Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 June 2013
Religious liberty is ‘endangered,’ warns Hispanic Christian leader
(CNA Daily News, DFW Catholic.org)
One lawyer's religious brief for marriage equality
(Elaine McArdle, uuworld.org)
Turkey's secular backlash
(Robert Ellis, Gatestone Institute)
Protests in Turkey reveal a larger fight over identity
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Turkey's leader blames rioting on extremists
(Sebnem Arsu, New York Times)
Loud applause follows Mormons Building Bridges along Utah Pride Parade route
(Pat Reavy, Deseret News)
Archbishop of Canterbury: Gay marriage bill will undermine family life
(Nicholas Watt, The Guardian)
EEOC claims trucking company must accommodate Muslim employee’s religious objections to transporting alcohol
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Analysis of California's bill to remove Boy Scout tax-exemption (SB 323 ... Oppose)
(Church State Council)
The war on terror is over: Now what?
(Clare M. Lopez, Gatestone Institute)
The data are in: Religious private schools deserve a second Look
(William Jeynes, Witherspoon Institute)
Obama, God, and the profits
(Mark Rizeni, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Calvinism committee issues report, urges SBC to 'stand together' for Great Commission
(Michael Foust, Baptist Press)
Pope appeals for release of hostages in Syria
(AP, ABC News)
Rhode Island: Catholic Church’s influence declines in gay marriage debate
(Associated Press, CBS Connecticut)
Israel’s chief rabbis receive death threats over Women of the Wall prayer
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope leads Catholics in first worldwide 'Holy Hour'
(Philip Pullella, NBCNews.cm)
American Humanist Association sues city of Lake Elsinore to stop cross monument
(American Humanist Association)
Israel to fund non-Orthodox rabbis
(JTA)
Appeals court says negligence claim against Assemblies of God district council in abuse case must go to jury
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
$10m Venkateswara Hindu Temple opens in Michigan after 6-day ceremony
(Albany Tribune)
Jerusalem's Dormition Church suffers suspected 'price tag' attack
(Nir Hasson and Gil Cohen, Haaretz [subscription required for full article])
Hindus laud FIFA on electing first woman executive in 109 years
(Eurasia Review)
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion urged to visit Bahrain
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Islam and human rights: Beyond the zero-sum game
(Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, ABC Religion & Ethics)
Saudi youth arrested for allegedly “insulting religion”
(Hadeel Mohammed, Global Voices)
Not in the name of Islam
(Mahmoud Ahmad, Saudi Gazette)
Religion in Europe, also in crisis
(Paul Ames, Global Post)
Bill lets Ohio schools give religion credits
(Denise Smith Amos, The Columbus Dispatch)
Head of Uzbek Bible Society denies persecution of Bible
(Interfax)
Prison volunteers teach religion, life skills to Utah's 6,900 inmates
(Marjorie Cortez, KSL.com)
Critic of illegal immigration bill: Doubtful church members agree with their leaders
(Chad Groening, One News Now)
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Belgian city of Ghent scraps headscarf ban imposed by center-right in 2007
(Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters FaithWorld)
Bishops under pressure to abstain in gay marriage vote
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Moore: ERLC committed to immigration reform
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Tony Blair: Woolwich attack shows there is a problem 'within Islam'
(Peter Dominiczak, The Telegraph)
As Syrians fight, sectarian strife infects Mideast
(Tim Arango, Anne Barnard, and Duraid Adnan, The New York Times)
Reforming the European Court of Human Rights through Dialogue? Progress on Protocols 15 and 16 ECHR
(Noreen O'Meara, UK Constitutional Law Group)
Reading Dawkins in a cabin: Atheists complain about free Bibles in the wilderness
(The Economist: Religion in public life)
Defamatory tweets, legal aid armageddon and burkha bans – The Human Rights Roundup
(Daniel Isenberg, UK Human Rights Blog)
Lutheran assembly elects first openly gay bishop
(Natalie DiBlasio, USA Today)
What does the Bible really say about illegal aliens?
(Chad Groening, One News Now)
Boy Scouts fell victim to creeping secularism, says Christian apologist
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Forthcoming events in religion and law – Update: June 2013
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT June 3, 2013: Tunisia's post-revolution: A discussion with Hamadi Jebali
(United States Institute of Peace)
British soldier Lee Rigby hacked to death over religion and racism
(Tom Ukinski, The Guardian Express)
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Fighting for the Freedom of Faith Conference highlights decline of religious liberty in America
(Andrew Evans, The Washington Free Beacon)
Religious liberty advocates call for faiths to join forces
(Allison Pond, Deseret News)
Political scholar says religious freedom unites society
(CNA Daily News, Catholic.org)
Religious freedom leader says threats in US are real
(Catholic.org)
An Eastern reading list from Oxford World’s Classics
(Kirsty Doole, OUP Blog)
Coalition to protect religious freedom shows its fault lines
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Kountze ISD appeals ruling on cheerleaders' religious banners
(Danielle Chavez, Texas GOP Vote)
Ohio may OK public school religion credits
(Cincinnati.com)
U.S. Report: Scant improvement in religious freedom in Cuba
(Business Mirror)
Samuel Rodriguez: Religious freedom is an endangered species
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)
State legislators organizing to respond to religious freedom challenges
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Friday, 31 May 2013
Turkmenistan keeps lid on all things Islam
(Charles Recknagel and Muhammad Tahir, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Among Muslims, internet use goes hand-in-hand with more open views toward Western culture
(Survey, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)
No verdict in case of fired pregnant Ohio teacher
(Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press, Idaho Statesman)
Doubting Thomas: a patron saint for scientists?
(Thomas Dixon, OUP Blog)
Lancaster Co. Mennonite company in court over birth control mandate
(Trang Do, Fox 43)
Christians are the most persecuted group in the world, expert says
(Hilary White, LifeSiteNews)
Religious liiberty does not require us to minimize our faith
(Elise Hilton, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Why Mormons back the new scouting policy
(Michael Otterson, The Washington Post)
Catholic leaders urge support for Boy Scouts after shift on gays
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptists move to cut ties with Boy Scouts of America over inclusion of gay scouts
(Eric Brown, International Business Times)
Liberty institute to defend churches in aftermath of Boy Scout amendment to allow homosexual members
(The Wall Street Journal)
US govt reports on religious liberty receive criticism
(NFTU - True Orthodox and Ecumenical News)
Letter to Illinois House reps: Pending same-sex marriage bill would be worst in US in protecting religious liberty
(Thomas More Society, Scribd.)
Illinois same-sex marriage bill breeds hostility towards religion
(Nicole Lange, Charisma News)
Vatican Bank downplays scandals but promises reform
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)
Andrew Greeley dead: Priest, author, critic was 85
(Trevor Jensen and Margaret Ramirez, Chicago Tribune)
Andrew Greeley - A demographer of his religion and of ours
(Pini Herman, Jewish Journal)
Religion stopping France from embracing gay marriage
(The New Zealand Herald)
Celebrities Jane Lynch and Jordan Peele lift their voices to support separation of church and state
(Press Release, Americans United)
Mosque, orphanage burned in new Myanmar violence
(Todd Pitman, Associated Press, The Deseret News)
Hobby Lobby awaits appeals decision
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
In defense of Hobby Lobby
(Jerry Pattengale, The Washington Post – On Faith)
For Christians in Egypt, work hard to find
(Religion Today)
Kentucky high school graduates ignore objections, pray at ceremony
(Religion Today)
Britain's Islamic future
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Court says state civil rights commission has jurisdiction over homeschooling organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgetown alumni petition cardinal to remove school's Catholic status
(Breitbart.com)
The Supreme Court revisits a religious lemon
(David Skeel, The Wall Street Journal)
Moroccan Salafist slams Tunisia’s Ennahda
(Mohamed Saadouni, All Africa)
Appeals Court overturns Murfreesboro mosque ruling
(Marie Kemph, The Murfreesboro Post)
Nigeria lawmakers pass bill banning gay marriage, setting prison sentences of up to 14 years
(The Washington Post)
Appeals court rules against Fishers home-school group in discrimination complaint
(Eric Weddle, Indianapolis Star)
Judge allows plaintiffs to proceed anonymously in Ten Commandments case against Pa. school district
(Jon Campisi, The Pennsylvania Record)
Eagles to get Connellsville’s Ten Commandments statue
(Renatta Signorini and Rachel Basinger, The Tribune Review)
Parenting courses for Muslims aim to untangle culture from religion
(Saba Salman, The Guardian)
The most ancient existing scroll of the Hebrew Pentateuch discovered at the University of Bolgona
(Bart Ehrman, Bart's Blog)
Israel: As politicians bicker, freedom of religion suffers
(Edna Adato and Yehuda Shlezinger, Israel Hayom)
Yudhoyono receives world statesman award in New York
(Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta Globe)
Is Indonesia still a model of religious tolerance?
(Sara Schonhardt, The Christian Science Monitor)
Religious groups blast Yudhoyono over award
(The Japan Times)
Religious minister to send Islamic preachers to South Thailand
(Jakarta Globe)
Religious freedom: A civil-rights issue
(Kathryn Lopez, National Review Online)
Italian government official: anti-Christian laws in 15 European nations
(CWN, Catholic Culture)
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