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16 Dec 2015, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
But this paper demonstrates that history has ignored a remarkable decade at the end of the nineteenth century when three international criminal proceedings with links to the Orient took place: (1) in 1894, a French-Siamese mixed court sat in judgment of Phra Yot, a Siamese governor charged with the death of a French military commander; (2) in 1898, an International Military Commission of four European powers prosecuted versions of war crimes and crimes against humanity arising from… [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
If any Jews wanted to stay in Spain, they had to convert to Christianity. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 5:12 pm by Tom Smith
Cardoza-Orlandi, associate professor of world Christianity at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 1:50 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
Burkina Faso's highest court on Tuesday announced results from last month's elections, declaring Roch Marc Christian Kabore winner of the presidency. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 12:04 pm by Adam Kielich
For example, if the employer gives preference in taking Christmas week as vacation time to an employee who is Christian merely so that employee can spend time with family because that employee is Christian over another employee who is Jewish and also wants to take the same week off to spend time with family then that is a form of religious discrimination. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 10:11 am by Stephanie Lowe
 For example, if a nativity scene is displayed in the reception area or lunch room, the employer may be perceived as favoring the Christian religion. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 9:25 am by Eugene Volokh
(Philippe Huguen/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)   Geo.TV (Pakistan), Christian News Network and other news sources report that the recently elected New York trial court judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo was sworn in on the Koran. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 1:14 pm by Elina Saxena
In a speech to the annual convention of the Christian Democrats party, Merkel defended her policy to welcome refugees and asylum seekers but agreed to limit the numbers admitted into the country. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
  However, it still remains to be examined in what ways confessional polarization and the crystallization of confessional boundaries between Muslims, Jews and Christians of various denominations impacted and were impacted by the various developments in legal theory and practice in the Ottoman Empire between the late fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 Thus the average length of service for Muslim chaplains is less than for Christian chaplains. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 8:24 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Judge Pohl calls the commission to order, and this time, we actually have a session. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 7:00 am by Howard Friedman
" However Jammeh pledged to protect the rights of Gambia's Christian community-- about 8% of its population, and said there will be no mandates as to dress. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 6:00 am by Howard Friedman
Reuters on Friday reported on new efforts to motivate conservative Christian pastors to run for local public office in the U.S. [read post]
12 Dec 2015, 4:32 pm by Georgialee Lang
The website for White Horse Ranch describes it as a non-profit Christian organization that helps abused children heal with equine therapy. [read post]
12 Dec 2015, 11:25 am by Jack Sharman
” Yet Scrooge is converted; beyond the seasonal lessons of Christian charity, A Christmas Carol teaches us that a man—even a man as hard as Ebenezer Scrooge—can change. [read post]