Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Progress fans flames of militant unrest in changing Bangladesh
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
For some Muslim asylum-seekers in Germany, Christianity beckons
(Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR)
European rights court rules against French comic Dieudonne
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Afghan president condemns slayings of minority Shiites
(Lynne O'Donnell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
California proposes new single-drug method for executions
(Maura Dolan and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times)
Colleges see interest fade in Christian groups
(Caroline Glenn, Florida Today)
A mosque grows slowly amid opposition in New Hampshire
(Rik Stevens, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Supreme Court to hear new case on contraception and religion
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Abortion law devolution to Scotland
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Senegal's President Sall condemns 'excessive form of Islam'
(BBC News)
ARGUMENT: Is Islam to blame for its extremists? Part II of FP's debate between Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Manal Omar on whether Islam's core teachings paved the way for today's violent fanatics.
(Manal Omar, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Foreign Policy)
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Religion and violence René Girard, a French-born thinker on faith, culture and war
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
ARGUMENT Islam Is a Religion of Violence? Can the wave of violence sweeping the Islamic world be traced back to the religion's core teachings? An FP debate about the roots of extremism.
(Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Foreign Policy)
ARGUMENT: Islam Is a Religion of Peace? Can the wave of violence sweeping the Islamic world be traced back to the religion's core teachings? An FP debate about the roots of extremism.
(Manal Omar, Foreign Policy)
WashU Expert: Sepper calls for robust protections against discrimination in health care
(Neil Schoenherr, Washington University in St. Louis)
Journalists, intellectuals demand restrictions on ‘contempt of religion’ charges
(Sarah El-Sheikh, Daily News)
How the world’s longest-running Chabad house survives in Morocco
(Ben Sales, JTA, Jewish Journal)
Sibling rivalries, religious conflict and another potential hotspot in need of media attention
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
LDS Church provides context on handbook changes affecting same-sex marriages
(Elder D. Todd Christofferson with Michael Otterson, Mormon Newsroom)
Utah and Mormons walk a complicated line on gay, religious rights
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)
Mormons' peace with gay marriage only goes so far
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
New movement demands that Buddhism be made the official religion in Thailand
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
High court will hear arguments in key religious liberty case
(Rafael Hoffman, Hamodia)
White supremacist to be sentenced for Kansas murders
(Religion News Service)
Republicans predict Iran deal will gain them Jewish votes in 2016
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Executions in Saudi Arabia at a 20-year peak, says Amnesty International
(Reuters)
Egypt electoral law a step toward justice for women
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Religious freedom and the vicissitudes of power
(Peter Berger, The American Interest)
Washington Post ignores a crucial fact, as HHS mandate cases head to high court
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Euro court rejects French comic's plea over fine for anti-Semitism
(Reporting by Brian Love; Editing by Andrew Callus and Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
European Human Rights Court upholds anti-Semitism fine for French comic
(Brian Love, Haaretz)
Patriarch Kirill accuses West of indifference towards plight of Middle Eastern Christians
(Interfax Religion)
The High Court gets religion: The Obama DOJ pleaded with the court not to take the Little Sisters’ case.
(William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal)
Little Sisters of the Government: The Supreme Court takes an important religious liberty case
(The Wall Street Journal)
The Little Sisters will lose
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politcs)
Great Commission Church commissions six new pastors
(Ghana Web)
Military high court to hear Marine vet's religious freedom case
(Matthew L. Schehl, Marine Corps Times)
Protecting your right to serve: How religious ministries can meet new challenges without changing their witness
(Eric N. Kniffin, The Heritage Foundation)
Frome's mayor in High Court bid to sue government over decision not to include Humanism in class
(Somerset Standard, Frome Standard)
Humanists to mount legal challenge over religious studies GCSEs
(Belfast Telegraph)
Somerset humanists mount legal challenge over religious studies GCSEs
(David Wells, Western Morning News)
Church leaders welcome review of Indonesian religion law
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)
Gift Aid declarations – a helpful concession by HMRC
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Responding to the Syrian refugee crisis – the legal issues to be considered
(Guest post: Tim Rutherford, Law & Religion UK)
Texas AG: Police religious mottos are constitutional
(Associated Press, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Texas AG opinion OK's "In God We Trust" on police cars
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court won’t hear case on California keeping nonprofit donor lists private
(Associated Press, Los Angeles Daily News)
Supreme Court denies review of California donor disclosure law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
British employment tribunal: Church of England can refuse to license clergy who have entered same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bankruptcy judge confirms Milwaukee Archdiocese reorganization plan
(Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Court confirms reorganization plan of Milwaukee Archdiocese
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appellant in contraceptive mandate case creates "Novena to reverse HHS mandate"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Secular Political Action Committee criticizes Ted Cruz for comments against atheists
(Press Release, Free Thought Equality Fund)
Free thought group responds to Ted Cruz's views on atheists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Joint statement of concern on Vietnam’s draft Law on Religion
(Freedom House)
EVENT: 10 November 2015: Protecting Religious Freedom: An Interfaith Invitation
(Location: First Baptist Orlando, Faith Hall, International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Monday, 9 November 2015
Qld election non-voter’s fine dropped over Aboriginal religious belief
(Stefan Armbruster, SBS News)
China says graft fight in Tibet also aimed at religion
(Reuters)
Russia in Syria protects all citizens of the country irrespectively of their religion
(Interfax-Religion)
Church group: Police detain Taiwanese pastor on China visit
(Associated Press)
At Moscow Forum, Adventists join other faiths in decrying religious extremism
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)
Keynote address explores religious liberty
(Catherine Owers, The Observer)
PM Davutoğlu calls for combined int’l air and ground campaign against ISIS
(Daily Sabah)
37 Assyrian Christians released in Syria
(World Watch Monitor)
Minnesota woman brutally assaulted for speaking Swahili in Applebee’s
(Mint Press News)
Philippines' indigenous Lumad people protest in Manila for their habitat
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Church of Scotland hails Scottish lawmakers for voting against nuclear rockets on submarines
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Is Congress paving the way for a Christian safe zone in Iraq?
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Amnesty: Saudi Arabia’s executions at 20-year high
(Al Jazeera America)
EU warns of refugee 'catastrophe' as winter approaches
(Al Jazeera America)
Muslim opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy law
(Jennifer S. Bryson, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Kazakhstan: Seven years' restricted freedom for discussing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)
Judge weighs religious exemptions for child abuse reporting
(Jessica Masulli Reyes, The News Journal)
Moscow conference highlights upswing in religious extremism
(Bettina Krause, Seventh-Day Adventist Church)
For the Russian Orthodox, a Nationalist Paradox
(Cory Bender and Wade Kusack, Daniel Philpott: Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
The Spirit, the Letter and the Synod: A careful analysis of Pope Francis's words reveals his true intentions regarding communion for the divorced and remarried
(Jacob W. Wood, Aleteia)
Spelling it out: Christians disappearing from Near and Middle East (VIDEO)
(Zoe Romanowsky, Aleteia)
Syrian Christians in a European no-man’s land
(Wael Salibi and John Burger, Aleteia)
Legal rights of same sex couples and married couples: an “urban myth”?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Parents to take on government over religious studies GCSE
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
How should courts evaluate religious sincerity? (Anna Su)
(Christine Corcos, Law & Humanities Blog)
New ESIL Lectures: Sicilianos, Pocar, Sacerdoti
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk!)
BJP lawmakers plan anti-conversion bills in LS, RS
(International Business Times)
Religious liberty key to refugee crisis, leaders say
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Turkish police detain 20 Islamic State suspects before G20 summit: media
(Daren Butler, Reuters)
Interfaith forum to focus on religious freedom
(Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel)
Iran appoints first female ambassador since 1979 Islamic Revolution
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Early results suggest tesounding victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD in Myanmar
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)
What will happen in Rakhine State after Myanmar’s election?
(Joshua Kurlantzick, Asia Unbound (Council on Foreign Relations blog))
Michigan city elects first-ever Muslim majority city council
(Cathaleen Chen, Christian Science Monitor)
Michigan city elects first majority-Muslim city council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Exclusive: Muslim man claims he was fired from Bed Bath & Beyond because of his beard
(Stephen Rex Brown and Rich Schapiro, New York Daily News)
Muslim former employee sues Bed Bath & Beyond for discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge denies injunction; Fayetteville civil rights ordinance goes into effect Saturday
(Dan Holtmeyer, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
Court denies preliminary injunction in challenge to Fayetteville civil rights ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim woman can move ahead with suit against bus driver who evicted her
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Catholic schools choose Judaism as second religion for GCSE RE despite Islam being UK's second biggest faith
(Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, The Independent)
Religion as an instrument for the empowerment of Nigerians (Opinion)
(Ikechukwu Odigbo, allAfrica)
OFWs in Russia hit website ban
(Susan K, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Egypt and religious freedom: The West is sending mixed messages to Egypt about human and religious rights
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
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