Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Religious groups offer sanctuary to immigrants targeted in ICE raids
(Antonio Olivo, The Washington Post)
Comparative religion series to focus on politics, religion
(Marty Minchin, The Charlotte Observer)
Saudi execution exposes dangerous political and religious divisions
(John Kemp, Reuters)
Wheaton College seeks to fire Christian professor over view of Islam
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)
Russia ordered to pay Jewish activist from Moscow
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tunisian Jews call for disciplining soccer official over anti-Semitic slur to ref
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New Mexico bill is about discrimination, not religious freedom (Commentary)
(Jerry Nachison, KRWG)
Teacher guilty of misconduct after telling pupils Islam was 'true religion'
(itv)
Interfaith leader to speak in West Michigan
(Grand Valley State University)
Geneva College, religious nonprofits take aim at Obamacare mandate
(Brian Bowling, Trib Live)
N.J. school district drops 'God bless America'
(Rita Giordano, Philly.com)
Illinois college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
(The Christian Times)
Christian college begins process to remove professor who wore a hijab
(Ed Payne, CNN)
Can states protect LGBT rights without compromising religious freedom?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
Accidental hero: the Muslim who saved Jews in Paris attack
(Pauline Froissart, Agence France-Presse)
Islamic clerics declare fatwa on poachers in Indonesia and Malaysia
(Beh Lih Yi, Global Post)
Pastor who said Islam was 'doctrine spawned in hell' is cleared by court
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Will Iran suspend hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia?
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Brooklyn home of Hasidic Jews vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Man accused of swinging machete through Florida mosque
(J.D. Gallop, Religion News Service)
What is dialogue?
(Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan, Sun Star Davao)
The year in reproductive justice: 2015 summary
(Harry F. Knox, Religion Dispatches)
Catholic education in 150-year battle for religious freedom
(Justin Petrisek, Catholic Education Daily)
Sensitivity key for Canadian foreign service, says religious freedom envoy
(Lee Berthiaume, Ottawa Citizen)
How Obama made gun control a religious freedom issue
(Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches)
Should the United States ban the Islamic State from Facebook?
(Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Policy)
Law Society appeals decision in TWU v. Law Society of BC
(News Release, The Law Society of British Columbia)
Air Force Academy affirms players' right to pray on field on game day
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Air Force Academy says football players can continue pre-game on field prayers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mass. high court says foster parenting can be denied over religious belief in corporal punishment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pharmacists ask US Supreme Court to weigh in on Wash. state law that Planned Parenthood wrote
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cert filed in challenge by pharmacies to required filling of emergency contraception Rx
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom group sues Morris over church grants
(Peggy Wright, Daily Record)
Two years' imprisonment for Astana Christian
(Wade Kusack, Religious Freedom Blog)
Which nationalities consider religion most important?
(Niall McCarthy, Statista)
In yet another alleged hate crime, elderly Sikh stabbed to death in Fresno
(Mint Press News)
Crimea: Paying fines "would be to admit that they did something wrong"
(Forum 18)
'Fire attack' on Scottish Islamic center draws town's faith communities closer
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Israeli Arabs fear stigmatization following Tel Aviv shooting
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Are warnings about Islamic State in Palestine 'empty threats'?
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Shin Bet uncovers Jewish extremist plot to destroy state
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Florida police arrest man for vandalizing mosque
(Al Jazeera America)
Kenya’s Garissa University reopens nine months after massacre
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The Oregon standoff and America’s double standards on race and religion
(Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post)
The sign that anti-abortion clinics say tramples their religious liberty
(Irin Carmon, MSNBC)
New Publication: The Legal Treatment of Muslim Minorities in Italy
(Andrea Pin, Ashgate)
Saudi Arabia's religious intolerance and the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)
Documentary on Santhara to highlight law-religion conflict
(Ashish Mehta, The Times of India)
How offensive is “offensive”? R v McConnell
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
This Wikileaks cable explains why the death of one cleric has the Mideast on edge
(Henry Johnson, Foreign Policy)
Monday, 4 January 2016
Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop capital punishment
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)
Navy's Islamic Twitter account shut down after anti-Islam group complains
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Obama administration asks top court to reject Texas abortion law
(Joan Biskupic, Reuters)
Post-religious, post-spirituality seekers
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Pharmacists ask Supreme Court to protect their religious conscience
(Covington-Maple Valley Reporter)
Catholics hold peace march in Kyiv
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The proposal to move celebration of Christmas to December 25 is an attempt to split Ukrainian society, UOC MP Archbishop Luka says
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Abortion and marriage: Supreme Court asked to take First Amendment case on conscience rights
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart)
Fairness law, abortion among issues to watch
(The Courier-Journal)
The Saudi–Iranian conflict and religious liberty in the Middle East
(Travis Wussow, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention)
More people turn to faith-based groups for health coverage
(Fox News Health)
Charlie Hebdo cover 1 year after attack: Religion is the murderer
(Megan Specia, Mashable)
Iran’s hypocrisy on persecution
(Michael Rubin, Commentary)
Anti-conversion laws: Not Mahatma Gandhi's India
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)
Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia. What happens now concerns us all
(Nick Cohen, The Spectator)
This midwife can't get a job in Sweden - and it's a serious problem
(Loredana Vuoto, Catholic News Agency)
Czarist echo? Russian Orthodox Church drives to restore its political clout
(Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)
Genocide: Christians pay the price for inaction and apathy
(Tiffany Barrans, ACLJ)
Norway begins adoption process for 5 children seized from Christian parents
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post World)
Sweden introduces ID checks to curb refugee arrivals
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)
The Slingshot: Saudi executions; remembering Charlie Hebdo; selfish gratitude
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
The art of conversation
(Tabish Khair, OUPblog Religion)
Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Constitution says government can favor religion
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Why Scalia says government should favor religion over non-religion
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: On the Corner of Church and State)
Tiny churches, big hopes: Why some thrive despite the odds
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Egypt's imams and priests confront sectarianism together
(Jayson Casper, World Watch Monitor)
Iraqi Sunni mosques attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution
(Stephen Kalin and Saif Hameed, Reuters)
France prepares tribute to Charlie Hebdo, Jewish shop victims
(Michel Rose, Reuters)
Pharmacists ask Supreme Court to block state birth control rule
(Sarah Ferris, The Hill)
Religious health care ministries show growth
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fired police officer's Free Exercise rights not infringed by order not to associate with gang member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cargill fires about 180 Somali workers after prayer dispute
(Mike Hughlett, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
LDS Church responds to inquiries regarding Oregon armed occupation
(Mormon Newsroom)
Mormon authorities ‘strongly condemn’ Oregon militia siege
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Muslim employees walk out of meat packing plant in dispute over prayer breaks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minister seeks right to marry couples without license
(Oralandar Brand-Williams, The Detroit News)
Suit challenges requirement of marriage license for religious ceremony
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Nation Divided By Fear: Studies reveal widespread lack of social trust
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Saudi Arabia: Mass execution largest since 1980
(Human Rights Watch)
Saudi Arabia’s religious intolerance and the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)
Saudi execution of cleric ignites violence, fears of derailed regional peace efforts
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Saudi execution of political prisoners sparks protest – the Round-up
(Hannah Lynes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bahrain severs ties with Iran after attacks on Saudi missions
(Today's Zaman)
Executions in Saudi Arabia: Reactions to a Shia cleric’s death, from the furious to the thoughtful
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran as tensions escalate
(Al Jazeera America)
Why Israeli Russians insist on celebrating Novy God
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The Economist explains: Why Trudeau wants the pope to make an apology
(M.D., The Economist)
Homosexual group wants govt to release names of schools ‘using faith as guise for discrimination’
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Hungary awaits Muslim tourists while promoting anti-refugee rhetoric
(Dan McLaughlin, Al Jazeera America)
Denmark, Sweden tighten border checks to slow refugee flow
(Al Jazeera America)
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