Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 May 2013
More on immigration reform
(Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter)
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
EVENT, 7 de mayo 2013: El Dr. Tabaré Vázquez presentará libro sobre el veto al aborto
(Lucía Pastor, El Diaro (Uruguay))
EVENT,14-15 May 2013: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
(Academy Course, United States Institute of Peace)
Protect conscience rights and religious liberty: US bishops urge congressional support for H.R. 940
(Today's Catholic News)
Jefferson Bible sparks religion debate in America
(Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America)
Fontana on Gedicks on Civil Religion
(Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog)
Myanmar Muslims face uncertain future after attack
(Yadana Htun and Todd Pitman, Associated Press)
Iranians accuse Jews of witchcraft
(Gavriel Fiske, The Times of Israel)
Ukrainian Jews worry that rise of Svoboda party will bring anti-Semitism back into vogue
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
American Humanist Association sues Carroll County Commissioners over Christian prayers at meetings
(Press Release - William Burgess, American Humanist Association)
Uzbekistan: Devout Muslim "may receive up to 15 years" in jail
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Religious leaders in Cuba recognize the existence of full freedom of religion
(ACN, [email protected])
Principles of Puritan religion
(David Kenneth, Opposing Views)
Study: Germans see Islam as a threat
(Deutsche Welle)
Saints and sinners, politicians and priests, and the 2013 local elections
(Matthew Flinders, OUP Blog)
American Christian may face death penalty in North Korea
(Whitney Williams, World Magazine)
Vietnam: Flawed on human rights, but a leader in gay rights
(Thomas Maresca, The Atlantic)
Pentagon is urged to crack down on religious proselytizing
(Associated Press, 10TV.com)
JRCLS Religious Liberty Panel Moderated by Elder Lance Wickman (Part 1)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society - Georgetown Law School, 16 February 2013, YouTube)
JRCLS Religious Liberty Panel Moderated by Lance Wickman (Part 2)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society - Georgetown Law School, 16 February 2013, YouTube)
US bishops name religious freedom advocate as president’s spokeswoman
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious freedom under global threat, Canadian ambassador says
(Mark Kellner, Adventist Review, Adventist News Network)
Atheists win right to pass out materials at Florida high schools
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)
An open letter to Leah Aharoni, on behalf of religious freedom in Israel
(Rabbi Elianna Yolkut, Haaretz)
Race and religion has never been a barrier for Malaysian
(Kanykumari Damodaran, New Straits Times)
American Government-sponsored religious freedom report says “very aggressive secularism” is rife in Western Europe
(National Secular Society)
US watchdog agency releases annual list of religious liberty abusers
(Eric Schulzke, Deseret News)
US agency identifies Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, others as religious freedom violators
(Afrique Jet: News Informations)
Fifteen countries cited for religious freedom violations
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
US religious panel for continuing visa ban on Narendra Modi
(Times of India)
US commission on religious freedom sharply criticizes Bahrain
(Human Rights First)
Religious disputes heading to court
(Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star)
Viewpoint: In the war over Christianity, Orthodoxy is winning
(Mary Eberstadt, Time)
Vatican seeks to temper expectations of big reform
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press via ABC News)
Hungary bans far-right protest ahead of World Jewish Congress assembly
(Reuters)
Myanmar anti-Muslim violence injures at least 10 in Okkan as mosques, homes attacked
(Yadana Htun, Huffington Post World)
Gabriel Stone: Jerusalem unveils mysterious Hebrew tablet
(Daniel Estrin, Huffington Post Religion)
Colorado couples celebrate midnight civil-unions ceremony
(Joey Bunch, The Denver Post)
Syrian Christians to unite in prayer; ask Christians worldwide to join them
(Eurasia Review)
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of land
(Reuters)
Muslims worldwide support democracy and religious freedom
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today)
Poll: US Muslims more moderate than Muslims worldwide
(Omar Sacirbey, The Washington Post)
Archbishop Chaput congratulates Elder Dallin H. Oaks on the Becket's Fund's awarding him the Canterbury Medal
(Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
Does a prisoner have a right to a mohel? Stanford’s new clinic takes on religious liberties case
(Leslie A. Gordon, ABA Journal)
Pro-lifers, pro-choicers weigh in on Gosnell trial
(CBN News)
Obama: State pro-life laws impeding 'progress'
(Michael Foust, Baptist Press)
Iraq revokes licenses of Al Jazeera and 9 other TV channels
(Tim Arango, New York Times)
Pastor Saeed Abedini excluded from State Department's Iran prisoners list
(Anugurah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Mumbai gets its first Shariah court to settle civil, marital disputes
(Mohammed Wajihuddin, The Times of India)
Ending oppression in the Middle East: A Muslim feminist call to arms
(Randa Abdel-Fattah, ABC Online)
Primary schools not the only ones affected by school patronage issue
(Sean Byrne, The Irish Times)
Council of Europe hailed for religious freedom resolution
(Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency)
Belgium erasing Christianity for Islam
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Pope Francis says confessional not a ‘dry cleaner’
(Carol GLatz, Catholic Harold UK)
American Pastor Saeed Abedini thrown into solitary confinement in Iran; health deteriorating
(Jordan Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice)
Beyond terrorism as we know it: The future of jihadist families in the US – OpEd
(Brett Daniel Shehadey, Eurasia Review)
Celebrating Kierkegaard’s bicentenary
(Daphne Hampson, OUP Blog)
Religion & Human Rights Volume 8 (2013): Church Registration in Central Europe
(Jeroen Temperman, Editor, Brill Online)
Russian law on NGOs comes under fire at UN rights forum
(Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters)
Russia detains 140 in sweep at Muslim prayer room: reports
(Reuters)
China’s Sufis: The shrines behind the dunes
(Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books)
El Ghriba, Africa's oldest synagogue, welcomes Jewish pilgrims back to Tunisia amidst tight security
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)
Muslim-Christian romance fuels Egypt sectarian row
(Al Arabiya with AP, Al Arabiya)
Nigeria's Christians suffering repeated attacks
(ASSIST News Service, Christian Today)
Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church?
(Katie Engelhart, Salon)
Iraq’s surge in executions of Al-Qaeda condemned by NGO – OpEd
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Can a moderate chief rabbi transform the Israeli Rabbinate? Not likely
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland – the debate continues
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Council of Europe passes Religious Freedom measure: Experts say the measure isn't perfect, but is a good step in the right direction
(Patrick Hertzog, Aleteia)
Divided EU to preach religious freedom abroad
(Leonoor Kuijk, PressEurop)
Europol sees rise in terrorist attacks in Europe
(Eurasia Review)
Cabinet agrees abortion draft legislation after marathon talks
(The Irish Times)
Fleming’s partner reflects on ‘very difficult’ process after Supreme Court rejects assisted suicide appeal
(Ruadhan Mac Cormaic, The Irish Times)
Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian's legacy for religious freedom in China
(Adam Minter, The Atlantic)
Mumbai university plans diploma in religion
(The Times of India)
2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators, April 30, 2013
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2013
(The Full Report)
USCIRF issues 2013 Annual Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monitoring religious repression: A (contentious) list of violators
(B.C., The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])
Uniao Do Vegetal Church in New Mexico opens up to NPR
(Hunter Stuart, Huff Post Religion)
Religious leaders to government: We must get our fiscal house in order
(Jim Wallis, Religion & Politics)
Following Boston attacks, uptick in Islamophobia, gestures of tolerance
(Richard Solash, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Muslims see little backlash after Boston bombing
(Rachel Zoll, Associated Press)
More than half of Evangelicals view Islam as a violent religion
(Jeff Schapiro, The Christian Post)
US Muslim opposition to suicide bombing revealed in extensive study
(Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian)
Michigan’s Muslim inmates are denied proper nutrition during Ramadan, lawsuit claims
(Carol Kuruvilla, New York Daily News)
Female converts to Islam facing growing scrutiny
(Omar Sacirbey, Huffington Post Religion)
Holder speaking to ADL commits to protect all religious and ethnic minorities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Huy urges action on indigenous prisoners' religious freedom
(Gale Courey Toensing, Indian Country)
Five takeaways from Pew’s comprehensive study on Islam
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)
Religious groups fear Christian purge from military
(Todd Starnes, Townhall.com)
Attorneys general demand broader religious exemptions to contraception mandate
(Mary Petrides Tillotson, Heartlander)
Why ENDA's religious exemption must be narrowed
(Ian S. Thompson, ACLU Washington Markup)
Michigan bill would extend conscience provisions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee)
Rhode Island, marriage, and religious liberty: Some questions for Michael Perry
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Google 'as trusted as the Church' by Britons
(Jennifer O'Mahony, The Telegraph)
NYC and Israel museums jointly purchase ancient Torah that would have been auctioned in NYC
(Fox News)
BC religion poll finds majority of British Columbians are non-religious
(Huffington Post British Columbia)
Religion, morality and marriage equality: A zeitgeist of contradictions?
(Rebecca Theodore, Baltimore Post Examiner)
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