Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Macomb County murdered killed out of control, not religion
(Jameson Cook, Royal Oaks Daily Tribune)
Malaysia: Keep religion out of politics
(Mazlinda Mahmood, New Straits Times)
Mitt, Mormons, and the religious test that wasn’t
(Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center, Hamburg Reporter)
Pakistan: Violence against the Ahmadi community, a religious minority continues unabated
(Stewart Sloan, Asian Human Rights Commission)
Religion and the Nigerian condition
(Olusegun Adeniyi, This Day Live)
Religion Journal: India mosque hit by Holy Hair row
(Joanna Sugden, Wall Street Journal)
Religion, poor leadership remain at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dan Ehrlich, Huffington Post UK)
Survey: Religiously unaffiliated, minority Christians propelled Obama’s victory
(Dan Mercia, CCN Belief Blog)
Tenn. officials face private school aid controversy
(AUSCS, Opposing Views)
The new Evangelical agenda
(Jim Wallis, Huffington Post)
The world's fastest growing religion
(Philip Jenkins, Real Clear Religion)
UN: Family planning pays huge benefit for developing countries
(Lisa Schlein, Voice of America New)
Utah school district sued over restricted access to lesbian family book
(Jennifer Dobner, Reuters)
Uzbekistan: "They simply prayed together"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Woman denied haircut goes to Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star.com)
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Liberal Catholics use election results to battle bishops
(Dan Merica, CNN)
Abbott wants child abuse to be reported
(AAP, The Australian)
Adjudicating matters of doctrine – or possibly not
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
African Union asks UN to authorize Mali deployment
(Kirubel Tadesse, Associated Press)
Are Wood-Chips the new Jam-Jars?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Autralian prime minister announces royal commission will probe child sex abuse
(AAP, The Australian)
Canada: Sikhs divided over baptism resolution
(Tom Zytaruk, The Now Newspaper)
Defiant Cardinal George Pell says sex abuse royal commission will 'separate fact from fiction'
(AAP, News.com.Au)
En Allemagne, cinq universités enseignent la théologie islamique
(Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, La Croix, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
EU: Die Vorstellung der traditionellen Familie soll schon im Kindesalter ausgemerzt werden
(Benno Hofschulte, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Hijab-wearing mayor breaks barriers
(Ana Lovakovic, Southeast European Times)
In Russia, fears of Central Asians being abducted to face rough justice at home
(Daisy Sindelar and Tom Balmforth, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Indonesia: UN urges to address ‘lawful’ persecution
(Margareth S. Aritonang and Yohana Ririhena, The Jakarta Post)
Investigative report reveals some religious reform schools are havens for child abuse
(Maia Szalavitz, Time)
Ireland must make hospitals safe for women by following abortion laws
(Sally Peck, The Telegraph)
Israeli strike kills Hamas commander
(Joshua Mitnick and Charles Levinson, The Wall Street Journal)
Jamaica stops preaching on public buses
(Jamaica Gleaner)
Miscreants trying to create sectarian strife in Karachi: PM
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Murgan Salem al-Gohary, Egyptian jihadist, wants pyramids and sphinx destroyed
(Cavan Sieczkowski , Huff Post Religion)
November surprise: The United States wins second term on UN Human Rights Council
(Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick, The Internationalist (Council on Foreign Relations))
Parents to appeal ruling that religion classes don't discriminate against the non-religious
(Rachel Baxendale, The Australian)
Planned east London Islamic center sparks 'Mega Mosque No Thanks' campaign
(RT)
President congratulates FM for Pakistan’s election to UN’s Human Rights Council
(APP, AAJ News)
Religious freedom award for Nigerian Christian leader
(Christian Post)
Religious liberty defense must be long-term, Archbishop Lori declares
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
Sharia Law presentation focused on understanding
(Morgan Eads, Kentucky Kernel)
Supreme Court says no to hypersecularist attack on religious freedom
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund)
The impact of H. v. Finland ("step taken against the rights of same-sex couples")
(Paul Johnson, The Jurist)
Top bishop: We won't give in on birth control rule
(Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press)
U.S. to legitimize U.N. Human Rights Council for three more years
(Anne Bayefsky, The Alegemeiner)
UN refugee agency urges countries to open borders to people fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state by boat
(UN News Centre)
UNHRC Periodic Review Working Group, meeting highlights, fourteenth session
Why not polygamy?
(John Witte Jr., The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
EU lawmakers challenge Catholic nominee for top health job
(Robin Emmott and Claire Davenport, Reuters)
Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu in Congress, to take oath over the Bhagavad Gita: Report
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huff Post Religion)
'First Freedom' to air on PBS on December 18
(April MacIntyre, Monsters and Critics)
7th Circuit: Police department employee was offered adequate religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abu Qatada: Preventing a flagrant denial of justice
(Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bin Laden's right hand man Abu Qatada goes free
(Herald Sun (Melbourne))
Bishops vow to continue fight for religious freedom, marriage and the family
(Rebecca Hamilton, Patheos Blog - Public Catholic)
California gurdwara members clash, two stabbed
(First Post)
Dalai Lama presses China to investigate Tibetan self-immolations
(Lisa Twaronite, Jonathan Thatcher, Reuters)
Efforts to promote religious liberty will not end, archbishop says
(Catholic News Service, Georgia Bulletin)
Evidence of religious beliefs may negate intent to distribute marijuana
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Extremist wins case against expulsion
(Mark Hennessy, Irish Times)
Group's faith rule stirs clash at Tufts University
(Peter Schworm and Katherine Landergan, Boston Globe)
Hindus laud Gibraltar Mayor for Diwali celebration
(Eurasia Review)
Historic sexual abuse, trustees and vicarious liability – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Human Rights Council elections results
(UN Watch)
India: Can Hindu law cover Sikhs, Jains, asks SC
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)
Japan: Abduction and deprivation of freedom for the purpose of religious de-conversion
(VIDEO of the Event, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Justices deny appeal over SC religious classes
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Libertad Religiosa en Los Estados Unidos de America, LA. Un estudio a través del sistema educativo y de la educación en familia
(Briones Martinez, I.M., Atelier Libros Jurídicos)
Morocco reacts to terror arrests
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Opposition to Tonio Borg nomination as Maltese EU Commissioner is an assault on basic rights and civil liberties
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Papal nuncio: Catholic division undermines religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Putin agrees to go slow on law against hurting believers' feelings
(Interfax-religion via Stetson University)
Religious and spiritual leaders on moving past a divisive election
(Jessica Ravitz, CNN Belief Blog)
Religious oppression continues to increase
(Shayne Looper, Enterprise News)
Russia: Anti-Mormon demonstration a diversion
(Gazeta.ru, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Khakamada to initiate alternative bill on protection of believers' feelings in rights council
(Interfax-religion)
Saudi Arabia denounces Bahrain blasts
(MENAFN - Arab News)
The current Talibani assault on the Pakistani nation
(P. K. Upadhyay, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The only people really not allowed to mention the Holocaust
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Tibet: Self-immolations continue amid heightened Chinese security
(Eurasia Review)
Tunisian Jews demand protection from extremists
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year
(Manila Bulletin)
Ukraine: The World Christian Council requests the President to postpone the signing amendments to the law on freedom of conscience
("Religion in Ukraine")
UN: Noncompetitive elections weaken Rights Council, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Universities welcome Muslim students through interfaith efforts
(Aaron Shapiro, Center for American Progress)
US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
(Eurasia Review)
Vatican launches 'anti-gay media blitz,' compares gay marriage to polygamy, polyandry
(Dominique Mosbergen, Huff Post Religion)
Monday, 12 November 2012
At UN, Pakistan calls for collectively combating religious intolerance
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Ukrainian Christian Churches urge V. Yanukovych to veto amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Abraham Lincoln's faith, 'Battle With God,' explored in new book
(Christopher Sullivan, Huffington Post)
Abu Qatada wins appeal against deportation
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Anti-gay marriage group targets Starbucks Middle East business
(Travis Pittman and Elizabeth Wiley, KING 5 News)
Azerbaijan: Censorship "to create an environment of freedom of conscience"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Church leaders say returning vets need time, attention
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter)
Egypt: Brief Salafi occupation of Coptic land part of larger problem, Copts say
(Eurasia Review)
Freedom of Religion or Belief: Anti-Sect Movements and State Neutrality (A Case Study)
(FECRIS, LIT Verlag)
Getting back to Soviet standard? Ukraine’s administration wants control over all religious organizations
(Oksana Klymonchuk, The Day (Kjiv))
Hindus urge new Archbishop of Canterbury to promote interfaith dialogue
(Eurasia Review)
Israel fires missile into Syria, first since 1973
(GenevaLunch.com)
Kazakhstan: Religion Law restricting faith in the name of tackling extremism?
(Joanna Lillis, EurasiaNet.org)
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