Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 1 February 2013
European rights court orders France to pay four million euros to sects
(Radio France Internationale)
Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 23 dead
(Riaz Khan, Huffington Post)
The White House’s contraceptives compromise
(Sarah Kliff and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post: Wonkblog)
Still unacceptable and unconstitutional: HHS Proposed Rule still leaves religious Americans at risk
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Why religious exemptions matter
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
Birth control rule altered to allay religious objections
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)
Obama proposal would let religious groups opt-out of contraception mandate
(Dan Mercia, CNN Politics)
The Obama Administration just doesn’t get religious liberty
(Francis J. Manion, ACLJ)
Nigeria: Pastor nabbed over illegal gun
(Hope Abah, Daily Trust)
Zambia: Lusaka maintains Christian nation clause
(Peter Adamu, Zambia Reports)
Liberia: Churches concerned about dismissed GAC workers
(All Africa)
Proposal to amend ObamaCare contraceptive rule met with skepticism
(Fox News)
New Obamacare birth control rules seek middle ground
(Stephanie Condon, CBS News)
Court opens way to divorces by Sharia? Hold on a minute…
(James Wilson, UK Human Rights Blog)
Gambia: Statute of the OIC Women Development Organization ratified
(Alieu Ceesay and Aji Fatou Raal, The Daily Observer)
Tanzania: 'Cleric attacks in Zanzibar not religiously motivated'
(Tanzania Daily News)
Thousands in Egypt defy curfews, protest Morsi
(Associated Press)
Heavy sentences in China for 2 Tibetans over self-immolations
(CNN)
Gays can be good parents, but same-sex marriage is still unjust, says U.K. Catholic Church
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post)
Four US states considering laws that challenge teaching of evolution
(Paul Harris, The Guardian)
Schools tussle over sex standards: Why are fired teachers still suing Christian schools?
(Ken Walker, Christianity Today)
Update 1 - Suit claiming Hebrew Nat'l hot dogs not kosher dismissed
(Reuters)
Judge dismisses archdiocese's lawsuit against HHS mandate
(Jennifer Brinker, St. Louis Review)
Retired Los Angeles cardinal punished over abuse revelations
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Germans press Morsi on slurs against Jews as Berlin marks somber anniversary
(Robert Mackey, The New York Times: The Lede)
Disgruntled former head of Bush Faith-Based Office praises Obama’s
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights holds hearing on right of religious groups to make employment decisions based on religious affiliation
(Stefan Kirchner, Turtle Bay and Beyond)
Review: Believing in Russia—Religious Policy after Communism
(Geraldine Fagan, The Economist)
UN Special Rapporteur discusses freedom of religion or belief in Canada
(Canada Civil Liberties Association)
Egypt Copts get death in absentia over film
(Al Jazeera)
Evangelical churches refine message on gay issues
(Travis Loller, Associated Press)
Kenya: Clerics applaud Mutula's call
(Brian Otieno, All Africa)
Nigeria: Sultan, CAN president differ on licensing of preachers
(Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Sam Eyoboka and Abdallah El-Kurebe, All Africa)
Zimbabwe: Prove you're a true prophet, Makandiwa told
(Daniel Nemukuyu, All Africa)
Egypt: Preparations finalized for hosting OIC Summit
(All Africa)
Divorce reasons: North Carolina man, Warren Pegram, blames Quaker Church for his divorce
(Huffington Post)
Chick-fil-A keeps growing despite uproar
(Leon Stafford, Atlanta Journal-Constiution)
Israeli election rekindles debate over military service
(Larry Abramson, National Public Radio)
LA Catholic Church abuse files: Archdiocese gives up on fight to redact names
(Gillian Flaccus, Huffington Post)
Exclusive: Gay marriage foes suffer from fundraising shortfall
(Dan Levine and Peter Henderson, Reuters)
Westboro Baptist Church files Proposition 8 amicus brief
(Mollie Reilly, Huffington Post)
Uzbekistan: Raids, criminal charges and Christmas Bible destruction
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
India: Govt doesn’t identify terrorism with any religion
(Manish Tewari, Firstpost.India)
From Brooklyn's mix of politics and religion, confict arises
(Sarah Goodyear, The Next America)
Organ donation – with church support
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Minister can't sue church agency over firing: judge
(Karen Freifeld, Thomson Reuters News & Insight)
New FBI hate crime training manual published
(Access ADL)
World Religion Day offers cultural experience
(Shakari Briggs, Shreveport Times)
‘New Evangelical’-Progressive alliance? Not so fast
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Kuwait: ‘Political parties tied to religion, sects harmful’
(Bassam Al-Qassas, Arab Times)
The politics of religious liberty: Three perspectives
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)
Guns in Churches: Arkansas senate approves bill to allow concealed firearms in churches
(Hunter Stuart, Huff Post Religion)
U.S. Roman Catholic Church and Protestant denominations agree to recognize each other's baptisms
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huff Post Religion)
Pope Benedict XVI says lack of ‘faith’ could be used in marriage annulments
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)
Appeal will be launched for convicted American Pastor, sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran
(Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service)
Christians in Syria fleeing country as crisis reaches 'unprecedented levels of horror'
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Baptist leaders predict 'mass exodus' from Scouts over gay leader decision
(Alex Murashko, Christian Post)
Brooklyn College Political Science Department denies equal free speech and academic freedom to pro-Israel students and faculty
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Muslim group threatens Egypt's Coptic Christians; tells them to 'pay tribute'
(MidEast Christian News, Christian Post World)
Webcast of the hearing in the case Fernández Martínez v. Spain (30 January 2013) (Original in French)
(European Court of Human Rights)
Nigeria: CAN passes confidence vote on Oritsejafor
(Caleb Ayansina, AllAfrica)
Webcast of the hearing in the case Fernández Martínez v. Spain (30 January 2013) (English)
(European Court of Human Rights)
Religion ruling shows difficulty of balancing rights in workplace
(Joshua Rozenberg, Irish Times)
Belgian twin euthanasia story is just the tip of a chilling iceberg
(Peter Saunders, LifeSiteNews)
Uganda: Muslims want prophet Muhammad's birthday declared public holiday
(Sadab Kitata Kaaya, AllAfrica)
Nigeria: We remain indivisible, says CAN
(Yemi Akinsuyi, AllAfrica)
Burundi: Central market in Bujumbura destroyed by fire
(AllAfrica)
Evangelical Christian Israel backers push opposition to Chuck Hagel
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
U.S. bishops say they're willing to 'go to jail' over HHS mandate
(Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews.com)
In shift, an activist enlists same-sex couples in a pro-marriage coalition
(Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times)
Boy Scouts shift on gays wouldn't change rules on atheists
(Brian Shane and Mike Chalmers, USA Today)
Transgender teacher sues Catholic prep school for alleged discrimination
(Moni Basu, CNN Belief Blog)
Nigeria: Caught in the web of politics
(AllAfrica)
Court decision upholds polygamous sect's takeover
(Associated Press)
Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult
(Mark Stevenson, Associated Press)
'Jihad' ads come to D.C. Metro stations
(Elizabeth Tenety, Washington Post)
Russian anti-gay bill sets off furor
(Kathy Lally, The Washington Post)
Catholics mobilize to defeat Philippine politicians who backed reproductive law
(Floyd Whaley, New York Times)
Calif. Christian school's demand for proof of faith could test religious liberty ruling
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Nigeria: Presidential pilgrimage committee wants BASA with Israel
(Francis Okeke, AllAfrica)
Lobbying by the Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The future of human rights on these islands
(Colin Harvey, UK Human Rights Blog)
Belarus: Religious freedom survey, January 2013
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Thailand pushes back 200 Rohingya boat people: Navy
(The Hindu Business Line)
Visalia Mall sued after threatening arrest for religious Speech
(Pacific Justice Institute)
Hare Krishna priest gets 3-year term in visa fraud case
(India West)
FFRF sues florist in Rhode Island
(Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Orthodox Rabbis vow to resist consent forms for controversial circumcision rite
(Seth Berkman, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Egypt is warned of 'collapse'
(Matt Bradley, Bill Spindle, Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal)
More on same-sex marriage in England and Wales: the Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) Bill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Arkansas Senate OKs guns in churches
(Doug Stanglin, Religion News Service)
Jewish MP to put religion before politics
(Jonathan Swan, The Age)
Russian government asks parliament to rework bill on offending religion
(Staff, Reuters)
Tibetans mourn as self-immolations near 100
(Calum MacLeod, Religion News Service)
France's Education Minister: We'll fight anti-Semitism
(Israel National News)
Six lessons from death in Belgium
(Michael Cook, Life Site News)
Lebanon Muslim head issues fatwa against civil marriage
(France 24)
France to deport 'radical foreign imams'
(Aljazeera)
Persecuted past: Baha'is find religious freedom in U.S.
(Ellen Jean Hirst, Colorado Springs Gazette)
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