Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Religious threats to free speech in Britain and Poland
(National Secular Society)
Russia: Religious freedom survey, July 2012
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)
Scientology added to the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy
(Bob Adams, Church of Scientology International)
Scotland rejects cardinal’s call for gay-marriage referendum
(Catholic Culture.org)
The Herald: Redefining marriage is a ‘legal minefield’
(The Christian Institute)
Workshops for journalists on freedom of religion and expression in Armenia
(Public Radio of Armenia)
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
A debate over freedom, fear and facial hair in Egypt
(Steve Hendrix, The Seattle Times)
ACCU Update Newsletter - Summer 2012
Azerbaijan: New literature controls not "formally" about censorship
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Battle against Obama HHS mandate continues despite judge's ruling
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com)
Boy Scout ban on gays to continue
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times)
Christian concert back on again – despite threatened suit
(Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Creationist groups win Michael Gove's approval to open free schools
(Jeevan Vasagar, Guardian)
Cross vs. Constitution: Symbol of faith brings Dugger, Indiana community to arms
(Alex Campbell, IndyStar)
Czechs close to compensating churches
(K.S., The Economist)
Dutch and Muslim are not mutually exclusive
(Marianne Vorthoren, Common Ground News Service)
Germany sees rising threat from militant Islamists
(Frank Jordans, Associated Press)
How political correctness towards Islam is transforming British education
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Il Senato approva in via definitiva l’Intesa con la Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni
(Sala Stampa Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni)
Indian Christians forced into Hindu worship, driven from homes
(Compass Direct News)
Jihadists’ fierce justice drives thousands to flee Mali
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)
Miss. abortion clinic may be on way to closing
(Jeff Amy, Associated Press)
Mofaz: I hoped PM would go beyond 'petty politics'
(Lahav Harkov and Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post )
Murfreesboro mosque sues for right to celebrate Ramadan
(Bob Smietana, The Tennessean)
Officials turn blind eye as religious tensions rise in Indonesia
(Sara Schonhardt, The New York Times)
OIC rejects new Israeli claim on Al-Aqsa
(Arab News)
One HHS mandate case dismissed, Don’t read too much into it
(Kyle Duncan (Becket Fund), National Review Online)
Ramadan fast poses challenge for Muslim Olympians
(Omar Sacirbey, Washington Post)
Reding: Commission will continue efforts for religious freedom in Cyprus
(Famagusta Gazette)
Religion and polio in Pakistan: Finding the cure
(Kathyrn Salucka, World Policy Blog)
Religious Freedom: Once more, with feeling
(Jason Pitzl-Waters, Patheos)
Religious Israeli lawmaker tears up New Testament
(Associated Press)
Russia: Stop extradition to Uzbekistan
(Human Rights Watch)
Schools deny girls cervical cancer jabs on religious grounds
(Guardian)
Syrian Catholic leaders call for united efforts by world community
(CathNews USA)
The Messenger Matters
(Rev. Craig B. Mousin, ACCU)
The new religious intolerance: An interview with Martha Nussbaum
(David V. Johnson, Boston Review)
Turkish women push back against abortion limits
(Jennifer Hattam, UPI.com)
UN: Stop Stoning Globally - Statement by Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers
(Violence Is Not Our Culture)
Virginia anti-gay adoption law takes effect
(Michael K. Lavers, Washington Blade)
Wheaton College backs, rabbi blasts birth-control fight
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today)
Wheaton College sues over HHS mandate
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
An Islamic School for Girls
(Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix, New York Times)
Anglican leader calls for an end to Bible study in New Zealand schools
(ONE News, WWRN)
Archbishop Jovan sentenced again; Macedonian judiciary 'killing the religious freedoms'
(Announcement, Orthodox Ohrid Archbishop)
Confusion on religious liberties revealed
(Charles C. Haynes, DelmarvaNow.com)
Gaza Christians hold rare protest over 'forcible conversions' of two to Islam
(Diaa Hadid, Associated Press )
Jehovah's Witness heart patients do well without blood transfusions
(CBC News)
Justice Department supporting inmates' position in ceremonial tobacco lawsuit in South Dakota
(Dirk Lammers, Associated Press via The Republic)
Justifying religious freedom: Three observations
(Mark L. Movsesian, CLR Forum)
Leading lawyer arrested in UAE clampdown on dissidents
(Raissa Kasolowsky and Rania El Gamal, Reuters)
Pennsylvania city votes to remove nativity scene
(Michael McGuire, Examiner.com)
Reaction mixed to Episcopal Church's approval of same-sex rites
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service via ENINews)
Religious charity on Philadelphia homeless feeding ban: 'We're going to break the law'
(Jessica Prois, Huff Post Impact)
Rocket attack on Muslim school in Nigeria kills 1
(Associated Press)
Row over Kader Khan's movie
(Times of India)
Russian patriarch calls for reconciliation in ceremony at massacre site
(Sophia Kishkovsky, ENInews)
Saudi Arabia: Calls to free editor held under Cybercrime Law
(Eurasia Review)
Scottish cardinal calls for referendum on same-sex 'marriage'
(David Kerr, Catholic News Agency)
Seventh-day Adventists file suit over door-to-door solicitations
(Kent Faulk, Washington Post)
Shiite’s conviction raises concerns about intolerance
(Ahmad Pathoni, The Wall Street Journal)
Squabbles in Egypt court ahead of key ruling
(Associated Press )
Supreme Court asked to review Edie Windsor’s challenge to “Defense of Marriage Act”
(Press Release, ACLU)
Supreme Court urges people to look for new moon on Thursday
(Arab News)
The Future of Islamism in Indonesia: Neo-or-post-Islamism?
(Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, RISIS Commentaries)
Witnesses: man in Mali gets 50 lashes for drinking
(Baba Ahmed, Associated Press )
Monday, 16 July 2012
After attacks, Kenyan Muslims guard Christian churches
(Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor)
America: ICSA annual conference on “sect issues”: a step towards dialogue rather than confrontation
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
As refugees flee Islamists in Mali, solutions are elusive
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)
Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop of Vinh on an attack against Catholics at mass
(Zenit)
Boston church prays for pastor abducted in Egypt
(Bizuayehu Tesfaye and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Chaplains say few have left military service ministries over repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
(Associated Press, Yakima Herald)
China probing bishop who quit government church
(Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press)
Clinton snubbed by Egyptian Christian leaders
(Larry Clifton, Digital Journal)
Debate reignites over religion at Air Force Academy
(Chris Lisee, Religion News Service, The Washington Post)
EU and religious leaders discuss solidarity between generations
(Anca Gurzu, Europolitics)
Freedom of speech, UFOs and The Sun
(Nelson Jones, New Statesman)
German court’s move to ban circumcision unites religions
(Anatolia News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)
Haiti constitutional amendments finally take effect
(Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters)
In current climate, religious tolerance is being redefined
(Rev. Paul R. Fisher, Penn Live.com)
Interfaith report: Poverty and injustice drive Nigeria’s sectarian violence
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Medics attack religious leaders over HIV/AIDS
(Jeff Andrew Lule, New Vision)
Mob violence victim could be 1st S. African saint
(Donna Bryson, Associated Press)
Polish bishops raise questions over European convention
(News from Poland)
Religion in politics [Pakistan]
(Huma Yusuf, Dawn.com)
Saudi Arabia considers law against insulting Islam
(Asma Alsharif, Reuters)
Under the First Amendment, religious freedom favors none, protects all
(Charles Haynes, The Daily World)
Uzbek gov’t restricts Islamic weddings
(OnIslam & News Agencies)
What a real war on religion looks like
(Amy Sullivan, The New Republic)
Sunday, 15 July 2012
46 percent of Austrians in favor of a circumcision ban
(APA, DiePresse.com)
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Can women change the face of North American mosques?
(Daood Hamdani, Common Ground News Service)
Catholics support Hindus upset at trivializing of Goddess Kali by game developer
(Eurasia Review)
Guyana legislators to debate controversial bill
(Associated Press)
Highland Park woman says father's religion behind his imprisonment in Iran
(Jeff Danna, Chicago Tribune)
Jordan's Islamists say they will boycott elections
(Jamal Halaby, Associated Press)
Lawmakers OK landmark religious compensation law
(Associated Press)
Leader underlines crucial role of women in Islamic awakening
(Fars News Agency)
Libya: Jibril wins, Muslim Brotherhood steps back
(MISNA, Eurasia Review)
Merkel to allow circumcision in Germany despite ban
(RT)
Religion and the world, between Riyadh and Cairo
(Jamal Khashoggi, Al Arabiya News)
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