Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Hamas forces kill leader of Islamic splinter group in Gaza
(Majd Al Waheidi and Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Plaintiff in 'gay conversion' suit tells of therapy methods
(David Porter, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
California student can wear eagle feather at graduation
(Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
California student may wear eagle feather at graduation
(Al Jazeera America)
Russian Foreign Ministry says it didn't issue foreign travel passport to student who could have been recruited by Islamists
(Interfax-Religion)
Gay conversion center lured men by offering 'junk science,' jury told
(Al Jazeera America)
Crimea: New punishments for "religious agitation in public places"?
(Forum 18 News Service)
European court hears Alevi demands to cover cemevi expenses
(Hürriyet Daily News)
One man arrested, one killed over alleged ‘terror’ plot in Boston
(Al Bawaba)
Boston terror suspects plotted to behead police officers, source says
(Fox News)
Is it homophobic to turn away gay blood donors?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Tajik police chief who joined Islamic State wanted for treason
(Reuters)
Bangladesh academics get death threats from militant Islamist group
(Reuters)
Mexican Christians allegedly threatened with death by government official for discussing religious persecution
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Amnesty International: Egypt witness to ‘worst human rights crisis’ today
(Middle East Monitor)
It’s time for the Sunni world to come to terms with Israel
(Eric R. Mandel, The Jerusalem Post)
No increase in European anti-Semitic sentiments despite increase in attacks
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Egypt: TV presenter sentenced to prison for contempt of religion
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)
Shoura discusses ways to boost Haj services in Mina
(Mohammed Rasooldeen & Sharif M. Taha, Arab News)
Washington cannot hold together a sectarian Iraq
(Al Bawaba News)
10,000 militants killed in anti-ISIS campaign
(Al Arabiya)
Cleric says Turkish women will be ‘halal’ for president: SP
(Hürriyet Daily News)
The creepy marriage decision of the Constitutional Court
(Ayse Arman, Hürriyet Daily News)
Bishop of Kontum calls for patience and dialogue to stem attacks on religious freedom
(Paul N. Hung, AsiaNews.it)
Jehovah's Witnesses allowed to register as a religious organisation in Moscow
(AsiaNews.it)
Lebanese Muslim leaders slam anti-Christian attacks and violence perpetrated in the name of Islam
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)
Government will not allow extremists in any religion create racial conflicts - Najib
(Malaysian Digest)
The US Supreme Court shows Europe the way
(Editorial, Saudi Gazette)
Teacher sues Colorado school for violating Constitution by promoting religion
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
An immoral use of Jewish power in Upstate New York
(Ari Hart, The Forward - Opinion)
Calls to refer to God as a woman as female bishops take up posts
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Will same-sex marriage split the United Methodist Church?
(Shannon Craig Straw, Religion & Politics: Fit For Polite Company)
Million abortions a year done in Russian private clinics, it's a serious business - Mizulina
(Interfax-Religion)
Crackdown on Christianity: Iran sentences 18 to prison over faith
(Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News)
On same-sex marriage, the nuances of rights, religion
(J. Peder Zane, The News & Observer)
Liberté religieuse et cohesion sociale: la diversité française
(Florence Faberon; Préface Jaques Robert, Droit et religions, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille)
What are the implications of the free will debate for individuals and society?
(Alfred Mele, Big Questions Online)
Bias and violence in Identoba and Karaahmed: The difference some differences make?
(Lourdes Peroni, Strasbourg Observers)
A British Bill of Rights should let some prisoners vote
(Rupert Myers, The Telegraph)
Jewish school probed for extremism while Jehovah's Witnesses win rare Russian victory
(The Moscow Times)
The Conservative Party’s Proposals for human rights
(John Wadham, UK Human Rights Blog)
Gay marriage debate shouldn't be winner-take-all: Column
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, USA Today)
Catholic legal theory and the legislative enterprise
(Robert John Araujo, SJ, Mirror of Justice)
At Middlebury College, Muslim chaplaincy is a husband and wife affair
(Julie Poucher Harbin, Religion News Service)
Memorial Wall to Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas opened in Kyiv
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Hong Kong pastor says women and children need a strong voice
(World Council of Churches)
L'égalité des femmes en Tunisie: histoire et incertitudes d'une révolution légale
(Rim Gtari; Avant-propos Blandine Chelini-Pont; Préface Bernard Botiveau, Droit et religions)
Israeli military admits error in punishing soldier over non-kosher sandwich
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
27 members of Congress urge new AG to help strengthen anti-profiling ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Letter to the Attorney General
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
African-American bus driver sues haredi school alleging discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The prophet and the reformer: Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane
(Matthew J. Grow and Ronald W. Walker, OUPblog Religion)
USCIRF condemns Sudan's prosecution of 2 pastors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sudan: USCIRF gravely concerned by trial of pastors
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
India’s prime minister to make landmark visit to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Church in limbo
(Dorian Hargrove, San Diego Reader)
Kenya: Almost 100 schools forced to close as Christian teachers fear al-Shabaab attacks
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Church sues over zoning restrictions that are forcing it to move
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A new book on the Armenian genocide
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
These Moroccan Muslim women are changing how women are treated
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Canada's indigenous schools policy was 'cultural genocide', says report
(John Barber, The Guardian)
Headscarves and religious freedom in the fashion industry
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religious groups, businesses review Supreme Court's headscarf ruling
(Nina Totenberg, NPR)
This hijabi took on Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against her and won
(Al Bawaba News)
Justices boost workplace religious protections
(Mark Sherman, ABC News)
Supreme Court boosts workers who claim religious bias
(Richard Wolf, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Scalia does a u-turn on religious liberty
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Abercrombie headscarf case divides Supreme Court conservative justices
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
More Catholics, fewer receiving sacraments: A new report maps a changing church
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
As ideology fades in Cuba, spirituality and popes intervene
(Nick Miroff, The Washington Post)
NC Senate overrides marriage bill veto, OK's abortion bill
(Craig Jarvis and Colin Campbell, The News and Observer)
A clash over Scientology as vote looms on a proposed church-backed drug rehab near Camp David
(Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post)
Faith groups hold prayer rally at Phoenix mosque
(Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, The Arizona Republic)
After death threats, Bangladeshi atheist relocates to US
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Israeli soldier’s ham sandwich nearly lands him in military prison
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Malaysia church to reinstall cross it removed following April protest
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
With Nebraska leading, conservatives reconsider the death penalty
(Naureen Khan, Al Jazeera America)
Forced church schooling of Canada's First Nations was ‘cultural genocide’
(Al Jazeera America)
Crimea: Interrogated, photographed, fingerprinted, fined
(Forum 18 News Service)
African-American bus driver sues haredi school alleging discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Malaysia has more religious freedom than US, Singapore, Christian group says
(Mayuri Mei Lin, Malay Mail Online)
Myanmar jails writer for 2 years for 'insulting religion'
(Hindustan Times)
A voice for the Church in Parliament
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK evangelicals on poverty: the government should do more... and so should the Church
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today - Church)
Good news for the poor?
(Report from the Evangelical Alliance)
Questions and doubts identified as key factor for “churchlessness”
(Evangelical Alliance)
Twelve Tribes: No fair proceeding, OLG Munich criticizes delay
(FOREF, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
5 faith facts about Sen. Lindsey Graham: religious right spear carrier
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
5 faith facts about George Pataki, a Catholic who doesn’t always toe the line
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
5 faith facts about Martin O’Malley: ‘A Pope Francis Democrat’
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Scientists lied about the benefits of chocolate. But religion didn't.
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
The First Church of Cannabis claims state law sanctions services
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Family)
The personal stories of Christianity's new martyrs
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Firing of gay Seton Hall priest highlights a Catholic debate
(Alan Feuer, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Eritrea: Protest marks 13 years of church crackdown
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)
The codification of Jewish law and an introduction to the jurisprudence of the Mishna Berura
(Michael J. Broyde & Ira Bedzow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion)
The Western case for monogamy over polygamy
(John Witte Jr, Center for the Study of Law and Religion)
Prayers on chairs banned in Bangladesh, sparking outrage
(Al Arabiya)
Internal conflict: Is the Muslim Brotherhood falling apart?
(Sonia Farid, Al Arabiya)
Obama urges end to Rohingya ‘discrimination’
(Al Arabiya)
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