Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 12 February 2016
Why some African governments are clamping down on churches
(Pumza Fihlani, BBC News)
Police see possible hate crime in stabbing of Jewish man in Brooklyn
(Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times)
Several states seek to block 2nd trimester abortion method
(Emily Wagster Pettus and Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pregnancy clinics fight for right to deny abortion information
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Religious freedom measure passes WV House by large margin
(Pamela Pritt, The Register-Herald)
Religious freedom bill narrowly defeated in WY House intro vote
(Hunter Woodall, Casper Star Tribune)
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Say it loud! The potential value of vulgarity!
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
South Carolina bill worries immigration advocates
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Jewish and Korean American teens learn about one another's faith
(Rachael Lee, Christianity Daily)
LDS Church members in Dubai participate in interfaith conference about strengthening homes, families
(Jeanette Barney, Deseret News)
Leave China, study in America, find Jesus
(Han Zhang, Foreign Policy)
Illegal trade in body parts threatens Africans with albinism
(Melanie Lidman, Religion News Service)
Brazil’s abortion rights debate fails to convince some mothers of microcephaly babies
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)
Cherokee shoots down U.S. motto display
(Holly Kays, Smokey Mountain News)
Tribal council balks at posting of U.S. national motto
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Two Boca residents sue city over controversial synagogue planned near downtown
(Emily Miller, Sun Sentinel)
Suit says zoning change to permit Chabad development violated Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
City lawsuit alleges Nebraska mosque violating zoning rules
(Associated Press)
City sues mosque over renovation and expansion plans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to ban on marriage ceremonies without license dismissed for lack of standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Class action claims Valentine's Day candies misrepresented as Kosher
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crisis pregnancy wars: No one, including the New York Times, asks some obvious questions
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
Indonesia: Ahmadiyah community persecuted
(Human Rights Watch)
What happened to liberté, égalité, fraternité in France?
(The Local)
Illiterate Christian man accused of sending 'blasphemous' texts to Islamic cleric appeals death sentence
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Religion must be practised based on local context: Masagos
(Channel NewsAsia)
Nebraska ACLU says city violating Muslims' religious rights
(KETV 7 Omaha)
A gay imam from Algeria is working with an LGBT association in Marseille to counsel and protect young gay Muslims who make their way to the ancient port city
(Nadine Achoiu-Lesage and Greg Keller, US News and World Report)
Mosques in Harrow open their doors for ‘Visit My Mosque’ day
(Harrow Time)
More harmony in Muslim-minority regions
(Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, The Jakarta Post)
Amanah: Shariah, civil court judges should form ‘special court’ for interfaith battles
(Ram Anand, MalayMail Online)
Bosnia bans religious symbols in law courts - Mexico stops Sikh in turban boarding plane
(Azmina Sohail, BRIC + New World News)
Year's first religious freedom bill passes Georgia house
(Sam Whitehead, GPB News)
Religious freedom bill advances to third reading
(Emily Daniels, The Journal)
Cavalier with our Constitution: a Charter too far
(Marina Wheeler, UK Human Rights Blog)
Church sues for religious ban in wine country
(Lori Sanada, Christian News Wire)
Custody battle reflects Malaysia's religious turmoil
(UCA News)
Islamic influence creeping into Malaysia's mission schools
(UCA News)
Hijab ban in court angers Bosnian Muslims
(Balkan Insight)
Egypt’s Copts at the crossroads
(Christian Cannuyer, MercatorNet)
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
EP Resolution calls ISIS slaughter of religious minorities “genocide”
(EP Intergroup on FoRB & RT)
Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in Brazil
(Stephen Eisenhammer, Reuters)
For failed LGBT bill, Florida media serve as unabashed cheerleaders
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
Disillusioned Mexicans await Pope Francis’ visit
(Tim MacGabhann, Religion News Service)
Bloomfield Hills mosque invites rabbi for interfaith event
(Aftab Borka, The Oakland Press)
Criticised for rejecting same-sex marriage, but is the Anglican church actually helping gay rights?
(Adriaan van Klinken, The Conversation)
Pakistan approves Hindu Marriage Bill after decades of inaction
(The Times of India)
Man accused of shooting at Meriden Mosque to plead guilty to federal hate crime
(Hartford Courant)
Non-Muslim Minnesotans are donning the hijab to show support
(Allie Shah, Star Tribune)
Episcopal church leader calls Anglican censure ‘fair’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Reprimands for 3 lawmakers rekindle debate about Israel’s Arab minority
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Netanyahu plans fence around Israel to protect it from 'wild beasts'
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Sikh man barred from Mexico flight sees 'small victory'
(Pater Orsi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Nevada’s Democratic caucus conflicts with Shabbat
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Texas abortion providers launch campaign to keep clinics open
(Jim Forsyth, Reuters)
Fallout from grand jury decision energizes abortion rights opponents
(Wade Goodwyn, NPR)
Kansas City teacher astonishes with $2 million gift to Jesuits
(Sally Morrow and David Gibson, Religion News Service)
U.S. churches offer safe haven for a new generation of immigrants
(John Burnett, NPR)
Community center to open one year after UNC Chapel Hill shooting
(Afeef Nessouli, CNN)
Rivlin and Shaked urge appointment of female Qadis in Shariah Courts
(Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post)
Israel appoints 7 new Muslim religious court judges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egypt military says it is restoring churches destroyed by Islamist extremists
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
National Federation for the Blind will pay $25,000 to settle EEOC religious accommodation lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
National Federation of Blind settles EEOC's religious accommodation lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
4th Circuit: Variance denial for church does not volate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects ACLU contempt motion against Kim Davis
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Court says enforcement motion against Kim Davis is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian leaders kept in Sudan since December uncharged, but incommunicado
(World Watch Monitor)
Bernie Sanders supported religious liberty in menorah dispute
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
TN anti-religious indoctrination bill moves forward
(Melanie Balakit, The Tennessean)
Is Turkey doing enough to protect its Protestants?
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Religion scholar Aslan talks 'Holy Wars' at Willamette
(Natalie Pate, Statesman Journal)
Pro-gov’t daily targets opposition spokeswoman’s religion
(Today's Zaman)
'Student rights' bill addresses religion in schools
(Brent Schanding, The State Journal)
Should schools be neutral zones for religion?
(Gaby Ochsenbein, Swissinfo.ch)
Expert details importance of teaching religion in public schools
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
Alhurra-Iraq’s Your Question discusses interfaith harmony and terrorism
(Broadcasting Board of Governors)
Suspicious fire in evangelical church in central Ukraine
(Russia Religion News)
Student participation in world gathering of religions informs Interfaith Prayer Service
(Creighton University)
Khomeini's grandsom banned from running in Iran's elections
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Federal Court splits custody of children in interfaith tussle
(Yiswaree Palansamy, MalayMail Online)
German university closes prayer room after segregation row
(Yahoo! News)
Interfaith: Conversation, not conversion
(Ching-Wen Huang, The Avion)
The crisis in Europe: upheaval or new start?
(Michael Kuhn, COMECE, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Ideology of the New Right in Hungary
(Hans Schelkshorn, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
A just war against terrorism?
(Gerhard Beestermöller, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Six dead in double suicide bombing in Cameroon
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Ahmadiyyas are not secretive anymore
(Manoj Mair, Hindustan Times)
Head of Religious Affairs to testify as witness in Akşener insult case
(Today's Zaman)
Rouhani calls for more Iranian women to 'lean in' to politics
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
El Paso bishop says pope’s border stop is pastoral, but with a political edge
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Hampton Court's Chapel Royal stages first Catholic service for 450 years
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Hindu mum distraught after Federal Court gives son to Muslim ex-husband
(Yiswaree Palansamy, MalayMail Online)
Cover story: The head scarf, modern Turkey, and me
(Elif Batuman, The New Yorker)
Analysis: If Muslims and Christians worship a different God, what is the right response?
(Mark Durie, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Strength in weakness: Egypt president’s apology spurs hope
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Christian leaders kept in Sudan since December uncharged, but incommunicado
(World Watch Monitor)
What Wheaton and Hawkins said at public reconciliation event
(Morgan Lee and Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
In Catholic Ireland, battle lines drawn over abortion as election looms
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)
Beef for foreigners not so soon: Haryana
(The Indian Express)
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