Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Dalai Lama preaches compassion to a responsive New Orleans crowd of 4,000
(John Pope, The Times-Picayune)
Hezbollah exploits religion to intervene in Syria, says Shiite cleric
(Al Arabiya)
Indonesia: Criticism of president ‘just part of democracy’
(Ezra Sihite, Jakarta Globe)
Conservative Afghan lawmakers block law protecting women’s freedom, saying it is against Islam
(The Washington Post)
Women of the wall - OpEd
(Uri Avneru, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 17 May 2013
Bombers target Benghazi Catholic Church - minister expresses solidarity
(Times of Malta)
Benghazi, the Coptic Church of St. Mark is torched
(AsiaNews.it)
Welcome to Zaytuna, the nation’s first Muslim Liberal Arts College
(Scott Korb, Religion & Politics)
Elder Oaks promotes strengthening the free exercise of religion
(Gerry Avant, Deseret News)
The other Women of the Wall
(Deena Nataf, The Jerusalem Post)
Gov. Nathan Deal orders Bibles back to Georgia state park lodging in church-state battle
(Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum, Huff Post Religion)
Black pro-lifers: Gosnell worst kind of racist
(CBN News)
Blasphemy charges becoming new weapon against Egyptian Christians
(Morning Star News, Christianity Today)
The religious affiliation of U.S. immigrants: Majority Christian, rising share of other faiths
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Same-sex marriage state-by-state
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
What about the video? The Benghazi scandal and religious liberty
(Mollie Hemingway, Richochet)
The European Union (Referendum) Bill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Apocalypse soon? The UK without the European Convention on Human Rights
(Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog)
Turkmenistan: Lebap Region raids, confiscations, fines and public vilification
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Census 2011: update on religious affiliation data
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Christianity declining 50pc faster than thought – as one in 10 under-25s is a Muslim
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Moroccan jailed for five years for plotting to bomb Milan synagogue
(JTA)
U.S. policy spotlights the human right of religious freedom
(Jane Morse, U.S. Department of State)
Kenya: Garissa Muslims decry use of pigs in Tuesday demonstration
(The Star)
Pope Francis to 'launch' new moblie app
(Eurasia Review)
Continue to pray—each according to his or her tradition—for our captured Honorary President, his Companion Bishop and all Syrians
(Religions for Peace)
A British strand of Islam is emerging as more people become converts
(The Economist)
Rice University getting new center to study religious tolerance
(Mike Tolson, Statesman)
Namibia: How to teach religions studies in school
(Hezekia L. /Awaseb, New Era)
Religious parties not well-received this election
(Pakistan Today)
Marion school board sticks with prayer that group says is illegal
(Felicia Frazar, Seguin Gazette)
Apartheid tactics separate Myanmar’s minority Muslims from majority Buddhists
(Jason Szep, Reuters)
Afghanistan's kochis: Nomads no more
(Ali M. Latifi, Aljazeera)
City Harvest Church leaders on trial for embezzling $40 million in pop star Ho Yeow Sun scandal
(Heather Tan, Huffington Post Religion)
Thursday, 16 May 2013
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill completes his visit to China
(The Far Abroad, Patriarchal Ministry, DECR Chairman, Russian Orthodox Church)
UK Census: religion by age, ethnicity and country of birth
(Datablog, The Guardian)
The Muslim Brotherhood prepares for a comeback in Syria
(Raphaël Lefèvre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press, The Miami Herald)
Elder Dallin H. Oaks honored for championing religious freedom
(Newsroom)
Transcript: Strengthening the Free Exercise of Religion
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Newsroom)
VIDEO: Canterbury medalist Elder Dallin H. Oaks
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, YouTube)
The Politics of anti-Rohingya Violence in Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)
Pope Francis blasts free market system, urges rich to help the poor
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
North Carolina advances bill to ban "foreign laws," like Sharia
(John Celock, Huff Post Politics)
Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)
Georgia governor engaged in bible dispute
(Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum, ABC News)
U.S. government's faith-based initiative moves ahead while dodging controversy
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
ACLU-NC criticizes N.C. House passage of H.B. 730 restricting access to abortion care
(ACLU)
Liberty University, gov't clash over health care overhaul
(Dave Thompson, The News & Advance)
In wake of IG Report, Evangelical leaders charge IRS also dealt improperly with religious non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
HHS contraceptive mandate set to take effect Aug. 1
(Joyce Coronel, The Catholic Sun)
The Israeli Peace Organizations and the Arab Spring
(Yael Patir, MITVIM)
Texas House votes to prevent universities from dictating club admission rules
(Dallas News)
As Gosnell court case closes, questions on abortion and ethics remain
(Sarah Torre, The Heritage Foundation)
Gosnell's crimes not uncommon: Column
(Mark L. Rienzi, USA Today)
Gosnell case: What if it happened in Minnesota?
(Teresa S. Collett, Star Tribune)
Wash. florist will not wilt, sues AG to reclaim religious freedom
(Dale Schowengerdt, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Tories fear inclusion of humanism in gay marriage bill could allow other sects the same powers
(Tamara Cohen, Mail Online)
National Geographic Channel releases marriage survey results that explore people's attitudes toward plural and traditional marriage
(National Geographic Channel, Herald Online)
Boy Scouts slammed by Lutherans over gay issues
(Michael McGuire, Examiner.com)
Church resolves historic flags conflict
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The missing children of early modern religion
(Alec Ryrie, OUP Blog)
Smithsonian to launch world's 1st yoga history exhibit
(Eurasia Review)
Congress investigating Obama admin's hostility to religion in the military
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com)
Christian leaders seek to overcome polarization
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Christians uneasy in Morsi's Egypt
(Stephen Glain, The New York Times)
Cardinal O’Brien leaving Scotland for penance, prayer
(Lizzy Davies, The Guardian)
Al-Qaeda ally Boko Haram assassinates Christian leader in Nigeria
(Jim Kouri, Examiner.com)
Tanzania: A secular state, why all this fight?
(Michael Mbiro, DailyNews)
Priests should return to Chinese Orthodox churches
(Interfax-Religion)
Hungary clamping down on media freedom and human rights, report says
(Rick Westhead, Toronto Star)
Graduation prayer, fighting over a lost cause
(Charles C. Haynes, North Country Gazette)
Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Barclays has 'repeatedly let down society', says Church of England
(Jill Treanor, The Guardian)
Saudi Arabia's religious police head condemns Twitter users
(Big News Network)
Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosque
(AFP, The Daily Star)
At political rally, Serbian church crosses sensitive line
(Vesna Peric Zimonjic, Inter Press Service News Agency)
Uganda: New religion discourages use of cellphones
(George Bita, New Vision)
Sudanese centre says incidents of apostasy, atheism increasing in country
(Sudan Tribune)
Nigeria: Lagos insists on restriction of Hijab in public schools
(This Day)
Nigeria: Gunmen kill Borno CAN's Secretary
(Vanguard)
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood party to host former Malaysian Premier
(Aswat Masriya)
Africa: Global survey aims to equip Anglicans to engage in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Serbia: Church dignitaries face criticism after remarks
(Ivana Jovanovic, Southeast European Times)
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
More books to read about Islam
(Marvin Olasky, World)
Muldrow board approves removal of 10 Commandments
(The Houston Chronicle)
Canadians turning away from organized religion
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Ten Commandments plaques pulled from school walls in Muldrow, Oklahoma
(Hunter Stuart, Huff Post Religion)
Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Can Russia and the West end Syria's chaos?
(Marc Pierini, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Egypt teacher accused of insulting religion released on bail
(Aswat Masriya)
Islam and politics in the new Egypt
(Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Return to Iqrit: how one Palestinian village is being reborn
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Jewish prison inmate wins major victory in battle for kosher food
(Emily Hardman - Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Man who murdered parents wins kosher-diet appeal
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal)
ERLC would oppose same-sex immigration bill
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Gosnell murder trial spurs House Republicans to demand states regulate abortion clinics
(Melissa Barnhart, Christian Post Politics)
Both sides on abortion applaud verdict
(Melissa Dribben, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Americans' abortion views steady amid Gosnell trial
(Lydia Saad, Gallup Politics)
Back to the basics of religious liberty
(Tony Perkins, Townhall.com)
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