Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 September 2015
How could countries that see themselves as Christian close their doors to needy foreigners?
(Juraj Kušnierik, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
More than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years
(Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
Consistory court judgments and CFCE determinations – September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Over 700 killed in hajj crush of pilgrims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis meets with Little Sisters of the Poor, nuns involved in an Obamacare lawsuit
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)
In unscheduled stop, Pope supports challenge to ACA contraceptive mandate accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Florida city opts to end prayer at council meetings over threat of suit from Satanist
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Florida city ends invocations after Satanist demands participation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Xinjiang burqa ban not repression of religious freedom: official
(Shanghai Daily)
In meeting with nuns, Pope Francis makes quiet protest of Obamacare
(Gregory Korte, USA Today)
Pope, in unscheduled visit, shows solidarity with nuns in religious liberty fight with U.S. government
(Gregory Tomlin, Christian Examiner)
Malaysian parish brings together Christians and Muslims to march for peace and unity
(Asia News)
Afghan Ulema Council member affirms religious freedom of Muslims in Xinjiang
(XinhuaNet)
Pope Francis just echoed Obama's 'offensive' prayer breakfast remarks
(Gary Emerling, US News & World Report)
How do religion, ethics, and climate change fit together?
(Jonathan Brockopp, Penn State News)
New race and religion laws in Myanmar draw international attention
(Teresa Costello, Adventist Review)
Hundreds perish in deadliest hajj stampede in years
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Hardcore, abundant and free: what is online pornography doing to sexual tastes—and youngsters’ minds?
(The Economist)
Beyond the ‘God Wars’
(Anna Strhan and Lois Lee, OUPblog Religion)
EVENT, 24 September 2015: Doenges lecturer to discuss religion and conflict transformation
(Liesel Crosier, Mary Baldwin College)
Time to Dismantle the UN Human Rights Council?
(Jagdish N. Singh, Gatestone Institute)
Netanyahu reaffirms rights for all Jewish denominations
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad: reform of the Constitution, to protect rights and religious freedom in Iraq
(Asia News)
Business, politics and religion often don't mix
(Joe Geiger, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Central African Republic: The roots of violence
(International Crisis Group)
Fighting social change, and hiding behind religion
(Ray Brescia, Huffington Post)
Israel’s high-stake game in Al-Aqsa and why Netanyahu may prevail – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)
New York Resolution for Freedom of Religion or Belief
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief)
“Walk of Peace” in The Hague: six kilometres of encounter and inspiration
(World Council of Churches)
WCC dedicates prayer service to Sustainable Development Goals
(Naveen Qayyum, World Council of Churches)
Pope Francis and 6 things you need to know about the Catholic Church in the U.S.
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
The future of civil partnership in Scotland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope Francis canonizes, and defends, controversial Spanish missionary Junipero Serra
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Brazil, Peru end partnerships with Presbyterian Church (USA) over gay marriage
(Renee K. Gadoua, Religion News Service)
Europe’s refugee flood shows urgent need for action on Middle East
(Viola Gienger, United States Institute of Peace)
Pope addresses politically sensitive topics in first U.S. speeches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim pilgrims gather for pinnacle of hajj in Saudi Arabia
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press)
Pope Francis, in Washington, addresses poverty and climate
(Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)
Read the speech Pope Francis gave at the White House
(Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time)
Pope Francis highlights climate change, immigration at White House
(Al Jazeera America)
The pope, the president and religious diversity
(Mark Rienzi, The Washington Times)
Why this week isn't just about Francis, but family too
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Religious liberty, Pope says at White House, ‘remains America’s most precious possession’
(Bridget Johnson, PJ Media)
Muslim Americans welcome first NY Eid school holiday
(Jennie Matthew, Arab News)
Should public schools close for Muslim holidays?
(Annika Frederikson, The Christian Science Monitor)
CCHR alumna Yara Sallam released from Cairo prison
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
Kentucky clerk again accused of interfering with county marriage licenses
(Brakkton Booker, NPR)
Judge rejects latest stay request from Kentucky clerk Davis
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
Oregon court upholds civil rights of transgender bar customers
(Shelby Sebens, Reuters)
900 Mauritanian women trafficked into Saudi Arabia
(Sharan Burrow General Secretary, ITUC, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Islam's pilgrims pray for peace in Muslim countries wracked by war
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Reuters)
France urges Saudi Arabia to cancel death penalty for young Shi'ite
(John Irish, Reuters)
Putin opens Moscow's largest mosque, warns against extremists
(Reuters)
Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead and crucify a 21-year-old activist
(Quartz)
Moscow Cathedral Mosque may become Muslim education center with big parking lot
(Interfax-Religion)
Путин: «Идеология ИГ построена на лжи, на откровенном изваращении ислама»
(Vesti.az)
China probes deputy religion chief for suspected graft
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
Court decision in respect of Nur movement followers
(International Organization for Legal Research)
Abbas calls for protection of Muslim, Christian holy places in Jerusalem, condemns restriction of access to Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian administration to support development of Muslim theology in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church condemns participation by Ukrainian police in conflicts between religious organizations
(Interfax-Religion)
Will Egypt’s religious parties be banned before the elections?
(Sonia Farid, Al Arabiya News)
Law meets religion as SC Supreme Court takes on Episcopal split
(John Monk, The State)
Situation with Religious Freedom in Crimea 2015 – OSCE Mission's Report
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Israel will compensate church torched by Jewish extremists
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
ISIL's ideology is based on lies and perversion of Islam, says Putin
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Glick continues his campaign to bring Jews to Temple Mount
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Tocqueville, Democracy, and Religion: Checks and Balances for Democratic Souls
(Alan S. Kahan, Oxford University Press USA)
What really happened two years ago in the bloody attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall
(Tristan McConnell, Foreign Policy)
Intolerant Religion in a Tolerant-Liberal Democracy
(Yossi Nehustan, Hart Publishing, Oxford)
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
(Emerson W. Baker, Oxford University Press USA)
Egypt's Coptic cinema on brink of extinction
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Why more and more secular Israelis are fasting on Yom Kippur
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iraq's Kakai minority joins fight against Islamic State
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Israel attempts to redefine terrorism, but is its definition too broad?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Beyond glass ceiling, Iranian women face iron fence
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Buddhist monks in Myanmar celebrate repressive laws
(Joshua Carroll, Al Jazeera)
Senate Democrats block late-term abortion bill
(Al Jazeera America)
In a Belgrade park, refugees wait out Europe’s confusion
(Sabra Ayres, Al Jazeera America)
U.S. Black Methodists release documents to help confront racism
(Naveen Qayyum, World Council of Churches)
Religious liberty, bigotry don’t mesh
(Michael Gerson, Omaha-World Herald)
Should adoption agencies be allowed to discriminate against gay parents?
(Alana Semuels, The Atlantic)
This Mideast country offers to build 200 mosques but no home to Syrian refugees
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Christian held as domestic slave by Hindu employers wins payout for religious discrimination
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
How fallout from the US gay marriage ruling is splitting the world of Christian academia
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
World leaders demand Iran release of imprisoned Christian pastor Saeed Abedini
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Europe has the wrong refugees at 'front of the queue,' Vicar of Baghdad warns
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
2 are killed in West Bank as Jewish and Muslim holidays approach
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
Palestinian woman is first to oversee Muslim wedding vows
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
Militant group publishes global hitlist of bloggers, activists and writers
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)
Jehovah’s Witnesses can hide the truth in court to protect religion
(Trey Bundy, Reveal)
Catholics in White House often help Obama build support for thorny policy
(Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)
Native Americans want name change for Wyoming's Devils Tower
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)
At U.S. seminaries, a rise in millennials answering God's call
(Marueen Pao, NPR)
Egypt's war on terrorism bears fruit
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)
EVENT, 23 September 2015: The KAICIID Peace Mapping Programme: How Interreligious Dialogue Promotes Peace
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Phyllis Tickle dead: Beloved religion writer dies At 81
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)
Experts: Religious freedom under attack in Cuba, Mexico, Colombia
(Zachary Leshin, CNSNews.com)
Sen. Hatch delivers first of eight floor speeches on religious liberty
(Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News)
Addressing the worldwide crisis of religious freedom
(Thomas F. Farr, The Washington Times)
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