Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 8 November 2014
U.S. commission urges Obama to meet persecuted Rohingya in Myanmar
(David Brunnstrom, Virginia Gazette)
A day off for 'Festivus'? It could happen
(Eric Wilkinson, King 5 News)
Paris kosher supermarket arsonist sentenced: Faces four years in prison for setting fire to Jewish business during July riot
(Stephanie Butnick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
NU, MUI dissent on marriage law petition
(Ina Parlina, The Jakarta Post)
Questioning sincerity: The role of the courts after Hobby Lobby
(Ben Adams and Cynthia Barmore, Stanford Law Review)
Same-sex marriage state-by-state
(Pew Research)
The status of religious freedom in the world (video)
(Zoe Romanowsky, Aleteia)
Why did the judge announce his “religious inclinations”?
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Federal government settles dispute with Sikh woman over kirpan
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Former IRS worker, U.S. reach agreement in ritual dagger case
(Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle)
Friday, 7 November 2014
Three Malaysian Muslims win court bid to cross-dress
(Al Arabiya)
Malaysian court strikes down law restricting transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Harder to help homeless, charities say
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Welby praises journalists who pay the cost of telling the truth
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Appeals court upholds bans on same-sex marriage for first time
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Tibet: Chinese authorities further stifle religious freedom for CPC members
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
'Christians' attack Catholics - OpEd
(William Donahue, Eurasia Review)
Madhya Pradesh: Hindu radicals beat eight Christians, have them arrested
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Faisalabad, Christians and Muslims demand justice for the couple "blasphemous" burned alive
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh, Islamic extremists attack Protestant school: students and teachers injured
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Indonesia: new government to make religious freedom and minority protection a priority
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Sikh woman wins settlement from US government over wearing religious knife
(Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor)
Humanist sues Navy over rejection of his chaplaincy application
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NYT surveys increasing persecution of Rohingya by Myanmar
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysian court overturns cross-dressing ban
(BBC News Asia)
Court rejects Free Exercise and Establishment Clause challenges to California's reparative therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
White House aide will be new ADL national director
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crimea to provide land sites for Jewish culture centers, synagogues
(Interfax-Religion)
Students seek damages from UC Santa Barbara professor for defacing pro-life display
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Federal appeals court rules for gay marriage bans
(Dan Sewell, Associated Press, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Gay marriage ban overturned in Missouri
(Christian Today)
Government bows to Christian pressure over religious education
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)
The politics of prayer at the Temple Mount
(Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker)
A ‘blasphemy’ blight in Pakistan
(Mira Sethi, The Wall Street Journal [subscription required])
The stolen children: Popular Chilean priest brought low by affiliation to theft of newborns
(Melinda Henneberger, National Catholic Reporter)
Malaysian court scraps cross-dressing ban in landmark decision
(Trinna Leong, Reuters)
Politics fuels religious riots in secular India
(Muneeza Naqvi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Labor program in China moves to scatter Uighurs across Han territory
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)
Jerusalem seethes as rival claims to holy site turn violent
(Jonathan Ferziger, Bloomberg)
Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus
(Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Myanmar policy’s message to Muslims: Get out
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Obama wrote secret letter to Iran’s Khamenei about fighting Islamic State
(Jay Solomon and Carol E. Lee, The Wall Street Journal)
Islamic State shuts down schools in eastern Syria
(Rasha Elass, Reuters)
Muslim-run restaurant sues Kenyan bishops, saying violating constitution
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Outraged Muslims throw Somali Christian convert off 4th floor balcony
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Malaysian transgender women win battle against anti-cross-dressing law
(Al Jazeera)
Book on apostasy in Islam earns writer the moniker ‘Somalia’s Salman Rushdie’
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Navy faces suit over denying humanist chaplain
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Canada bill would ban polygamy, other ‘barbaric cultural practices’
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)
Humanist Chaplain applicant files suit against military officials citing religious discrimination
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Can same sex marriage bans be upheld anywhere in this era of judicial activism?
(Richard Myers, Aleteia)
Chinese central oversight group criticizes Zhejiang officials for attending religious services [Simplified Chinese]
(Wang Shuangzhou, The New York Times [Chinese])
Higher education, gay rights and religion: Living by a different law
(P.F. and B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Launching a New Series on Women and Religion
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Opinion: The West must demand changes to Pakistan's blasphemy laws
(Grahame Lucas, Deutsche Welle)
Gay marriage on way back to US Supreme Court
(David Sewell / Associated Press, Time)
How soon could same-sex marriage be decided by the Supreme Court?
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Sixth Circuit on the ‘rational basis’ for opposite-sex-only marriage laws
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Sixth Circuit upholds state marriage bans
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
North Carolina judges resign over same-sex marriage
(The Christian Institute)
The collapse of materialism [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)
Crimean Tatars: Russia’s attempts to destroy the community evokes memories of 1940s
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Court to rule on Health Care subsidies
(Lyly Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Same-sex marriage and the courts: Closer to crunch time for gay marriage
(The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
Assessing the Sixth Circuit decision upholding the constitutionality of laws banning same-sex marriage
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Mainland [China]'s war against religion
(Daniel Bauer, The China Post)
Gay marriage hits major bump in federal appeals court
(Richard Wolf / USA Today, Religion News Service)
Why the Supreme Court may have to rule on gay marriage
(Matt Ford, The Atlantic)
Analysis: Paths to same-sex marriage review
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
U-M law expert: Circuit court ruling means gay marriage in Michigan unlikely before 2016
(Ben Freed, Michigan Live)
The Berlin Wall: looking back, looking forward
(World Council of Churches)
750 to 1: Time for a do-over in University of Notre Dame v. Sebelius
(Daniel Bloomberg, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
ISIL shuts down schools in eastern Syria
(Reuters, Hurriyet Daily News)
Ukraine crisis: Tanks 'cross border' from Russia
(BBC News Europe)
WCC-EAPPI volunteers encourage EU to address Palestine and Israel
(World Council of Churches)
Appeals court * Run-over intifada * Document dump: Friday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Jerusalem a city on edge as tensions spiral
(Yolande Knell, BBC News)
Vice principal of 'Muslim Eton' for girls 'sacked for opposing veil rules'
(Leon Watson, The Telegraph)
Thursday, 6 November 2014
6th Circuit upholds same-sex marriage bans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A delicate relationship: Jordan, Israel, and al Aqsa mosque
(Al Bawaba News)
Anti-Defamation League names White House official as new leader
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Burma: USCIRF issues report on religious freedom and related human rights violations
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Ex-Hungarian Jewish leader’s government gig sparks talk of betrayal
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Telegraph)
Former IRS worker, U.S. reach agreement in ritual dagger case
(Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle)
Would-be atheist chaplain files suit over Navy's rejection of application
(Chris Carroll, Stars and Stripes)
The lost children: France takes stock of growing jihadist problem
(Julia Amalia Heyer, Spi)
Romanian officials offer strong support for religious liberty: Symposium on freedom of conscience highlights need for continued promotion
(Aurelian Horja and ANN staff, Adventist News Network)
My view: Legal threats on religious schools
(Michael Worley, Deseret News)
Freedom from religion foundation files complaint against ETX school district
(Reagan Roy, KETX)
Policeman kills blasphemy suspect with axe
(Agence France-Presse)
Acid attacks in Iran sharpen row over Islamic dress and vigilantism
(Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
Israel tries to soothe tensions over Jerusalem
(Karin Laub, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Jordan accuses Israel of attacking, desecrating Al Aqsa mosque
(Joshua Mitnick and Nicholas Casey, The Wall Street Journal)
Amendment banning 'foreign law' in Alabama courts passes; will be added to Alabama Constitution
(Greg Garrison, Al.com)
Christianity in China: Rethinking religion
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
90-year-old among Florida activists arrested for feeding the homeless
(Richard Luscombe, The Guardian)
Anti-Catholic protesters with bullhorns appear at several D.C.-area parishes
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
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