Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Court refuses to enforce Islamic premarital agreement that promised wife $677,000 in the event of divorce
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy )
Exclusive: U.S. groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician Wilders
(Anthony Deutsch and Mark Hosenball, Reuters)
Freedom of belief stirs controversy in Egypt constitutional debate
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Gabriel Vahanian, professor, dies at 85; was linked to ‘Death of God’ movement
(Paul Vitello, New York Times)
German Jews, Muslims unite to protest against circumcision ban
(Reuters, The Chicago Tribune)
Hamas to Israel: Stop the raids, we’re catching the Salafis responsible for rocket attacks
(Jacob Edelist, The Jewish Press)
In Latin America, Jewish communities are booming
(Diego Melamed, JTA)
Indian guru leads huge crowd in Argentina’s capital in mass meditation against violence
(Washington Post)
Islamic police publicly amputate five alleged bandits in Mali
(CTV News)
Jews question their future in Germany
(Spiegel Online)
Koppelman and Paulsen at St. John’s on September 27
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion)
Law and religion scholars: Attend this program!
(Paul Horwitz, PrawfsBlawg)
Mexico extradites San Jose mosque imam accused of Hezbollah membership
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press)
Morning Bell: Remembering 9/11 in a volatile world
(Amy Payne, The Foundry)
Parents worry about radicalisation in schools
(Khabar Southeast Asia)
Patriarch Kirill says Russian Orthodox Church under attack
(Nastassia Astrasheuskaya and Steve Gutterman, Reuters)
Relatives of 16 Muslim clerics slain in Mali seek answers; Mauritania calls killings odious
(Washington Post)
Russian authorities' shocking nighttime demolition of a Pentecostal church in Moscow
(Mark Adomanis, Forbes)
Spain: Muslim war on meter maids
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Sri Lanka youth pledge to ‘Nunca Mas’ mantra
(Salma Yusuf, Eurasia Review)
Syria conflict casts shadow over Pope Lebanon trip-envoy
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Terrorism and Palestinian statehood
(Alan M. Dershowitz, The Wall Street Journal via Gatestone Institute)
UN independent experts condemn destruction of Sufi religious sites in Libya
(UN News Centre)
Uzbekistan: Raid, beating, literature destruction – but fine annulled
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Was Cardinal Carlo Martini the last liberal Catholic bishop?
(Alessandro Speciale, Washington Post)
What happens when the two Israels meet
(Kfar Vradim, New York Times)
Monday, 10 September 2012
Are parliament’s theocrats about to have their day?
(Terry Sanderson, National Secular Society)
British Christians must find a louder voice
(Jenny McCartney, The Telegraph)
California Gov. Brown signs bill banning religious discrimination
(Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee)
EU expresses ‘great disappointment’ as Bosnia misses deadline for changes in the country’s constitution barring Jews and Roma from standing for high office
(European Jewish Press)
EU to raise Tibet's human rights issue with China
(Harold Mandel, examiner.com)
First-Person: Why blasphemy laws are wrong
(Russell D. Moore, Baptist Press)
Gordon Brown backs archbishop in sharia law row
(Riazat Butt & Louise Radnofsky, The Guardian)
In the face of the State: The Church too is a <em>res publica</em>, a public thing
(Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture.org)
Iraq attacks kill at least 92 as Sunni VP sentenced to death
(Voice of America)
Jihadists join fight, eye ‘Islamic state’
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Kazakhstan: Fears over latest Uzbek extradition case
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Muslim Americans reach out to Sikhs
(Craig Phillips, Common Ground News)
Nigeria: Regulate religion, for societal sanity
(Tope Fasau, allAfrica.com)
President declares weekend as days of prayer and remembrance for 9-11 victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion freedom bill by Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada signed into law
(The Reporter)
Religion, politics collide at interfaith Notre Dame forum
(Catherine M. Odell, National Catholic Reporter)
Religion's role in Arab Spring is promoting dignity, official says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Religion’s “return” to higher education
(Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, OUP Blog)
Rowan Williams admits failings over Church split
(Cassandra Vinograd, Huffington Post)
Siegel resigns as Palm Beach Democratic chair after Christians vs. Jews remark
(George Bennett, The Palm Beach Post)
Syria: Car bomb kills at Least 17, wounds over 40 in Aleppo
(Ria Novosti, Turkish Weekly)
The untold story of Iran's religious minorities
(Mark Hetfield, The Hill)
The World Association for Christian Communication: Supports gender aware journalism
(Maria Teresa Aveggio, WACC)
Saturday, 8 September 2012
A more religious world
(David Ignatius, The Washington Post)
Cardinal Dolan’s pro-life, pro-family prayer rocks the Democratic convention
(John Jalsevac, Life Site News)
Egypt town's Muslim-Christian unrest speaks to bigger challenges
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)
Iranian Christian pastor released from jail
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
Is Palestine a lost cause?
(Eurasia Review)
Is religion on the way out?
(Nigel Barber, Huffington Post)
More states challenge US anti-gay marriage law
(Associated Press)
Our View: Burmese Muslims face severe persecution
(Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George, Indy Star)
Our yawning religious divide
(Anna Williams, First Things)
Pakistan: Sunni militants killing Shias
(Devinder Kumar, Kabul Press)
Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy released on bail
(Reza Sayah and Nasir Habib, CNN)
Religion has big impact on how America gives
(Tony Spence, Catholic News Service)
Religious freedom rally in Garden City
(Patty Knap, examiner.com)
Religious right activists to rally against HHS mandate
(God Discussion)
Roll Call - Opinion: Lautenberg Amendment a lifeline for Iranian refugees
(Katrina Lantos Swett, USCIRF)
Sri Lanka: Bishops denounce human rights violations and education void
(MISNA)
The evolving politics of faith - OpEd
(Diane Winston, Los Angeles Times)
Today's public school students don't check religion at the door
(Charles Haynes, Pocono Record)
Violence in Assam: Resource wars, illegal migration or governance deficit?
(Shanthie Mariet D’Souza and Bibhu Prasad Routray, Eurasia Review)
Zuma: Religious sector must promote cohesion and family stability
(Mail & Guardian)
Friday, 7 September 2012
Are Christians really marginalised in this country?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Argument at the ECtHR: Highlights
(Mark L. Movsesian, CLR Forum)
Bishop Finn is found guilty of failing to report child abuse suspicions
(Mark Morris and Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star)
Christian registrar Lillian Ladele takes battle to European Court of Human Rights
(Andrew Johnson, Islington Tribune)
Christian summer camp in Shaanxi banned; more churches in Guangdong shut down, pastors apply for administrative review
(Radio Free Asia)
Closed: Last synagogue in Egypt
(Shiraz Maher, Gatestone Institute)
Crucifix law hits 'right balance'
(Press Association Ltd., The Bourne Local)
Ecclesiastical Law Journal publishes the final issue of the anniversary volume
(Cambridge University Press)
Even authoritarian Communist countries need religion
(Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest)
Exempting churches from anti-discrimination laws
(Frank Brennan, Eureka Street)
Family life according to the Brotherhood
(Mona El-Naggar, New York Times)
Fort Hood shooting suspect’s beard must be shaved, Military judge rules
(Manny Fernandez, The New York Times)
German public figures call for church unity
(Ruby Russell, ENI)
Indonesia’s Shiite minority feels the heat
(Endy Bayuni, Foreign Policy)
Islam's ancient divide fuels Middle East conflicts
(Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online)
It’s official: Feds OK Mont Vernon’s Jew Pond being renamed Carelton Pond
(David Brooks, Nashua Telegraph)
Marginalised Christians? Chaplin, Eweida, McFarlane and Ladele – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Northeastern University chaplain encouraged students to support convicted terrorists
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, JewishPress.com)
Pakistan urged to 'urgently' protect Shiites
(AFP)
Plan for suburban Detroit mosque draws resistance
(Jeff Karoub, Businessweek)
SD court upholds dismissal of school abuse lawsuit
(Sioux City Journal)
Syria's Christians support stability, not regime: church
(Rana Moussaoui, Arab News)
US State Department still refusing to say Jerusalem is capital of Israel
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, JewishPress.com)
Women, religion and free expression at core of burgeoning talks on Tunisia’s constitution
(Washington Post)
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Toews nixes Wiccan priest for B.C. prisoners
(The Canadian Press)
Analysis: Some Gulf rulers wary of U.S. shifts on Islamists, Iran
(Andrew Hammond and Rania El Gamal, Reuters)
Anonymity granted to Catholic donor opposed to marriage amendment, but amendment supporters object
(Dale Carpenter, Volokh Conspiracy )
Berlin says ritual circumcision legal, if performed by doctor
(Ofer Aderet, Haaretz)
Bishop: Catholic Church's credibility on abuse 'shredded'
(David Gibson, USA Today)
Carnage of Shia Muslims in Pakistan
(Dr. Ismail Salami, Press TV)
Christian girl hailed as 'daughter of nation' by senior Pakistani cleric
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
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