Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 19 August 2013
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)
5 things to know about Egypt, as churches burn, a mosque is sieged & hundreds die
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
US judge bars Oklahoma from implementing anti-Sharia law
(Reuters, The Jerusalem Post)
Irish government set to compel Catholic doctors to perform abortions
(Eurasia Review)
Studying Southeast Asian Religious Conflicts: Bringing Back Religion
(Kumar Ramakrishna, RSIS Commentaries)
Egypt's Christians face unprecedented attacks
(Hazel Haddon, Al Jazeera)
Abortion viewed in moral terms: fewer see stem cell research and IVF as moral issues
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)
Al Qaeda leader's 'I told you so' on Egypt
(Peter Bergen, CCN Opinion)
A call for interracial, religious unity at BEC
(India Stoughton, The Daily Star)
Religious media begins transition
(Patrick Cloonan, Trib Live)
'Merry Christmas' bill comes to Tennessee in latest effort to preempt war on Christmas
(Nick Wing, Huffington Post Religion)
Friday, 16 August 2013
In Egypt, mob burns Adventist Church in Assiut
(Adventist News Network)
Why do Sikhs want to serve in the military?
(Celeste Headlee with Major Kamaljit Kalsi, NPR Faith Matters)
Russell Moore: From Moral Majority to 'Prophetic Minority'
(Naomi Schaefer Riley, The Wall Street Journal)
Dutch town transfers ancient cemetery to Jewish community
(JTA)
As long as Nepal is crippled by caste, it shall remain an economic untouchable
(Christopher Giles, The Telegraph)
Emboldened by misguided Western policies, Brotherhood pursues scorched earth tactics
(Eurasia Review)
In God's name, or baby 'Messiah,' competing claims of religious freedom
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)
Zoroastrian tombs found in Xinjiang
(Xinhuanet)
Malaysia's escalating religious intolerance must stop
(Eric Paulsen, Malaysia Chronicle)
Egypt bloodshed: UN pleads for restraint as Muslim Brotherhood calls for 'Friday of anger'
(Radio Australia)
Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches
(Associated Press and AFP contributed to this report, Fox News)
Romania implored to return communist-seized churches
(Adelaide Mena, National Catholic Register)
Presbyterian head seeks gay-wedding ban for unity's sake
(Simon Collins, The New Zealand Herald)
Muslim group blasted for planning mass demonstration on Sept. 11
(Fox News)
What caused Syria’s civil war? Syrian Anglican priest gives his take on how the current conflict came into being
(Revd. Nadim Nassar)
Richard III, reburial and judicial review
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Japanese visits to shrine on war anniversary anger China
(Antoni Slodowski, Reuters)
Terrorists inciting religious conflict in M. East must be stopped - Russia
(Interfax)
Young men raise funds for Syria jihad in Russia's Tatarstan Republic
(Interfax)
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin surprised by Lukin's stance on same-sex "marriage"
(Interfax)
Should marijuana be legal for religious purposes?
(Eliyahu Federman, Huffington Post Religion)
Why we should keep government and religion separate
(Phil Dirkx, The Tribune)
Religious freedom is an oxymoron
(Sun Sentinel)
Maintain the separation between church and state
(Herald Online)
NM court upholds religious leader's convictions
(Barry Massey, The Kansas City Star)
Religious leaders want same-sex marriage conscience clause
(Herald Scotland)
Indonesian president calls for religious tolerance
(The Hindu)
Russia: Rise in legal proposals affecting religious freedom
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
US: Boko Haram is exploiting religion to make Nigeria ungovernable
(Chineme Okafor, Thie Day Live)
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Air Force sergeant relieved from duty after disagreeing with openly gay commander
(Brent McCluskey, Guns.com)
The Arab world is on the brink of radicalizing
(Michael Hirsh, National Journal, Defense One)
PBS series ‘Life of Muhammad’ explores diverse opinions of prophet
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Rastas talk reparations at Jamaica gathering
(David Mcfadden, Associated Press, Yahoo! Finance)
Suspended Vatican accountant linked to suspect spiritual group
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
African Religious Liberty Congress promotes peaceful coexistence
(Adventist News Network)
Sufi Muslims feel the heat of Indonesia’s rising intolerance
(Andreas Harsono, The Jakarta Globe)
Egypt looking depressingly like Iraq
(Erin Evers, Human Rights Watch)
L.A. will pay $950,000 in attorneys' fees in RLUIPA lawuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court says Alien Tort claim for LGBTI persecution in Uganda can proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamists debate their next move in tense Cairo
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Statement from the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists on the Massacre in Cairo | jadaliyya
(Iranian.com)
Pope, religious freedom advocates lament Egyptian violence
(Catholic News Agency)
Canada condemns attack on religion in Egypt
(Terry Pedwell, Global News)
Churches torched across Egypt in anti-Coptic violence by Morsi loyalists
(Al Ahram)
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