Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Mosque proponents sue Pennsylvania township over zoning variance denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Americans mostly agree that God created man, but the rest is unclear
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Archbishop Justin Welby: ‘There is a possibility that we will not hold together’
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Can Iran 'control' its cohabiting couples?
(BBC News Middle East)
CSC Celebrates Merger with CEC, Governing Board Meets
(Erin Green, Press Release No. 14/40, The Conference of European Churches)
Germany reportedly concerned about radicalization of Chechen diaspora
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)
CAIR-Philadelphia files civil rights lawsuit over mosque refusal
(CAIR-Philadelphia)
Suburban Muslim group sues township over religious discrimination
(Jenny DeHuff, Philadelphia Daily News)
Senate report on CIA program details brutality, dishonesty
(Greg Miller, Adam Goldman and Julie Tate, Washington Post)
Senate report on CIA interrogation includes role of religion in prisoner cooperation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally
(Adam Sherwin, The Independent)
Modi govt under attack over Muslim ‘conversion’ drama
(Arab News)
Religious signs placed on courthouse lawn, county has them removed
(Jimmy Settle, The Leaf-Chronicle)
New ECHR readings (24 October 2014)
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
‘Temporary Exclusion Orders’ and their implications for the United Kingdom’s international legal obligations, Part II
(Guy Goodwin-Gill, EJIL:Talk!)
‘Temporary Exclusion Orders’ and their implications for the United Kingdom’s international legal obligations, Part I
(Guy Goodwin-Gill, EJIL:Talk!)
Unborn babies are "organisms" says a British court: A girl suffering fetal alcohol syndrome is refused compensation to help with her care
(Philippa Taylor, MercatorNet)
Harvesting of executed prisoners' organs will cease by 2015 - Chinese government
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
Thai parliament votes to ban the surrogacy trade
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)
Why Jews—and everyone else—should see ‘Meet the Mormons’
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Wilderness and redemption in Cheryl Strayed’s Wild
(Belden C. Lane, OUPblog Religion)
AAR/SBL 2014 annual meeting wrap-up
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog Religion)
Is religious freedom for Europe's workers really protected? (Part I)
(Rebeca Vázquez Gómez, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Turkey, Kurds, Alevis and violations of Article 9 ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Court tells France to pay damages to Somali pirates
(BBC News)
Why Somali pirates got damages from Strasbourg
(David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
Adventist leaders mark growth of Deaf Ministries
(Ansel Oliver, Adventist News Network)
Mormon Church Christmas-themed ad campaign 'He is the Gift featured in NYC's Times Square
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Former Archbishop Rowan Williams wades into EU withdrawal debate
(John Binghham, The Telegraph)
Religious freedom, Ukraine are priorities for European security
(Laura Ieraci, The Catholic Register)
U.S. Senate expected to pass bill keeping cross on Mt. Soledad
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Vatican: Bishops should move forward on family
(Nicole Winfield, AP)
Five arrested for threats to attack French synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Vatican survey: How do we help people with ‘homosexual tendencies’?
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Religion and soccer: Shooting for heaven
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Key panels urge sanctions on Qatar, Turkey over Hamas
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Kentucky supports same-sex marriage review
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Three American teens, recruited online, are caught trying to join the Islamic State
(Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)
Oil and ISIS
(James R. Rogers, First Things)
Burma sues author for insulting Buddhism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why do they not recognize cemevis as places of worship?
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Today's Zaman)
Lawyer: 'Egyptian convert's arrest linked to leaving Islam'
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
China does not need human rights lesson, says top envoy
(Nkolaj Nielsen, EU Observer)
No terrorism link seen in Jewish center stabbing
(Karen Matthews and Ula Ilnytzky, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Faith firm racks up court wins
(Elise Viebeck, The Hill)
Turkey, the EU and the Middle East
(Murat Yetkin, Hürriyet Daily News)
Anti-porn groups host annual day of prayer to fight against sexual exploitation
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Israel indicts Texas Christian for plot to attack Muslim sites in Jerusalem
(The Guardian)
Washington florist who declined to make arrangements for gay wedding may lose her business, personal assets
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Islam-Ittihad Association and Others v. Azerbaijan: Freedom of association and freedom of religion
(Willy Fautré and others, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Couple launch challenge to heterosexual bar on Civil Partnerships
(Martin Downs, UK Human Rights Blog)
Ideal Turkish youth: Devout and empty
(Burak Bekdil, Hürriyet Daily News)
Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy
(Sylvia Westall, Reuters)
Persecution of Pakistan's religious minorities intensifies, says report
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)
The council for transforming into a religious society
(Mehmet Y. Yilmaz, Hürriyet Daily News)
ISIS: 75 NGOs and leaders write to Donald Tusk and the European Council
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Britain must provide enough food for the people – and that’s the law
(Ben Warwick, The Conversation – Durham University)
First EU-China human rights dialogue open to journalists
(Lidia Louk, Epoch Times)
Statement of Geert Wilders during his interrogation by the state police
(Gatestone Institute)
European Muslim groups angered by inclusion on UAE's terror list
(Hassan Obeid, Al-Monitor)
Israeli Knesset votes to dissolve itself as campaign heats up
(Calev Ben-David and Jonathan Ferziger, Business Week)
LA billboard aims for bold statement on persecuted Christians
(Catholic News Agency)
Washington DC Catholic schools could lose conscientious objector status under gay equality bill
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)
House-approved Michigan Religious Freedom Restoration Act: A license to discriminate?
(Jonathan Oosting, Michigan Live)
Dhaka, inaugurated the first Catholic university in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Alishba Bibi, beaten and humiliated by a Muslim family, calls for a stop to "anti-Christian attacks"
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Decisions leading to raising pro-AKP, not religious, generations
(Murat Aksoy, Today's Zaman)
Most of city council walks out on atheist's invocation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DOJ expands ban on law enforcement profiling to include religion and other characteristics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department issues guidelines barring religious profiling
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Monday, 8 December 2014
"Churches dabbling in nonsensical things getting most followers"
(GhanaWeb)
American Baptist leaders call for examination of U.S. criminal justice systems f
(Religion News Service)
Religion and Law round-up – 7th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Righteous anger - Church members upset over priest's embrace of gays in worship service
(Mark Woods, The Jamaica Gleaner)
Saudi King replaces ultraconservative religion minister
(Associated Press, The Epoch Times)
Statement on Persecution of Religious Minorities in the Middle East Region
(Erin Green, Press Release No. 14/39, The Conference of European Churches)
Attorney General Holder announces federal law enforcement agencies to adopt stricter policies to curb profiling
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
The Greater Grace Church deprived of the use of the Lutheran Church in Baku
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Impact of business activities on human rights highlighted at UN forum in Geneva
(World Council of Churches)
Indonesian law on interfaith unions thrown into the judicial spotlight
(Ryan Dagur, UCANews)
Muslim leaders in Montgomery seek answers on school holiday equality
(Donna St. George, The Washington Post)
Public schools and religious education: Should students miss school to attend religious classes?
(Elizabeth Doran, Syracuse.com)
New racial profiling guidelines to exempt agents responsible for border checks, air passenger screens
(Associated Press, The Blade)
Israel: Religious reform won't survive coalition breakup
(Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz)
Preston Smith: Lake Worth elected leaders walk out of commission meeting as atheist leads invocation
(Charles Keegan, WPTV)
Justice Department to unveil new bans on racial profiling
(Anna Brand and Trymaine Lee, MSNBC)
NLD member prosecuted for ‘wounding religious feelings’
(San Yamin Aung, The Irrawaddy)
Should children make up their own minds about religion?
(Jason Stubblefield, First Things)
UN resolutions for combating defamation of religions (5)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Protecting the freedoms of religious belief and rational thought (4)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Einstein’s religiosity (3)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Ethics and religion (2)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
To contain religious fundamentalism (1)
(Rohana R. Wasala, LankaWeb)
Why the Supreme Court might agree to hear a same-sex marriage case after all
(Andrew Kloster, The Daily Signal)
Former high school softball players' suit on school religious activites moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mother Loraine speaks out for the Little Sisters of the Poor
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Time to challenge no-fault divorce
(Thomas F. Farr and Hilary Towers, First Things)
Claims of mislabeling of dietary supplements did not infringe free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crimean Muslims complain of vandalism against mosques
(Russia Religion News)
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