Law and Religion Headlines

Monday, 4 January 2016

Sunday, 3 January 2016

“You need to watch who you tell about your religion”: In the age of Trump, “the talk” Muslim parents face isn’t about sex at all
(Gail Cornwall, Salon)

A Muslim's top 10 wishes for 2016
(Taufiq Rahim, The World Post)

Cocktail of politics, religion dangerous: Swami Agnivesh
(The Hindu)

IDF to permit non-religious burial with full military honors
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Religious groups join for world peace service in Naperville
(Lauren Rohr, Daily Herald)

Remarks of top cleric on cemevis draw ire of Alevis
(Today's Zaman)

Saturday, 2 January 2016

Hopis say Boy Scout performances make mockery of tradition, religion
(Anne Constable, Santa Fe New Mexican)

States plan renewed debate on LGBT rights, religious freedom
(David A Lieb, Associated Press, Salt Lake Tribune)

On religious liberty: a surprisingly hopeful tale
(James A Sonne, San Francisco Chronicle)

Flashback 2015: Revealing Top 10 lists from Religion Dispatches and Patheos Evangelical
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Form parliamentary committee to address interfaith conversion issues
(MalayMail Online)

A smorgasbord of Swedish anti-Semitism
(Nima Gholam Ali Pour, Gatestone Institute)

Scalia dismisses concept of religious neutrality
(Rebecca Santana, Associated Press, The Big Story)

Religion and society: Asking what God would want really does seem to curb prejudice
(The Economist)

Christians in the Middle East: And then there were none
(The Economist)

Iraq: Reclaiming the ruins from Islamic State
(The Economist)

War on words: A woman’s battle to end stoning and juvenile execution in Iran
(Laura Secor, The New Yorker)

Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)

Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves
(Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Fatwa No. 64 (on treatment of female slaves)
(ISIL Committee of Research and Fatwas)

Friday, 1 January 2016

Adrian Chiles: BBC presenter says the media only sees religion in terms of fanaticism
(Ian Burrell, The Independent)

Epidemic as metaphor: Meaning and morality in our narratives of gun violence
(Philippa Koch, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Good Friday, a national public holiday of the Czech Republic
(Záboj Horák, Eurel: Sociological and legal data on religions in Europe)

Healing together: Religious organisations show solidarity with earthquake survivors
(Lucia DeVries, Nepali Times)

Kansas bill that would outlaw anti-gay discrimination will be heard first week of session
(Bryan Lowry, The Wichita Eagle)

Possible ban of hijab 'an affront to religious freedom of Muslim women'
(News24 Nigeria)

Religious liberty and the Cargill meatpacking plant
(The Denver Post)

The martyrdom of an Afghan: New York Times brings clash of law and culture to light
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))

This Pastafarian just schooled Georgia officials for refusing to respect his spaghetti-worshipping religion
(Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story)

UK survivor of massacre in Tunisia backs interfaith work
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)

Law & Religion 2015 and 2016: retrospect and prospect
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Tired of being targeted, America's Sikhs are standing up for their identity
(Gloria Goodale, The Christian Science Monitor)

Russia is a fully sovereign state, uses its sovereignty to defend itself, its friends - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Iraqis dive deeper into sectarianism
(Mustafa al-Kadhimi, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Diyarbakir's Christians suffer in margins of Turkey-PKK war
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

New French history offers a ray of hope for Jewish-Muslim relations
(Robert Zaretsky, Forward)

Happy New Year 2016 !
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawmaker makes video plea for non-Christians to convert — on taxpayer's dime
(Cary Spivak, The Forward)

Wisconsin lawmaker stirs controversy with proselytizing Christmas message to constituents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit upholds California AG's collection of donors' names against "as applied" challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Mexico Supreme Court files amended opinion again striking down textbook loan program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

AP-NORC poll: Christian-Muslim split on religious freedom
(Rachel Zoll And Emily Swanson, Associated Press)

Poll on attitudes toward religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Civil courts have no jurisdiction over conversions, defer to Shariah Court
(V. Anbalagan, Malaysian Insider)

Malaysia Court of Appeal says civil courts have no jurisdiction over religious conversions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Somali workers fired at Colorado packing plant in prayer dispute
(Keith Coffman, Reuters)

Thursday, 31 December 2015

A depressing year of religion news
(Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)

2015: The year in religious liberty controversies
(Stephanie Slade, Reason: Hit and Run Blog)

Conveying the Christian message: In church or between churches, clergy have a thing about transport
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

7 stories you should read to really understand the Islamic State
(Swati Sharma, The Washington Post)

The Islamization of Britain in 2015
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Deseret News heroes of 2015: 7 people who made a difference this year (Faith: Brian Grim)
(Deseret News National Edition | Media)

Changing religion, changing economies: Future global religious and economic growth (Research prepared for the Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith
(The Full Report, by Brian J. Grim and Phillip Connor, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Minors converted to Islam can seek redress after turning 18, Shariah lawyer says
(Ida Lim, The Malaya Mail Online)

Israel's Russians show pride by openly celebrating 'Novy God' on New Year's Eve
(Eetta Prince-Gibson, Forward)

Nigerian to unveil 'biggest' statue of Jesus in Africa
(Stephanie Findlay and Aderogba Obisesan, Agence France-Presse)

Iran arrests 9 Christians on Christmas day for celebrating Jesus Christ
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

ISIS mutilates and kills Syrian mother caught breastfeeding in public
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Norway begins adoption process for 5 children seized from Christian parents
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

ACLU Muslim official 'emphatically refuses' to denounce radical Islamic terrorism
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Brussels' New Year's festivities canceled in wake of alleged plot
(Jason Hanna, Paul Cruickshank, and Vasco Cotovio, CNN)

In new habit, Japan's Buddhist temples seek slice of foreign tourism boom
(Junko Fujita, Reuters)

Israel cracks down on Islamic State volunteers
(Dan Williams, Reuters)

Two Pakistani clerics fight at meeting over status of Ahmadi sect
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)

Muslims on twitter say they have better things to do than join ISIS
(Jeffrey Marcus, The New York Times)

Israel rejects book on Jew-Arab love for school curriculum
(Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

How the battle against the Islamic State is redrawing the map of the Middle East
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)

Death for Bangladesh blogger killers
(BBC News)

Ukraine debates whether to celebrate Christmas twice
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Andrew Osborn and Richard Balmforth, Reuters)

Accosted for her hijab, woman now teaches Muslim empowerment
(Wilson Ring, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Suspect in Houston mosque fire claims to have prayed there five times a day, police say
(Peter Holley, The Washington Post)

Seattle-area Muslims face fear and kindness after teen’s death
(Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times)

Emanuel AME responds to lawsuit over handling of donations
(Jennifer Berry Hawes, The Post and Courier)

JFNA leader slams Israel Chief Rabbi for conservative school comment
(JTA, Forward)

A religious forecast for 2050: Atheism is down, Islam is rising
(Nadia Whitehead, National Public Radio)

The real reason Turkey is building so many mosques
(Borzou Daragahi, BuzzFeed News)

Activists predict abortion will be a hot issue in campaigns
(David Crary, Associated Press)

In Russia, a high-ranking Orthodox priest is sacked — and hits back
(Corey Flintoff, National Public Radio)

Lawyer for Christian bakers who were forced to pay nearly $137,000 to lesbian couple reveals most shocking element of the case
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

2015 clarified the right to gay marriage. It opened a world of questions for religious objectors
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Opinion: Karl Barth taught us not to use religion to mask the stench of war
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Americans back religious rights but lose confidence in government protection, survey shows
(Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)

Churches and flooding
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Bogor to stage interfaith prayer for a more tolerant 2016
(Jakarta Globe)

What a strange year it's been for First Amendment freedoms
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)

The First Amendment, our articles of peace
(Charles C Haynes, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)

Guidance for schools and awarding organisations about the Religious Studies GCSE
(UK Department for Education)

15 striking findings from 2015
(George Gao, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Poll: Americans rank Muslims as least deserving of religious protections, put Mormons behind other Christians
(Rachel Zoll and Emily Swanson, The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune)

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