Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 29 October 2012
India: National religious meeting gets underway
(Ivan Fernandes, UCAN, Eurasia Review)
International Religious Freedom Day – October 27
(Editorial, Voice of America)
Judge: OK for boy to pass out Easter invitations
(Associated Press via WTSP)
Kazakhstan: 15 years' jail for UNHCR-recognised refugee if deportation to Uzbekistan proceeds?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Last quango in Paris? Why the fate of the EHRC is important for all of us
(Neil Crowther, UK Human Rights Blog)
Myanmar: Communal clashes worsen in Rakhine State – Analysis
(B. Raman, Eurasia Review)
No Supreme Court review of ban on Jehovah's Witnesses magazines in Russia
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Volume 1, Issue 2
(electronic version now available free of charge)
Politics, religion tangled up in lawsuit
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
Religion and Law Weekly – Continuing threads #2
(David Pocklington)
Religious exemption at some Florida children's homes shields prying eyes
(Alexandra Zayas, Tampa Bay Times)
Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid al-Adha
(The White House)
Texas association in Shabbat hoops controversy with Beren Academy adopts new policy
(JTA)
The Bones of Richard III – Leicester, York, or Worksop?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The European left and its trouble with Jews
(Colin Shindler, The New York Times)
Vatican synod warns of "eclipse" of faith in rich countries
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Afghanistan: Suicide bombing at mosque kills 41 during Eid Al-Adha celebration
(Amir Shah, Associated Press via Huffington Post)
Deadly attacks hit Iraq as Muslims mark Eid festival
(Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN)
Egypt: Male activists try to stop sex harassment during Muslim holiday
(Maggie Fick, Associated Press)
Ethiopia Muslims accuse government of religious meddling
(Jenny Vaughan, AFP)
Fears for thousands after 'near total destruction' of Myanmar city's Muslim quarter
(NBC News)
Jehovah's Witness who needed bloodless transplant dies
(Brad Cooper, Kansas City Star)
Kentucky’s religious-freedom clause equals First Amendment protections, state Supreme Court rules in Amish buggy case
(Peter Smith, Courier Journal)
Mahama commends Ghanaians for religious tolerance
(Daily Guide)
The nuns not on the bus
(Mark Oppenheimer, Religion & Politics)
Friday, 26 October 2012
Addressing Assembly, UN expert urges States to do more to protect the right of religious conversion
(UN News Centre)
Advancing freedoms of expression and religion in the Islamic world
(Ambassador Ukuk Gokcen, Huff Post Religion)
Alabama justice ousted over Ten Commandments monument poised to regain post
(Kaija Wilkinson, Reuters via WWRN)
America's religious past fades in a secular age
(David Aikman, The Wall Street Journal)
Amish lose in court but law grants buggy exemption
(BrettBarrpiqiere and Dylan Lovan, Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle)
Brazil's evangelical churches rewrite the rules of politics
(Vincent Bevins, Los Angeles Times)
CAIR features imam with ties to Hamas
(Joe Kaufman, Gatestone Institute)
China wants to stop profiteering at temple sites
(Louise Watt and Flora Ji, Associated Press, Huff Post World)
Church of England set for November 20 vote on women bishops
(Reuters)
Ethiopia Muslims accuse government of religious meddling
(Jenny Vaughan, AFP via Worldwide Religious News)
EU: the human rights choice
(Austin Bencini, Times of Malta)
Gay marriage pits laymen against religious hierarchy
(Esmé E. Deprez and William Selway, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Imams’ trial tests Bulgaria’s religious tolerance
(Krasimir Yankov , Washington Times)
Is religious freedom really primary?
(Peter Manseau, New York Times)
Liberman: Reduce factions, religion's role in gov't
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Massachusetts high court to hear Pledge of Allegiance challenge
(Fox News)
Missionaries rescue trafficked Koreans in China
(Jason Strother, Deutsche Welle)
Modern Christianity in the Holy Land
(Rev. Hanna Kildani, Ph. D., Web Site)
My Take: Muslims must engage politically, look outside themselves
(Imam Khalid Latif, CNN Belief Blog)
Myanmar violence toll surges as troops fire to stop clashes
(Reuters)
On holiday of sacrifice, many Syrians cannot celebrate
(Salma Abdelaziz, CNN)
Religion and belief diversity as social capital rather than a trigger for increasing social tension and violence
(Press Release, CEJI)
Religious freedom at the Wall is a right, not an option
(Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz)
Sixth Circuit: Michigan can ban anti-Islam ads from buses
(Joe Palazzolo, Wall Street Journal)
Sudan vows no retreat from supporting Hamas in aftermath of Israeli 'aggression'
(allAfrica.com)
Suicide bomber at Afghan mosque shatters holiday that celebrates peace
(Masoud Popalzai and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN)
This Liberty Mutual commercial mixes theology and politics
(Sally Steenland, Center for American Progress)
Tiny Amish Mullet sect clings together after beard-cutting convictions
(John Caniglia, Religion News Service, Huff Post Religion)
UK mother fails in Court of Appeal bid to halt her children’s adoption by homosexuals
(Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews)
Utah couple’s Mormon mission: Ease Syrian suffering
(James Stack, The Salt Lake Tribuned)
Votes for prisoners and “law & religion”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
We rallied for religious freedom. What does this mean?
(Monica Migliorino Miller, Stand Up for Freedom)
Why saving the Human Rights Act will be good for your health
(Alice Donald, UK Human Rights Blog)
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Fiancée fights for her right to a Scientology wedding in landmark legal bid to overturn 'unfair' marriage laws in England and Wales
(Jerome Taylor, The Independent )
A promising victory in the EU Parliament
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
A Reform rabbi in the Knesset? Gilad Kariv, head of Israeli Reform, is mulling a run
(Ben Sales, JTA)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya of Burma and the challenge of faith
(Akbar Ahmed and Harrison Akins, The Washington Post)
Azerbaijan: Is confiscating religious literature censorship?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Brazilian authorities deny Indians planning mass suicide
(Fox News Latino, Worldwide Religious News)
Defending the Faith: Don't blame religion for world's ills
(Daniel Peterson, Deseret News)
France gives Burkina Faso planes to tackle Mali Islamist threat
(Reuters)
Freedom of speech: Law and 'Innocence of Muslims'
(Lucie Hecquer, Trevor Asserson, The Jerusalem Post)
In Texas, a sis boom bad ruling
(Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears
(Qassim Abdul-Zahara and Schreck, Associated Press)
Jerusalem's secular Israel minority showing life
(Lauren E. Bohn, Associated Press via WWRN)
Judge delays Metzitzah B’Peh consent form requirement following Orthodox lawsuit
(Sholom Schreiber, The Jewish Voice)
Libya: UN independent experts condemn destruction of Sufi religious sites in Libya
(AllAfrica.com)
Marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mautner on religion in politics
(Lawrence B. Solum, Legal Theory Blog)
Most French see Islam too influential in society: poll
(Reuters, Worldwide Religious News)
Paul Kurtz, 86, Humanist publisher, dies
(Bruce Weber, The New York Times)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Putin urges tougher control over ‘mushrooming’ cults
(RT)
Religious Liberty Report: India and Africa show bad standing (VIDEO)
(Aid to the Church in Need, Rome Reports, YouTube)
Romanian cleric served as Communist informant
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)
Syrian pilgrims raise rebel flag at haj as mufti calls for unity
(Mahmoud Habboush, Reuters via WWRN)
The Passover Amendment: should legislators meet on religious holidays?
(Michael Lee Pope, The Connection News)
Uruguay bishops say lawmakers who support abortion are excommunicated
(Catholic News Agency)
US: Judge must deny Hobby Lobby morning-after case
(Tim Talley, Associated Press )
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Bosnians elect their first Hijab-wearing mayor
(Aida Cerkez, Associated Press)
Can civil religion unite America?
(Benjamin J. Hubbard, The Orange County Register)
Chicago Declaration gathers support for religious freedom
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)
Christians’ letter was reasonable, worded sensitively
(Brant Rosen, JTA)
Church of Scientology launches marriage rights bid
(The Telegraph)
Court of Appeals won't hear same-sex marriage challenge
(Jaleesa Baulkman, Legislative Gazette)
Entire Indian tribe threatens to commit mass suicide after Brazil court rules they must leave sacred burial land
(Daily Mail)
Europe must help Mali against Islamist rebels: Germany
(Alexandra Hudson and Jon Hemming, Reuters)
First blood: Rocket war intensifying on Israel's south, 3 injured, Hamas claims responsibility
(Aryeh Savir and Anav Silverman, Jewish Press)
Grand Chamber hearing for ‘optional celibacy’ priest’s human rights complaint against Spain
(Human Rights Europe)
India: Archbishop among 55 issued notice on Kandhamal violence
(UCA News via Eurasia Review)
Jews rally round woman arrested for praying at Western Wall
(National Post)
Kazakhstan: Pressure on founders to deny re-registration?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Liberty Institute sends letter to HHS to clarify Family Research Council's requirements under the HHS mandate
(Family Research Council, PR Newswire via Sacramento Bee)
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