Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Beirut's Spring of Life Center offers hope to thousands of refugees fleeing ISIS in war-torn Syria
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post)
Former homeschooled Pentecostal woman weds ISIS militant she met online; celebrates Chattanooga terror attack
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
State dept report: Iran officials involved in sex trafficking of women, girls
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
South Dakota Episcopal diocese moves to be closer to its Native American members living on the state's 9 reservations
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Muslims in C. Africa 'forced to abandon religion': Amnesty
(Agence France-Presse)
China to probe allegations against abbot of Shaolin Temple
(Radio Free Asia)
Canada pastor 'admits to North Korea subversive plot'
(BBC News)
Chad says killed 117 Boko Haram fighters in two-week campaign
(Reporting by Madjiasra Nako; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Janet Lawrence, Reuters)
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli stabs 6 at a gay pride parade for second time, police say
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Anti-Semitic incidents in UK see sharp rise, figures suggest
(BBC News)
Despite bombing, Islamic State is no weaker than a year ago
(Ken Dilanian, Zeina Karam, and Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press)
Six California hospitals to cease being Catholic
(Monica Clark, National Catholic Reporter)
'Temporary' not guilty plea entered for Charleston suspect
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
Exhumation of Ripper’s last victim?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 31 July 2015
Apologists for terror or defenders of human rights? The Cage controversy in context
(Tom Mills, Narzanin Massoumi, and David Miller, Our Kingdom: Power & Liberty in Britain)
Gay marriage around the world
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Is Islamic State threatening Jerusalem’s Christians?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Alabama prisoner who sought abortion changes her mind
(Al Jazeera America)
Amnesty: Muslims ‘erased’ from Central African Republic
(Azad Essa, African Media Agency)
Texas Christian University student disciplined over social media comments
(Lisa Maria Garza, Reuters)
New York holds last mass services before dozens of Catholic church closures
(Sebastien Malo, Reuters)
New York man charged with supporting Islamic State denied bail
(Laila Kearney, Reuters)
Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank; Jewish arsonists suspected
(Ali Sawafta, Reuters)
Jewish immigrants fleeing anti-Semitism in France flock to 'Israeli Riviera'
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Sad anniversary for women religious stranded in Kurdistan: 'We are living--but it's like living in a cage'
(Daniel Konstantinovic, Aid to the Church in Need)
Cayman Islands: FCO weighs in on same-sex unions
(Tina Trumbach, The Cayman Reporter)
Muslim imam risks life to become Christian
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)
On Emirati laws, from imprisonment to the death penalty
(Al Arabiya News)
Law & Religion in 1,000 posts [Congratulations, Frank and David!]
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New publication: ‘Judging Stereotypes: What the European Court of Human Rights Can Borrow from American and Canadian Equal Protection Law’
(Alexandra Timmer, Strasbourg Observers)
Defending religious minorities helps majority, faith leaders agree
(Ken Camp, The Baptist Standard)
Niger churches ‘abandoned’ after Charlie Hebdo destruction
(Illia Djadi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Incense and the Psychoactive Substances Bill
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Research intern explores role of global politics and religion
(University of Windsor)
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Assyrian Christian woman shares story of captivity by Islamic State
(Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Depressed in Istanbul: Why are Turkey's young Islamist men feeling so blue?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Malawi chief annuls child marriages, sends kids to school
(Sheila Key, Good News Network)
Testing the limits: How many refugees can Germany handle?
(Spiegel Online International)
Faith communities adding urgency to calls for prison reform
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals back carbon reduction plan
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six
(Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Afghan Taliban appoint Mansour as leader: Taliban sources
(Jibran Ahmad and Katharine Houreld, Reuters)
Confederate flags found at Martin Luther King Jr. church in Atlanta
(Rich McKay, Reuters)
Two men sought for strewing Confederate flags on Ebenezer Baptist Church grounds
(Sanya Monsoor, The Christian Science Monitor)
Israel authorizes force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners
(Ori Lewis, Reuters)
Knesset passes law allowing force-feeding of prisoners
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
IRS commits to not target tax-exempt status of churches
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Canada pastor held in North Korea confesses to trying to overthrow state
(Reporting by Andrea Hopkins in Toronto, David Ljunggren in Ottawa and Jack Kim in Seoul; Editing by David Gregorio and Richard Chang, Reuters)
Turkey and Syria: Erdogan’s dangerous gambit
(The Economist)
UK anti-Semitic incidents soar in first half of year - report
(Michael Holden, Reuters UK)
Ultra-Orthodox man stabs six people at gay pride march in Jerusalem
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Suspension of Pakistan women's death sentence 'shows need' for Christian-Muslim dialogue
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Asia Bibi's possible release from jail seen boosting hopes of Christians in Pakistan
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today - World)
Asia Bibi could walk free after execution stayed
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today - World)
How the Planned Parenthood videos set off a renewed wave of activism on abortion
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Kuwait 'uncovers Islamic State network'
(Reuters, Christian Today - World)
Thousands of land mines left by ISIS militants before pulling out of Syrian city
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today - World)
Boycott polio vaccine, say Kenya's Catholic bishops
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Evangelical pastors serving in cities known for advocating homosexuality say: 'don't water down the gospel'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
New York to investigate haredi schools for lack of secular studies
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
India executes Yakub Memon, man tied to 1993 Mumbai bombings
(David Barstow, The New York Times)
Man from Buffalo area is charged with trying to aid ISIS
(Stephanie Clifford, The New York Times)
Mexican villagers bulldoze 18th century chapel
(Mark Stevenson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pakistan buries Islamic militant leader killed in attack
(Asim Tanveer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Washington's best-traveled synagogue gets ready to move again
(Paul Berger, The Forward)
Orthodox rabbis wanted for D.C. lobbying effort against Iran deal
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Members of extremist Jewish group charged for arson attack on Church of Loaves and Fishes
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post)
LGBT grant-maker wants to win religious liberty fight within three years
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
CONFERENCE CALL, 30 July 2015: Building a Sustainable Environment for Religious Freedom in Laos and the Role of Peacebuilding
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Negative views of Supreme Court at record high following decisions concerning same-sex marriage, Affordable Care Act
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
North Korea: Official mocks Christian evangelism, denies persecution
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Republicans back bill to 'protect' religious adoption groups
(Kyla Campbell, Cox Washington)
NY may require charities to file information on major donors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Citizens United loses New York ruling over donors
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
Law enforcement urges local religious institutions to increase security
(Scott Bolthouse, Press and Guide)
Poroshenko promises no state interference in forming united local Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Bahrain makes multiple arrests in wake of deadly bombing
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
2017 trial set for 2 men accused in plot to kill blogger
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Munich upholds ban on Holocaust street memorials
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Advocates seek Vatican inquiry of Newark, NJ, archbishop
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Nun of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate murdered in Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko honours Ukraine Church leader derided by Russia
(Vasyl Trukhan, NDTV)
Britain is losing against ISIS recruitment tactics
(Katrin Benhold, The New York Times)
Christian mother of 3 kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and marry to Muslim landlord who raped her
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Islamic State threatens to behead Statue of Liberty, turn New York City into Islamic caliphate
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post)
Telenovela of Colombia's only saint prompts lawsuit from devotees
(The Guardian)
CA's controversial new vaccination law may serve as U.S. model
(Bea Karnes, Patch.com)
Anti-vaxxers could lose their religious exemption in New York under proposed law
(Marnie Eisenstadt, Syracuse.com)
Abercrombie resolves religious discrimination case following Supreme Court ruling in favor of EEOC
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Coroners must send bodies for scans rather than autopsies if religion demands they stay intact, High Court rules
(Paul Gallagher, The Independent)
A long way home: life for the women rescued from Boko Haram
(Mausi Segun, Human Rights Watch)
Did Gov. Bobby Jindal censor Westboro Baptist’s free speech?
(Sara Weissman, Religion News Service)
America welcomes Christians, Jews; atheists, Muslims not so much
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Nigeria's Buhari in Cameroon seeks closer partnership against Boko Haram
(Sylvain Andzongo, Reuters)
Pakistan police kill leader of banned sectarian group
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
Singapore arrests man who tried to join Islamic State
(Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters)
Uncertain times fuel occult beliefs in China's Party hierarchy
(Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters)
Witch doctors 'liable for deportation' - Immigration New Zealand
(NZ Immigration Service, NZ Herald)
Christian sites need more protection, Israeli church leaders say
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
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