Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 13 July 2015
Sudan detains 10 women for wearing miniskirts and trousers to church
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Thousands gather at Evangelical event in Central Park
(Ileana Najarro, The New York Times)
Sacramento mosque honors Christian church
(Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee)
Activist who took down Confederate flag drew on her faith and on new civil rights awakening
(Jesse James DeConto, Religion News Service)
Decision delayed in Kentucky clerk's same-sex marriage case
(Adam Beam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Some major U.S. religious groups differ from their members on the death penalty
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Vandals desecrate Catholic Church in India
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Tunisia 'destroys' local al-Qaeda-linked group
(Al Jazeera)
Pope admits he has neglected middle class issues in focus on the poor
(Al Jazeera America)
Prominent Tibetan monk dies in Chinese prison
(Al Jazeera America)
Pentagon finalizing plans to lift transgender ban
(Al Jazeera America)
Azerbaijan: Imam prisoner of conscience jailed for one year
(Forum 18 News Service)
Why ISIS may be more dangerous than al-Qaeda ever was
(Chelsea Scism, The Daily Signal)
Two new surveys reveal concerning trends for religious freedom in U.S.
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Japanese Buddhists celebrate Obon Festival
(Massarah Mikati, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
More on withdrawal of churches from solemnising marriage
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Sunday, 12 July 2015
Christian Poles are honored for rescuing Jews during WWII
(Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press, Salt Lake Tribune)
Europe's great migration crisis
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Hindu group upset at trivialization of Lord Krishna at Sydney gallery
(Eurasia Review)
Reforming religious courts: A comparison of two bills
(Russell Sandberg, guest post, Law & Religion UK)
Religion and Legal Pluralism
(Russell Sandberg, ed., Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series)
Chad police: Anyone wearing face veils will be arrested
(Al Jazeera)
Religion and law round-up – 12th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 11 July 2015
Christian refugees escaping ISIS' reign of terror bring hope to Iraq's religious minorities, says Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post U.S.)
Remembering the Srebrenica genocide: Amid the solemnity, squabbling
(The Economist)
Vatican trial of former nuncio opened, then postponed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 10 July 2015
A Communist Crucifix
(Matthew H. Young, First Things)
La Iglesia intenta blindar la asignatura de Religión en los tribunales
(Manuel Planelles, El País)
La Justicia obliga al Gobierno balear a ofrecer la asignatura de Religión en Bachillerato
(ABC)
Princess Charlotte’s baptism and church law
(Law & Religion UK)
Religious groups stall right-to-die bill in California
(Compiled by Massarah Mikati, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Sorry, Slate: Oregon did put a ‘gag order’ on those Christian bakers
(Hans von Spakovsky, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
The moral theology of the Greek crisis
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
The euro, theology and values: The meaning of redemption
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Liberian churches honoured for their services during Ebola outbreak
(World Council of Churches)
Faith-based organizations train to advocate for women’s human rights
(World Council of Churches)
Ontario court upholds law society's refusal to accredit Christian law school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada: Divisional court upholds The Law Society of Upper Canada's decision regarding Trinity Western University
(Duncan A. W. Ault and Nadia Effendi, Mondaq)
Will this battle mean the ‘end of freedom of religion in Canada’?
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Foundation to address concerning U.S. trends in religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
After four months, why are 20 Chaldean Iraqi Christians who fled ISIS still detained by immigration officials?
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Rare Holocaust-era hideout preserved near Warsaw
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israeli teacher union denies reports it backed settlement boycott
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Evangelical pastors gather to learn another calling: politics
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Debate in Oklahoma widens over 10 commandments monument
(Rachel Hubbard, NPR)
Judge: Croatian woman can be extradited on war crime charges
(Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Police: 10 killed as gunmen storm 2 hotels in Somali capital
(Abdi Guled, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Kentucky governor tells clerk to issue gay-marriage licenses
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
150 Syrian Christians arrive in Poland to start new lives
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Another blow to religious liberty in Indiana
(News Sentinel)
The same-sex marriage debate and the right to religious belief
(Paul Kelly, The Australian)
Are Israelis facing a tightening of religious restrictions?
(Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel)
Administration issues final contraceptive mandate rules in defiance of Supreme Court
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Three Christian higher ed schools ask Supreme Court to review birth control mandate case
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Senate Democrats unsure if religious schools should have religious liberty
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Virginia GOP considering religious liberty measures in response to Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Sikh in US wins religious freedom at his Disney job
(The Times of India)
Oregon residents 'stunned' to find out state allows 15-year-olds to get sex-change operations without parental notification, report says
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Oregon Christian bakers forced to pay $135k by Monday deadline or lien may be placed on home; husband now works as trash collector to make ends meet
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Religious school could be next battlefield
(Burlington County Times)
600 churches say ending the war on drugs is the Christian thing to do
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Yielding to atheists, Alabama city removes Christian flag, citing high cost of litigation
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
High school videochats try to bridge religious, cultural divides
(Jerome Socolovsky, Voice of America)
New rules allow US transgender inmates to pick housing, clothing, pronoun they prefer
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
ISIS militants burn women and their sons alive in Iraq for refusal to join group
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Spanish High Court protects pharmacists' conscience right not to sell contraceptives
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)
Muslim and Jewish groups at forefront of efforts to rebuild black churches
(Max Blau, The Guardian)
Pope Francis apologizes for church's "sins" against indigenous peoples
(Anna Matranga, CBC News)
Attorney General Lynch announces federal marriage benefits available to same-sex couples nationwide
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
AG says U.S. Government benefit programs will recognize same-sex spouses in all states
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Employee who refused work in unit performing abortions loses Title VII suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How Bosnian Muslims view Christians 20 years after Srebrenica massacre
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Report: Quebec mishandled child abuse at fringe Jewish sect
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An Evangelical revival in the heart of New York
(Liz Robbins, The New York Times)
14 French Islamists sentenced for targeting kosher shops
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In France, fear and defiance mix 6 months after kosher market attack
(Cnaan Lipshshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Montana tribe breaks off talks over drilling on sacred land
(Matthew Brown, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
American Samoa questions gay marriage validity in territory
(Fili Sagapolutele and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
What Clarence Thomas meant
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
"Will anti-gay Christians be politically and socially ostracized? I sure hope so,"
(Dominic Bouck, O.P., First Things)
Conservative outrage won't work
(Dominic Bouck, O.P., First Things)
Azerbaijan: Three Muslim prisoners of conscience jailed for 15 to 6 months for selling books
(Forum 18 News Service)
The First Amendment and the power of 'fear'
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
State of the First Amendment: 2015 Survey (Overview)
(Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
State of the First Amendment: 2015 Survey (Full Report)
(Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
Pope in Bolivia calls for dramatic economic and social reform
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis seeks forgiveness for Church’s crimes against ‘native people’
(Al Jazeera America)
Pope not amused at Bolivian president's hammer and sickle crucifix gift
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
More on the Oregon same-sex wedding cake decision
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
Thursday, 9 July 2015
A campaign that is lost every day
(Pete Spiliakos, First Things)
Cannabis church sues under Indiana's new RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. filed in religious non-profit contraceptive coverage compromise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church of Cannabis suit raises religious liberty issues
(Stephanie Wang and Michael Anthony Adams, Indy Star)
Czech reformer Jan Hus hailed on 600th anniversary of his death
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Decision is step toward success for group seeking to erect eruv in the Hamptons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
First Church of Cannabis files suit against Indiana
(WTHR Channel 13)
Hamptons’ eruv clears another legal hurdle
(Stewart Ain, New York Jewish Week)
Judge who declines to do same-sex marriages says civil rights struggle inspired his career
(Ken McIntyre, The Daily Signal)
Marriage and civil rights: The case for monogamy
(Stephen Macedo, The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
Most women belong to a religious community that prohibits them from being leaders
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
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