge allows Muslim woman to wear niqab in London court
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Kirk plan to halt all weddings if gay marriage becomes law
(Herald Scotland)
Kosovo official presses U.S. Jews on Israel recognition
(News Brief, JTA)
Maintain religious tolerance ONS urges religious leaders
(Sierra Express Media)
Messianic Jewish group to host conference to explore recent Mideast events and Biblical prophecy
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
Pa. judge orders halt to marriage licenses to same-sex couples
(Kate Giammarise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Students, religious groups gather in 'Forward March'
(philstar.com)
The financial cost of religious faith
(Charles Passy, Market Watch)
The irresistible power of religion
(Fethullah Gulen, Leadership)
Virginia names scholar to new Mormon Studies chair
(Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times Arts Beat)
Welsh Anglicans allow women bishops, pressure mounts on Church of England
(Reuters FaithWorld)
Analysis: Turkey's Alevi Issue: Implications for sectarianism in the region
(Kanchi Gupta, Observer Research Foundation)
Protecting the Freedom of Religion and Beliefs in the Eastern Partnership Countries
(hosted by EU Ukraine Business Council and Human Rights Without Frontiers)
9/11 arrest * Exceptionalism dangerous? * Francis’ Renault: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Spain: Jihadists threaten Catalonia over burqa ban
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Algeria salafists denounce love celebration
(Mouna Sadek, Magharebia)
Why celibacy policy for Catholic priests is not changing soon
(Elizabeth Dias, Time World)
9/11 inspired attack? Taliban breaches US Consulate walls in Afghanistan
(Al Bawaba News)
New generation of theologians to promote retired Pope Benedict’s teachings
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters FaithWorld)
Analysis: Pope Francis’ outreach to atheists not as controversial as it seems
(David GIbson, Religion News Service)
Syrian rebels face another foe: Al Qaeda-linked militants
(Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Al-Jazeera op-ed: America should forget 9/11
(Examiner.com)
Assad: Israel should ditch its chemical weapons too
(News Brief, JTA)
New Harmony: A tale of two California shrines
(Jerry Earl Johnston, Deseret News)
Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones' arrest could be unconstitutional, experts say
(Steven Nelson, U.S. News)
Six months into papacy, large majority of Catholics continue to express favorable view of Pope Francis
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Yom Kippur brings Jewish High Holy Days to an end
(The Washington Post)
Pope Francis tells atheists to ‘obey their conscience’
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
With Scientology leader as a defendant, church legal team shows up in force
(Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times, Worldwide Religious News)
Nepal battles misconceptions over Buddha’s birthplace
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)
Islam in Germany: Burqini ruling was the right call
(Commentary by Dietmar Hipp and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online International)
Might the Church of Scotland stop conducting “civil” marriages?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
German 'Desert Flower' centre to help circumcised women
(Fox News)
Myanmar Buddhist committee bans anti-Muslim organisations
(Jared Ferrie and Min Zayar Oo, Reuters)
Somali Islamic scholars denounce al-Shabab in fatwa
(BBC News)
Veil exposes courtroom quandary
(BBC News)
Christian widows in India beaten for refusing to ‘reconvert’ to Hinduism
(Morning Star News)
Muslim herdsmen kill six Christians outside Jos, Nigeria
(Morning Star News)
Australian Orthodox leader apologizes for ‘culture of cover-up’ on abuse
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Spain to vote on making Holocaust studies obligatory
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Police arrest religious arsonist, impound 2,998 kerosene-soaked Korans
(Yori Yanover, Jewish Press)
Pakistan: Innocent Ahmadis continue to be harassed persecuted and murdered while the government looks on
(Asian Human Rights Commission)
A plea for caution from Russia
(Vladmir V. Putin, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
For somber Jews on Yom Kippur, white is the new black
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Gender-specific abortion: statistics
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan: Religious books "only allowed to be read within registered religious communities' buildings"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
First Amendment gives freedom of religion, not governmental support
(Gordon Walter, News-Sentinel)
Analysis: Is ‘Just War’ doctrine another victim of the Syrian conflict?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Quebec's values charter sends politicians scrambling
(James Fitz-Morris, CBC News)
Legislators differ on religious rights and anti-gay discrimination
(John Stang, Crosscut)
Canadian Jews denounce ban on wearing religious symbols
(Sam Sokol, The Jewish Post)
Religious freedom & same-sex marriage
(Philly.com)
Catholic and Evangelical law professors publish joint statement on theological foundations of civil law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Excommunicated bishop still sees himself as Roman Catholic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Pastor Terry Jones arrested before he could burn Qurans
(Tamara Lush, Huffington Post Religion)
Suit challenges elementary school graduation in chapel with Christian prayers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ultra-Orthodox Williamsburg Jews promise a chance at cash for votes
(Gothamist)
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
'Million Muslim March' confronted by Christians in DC; 'Two Million Bikers' in separate rally
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
‘Snake Salvation’: Inside the world of Christian serpent handlers
(Julia Duin, The Wall Street Journal)
Egypt bans unlicensed mosque preachers in crackdown on Islamists
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
Fifth Circuit rejects challenge to law excluding abortion providers from malpractice protections
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check)
Intelligent design group sends letter to Ind. academic institute protesting alleged atheistic course
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Muslims more successful at enforcing their religion from generation to generation
(Voice of GobIslam)
Religion: The evil we know in Syria
(Terry Mattingly, The Republic)
Since 9/11, U.S. policy enforces Islamophobia
(Opinion by Nathan Lean, special to CNN Belief Blog)
Top 10 ways the world has changed since 9/11
(The Washington Post)
Venezuelan gov't to legally recognize 15,000 Evangelical churches
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post World)
Religious liberty key to peace in Middle East, cardinal says
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
On anniversary of 9-11, considering Bush 43's view of radical Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Can for-profit corporations have religious purposes?
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Relying on Hobby Lobby Case, court enjoins ACA Mandate's application to 4 contraceptive methods
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The problem of unregulated conscientious objection
(Sean Murphy, Protection of Conscience Project)
Bill to deny adoptions on religious or moral beliefs debated in Michigan House committee
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)
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