Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
La Tuta's Knights Templar and the rise of narco-religion in Mexico
(R. Andrew Chesnut, Huff Post Religion)
Marseille's Muslims need their Grand Mosque – why is it still a car park?
(Annabelle Azadé, The Guardian)
Moonies hold mass wedding in South Korea
(Agence France-Presse in Gapyeong, The Guardian)
More than half of U.S. Republicans want to make Christianity the national religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
NYC churches go on the market, leaving parishioners cynical
(Rick Hampson, USA Today, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Pope Francis cements financial reform in new laws, creates Vatican auditor general
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)
Spain: Evangelical churches might be jihadist targets
(Evangelical Focus)
These Americans return to Iraq as Christian warriors against Islamic State
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
VIDEO: The unfortunate consequences of banning Sharia law
(Rahel Gebreyes / Michael Helfand, Huff Post Religion)
White Christians are now a minority in these 19 states
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
Genocide of Assyrians
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Who are Assyrian Christians? Islamic State's latest captives are part of a long-persecuted group
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post Religion)
The genocide of Assyrians that started in Iraq continues in Syria
(Peter BetBasoo, Assyrian International News Agency)
Oklahoma Libertarians form human chain to protect Muslims
(Nick Bernabe for AntiMedia, Mint Press News)
Survey: 133 percent increase in attacks on religion in past three years
(Catholic News Service, Catholic Sentinel)
Pope Francis thanks churches in North Africa for their courage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Where Sharia law reigns in Europe, and the Muslim woman fighting it (Opinion)
(Adéa Guillot, World Crunch)
Evangelical Christian claims she lost her nursery job due to ‘state-sponsored hostility’ to her biblical views on homosexuality
(Isaiah Narciso, The Gospel Herald)
New weapon to fight religious extremism (Opinion)
(Oliver Thomas, The Daily Journal)
D.C. Council amends Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act
(Andrea Noble, The Washington Times)
Egypt closes 27,000 places of worship
(Rami Galal, trans. Kamal Fayad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Rabinnic and legal groups partner to prevent agunot
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
Bills would allow adoption denials for religious beliefs
(Lorne Fultonberg, WILX)
Religious discrimination lawsuit vs. Heelan dismissed
(Nick Hytrek, Sioux City Journal)
Update: Orthodox Jewish house of worship says Dallas is ‘attacking [our] religious liberty rights'
(Robert Wilonsky, The Dallas Morning News)
What does quantum mechanics suggest about our perceptions of reality?
(Hans Halvorson, Big Questions Online)
Can there be rational reasons for not supporting same sex marriage?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Same-sex marriage equality converts are very welcome to the party
(Tim Dick, The Sydney Morning Herald - Comment)
Submission on Religious Freedom in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission - ‘Traditional Rights and Freedoms - Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws’
(Freedom 4 Faith)
Austrian FM vows to support Saudi blogger
(Middle East Monitor)
Jews win right to pray on Temple Mount
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Kingdom calls for more efforts to address religious defamation
(Arab News)
Balochistan: Threats against Christian journalists
(Missionary International Service News Agency)
Cambodia deports 36 Vietnamese Montagnards, fleeing persecution
(AsiaNews.it)
Hindu fundamentalists threatened peace and stability in Nepal
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
As one evangelical church ‘comes out’ for LGBT rights, others cast a wary eye
(Heidi Hall, Religion News Service)
Cameroonians call for death of Boko Haram leader
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
In Israel, Jewish divorce is granted only by husband's permission
(Emily Harris, NPR)
In English town, Muslims lead effort to create interfaith haven
(Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Federal judge blocks Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban
(Margery A. Beck and Grant Schulte, The Associated Press)
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for N.C. man charged in Muslims' killings
(Colleen Jenkins, Reuters)
Religious restrictions among the world’s most populous countries
(Angelina Theodorou, Pew Research Center)
Podcast on Oral Argument in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Amish jailed in beard-cutting attacks win lower sentences
(AP, BostonHerald.com)
Federal prosecutors will not re-try reversed hate crime charges for Amish defendants
(Eric Heisig, Northeast Ohio Media Group, Clevland.com)
Amish beard-cutting attackers resentenced after reversal of hate crimes convictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
North Idaho senator objects to Hindu prayer
(Spokesman-Review)
Idaho state senator objects to Hindu invocation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rania El-Alloul hijab ruling draws complaint against Quebec judge
(CBC News)
Wearing hijab in Canadian courtroom stirs controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
World Sikh Organization condemns religious discrimination by Quebec judge
(Sikh 24)
Conference at Western Europe's largest mosque to underline need for international religious freedom
(PR Newswire)
Understanding terrorism in China - analysis
(Loro Horta, Eurasia Review)
China Exclusive: Shaolin abbot responds to commercialization criticism
(Shanghai Daily)
China re-arrests three accused of participation is ISIS-related terrorist group [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Mosques more than ten times more likely to prevent China for distancing itself from Islamic problems [Simplified Chinese]
(US China Press)
Humanist inmate files discrimination suit
(Abby Cavenaugh, Your Daily Journal)
Tribal leaders want Minnesota law for autopsy objections
(Pioneer Press)
Russia's vaguest laws and their unexpected consequences
(Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, The Moscow Times)
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox women make uphill battle for parliament
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Segregating workplaces by religion
(Dawinder S. Sidhu, The Atlantic)
“The Changing Nature of Religious Rights Under International Law” (Evans et al., eds.)
(John Boersma, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Мубариз Гурбанлы: «меры против религиозного радикализма приносят свои плоды»
(Vesti.az)
Эрдоган раскритиковал австрийский "закон об исламе"
(Vesti.az)
Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party on life support
(Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe)
‘Beat the Jews, save Russia’ – an ugly old slogan returns in Putin’s Russia
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Group of female Hizb ut-Tahrir followers caught in Bishkek
(Interfax-Religion)
US-lead coalition strikes 14 Islamic State sites
(The Jerusalem Post)
Haniyeh: Hamas in touch with Egypt over 'terror' label
(Middle East Monitor)
No lull for India's Christians from Hindu extremists despite Modi's reassurance
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Women's roles in Hamas slowly evolve
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraqi forces try to seal off Islamic State around Tikrit
(Ahmed Rasheed and Dominic Evans, Reuters)
Nigeria's Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
(Julia Payne, Reuters)
New video shows 19 Tajiks killed fighting alongside IS in Syria, Iraq
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)
Portugal open to citizenship applications by descendants of Sephardic Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Indian state bans beef and brings in five-year jail terms for possession
(The Guardian)
Nigeria: Religion and ethnicity will play major role in election
(Clement Ejiofor, Naij.com)
GA 'Religious Freedom' bill advances to senate
(Michelle Wirth, WABE 90.1 FM)
Myanmar: Scrap ‘race and religion laws’ that could fuel discrimination and violence
(Amnesty International)
Christians persecuted in Ukraine by national-radical forces - Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)
Muntaka fires GNAT, GES over discrimination against Muslim student
(Ghana Web)
UN, EU organizations must act jointly to protect Christians - Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Prosecutions for public evangelism and public meetings for worship
(Forum 18 News Service)
EVENT, 3 March 2015: The Future of Religion and Diplomacy
(The Newseum Institute)
Georgia postpones execution of woman who gained the support of theologians
(Religion News Service)
Monday, 2 March 2015
Anti-Semitism * Anti-sex * Anti-women: February’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Britain's Muslims still feel the need to explain themselves
(Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro, NPR Parallels)
Buddhist monks’ cremation ceremonies break the bank in impoverished Myanmar
(Myint Naing, Religion News Service)
ECUSA and the freedom of association: a showdown is coming (blog)
(A. S. Haley, Anglican Cumudgeon)
Saudi Award goes to Muslim televangelist who harshly criticizes U.S.
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
UN rights' report speaks of troops from Russia infiltrating Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Women’s shelters are one of the most provocative legacies of the Western presence in Afghanistan
(Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)
Theologians call for clemency for death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner
(Kelly Hughes, Religion Press Release Services)
M&S backtracks on banning 'Christ'
(Christian Concern)
For Russia’s Jews, Nemtsov murder is reminder of their vulnerability
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sixteen people resentenced for obstructing the investigation of assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion
(Yuma News Now)
Bill would save homeschoolers from American allies
(Bob Unruh, WND Education)
Spain's Muslim business owners feel squeezed by new zoning proposals
(Lauren Frayer, NPR)
Islamic State releases 19 Christians, more than 200 still captive: monitor
(Reuters)
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