Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
University of California adds 6 choices on 'gender identity' of student applicants
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Sudanese pastors facing execution make final plea for justice; verdict set on Aug. 5
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Chinese Catholics and Protestants unite in 'carry crosses everywhere' campaign to protest massive government crackdown on churches
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
China's crusade to remove crosses from churches 'is for safety concerns'
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)
Georgia school disctrict forced to pay atheist group $22,500 in lawsuit over coach-led team prayers
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
What does Islam say about being gay?
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)
Turkey’s focus on crushing Kurdish separatists complicates the fight against ISIS
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
Afghan intelligence: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead
(Lynne O'Donnell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Nepal temple bans five-yearly mass animal sacrifice: pressure group
(Ross Adkin, Reuters)
Moving beyond suspicion, Muslims and Evangelicals seek common ground
(Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor)
Both lobbyists and Obama officials appeal to Jewish Democrats on Iran
(Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post)
Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Disinheriting your children? Ilott v Mitson
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“Extremism” in schools and religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
NSW to audit school prayer groups amid concerns about violent extremism
(The Guardian)
Principals urged to report extremist behaviour to NSW Government hotline
(Emma Partridge, Rachel Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Afghan sources say Taliban leader Mullah Omar is 'dead'
(Al Jazeera)
Tajikistan: "Teaching religion unlawfully in a private flat"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Wheaton College ends student health insurance in response to contraceptive coverage rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wheaton College ends coverage amid fight against birth control mandate
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)
UK High Court backs Jewish family who rejected invasive autopsy on religious grounds
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle)
Central African Republic – A forgotten crisis
(World Watch Monitor)
Is Saudi Arabia warming up to the Muslim Brotherhood?
(Ali Al-Arian, Al Jazeera)
New and updated European Court of Human Rights factsheets
(Regator)
ECtHR Factsheet: End of life and the European Convention on Human Rights
(European Court of Human Rights)
ECtHR Factsheet: Conscientious objection
(European Court of Human Rights)
UK: David Cameron declares war on Islamic extremism
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
The one group still excluded from Boy Scouts membership: atheists
(William Cummings / USA Today, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Will Saudi Arabia save Hamas?
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Simon Pompan, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Melkite Patriarch faults West's Middle East policies, but says Syrian Church will survive
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)
Rajoy reconoce un aumento de la radicalización yihadista en España
(Juan Ruiz Sierra, El Periódico)
De los 126 yihadistas salidos de España, 25 han muerto inmolados o en combate
(A. L. de Santos, La Razón)
La Iglesia denuncia “apariencia delictiva” en el caso Romanones
(Rita M. Marín, ABC)
Irvine's faith leaders want city to revive living-wage law
(The Orange County Register)
Freedom of speech has its limits and racism is one of them
(RightsInfo)
Rethinking the war on Islamic State – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)
Baptists, rights group both slam Boy Scouts over gay leader move
(Marice Richter, Reuters)
Effect of changes in adult leadership standards on religious chartered organizations
(Boy Scouts of America, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP)
Israelis reflect on dangers of 'unjustified hatred'
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Ex-leader of Bashkir national movement jailed for three years for religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Nepal temple bans mass animal slaughter at festival
(The Guardian)
London mosque chairman demands removal from banks' terrorism blacklist
(Josh Halliday, The Guardian)
Kenya Catholic bishops call for polio vaccine boycott
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Told ya so! The UAE’s new ‘anti-discrimination’ law is already being abused to censor critics
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Oklahoma top court agrees Ten Commandments stone at Capitol must go
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
FFRF statement on decision in school Ten Commandments challenge
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
U.N. human rights office deeply disturbed' by Libya death sentences
(Tom Miles, Reuters)
SGPC to file lawsuit against CBSE for compelling Sikh candidates to remove Kakaars
(Sikh 24)
Central Asia crackdown on militant Islam risks backlash
(Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters)
Catholic social work and the right to religious freedom
(Frances Robinson, First Things)
Why is religious freedom at risk?
(Ryan T. Anderson, First Things)
'In God We Trust' decals put on Missouri police patrol vehicles draw mixed views
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Pakistan: 1,000 girls forced to convert to Islam every year
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Biblical name confirmed by inscription on 3,000-year-old jar
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Christian mother Asia Bibi's potential freedom could be 'watershed moment' for all Christian victims prosecuted for blasphemy, group says
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Federal prisons agree inmates can be ‘humanists’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Planned Parenthood abortion clinic worker reveals graphic horrors of 'human trafficking of fetal tissues'
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Can hipster Christianity save churches from decline?
(Brett McCracken, The Washington Post)
‘Dry Catholics’ now second predominant religion in Philippines
(Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star)
Same-sex marriage ruling put into formal effect
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Francis 'climate and capitalism' views may be pruning his US popularity
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Iraqi militias train young teens to face the threat of IS
(Vivian Salama and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Denmark bans kosher and halal animal slaughter
(Dan Kedmey, Time)
The evolution of modern Satanism in the United States
(Lily Rothman, Time)
Nigerian leader visits Cameroon as Boko Haram attacks
(Caelainn Hogan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Arab parliament member denies Jewish claim to Temple Mount, sparking Israeli outrage
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Arab-Israeli lawmaker: Jews have no religious ties to Temple Mount
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Gay and transgender Catholics urge Pope Francis to take a stand
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
With religious services, immigrant detainees find 'calmness'
(Liz Jones, NPR)
Melbourne man charged with allegedly trying to join Kurdish fight against Isis
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Suit threatened over Kentucky juvenile prison rule limiting counselors' statements about homosexuality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kentucky Juvenile Department bans Biblical counseling
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Unconstitutional restriction on religious speech
(Demand Letter, Liberty Counsel)
American Humanist Asssociation secures equal rights for humanist inmates in federal prison
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)
Court refuses to dismiss EEOC's suit against meat plant alleging failure to accommodate Muslim employees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Where’s the beef part II: Court refuses to “butcher” EEOC’s religious discrimination claim
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Workplace Class Action Blog)
EEOC’s pattern-or-practice claims against JBS to proceed to trial, federal judge orders
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Religion and politics in Canada: Crosses, turbans and maple leaves
(P.F. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Obama visit puts Ethiopia's record in spotlight
(World Watch Monitor)
Obama makes veiled LGBT rights reference in African Union speech
(Michael K. Lavers, The Washington Blade)
Consistory court judgments and CFCE Determinations – July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 27 July 2015
Confucius says, Xi does: The Communist Party turns to ancient philosophy for support
(The Economist)
El Gobierno vigila a 186 presos ante su posible radicalización yihadista
(Libertad Digital)
How Supreme Court’s understanding of ‘liberty’ in gay marriage case could have repercussions
(Elizabeth Slattery, The Daily Signal)
La Junta reclama la Mezquita cuando lleva 19 años sin invertir un solo euro en su conservación
(Toñi Caravaca, El Mundo)
Seven human rights stories that hit the news this week
(Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)
These religions might be the future of faith for millennials
(JJ Feinauer, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
US urged to deny spousal visas to anti-gay countries’ diplomats
(Michael K. Lavers, The Washington Blade)
No sign that issue of Planned Parenthood videos is fading
(Alan Fram, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Prisons bureau to recognize humanism as religion
(Steven Dubois, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Wyoming reverend seeks religious exemptions for possible anti-discrimination law
(Edge Media Network)
Boy Scouts drop ban on adult gay leaders
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
LDS Church re-evaluating Scouting program
(Mormon Newsroom)
Are lawsuits ahead for church-based Boy Scout troops?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, The Washington Post)
Boy Scouts to lift ban on gay adult leaders
(Al Jazeera America)
Michigan Supreme Court: Wrong oath for jurors in murder case does not require new trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dwindling Middle East Christians make the New York Times Magazine
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Russia should embrace its religious diversity (Op-Ed)
(M. Zuhdi Jasser, Katrina Lantos Swett, The Moscow Times)
Italian Pol: Gays should change gender if they want to wed
(Daniel Reynolds, Advocate)
Claims 'witch doctors' issue widespread, some living in fear of black magic curses
(Patrice Dougan, Alicia Burrow, NZ Herald)
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