Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Not-so-safe harbor: Court allows archdiocese’s HHS mandate challenge to proceed
(Dominique Ludvigson, The Foundry)
Parliament bars Church of England from hosting gay weddings
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Partition, then and now
(Allan Arkush, Jewish Ideas Daily)
Plaintiffs in New Kensington 10 Commandments case allowed to stay unnamed
(Liz Hayes, Trib Live (PA))
Quebec court forces Catholic school to teach 'neutral' course on religion and morality
(Peter Baklinski, LifeSiteNews)
Religion in England and Wales 2011
(Office for National Statistics)
Religious freedom, not just for the religious
(Charles C. Haynes, The Washington Post)
Stanford Religious Liberty Clinic
(Stanford Law School)
The breakneck speed of Islamist transformation in Egypt
(Barry Rubin, Jewish Press)
The Roger Williams Code
(Ben Schreckinger, Slate)
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
'Choose Life' license plates ruled unconstitutional in North Carolina
(Joe Sutton, CNN Belief Blog)
A season of hope for religious freedom
(Dominique Ludvigson, The Bellingham Herald)
A vibrant, but different, future for religion in the U.S
(Frank Newport, The Washington Post)
Atheists around world suffer persecution, discrimination: report
(Robert Evans, Reuters)
Bishop launches attack on David Cameron over gay marriage
(Simon Johnson, The Telegraph)
Canada: Religious beliefs cannot trump right-to-live decisions, Supreme Court told
(Kirk Makin, The Globe and Mail)
Community education on Sikh religion continues
(Mark Schaaf, Caledonia Patch)
Coptic Christians asking free world to cut ties with Egypt under Morsi
(Alex Murashko, Christian Post)
Costa Salafis speak against Mursi, demand religion out of politics
(Al Arabiya News)
Daily, Daily – Parliament and Church interests
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ethics and Religion Talk: Jewish, Christian and Muslim views on divorce
(Matt Vande Bunte, M Live (Grand Rapids, MI))
Extreme anti-Islam posters to cover New York subway stations next week
(National Post)
Human Rights Day 2012: 4 of the worst human rights offenders are also on the UN Human Rights Council
(Patricia Levi, Policymic)
India: This time, caste trumps religion
(Vinod Sharma, Hindustan Times)
Inter-religious education essential for NZ schools
(Tapu Misa, The New Zealand Herald)
Iran arrests 28 over links to foreign-based TV networks advocating banned Baha’i religion
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks
(AP via ABC News)
Judge rules ‘Choose Life’ license plates violate the First Amendment
(Ben Johnson, Life Site News)
Kazakhstan: Mosques and churches forcibly closed
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
London rejects plan for mega-mosque
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Mayan apocalypse: panic spreads as December 21 nears
(Nick Allen, Malcolm Moore and Tom Parfitt, The Telegraph)
Metropolitan Hilarion calls on Orthodox Christians, Muslims to unite in fight against Wahabis
(Interfax-religion)
Morsi’s opponents describe abuse by president’s allies
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Muslim students look to shed light on religion, culture in first Muslim Monologues event
(Laura Blasey, The DiamondBack (University of Maryland))
My Take: Let's protect religious counselors amid 'conversion therapy' debate
(Gabe Lyons, CNN Belief Blog)
Northern Ireland’s Protestants fall below 50 percent of population for first time
(Reuters)
Religion and the state in Egypt: An intractable problem
(MENAFN - Arab News)
Religion in Great Britain, 2011
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious display? City says Rotary Lights do not cross line separating church and state
(Pat Anderson, La Cross Tribune (WI))
Religious reasons for supporting assisted dying
( Jonathan Romain, Huffington Post)
S. Africa's churches accuse Zuma, ANC of moral decay
(Ed Cropley, Reuters)
Same-sex marriage in England and Wales: the Government’s proposals
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Somali security forces ‘evict’ Al Shabaab from biggest town
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Threatened by faith in Santa Monica
(Michael Gortlieb, Los Angeles Times)
To protect religious freedom, the Supreme Court should abolish marriage as we know it
(Clay Farris Naff, Huffington Post)
Turkey's human rights record '12 - Part I
(BIA News)
Turkey's human rights record '12 - Part II
(BIA News)
Udupi: No religion preaches terrorism
(Sri Sugunendratirtha Swamiji, DaijiWorld.com)
UK government says it will legalize gay marriage, but bar Church of England from involvement
(AP via Washington Post)
UN Human Rights Council: new President will help promote human rights equitably
(UN News Centre)
UN urges Pacific action on human rights
(Radio Australia)
Video: Novak Award winner says religion inspires hope, creativity in crisis
(Michael Severance, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Working Paper: Two Concepts of Religious Freedom in the European Court of Human Rights
(Nehal Bhuta, Cadmus, European University Institute)
Monday, 10 December 2012
Archdiocese, parishes win key victory in bankruptcy
(Annysa Johnson, Journal Sentinel)
Both sides brace for Supreme Court battle on gay marriage
(Richard Wolf, Washington Post)
Call for religious freedom on human rights day
(Christian Today)
Canada’s witch trials: Fake sorcerers and sham psychics abound despite hundred-year-old law to protect people
(Tristin Hopper, National Post)
Censored: How European "Hate Speech" Laws Are Threatening Freedom of Speech
(Paul Coleman, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe)
Charities fight possible changes on tax deductions
(Jackie Kucinich, USA Today)
Comment: The world is silent while atheists are persecuted
(Andrew Copson, Politics.co.uk)
Egypt: Defeat would be a blow to Islamic state
(Richard Spencer, Sydney Morning Herald)
FBI releases 2011 hate crimes data; 19.8% are motivated by anti-religious bias
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
First AME Church files lawsuit against former pastor
(Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times)
France : vers un modèle de « laïcité à la chinoise » ?
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
François Hollande veut un "Observatoire de la laïcité"
(Natalia Trouiller, La Vie)
Germany: Image of Islam 'devastating'
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Government breaks promises on same-sex marriage in churches
(Christian Concern)
HMG and votes for prisoners: maybe not such a cunning plan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Human Rights Day celebrated by activists around the world (PHOTOS)
(Associated Press, Huff Post Impact)
Iran launches Islamic YouTube rival 'Mehr'
(Independent.ie)
More Leveson, Channel Islands Homosexuality and Gay Marriage – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sam Murrant, UK Human Rights Blog)
Muslim women face an uphill battle against prejudice to find work
( Myriam Francois-Cerrah, The Guardian)
Nick Herbert: Legalising same-sex marriage is ‘the right thing to do’
(Joseph Patrick McCormick, Pink News)
Nigerian forces arrest 28 suspected Islamists in Kano
(Chukwuemeka Madu, Tim Cocks, Myra MacDonald, Reuters)
Opponents of Egypt’s leader call for Boycott of charter vote
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Pakistan won't allow religious extremism: PM
(IANS, News Track India)
Poland's 'baby hatches' leave vulnerable mothers exposed
(Sophia Deboick, The Guardian)
Religion and Law roundup: 9th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Russia: Restrictions on Falun Gong
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Secret church files on abusive LA priests could soon see light of day
(Gillian Flaccus, Huffington Post)
Sectarian conflict kills at least 17 in northern Lebanon in spillover of Syrian civil war
(Josh Wood, New York Times)
Strasbourg, defamation, press freedom and allegations of sexual misconduct
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Trial exposes shadowy chasidic 'modesty committees'
(Hella Winston, The Jewish Week)
Vietnam breaks up anti-China protest
(Chris Brummitt, Associated Press)
World’s most dangerous religion: Atheists face worldwide persecution – IHEU report
(RT)
Trinity Wall Street awards $250,000 grant to expand veterans services
(Episcopal News Service)
Saturday, 8 December 2012
"Argo" and Hollywood's Muslim problem
(Fouad Pervez, Foreign Policy in Focus)
Africa struggles with impact of small arms proliferation
(Addis Ababa, World Council of Churches)
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st Patois Bible
(David Mcfadden, Associated Press)
Americans recognize Obamacare's religious liberty problem
(Sarah Torre, The Foundry)
Bahrain: Shiite clerics must 'prohibit' violence
(Reem Khalifa, Associated Press)
Bishops urge Catholics to pray for life, marriage, religious liberty
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Burma: US officials meet monks, protesters behind monastery’s closed doors
(Aye Nai, Democratic Voice of Burma)
Court says Nativity is expression of free speech on public land
(Jake Jones, Examiner.com)
Death penalty in Saudi Arabia
(Khalid Alnowaiser, Arab News)
Death penalty serves as a deterrent
(Safi H. Jannaty, Arab News)
For Amish, fastest-growing faith group in US, life is changing
(Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor)
Freedom of religion - for whom?
(European University Institute)
Gays debate: Culture vs religion
(Veneranda Langa, NewsDay)
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