Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Spain's new "fornicators"
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Agudath Israel slams NJ Gay Therapy Law
(The Jewish Press)
Polish photographer uses Jewish cemetery for naked photo shoot
(The Jewish Press)
India, Catholic missionaries attacked. Jesuit: I forgive them, they were fomented by fundamentalists
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asianews.it)
Saudi beheads two nationals for murder, armed robbery
(Ahram Online)
Experts call for co-operation between religion, civil society
(Enis Rexhepi and Ivana Jovanovic, SETimes.com)
Feds grant religion tax break to atheists
(The Tennessean)
Swedes rise in 'hijab outcry'
(Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor)
Swedish women don headscarves to support assaulted Muslim lady
(The Express Tribune)
Religion and foreign affairs: Faith in diplomacy
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Hawaii next for gay marriage push
(Reid Wilson, Washington Post)
Kentucky Supreme Court limits religious liberty
(John David Dyche, WDRB (Louisville, KY))
Scalia: court shouldn't 'invent new minorities'
(Matt Volz, Associated Press, ABC News)
Groups to fight N.J. ban on gay conversion therapy
(Casey Mutchler, The Washington Times)
Air Force republishes chaplain's 'no atheists in foxholes' article to base website
(Alex Murashko, Christian Post)
Fighting the good fight for religious right
(Lee Benson, Deseret News)
The State Department gets religion
(Michael McGough, LA Times)
Russian Church spokesman defends Isinbayeva for backing anti-gay propaganda law
(Interfax)
Russian muftis urge Egyptian Muslims to protect Christians
(Interfax)
Belarus activists demand Catholic priest's release
(Interfax)
U.S. nuns strike a positive note on Vatican investigation
(Mark I. Pinsky, Religion News Service)
Worshippers’ digital distraction may not be all bad
(Vince Horiuchi, Religion News Service)
Malaysia punishes Singaporean in prayer room row
(Las Vegas Sun)
Georgia school parent upset after school hangs artwork with phrase "God is dead"
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post Religion)
What religion does your member of congress identify with?
(Hunter Schwarz, Buzzfeed)
Catholic non-profit sues challenging contraceptive mandate compromise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is it true that if a Muslim leaves or denounces his faith in Islam he will be killed?
(Speaking Tree)
Egypt’s new charter may ban religious political parties
(Al Arabiya)
Hawaii religious leaders sign gay marriage appeal
(Oskar Garcia, NECN.com)
School teaching the 5 pillars of Islam as part of non-theological religious history?
(The Right Scoop)
Turkish children steered toward religious education
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Religious discrimination reference in DVLA consultation outrageous
(Belfast Telegraph)
Silence, not prayer, before government meetings
(The Baltimore Sun)
Egypt: Coptic church cancels Sunday mass for 1st time in 1,600 years
(Michal Shmulovich, The Times of Israel)
Churches across Egypt attacked
(World Watch Monitor)
Monday, 19 August 2013
Could the chaos in Egypt and Syria help the peace process?
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Inscribed pottery shard found from First Temple
(News Brief, JTA)
Vigilantes emerge as menacing force in Egypt as mosque siege ends
(Jeffrey Fleishman and Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)
NJ Governor signs bill banning conversion therapy; says he disagrees with church's view of homosexuality as sinful
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Italian priest missing in Syria may be alive: monitoring group
(Reuters)
Qui Tam action claims Hawaii churches cheated schools out of millions of dollars of rent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamists killed while in custody, Egypt confirms
(Rod Norland, The New York Times)
Religion and law round up – 18th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pastafarians can now claim religious persecution
(Uncommon Descent: Serving the Intelligent Design Community)
Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Conversion Therapy Ban * Egypt Turmoil * Interfaith Struggles
(Religion News Service)
Mormons and the New York Times
(John-Charles Duffy, Religion in the American West (blog))
Debating why millenials are leaving the church
(CNN Belief Blog)
Meet the woman who will lead Evangelical Lutherans: ‘Religious but not spiritual’
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war of religion, not territory
(Aryeh Eldad, Haaretz)
Baby Messiah case brings religious right, ACLU together
(Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times)
Cross defaced near Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rajasthan: Hindu extremists attack Christian family, tell them to convert or be killed
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Muslim Brotherhood violence against Christians and opponents
(AsiaNews.it)
Plaintiff's objection to name badge states valid Title VII religious discrimination claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rejects evidence regarding Ft. Hood shooter's motive
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times)
24 Egyptian police killed in latest violence
(Nigerian Tribune)
Boko Haram: Traditional worshippers offer to help FG tackle terrorism
(Oluwole Ige, Nigerian Tribune)
You're dead! Hani Salama receives death threats for Preacher role
(Al Bawaba Entertainment)
Prayers for 'Egyptian martyrs' in Bosnia's mosques
(Tengri News)
Egypt seen as graveyard of Islamist ambitions for power
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)
In Egypt, complicated religious politics threatens a nation
(Ibrahim Negm, The Washington Post)
Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)
Dartmouth nixes hire of African bishop on past gay rights stance
(Daniel Lovering, Reuters FaithWorld)
Muslim woman charged with extremism
(Stetson University)
Priests for Life is back in court to fight for religious freedom
(Press Release, Priests for Life)
Please, justices, no blank check for public prayer
(Editorial Board, LA Times)
Happy birthday, Scofield!
(Kate Pais, OUPblog)
Barnabas Fund to evacuate further 3,400 Christians from Sudan
(Christian Today World)
Judge blocks Okla. morning-after pill restrictions
(Tim Talley, Associated Press)
Now that we're all haters
(Brian Brown, Witherspoon Institute - Public Discourse)
Egypt's Christians under attack
(USAToday)
Mediation fails in lawsuits over oldest synagogue
(Michelle R. Smith, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Cleric accused in Rimsha blasphemy case walks free
(Kashif Abbasi, Pakistan Today)
Absolute freedom, human rights can impede Malay nation building goal
(Kurniawati Kamarudin, Bernama)
Freedom of religion is misunderstood
(Herman Cain, Canada Free Press)
Freedom from religion: why 'no religion' should be a category
(Devangshu Datta, Forbes India)
Religious groups take a stand on Vanderbilt's leadership policies
(Bob Smietana, The Tennessean)
Prayer in public too often divides us
(Robyn Blumner, Anchorage Daily News)
Young Muslims try to show others Islam urges peace
(Gal Tziperman Lotan, The Boston Globe)
Religion should be a tool to serve – not just to feel good
(Gerald L. Zelizer, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Russia: Parliamentary Religion Committee back in action
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
New twist on same-sex marriage front
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
Conversion campaign raises complaints among Jews
(Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun)
Sunday, 18 August 2013
New Hindu-Muslim clashes erupt in Kashmir
(Aijaz Hussain, Arab News)
Bangladesh: Don’t use religion for politics: Suranjit
(BD News)
Church clarification(s) on fracking
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Cairo, hundreds of Islamists barricaded in mosque. More attacks on churches and Christian buildings
(AsiaNews.it)
Openly gay Mormon taught religion classes this summer at BYU
(Ray Parker, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Rohingya leader calls for talks with Myanmar government, Rakhines
(Radio Free Asia)
Church of England: fracking opponents are ignoring the poor
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Media muddle on mineral rights
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
New State Department Religion Office provokes concerns
(Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America)
CIS has a poor record on religious freedom
(Katrina Lantos Swett and M. Zuhdi Jasser, The Moscow Times)
Company's disability insurance is not an exempt "church plan"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysia strips Singaporean of immigration privileges in dispute over Muslim prayer room
(Associated Press, The Province)
Contraceptive coverage preliminary injunction followed up by stay of proceedings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-Semitism levels in Belgium highest since 2009
(JTA)
Government restrictions on religion highest in Egypt
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
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