Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 7 March 2016
8th Circuit: Westboro Church challenge to picketing law should be dismissed as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 6 March 2016
Ese’s abduction, a criminal act not religious – Soyinka, Falana
(Gbenga Adeniji, Punch)
Soyinka, Falana react to Ese Oruru's abduction
(Nkem Ikeke, NAIJ.com)
Noah’s ark park to provide tax relief to religious workers
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Seminar highlights links between religious freedom and economic prosperity
(Baha'i World News Service)
Did you say interfaith dialogue: How do you go about that?
(Abdellatif Zaki, Morocco World News)
Pope gives rare 'blessing' to Toronto rabbi and wife
(Toronto Metro News)
Religious parties fear abolition of blasphemy law
(Obaid Abbasi, The Express Tribune)
A tribute to Justice Antonin Scalia
(Hannah C. Smith, Deseret News)
Turkish police fire tear gas at newspaper as EU laments rights record
(Ayla Jean Yackley, The Sydney Morning Herald)
The death blow to Turkey's media
(Nate Schenkkan, Foreign Policy)
Law and religion round-up – 6th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New religious movements showing no marked growth in post-communist Europe
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Tamil Hindus in the UK adapt in the absence of religious space
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Religion goes undercover as publishers seek to reach the “nones”
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
On/File: A continuing survey of people, groups, movements and events impacting religion
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Atheists, non-religious talk morality, secular issues in Nashville
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
Noted French cardinal at center of priest pedophilia case
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Welcoming a more multicultural New Zealand
(Rizwan Mohammad, Indian Weekender)
California bill would ban government travel to states deemed anti-gay
(Katie Reilly, Time)
The Dir’ al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))
Biblical nomads will return to the Holy Land, thanks to a Canadian farm
(Dan Levin, The New York Times)
Think piece after crazy week: Two logical experts strive to define the term 'evangelical'
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Prime Minister’s Office refuses to endorse Brandis' same-sex marriage timetable
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Scientific paper which says the human hand was designed by a 'Creator' sparks controversy
(Doug Bolton, Independent)
Why are evangelical voters so ambivalent about Ted Cruz?
(Neil Young, OUPblog Religion)
Friday, 4 March 2016
Conservative gay marriage advocates urge tolerance for religious objectors
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Top Pakistani religious body: Women's protection law is un-Islamic
(Siobhan O'Grady, Foreign Policy)
Washington florist gets another day in court
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)
How a BBC talkback host took on a hateful troll … and taught us all a lesson
(Eric Heinze, The Conversation)
Gray Lady celebrates LGBT St. Patrick's Day victory (with two crucial words missing)
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Black clergy demand Senate consider Obama Supreme Court nominee
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Four Catholic nuns among the dead in massacre by gunmen in Yemen
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court preserves abortion status quo in Louisiana while it considers similar case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgia's Republican governor opposes "religious freedom" bill on Biblical grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India effectively denies visas to USCIRF delegation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India denies visas to US religious freedom body
(David Brunnstrom, Reuters)
India withholds visas from US religious freedom monitors
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Government defends denying visa to US body tracking religious freedom
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)
EU/Turkey: Don’t negotiate away refugee rights
(Human Rights Watch)
Australian report on laws that encroach on traditional freedoms
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
MTA’s ban on anti-Muslim subway ads is legal, court rules
(Emily Saul and Danielle Furfaro, New York Post)
Pell says meeting with Australia abuse survivors was 'hard and honest'
(Stephanie Kichgaessner, The Guardian)
2nd Circuit: MTA rule change makes challenge to rejection of anti-Muslim ad moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bus crash enrages ultra-Orthodox
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iran election: Women make gains in new parliament
(Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera)
Secularism and sausages
(Robert D. Priest, OUPblog Religion)
US Special Representative for Religion and Global Affair to visit Cyprus
(Cyprus Mail)
Religion should not be used as a political tool: Hamid Karzai
(The Times of India)
Cardinal George Pell, top Vatican official, meets abuse victims after testimony
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Kula hopes gov’t interfaith panel will not succumb to bugbears
(Terence Netto, Malaysiakini)
Pakistan: ‘Expected visit of Pope Francis will promote interfaith harmony’
(Daily Times)
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed inducted into Advisory Board of Interfaith Peace Project
(The Hans India)
Interfaith activist NY Rabbi Schneier talks with Bahrain King on Mideast Issues
(Menachem Rephun, JP Updates)
Shutting 'you' up again: On religious freedom, Florida Politics team ignores key voices
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
An old GetReligion question: Why doesn't the press offer more coverage of liberal faith?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Cannabis Church founder sues former IMPD chief Hite for defamation
(Mark Alesia, IndyStar)
Justice Scalia and religious conservatives
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Judge in Sikh officer case orders stop to gas mask tests
(Kevin Lilley, Army Times)
Organizing a student protest? Have a look at 1970s Germany
(Christoph Zeller, The Conversation)
The FAQs: The Supreme Court case on Texas abortion clinics
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Christian hamlet in Syria bears scars of fierce fighting
(Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Boko Haram falls victim to a food crisis it created
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
In Ukraine towns ravaged by war, Evangelical missionaries find fertile ground
(Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times)
Bill: Florida churches don't have to do same-sex weddings
(Brendan Farrington, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Wheaton prof gets new post named for Muslim leader
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Death with Dignity bill sparks debate at Iowa Capitol
(William Petroski, The Des Moines Register)
Atheists, secular groups start Nashville convention
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
Atheist lawmaker's prayer sets off Arizona House dispute
(Bob Christie, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Evangelists adapt to a new era, preaching the gospel to skeptics
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Pennsylvania bishop promises reforms after abuse report
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
India says U.S. religious freedom body has no right to judge
(David Brunnstrom, Reuters)
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Recall fight to allow gays in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
(William Neuman, The New York Times)
ALRC Freedoms Inquiry on Religious Freedom - Part 1
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
'Discrimination is wrong,' says Trinity Western grad denied job because of religion
(The Vancouver Sun)
La. priest praises seal of confessional ruling as a victory for religious liberty
(Brian Fraga, National Catholic Register)
Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate
(Julain Hargreaves, The Conversation)
India has never had a single dominant nationalism – and it won’t any time soon
(Amalendu Misra, The Conversation)
Hezbollah’s Death Valley
(Nour Samaha, Foreign Policy)
Cuius Regio, Eius Religio
(Justus Links, MRzine)
Malawi: Discovery of head of boy with albinism exposes protection failures
(Amnesty International)
China tightens grip on Christianity, says gov't will ordain priests, not the church
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Christian groups unite to defend against Boko Haram attacks after terror group kills over 4,000 in Nigeria
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Christian man removed from UK flight after prayer text mistaken for ISIS message
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Atheist may sue over 210-foot giant Corpus Christi cross
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
New York United Methodist body says it will ignore church's rules on gay clergy
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Why did Pakistan keep hard-line mourners off air?
(M Ilyas Khan, BBC News)
Oscar win shines light on Pakistan efforts to stop ‘honor killings’
(Saba Imtiaz, The New York Times)
Russian atheist faces year in jail for denying existence of God during webchat
(Agence France-Presse)
Blacklisted in Iran, gay poet seeks asylum in Israel
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Myanmar's Rohingya left behind by election gains
(Agence France-Presse)
US priest gets 17 years for molesting Honduran children
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Australian abuse victims request sit-down with Pope Francis
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Hate crime alleged in assault of Sikh bus driver
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Conservative lawmakers push new legal protections for opponents of gay rights
(Alan Blinder and Campbell Robertson, The New York Times)
Supreme Court hears arguments on Texas abortion-clinics case
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Hundreds killed in Nigeria attacks
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Organization founded by Greek Orthodox priest given award for helping refugees
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Japan’s Anglicans call for end to nuclear power: “Fukushima was warning from God”
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Headlines concerning Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (the "Texas abortion case")
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