Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Women on Waves: Meet the Dutch physician who defied abortion bans by bringing her clinic to the sea
(Diana Whitten, Democracy Now!)
Hundreds rally behind sacked Atlanta Fire Chief, gay activists praise mayor
(Lisa Bourne, Life Site News)
Nancy Pelosi to name first Muslim lawmaker to House intelligence committee
(Lauren French, Politico)
House Democrat denounces ‘harmful’ slams on Muslim lawmaker
(Lauren French, Politico)
Michigan must recognize legal marriages of 300 same-sex couples
(David Bailey, Reuters)
Mission trips aren’t just for Christians anymore as Jews aim to ‘heal the world’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Gathering the faithful, no church required
(Rob Moll, The Wall Street Journal)
Pope Francis preaches about corruption, social justice in the Philippines
(Deborah Ball and Trefor Moss, The Wall Street Journal)
French rein in speech backing acts of terror
(Doreen Carvajal and Alan Cowell, New York Times)
Ralph Abernathy: Martin Luther King Jr.’s overlooked ‘civil rights twin’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Anti-Semitism is never solely about the Jews
(Ruth R. Wisse, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
Give some Jews guns, Jewish group urges EU ministers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Charlie Hebdo attacks stir resolve and contemplation
(Stathis N. Kalyvas, Yale Global Online)
The Paris march: Sign of bold freedom or pharaonic arrogance? - oped
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Al Qaeda in India: Why we should pay attention
(Sunil Dasgupta, ISN Security Watch)
A million people in Paris teach us what religion is really all about
(Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D., Huff Post Religion)
The arguments for and against a national anti-conversion law
(Shanoor Seervai, The Wall Street Journal India Realtime)
Pope Francis gets warm Philippine welcome in Manila
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Al-Qaeda assertion that it planned Paris attack draws some skepticism
(Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)
Months of airstrikes fail to slow Islamic State in Syria
(Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)
Satellite images show devastation of Boko Haram attacks, rights groups say
(Laura Smith-Spark and Nic Robertson, CNN)
France to protect all religions, vows Francois Hollande
(BBC News)
Iraq's top Shiite cleric thrown into heart of politics
(Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
No label required on West Hollywood's gender-neutral bathrooms
(Hailey Branson-Potts and Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times)
Oklahoma carries out its first execution since botched one
(Sean Murphy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The civic project of American Christianity
(Michael Hamby, First Things)
Paris attack sparks blasphemy law debate
(World Bulletin)
Free speech or freedom to abuse?
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)
Federal judge shields existing same-sex marriages
(Lyle Denniston, Lyle Denniston Law News)
The Supreme Court is likely to set up the same-sex marriage showdown on Friday
(Chris Geidner, Buzzfeed)
Compromising freedoms clouds fight against terrorism
(Aaron Rhodes, The World Post)
Respect Muslims’ feelings
(Afifa Jabeen Quraishi, Arab News)
Islamism, radical Islam, jihadism: The problem of language and Islamophobia
(Paul Hedges, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Not a provocation, it is the Islamic Middle Ages
(Taha Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
Three things I liked about The Washington Post's story on French Muslims torn by 'I am Charlie' slogan
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Worryingly sharp rise in Muslim converts in Ottawa since terrorist attack on Parliament Hill: Imam
(Meghan Hurley, National Post)
Blasphemous cartoons’ reproduction ‘racist act’
(Arab News)
Disputed claims over Qaeda role in Paris attacks
(Eric Schmitt, Mark Mazzetti, and Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
The gay-marriage dockets staying busy in 2015
(Randy Yeip, The New York Times: Law blog)
8th Circuit dismisses factional dispute over control of Hutterite colony
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues over refusal to accommodate Rastafarian employee's beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Shiite leaders forbid insults against Sunnis
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor)
Outcry leads to change in Goochland policy about religion and home-schooled students
(Chelsea Rarrick, CBS)
Indian state of Goa plans program to "treat" LGBT youths
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Faith is now optional to be a "faith-based" group in Gov. Kasich's student mentoring program
(Patri O'Donnell, Cleveland.com)
Christmas arrests in Iran: 11 still detained
(Article 18, World Watch Monitor)
CofE Simplification Report – Key Recommendations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EU Parliament members condemn Boko Haram massacres in Nigeria
(Eurasia Review)
Do the religious beliefs of Supreme Court Justices influence their decisions?
(Moment Magazine)
Do personal religious views impact the Supreme Court?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Milan archdiocese sacks religion teacher after he showed students pro-life film ‘Silent Scream’
(Hilary White, Life Site News)
After Paris attacks, Pope speaks out against insulting religion
(Al Jazeera America)
The age of responsibility
(Taha Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
About blasphemy laws
(Association of Public Policy Advocates to the European Union)
5 facts about the Muslim population in Europe
(Conrad Hackett, PewResearch Center Fact Tank)
Condemnation swift in Muslim nations over new Charlie Hebdo cover
(Jacob Resneck and Mai Shams El-Din, Religion News Service)
How religious orders contain sexual offenders in their ranks
(Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register)
Duke bows to Christian evangelist, shushes Muslim call-to-prayer
(Nadeem Muaddi, Al Jazeera)
Duke to hold weekly Muslim call to prayer from chapel tower
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
Muslim call for prayer to sound at US university
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Rev. Graham: End the Muslim call to prayer policy at Duke University
(Michael W. Chapman, CNS News)
Duke reverses decision, will not allow Muslim call to prayer at its chapel
(Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer)
Duke University reverses decision, cancels weekly Muslim call to prayer
(Susan Svrluga and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
At least 2 dead in counterterrorism raid in Belgium
(JTA)
Islamic party activist held in Samara region
(Interfax-Religion)
Promoting religious liberty in India
(A. Roy Medley, American Baptist Churches)
De Blasio asks high court to uphold ban on churches in schools
(Emily Belz, World Magazine)
Groups document Boko Haram’s swath of destruction in Nigeria
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)
International force mulled to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria
(Christopher Torchia, AP)
Europe's fear of Islam, from Paris to Dresden
(Professor John Keane, Middle East Monitor)
Religious liberty vs. erotic liberty—religious liberty is losing
(R. Albert Mohler Jr., AlbertMohler.com)
Call the cake police
(James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal)
Presbytery of Middle Tennessee votes yes on gay marriage
(Heidi Hall, The Tennessean)
What the Atlanta fire chief did wrong
(Mark Silk, Religion News Services)
Atlanta becomes ground zero in religious freedom debate
(Justin Snow, Metro Weekly)
Church sign case seems to sidestep religious freedom issue
(Emma Margolin, MSNBC)
Moscow Muslim leaders want Charlie Hebdo banned in Russia
(Russia Religion News)
Germany's Merkel: Important not to ostracize Muslims
(Geir Moulson, AP)
Germans vow to protect religious freedom after anti-Islam rally
(Leon Mangasarian and Patrick Donahue, The Washington Post)
Merkel: Important not to ostracize Muslims
(Al Arabiya)
Merkel vows to protect Germany's Jews and Muslims from extremism
(Stephen Brown, Reuters)
Merkel vows to fight Islamist militants, 'hate preachers'
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Germany approves plan to withdraw identity cards from Islamic extremists
(PanArmenian.net)
China punishes officials for corrupting Muslim pilgrimage arrangements
(Louise Watt, Arab News)
Egypt: Funds of Brotherhood-run medical charity confiscated
(Middle East Monitor)
Tanzania bans witch doctors after scores of albino people are killed in ritual slaughter
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Cardinal Timothy Dolan denounces Paris attacks, says satirists not to blame
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
The South’s billboard holy war
(Samantha Allen, The Daily Beast)
A new era in Sri Lanka’s politics?
(Smruti S. Pattanaik & Rumel Dahiya, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
UN rights chief appeals to Saudi Arabia to stop flogging of blogger
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Freedom for Saudi blogger Badawi - OpEd
(Ludwig Watzal, Eurasia Review)
State in India plans to help gay youth ‘get over same-sex feelings’
(Suhasini Raj and Nida Najar, The New York Times)
Group calls for Orthodox church reform over alleged Israel land sales
(Alex Shams, Ma'an News Agency)
Bangladesh, first ever Hindu tribal appointed head of the Supreme Court
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
US changes idea (again): Modi did not commit crimes against humanity
(AsiaNews.it)
Riyadh builds a "Great Wall" to guard against the Islamic state
(AsiaNews.it)
Alqosh: A frontier church, stronger than the threat of the Islamic State
(AsiaNews.it)
Tensions in French Muslim identities
(Anre L. Kalleberg, Erik Bleich, and Rahsaan Daniel Maxwell, OUPblog Religion)
Religious freedom doesn't cease in the workplace
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, interview with Barronelle Stutzman, National Review Online)
Let's respect 'religious sensitivities' - Christian Council to Ghanaians
(GhanaWeb)
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