Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 19 July 2013
English bishops respond to passage of same-sex marriage, raise religious-liberty concerns
(Catholic Culture)
Islamic cultural centers being inspected in St. Petersburg
(Interfax)
Consecrated to serve Botswana
(The Anglican Diocese of Botswana)
Kyrgyz civil activists propose ban on religious training abroad
(Interfax)
Tibet Buddhist monk sentenced to ten years for demanding freedom
(AsiaNews.it)
Belarus police anticipate turnout of 50,000 pilgrims for Baptism of Rus anniversary events
(Interfax)
Uzbekistan: Pensioners owning Koran and Bibles fined over two years pension
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jewish ‘ex-gay’ group faces suit for consumer fraud
(Corrie Mitchell, The Washington Post)
Report: Americans hold different views of what “religious” means
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)
Islamist cleric sentenced to 14 years in Egypt after burning Bible, calling Christian women prostitutes
(Christian Post)
First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over 'Allah'
(Al Arabiya)
Thailand Ramadan ceasefire signed: government and Islamist guerrillas halt fighting during Holy Month
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Huffington Post Religion)
Pope Francis to encounter a church in crisis in Brazil
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)
Catholic Church promises time off purgatory to Twitter followers
(Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post)
Hindus, other minorities worse off in Pakistan
(News Bullet)
Church of Iran members sentenced to long prison terms
(BosNewsLife Middle East Service)
Holocaust memorial approved for Ohio Statehouse
(The Wall Street Journal)
Court dismisses suit alleging Dearborn teachers were discriminated against because they were not Muslim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pa.'s Sunday hunting ban unconstitutional, sportsmen's group claims in federal lawsuit
(Matt Miller, Penn Live)
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Algerian village ousts Salafist imam
(Fidet Mansour, Magharebia)
Radicals fail to force Ramadan changes in Tunisia
(Mona Yahia, Magharebia)
Indonesia: Aceh, increasing intolerance against Christians: 17 house churches closed
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Calif. board votes in student leader of BDS movement as regent
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
With Israel set to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, those already in service face ire of their peers
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
A bishop behind bars: Theology by handcuffs
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The European Court of Human Rights and standards of proof in religion cases
(Monika Ambrus, Religion and Human Rights)
Israeli women’s lacrosse team vows to lay down sticks for Sabbath
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pakistan: A history of violence
(Factsheet, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Alevi association calls on Turkish PM to 'stop defining faiths'
(Hürriyet Daily News)
France's same-sex marriage law exposes a deep social divide
(Henry Chu and Devorah Lauter, Los Angeles Times)
Pakistani Christian violently attacked for protecting his daughters
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Israel approaches Chief Rabbinate elections amid flood of legal charges and personal bitterness
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
LLM Canon Law Theses 2013
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Why religious freedom is inseparable from progress in the Middle East
(Andrew Doran, The Washington Post – On Faith)
The European Jewish Association calls for unity in fighting legislation banning kosher butchering in Poland
(European Jewish Press)
Religion and State in Israel: A modest proposal
(Moshe Koppel, The Jerusalem Post)
Civility, bullying and same-sex marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, Heritage Foundation)
House Republicans cave on marriage fight
(Chris Geidner, Buzzfeed)
Rhode Island governor vetoes 'Choose Life' license plates
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Meet the Hasids: Getting to know the people who scared me
(Corinna Nicolaou, Salon.com)
Scientology case has judges debating the meaning of religion
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian (UK))
Religion is just a strategy for disgraced politicians
(Sally Quinn, The News Tribune)
Brazil's changing religious landscape
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Galveston man withdraws lawsuit challenging TX marriage ban
(Anna Waugh, Dallas Voice)
Israel's Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, hosts Ramadan Iftar dinner
(The Huffington Post, Yasmine Hafiz)
Christians under siege push for more freedom of expression in military
(Annie Z. Yu, The Washington Times)
Russian Council of Muftis loses license for Islamic TV channel
(Interfax-Religion)
Indian gov’t forces in Kashmir kill 4 villagers protesting over alleged desecration of Quran
(Alkaz Hussain, Associated Press)
First New England, then the nation: The spread of physician-assisted suicide
(Jacqueline Harvey, The Witherspoon Institute (Public Discourse Blog))
British TV channel’s call to prayer stirs controversy
(Trevor Grundy, The Washington Post)
Judge rules to stop construction on Lake Elsinore veteran monument bearing cross
(Asia Smith, Opposing Views)
Major Christian seminary allows LGBT club on campus
(Michael Allen, Opposing Views)
Russian Orthodox mission comes to the Felicianas
(George Morris, The Advocate)
Changing Myanmar means new dynamic between monks, government
(Public Radio International)
Face of religion changing in Brazil
(Gabriel Elizondo, Aljazeera)
Kenny asks orders to ‘reflect’ on refusal to pay redress
(Irish Times)
Edinburgh secularists challenge religious interference in schools
(National Secular Society)
Pastors don't want to get sued for not performing gay weddings
(MSN Now)
Call to end 'religious interference' in Scottish councils
(BBC News)
Lawmakers ask Obama for religious diversity summit
(Omar Sacirbey, The Washington Post)
Cisse quits Newcastle tour on religious grounds
(Fox News)
Cross necklace incident being treated as religious discrimination case
(Katie McDonagh and Cameron Hatheway, Sonoma State Star)
Same-sex marriage supporters to kick off $2 million IL campaign
(Progress Illinois)
Freedom from Religion Foundation objects to Star of David in Holocaust memorial
(Alan Johnson, The Columbus Dispatch)
Religious conflict not a problem in ‘tolerant’ Indonesia
(Camelia Pasandaran, The Jakarta Globe)
Most Americans say Christian photographer has right to deny gay wedding request
(Tyler O'Neil, The Christian Post)
Europe UK bishops lament ‘gay marriage’ approval
(Catholic News Agency)
New prayer policy approved by SC school district, giving students control of decision whether to pray at events
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Churches amend bylaws to protect against gay marriage lawsuits
(Brian Blackwell, Religion Today)
Guest columnist: Repeal of DOMA isn’t attack on marriage
(A. Christian van Gorder, Waco Trib)
Political Islam: The power of religion
(The Economist)
Race, sex, religion argued by Orleans Parish School Board
(Danielle Dreilinger, The Times-Picayune)
Queen Elizabeth gives official OK to same-sex marriages in Britain
(Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times (MCT), The Deseret News)
British House of Commons gives final approval to same-sex marriage; authorizes study of humanist ceremonies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches fear lawsuits for refusing gay weddings
(Todd Starnes, Townhall.com)
The slow erosion of religious freedom in Europe
(Roger Trigg, Mercatornet)
Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: Ukraine
((108th Session of the Human Rights Committee, 8-26 July 2013), The European Association of Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses)
Refusing service in the name of religion is never acceptable
(Nancy K. Kaufman, Religion News Service)
City of St. Paul stops fighting statue of Jesus atop bluff
(Bill Keller, KMSP, Myfoxphilly.com)
Can Islam embrace religious freedom? Can religious freedom undermine Islamist terrorism?
(Thomas F. Farr, National Review Online: The Corner)
Chaplains pursue their mission in a military suddenly hostile to Christianity
(World News Service, Religion Today)
Ban on kosher slaughter stirs unease among Polish Jews
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)
Towards a European consistency in freedom of religion or belief
(Marco Ventura, Observatory of Religions and Secularism)
Faith, freedom and the law: Two judgments, one problem
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Tisha B'Av: It's not all about the Temple
(Elisheva Goldberg, The Daily Beast)
Our 'Godless Constitution': the complicated truth
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post)
A grandmother on sex, contraception and religious freedom
(Margaret Sullivan, Huffington Post)
How Scientology changed the internet
(Dave Lee, BBC News)
Pennsylvania jihadist gets 102 months
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious Freedom in the EU External Action Service: new Guidelines
(José Luis Bazán, EuropeInfos)
Berlin hoteliers urged to refuse rooms to Holocaust denier Irving
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New Yorker told to remove mezuzah sues landlord
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Fear of violent attacks stalls ex-gay pride event; previously to be held at Family Research Council
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Judge to decide whether to extend hold on state abortion law
(Patrick Marley, Journal Sentinel)
Reforming abortion law in Ireland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US Senate may take up bill to lift FEMA ban on aid to churches
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
RI gov vetoes ‘Choose Life’ license plates
(Associated Press)
Christians in Brazil: to protest or not to protest
(Emma Elliott Freire, First Things (First Thoughts Blog))
Military Archbishop welcomes religious freedom coalition
(Adelaide Mena, National Catholic Register)
State of the First Amendment 2013 [Poll]
(A project sponsored by the First Amendment Center, Neuseum)
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