Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Christianity increasingly seen as 'bad for society,' US study finds
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
How one Palestinian sheikh hopes to unite Sunnis, Shiites
(Mohammed Othman, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
The politics of passion: A lesson from the Federalist Papers
(Nathan Schlueter, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
What is Abadi doing to protect Iraq’s Christians?
(Omar al-Jaffal, trans. Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Kentucky: Bill would let businesses refuse to serve gay customers for reasons of faith
(John Cheves, Lexington Herald Leader)
The CEO who took on Indiana ‘religious liberty’ law targets Georgia proposal
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Equality legislation threatening freedom of religion – bishop
(Greg Daly, The Irish Catholic)
Religious leaders of Azerbaijan address international community
(Vestnik Kavkaza)
Kazakhstan: Now 13 Sunni Muslim prisoners of conscience, 12 restricted freedom sentences over 15 months
(Forum 18 News Service)
Church Commissioners and ExxonMobil
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Obama weighs in on BDS settlement fight — but battle likely won’t end there
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Jewish student leaders at Oberlin College push back against alumni on BDS issues
(JTA)
Senior bishop of the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith of Ukraine: Spiritual leaders are to insistently remind authorities of their position
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Human rights, secular individualism and religious freedom
(Chris Sugden, Joy Digital)
EVENT, 25 February 2016: Daniel Philpott leading discussion on "Under Caesar’s Sword" – the February 2016 Faith & International Affairs Conference Call
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Public Lecture, 25 February 2016: “Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism” by Dr. Benedikt Koehler
(Jointly organised by IAIS Malaysia, IDEAS and Istanbul Network, Held at International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia)
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Academics' ability to lobby government under threat from new funding clause
(Peter Scott, The Conversation)
Florida school board rejects LGBT non-discrimination proposal
(Ilana Kowarski, Florida Today)
Who's behind vote to label Muslim Brotherhood a terror group?
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Why donor countries are giving less to the Palestinians
(Adnan Abu Amer, trans. Kamal Fayad, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Why Israelis and Palestinians demonize each other
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Hanni Manor, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
GA religious liberty bill divides faith community
(Sandra Parrish, WSB Radio)
Caste protests spotlight India's contentious quota system
(Deutsche Welle)
Why does China have women-only mosques?
(BBC News Magazine)
From Formal Equality to Positive Neutrality to Positive Inferiority (for Some): The European Court of Human Rights’ Limited Influence on Constitutional Changes and Religion in Hungary
(Asim Jusic, Vienna Journal of International Constitutional Law, Vol. 10, 2016, Forthcoming)
Housing crunch for Orthodox Jews in New Jersey places focus on real estate practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Taiwan Declaration for Religious Freedom
(The Weekly Number)
City Council votes to strengthen LGBT civil rights protections
(Zach Evans, Evansville Courier and Press)
Indiana city strengthens LGBT anti-discrimination protections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russia: Extremism ploy used against Jewish school teacher
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Controversial bill on evangelism introduced in Russian parliament
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Russia: Debate over use of expert analysis of new religious movements: Academics do not want to be instruments of persecution of believers
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Rights of conscientious objectors in Ukraine threatened
(English translation by Human Rights Without Frontiers International, Institute of Religious Liberty)
The moral cost of appeasing Iran
(Mohshin Habib, Gatestone Institute)
EPRID’s new Board of Coordinators elected
(The European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
Five more 'Trojan Horse' teachers at disciplinary hearings over 'full Islamist takeover' claim
(Maddy Fry, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
‘Through a religious prism’: Iran's clergy view upcoming elections with wariness
(Denise Hassanzade Ajiri and Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, The Guardian)
Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from Islamic State
(Balint Szlanko, Associated Press, ABC News)
Malaysia: Inter-faith committee reminded to bridge relations
(Mazwin Nik Anis, The Star Online)
Najib: Strengthen interfaith understanding, tolerance and respect for national harmony
(Aiezat Fadzell, The Sun Daily)
Nigeria churches unite for first time to address violence in north
(World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Archbishop Charles Bo on interfaith harmony in Myanmar
(Zaw Kham Hein, Mizzima)
Catholics and Jews move closer together, leaving evangelicals to ponder
(Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global)
UK government policy on freedom of religion in Pakistan inadequate, finds report
(Rose Gamble, The Tablet)
Religious dress at work: ECJ to hear Muslim headscarf cases
(Personnel Today)
Azerbaijani communities appeal to int’l organizations over Khojaly genocide
(News.Az)
Heads of Azerbaijan religious confessions appeal to world community
(Amina Nazarli, Azernews)
Italy faces fine over CIA abduction of Egyptian cleric
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
The CIA’s abduction and extrajudicial transfer to Egypt of the imam Abu Omar infringed the applicants’ rights under the Convention
(Press Release issued by the Registrar, European Court of Human Rights)
A Sri Lankan lesson in free speech
(Kenan Malik, The New York Times)
Church appoints panel to examine its role in Peter Ball abuse case
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Peter Ball review – Chair announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
100 NGOs, leaders: Mr. Obama, ISIS slaughter is genocide
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Missouri measure seeks religious exemptions on gay marriage
(David A Lieb, Associated Press)
The bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA meet with the Ecumenical Patriarch
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Al Jazeera America's demise and American concerns about Islam and Arabs
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
U.S. religious groups and their political leanings
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Anti-religious indoctrination bill advances through TN House
(Melanie Balakit, The Tennessean)
Bill giving therapists religious protections stalls in TN House
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
How a million planning meetings taught me to humanize: Reflecting on the New England Interfaith Student Summit
(Jem Jebbia, HuffPost Religion)
Rabat hosts a seminar on the challenge of mutual recognition in interfaith relations
(Morocco World News)
Schaefer defends MO religious liberty bill
(Travis Zimpfer, The Missouri Times)
Gambia: Religious freedom at risk after Islamic State declaration
(Evangelical Focus)
How to help the women and girls rescued from Islamic State
(Leanne K Simpson, The Conversation)
Religious Difference in a Secular Age: Secularism at home and abroad
(Anna Su, The Immanent Frame)
How faith can help young women - and men - take their body image higher
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
European court slams Italy over CIA-led rendition of Egyptian imam
(Lewis Sanders IV, Deutsche Welle)
Malta: Euthanasia not on government’s agenda
(Jurgen Balzan, Malta Today)
Taiwan attempts to set religious freedom example to its neighbors with major convention
(Caleb Romero, The Christian Times)
Party's increased control of religions in China could backfire
(UCA News)
Striking 'heartland of Christianity' in China: Report reveals gov't persecution of Christians
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
South Africa’s Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Controversy erupts at Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney over Chick-fil-A CEO's support for traditional marriage
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Arab Israeli professor breaks barriers at home and abroad
(Tia Goldenberg and Areej Hazboun, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Attacks on religious freedom 'rising like floodwaters' in America, legal group warns
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Israel razes West Bank homes of two Palestinian assailants: army
(Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Jeffrey Heller/Jeremy Gaunt, Reuters)
Muslim militants attack Filipino troops, more than 20 dead
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
IS gets millions in ransom for abducted Christians
(Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
We need to out Bernie Sanders as a Jew — for his own good
(Valerie Lieber, The Forward)
What religions are the 2016 presidential candidates? Republican And Democratic faiths explained
(Jackie Salo, International Business Times)
Religious beliefs of presidential candidates continue to be focus of interest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Liberty Institute is now First Liberty Institute
(Press Release, First Liberty Institute)
Advocacy organization launches new name and website
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State to revoke anti-Muslim license plate
(Kirsti Marohn, St. Cloud Times)
This Marine vet was banned from his kid’s school after objecting to Islam lessons
(Emma Brown, The Washington Post)
Ga. governor says changes in works on religious exemptions bill
(Kathleen Foody, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The most important abortion case at the Supreme Court in a generation focuses on women, not fetuses
(Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)
Bellringing – Vive le sport?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious education in Norway: Distance and Unease
(Audun Toft, Religion Going Public (blog))
The post-colonial caliphate: Islamic State and the memory of Sykes-Picot
(James Renton, The Conversation)
The 2016 RFRA decline is due to the difficulty of selling discrimination and child endangerment as good policy
(Marci A. Hamilton, Verdict)
Oregon bakers get new legal representation from former H.W. Bush White House counsel
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Anti-BDS laws gain momentum across US, but some say they go too far
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Canadian Parliament officially condemns BDS
(JTA)
Netanyahu meets with US Reform leaders in wake of Western Wall decision
(JTA)
Variety pulls pro-BDS ad accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’
(JTA)
Suspected arson at planned refugee center in Germany
(Al Jazeera America)
Sweden struggles to stop radicalization at home
(Aaron Lake Smith, Al Jazeera America)
Salman Rushdie faces another Iranian death decree
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
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