Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Forgotten patriot: 17th century physician did the work to legislate religious freedom
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
UN expert on religious freedom visits Sierra Leone
(Concord Times, Sierra Network Salone)
Priests’ reform group charts middle course
(David Gibson, The Washington Post)
Home schooling without God? Humanists find a way
(Kimberly Winston, The Washington Post)
Orthodox Jews to observe July 4th without music
(Menachem Wecker, The State)
British TV channel to air Muslim call to prayer
(Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters)
Gitmo detainees seek end to force-feeding, saying it will violate religious freedom during Ramadan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pro-life student group sues over required security fees for event
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kosovo tackles tough questions of religion and conflict
(Sean Coughlan, BBC News)
Malaysia: Calls for rational solution to religion
(The Star Online)
Unfair for only one parent to determine child's religion
(Wong Pek Mei, The Star Online)
Opt-out organ donation agreed in Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious research specialist urges to toughen punishment for extremism in Russia
(Interfax)
Religious groups pen letter to protest contraceptive rule
(Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Playing politics with religion
(Ussama Makdisi, The New York Times)
Sri Lanka bans issue of Time magazine over cover story on Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar
(The Washington Post)
On the road to religious leadership, Orthodox women in Israel don’t stress over titles
(Michal Tikochinsky, Haaretz)
U.S. bishops, religious leaders call for religious liberty protections
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
Religious freedom is worth the fight
(World Magazine)
Advocacy effort has Jewish schools reaping hundreds of millions in gov’t money
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
St. Andrew's Cross to be delivered to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
(Interfax)
Russia: Hizb ut-Tahrir unit organizers sentenced in Bashkortostan
(Interfax)
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
A right for the religious is a right for the nonreligious
(The Chippewa Herald, Charles C. Haynes)
Abu Dhabi convicts 64 Islamists for organising a coup d'état
(AsiaNews.it)
University tells student to remove cross necklace
(Todd Starnes, Townhall.com)
Threats to religious freedom in Europe
(Roger Trigg, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Belarus: Praying in homeless shelter a crime
(Forum 18 News Service)
Starting this week, it’s harder to get an abortion in 5 states
(Chris Good, ABC News)
Chris Christie’s dance to keep up with gay marriage
(Matthew Cooper, National Journal)
A Pentecostal, a Southern Baptist, and a Catholic walked into the press club
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review: The Corner)
People abuducted across ex-Soviet states
(Morning Star)
Abraham Lincoln, the Supreme Court, and the Defense of Marriage Act
(Carson Holloway, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Religious freedom: for individuals and communities
(David T. Koyzis, First Things (First Thoughts))
US Catholics highlight religious freedom for Independence Day
(Timothy Fowler, Ecumenical News)
Catholic monk not beheaded by Syrian rebels, friar says
(Mohammed Jamjoom and Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Syrian and American Christians: A horror that binds
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why many Methodists still oppose same-sex marriage
(John Lomperis, The Washington Post – On Faith)
Undefining Marriage
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
Copts under the gun: Religious freedom in Egypt
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online: The Corner)
Telling it on the mountain? [Montana ski statue]
(Diana Verm, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Learning from young atheists: What turned them off Christianity
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post Opinion)
Prayers for Mandela: Healing or a`peaceful end'?
(Jeffrey Weiss, CNN Belief Blog)
Sky Walkingstick, Alabama student, says he was threatened for trying to wear feather at graduation
(Rebecca Klein, Huff Post Religion)
Culture wars: Why gay marriage and abortion have been ‘decoupled’
(Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor)
Three girls from banned Hizb ut-Tahrir detained in Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax)
Turkish Jews worried after politician links diaspora to protests
(Reuters)
Growth of the nonreligious: Many say trend is bad for American Society
(Report, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
Pope Francis cleans house at the Vatican Bank
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)
Australia's first Muslim frontbencher abused for taking oath on Koran
(Rachael Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Mo. Gov. Nixon vetoes bills on holidays, Agenda 21
(David A. Lieb, Fort Mill Times)
Group claims prof review panel bias: Discovery Institute says three panelists are anti-intelligent design
(The Star Press)
CrossFit Religion brings new exercise trend to Durham
(Michael T. Lyle Jr., The Middletown Press)
Doesn't religion cause most of the conflict in the world?
(Rachel Woodlock, Antony Loewenstein, Jane Caro, Simon Smart, The Guardian)
Indian opposition hopes economy, not religion, will decide 2014 vote
(Udayan Namboodiri, Khabar South Asia)
Bhadkar village exhibits diverse nature of caste, religion practices
(The Times of India)
San Diego judge says public school’s yoga instruction not religious
(Lilly Fowler, Religion News Service)
In sickness and in health? That’s too religious for a civil wedding
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Rioters fire religious violence in Myanmar
(Global Times)
Monday, 1 July 2013
A Catholic priest killed. Bishop Hindo: he offered his martyrdom for peace
(The Vatican Today)
Catholic priest allegedly beheaded in Syria by Al-Qaeda-linked rebels as men and children take pictures and cheer
(Sharona Schwartz, The Blaze)
Freedom of expression related to religious issues: Blasphemy, defamation of a religion, insulting religious beliefs
(Edited by Willy Fautré, Mark Barwick, David Gonsalves & Alfiaz Vaiya)
Rethinking the "red line"
(Asma Uddin, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
The Vatican's woes: Exit Monsignor Cinquecento
(J.H., The Economist)
TEDx Talk leads the 10 most-shared Weekly Number blogs in mid-2013
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Poll: Support for gay marriage hits high after ruling
(Susan Page, USA Today)
Wedding dance flash-mob, viral vicars and the liturgy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Syrian Jihadists behead Catholic priest
(Catholic Online)
The end of DOMA, squeezing justice and breaching the editors’ code – The human rights roundup
(Daniel Isenberg, UK Human Rights Blog)
Human tissue act, coroner’s powers and relatives’ permission
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Russia: Police stopped LGBT demonstration in St. Pete, evacuated activists
(Interfax)
Criticised by pro-democracy activists, Russia's anti-blasphemy law comes into effect
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Myanmar: As activist fears more violence, monks and ordinary Burmese take to the streets to defend Buddhism
(AsiaNews.it)
Same-sex couples flood immigration offices for green cards
(Alena Samuels, LA TImes)
Lawmakers talking special session for same sex marriage [Hawaii]
(Tim Sakahara, Hawaii News Now)
Love, truth and DOMA
(Dana Dillon, Catholic Moral Theology)
Andrew Sullivan calls out Catholics: if you’re okay with divorce, gay marriage shouldn’t be a problem for you
(Josh Feldman, Mediaiate)
Do we need to set aside the word “marriage” and use “holy matrimony” exclusively?
(Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington)
Opposing abortion after 20 weeks isn’t extreme. It’s logical.
(Charles C. Camosy, The Washington Post – On Faith)
In conservative Alabama, celebrating a ‘God-written’ union of man and woman
(Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)
Kerry sees progress in effort to revive Mideast talks
(Jodi Rudoren and Michael R. Gordon, New York Times)
Calif. judge says public school Yoga not religious
(Elliott Spagat, Associated Press, ABC News)
Parents angry because religion may get mentioned in optional summer Constitution class
(Eric Owens, The Daily Caller)
Justice Kennedy denies motion to halt gay marriage in California
(Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News)
The contraception mandate v. religious liberty
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
After landmark court rulings, opponents of gay marriage ready for national battle
(Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News)
Russia is fated to become center of Christian world – priest
(Interfax)
Putin signs law introducing fines for homosexual propaganda among minors
(Interfax)
Religion and human rights: An interview with President Jimmy Carter
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Worldly Buddhist monks rile Thailand’s faithful
(Vishal Arora, The Washington Post)
Pakistan Christian girl accused of blasphemy moves to Canada over security fears, says lawyer
(Fox News)
China unofficially allowing religious worship of Dalai Lama in Tibet
(Malcolm Moore, National Post)
Tibetans allowed to openly revere the Dalai Lama in two Chinese provinces
(Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia)
Education ministry gives go-ahead to two-thirds of Christian faith schools
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)
Limits on nude sunbathing are not violation of naturist's free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iran’s war against its religious minorities
(Amir Sharifi, Rudaw)
Nigeria: In search of civility on matters religious
(Jibrin Ibrahim, The Premium Times)
Vietnamese police attack Christian couple for refusal to recant faith
(International Christian Concern)
Reining in religious freedom
(John Garvey, The Washington Times)
Orthodox rally in Moscow condemns Scientologists
(Interfax)
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