Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 12 August 2013
Religious freedom arguments in the abortion debate
(Eoin Daly, Human Rights in Ireland)
Court battle over who is Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina after schism
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
A pulpit for bullies
(Anthony Esolen, The Witherspoon Institute (Public Discourse Blog))
Bangladesh activist who posted news about Islamist massacre arrested
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
A Presbyterian problem: Spoiling the wrath
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pakistani Christians ensure police arrest key murder suspect
(World Watch Monitor)
Religion and law round up – 11th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Proposed Amendment to s25 Burial Act 1857
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
NJ judge to hear gay marriage case on DOMA ruling
(Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press)
Contraception mandate applies to business: Our view
(The Editorial Board, USATODAY)
Religious freedom? Mostly not.
(Robert Hunt, Patheos)
Partisan fighting spells trouble for church insurance under Obamacare
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
'No Muslim parking' signs prompt outrage at Westview shopping center in Texas
(Katherine Bindley, Huffington Post Religion)
Israel staying mum on airstrike near Egyptian border
(JTA)
Buddhist-majority countries just as complicated as Muslim-majority
(Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches)
Evangelical ‘messy middle’ is more accepting of gays
(Corrie Mitchell, Religion News Service)
Assemblies of God defies denominational decline
(Mark I. Pinsky, The Washington Post)
Israel tennis team fined $13K for Yom Kippur boycott
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
Tenn. Judge rules baby can't be named 'Messiah'
(ABC News)
Parents say son bullied, sue Carver school officials
(Maria Papadopoulos, Patriot Ledger)
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount reopens to Jews post-Ramadan, but freedom of worships remains elusive at holy site
(The Algemeiner)
Ministry of Interior Affairs hearing on Temple Mount Prayer
(Kochava Rozenbaum, Israel National News)
What's prayer got to do with it?: Local atheist group protests religious invocations at City Council meetings
(Ashley Gebb, ChicoER News)
U.S. welcomes all religions
(Joseph H. Whaley, Knoxnews.com)
Vatican religious prefect: Gender inequality exists in church
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
“Burka Avenger”: Pakistan’s middle class gets a feminist cartoon
(M. Sophia Newman, Religion Dispatches)
Inmates sue Greene County sheriff, deputies for religious discrimination
(KBIA)
Religious freedom applies to businesses
(Mark Rienzi, USA Today)
Sunday, 11 August 2013
British Equalities Office implements long process to implement ban on caste discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Buddhists attack Sri Lankan mosque, 12 Injured
(Ranga Sirilal & Shihar Aneez, Reuters)
Egypt's affluent uneasy with mix of politics, Islam
(Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times)
Guns in church, the debate over armed preachers heats up
(Katherine Bindley, Huff Post Religion)
India: Religious wars rattle Karnataka Congress
(The Sunday Standard)
Islam is religion for all –
(Malawi News Agency, Nyasa Times)
North Jersey Sikhs commemorate anniversary of Wisconsin temple shooting
(Monsy Alvarado, NorthJersey.com)
UFO religion the Raelians want to rehabilitate the swastika
(The Guardian: ShortCutsBlog)
UK puts off untouchability law by 2 years, draws dalit ire
(Manoj Mitta, The Times of India)
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Can UN shoot at unarmed civilians inside a Haiti church and get away with it? – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Churches feel vulnerable after Mugabe reelected in Zimbabwe
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)
Gnostic sunset: Strife in Syria and Iraq driving out Mandaeans, the last surviving followers of John the Baptist
(Stephen Starr, National Post)
Hungary: What are these new laws all about?
(Ferenc Kumin, A Blog About Hungary)
Lawless Sinai shows risks tising in fractured Egypt
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
Marx’s lesson for the Muslim Brothers
(Sheri Berman, The New York Times)
Muslim protests raise slender hopes of change in Ethiopia
(Deutsche Welle)
Top pastor’s arrest adds to Christians’ concerns in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
With lure of religious classes, Iran seeks to recruit Latin Americans
(Joby Warrick, The Washington Post)
With popular website, Kiev project becomes hub for young Jews
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)
Ahmad Akkari, Danish Muslim leader in cartoon rage regrets role, apologizes to cartoonist Kurt Westergaard
(Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter, Huff Post Religion)
Church defections and the CountMeOut campaign
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Partisan fighting spells trouble for church insurance under Obamacare
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Richard Dawkins' anti-Muslim tweets spark furor, even among atheist supporters
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)
Archaeologists restore massive 11th century St. John Order Hospital in Jerusalem
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
The false religious argument over the burqa
(Abigail R. Esman, Breitbart.com)
Headwear ban at Livermore amusement park draws religious outrage
(CBS News)
Religions asking if test-tube burgers allow them to keep the faith
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Religion does not trump our nation's laws
(David Penberthy, Herald Sun)
White House recruiting religious leaders to push ‘Obamacare’
(CBS News)
VIDEO: Obama’s ‘faith-based’ advisor: ‘I am glad American civil religion is dying’
(The Western Center for Journalism)
Friday, 9 August 2013
Faith-based dorms: A refuge, not a fortress
(Janie B. Cheaney, Religion Today)
As foreign fighters flood Syria, fears of a new extremist haven
(Anne Barnard and Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Sri Lanka: Soldiers storm Catholic church, protesters killed
(MISNA, Eurasia Review)
Overstock executive launches campaign to amend Utah Constitution over religious liberty
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
A Court order with potential political effect
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Three charged in paintball guns attack on Hassidic Jew in New York
(The Jewish Press)
Obama opposed to law banning gay propaganda passed in Russia
(Interfax)
Russia: 15-year qualification scrapped for local religious groups' state registration
(Interfax)
Religious festivals and violence: When celebration runs amok
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why is the State Department opening an Office of “Religious Engagement”?
(Austin Dacey, Religion Dispatches)
Uzbekistan: State tries to take one children's summer camp, raids another
(Forum 18 News Service)
In surprise reversal, Danish Muslim leader regrets role in rage over Muhammad cartoons
(Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter, Associated Press)
Priest to legislators: I will campaign against you from church
(Bob plain, RIFuture.org)
Pro-lifers rally outside ABC News to demand fair coverage of abortion
(Tyler O'Neil, Christian Post)
Some fight, some fold in Obamacare contraception conflict
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)
You must let us marry on your property
(William Duncan and Michael T. Worley, National Review: The Corner)
Court invalidates temporary land use limits on pregnancy center as overboard and vague
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Eid celebration at Guantanamo Bay Prison includes traditional dinner and special prayers
(Ben Fox, Huffington Post Religion)
US State Dept. seeks more engagement with faith leaders, opens new outreach office
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
Muslims celebrate the end of fasting month of Ramadan, but violence casts dark shadow
(The Washington Post)
Vatican religious prefect: 'New attitude' needed with nuns
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Evangelical group ready to save endangered Iowa straw poll
(CBS News)
U.S. amicus brief in Supreme Court supports town's invocation policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Obama administration backs prayer at local government meetings
(David G. Savage, LA Times)
France escalates its push against religious clothing amid rising Islamophonbia
(Katie Lentsch, Mintpress News)
Does faith make you healthier?
(Ari N. Schulman, The Wall Street Journal)
Seeking to close tax gap, Seoul finds religion
(Kwanwoo Jun, The Wall Street Journal)
Turkey welcomes start of Eid-al Fitr holidays
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Governor Jang urges Muslim faithfuls to imbibe the lessons of Ramadan
(Daily Post)
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Assyrians in Turkey continue battle over religious buildings
(Assyrian International News Agency)
Switzerland to replace 'psalm'-like national anthem with a secular one
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)
U.S. embassy issues first visas to same-sex Israeli couples
(JTA)
Muslims around the world mark end of Ramadan fast
(News Wires, France 24 International News)
How Al Qaeda made its comeback
(Ali Soufan, The Wall Street Journal)
Raise anti-Semitism with Greek PM, human rights group asks Obama
(Human Rights First, JTA)
Redefine marriage, debase language?
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review)
Parents and physicians launch new challenge in sex education lawsuit
(ACLU of Northern California)
British clergy condemn ‘Go home or face arrest’ campaign
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Religion should not bind us, it should set us free
(Swami Sukhabodhananda, The New Indian Express)
As Al-Qaida grows, leaders remain a global threat
(Lara Lakes, Associated Press, Greenwich Time)
How the EU empowers Hezbollah's "military wing"
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)
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