Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 March 2015
All-women's college Wellesley to accept transgender women
(Elizabeth Barber, Reuters)
Egypt names new interior minister to combat religious extremism
(Mahmoud Mourad and Yara Bayoumy, Reuters)
Utah LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes 1st test
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Mormon leaders, LGBT groups trumpet new anti-bias bill as a ‘model’
(Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Islamic State is Muslim like Irish Republican Army was Catholic
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
From Belgium to Syria and back: How an altar boy became an ISIL adherent
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
Homeland Security bill includes $13 million for religious and other nonprofit groups
(JTA)
Pakistan's blasphemy laws snare minorities, activists
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera America)
За участие в боях в Сирии к уголовной ответственности привлечены 29 граждан Азербайджана
(Vesti.az)
Malaysian 'Islamic Council's right to intervene' over Christian's CDs dismissed
(Kuala Lumpar, World Watch Monitor)
British teacher jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria
(Sarah Young, Reuters)
In first, NYC schools to close for Muslim holidays
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New York City schools will close on two Muslim holidays
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is Ecuador's Correa blurring the lines between religion and politics?
(Ruxandra Guidi, The Christian Science Monitor)
'Surrender or be killed': Chad president challenges Boko Haram leader
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Boko Haram violence causing worsening refugee crisis for Nigeria
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)
Argentine president’s full-page ad discredits Nisman’s complaint
(JTA)
Interior Minister claims '200 Tajik labor migrants left Russia to fight in Syria'
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
Kazakh teen charged in U.S. with aiding IS has murky past
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
The Coke side of history: Fanta ad ‘forgets’ Germany’s Nazi past
(The Times of Israel)
Archbishop Tutu: The West committed the Holocaust while Palestinians pay historic price
(Global Research)
EVENT, 5 March 2015: After the Paris and Copenhagen Attacks: Muslim Minorities and the Future of Democracy in Europe
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT, 5 March 2015: Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Austria passes a controversial law on Islam
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Construction of Jerusalem hotel threatens Christian pilgrimage site
(Haaretz)
Defendant from UK extradited to US for providing aid to Al Qaeda
(Eurasia Review)
Brotherhood rules out reconciliation with Sisi
(Middle East Monitor)
Indian police beat Christian evangelists
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Arab festival protesters argue free speech, religious freedom before 6th Circuit
(Beth Dalbey, Patch)
Faith-based adoption agencies could refuse service
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)
Texas businesses oppose legislation they call discriminatory
(Eva Ruth Moravec, The Washington Times)
Erdogan tests waters in Riyadh
(Semish Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Unprecedented rift splits Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Dialogue for women countering violent extremism
(Alison Milofsky, United States Institute of Peace)
UK bomb plot suspect Abid Naseer found guilty by NY jury
(BBC News US & Canada)
Abid Naseer: Terrorist plotted Manchester bombing
(BBC News Manchester)
Abid Naseer found guilty of participating in al-Qaeda plot to blow up Manchester's Arndale Centre
(Bob Crilly, The Telegraph)
In France, young Muslims often straddle two worlds
(Audie Cornish, NPR)
Rising anti-Semitism challenges Sweden’s proud and tolerant self-image
(Petra Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
Kidnapped Assyrian Christians: Four more hostages released by Islamic State
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
China: Draconian anti-terror law an assault on human rights
(Amensty International)
Canadian pastor goes missing on most recent aid trip to North Korea
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)
In under 3 minutes, watch instant analysis on today’s oral srguments in Obamacare Supreme Court case
(Melissa Quinn, Daily Signal)
Argument analysis: Setting up the private debate on the ACA
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
King v. Burwell updates: Kennedy concerned about consequences
(Eric Citron, SCOTUSblog)
Justices divided at health-law argument: Questions raised about constitutional consequences of ruling that negates nationwide insurance subsidies
(Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
Health reform arguments reflect Supreme Court's ideological divide
(Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
King v. Burwell: Transcript of the oral agrument
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Continued updates on oral arguments in King v. Burwell
(Tejinder Singh, SCOTUSblog)
Chief Justice John Roberts, who saved Obamacare in 2012, stays quiet this time
(Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News)
An off-ramp from ObamaCare: If the Supreme Court follows the law, there will be an opening for a sane health-care alternative. Here it is.
(John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
The three religious traditions that dominate the U.S.
(Joanna Piacenza, Public Religion Research Institute, Worldwide Religious News)
Mormon church backs Utah LGBT anti-discrimination bill
(Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press)
Why is this Christian woman wearing a Muslim hijab during Lent?
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)
Understanding Turkey's tilt
(Svante E. Cornell for JINSA, The International Relations and Security Network)
In English town, Muslims lead effort to create interfaith haven
(Ari Shapiro, NPR)
155 Catholic students denied school access over land dispute
(AsiaNews.it)
Maharashtra bans beef: 5 years in prison for those who eat it
(AsiaNews.it)
Film screened at Ohio State exposes Iran persecuting Baha’is
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)
Russian Supreme Court rejects appeal against Pussy Riot verdict
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses religious buildings seized in eastern regions of Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Zimbabwe health aide blames Catholics, Adventists for HIV persistence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Court applies Title VII religious institution exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Slovenia approves same-sex marriage, adoption legislation
(Ashley Hogan, The JURIST)
Alabama court orders a halt to same-sex marriage licenses
(Campbell Robertson, The New York Times)
Criticizing Justices, state court bars same-sex marriages
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Alabama Supreme Court affirms natural marriage, orders probate judges to cease issuing illegal licenses
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Alabama's high court votes to stop same-sex marriage
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Alabama high court orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
(Reuters)
Alabama Supreme Court orders probate judges to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Evangelical Fellowship of India: Persecution Watch Annual Report 2014
(World Evangelical Alliance)
New York City adds two Muslim holidays to public school calendar
(Tom McCarthy, The Guardian)
Dallas sues synagogue for failing to obtain certificate of occupancy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Breakaway Episcopalians win Texas church property fight
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)
Disability discrimination suit dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish Purim celebration spans world, includes DUI caution
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Islamic State in Af-Pak: The ‘Wilayat Khurasan’ Conundrum
(Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Uzbekistan: "Pardoned only after repenting and asking the President for forgiveness"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Iran’s spiritual challenge to American Christians
(Mark Tooley, Philos Project)
State legislatures pit religious freedom against civil rights
(Sarah Barringer Gordon and Nomi Stolzenberg, Religion & Politics)
Freedom and scepticism: Being an atheist in the Middle East
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
France issues int’l arrest warrants for suspects in 1982 Jewish restaurant attack
(Alexandria Sage, Religion News Today)
Analysis: Conservatives look to bring British Sikhs into the fold
(Ravender Sembhy, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Ministry of National Security (MNS) reports about neutralization a group of religious radicals
(Contact.az)
Iran executes six Sunni Muslim ethnic Kurds
(Radio Free Europe)
Killer of 3 Muslim students in US may face death penalty
(Middle East Monitor)
Ghana: Gov’t goofed on edict over Islamic discrimination – Islamic Scholar
(Ghana Web)
Academic Minute: religious denomination and marriage equality (audio)
(Maurice Gattis, University of Wisconsin at Madison)
Religious authority has no right to intervene in Allah CD case, says Sarawakian
(V. Anbalagan, The Malaysian Insider)
Nigerians, fearing election violence, forfeit vote to move to other end of country
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious freedom increasingly at risk in India as new attacks are perpetrated against Christians
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Blasphemy Law sows radicalization: Experts
(Fedina S. Sundaryani, The Jakarta Post)
EVENT, 4 March 2014: Women in Leadership: Key to Defeating Extremism
(at the U.S. House of Representatives, Women's Freedom Forum)
EVENT, 4 March 2015: Sharing the Message? Proselytism and Development in Pluralistic Societies: A Public Dialogue
(Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Is there room for Islam in democracy, freedom of speech, and secularism?
(Catherine Shakdam [quoting John Andrew Morrow], Mint Press News)
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Europe's radical right against Muslims
(Seyed nader Nourbakhsh, Iran Review)
France to double number of Islamic university courses
(France 24 International News)
Iran can be Italy’s powerful ally in fighting terrorism
(Bahram Ghasemi, Iran's former Ambassador to Italy, Iran Review)
ISIS 'is' the Islamic "reformation"
(Ed Simon, Religion Dispatches)
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