Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Why (some) states use religion to justify violence
(Ani Sarkissian, The Washington Post)
Islam: Religion of peace or font of terror? (A conversation with John Esposito of the Georgetown Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding)
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Islamic State commander held in Lahore: intelligence sources
(Pakistan Today)
Supreme Court hears arguments in Fair Housing Act disparate-impact case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argument analysis: Scalia versus Scalia on housing law?
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Muslim scholars urge UN to outlaw ‘contempt’ of religions
(Agence France Press, Arab News)
Tajikistan: Thoughtcrime banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Canada: Christian lawyers and doctors need not apply
(Albertos Polizogopoulos, The Cardus Daily)
USCIRF calls for release of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Former Warsaw Ghetto fighters protest memorial’s placement
(JTA)
German anti-Islam leader resigns after Hitler pose
(Al Jazeera America)
Report: French police foiled terrorist plot on anti-Semitism forum
(JTA)
Malta: Plans for reform of 1930s blasphemy laws
(Ivan Martin, The Times of Malta)
News Now >> Charlie Hebdo Attack (articles)
(News Now Hot Topics)
Muslims in fear: Anti-Islamist sentiments rise by 110% in France
(RT)
Yemen crisis: Who are the Houthis?
(BBC News Middle East)
Roman Catholic Church reregisters its parishes in Crimea, in accordance with Russian law
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
'Exodus' film sparks Morocco free speech debate
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Understanding religious liberty through the lens of limited government
(K. Hollyn Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Yo, Washington Post editors: Do faith issues matter to the Islamic State death crews? Maybe they do ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
11 wounded by Palestinian in Israeli bus attack in Tel Aviv
(Tia Goldenberg, AP: The Big Story)
A brief political history of religious exemptions
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy - Washington Post)
Anti-Islam group loses support in Norway
(The Local (Norway))
Cert. denied in dispute over characterization of communications with priest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysia's Federal Court dismisses Catholic case for the use of the word Allah
(AsiaNews.it)
Malaysia court dismisses Catholic appeal to use Allah
(Reuters)
Top court rules that Malaysian Catholics can’t use ‘Allah’ in publications
(Manirajan Ramasamy, Chong Pooi Koon, and Andrea Tan, Bloomberg)
Pope says meeting with Dalai Lama in the pipeline as he sends telegram to Xi Jinping
(Kristine Kwok, South China Morning Post)
Human rights watch groups fear Chinese anti-terrorism laws will infringe on human rights [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)
China exclusive: North China province purges superstition
(China News)
Tibetan Religious Association Standing Committee calls for legal protection for "sky burials" [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Tibetan religious leaders adopt view towards modernization [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
Tibetan Religious Association Standing Committee proposes using law to protect religious culture [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)
House leaders sticking with abortion bill despite defections
(Jake Sherman and Lauren French, Politico)
5 facts about abortion
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)
Catholic leaders to House abortion foes: Immigration reform is also ‘pro-life’
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
California 'right-to-die' bill proposed
(Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News)
California lawmakers to pursue assisted suicide legislation
(Aleteia)
For Supreme Court, it's all about that Muslim beard — or was religious liberty case really about Hobby Lobby?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
When doesn’t a religious accommodation “detrimentally affect others”? and a few other Holt v. Hobbs thoughts
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
From Eric Rassbach (Becket Fund) on what Holt v. Hobbs means for religious liberty
(Eric Rassbach & Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy - Washington Post)
Christian Persecution Worldwide
(2014 World Watch List, Open Doors USA)
Holt v. Hobbs: History
(SCOTUSblog)
Christians celebrate Supreme Court approval of religious prison beards
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
More articles on Holt v. Hobbs
Complaint: Baker refused to write anti-gay words on cake
(Jessica Oh, USA Today)
Are corporations able to claim religious exemptions under state proposal?
(April Hunt, PolitiFact)
Atlanta is burning: A new and ominous threat to religious liberty (Commentary)
(R. Albert Mohler Jr. and Kelly Shackelford, Religion News Service)
Faith and freedom in the South
(M. S. L. J., The Economist)
On same-sex marriage, what is settled, what is not
(Lyle Denniston, Lyle Denniston Law News)
U.S. Supreme Court allows lawsuit to continue against Baton Rouge priest over claim parishioner kissed, fondled teen
(Heidi Kinchen, The Advocate)
Sunday Assembly, dubbed "Atheist Church" opens in Chapel Hill, NC
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Census 2011's religion data to be made public next week
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)
Interactive: A look at last 5 years Census data on religion
(The Indian Express)
A national anti-conversion law to "save" India's Hindus
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
... on blasphemy laws
(Report, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Satanic coloring books prompts Orlando district to ban Bibles on Religious Freedom Day
(Vanessa Garcia Rodriguez, Christian Examiner)
Responsa: Part two, with more on French Jews, the real meaning of 'radical,' and the politics of the supermarket
(David Mikics and Mark Greif, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Suis-je Charlie?
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Why the Church of England, as a matter of principle, is opposed to assisted suicide
(James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, The Huffington Post UK)
Silencing debate on Islam?
(Kristine Kalanges, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice - Daniel Philpott)
Some thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision in Holt v. Hobbs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Japanese hostage held by Islamic State is a Christian journalist
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Hostage crisis challenges pacifist Japanese public
(Martin Fackler and Alan Cowell, The New York Times)
An inclusive French Republic
(The Editorial Board, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Consecration of traditionalist bishop set to highlight Church of England divisions
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today - Church)
What protection do employees have against religious discrimination in the UK?
(Claire Darbourne, Lexology)
Arizona Church sign regulation sparks first amendment battle in Supreme Court
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Louisiana governor unapologetic after Muslim 'no-go zones' comments
(The Guardian)
Islamic State releases 200 Yazidis from captivity
(Nice Daswani, Christian Today)
US Army removes 'God and country' recruiting sign
(Christian Today)
British churches to celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th birthday by reasserting its Christian heritage
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Turkey 'promises' first new church in 90 years, but questions remain about ongoing obstacles
(World Watch Monitor)
Beards, prisons and religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Top Adventist leaders build a church in the Dominican Republic
(Libna Stevens, Adventist News Network)
Sri Lanka, Tamil: Pope among war victims, a blessing for all
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Same sex marriage - Comparing the US and Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Muslims: The first victims of terrorism
(Mark Barwick, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Why we don't know jack about terrorists
(Susan E. Wills, Aleteia)
Meeting between Latvian EU Presidency & Church Representatives
(Press Release No. 15/03, Conference of European Churches)
Salamone Rossi as a Jew among Gentiles
(Don Harrán, OUPblog Religion)
Crimea: Convent closed following nuns' enforced departure
(Forum 18 News Service)
Conscience clause risk to equality
(Naomi Long / Alliance Party MP, Belfast Telegraph)
France security: Chechens arrested amid high alert
(BBC News Europe)
European 'no-go' zones: fact or fiction? Part 1: France
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
EVENT, 20 January 2015: Regulation of Blogger’s Activity in Uzbekistan: Implications for Freedom of Religion and Belief
(Mirakmal Niyazmatov, Central Asia Program, The George Washington University)
A unanimous Supreme Court endorses religious liberties in prison: in plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
9-0 Supreme Court victory for religious liberty
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Holt v. Hobbs: Unanimous victory for Muslim prisoner in religious rights case
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))
Another unanimous Roberts court law and religion opinion
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
(Violent extremism): Say it like it is
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Meet the honor brigade, an organized campaign to silence debate on Islam
(Asra Q. Nomani, The Washington Post Opinion)
Some thoughts on Holt v. Hobbs
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Holt v. Hobbs [Slip Opinion]
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Unanimous Supreme Court upholds inmate’s right to grow half-inch beard
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court rules for bearded Muslim inmate
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press, ABC News)
Supreme Court sides with Muslim inmate over right to grow beard
(Al Jazeera America)
Supreme Court unanimously upholds Muslim inmate's right to grow half-inch beard
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court upholds religious rights of prisoners
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
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