Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 14 July 2012
Religious groups try to shore up confidence by treading carefully on political issues
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)
Rights of witches ‘violated’
(Ilse de Lange, The Citizen)
Senator Jim Webb insists special envoy for religious freedom would be 'counterproductive'
(Myles Collier, Christian Post)
Thomson Reuters lines up against gay marriage ban
(Patrick Condon, Associated Press)
Timbuktu: A city losing its soul
(Patrick Kelly, Africa News)
Friday, 13 July 2012
Ancient monastery in Turkey faces destruction in anti-Christian lawsuit
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)
Bible museum planned for Washington, D.C.
(Adelle M. Banks, ENInews)
Five things to know about religious violence in Nigeria
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service, The Washington Post)
German circumcision ban unites religions, worries doctors
(Elisa Oddone, Jewish Journal)
German government seeks to reassure Jews and Muslims
(Steve Hayes, Digital Journal)
Human rights dialogues can prove bitter
(Global TImes, People's Daily Online)
In Malaysia, ruling party uses Islamic values to bolster support
(Ivy Sam and Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times)
Is religious liberty vulnerable, or is religious liberty talk too insulated?
(Paul Horwitz, PrawfsBlawg)
Islamists take full control of northern Mali
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)
Judge blocks city's homeless-feeding crackdown
(Joseph A. Slobodzian, Troy Graham, & Julie Zauzmer, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Members of Congress urge religious freedom in China
(Gary Feuerberg, Epoch Times)
Mounties instructed to avoid 'inflammatory' Islamist terms
(Daniel Proussalidis, Frontenac This Week)
Muslim civil rights groups boycott NYPD’s Ramadan conference
(Alex Kane, Mondoweiss)
Muslim organizations say police training teaches bigotry
(James D. Davis, Sun Sentinel)
Nigeria: Kaduna begins inter-religious exchange program for schools
(Christiana T. Alabi, All Africa.com)
Religion on campus: Status of religious student groups is challenged by court ruling
(Amy Choate-Nielsen, Deseret News)
Religion vs. religion
(David Suissa, Jewish Journal)
Religious tolerance: Beware players of the ‘religion card’
(Dewi Anggraeni, Melbourne, The Jakarta Post)
Russian clergymen granted draft deferment - decree
(Interfax)
Salafists battle for a religious state in Egypt
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)
Swiss ban on UFO posters was legal: ECtHR
(AFP, The Local (Switzerland))
The freedom of the hijab
(Ayesha Nusrat, New York Times)
Third of new free schools are religious
(Jeevan Vasagar, Guardian)
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Cardinal Zen and Hong Kong Catholics protest China's violations of religious freedom
(Eugenia Zhang, AsiaNews.it)
China: Changing climate for religious NGOs?
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service )
Church of Christ in Nigeria reeling from massacre
(Compass Direct News)
Egypt: Agreement reached over Article 2 of new constitution
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Europe's new anti-Semitism
(Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, Huff Post Religion)
European Court of Human Rights condemns MIVILUDES
(CAPLC (source NRWF), Sott.net)
France penalizes boycott of Israeli products
(Peter Martino, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)
Indonesia: Shia cleric convicted of blasphemy
(Human Rights Watch)
Islam key to Afghan Dream
(Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Daisy Khan, CNN)
Life, religious liberty at heart of Obamacare repeal bill
(Dominique Ludvigson, Culture Watch)
Merkel signals religious tolerance in Indonesia
(Monia Griebeler, DW)
Nigeria’s Christian leader criticizes US decision on Islamist group
(Voice of America)
Nixon vetoes 'religious freedom' and sales tax on out-of-state-vehicle purchase laws
(Bob Watson, The Fulton Sun)
Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update
Pew survey: Middle East Muslims support democracy, Islam in politics
(Laura Koran, CNN)
Rights groups and activists slam Iraq Internet law
(AFP via Bangkok Post)
Russian accession to WTO; suppression of religious freedom
(Martin Banks, The Parliament.com)
Russian punk rock group case sent to European Court of Human Rights
(The Moscow Times)
The myth of the Nadia Eweida case gets another dishonest outing
(National Secular Society)
Will freedom of speech include insulting the Prophet?
(Daniel Loehr, Tunisia Live)
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
In the repeal, a vote for conscience rights
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)
'A very dark future for the local populations in Northern Mali', warn UN experts
(United Nations Press Release)
Alliance Defense Fund now Alliance Defending Freedom
(Press Release, ADF)
Azerbaijan: "They were praying where they weren't allowed"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Bradford Co. served lawsuit over Ten Commandments monument
(News4Jax)
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago joins lawsuit against HHS
(Press Release, The Catholic Charities)
Chaos afflicts Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir Hills
(Yusuf Jameel, Eurasia Review)
Christians evacuated from besieged Syrian city
(Albert Aji, Associated Press)
Church charities rush aid to flood-damaged Assam state in India
(Anto Akkara , ENInews)
David Cameron: I will change the law to allow crosses at work
(Rosa Prince, The Telegraph)
Hamas eases strict enforcement of Sharia law
(Erin Cunningham, Global Post)
Hariri Tribunal to proceed with trials in absentia
(Associated Press)
Indonesia's Islamic boarding schools used to spread messages of tolerance
(Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta Globe)
Laycock on the vulnerability of religious liberty
(Steve Smith, CLR Forum)
Malaysia to repeal colonial-era Sedition Act
(Reuters via Khaleej Times)
Nigerian attackers kill dozens of Christians
(Compass Direct News)
NLRB impounds ballots of union vote at Catholic college
(Cardinal Newman Society BLog)
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan
(Omer Farooq Khan, Times of India)
Religious Freedom Campaign: It's only just begun
( Sister Mary Ann Walsh, Huffington Post)
Religious freedom is more than right to worship, archbishop tells UN
(EWTN News)
Religious war imminent in Nigeria, world religious leaders warn
(Odidison Omankhanlen, Saliu Gbadamosi & James Bwala, Nigerian Tribune)
Separation of church and state doesn't mean churches must stay out of politics
(Joseph E. Hartka, The Baltimore Sun)
Study: Muslim extremists not looking for world domination
(Adam Levine, CNN)
Understanding the HHS lawsuits
(Richard Garnett, Notre Dame Magazine)
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Analysts: U.S. has no choice but to deal with Islamists
(Jim Michaels, USA Today)
Canada Muslim Irshad Manji’s publisher seeks Malaysia judicial review over ban
(Joseph Mayton, Bikya Masr)
Church of England postpones historic vote on female bishops
(Trevor Grundy, ENInews)
Community Inn's lawsuit challenges city's definition of church
(Josh Kegley, Herald-Leader)
Considering a Sunni regime in Syria
(Reva Bhalla and Kamran Bokhari, Stratfor)
Crossing religious lines in an Israeli hospital
(Souad Mekhennet, New York Times)
Do the Church Fathers, the Founding Fathers, and Catholic Saints really go together?
(Timothy Samuel Shah, Christianity Today)
Egypt’s presidential elections and the Copts
(Eva Saenz-Diez, europeinfos)
Episcopal bishops approve resolution to bless gay unions
(Becky Bratu, MSNBC)
European Cohesion Policy : The role of Church actors
(Anna Echterhoff, COMECE, europeinfos)
In Libya, diverse coalition has edge over Islamists in elections
(Glen Johnson, Los Angeles Times)
President Herman Van Rompuy: "The EU is founded on values and not on national interests"
(compiled by Johanna Touzel, europeinfos)
Religious freedom under the gun
(Thomas F. Farr, The Weekly Standard)
Russian Church defends Brits who lost jobs for wearing crucifix
(RT)
Saudi religious police held after deadly car chase
(AFP via Yahoo News)
State Dept: Release pastor jailed for 1,000 days, sentenced to death in Iran
(Ed Payne, CNN)
Top (Ohio) court will hear ex-teacher
(Catherine Candisky, The Columbus Dispatch)
UK: Radical cleric Abu Hamza appeals to European Court of Human Rights over extradition to US
(Angela Charlton, Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Use schools to 'spread Christian story’
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Monday, 9 July 2012
Afghan authorities launch probe into woman's public execution
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Afghanistan: Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul
(Hamid Shalizi and Amie Ferris-Rotman, Reuters)
Archbishop Charles Chaput -- Fortnight for Freedom closing homily
(Tom, S.F.O., Blog)
Arkansas State Board adopts rule on religion in pre-school
(Max Brantley, Arkansas Times Blog)
Australia: Mother rails against religion in schools
(Bridie Jabour, The Brisbane Times)
Church of England's General Synod backs right of Christians to manifest faith in public life
(Press Release, Christian Concern)
Dalai Lama: I must be neutral about immolations
(Associated Press, Hindustan Times)
France: The 1905 Law, Islam, private education: the priorities
(translation by HRWF, Le Monde via Human Rights Without Frontiers)
Gay marriage at Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly voted down
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huff Post Religion)
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