Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Turkish military linked to Christian murders
(World Watch Monitor, Christian Today World)
Syrian Christians may be pulled into intensifying war
(Stephen Starr, USA Today)
Largest Syrian rebel groups form Islamic alliance, in possible blow to U.S. influence
(Liz Sly and Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)
Navigating battlefield of Orthodox marriage and divorce
(Mark Oppenheimer, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Wrong-footed on Richard III
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Australian judge lays down gauntlet for the angels of human rights
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Perth street preacher arrested for second time
(Christian Legal Centre)
Quebec’s limits on religious liberty
(Editorial Board, The Washington Post Opinions)
Krishna yet to win Russian hearts
(Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu)
Sudanese Bishop pleads for end to suffering
(World Watch Monitor)
A Christian's journey through Islam
(Jonas Yunus, Common Ground News Service)
Funding mosque building in Singapore: A legacy of Mr Lee Kuan Yew
(Mohamed Alami Musa, RSIS Commentaries)
EVENT, 27 September 2013: Women in the Syrian crisis
(Panel Discussion, United States Institute of Peace)
EVENT, 10 October 2013: 2013 International Religious Liberty Award Dinner honoring Dr. John Graz
(The J. Reuben Clark Law Society and The International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Sri Lanka: Lessons from break-up of Yugoslavia and ‘independence’ of Kosovo – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)
Iran’s leader, denouncing Holocaust, stirs dispute
(Mark Landler and Thomas Erdbrink, The New York Times)
Shootout at Nairobi's shopping mall: A harbinger of things to come?
(Ahmed S. Hashim, RSIS Commentaries)
Kenya mall massacre 'message to Westerners': Shebab chief
(Ahram Online)
ISR’s Lecture – Reporter (Sarah Pulliam Bailey): negative stereotypes on religion plague journalism
(Brittney Horner, Institute for Studies of Religion Baylor University)
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
German homeschoolers reunited with children that were seized by government
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)
House committee OKs bill to allow refusal of adoptions based on religious beliefs
(Kathleen Gray, Livingston Daily)
September 25 is "See You at the Pole" day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over; attack may bolster al-Shabab in jihadists’ eyes
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Foreigners in Kenya 'legitimate target': Al-Shabab
(Ahram Online)
Southern Swiss voters back ban on full-face veils
(reporting by Silke Koltrowitz; editing by Andrew Heavens, Reuters)
Australian priest, advocate for women's ordination excommunicated
(Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter)
Rouhani acknowledges ‘crime,’ not scope, of Holocaust
(News Brief, JTA)
The danger in our midst
(Raheel Raza, Gatestone Institute)
Miss World 2013: an opportunity for Indonesia’s conservatives to engage
(Nilam Suri, Common Ground News Service)
Threatening caller to Toulouse school gets jail term
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Police bar Jews from holiday visit to Temple Mount
(The Jewish Press)
South Korea: Korean Church back in the streets against corrupt intelligence service
(Theresa Kim Hwa-young, AsiaNews.it)
Maspero Coptic group proposes amendments to Egyptian constitution
(Ahram Online)
Women bishops and the recognition of Orders
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Journal, video, and syllabus series on Religion and International Affairs
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Religion Journalism Symposium: IARJ Joins with Multi-Faith Center and ABC Radio National
Oral arguments in DC Circuit contraceptive mandate case available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iranian leader's smooth diplomacy poses new challenge for Israel
(Jeffrey Heller and Dan Williams, Reuters)
Catholic religious order files class action challenging contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawyers file lawsuit on behalf of man forced to retire from job because of religious convictions
(Matt Harvey, The Exponent Telegram)
Pakistan Religious leaders express solidarity with Christians
(The News International)
Supreme Court urged to uphold prayer at town council meetings
(Fairfield Sun Times)
Only Syariah court rules on change of religion for Muslims, says minister
(Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysia Insider)
United Methodist high court to consider challenges to gay teachings
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)
After years of decline, Catholics see rise in number of future priests
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to require death sentence for false accusers
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Religion News Service)
Iranian president crosses paths with wife of jailed Pastor Saeed Abedini
(Anna Kuta, Religion Today)
Billy Graham's letter to Iran's President Hassan Rouhani calls for release of Pastor Saeed Abedini
(Huff Post Religion)
Archbishop Myers, coadjutorized!
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Catholic chaplains given marching orders barring service to gay couples
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Baptist chaplaincy rules called consistent with military policy
(Gregory Tomlin, Baptist Press)
Secularist group fighting town seal
(Jake West, Indiana Daily Student)
Conservatives promote House bill to protect opponents of gay marriage
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Faith schools 'selecting wealthy pupils by the back door'
(Graeme Paton, The Telegraph)
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Benedict emerges from silence, defends his abuse record in letter to prominent Italian atheist
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)
Russia’s top Islamic cleric protests court’s ruling to outlaw translation of the Quran
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Russian Muslim clerics warn of unrest over ban of translation of Koran
(Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters)
EVENT, 3 October 2013: The Abortion Debate, Westminster, Central London
(Ann Fuedi and Gregg Cunnigham, Christian Concern)
EVENT, 3-5 October 2013: Religious Freedom in Education, McGill University
(Kaitlin Davella, McGill Reporter)
Parti Quebecois religion plan gets support from retired Supreme Court judge
(The Canadian Press, Maclean's)
OSCE Meeting on freedom of religion and belief
(Jura Nanuck, Central-European Religious Freedom Institute)
India: Government releases data of riot victims identifying religion
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)
Neutrality in religious matters
(George Schoebe, The Windsor Star)
Religion and liberalism under scrutiny in new collection
(University of Bristol)
Google launches 'Constitute' site for exploring world's constitutions
(Lorenzo Franeschi-Bicchierai, Mashable)
Nigeria: Religious re-education
(Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, Daily Trust via AllAfrica)
A journey of faith, from Germany to Jerusalem
(Matti Friedman, The Times of Israel)
Religion and school admission policy In Ireland: a recent example
(Kevin Denny, Blog: Economics more-or-less)
Playing the race card will only poison our national melting pot
(Victoria White, Irish Examiner)
Religious Sisters file first class-action lawsuit against controversial HHS mandate
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Pope Francis’s welcome new tone
(The Editors, Bloomberg)
Explore the world’s constitutions with a new online tool
(Google Official Blog)
Court says spousal privilege does not apply to couple in civil union
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USDA, Vermont pregnancy center settle religious liberty case
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Motion to ban non-medical circumcision introduced in Sweden
(JTA, Haaretz)
Of God and Caesar: Religion and state in Russia and elsewhere
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Tajik Islamists pin renaissance on secular female candidate
(Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
When the United Nations did good: Os Guinness and religious liberty
(Thomas Kidd, Patheos Blog: The Anxious Bench)
Weekend of terror highlights high and rising religious hostilities in Kenya and Pakistan
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Pakistan's Christian minority faces life on increasingly dangerous margins
(Abubakar Siddique and Majeed Babar, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Pakistan’s Christian leaders demand security after bombings
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan religious scholars declare attacks on minorities un-Islamic
(Global Times)
Kenya terror: Militants kill anyone who can't recite the Koran
(Religion Today)
Five things to know about Al-Shabab
(Charles Recknagel, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Nairobi hostage crisis: a different type of terror - expert
(Ekaterina Shubnaya, Jay Johnson, Voice of Russia)
‘White widow’ terrorist may have been killed in Kenya attack
(Jewish Press News Briefs)
Shebab fighters say still holding hostages in Kenya mall siege
(Ahram Online)
No communion for Nancy Pelosi: Vatican court head
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)
Niqabs and burqas: the UK’s pop-up debate
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
A new Intifada?
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Jordan Islamists slam Egypt's Brotherhood ban
(Ahram Online)
Syrian Christians may get pulled into civil war
(Stephen Starr, Religion News Service)
Human rights, refugees, and the conflict over the Western Sahara
(Joseph K. Grieboski, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)
Religious violence in Burma: Meikhtila, convenient to forget
(Charlotte England, London Student)
Hanoi, fresh attacks on Thai Ha Catholics’ property
(J.B. An Dang, AsiaNews.it)
Saudi killed in religious police chase: Report
(Ahram Online)
Sri Lanka’s Tamils head to polls
(Catherine Clifford (video), News Wires (text), France 24 International News)
Russia puts Pussy Riot hunger-striker in isolation
(Ahram Online)
Parents to shape policy on religion in schools
(Katherine Donnelly, Independent.ie)
Dress code at Islamic school that forces female teachers to wear a hijab regardless of religion
(Suzannah Hills, Daily Mail)
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