Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 24 July 2015
La Iglesia, en el punto de mira de la izquierda radical
(Teresa Díaz, ABC)
Varias mezquitas denuncian el control policial de la Ertzaintza
(Iker Rioja Andueza, El Mundo)
Asylum and migration in Germany
(Spiegel Online International)
Caste discrimination legislation – a (long) timeline
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Diocese wants to hold ‘bling’ bishop accountable for excesses
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Obama administration preparing to release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard
(Barak Ravid, Haaretz)
Niger churches ‘abandoned’ after Charlie Hebdo destruction
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Malaysian government gives back Ireland's 'Allah' CDs
(World Watch Monitor)
Aleppo archbishop aims to help Christians stay in Syria
(Catholic News Agency)
ISIS executes two 'gay' men in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
(Haaretz)
Swedish nationalists plan gay 'pride' march through Muslim areas of Stockholm
(Haaretz)
Push within religions for gay marriage gets little attention
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Pharmacists can’t claim religion to deny emergency contraception, appeals court rules
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
US House bucks White House threat, OKs bill cracking down on 'sanctuary cities'
(Rio Ribaya, Christian Today)
Romania outlaws Holocaust denial
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Study finds growing criticism of Israel among Diaspora Jewry
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Evangelicals and Muslims together denounce Franklin Graham’s anti-Muslim remarks
(Sara Weissman, Religion News Service)
Chapel or memorial sign to appear in place of collapsed barracks in Omsk
(Interfax-Religion)
25 years later, houses of worship living up to spirit of Disabilities Act (Analysis)
(Mark I. Pinsky and Ginny Thornburgh, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptists cozy up to GOP after pulling back
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Vatican bans La Repubblica journalist from traveling with pope
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Tourists seek spiritual high in Israel’s Safed
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The Islamic State's secret recruiting ground in Turkey
(Mahmut Bozarslan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Hamas, Salafists try to move beyond bumpy history
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
'Life has stopped:' 70 Niger churches struggle to rebuild after Islamist revenge rampage for Charlie Hebdo cartoons
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Why Nigeria’s president thinks the U.S. has ‘aided and abetted’ Boko Haram
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Nuns bake high-end cheesecakes to help support monastery
(Michael Hill, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Kyrgyz PM proposes to build special prison for religious extremists
(Interfax)
Obama disagrees with DP William Ruto on gay rights
(Antony Karanja, Daily Nation)
Fayetteville business owners laud latest anti-discrimination law
(Joel Walsh, Arkansas Online)
Citing religious freedom, Native Americans fight to take back sacred land from mining companies
(Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress)
Christian sues Ford Motor Company for firing him over 'sodomy' comments
(Charisma News)
Taping of suspect's private talk with priest returns as issue in Lane County district
(Eugene Register-Guard, The Oregonian)
British trade union boots pro-Israel stand after harassment by opponents
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
2 top al-Qaeda leaders killed in Syria and Afghanistan US airstrikes, Pentagon says
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Turkey stages first air strikes on Islamic State in Syria
(Orhan Coskun and Dasha Afanasieva, Reuters)
Coca-Cola, Ford, Xerox detest being listed as Planned Parenthood sponsors in light of baby parts selling scandal
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Extremist is the secular word for heretic': the Hizb ut-Tahrir leader who insists on his right to speak
(Peter Oborne, The Guardian)
Counter-terrorism laws 'not about targeting Muslims', says justice minister
(Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian)
As German church becomes mosque, neighbors start to shed unease
(Jesse Coburn, The New York Times)
Russian students targeted as recruits by Islamic State
(Aleksandr Panin and Laura Smith, BBC News)
Portuguese lawmakers back tightening abortion laws
(Agence France-Presse)
China cracks down on Hong Kong evangelists
(Juliana Liu, BBC News)
US bid to revoke citizenship of Portland mosque's imam is rare move
(Bryan Denson, The Oregonian)
Seattle mayor proposes sharia-compliant loans for Muslim homebuyers
(Beatrice Gitau, The Christian Science Monitor)
California judge to rule on right-to-die lawsuit
(Julie Watson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Half of all church fires in past 20 years were arsons
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center)
WCC acknowledges Mennonite churches’ work for peace at its assembly
(World Council of Churches)
A different Pioneer Day
(Matthew J. Grow, OUPblog Religion)
One coastal town's groundbreaking approach to local governance in Turkey
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East)
Central African Republic interfaith group clinches prize in memory of slain UN leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tunisia’s secular government cracks down on mosques in aftermath of massacre
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Chinese police are said to seize ashes of Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
(Dan Levin, The New York Times)
Germany’s top court strikes down Federal Aid for Home Child Care
(Melissa Eddy, The New York Times)
A find in Britain: Quran fragments perhaps as old as Islam
(Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times)
Analysis: ‘Stamping out intolerance’: Blair and Kantor put their faith in law
(David Knowles, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Northern Irishwomen not entitled to free NHS abortions in England: R (o.a.o. A)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Thursday, 23 July 2015
A religion case too far for the Supreme Court?
(Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
El Ejército expulsó al reclutador de la yihad por tráfico de fármacos
(Miguel González, El País)
In Pakistan, the Church is pursuing the path of love—even in the face of violence
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Mexico: Smuggling for Christ the King
(Julia G. Young, OUPblog Religion)
Religious liberty rally at State Capitol calls on Utah to end ban on peyote use in sacrament
(Mark Green, Fox 13)
Same-sex marriage and our new religious politics
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Southern Baptists flocking to Nashville over politics, missions
(Heidi Hall, The Tennesean)
The 2016 GOP field has a bumper crop of Catholic candidates
(David Masci, Pew Research Center FactTank)
The hidden ethics battle in the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Russian Orthodox Church urges authorities against leaving people without ideological "wheel and sails"
(Interfax-Religion)
Valaam abbot gives up Internet, suggests restricting use of smartphones in monasteries
(Interfax)
Court rejects pharmacists’ right of conscience
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
How do we make the goals of the Synod of the Family a reality?
(Helen Alvaré, America: The National Catholic Review)
When combatting extremism, schools are the long game
(Charles C. Haynes, The Newseum Institute)
Forced to choose between faith or fines, Little Sisters of the Poor appeal to the Supreme Court
(Leah Barkoukis, Town Hall)
Pharmacy owners cannot cite religion to deny medicine: US appeals court
(Raw Story)
House used to hide Jews declared Polish national monument
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Little Sisters of the Poor appeal to the Supreme Court
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Colorado nuns appeal to Supreme Court on employer-covered birth control
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Little Sisters ask Supreme Court for exemption from HHS mandate that 'would make them morally complicit in grave sin'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Politics)
High up on a Pakistani mountain, a success story for moderate Islam
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)
Police investigate cross-burnings outside Texas church
(Reporting by Joseph Kolb; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Mohammad Zargham, Reuters)
Iran lobbying blitz targets Jewish Democrats
(Lauren French, Politico)
Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter
(Eric Tucker and Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The “right to die” considered again: R (AM) v General Medical Council
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
For transgender Jews, the ritual bath is fraught with questions about inclusion
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
What do Evangelicals want in a president? Character and transparency
(Michelle Toh, The Christian Science Monitor)
Turkish army trades fire with ISIL fighters in Syria
(Al Jazeera)
US ‘aiding and abetting’ Boko Haram by refusing Nigeria arms, says Buhari
(Al Jazeera America)
Iraqis fleeing ISIS reveal horrors of militants abusing, killing disabled people
(Hermione Macura, The Christian Post World)
Nigeria: Buhari turns down U.S. proposal on gay marriage
(Daily Independent (Lagos), allAfrica)
Samuel Alito and the slippery slope of liberty
(Russell Berman, The Atlantic)
Samuel Alito transcript
(Conversations with Bill Kristol)
Living instruments, judicial impotence, and the trajectories of gay rights in Europe and in the United States
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL:Talk!)
Orwellian first amendment defense act may favor religious bigotry
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
UK: Muslims against jihadism
(Deutsche Welle)
Is religion doing enough to root out abuse?
(Caroline Wyatt, BBC News)
Syrian Christians flee asylum in Sweden amid harassment from Muslims who force them to hide their crosses
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
A year later, U.S. campaign against ISIS garners support, raises concerns
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
Caritas: The situation in Ukraine is “sometimes not visible”
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
China targeting rights lawyers in a crackdown
(Andrew Jacobs and Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
De Blasio, inspired by Francis, describes an evolving relationship with faith
(Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times)
Chief Imam urges religious tolerance in Ghana
(Ghana Web)
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