Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
The challenge to the HHS mandate intensifies
(Jay Sekulow, ACLJ, The Moral Liberal)
Vote on female bishops leaves Anglicans in crisis
(Alan Cowell and John F. Burns, The New York Times Europe)
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
4th Circuit says no to prisoner's outdoor worship circle request
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Appeals court hears arguments over worship in NY public schools
(Joseph Ax, Thomson Reuters News & Insight)
Atheists ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on 'God' in Kentucky law
(Peter Smith, Courier-Journal)
Church of England blocks move to approve female bishops
(Associated Press, USA Today)
Conservative legal group advises Christian clerks on gay marriage licenses
(Jillian Rayfield, Salon)
Dies illa – Synod votes ‘No’ to ordination of women as bishops and archbishops
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Egypt liberals quit assembly drafting constitution
(Tamim Elyan, Reuters)
Federal Court: Hobby Lobby must violate its faith and pay for abortion-pills
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Indonesia's terrorist groups have fractured but their grievances remain
(Aymeric Janier, The Guardian)
Ireland: Shirking responsibility
(Opinion, Irish Times)
Islamic hardliners announce fatwa on Malala Yousafzai
(New York Daily News)
Judge: Closely held corporation is the religious "alter-ego" of its owners
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Kenyan church leaders say laws would weaken marriage
(Fredrick Nzwili, Washington Post)
Maryknoll: Vatican has dismissed Roy Bourgeois from order
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Murder case against a Sheik tests Senegal’s new president
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)
Name of Israel's anti-Hamas operation has biblical meaning
(Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog)
New Coptic Orthodox pope installed to lead church in Islamist-run Egypt
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters FaithWorld)
Obama speaks in Burma about religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan drops blasphemy case against Christian girl
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Renowned academic circles at a symposium in Italy requested that the Macedonian authorities immediately release Archbishop Jovan
(Romefea.gr, via POA-info.org)
Representatives of denominations have considered problems of legislative support for religious freedom (PHOTO)
(Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Same-sex marriage opponents find a new fight
(Eleanor Barkhorn, The Atlantic)
Santa Monica nativity scenes at Palisades Park will be no more, rules federal judge
(Gillian Flaccus, Huff Post Religion)
Singapore Muslims, government call for ceasefire in Gaza
(Mariam Yuan, Bikyamasr)
The ECtHR and transsexual “same-sex” marriage
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Woman hits 'like' on Facebook, gets arrested in India
(Shivam Vij, The Christian Science Monitor)
Monday, 19 November 2012
4 killed in religious riots in central Nigeria
(Ibrahim Abdul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Abu Qatada planning to sue UK government for £10 million, demanding compensation for 'extended mistreatment'
(John Hall, The Independent)
Abu Qatada, Facebook at work and prisoner votes – The Human Rights Roundup
(Daniel Isenberg, UK Human Rights Blog)
America's religious left
(Jonathan Neuman, Jewish Ideas Daily)
An Arab view ... (Opinion)
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
An outgunned Hamas tries to tap Islamists' growing clout
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Mayy El Sheikh, The New York Times)
Asean leaders ink declaration
(Mergawati Zulfakar, The Star)
Bahrain: Ministry warns against abusing Ashura ceremonies
(GulfNews.com)
Battle over coastal Christmas display goes to LA court
(Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press, ABC News)
Blasphemy charges filed over gay Jesus play in Greece
(Karolina Tagaris, Reuters)
British Parliament hosts conference on religious tolerance
(Vatican Radio)
Brussels bans annual Christmas tree display – It may offend Muslims
(Jim Hoft, The Gateway)
Calif. churches ask court to restore nativity displays
(Doug Stanglin, USA Today)
Church demolished: Russia's fading religious freedom
(George Thomas, CBN News)
Church of England nears vote on female bishops
(Robert Barr, ABC News)
Ecumenical Patriarch approves election of new Metropolitan of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in USA
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ecumenical Patriarch names condition for unification of Ukrainian churches in one national church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
EgyptAir stewardesses begin wearing hijab
(Daily Times (Pakistan))
EU praises Tanzania govt’s handling of simmering religious tensions
(Mkinga Mkinga, The Citizen)
Fla. church encourages fugitives to surrender
(Associated Press via Sun Herald)
Gains in global marriage equality campaigns
(Karl Hand, Green Left)
India: Catholic newspaper's office gutted
(UCAN, Eurasia Review)
Ireland: Abortion issue must be clarified by Irish government without delay
(Amnesty International)
Ireland's moment of truth
(Karen Kissane, The Age, National Times (Australia))
Islamic charter school requests $1.2 Million
(Robert Kahn, Courthouse News Service)
Judge allows religious company to reject Obamacare contraceptive coverage for time being
(Associated Press via Washington Post)
Nigeria: Traditional rulers against tradition
(Editorial, All Africa)
No pro-life Catholic need apply to European Commission: gay and abortionist groups
(Hilary White, LifeSiteNews)
Oklahoma judge sentences teen to church for 10 years
(Christina Lopez, ABC News)
On the freedom of the concepts of religion and belief
(Yvonne Sherwood, The Immanent Frame)
Primary school teachers 'could face sack' for refusing to promote gay marriage
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Rebgong burnings raise tensions
(Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)
Religion and Law roundup: 18th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious intolerance on the rise in Asia
(Dinouk Colombage, Huff Post World)
Religious violence feared after bus bombing in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor)
Sikh religion joining California universities' curriculum
(Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times)
Tyndale’s Obamacare mandate injunction hinges on self-insurance
(Charles McAlpin, Examiner.com)
Ukraine: Secretariat of Council of Churches to prepare address to Parliament
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
William and Mary President Reveley awarded for First Amendment support
(The Virginia Gazette)
World's biggest Bible publisher? China
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)
Sunday, 18 November 2012
French protests against gay marriage bill
(BBC News)
Saturday, 17 November 2012
All eyes on 'game-changer' Welby as Church faces final showdown on women bishops
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Anti-gay marriage marchers take to French streets
(Associated Press)
Arguments scheduled for college's contraception lawsuit
(Amanda Memrick, Gaston Gazette)
Bal Thackeray dead: Indian Hindu hardliner dies at 86 of cardio-respiratory arrest
(Rajesh Shah, Huffington Post)
Boss wrong to demote man over anti-gay-marriage Facebook post
(Kelly Fiveash, The Register)
Expert (Tom Farr) finds religious freedom a matter of national security
(Hillary Senour, Catholic News Agency)
Graduate schools' political leanings concern some students
(Menachem Wecker, US News)
Illegal to encourage values?
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Lennon Cihak, Minnesota teen, denied confirmation for supporting gay marriage on Facebook
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huff Post Religion)
Social media, employment, religious views and freedom of speech
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
South Carolina Episcopalians break away from U.S. church
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
Friday, 16 November 2012
Is Egypt going backward on religious freedom?
(Wahid Abdel Meguid. Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Monitor)
Report: White Christian voters no longer hold keys to the White House
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)
'Taken to task for doing nothing wrong': worker demoted for opposing gay marriage was unlawfully punished, judge rules
(Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph)
"Islam needs a fair chance in Germany"
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
10 Commandments monument in place at Okla. Capitol
(Sean Murphy, The Associated Press)
Abu Qatada: in the public interest
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
Activists say blame doctors, not religion for Indian woman's death in Ireland
(IBN Live (India))
At Yale lecture, Ban reiterates key role of two-state solution in Middle East peace process
(UN News Centre)
Atheists sue IRS for failure to monitor church politicking
(Kimberly Winston, The Washington Post)
Baha’is in Egypt
(Lucy Provan, Egypt Daily News)
Being outside the ECHR does not make a country a "pariah"
(Matthew Grayling, Tory Diary)
Christian housing manager wins freedom of speech case
(Christian Concern)
Civilisation and religion
(Muhammad Ali, Dawn.com (Pakistan))
Death of Indian woman forces Ireland to confront abortion taboo
(Dara Doyle and Colm Heatley, Bloomberg Businessweek)
Demoted Christian wins legal fight in UK
(BreakingNews.ie)
Egypt: Coptic women attacked on the metro
(Fady Salah, Egypt Daily News)
European Court of Human Rights rules on transsexual case
(Marilyn Stowe Blog)
European press focuses on religion
(Derek Scally, Irish Times)
Few get political messages at church
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)
Franklin Graham was 'shocked' to find Mormonism is a cult article on BGEA site
(Lillian Kwon, The Christian Post)
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