Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 10 August 2013
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)
Hospitals can't deny admitting privileges to abortion doctors, AG says
(Akbar Ahmed, Journal Sentinel Online)
Cheating death and being okay with God
(James Hamblin, The Atlantic)
Jesuits and the bomb: A deadly transfiguration
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Temple hopping: A trendy escape for Chinese youth
(Zoey Zhang, The Diplomat)
Iranians under the Islamic regime: more or less religious?
(David ET, Al Jazeera English, Iranian)
Overstock.com exec launches effort to defend religious liberty
(Matt K. Lewis, The Daily Caller)
Egypt Christians on the defensive as Islamists wage hate campaign in south
(Associated Press, CBS News)
Forced Marriage, Parliament and the courts
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Why new Israeli women's group opposes feminist activists at the Western Wall (+video)
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)
What is religious freedom?
(Robert P. George, Catholic Exchange)
American rapper tweets inpsirational quote from an LDS prophet
(Sarah Petersen, Deseret News)
Pope steps up financial controls at Vatican
(Agence France-Press, Hürriyet Daily News)
Plaintiff drops abuse case against Vatican
(Steven Dubois, Associated Press)
Hobby Lobby wins temporary restraining order on contraceptionmandate
(Loren Heal, Heartlander)
Christian university first to renew its lawsuit over HHS Mandate
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Wedding venue turns away same-sex couple
(Marcus McIntosh, KCCI (Iowa))
Pope Francis is unsettling – and dividing – the Catholic right
(David Gibson, U.S. Catholic)
Citing Gandhi, US launches faith-based community initiatives body
(Business Standard)
Ethicist Shaun Casey to oversee religious engagement for State Department
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
What’s being hidden in the faith-based initiative
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Jihad unleashed on Egypt's Christians
(Raymond Ibrahim, Human Events)
Why study religion? Ask Secretary of State John Kerry!
(Emily Reimer-Barry, Catholic Moral Theology)
Study shows minorities most likely to favor longer lives
(Corrie Mitchell, Religion News Service)
Uzbekistan: Religious freedom survey, August 2013
(Forum 18 News Service)
Suit challenges revised contraceptive coverage mandate accommodation for non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
U.S. failing to address terror against Nigerian Christians, warns expert
(adelaide Mena, National Catholic Register)
Calling church leaders to defend religious freedoms
(Donald Conkey, Cherokee Tribune)
Postal worker refuses to ship gun for religious reasons
(Rick Couri, KRMG)
Religious women in the US are having more children
(Julie Kent, Cleveland Leader)
Church defection website shuts ‘due to change in canon law’
(Irish Times)
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
As peace talks kick off, right wing intensifies efforts to influence outcomeE
(Rom Kampeas, JTA)
Can a Hebrew charter school teach the language but not the faith?
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Syriacs continue battle over religious buildings
(Vercihan Ziflioğlu, Hürriyet Daily News)
Women of the Wall, shielded by police, raises Torah scroll and blows shofar
(JTA)
Veil ban in French universities a ‘bad idea’
(France 24 International News)
AJC slams anti-Israel cartoons in German press
(AJC - Global Jewish Advocacy)
State Department launches new Office of Faith Based Community Initiatives
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Secretary Kerry's remarks at the launch of the Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives
(United States Department of State)
U.S. military document teaches atheism is a suicide risk
(David Edwards, The Raw Story)
Soldier disciplined for religious comment on Facebook fighting back
(BizPac Review)
Ruling in same-sex marriage case could take two weeks or more
(Jessica Parks, Philly.com)
Religious university balks at ‘accommodation,’ re-files suit over Obamacare’s contraception mandate
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)
Eminent theologian Seán Freyne dies
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
Anti-Semitic graffiti painted on Ohio mausoleum
(The Jewish Press)
India: For the first time, Catholic to be vice president of the Maharashtra State Minority Commission
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Bomb kills 11 in Karachi, including children, Islamabad bishop expresses solidarity
(Jibran Kahn, AsiaNews.it)
Dispelling the myth of a ‘Christian nation’
(Charles C. Haynes, The Washington Post: On Faith)
Gay Muslims in Turkey: torn between religion and sexuality
(Agence France-Press, France 24 International News)
Islam's `Night of Power' and the terror alert
(Hussein Rashid, CNN Belief Blog)
Supreme Court will re-examine prayer at government meetings
(Melissa Steffan, Gleanings)
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