Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Row escalates over sacred fire
(Lorraine Kazondovi, New Era)
Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses charged with extremism
(The Moscow Times)
Russian prosecutors ask for 3 years in punk case
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Sikhs plan memorials after Wisconsin temple shootings
(Gary Warth, North County Times (CA))
Small, tight-knit Wisconsin Sikh community shocked by shooting
(Reuters)
Tehran's religious powder keg in Syria
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)
The Sikh community stands apart, intentionally
(David Mason, The Washington Post)
Trademark infringement case sees North American pastor imprisoned
(Elizabeth Lechleitner, Adventist News Network)
US calls for greater religious freedom in Egypt, other Mideast states
(Bassem Aly, Ahram Online)
Vatican crackdown: Vatican II at heart of dispute between American nuns and Catholic church
(Kim Lawton, Religion & Ethics News Weekly, Huff Post Religion)
Vatican says religious liberty under attack in America
(John Rossomando, Red Alert Politics)
Veiled French Muslim woman charged with inciting riot
(Agence France Presse)
Zimbabwe Anglicans barred from shrine again
(ENInews)
Monday, 6 August 2012
Barred by Muslim countries, Rohingya Muslims sneaking into India – analysis
(B. Raman, Eurasia Review)
Bishops urge Congress to act on religious liberty crisis in health care before year's end
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Burmese gov’t maintains restrictions on religious freedom: US
(Mizzima News)
Church that refused to marry black couple releases apology
(Jeffrey Elizabeth Copeland, CNN Belief Blog)
Clinton hails gay rights activists in wary Uganda
(Writing by Andrew Quinn and James Macharia; Editing by Andrew Osborn, Reuters)
Demonstrators hold Vietnam's 1st gay pride parade
(Associated Press)
Diversity and equality throw up difficult issues – and we want your views on them
(David Woods, HR Magazine)
Estonia to change shechitah law but says no ban is planned
(JTA)
Gay couple married in US feted at Malaysia Banquet
(Sean Yoong, Associated Press)
German bishop calls for blasphemy laws
(The Local (Germany))
Hindus ask world museums-galleries to examine and return stolen Hindu artifacts to temples
(Eurasia Review)
Joplin mosque razed in fire; 2nd blaze this summer
(Associated Press)
London Olympics and Sunday shopping
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Marriage, mental capacity and sharia: a clash of religious and cultural norms
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Myanmar ‘massacres’: OIC wants fact-finding mission
(Arab News)
New religious sects: Cults or ‘churches’?
(Mitia, The Times of Zambia)
Philippine school bans Muslim hijab
(AFP via International Herald Tribune)
Riyadh deports 35 Ethiopian Christians for praying
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post )
Rohingya Muslims 'persecuted' after Myanmar crackdown: report
(Martin Petty, Chicago Tribune)
Saudi King invites Iran president for summit in Makkah
(Arab News)
Schools burned as sect tightens grip on Mexico’s ‘New Jerusalem’
(Pablo Perez, The Jakarta Globe)
Seven dead in shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin
(Brendan O'Brien, Reuters)
Sikhism: 5 things to know about the Sikh religion
(Huffington Post)
Syria PM defects, accuses Assad regime of ‘genocide’
(Arab News)
Syria: Clashes in Damascus and Aleppo as 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted
(Al Bawaba News via Eurasia Review)
Syrian TV host kidnapped, executed by Islamists
(RT)
Temple spree leaves 7 dead
(Arian Campo-Flores and Caroline Porter, The Wall Street Journal)
Timeline: Islam in middle Tennessee
(The Tennessean)
TiZA, ACLU settle lawsuit
(Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio)
Trial nears in VT. civil union child custody case
(Wilson Ring, Associated Press)
Understanding the standoff in Mali
(Giorgio Cafiero, Foreign Policy in Focus)
USCIRF issues new report on constitutions of Muslim countries
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uzbekistan: "It is prohibited to keep such books at home"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Who was Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page?
(John Bacon, USA Today)
Wisconsin rampage stokes fear of religious intolerance in KC
(Robert A. Cronkelton, The Kansas City Star)
Saturday, 4 August 2012
A religious freedom election
(Wesley J. Smith, The Weekly Standard)
Al-Qaeda’s Russian trace in Spain?
(Polina Chernitsa, The Voice of Russia)
Buddhist activism and public policy: The International Network of Engaged Buddhists
(Matt Bieber, Huffington Post)
Chick-fil-A controversy shines light on company’s charitable giving
(Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog)
Egypt issues fatwa on Muslims who publicly ignore Ramadan fast
(Los Angeles Times)
Egypt's Christian leader lashes out at government
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Eibner: Islamic extremists threaten Syria’s Christians
(John Eibner, Washington Times)
Government pressure on religious groups growing in US, says archbishop
(Catholic Free Press)
Islamist warns Russia after claiming cleric killing
(Dmitry Zaks, Agence France Presse)
Japan: Abduction and deprivation of freedom for the purpose of religious de-conversion
(Report, Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Miami schools backs down; church eviction threat dropped
(Florida Baptist Witness)
Missouri to vote on prayer amendment
(Tim Townsend, USA Today)
Students petition against religious liberty lawsuit
(Kristen Durbin, The Observer)
SVSU law instructor, attorney: Courts could go either way on Frankenmuth cross
(Lindsay Knake, Michigan Live)
Tunisia: Prison, fines for offending ‘sacred values’
(Human Rights Watch, Bikya Masr)
UN, US officials warn Mali crisis could spill over
(John Heilprin, AJC)
USCIRF issues new study of OIC country constitutions
(USCIRF)
Viet Nam policies ensure religious freedom
(VietNamNet Bridge)
Violence erupts at anti-Islam protest in Sweden
(Associated Press)
Will Vietnam legalize gay marriage?
(Andrew Lam, AsianWeek)
Friday, 3 August 2012
Al-Aqsa security tightened by Israel as Palestinians make Ramadan pilgrimage - video
(The Guardian)
Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
(Samia Nakhoul, Reuters)
At first meeting, President's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships takes up issue of human trafficking
(Joshua Dubois, The White House)
B&B accommodation – Discrimination in Canada and England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Baha'i citizens arrested in Iran
(Radio Zamaneh)
Bryant: 'Unfortunate' church blocked black wedding
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)
China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims
(Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
China responds to US criticism on religious rights: Don't 'meddle' in our policies
(NBC News and wire reports)
Concessions to Muslim law in Saudi woman controversy undermines the Olympics
(Bob Taylor, Washington Times)
Does the contraception mandate really kill religious freedom?
(David Gibson, Huffington Post)
Egypt: 120 Christian families flee their homes following death of a Muslim
(Michael Ireland, Continental News)
Girl of 10 can choose to convert from Judaism to Christianity, judge rules
(Martin Beckford, The Telegraph)
Islamic banking may enter Morocco
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Judging the role of religion (or not) in law
(Science Codex)
Obama Administration gives free pass for faith-based groups to discriminate
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
RPT-Arab Islamist fighters eager to join Syria rebels
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)
Russian church slams US State Department's unfair criticism
(Milena Faustova, The Voice of Russia)
Russian human rights warrior: Rustem Valiullin
(Abdullah Rinat Muhametov, Onislam)
Russian Muslim community refutes U. S. Department of State report on religious freedom in Russia
(Interfax, Russia Beyond the Headlines)
Turkey: European Court of Human Rights again says Turkey violated human rights of conscientious objector
(War Resisters' International)
Turkey: Head of religious affairs calls for freedom of belief
(Anatolia News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Vietnam says US Religious Freedom Report is wrong
(Associated Press)
Thursday, 2 August 2012
'Supporting the good Lord' draws overflow crowds
(Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow)
170 law professors debunk 'religious freedom' argument in contraception debate
(Think Progress)
Austria’s Justice Minister gives legal clearance to resume religious circumcisions
(European Jewish Press)
Building a culture of religious freedom
(Archbishop Charles Chaput, National Catholic Register)
Burma: Government forces targeting Rohingya Muslims
(Eurasia Review)
Chicago Alderman: I will deny business permit because “there are consequences for [its owner's] statements and beliefs,” and they should include denial
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Chick-fil-A latest example of how same-sex marriage threatens religious freedom
(Thomas Messner, Culture Watch)
Christians tormented with music, then attacked
(Compass Direct News)
Exclusive Brethren group appeals against Charity Commission's refusal to grant charitable status
(Tim Tonkin, Third Sector)
French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
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