Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Medical examiner need not wait to see if religious objection to autopsy is made
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Clergy-penitent privilege does not shield disclosure of writer of defamatory letter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In Britain, teachers learn how to tackle extremists
(Michael Holden and Sara Ledwith, Reuters)
Heading to London, Netanyahu urges Europe to stop pressuring Israel
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
New Jersey man pleads guilty to conspiring to help Islamic State
(Alina Selyukh, Reuters)
AB Gallagher: tackle terrorism, guarantee religious freedom in Mid East
(Philippa Hitchens, Vatican Radio)
Azerbaijan: Seven months' secret police detention so far, three more added
(Forum 18 News Service)
Azerbaijan: 11 weeks with no Sunday liturgy
(Forum 18 News Service)
Discrimination, equal treatment, electricity and collateral damage: CHEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Defiant Kentucky clerk's backers: Fire aides over gay marriage licenses
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
Radical killed by Britain in Syria was latest from Cardiff district
(Angus Berwick, Reuters)
UK defends drone strike that killed British citizen fighting for ISIL
(Al Jazeera America)
Europe's migration crisis
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
How many migrants to Europe are refugees?
(The Economist Explains)
Obama encouraged to end religious hiring exemption
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Kim Davis, Christianity and defiance
(Mark Tooley, The Stream)
On the front-line of the refugee crisis
(Anglican Communion News Service)
France says taking all refugees would be victory for Islamic State
(John Irish, Reuters)
Russian Church in Germany is ready to shelter refugees from Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
Asylum's dark side: The deadly business of human smuggling
(Spiegel Online International)
Afghanistan: Fragile and forgotten – analysis
(Dr Sanu Kainikara, Eurasia Review)
Saga of recalcitrant Rowan County clerk continues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge orders Kentucky clerk in gay marriage case released from jail
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
District Judge lifts contempt sanction and orders Kentucky clerk released from jail
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Free Kim Davis, and fire her – OpEd
(Randall G. Holcombe, Eurasia Review)
Kim Davis is no Rosa Parks
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post: Opinion)
Iranian deputy foreign minister reasserts leadership on Syria, confidence in Hezbollah
(Jean Aziz, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
How the Islamic State has helped the Middle East
(Kayhan Barzegar, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Public schools shouldn’t preach. But they should teach kids about religion
(Linda K. Wertheimer, The Washington Post)
EchoLight Studios' 'One Generation Away' film tour visits the frontlines of religious liberty issues
(Heidi McDow, Christian News Wire)
Danforth Center lecture series examines intersection of religion, medicine, law
(Washington University in St Louis Newsroom)
Procedure of obtaining Russian passport is likely to be simplified for Orthodox foreigners
(Interfax-Religion)
Around 1,000 Crimeans professing non-traditional Islam put on register
(Interfax-Religion)
Navy Chaplain exonerated from possible discharge after expressing Biblical beliefs on homosexuality
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Iowa-based multi-site Lutheran megachurch defies denominational decline
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Presbyterian Church (USA) holds first gay wedding at national office
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Israeli Christian schools strike to protest cuts in public funding
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Calls to prioritise Christian refugees are discriminatory – Australia's grand mufti
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Top cardinal warns Feds: Hands off our religion
(Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner)
Egypt begins rounding up dissidents under new terror law
(Emily Crane Linn, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Satanic Temple asks to place Baphomet on Arkansas capitol grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mike Huckabee leads Kim Davis out of Kentucky jail
(Tom LoBianco, Tal Kopan and Theodore Schleifer, CNN)
Some Republicans are claiming Kim Davis is like Rosa Parks
(Tom McKay, Mic.com)
Kim Davis released from jail, ordered not to interfere with same-sex marriage licenses
(David Weigel, Abby Phillip and Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post)
Kim Davis speaks from prison on Day 5
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Kim Davis appeals contempt order
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Ky. clerk’s attorney: New marriage licenses ‘not worth the paper they’re written on’
(James Higdon, The Washington Post)
Pope reforms Catholic church’s marriage annulment process
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Pope Francis makes annulment of marriages cheaper and easier
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
Pope Francis reforms Church's annulment process
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Proposed Mosque in Detroit suburb draws sharp opposition
(Steve Friess, Al Jazeera America)
Palestinian mother injured in arson attack dies
(Al Jazeera)
Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving alcohol
(Greg Toppo, Religion News Service)
Genome editing of human cells
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Kansas jury to weigh death penalty in Jewish center murders
(Kevin Murphy, Reuters)
Against anti-immigrant sentiment, small town mayor welcomes in refugees
(Andrew Curry, Al Jazeera America)
Planned Parenthood faces unexpected challenge from Obamacare
(Jilian Mincer, Reuters)
Austria says fight against Islamic State needs Syria's Assad
(Shadia Nasralla and Sam Wilkin, Reuters)
Somalia needs army help, investment to fight Islamists: minister
(Edmund Blair, Reuters)
Ethiopian Christians cleared of holding ‘illegal meetings’
(World Watch Monitor)
Churches unite in call for United States to confront racism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
More on the Kentucky Clerk Case
Monday, 7 September 2015
Atheist Castros praise Christian values, prepare for papal visit
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Labor Day Statement 2015
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Catholic bishops issue labor day statement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The origins of Labor Day: Marches and civil unrest in 1880s Chicago
(Heath Carter, OUPblog)
Religion and law round-up – 6th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Art. 8, embryo donation and scientific research: Parrillo v Italy
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Anders Wejryd reflects on Christian unity at Community of Sant'Egidio conference
(World Council of Churches)
Canadian church confirms need for economic pressure on Israel to end occupation of Palestinian territories
(Kristine Greenaway, World Council of Churches)
Reform of canonical marriage annulment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Who is behind Canary Mission targeting pro-BDS activists?
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
What Syrian refugees have to say about coestience with Israel
(Shahar Shoham, Forward)
Haunted by Holocaust, Israel ponders whether to crack door open to refugees
(Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz), Forward)
In migrant crisis, German generosity comes under fire
(Anthony Faiola and Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post)
Treating migrants like natural disasters ‘dehumanizing’
(Barçın Yinanç with Ayhan Kaya, Hürriet Daily News)
Kadyrov calls on Muslim world to urgently discuss problem of migrants trying to find refuge in Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Catholic Diocese can move to trial in 20-year battle to create a cemetery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dutch Holocaust survivors suffer Anti-Semitic abuse in robbery
(JTA, Forward)
Multi-faith letter to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
UN praises Austrian, German refugee response; churches want all of Europe's support
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egypt postpones verdict in Turkey, Qatar ‘terror’ case
(Anadolu Agency, Hürriet Daily News)
Egypt limits ability of imams to run for office
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Islamic Party of Tajikistan disassociates itself from deputy defense minister charged with organizing attacks on law enforcement officials
(Interfax-Religion)
Migrants, Christianity and Europe: Diverse, desperate migrants have divided European Christians
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Israel ‘too small’ to accept Syrian refugees, says Netanyahu
(Religion News Service)
Pope Francis: Every parish in Europe ‘take in one refugee family’
(Religion News Service)
U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: NYT
(Lisa Lambert, Reuters)
Cuba's atheist Castro brothers open doors to Church and popes
(Marc Frank, Reuters)
Kenya plans offensive against Islamist militants in coastal forest
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Trial opens of 10 accused of recruiting Dutch Muslims for Islamic State
(Yoruk Bahceli, Reuters)
Kentucky clerk seeks to force governor to OK denial of gay marriage licenses
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)
Cyprus says it could take up to 300 preferably Christian refugees
(Michele Kambas, Reuters)
Bangladesh High Court rejects petition challenging Islam as state religion
(The Economic Times World News)
Sunday, 6 September 2015
An American family saved their son from joining the Islamic State. Now he might go to prison
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)
Pope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each
(Reuters Africa)
Police 'In God We Trust' decals draw complaints from Freedom From Religion Foundation
(David Warren, Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)
Simon Coveney stresses that religion should not be a factor in responding to refugee crisis
(Barry Roche, The Irish Times)
Religious freedom faces no threat except from radicals
(Ajay Kumar, The New Indian Express)
Religious leaders advice Front
(Viet Nam News)
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