Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Mormons join community effort in Virginia to assist Syrian refugees
(Mormon Newsroom)
CONFERENCE CALL, 17 December 2015: IGE's December 2015 Faith & International Affairs Conference Call
(eature Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South / Central Asia at the US Department of State, Mr. Knox Thames, Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
As Britain plans to regulate madrasas, let’s understand their history
(Farid Panjwani, The Conversation)
Latter-day saints, Baptists worship together at Christmas jubilee
(Mormon Newsroom)
Northern Ireland abortion law: declaration of incompatibility
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope Francis, reminding that salvation is free, warns against fraudsters
(Daniel Victor, The New York Times)
Fudge and poultry in the Lords
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Human rights as a religion
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Barry W. Bussey: Trinity Western University — and religious freedom — wins again
(National Post)
After Aung San Suu Kyi's election win, Myanmar's displaced Kachin are hopeful they can go home for Christmas
(World Watch Monitor)
Egyptian brothers add to tally of Christians killed in Libya
(World Watch Monitor)
Wheaton College students back suspended professor wearing hijab
(Manya Brachear Pashman and Marwa Eltagouri, The Chicago Tribune)
Wheaton College must decide hijab-wearing prof’s future — and its own
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Anti-Muslim rhetoric puts Sikhs on edge too
(Katherine Davis-Young, Religion News Service)
Muslim clerics must reject notions of non-Muslim inferiority
(Raza Ahmad Rumi, Religion News Service)
Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim gets a life sentence in North Korean prison
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
EU demands Italy use force to fingerprint all refugees
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
FBI: San Bernardino shooters did not support ISIL on social media
(Al Jazeera America)
Azerbaijan: Repeated fines, repeated jailings of prisoners of conscience
(Forum 18 News Service)
Supreme Court sides with lesbian mother in Alabama custody case
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court stays Alabama refusal to recognize Georgia adoption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen acquitted of inciting hatred
(France 24)
Le Pen acquitted on hate speech charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules in favor of Father Christopher Kelly
(Allison B. Cohen, Los Feliz Register)
Trial court rules in factional dispute in California church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Council votes to ban gay 'conversion' therapy in Cincinnati
(Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer)
Cincinnati enacts conversion therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rabbi gets decade in prison for divorce coercion ring
(Associated Press)
Convicted Rabbi in "coerced get" case sentenced to 10 years
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Criminalizing church? Louisiana church threatened with criminal sanctions for exceeding the volume of a conversation
(Press Release, Liberty Institute)
Metairie church claims tent services illegally constrained by Jefferson Parish noise ordinance
(Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate)
Suit seeks to enjoin enforcement of noise law against church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit: He drew the line at lipstick, fake eyelashes
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press)
Cosmetologist sues after company insists that in training class he wear women's cosmetics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sudan threatens 25 Muslims with death on charges of apostasy
(Zeinab Mohammed Salih, The Guardian)
Why Jewish-Catholic reconciliation gives us hope for the future
(Bernard-Henri Levy, Vanity Fair)
Love, compassion key to interfaith harmony, says Myanmar cardinal
(John Zaw, Monhla, UCA News)
Varsities should promote interfaith ties, not hatred, says Kit Siang
(The Malaysian Insider)
Judge forces pro-life group to pay for abortion drugs under Obamacare HHS mandate
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews)
Thomas More College announces Institute for Religious Liberty, inaugural program in February
(Northern Kentucky Tribune)
Party of religious liberty botches debate on religion and the constitution
(Sarah Posner, USC Annenberg Religion Dispatches)
CHP deputy questions Ministry of Education about ongoing obligation of religion course
(Today's Zaman)
1,000 churches shut down in Indonesia since passage of 'religious harmony' law
(Gregory Tomlin, Christian Examiner)
Fighting for victory against Islamism: A blueprint for how the West can counter Islamist tyranny
(M. Yuhdi Jasser, National Review)
EVENT, 16 December 2016: An Interfaith Gathering for Solidarity, Understanding, and Peace
(Registration Form, Georgetown University)
Teaching about religions tend to be condescending
(Ulla Gjeset Schjelberg, ScienceNordic)
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Americans want Christmas, more religion in schools
(Rasmussen Reports)
Atheist group celebrates America’s 'godless' constitution in NYT ad for Christmas
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Bible passages cut from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ at Eastern Kentucky school
(Valarie Honeycutt Spears, The Lexington Herald Leader)
Boroughing themselves into a constitutional challenge: religious freedom and Outremont’s new zoning bylaw
(Samantha Gold, Forget the Box)
China’s plan to ‘liberate’ a cradle of Tibetan culture
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)
Fierce criticism of Belgian euthanasia laws backed by medical and religious leaders
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
In an ultra-wealthy Moscow suburb, a luxurious Jewish Community Center opens its doors
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Legalization of same-sex marriage voted No. 1 in Religion Newswriters’ 2015 Top 10 Religion Stories of the Year Poll
(Religion News Service)
Time-limited storage of cremation “ashes”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Voice: Do Muslims around the world really hate the United States?
(Bruce Stokes, Foreign Policy)
18 Chibok parents have died as wait for girls goes on
(World Watch Monitor)
Good job, say church leaders after Paris climate pact, but note it's just the start
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Calls for alimony reform shake up Israeli rabbinical courts
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
US Muslim woman takes oath as Judge, swears by Holy Qur’an
(AhlulBayt (a.s.) News Agency)
Civil court judge in NY takes oath of duty on Holy Quran
(Geo TV)
NYC municipal judge sworn in on Qur'an
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Judge says Pollard’s restrictive probation conditions must be further justified
(Danielle Ziri, The Jerusalem Post)
Jonathan Pollard claims parole conditions violate his rights under RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules against polygamous couple
(Fr. Mark Hodges, LifeSite News)
Magistrate holds plaintiffs lack standing to challenge Montana's polygamy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish man says Christian school didn't hire him over faith
(Associated Press)
Suit says faculty applicant was blindsided by religious affiliation requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Obama pick for top tax lawyer stalls on pastor-politics issue
(David Voreacos and Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune)
Confirmation of Tax Division Chief delayed over past position on ADF's Pulpit Initiative
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saudi Arabia elects 17 women in first vote allowing female participation
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi Arabia forms Islamic anti-'terrorist' military coalition
(Al Jazeera America)
Two Southern California mosques vandalized
(Al Jazeera America)
Burma’s hard-line Buddhists are waging a campaign of hate that nobody can stop
(Francis Wade, Time)
Argao of Science, Baybado of IR attend Asia-Pacific Interfaith Youth Camp in Cambodia
(University of Santo Tomas)
Interfaith event canceled in face of threats
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)
The war at home: Four ways good faith can help defeat ISIS
(David Briggs, The ARDA: Ahead of the Trend)
Unbelief as a belief system: Core tenet for Christians' fight for religious rights
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Brazilian Adventists form networking group of political and civic leaders
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)
On religious liberty: Obamacare, same-sex marriage, and Trump
(Stephen Schneck, U.S. Catholic (blog))
Naga Identity & religion- An important message from the trajectory of Rani Gaidinliu
(Richard Kamei, The Morung Express)
SC school district stops endorsing religion-based charities
(Jennifer Donovan, The Charlotte Observer)
Opinion: We’re at risk of repeating history when we fear people based on religion
(Stephen T. Lane, Reza Jalali, Bangor Daily News)
Polish and Ukrainian graveyard project reveals intricate history of identity and religion
(Ukraine Today)
Bid to throw out preacher's 'anti-Islam' charges rejected
(Belfast Telegraph)
Freedom From Religion Foundation wants records on Rainbow City live nativity event
(William Thornton, AL.com)
Freedom from Religion Foundation says Concord's Christmas Spectacular nativity display was 'blatant disregard' for the law
(Michelle Sokol, The Elkhart Truth)
Essay: The long American tradition of nativist politics
(Robin Dale Jacobson, Religion & Politics)
The latest social science is wrong. Religion is good for families and kids.
(W. Bradford Wilcox, The Washington Post)
Mamata Banerjee says Trinamool Congress not engaged in politics of religion
(NDTV)
Tel Aviv Diary: When religion guides politics
(Marc Schulman, Newsweek)
'Love has no religion': priests and pastors reach out to refugees
(Kostas Koukoumakas, The Guardian)
Monday, 14 December 2015
Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda kill Christian policeman, kidnap three children
(Morningstar News)
Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bishop says BBC's lack of religion at Christmas is "offensive"
(Stroud Life)
‘Pastor who called Islam satanic has right to free speech’ – Muslim academic
(RT)
Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
‘Religious harmony’ law: 1,000 Indonesian Christian churches closed
(Evangelical Focus)
National Secular Society defends cinemas’ freedom not to screen religious adverts
(National Secular Society)
Senegal, a peaceful Islamic democracy, is jarred by fears of militancy
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
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