Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Dialogue between religions essential, says pope on first day of African tour
(Murithi Mutiga and Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Warden stopped us from performing havan: JNU students to police
(Aranya Shankar, The Indian Express)
Four worshippers, four policemen killed in clash in Baku
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope in Africa says conflict ‘feeds on fear, mistrust and despair’
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Faith will prevail over atheism, Oxford prof McGrath predicts
(Marv Knox, The Baptist Standard)
Muslims, refugees, and the struggle for the soul of America
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Sweden has it all – except freedom of conscience
(Carolyn Moynihan, National Right to Life News Today)
Whose yoga is it? Journalists, proceed with care because the details matter
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
In Africa, Pope Francis will find religious vibrancy and violence
(Caryle Murphy, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Pope's east Africa to cement interfaith relations
(Andrew Ross, Anadolu Agency)
Pope touches down in Kenya for start of African tour
(Andrew Ross and Magdalene Mukami, Andalou Agency)
Pope Francis embarks on Africa tour despite security fears
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Religions in Thailand send powerful message of peace
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Case of Palestinian artist sentenced to death shows breadth Saudi judges have under Shariah
(Aya Batrawi, Star Tribune)
Switzerland overwhelmingly votes for burqa ban with £6,500 fine for Muslim women who rebel
(Oli Smith, Express)
Amicus brief filed in appeal of bankruptcy stay of Jewish religious court proceedings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Groups say Texas refusal to accept Syrian immigrants infringes religious liberty of resettlement agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in joint press conference
(Press Release, The White House)
Tense Christian-Muslim relations provide backdrop to Pope's Africa trip
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Obama criticizes growing anti-Muslim sentiment in United States
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rampant persecution of Christians and church destruction escalating in Sudan
(Palmer Williams, American Center for Law and Justice)
People on train protect a Muslim woman from racist attack
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Ancient Jewish community endures on Tunisian isle
(Mosa'ab Elshamy, AP The Big Story)
Advocates fear fate of religious freedom office under Liberals
(Deborah Gyapong, The Catholic Register)
Proposed new religious freedom bill draws ire
(Michelle L. Quinn and Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune)
Turkey: Reopen Halki Seminary
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Education secretary made ‘error of law’ on new religious studies GCSE – high court
(The Guardian)
'Error of law' in new religious studies GCSE
(Hannah Richardson, BBC News)
Humanists welcome ruling over new religious studies GCSE
(Belfast Telegraph)
Israeli High Court rejects religious family's appeal to prevent transgender woman's cremation
(Tia Goldenberg, Star Tribune)
Christian club reinstated at California State University after leadership religious test dispute
(The Christian Post)
Carson names an evangelical millennial as faith advisor — the third GOP candidate to do so
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Vulnerability of women exploited to jeopardise Christian communities
(Helene Fisher, World Watch Monitor)
Adventists represented at G20 Interfaith Summit in Turkey
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
Interfaith group plants 400 trees on the banks of the River Ouse
(Victoria Prest, The Press)
Attackers stab interfaith group leader in Bangladesh
(UCA News)
U.N. decries Balkans border curbs on refugees; arrivals in Greece fall
(Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters)
Church of England defends ad refused by movie theaters
(Stephen Castle, The New York Times)
Police call him an ISIS recruiter. He says he’s just an outspoken preacher.
(Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)
Official: Paris attacks organizer was planning more carnage
(Samuel Petrequin and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Facing early retirement, Southern Baptist missionaries vow to continue evangelism stateside
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
U.S. appeals court rules against Wisconsin abortion doctor law
(Reuters)
Orthodox Jews vow to continue gap-year trips to study in Israel
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
'Clock boy' Ahmed Mohamed's family seeks $15 million, apologies from Texas city
(Ashley Fantz, Christopher Lett, and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN)
The objectification of Muslims in America
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Ugly clashes at anti-Islam rallies in Australia
(BBC News)
Buddhism is waning in Japan
(Rachel Martin, NPR)
For third day, Brussels is paralyzed by terror dragnet
(Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times)
Mali hotel attack: Police seek info on hotel attack gunmen
(BBC News)
Paris attacks and other assaults seen as evidence of a shift by ISIS
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Millennials are less religious than older Americans, but just as spiritual
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center)
Armed protesters gather outside Islamic Center of Irving
(Avi Selk, The Dallas Morning News)
In the first majority-Muslim U.S. city, residents tense about its future
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
4 ways ISIS grounds its actions in religion — and why that matters (Commentary)
(Ayman S. Ibrahim, Religion News Service)
Is it time for the U.S. to rethink its approach to the Middle East?
(Robert A. Manning, Foreign Policy)
Want to beat the Islamic State? Help Tunisia
(Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy)
Kadyrov calls law on immunity of holy books from jurisdiction 'triumph of justice'
(Interfax Religion)
Muslim employee sues hospital over reprimand for henna ink
(Spencer Kent, NJ.com)
Comment: Why is Canada justified in screening out refugees based on gender, but not religion?
(Robyn Urback, National Post)
Religious freedom boosts economies, Adventist tells G20 forum
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)
Religious leaders in Indiana speak out
(Chicago Tribune)
Evangelicals (always) fear losing religious liberty & being called bigots: A look at 1950s evangelicalism
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: On the Corner of Church and State)
Protect religious liberty: Reject false narratives, big and small; condemn violence, not religion
(K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee (blog))
The refugee issue is a religious liberty issue
(Elizabeth Bruenig, New Republic)
Landscaping blitz transforms Interfaith complex
(J. Harry Jones, San Diego Union Tribune)
Church, Governments and Humanitarian Partners Aid Refugees in Europe
(Mormon Newsroom)
Major British theater chains reject Church of England ad
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women targeted as hate crime against British Muslims soars following terrorist atrocity
(Oliver Wright, Independent)
Russian court says Scientology does not qualify as a religious organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amid Kim Davis backlash, Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to remove clerks' names from state marriage licenses
(Michelle Mark, International Business Times)
Kim Davis' case continues to defy finality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SE Indiana county to allow Nativity scene with Bill of Rights
(Associated Press)
Nativity scene finds a home in Wadena, and a lot more might join it
(Anna Erickson, Forum News Service)
Localities adjusting Nativity displays to avoid constitutional problems
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
That cinema advert
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Richard Dawkins says UK cinemas should screen the Lord's Prayer
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Rabbinical High Court expected to reverse decision to void conversion of mother and daughter
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Rabbinate revoked woman’s conversion after almost 30 years
(Tamar Pileggi, Times of Israel)
Israel's Rabbinical High Court to consider retroactive conversion revocation case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor and Maui County settle 1st Amendment lawsuit
(Press Release, ACLU of Hawai'i)
Settlement requires 1st Amendment training for Hawaiian police
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trooper assigned to Capitol accuses DPS of religious discrimination
(Katie Urbaszewski, Austin Statesman)
Texas state trooper sues over religious harassment by co-workers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
East Ramapo, state hit with yeshiva lawsuit
(Adrienne Sanders, Lower Hudson Journal News)
Suit claims four NY yeshivas deny male students adequate secular education
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Decorations in, hymns out as Andrews Government cracks down on religion in state school
(Kate McMahon, Herald Sun)
Kazakhstan: Sixth Muslim in secret police pre-trial imprisonment
(Forum 18 News Service)
An alarming new era for religious liberty in America
(Kelly Shackelford, The Washington Times)
'Rambo' appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
(Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters)
Putin signs law exempting religious texts from extremism charges
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
It’s not in the Bible, nor in Koran: Putin signs law exempting holy books from extremism checks
(RT Russian Politics)
Monday, 23 November 2015
Broad Russian laws targeting religious ‘extremists’ used against pacifist sect
(Andrew Roth, The Washington Post)
Church of Scientology Moscow branch 'dissolved' by court
(BBC News)
Russian court bans Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology
(The Guardian)
Russian court bans Church of Scientology in Moscow
(Newsmax)
Fear keeps Syrian refugees away from welcoming event in Allentown
(Christy Potter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After a yearlong battle, this Christian group gets back on campus
(Melinda Skea, Charisma News)
Hate crimes against Muslims in the U.K. on the rise
(Henry Johnson, Foreign Policy)
Limerick school allows student opt out of religious education class
(Kathryn Hayes, The Irish Times)
SDS seeks to ban burqa in public, tighten asylum right
(SDS)
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