Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 October 2013
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)
Saudi clerics protest women driving, blaming U.S. for anti-ban campaign
(Associated Press, Huff Post Religion)
Freedom From Religion Foundation files complaint against Montgomery Police Department
(Catalina Trivino, WNCFTV.com)
Authors respond to recent discussions of free will, perseverance,
(Ansley Roan, Big Questions Online)
Enhancing freedom of religion or belief in the EU
(Hans Noot, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Northern Iraq no longer safe for Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Supreme Court asked to stop gov’t discrimination against church signs
(David Cortman, Jeremy Tedesco, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Clerics call on UN military force to secure Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Update: Filings on health care law [Supreme Court on contraception]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Is a common fear of Iran driving Israel and Saudi Arabia together?
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
VIDEO. Prison ferme pour une croisade contre les témoins de Jéhovah
(Corsematin.com)
Egypt gunmen open fire on Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo
(BBC News Middle East)
The exception: How Denmark saved its Jews from the Nazis
(Gerhard Spörl, Spiegel Online International)
Russian investigators delve into bus bombing in Volgograd
(Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times)
Social hostilities involving religion rise in Russia as 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi approach
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Ukraine Jews see alleged beating of Jewish man as symptom of mounting nationalism
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)
Anglican Bishop’s refusal to consider gay man for ordination upheld by New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal
(Frank Cranmer (Mark Hill QC guest columnist), Law & Religion UK)
Israel, Israeli swimmers face discrimination at events in Arab countries
(JTA)
Atheist group set to sue Montgomery, Ala., over program that dispatches trained clergy to crime scenes
(Sterling Beard, National Review Online (The Corner blog))
EU rejects measure calling abortion a human right
(Alec Torres, National Review Online (The Corner blog))
Santa Clara University president triggers abortion uproar
(Tracy Seipel and Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News)
Vatican halts remarriage debate before it starts
(Associated Press, Time)
When no one wants to raise the parents
(Elizabeth Scalia, First Things)
Methodist court to consider growing opposition to gay ban
(Renee K. Gadoua, Religion News Service)
Christian activists pray and fast to protest nuclear dangers in Busan and beyond
(World Council of Churches)
World Council of Churches stands by as Christians perish, churches wither
(Malcolm Lowe, Gatestone Institute)
Three more states could legalize gay marriage by year’s end
(Reid Wilson, The Washington Post)
Restructuring America's approach to international religious freedom
(Joseph K. Grieboski, The Hill)
S.D. joins states pressing Supreme Court on contraceptive coverage issue
(Argus Leader)
Monday, 21 October 2013
Christianity is not going away
(Mark Tooley, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Evangelical leader preaches pullback from politics, culture wars
(Neil King Jr., The Wall Street Journal)
French Secularism and Europe
(Patricia Duval, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Protection of religions - big and small - is state’s duty
(Bashy Quraishy, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 25 October 2013: Education and the Human Person in the Jesuit Tradition
(sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Campion Hall, Oxford)
Analysis || The irreparable split in Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community
(Yai Ettinger, Haaretz)
Sacre secularism! * Blasphemous prayer * State circumcisions?: Religious Freedom Recap: Oct. 14 – 21
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
NJ Nuptials * Baby Francesco * Bush’s socks: Monday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Thanksgiving and secularization
(Martin Marty, Sightings – The University of Chicago Divinity School via RNS)
Op-Ed: How to stop killing in the name of God
(Avi Weiss, JTA)
Struggle over religion fuels Tuesday’s Jerusalem mayoral election
(Joel Greenberg, Miami Herald)
Wa. court to decide suit on religion in the workplace
(Lornet Turnbull, Seattle Times, Union-Bulletin)
Religious beekeepers win court battle over tax technology
(Rhiannon Williams, and agencies, The Telegraph)
At BYU, Baptist says Mormons and evangelicals 'may go to jail together'
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Leading Indonesia beyond religion
(Salim Osman, The Straits Times, The Nation)
Russia’s top breast-feeding expert arrested for running a ‘cult’
(Simon Shuster, Time World)
Ethiopian immigrants create an Israeli tradition out of Africa
(Roy (Chicky) Arad, Haaretz)
A Clear and Present Danger: Religious Liberty, Marriage, and the Family in the Late Modern Age — An Address at Brigham Young University
(Albert Mohler, AlbertMohler.com)
SBC leader says religious liberty under assault
(Bob Allen, ABP News)
Quebec euthanasia bill would destroy religious freedom
(Wesley J. Smith, LifeSiteNews)
Get ready for National Marriage Week
(Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint)
Growing demand for exorcist priests in Ireland
(Nick Bramhill, Ireland)
Pa. pastors to defy church, perform gay marriage
(Associated Press, Edge Boston, Massachusetts)
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