Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
U.S. court invalidates passport law on status of Jerusalem
(David Ingram, Reuters)
Blue Mosque spokesman Ansari: “Islam is peace” – OpEd
(Hubertus Hoffmann, Word Security Network via Eurasia Review)
Analysis: Is Egypt back to square one?
(Ravi Joshi, Observer Research Foundation)
Robert P. George elected USCIRF chair; vice-chairs also elected, July 23, 2013
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Of Mormonish and Saintspeak
(Philip Barlow, OUPblog)
Only 24% of Americans aware that religious freedom is 1st Amendment right
(Catholic Culture)
Congress set to debate possibility of adding secular chaplains to military
(Jonathan Wolfe, Opposing Views)
Iranian mobile provider under fire for insulting Sunnis
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs calls for short-lived peace treaty
(The Algemeiner)
Judge orders halt to prayers at Rowan Co. meetings
(Fox News)
Cambridge Surprise Royal
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
US and Europe throw Syrians to the wolves – OpEd
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)
Ethiopia: Religions encouraged to advance nation building
(Zeryhun Kassa, Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency via All Africa)
Racial and religious profiling – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Opinion: EU reveals its true colors
(Peter Martino, Gatestone Institute)
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
That’s Amar’e: Stoudemire at Maccabiah feels Jewish connections
(Hillel Kuttler, JTA)
Broadcasting Ramadan: Speaking peace unto nations
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Iraq returns to civil war? Al Qaeda group claims Abu Ghraib prison attack
(Richard Engel, ABC World News)
Decedent's sister lacked standing to sue wife over cremation decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Polish Minister asks Jews, Muslims to sue over ritual slaughter
(The Jewish Press)
Suspected bombers of UK mosques confirmed to be Ukrainian
(Interfax)
Court upholds ban of May gay parade in Moscow
(Interfax)
Kurdistan: 'Islamic' ambulance driver refuses to take the body of a Christian woman to church
(AsiaNews.it)
Punjab: Catholic couple accused of blasphemy
(Jibran Kahn, AsiaNews.it)
Bombs against Iraq Sunni mosques kill nine: officials
(Ahram Online)
Resolution on contraceptive coverage getting closer for religious employers
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)
America's religious future: dechristianization (not secularization)
(Gary Laderman, Huffington Post Religion)
Religious teachers may be paid more
(New Straits Times)
Religious orders will be pursued for compensation costs, Quinn claims
(The Irish Examiner)
Freedom of choice, the real birthright
(Khaled Diab, Daily News Egypt)
Afghans see their army woo them with piety
(Azam Ahmed, The New York Times)
Battle for control as cult leader deteriorates
(Chris Johnston, The Age Victoria)
World churches body denounces bomb blasts at India Buddhist site
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sikh temples told to halt weddings over gay rights
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
‘The state law shoe’ drops in Ohio
(William C. Duncan and Michael T. Worley, National Review Online: The Corner)
Judge rules Ohio death certificate must classify spouses as married despite constitutional amendment
(Kimball Perry, Cincinnati.com)
A new same-sex marriage ruling in Ohio
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Nevada case could decide gay marriage issue for all
(Steve Sebelius, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
'Swastika Rehabilitation Day' not anti-Semitic?
(Rina Tzvi, Israel National News)
Nonprofit tells League City council to stop praying before meetings
(Craig Hlavaty, Chron.com (Houston))
At 95, Nelson Mandela shows how good can drown evil
(Eugene Ohi, Mercator Net (Harambee blog))
Religion and law round up – 21st July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Transforming Strasbourg’s A1P1 right to property?
(David Hart, QC, Law & Religion UK)
Rebel Priest: Church's 'No. 1 enemy' a symbol of Polish change
(Jan Puhl, Speigel Online International)
Putting a ring on it, Constitutional Carnage and Court Transparency – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sarina Kidd, UK Human Rights Blog)
Brazil has lowest government restrictions on religion among 25 most populous nations, as country undergoes major religious shifts
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Why should we care about the Septuagint?
(Timothy Michael Law, OUPblog)
Painting an accurate picture
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Islam and Islamism
(Salim Mansur, Gatestone Institute)
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 [full text]
(The National Archives, legislation.gov.uk)
Former Nigerian Governor allows ‘under-age’ marriage loophole into Constitution
(World Watch Monitor)
Government hostility to religion must be challenged
(Mike Johnson, Shreveport Times)
1st Circuit: creating church as historic district did not unduly burden free exercise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause blog)
The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham expands into Rural Northern Syria
(Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis Blog))
Let's debate Prop 8
(Robert Oscar Lopez, American Thinker)
Second Christian B&B case headed for the Supreme Court
(Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights Blog)
Judge rules for Ohio men's same-sex marriage
(Associated Press, ABC News)
En Italie, la liberté d’expression bientôt prise en otage par le lobby gay
(André Picard, Nouvelle de France)
Homosexualisme : un catholique peut-il reconnaître les « droits des couples homosexuels » ?
(Correspondanceeuropeenne)
Articles 8 & 9 and the “seal of the confessional”: are communications between clergy and penitents privileged?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ansar al-Sharia leader sparks Ramadan row in Tunisia
(Jamel Arfaoui, The Magharebia)
AG decision on Rabbi Eliyahu goes to Supreme Court
(The Jewish Press)
Hate speech on religious basis against the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
(Poa-info.org)
What does quantum physics have to do with free will?
(Antoine Suarez, The Big Questions)
Haredi MK stars in Broadway ‘Haredi draft’ show in Knesset
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, The Jewish Press)
ADL: Anti-Semitism up in NY and NJ but down nationwide
(The Jewish Press)
LA Jews convince firm to remove sexually suggestive billboard
(The Jewish Press)
Breaking the fast at Guantanamo
(Lizzie Rajasingh, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Hindus welcome Philippe as new King of Belgium
(Eurasia Review)
Tamil Nadu, a Pentecostal pastor in prison for baptizing a woman
(AsiaNews.it)
Top world musicians urge Pussy Riot's release
(Ahram Online)
EU designates Hezbollah’s military wing as terrorist organization
(JTA)
Hizballah slams EU over terrorist list
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
EU blacklists Hezbollah: Not really
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Monday, 22 July 2013
Analysis: How to reverse Buddhism’s radical turn in Southeast Asia?
(Dana MacLean, IRIN - Humanitarian News and Analysis)
Arrested Vatican prelate acted as private banker, document says
(Philip Pullella and Massimiliano Di Giorgio, Reuters)
France stands by veil ban after riots
(reporting By Nicholas Vinocur; editing by Mark John, Reuters)
Paris riots sparked by police identity check on veiled Muslim woman
(Angelique Crisafis, The Guardian)
Religious hardliners declare 'jihad' on Afghanistan's TV talent shows
(Zubair Babakarkhail, Kabul and Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)
ADL: Anti-Semitism down nationwide, up in N.Y. and N.J.
(JTA)
Extremism escalating in the West Bank
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Revealed: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the moon (but NASA kept it secret)
(Mail Online)
Moldovan activists accuse lawmakers of secretly adopting 'gay-propaganda' law
(Alla Ceapai, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
NM attorney general not defending gay marriage ban
(Barry Marsley, Associated Press, Alamagordo Daily News)
Pendleton prison violating inmate's religious freedom
(Tim Evans, Indystar.com)
A crime to conduct a same-sex or polygamous religious wedding ceremony in Indiana?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
USCIRF calls on Ethiopia to release religious freedom advocates on trial
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Judge blocks North Dakota's restrictive abortion law
(Bill Mears and Ashley Killough, CNN)
A pedestal too high: Is marriage too good for people?
(Michael De Groote, Deseret News)
England aims to curtail online porn via new protections, restrictions
(Jamshid Ghazi Askar, Deseret News)
Who speaks for Catholics in the military on religious freedom?
(John Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register)
Clarifying next step on contraception dispute
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
The legal circus that killed Proposition 8
(Frank Schubert, The Public Discourse)
Judge to decide if Indiana city can allow churches to display crosses on public land
(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post)
A conscientious objector poses a challenge to the Israeli military
(Isabel Kershner, New York Times)
Protestant churches feel the heat in Kazakhstan
(Christian Aid Mission)
Ohio same-sex couple sues so ailing spouse's death certificate will identify him as married
(Zack Ford, Think Progress)
The Iranian threat in Latin America
(Jaime Darenblum, The Weekly Standard Online/Hudson Institute via Eurasia Review)
The myth and reality of Venezuela-Iran ties
(Ryan Mallett-Outtrim, IDN-InDepthAnalysis)
Americans hold different views of what “religious” means
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
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