Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Ark encounter theme park vindicated in religious freedom case
(Melany Ethridge and A. Larry Ross, Charisma News)
Russian Orthodox Church denies rumors of upcoming Patriarch-Pope meeting in Latin America
(Interfax-Religion)
UN chief thanks Morocco, underlines urgency for inter-faith dialogue
(Morocco World News)
Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism: Iranian president
(Steve Scherer and Antonella Cinelli, Reuters)
Protection of religious minorities in Muslim countries must be a priority
(Qari Asim, HuffPost Religion)
Interfaith Centre for documentation, peace and reconciliation inaugurated in Kaduna
(Amos Tauna, Daily Post)
Pope Francis meets Iran’s president to boost nuke deal, Mideast peace
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian school in Galilee
(Mint Press News)
Dispatches: Indonesia’s island of intolerance
(Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch)
Religious liberty at center of Pope's meeting with Iranian president
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Key witness testifies in polygamous towns trial
(Odessa American Online)
Denmark parliament expected to allow seizure of valuables from refugees
(Al Jazeera America)
Azerbaijan: Four mosques remain closed, Georgian Orthodox still with no priest
(Forum 18)
Georgia businesses assess costs of ‘religious freedom’ law
(Timothy Pratt, Al Jazeera America)
Preservationists race to capture cultural monuments with 3D images
(Herbert Maschner, The Conversation)
Monday, 25 January 2016
Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess
(Lisa Suhay, The Christian Science Monitor)
Russian Orthodox Church keeps trying to teach more religion in public schools
(Russia Religion News)
Sarah Pulliam Bailey dives deep into Wheaton wars and conflicts inside evangelicalism
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Christian school’s plea for ‘equal protection’ on playground goes to Supreme Court
(Kristiana Mork, The Daily Signal)
Little Sister on religious freedom lawsuit: we have no choice but to see it through to end
(Lauretta Brown, CNS News)
Survey: Religious freedom law costly for convention business
(Indianapolis Business Journal)
The unorthodox path of a Ukrainian Jew in the 'new' Ukraine
(Dmytro Gorshkov, Agence France-Presse)
Suicide bombers kill 32, wound dozens in northern Cameroon
(Josiane Kouagheu, Reuters)
Video shows Paris attackers committed earlier ISIS atrocities
(The Wall Street Journal)
IS planning for 'large-scale' attacks on Europe: Europol
(Agence France-Presse)
Kansas court of appeals voids restrictive 2015 abortion law
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
An American Muslim in Kansas tries to claim her place in her country
(Anne Hull, The Washington Post)
Philippine Muslim rebels say concerned at rising radicalism
(Reuters)
Israeli-American LGBT reception disrupted by anti-Israel protesters
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Activists contest Vatican over gay rights before key Italian vote
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Breaking a taboo, some ultra-Orthodox Israeli men look for work
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Dispatches: Mozambique’s double speak on LGBT rights
(Zenaida Machado, Human Rights Watch)
IRS announces changed procedures for tax issues involving churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law
(James MacPherson, Associated Press)
Supreme Court denies review in North Dakota fetal heart beat abortion ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Britain considering taking in unaccompanied refugee children
(Al Jazeera America)
Kenyans honour 'hero' Muslim who saved Christians
(Teo Kermeliotis, Al Jazeera)
EU edges closer to suspending passport-free zone over refugee crisis
(Al Jazeera America)
EU asylum policy putting 360K children at risk
(Al Jazeera America)
SCOTUS: State courts can award attorneys' fees in Sec. 1983 cases only if suit was unreasonable
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jehovah's Witness sues school district over Valentine's Day party
(John Counts, MLive)
Jehovah's Witness teacher sues over Valentine's Day party requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge dismisses case claiming abortion restrictions violate religious beliefs
(Alex Stuckey, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Satanist's RFRA callenge to Missouri abortion restrictions dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ministerial exception applies to hospital chaplain's discrimination lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court: Kansas Constitution protects abortion rights
(Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press)
Kansas appeals court splits evenly over state constitution's protection of abortion rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russian pressure forces historic Orthodox summit to meet in Crete
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Pope's visit to Lund marks new phase of Catholic-Lutheran dialogue
(Vatican Radio)
Cameroon: Politics, religion as favorite satirical subjects
(Kimeng Hilton Ndukong, All Africa)
Catholic school offers pupils alternative ethics classes
(RTE News)
Sultan Nazrin: Religion is like time bomb if abused
(The Star Online)
King Mohammed VI: Morocco plays a Lleading role in interfaith dialogue
(Morocco World News)
Religious Ministry takes steps to eliminate communal prejudices
(Daily Times)
CIJA and Interfaith Partners Reaffirm Support for Office of Religious Freedom
(Press Release, CIJA)
Faith groups call on Liberals to keep Canada's Office of Religious Freedom
(Lee Berthiaume, Ottawa Citizen)
Against freedom of religion: 'Prayer altars cannot be simply moved'
(Malaysia Chronicle)
Religious freedom in Indonesia under threat
(Tempo.co)
Rastafarian accuses Freedom Well Services of religious discrimination
(Robert Hadley, Louisiana Record)
Flood damage and the faculty jurisdiction
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 24th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 25 January 2016: Rousseau and the civil religion tradition
(Jack Miller Center, UC Davis)
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Egypt allows university to ban niqab-covered professors
(Mary Chastain, Breitbart)
European court rules Turkey discriminates against Alevi community
(Sunday's Zaman)
Hindus seek Pope's intervention to end religious preferences in admissions in Irish schools
(Merinews)
Indian women protest ban on entering temples during their periods
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
We must delink religion from terror: Sushma Swaraj tells Arab League
(The Economic Times)
West Virginia lawmakers push religious freedom bill despite governor's veto threat
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Are college campuses the next battleground in religious freedom–LGBT rights conflict?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Heartbreak, humiliation and a death certificate
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Islam and Islamism in America in 2015: Part I January-March 2015
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
MP Freedom of Religion Act being misused, says Archbishop
(Business Standard)
The language of liberty
(Netusha Naidu, The Malaysian Insider)
USCIRF: Release Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
What was Shakespeare’s religion?
(Gillian Woods, OUPblog Religion)
Brian Grim at Davos 20-23 January: Discussing Role of Faith in Economy, Security and Technology
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Friday, 22 January 2016
How a Facebook comment turned into a nightmare for ‘the evangelical Harvard’
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Same sex marriage, religion and tradition
(Eric Ellul, Gibraltar Chronicle)
Too early to speak of meeting between pope, patriarch - Russian Church
(Interfax-Religion)
PC(USA) Theology and Worship office announces changes in office of Interfaith Relations
(Emily Enders Odom, Presbyterian News Service)
Sierra Leone: Interfaith summit convenes to discuss new abortion law
(Star Africa)
Prison ministries win religious freedom case
(Kara Bettis, New Boston Post)
Bombings aside, Indonesia is still battling over the role of political Islam
(Carool Kersten, The Conversation)
300 Christians form armed militia in Philippines to defend themselves against Islamic jihadists
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Israel forces evict Jewish settlers from West Bank buildings
(Ian Deitch, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Tying of pig's head to Islamic school gates treated as hate crime
(The Guardian)
Tajikistan shaves 13,000 beards in 'radicalism' battle
(Al Jazeera)
The Gambia: Africa's new Islamic republic
(Alex Vines, BBC News)
Italian church groups open refugee 'humanitarian corridors'
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
On the run from the Islamic State, Iraqi Christians are trying to save their heritage
(Benedetta Argentieri, VICE)
Legislative proposals prompt Muslim community efforts
(Dave Boucher, The Tennessean)
Controversial archbishop leaves Michigan parish
(Rosemary Parker, Kalamazoo Gazette)
Why the March for Life is becoming a destination for more evangelicals
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Wheaton faculty recommends college drop actions against professor
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Germany starts confiscating refugees’ valuables; Denmark finalizes bill to do same
(Mint Press News)
Pope Francis meets Sudan bishops as UN documents atrocities in the South
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Rouhani: Not even the first Shiite imam was this strict
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Turkey issues new Friday prayer directive
(Tulay Cetingulec, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
10th Circuit judges press Utah about polygamy ban in ‘Sister Wives’ case
(Donna Bryson, The Associated Press)
10th Circuit hears oral arguments in "Sister Wives" challenge to Utah polygamy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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