Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Georgia school district settles football prayer lawsuit with humanist group
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)
6th Circuit: School had non-retaliatory reason to fire imam from instructional assistant job
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8th Circuit: Parents have standing to challenge ACA contraceptive coverage requirement for family policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Europe and gay marriage: Copying America, cautiously
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
What the European Court judgment on same-sex couples in Italy means
(Erik Voeten, The Washington Post)
V.M. and Others v. Belgium: The asylum law discourse reloaded
(Salvo Nicolosi, Strasbourg Observers)
The Lords debate freedom of religion and belief
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bring on the theologians, Mr Cameron
(Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
British PM Cameron lays out vision for fighting Islamic extremism in heavily Muslim Birmingham
(John Burger, Aleteia World)
EVENT, 21 July 2015: Forum: Women and Countering Violent Extremism
(United States Institute of Peace)
Muslims free to follow religion in China
(Pakistan Observer)
World Jewish Congress president hails PM Cameron for combating anti semitism and islamic extremism
(The Jerusalem Post)
Monday, 20 July 2015
Is it religion or extremism? Part 2: European anti-discrimination laws
(Robbin Hutton, Inside Counsel)
Ukraine Islamic vector: Ukrainian Ummah’s reason for being
(Tetyana Kalenychenko, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
What a proposed US bill on religious liberty would and would not protect
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
6 years later: Christian mother Asia Bibi on death row finally gets appeal hearing at Pakistan's Supreme Court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Nepal bans religious conversion in new draft constitution
(Julia A. Seymour, World News Group)
USCIRF concerned by rise in violence in Nigeria
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Vatican – episcopal resignations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religion and law round-up – 19th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Prime Minister David Cameron unveils 5-year plan to battle Muslim extremists
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
National forces intervene when local officials fail to stop Jehovah's Witnesses rally
(Russia Religion News)
Five arrested as Reclaim Australia and anti-racism protesters face off in Sydney
(The Guardian)
Poll: 59% believe businesses should be able to decline gay weddings
(Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal)
Two CCCU colleges to allow same-sex married faculty
(Bob Smietana, Morgan Lee, and Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today)
Immigration is providing a boost to UK religions
(Sunil Patel, The News Hub)
Gay priest fired from chaplain job asks Pope Francis to meet LGBT Catholics in U.S.
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Americans least receptive to Muslim, Atheist or Socialist presidential candidates, new Gallup poll says
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
ISIS claims responsibility for kidnapping Christians in Libya; terror group releases photos of men bound, blindfolded
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Scott Walker signs abortion ban bill in Wisconsin
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi Arabia arrests hundreds of suspected ISIL members
(Al Jazeera)
A new balance of power in the Middle East
(Alessandro Bruno, Geopolitical Monitor)
Love before logic: politics, persuasion, and the Puritans
(Abram Van Engen, OUPblog Religion)
Alito critiques gay-marriage ruling, defends Citizens United
(Tony Mauro, Legal Times)
United Arab Emirates issues anti-intolerance law
(Adam Schreck, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
China deports 20 foreigners for watching 'terrorist' videos
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Chinese government strips Christian Council of official authority
(Thomas Williams, Breibart)
Ukrainian miners build a church at the depth of 800 meters
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill urges Ukraine not to politicize the term 'Russian world'
(Interfax-Religion)
Kentucky county clerk sued for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples
(The Guardian)
Belarus: Conscientious objector threatened with conscription
(Forum 18 News Service)
Party leader says his faith will not affect his political decisions
(Sky News)
Anti-discrimination law enacted across UAE
(The National)
India Constitution's secular character being used for religion-based politics: CIC
(Zee News)
African faith-based organizations urge respect for region’s resources
(World Council of Churches)
WCC general secretary reflects on Armenian Genocide at Holy Muron ceremony
(World Council of Churches)
The pathology plaguing American Jews
(Gal Beckerman, The Forward)
Yes, Orthodoxy changes. No, that's not 'rewriting history'
(Avi Shafran, The Forward - Opinion)
Why mental health treatment and religion have a difficult relationship
(Steve Williams, Care2)
Obergefell: the states’ duty to seek rehearing
(Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson, Conjugality: A blog on the future of marriage)
Supreme Court's Obergefell decision threatens American democracy
(Michael Erickson, Deseret News)
Chattanooga stirs U.S. Muslims' concerns about radicalization
(Sharon Bernstein, Reuters)
Church leaders urge UK to welcome Christians fleeing ISIS
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
How ISIS abducts, recruits, and trains children to become jihadists
(Chas Danner, New York Magazine)
House of Lords stands up for freedom of religion or belief
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Coptic boy’s Ramadan gesture ends in detention
(World Watch Monitor)
South Africa student may face punishment for anti-gay marriage Facebook post
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
UK parents to get power to cancel children's passports over Isis fears
(Patrick Wontour, The Guardian)
Shoppers pour into reopened Kenyan mall 2 years after terrorist attack
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)
Religious outpost offers sanctuary to gay Filipinos
(Agence France-Presse)
Saudis cast net for ISIS sympathizers
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Anti-Islam rallies, counter-protests flare in Australia
(Agence France-Presse)
Jewish groups gird for ‘epic’ battle over Iran deal
(Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
At a mosque, grief mixes with fear of revenge
(Richard Fausset and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
Texas residents condemn plan for Muslim cemetery
(David Warren, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Proposed Muslim cemetery raises concern about 'radical Islam' in Texas
(The Guardian)
Tennessee suspect texted friend link to Islamic verse before attack
(Richard Valdmanis, Reuters)
Eid al-Fitr celebrated around the world - in pictures
(Natasha Rees-Bloor, The Guardian)
Strasbourg rejects right to die cases
(Isabel McCardle, UK Human Rights Blog)
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Colleges reject, fail, expel students for faith
(Micheal F. Haverluck, One News Now)
Do not advocate for single religion, Oli tells cadres
(Ekantipur Report)
EEOC sues UPS for religious discrimination
(The National Law Review)
Government to lift ban, allow animals to perform in religious events
(Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times)
Israeli NGO asks Supreme Court to protect women’s rights at mikvah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope to stress interfaith ties during NYC visit, Cardinal Dolan says
(Emily Ngo, AM New York)
Schools cannot honor request for new holiday
(The Times and Democrat)
Saturday, 18 July 2015
Court allows enforcement of new contraceptive coverage accommodation rules for closely held companies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Final victory for Bible publisher over Obama admin. abortion-pill mandate
(ADF attorneys represent Tyndale House Publishers, Alliance Defending Freedom)
From Washington DC to the Economist to World Economic Forum – RFBF has impact
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Friday, 17 July 2015
Freedom of Religion and Belief: Debate at the House of Lords
(Live Debate, Parliamentlive.tv)
Freedom of Religion and Belief: Debate at the House of Lords
(Motion by Lord Alton of Liverpool, Text: Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
EEOC holds that sexual orientation discrimination is covered under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-gay workplace bias barred under existing law: EEOC
(Chris Johnson, The Blade)
Anti-gay discrimination is sex discrimination, says the EEOC
(Dale Carpenter, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
Minister's challenge to applying building code to home Bible study group is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CNN column: The face of modern America is “discussing pulverized lungs and hearts between mouthfuls of salad”; Update: Nucatola called to brief Congressional committee
(Ed Morrissey, Hot Air)
What you should know about EEOC and the enforcement protections for LGBT workers
(US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
The human tissue conversation we really need
(Robert Klitzman, CNN)
Planned Parenthood video an ugly mirror for America
(Timothy Stanley, CNN)
Contemporary Muslims and the challenge of modernity
(Asma Afsaruddin, OUPblog Religion)
Does Islamic theology matter when conflict its (mostly) political?
(Jennifer S. Bryson, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Almost 160,000 Muslims took part in Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Moscow – police
(Interfax-Religion)
LGBT discrimination amounts to sex discrimination, EEOC rules
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)
Metropolitan of Kiev calls on Ukrainian authorities to do everything to stop war
Bill that would grant disaster relief to houses of worship reintroduced
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Florida man gives Presbyterian church $1 million for mission work in Egypt
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Black clergy walk a fine line between religious liberty, discrimination
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Charlie Hebdo editor says the paper is done with prophet Muhammad cartoons
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
11 cult members jailed in north China
(News 24)
China detains celebrity spiritual master for alleged murder
(Reuters)
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