Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 22 August 2013
American Bible Society opens .BIBLE domain; called a 'move from Gutenberg to Google'
(Nicola Menzie, Christian Post)
Out of enclaves, a pressure to accommodate traditions
(Joseph Berger, The New York Times)
Jakarta stops Islamists, Christian woman to stay as chief of predominantly Muslim sub-district
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Maryland church calls lesbian pastor
(Tim Huber, Mennonite World Review)
Feds offer atheists a clergy tax break that they don’t want
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
ACLU: Muslims face more scrutiny for citizenship
(Amy Taxin, Associated Press, ABC News)
Where Muslims can speak freely in the Middle East
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Al-Jazeera America faces steep climb among U.S. viewers
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Authorities again stop Catholics from using the word Allah
(AsiaNews.it)
Benedict XVI: ‘God told me’ to resign
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Buddhists expelled from Malaysia for praying in Muslim hall
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Religion News Service)
Embattled Archbishop John Myers lashes out at media, critics
(Mark Mueller, Religion News Service)
The U.S.’s lagging commitment to religious freedom
(Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, The Washington Post)
Between fake tolerance and pseudo-freedom of religion
(Achmad Munjid, The Jakarta Post)
Religious leaders' summit seeks to invigorate Detroit
(Mark Hicks, The Detroit News)
Quebec religious symbols ban touches nerve across Canada
(Jennifer Dunning, CBC News)
Dartmouth College bishop fired over views on homosexuality
(The MetroWest Daily News)
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood appears at risk of falling apart
(Liz Sly and Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)
Statements to pastor not covered by religious privilege
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Atheists can sue IRS over failure to enforce limits on churches' political speech
(Huffington Post Religion)
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
European ruling aided fake marriages
(Macer Hall, Express.co.uk)
Jordan’s king warns of sectarian ‘destruction’
(Jamal Halaby, Times of Israel)
Ravaged churches reveal sectarian split feeding Egypt’s violence
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
Why one of Europe's poorest countries is building a new church every three days
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)
France and the burqa ban – are hijabs next?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Legal action ‘launched’ to force church gay wedding
(The Christian Institute)
Doña Ana County issuing same-gender marriage licenses
(Press Release, Doña Ana County (New Mexico))
NM court asked to expedite gay marriage ruling
(Barry Massey, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle)
CBF churches brace for Obamacare
(Bob Allen, ABP news)
AF sgt. claims he was fired for religious views on gays
(Rick Maze, Military Times)
India: police arrest brother of Asia's richest Evangelizer
(Eurasia Review)
Egyptian patriarch calls recent violence 'war' on terrorism
(Estefania Aguirre and Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency)
Steve Jobs: Prophet of a new religion
(Jeffrey Weiss, Religion News Service)
Conservatives vow suit over N.J. gay conversion law
(Susan K. Livo, The Star-Ledger)
Political Islam on the defensive across the Middle East
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)
USCIRF warns about religious violence in Nigeria
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russian riot police detain eight Pastafarians during ‘pasta procession’ in Moscow
(Eric W. Dolan, The Raw Story)
Suit challenges 10 commandments on Oklahoma capitol grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom thrives in Israel
(The Columbus Dispatch)
Bill an attack on religious freedom
(Tim Krieger, Philly.com)
Despite rise of 'nones,' religious belief still strong in the US
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
PQ legislation would ban religious symbols from government offices, schools, hospitals, paper says
(Allan Woods, thestar.com)
Supreme Court to hear legislative prayer case Nov. 6
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Azerbaijan: Islam comes with a secular face
(Shahla Sultanova, EurasiaNet.org)
Egypt in tumult as court orders Mubarak freed
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Reform or relapse?
(Mohamed Yousry and Michael Gasper,, Foreign Policy in Focus)
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)
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