Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 14 November 2015
100 hostages killed in 'heartbreaking' Paris attacks
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
France: the secular seat of Europe that has lost so many to radical Islam
(Jon Henley, The Guardian)
IS suicide blast, roadside bomb hit Baghdad Shiites, kill 26
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Day of mourning in Lebanon after deadly Beirut bombings
(Al Jazeera)
Worshippers killed as bomb hits Yemen mosque in Houthi-dominated region: residents
(Reuters)
Ohio man arrested after social posts urging killing of military members
(Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times)
Court upholds California death penalty
(James Cook, BBC News)
Friday, 13 November 2015
Supreme Court will wade back into abortion debate
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Supreme Court grants review of Texas restrictions on abortion clinics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007
(Al Jazeera America)
Indiana judge dismisses suit targeting new sex offender law
(Associated Press)
Indiana agrees to narrow interpretation of sex offender restriction, alleviating religious freedom issue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th-grader died because school failed to stop bullying over religion, lawsuit says
(Anita Lee and Margaret Baker, (Biloxi, Miss.) Sun Herald)
Suit charges fatal religious harassment of Christian student in Mississippi
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Corbyn to raise 1984 Sikh genocide with Modi
(Hardeep Singh, Network of Sikh Organisations)
Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK is overshadowed by nationalist violence in India
(Mirza Waheed, The Guardian)
As Indian Prime Minister visits Britain, religious minorities' rights are raised
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules Baxter County nativity scene unconstitutional
(Ozarks First)
Arkansas county's nativity scene violates purpose prong of Lemon test
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rights group says migrants face beatings, abuse in Bulgaria
(Aleksandar Vasovic and Angel Krasimirov, Reuters)
Religious freedom advocates need to speak out on Bangladesh killings
(Paul Fidalgo, Paul Fidalgo)
‘Black Lives Matter’ signs at churches vandalized
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Lutheran-led peace march prompts some Salvadoran gangs to halt violence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
'Jihadi John' may be dead, his symbolism gone — but ISIL's potency remains
(Tom Kutsch, Al Jazeera America)
Lebanon in mourning following Bourj el-Barajne massacre
(Paul Dakiki, Asia News)
Indonesian Bishops: The hope of Catholics is not optimism, but faith in God
(Mathias Hariyadi, Asia News)
In dispute between Jews, Montreal salon owner fined for barring hairdresser from Shabbat work
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hundreds of Christian fighters battle to defend Biblical Syrian town from ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Jewish publishers seek new models in struggling industry
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Central African government reassures Vatican over pope visit
(Reuters)
Another man charged in church attack plot due in court
(Larry O'Dell, The Associated Press)
Assad forces backed by Russian airstrikes break ISIS siege of key Syrian air base
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
UK government warned over new counter-terrorism legislation
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Isis claims responsibility as suicide bombers kill dozens in Beirut
(Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian)
Government accuses six Islamic schools of breaching Education Act
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)
Thursday, 12 November 2015
U.S. Holocaust Museum: The Islamic State’s war on Yazidis is genocide
(Henry Johnson, Foreign Policy)
US Jews will abandon Israel over religious exclusion, warns delegation
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Times of Israel)
Draft of new religion law raises alarm
(The Voice of the Martyrs Canada)
Myanmar's Christians cautiously hopeful
(World Watch Monitor)
Unprecedented lawsuit by Maine attorney general calls protests by abortion foe illegally loud
(Scott Dolan, Portland Press-Herald)
Maine's AG sues to enjoin anti-abortion protester
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rebecca Kandare tragedy: Religious sect parents jailed for killing baby daughter who was left to starve to death
(Wolverhampton Express & Star)
In England, couple sentenced to prison in faith healing death of their daughter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fleeing Boko Haram – nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
BJP's Bihar defeat a vote against ‘intolerance’
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Refugee haven Sweden reintroduces border controls amid migration crisis
(Al Jazeera America)
Azerbaijan: Police torture one Muslim, 10 more short-term prisoners of conscience
(Forum 18 News Service)
Crowds gather to protest religious intolerance in India
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
BJP's Bihar defeat a vote against ‘intolerance’
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Birth control case oversteps limits of religious liberty
(Arizona Daily Star)
Balancing rights of religion, medical care
(Erwin Chemerinsky, The Orange County Register)
Hungary's migrant crisis ends, Europe's has just begun
(George Igler, Gatestone Institute)
Judge rules sex-offender law doesn't deny religious liberty
(Rick Callahan, The Journal Gazette)
Iraqi patriarch protests over law compelling some Christian children to convert to Islam
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald)
ARMM governor signs law creating religious authority
(Inquirer)
Ukraine finally passes anti-bias law, a prerequisite for visa-free travel to EU
(Johannes Wamberg Andersen, Kyiv Post)
EVENT, 12-15 November 2015: Social Science History Association 2015 Annual Conference - “Pluralism and Community: Social Science History Perspectives”
(Social Science History Association Religion Network)
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination proposal elicits concern from religious groups
(Christine Kim, Christianity Daily)
Kosovo and UNESCO: A setback for Kosovo amid bitter rows over its ancient churches
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Madison anti-religious group forces MN city to get ride of Nativity scene
(WSAU)
OSSAA prayer policy: Board makes change to allow moment of silence
(Mike Brown, OK Preps Extra)
Churches explore the concept of “just peace” in the United States forum
(World Council of Churches)
Continue open-minded approach to helping the needy regardless of race, religion: Tharman
(Janice Haing, The Straits Times)
C. Java indigenous religion targeted in attack
(Jakarta Globe)
Archbishop who built Albanian church from nothing says Christians need to influence their leaders
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
One Nigerian woman's fight against Boko Haram
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Nigerian military arrest two of the 100 most wanted Boko Haram terrorists
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Why some Christians in northern Iraq are choosing to stand and fight
(Kristen Chick, The Christian Science Monitor)
Afghans protest 'beheadings of ethnic Hazara by ISIL'
(Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera)
Man convicted in Kansas Jewish site killings sentenced to death
(Al Jazeera America)
Missouri state senator aims to block student's dissertation on abortion
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)
European rights court rules against anti-Semitic comedian
(Associated Press)
European court rejects appeal of conviction for comedy performance promoting holocaust denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attorneys: Katy-area teacher fired for refusing to address girl, 6, as transgender boy
(Emily Foxhall, Houston Chronicle)
Attorney: Day care workers fired for refusing to acknowledge girl, 6, as boy
(Nakia Cooper, KPRC News)
Day care teachers tell EEOC their firing over treatment of transgender child was religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Scientology's surveillance is not free speech
(Erik De La Garza, Courthouse News Service)
Scientology cannot get dismissal of harassment suit under Texas anti-SLAPP statute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vietnam's religious freedom needs your voice
(Standard Newswire)
'Campaign against religious liberty has three prongs,' Hatch says in floor speech
(Deseret News)
Defining welcome to refugees by religion, race, or ethnicity aids haters & conflict
(Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey, Huffington Post)
State Duma backs law protecting religious texts from extremism claims
(Sputnik International)
Armenian community in Turkey gets more freedom in education
(Daily Sabah)
How the Church is challenging injustice in Angola
(Tomilola Ajayi, Christian Today)
ISIS 'Cyber Caliphate' thieves back in business, hack 54,000 Twitter accounts
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Russia sends 'most ruthless' special forces to root out ISIS, other Assad foes in Syria
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Palestinians most sympathetic toward ISIS, survey finds
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Killers of Pakistani Christian couple burned alive in brick kiln still at-large
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Missouri Presbyterian church leaves PCUSA to join Evangelical sect
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
2 charged in alleged plot to attack synagogues, churches
(Larry O'Dell, The Associated Press)
Overlapping holidays a chance for Hindus and Sikhs to learn about each other
(Sue Menon, Religion News Service)
Ex-soldier arrested in Northern Ireland over 'Bloody Sunday' killings
(Ian Graham, Reuters)
Federal judge approves Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy plan
(Brendan O'Brien, Reuters)
UK faith leaders unite to challenge welfare penalties on larger families
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Chicago nun wins 'Chopped,' hopes it will help spotlight 'issue of hunger'
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)
In some churches, talk of reparations draws a hearing
(Jesse James DeConto, Religion News Service)
In conservative town, faith-based group tackles minimum wage hike
(Wade Goodwyn, NPR)
Most Americans believe in heaven … and hell
(Carlyle Murphy, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Vodou is elusive and endangered, but it remains the soul of Haitian people
(Kim Wall and Caterina Clerici, The Guardian)
From England's pews, a quiet abolitionist finds his voice on slavery
(Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor)
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