Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 19 October 2012
Governments must protect religious freedom – OpEd
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Eurasia Review)
Holy schism emerges over pot legalization in Colorado, with clergy taking both sides
(AP, Washington Post)
Honing anti-Semitism in France and Sweden
(Shoshana Bryen, Gatestone Institute)
In same-sex marriage fight, Catholic Church gives more than $1 million, human rights campaign reports
(Lila Shapiro, Huffington Post)
Ireland’s 1st abortion clinic opens to protests in the mostly Catholic and Protestant country
(AP, Daily News)
Irish referendum part of a global campaign against the family
(John Smeaton, LifeSiteNews)
Kazakhstan: Criminal investigation, "hallucinogenic" communion drink, "extremist" books?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Lebanon blast: Car bombing in Beirut kills eight
(Caroline Anning, BBC News)
Mali Islamists destroy tombs in Timbuktu
(Amir Ahmed, CNN)
Member of Russian punk rock band takes case to European Court
(Voice of America)
NY federal appeals court becomes 2nd in nation to strike down Defense of Marriage Act
(Larry Neumeister, Associated Press via The Washington Post)
OIC head takes global blasphemy ban off the table, member nations pursue policy
(Press Release, Human Rights First)
Pakistan: Malala Yousafzai is just one of many school-age victims
(Eurasia Review)
Prelates speak about Islam as synod discussion concludes; Cardinal Pell rues decline of fasting
(Catholic World News, CatholicCulture.org)
President Obama's Department of Justice once again rejects protection for religious liberty
(Jodan Lorence, Christian Post Opinion)
Religious leaders urged the President of Ukraine to veto amendments to Law on Freedom of Conscience
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Saudi Arabia plans female religious police
(BBC News)
Tanzania sees tension and unrest after arrest of Muslim leader
(Eurasia Review)
Texas judge, siding with cheerleaders, allows Bible verses on banners at school games
(Manny Fernandez, The New York Times)
The need for establishing a national human rights institution in the UAE
(Gyan Basnet and Mansoor Hassan Albalooshi, Eurasia Review)
Turkish pianist Fazil Say goes on trial accused of insulting Islam on Twitter
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
U.S. ambassador confirms meeting with Tibetans in western China
(Edward Wong, New York Times)
Why we stay away from the interfaith roundtable
(Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein, Jewish Press)
Thursday, 18 October 2012
‘EU no longer safe haven for Christians; 200 million persecuted’
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewLife)
30 people killed after Muslim herdsmen attack Christian village in Nigeria
(Akintunde Akinleye, RT)
Attacker of Pakistani schoolgirl was held, freed in 2009: sources
(Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Reuters)
B&B owner who turned away gay couple claims religious freedom under attack in home
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Buddhist monks march in Myanmar and thwart OIC Islamic office plan
(Reuters)
Canada: Catholic school funding unconstitutional, woman argues in court challenge
(Allison Jones, National Post)
Droits de l’homme et Christianisme (3) : La négation de la dimension social de la religion
(Grégor Puppinck, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Egypt teacher fired for cutting girls' uncovered hair
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)
Egypt’s Islamist revival most evident at the grass roots
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
Gay couple win Berkshire B&B refusal case
(BBC News England)
Georgia gun group files Supreme Court appeal of ban on guns in ‘places of worship’
(Rhonda Cook, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
HHS Mandate: Update on legal battle
(Quin Hillyer, The American Spectator)
In France, Marseille Jews look to Paris and worry that their calm may be fleeting
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
In Geneva, IP and the Catholic Church are a match made in heaven
(Maricel Estavillo, Intellectual Property Watch)
Ireland: Jehovah's Witness objects to wife's blood transfusion
(BBC News)
Major publishers protest Saudi textbook content
(Nina Shea, National Review Online)
Malala: Is Pakistan externalizing an internal problem?
(D Suba Chandran, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies)
Muslim lobbyist represents U.S. at European Human Rights Conference
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Nuns on the Bus meet Tea Party protests in Ohio
(David Gibson, Huffington Post)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Salafists destroy ancient Morocco carvings: NGO
(AFP)
Swedish court corrects national law, supports religious freedom, human rights
(Baila Olidort, Chabad Lubavitch World HQ / News)
This rabbi is against rabbis for Obama/Romney
(Rabbi David Wolkenfeld, Huffington Post)
Top official: Venice Commission accepts Baku’s explanation over religious freedom legislation
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Top Turkish musician in court for insulting Islam
(Deutsche Welle)
Tunisian struggle with new freedom hits silver screen
(Raissa Kasolowsky, Reuters)
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
"In God We Trust" lawsuit dismissed
(Michael Thompson, KLTV)
"The right kind of jihad": Muslim champions of freedom
(Karen Lugo, Gatestone Institute)
Arab women in the middle east
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
Attack on Pakistani schoolgirl galvanizes anti-Taliban feeling
(Reza Sayah and Jethro Mullen, CNN)
Billy Graham site removes Mormon 'cult' reference after Romney meeting
(Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog)
Curia Cardinal Turkson causes uproar showing Muslim scare video at Vatican
(Naomi O'Leary and Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Droits de l’homme et Christianisme (2) : Une nouvelle conception des droits de l’homme
(Grégor Puppinck, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Egypt must free Christian held for blasphemy over film: Amnesty
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Egypt's non-Islamist forces take aim at draft constitutional articles
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)
Evangelical coalition rallies behind family planning
(Adelle M. Banks, Washington Post)
Frank Pavone update: Anti-abortion priest is back after a year of exile
(David Gibson, Huffington Post)
French cops fight terrorist cell In Paris as EU ponders Mali action
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)
Hindus critical Of Geneva conference on universe-origins for ignoring Hinduism
(Eurasia Review)
Iraqi Shiite militants fight for Syria's Assad
(Reuters)
Milwaukee Archdiocese, victims fail to reach bankruptcy settlement
(Annysa Johnson, The Journal Sentinel)
Protestant churches’ letter on Israel straining ties with Jews
(Neil Rubin, JTA)
Pulpit Freedom: Should churches endorse political candidates?
(Adam Cohen, Time)
Scotland, independence, wider constitutional implications and bishops in the Lords (again)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Texas AG Abbott to intervene in cheerleader suit over religious banners
(Peggy Fikac, Chron)
The case for religious-liberty litigation: A response to Professor Muñoz
(William J. Haun, National Review Online – Bench Memos)
The danger of banning anti-Zionist protests
(Wendy Kaminer, The Atlantic)
The religious liberty case against religious liberty litigation: Non-universal exemptions and judicial overreach
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, The Witherspoon Institute – Public Discourse)
Ukrainian Parliament tightened control over religious organizations
(Translation by Svitlana Sydorenko, Institute for Religious Freedom)
West's free speech stand bars blasphemy ban: OIC
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
EU and Turkey: Report impact is mixed
(Menekse Tokyay, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
120 legislators in 9 states launch religious freedom caucuses
(Kirsten Andersen, LifeSiteNews)
15 explosions, gunfire heard in northeast Nigeria city under siege by Islamist sect
(Associated Press, Washington Post)
2012 Religious Liberty Honor to Douglas Laycock
(J. Reuben Clark Law Socieyt)
Azerbaijan: One conscientious objector jailed, others called up
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Battle against abortion mandate now includes SBC ethics entity
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Bhutan bans religious activity ahead of election
(Vishal Arora, Associated Press via The Record)
Block NYC school policy, groups still urge
(Tom Strode, Erin Roach, Baptist Press)
Defending life, liberty part of the new evangelization, archbishop says
(Mark Zimmerman, Catholic News Service)
Holy See signs agreement with Equatorial Guinea
(Zenit)
Idea of the Day: ‘Religious liberty’ should not and cannot hide discrimination
(Center for American Progress)
Imran Khan says Taliban's 'holy war' in Afghanistan is justified by Islamic law
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Limits of freedom (opinion)
(Jamil Maidan Flores, The Jakarta Globe)
Mainstream media ignores thousands rallying at Religious Liberty Mass (VIDEO)
(kyoder, MRCTV)
Man jailed in France for veil-related attack
(Associated Press)
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
(Hrovje Hranjski and Jim Gomez, Associated Press via ABC News)
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
(Hrvoje Hranjski and Jim Gomez, Associated Press via ABC News)
Muslims protest outside Google offices over anti-Islam YouTube clip
(Hannah Furness and Jennifer O'Mahony, The Telegraph)
Of concerts and performances in churches and cathedrals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Political manipulation of religion and collapse of secular values – exclusive interview with Mustapha Tlili
(Yekaterina Kudashkina, The Voice of Russia)
Pussy Riot and WEIRD Values
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Religion, violence, and coexistence: An event marking International Religious Freedom Day
([Upcoming Event], United States Institute of Peace)
Religious passions run high over hijab ban
(Haji Kariuki, Daily Nation)
Salafism: Why ultra-conservative Islam is finding support in post-revolution Egypt
(Jenny Cuffe, BBC News)
Shielding Israel: Inter-faith dialogue, anybody?
(Stuart Littlewood, Palestine Chronicle)
Texas county continues prayer practice, institutes random selection policy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Texas values launches to preserve Texans’ faith, family and freedom
(Liberty Institute)
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