Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Sikh Army Captain fights Pentagon to practice faith
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Sikh Army captain sues seeking religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China charges human rights lawyer criminally
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court sidesteps change therapy case
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Cert. denied in challenge to N.J. conversion therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert denied in prisoner Free Exercise case over Alito's dissenting opinion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh villagers build mosque for lone Muslim family
(Shariq Majeed, The Times of India)
West Virginia/Georgia: Two states that are working to protect religious liberty
(Sarah Torre, The Daily Signal)
Nigerian president orders inquiry into latest massacre of Christian farmers
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Nigeria churches unite for first time to address violence in north
(World Watch Monitor)
Hague court weighs destruction of Timbuktu religious sites
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
It’s Super Tuesday. Do you know what role religion will play?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
EU/Balkans/Greece: Border curbs threaten rights
(Human Rights Watch)
Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano praises Spotlight as 'courageous' and 'not anti-Catholic '
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Rights groups decry Afghanistan 'virginity tests'
(Al Jazeera)
Vote sought in the name of religion won’t be encouraged: Fasal Gafoor
(Kaumudi Online)
Mali rebel destroyed ancient Timbuktu shrines, ICC told
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
Graphic: How the 2016 presidential candidates line up on religion
(Kyle Rohane, The Washington Post)
House OKs bill restricting how religion is taught in Tennessee public schools
(Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Indian Sikhs seek a ban on Sikh jokes
(Shefali Anand, Wall Street Journal)
Sikh Army captain sues DoD to keep beard, turban
(Kevin Lilley, Army Times)
After rash of Islamist killings, Bangladesh high court considers eliminating Islam as state religion
(Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart)
Afghan rights group says women, girls face invasive 'virginity tests'
(Radio Free Afghanistan, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Isis kills eight Dutch members for 'desertion'
(AFP, The Guardian)
Saudi Arabia executes Qatari, 3 nationals
(AFP, The Express Tribune)
‘Judicial Activism and Arbitrary Control: A Critical Analysis of Obergefell v Hodges 556 US (2015) – The US Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Case’
(Augusto Zimmermann, 17 (2105) The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review 77-85)
No longer calm, but alive: Robert Royal’s Catholic humanism
(R.J. Snell, Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
EVENT, 1 March 2016: Brokering Peace: The Recent Work of Sant’Egidio, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Monday, 29 February 2016
Court should have granted cert in pro se prisoner's religion case, Alito says
(Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal)
Cruz campaign announces formation of religious liberty advisory council: ‘It is time for our liberties to be respected in Washington’
(Chris Enloe, The Blaze)
Free speech on trial in the Netherlands - again
(Robbie Travers, Gatestone Institute)
How religious is your state?
(Michael Lipka and Benjamin Wormald, Pew Research Center Factank)
India responds to US lawmakers' letter on religious intolerance
(News Republic)
Interfaith and ecumenical leaders ready to meet pope and ask prayers for Baltimore
(George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic Review)
Nebraska: Ricketts signs proclamation on importance of religious liberty
(Emily Nohr and Martha Stoddard, Omaha.com)
Pro Bono: Religious discrimination & harrassment in EMS
(Christie Mellott, Journal of Emergency Medical Services)
Readout of Ambassador Saperstein’s visit to Nigeria, Morocco, and Austria
(Humanrights.gov)
Sikh soldier sues Defense Dept., citing religious discrimination
(Dave Phillips, The New York Times)
The Oscars put the spotlight on “Spotlight” and on news reporting about religion
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion (blog))
Those who abandon their religion should be executed, says Imam
(Vanguard)
Turkey: Veiled women still suffer from Feb 28 measures
(Meryem Ilayda Atlas, Daily Sabah)
Why we need an interfaith pilgrimage
(S. Brent Plate, HuffPost Religion)
Canadian archbishop: Last rites can be denied to those seeking assisted suicide
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
How Syria's earliest refugees are about to become Turkish citizens
(Mehmet Cetingulec, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iraq's dubious religious shrines
(Wassim Bassem, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Desperate refugees riot at Greek-Macedonia border
(Al Jazeera)
Thousands of refugees turn out for German jobs fair
(Yermi Brenner, Al Jazeera)
Central African Republic: Muslim leaders in Central African Republic unite to support social cohesion
(allAfrica)
During ecumenical prayer in Prague Patriarch of UGCC remembered the Holodomor, liquidation of UGCC, and deportation of Crimean Tatars
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
4th Kyiv International Interfaith Forum to take place in Kyiv this autumn
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The Economist explains: Why some of India’s castes demand to be reclassified
(A.T., The Economist)
Caliphate handbook ‘timely and vital’
(Lapido Media Winter Newsletter)
Analysis: 'Their aim was power': how - and why - Islamism breaks schools
(John Ray, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
A rare setback for immigrant-bashing in Switzerland
(The Economist)
Human Rights Council holds its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March 2016
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Have faith: civil religion can counter the lure of eternal life for jihadists
(Miguel Vatter, The Conversation)
Student expelled from British university for biblical opposition to gay marriage
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Christian student expelled from social work course over views on marriage
(Christian Concern)
The Islamic 'reformation' has started
(David Knowles, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
China charges churches' rights lawyer with 'endangering state secrets'
(Xin Lin and Hai Nan, English by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia)
FoRB: The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoners Database (PPD)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Humanist Society Scotland publishes Religion in Scots Law
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pro-Rouhani candidates take early lead
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Meet the 25-year old cleric who may help choose Iran's next supreme leader
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Germany fines man for 'blasphemous' car bumper stickers
(Justin Huggler, The Telegraph)
Poland's changes to court system 'endanger democracy
(Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian)
Tibetan monk jailed for two years over Dalai Lama photo
(Radio Free Asia)
The Hague was right to sack anti-gay marriage official: court
(DutchNews.nl)
Why Saudis may take on Iraq’s Shiite militias
(Nawaf Obaid, Al-Monitor: Gulf Post)
High court declines to review Jewish inmate’s discrimination case
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Helping an Adventist with his Sabbath work conflict
(Charles Steinberg, Adventist Review)
Pakistan hangs man who killed governor over call to reform blasphemy law
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)
Religion’s influence on Scots law declining in every area except education
(Scottish Legal news)
Myanmar court jails interfaith activists for two years with hard labour
(Global Post)
Mufti: Parts of Syariah law need a relook
(Free Malaysia Today)
How to build bridges between Jews and Muslims: Marmur
(Dow Marmur, The Star)
In immigrant Nebraska town, Muslims clash with city over downtown mosque
(Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald)
Justice Department investigating mosque zoning dispute in Nebraska
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules priests not required to report alleged wrongdoing if learned during confession
(Joe Gyan Jr., The Baton Rouge Advocate)
State exception to priest-penitent privilege violates Louisiana Religious Freedom Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
She was asked to switch seats. Now she’s charging El Al with sexism
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Israeli-American woman sues El Al after she was asked to change seats
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
El Al Sued in Israel over gender-based reseating to accommodate religious objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Title IX religious organization exemption does not bar retaliation claim against Catholic high school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church fails in RLUIPA challenge to village's zoning ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious Freedom in Focus
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
EVENT, 29 February 2016: Radicals, religion, and peace: Global security in an age of terror, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT, 29 February 2016: Colloquium in Law and Religion, St. John's Law School, Queens, NY. Robert P. George presenting
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
CALL FOR PAPERS abstract DEADLINE 29 February 2016: Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Annual Conference
(LARSN, Cardiff Law School)
Coalition of 400 companies fight Georgia's proposed 'religious liberty' bill
(Camille Pendley, The Guardian)
Georgia: Group vows to move conference elsewhere if ‘religious liberty’ passes
(Aaron Gould Sheinin, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Religious liberty bill: Will it thwart Georgia's rise as a moviemaking hub?
(Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Pakistan hangs man who killed governor to defend blasphemy law
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Vice President Joe Biden receives family history during Temple Square visit
(Press Release, Mormon Newsroom)
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Law and religion round-up – 28th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Egyptian MP proposes bill to repeal ‘unconstitutional’ law criminalizing ‘contempt of religion’
(Aswat Masriya, Egyptian Streets)
Think you know a lot about religion? Harvard researchers disagree
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Should religion be part of the Queensland state school curriculum?
(Amy Remeikis, Brisbane Times)
U.S. lawmakers urge Modi to take action on religious violence
(Varghese K George, The Hindu)
Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter
(Ashley Cowburn, The Independent)
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