Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
FRA recognised for its outstanding work on combating violence against women
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)
The Chechnya conflict
(John Dyck, Geopolitical Monitor)
Turkey: Nationalist leader says HDP violates constitution with support for PKK violence
(Hürriyet Daily News)
British Palestine motion undermines peace, Israeli Embassy says
(JTA)
Kazakhstan: "New forms of countering religious activity by non-traditional religious movements"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The who?! Europe’s lesser-known ethnic minorities
(Sophie Kirby, Deutsche Welle)
Serbian Ambassador criticizes the West for lack of attention to the problem of destroying churches in Kosovo
(Interfax-religion)
Cross, crucifix, culture: an approach to the constitutional meaning of confessional symbols
(Frederick Mark Gedicks and Pasquale Annicchino, EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2013/88)
The end-of-life battle over Jewish souls
(Paul Berger, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Tunisian Jews may vote for Islamists, prominent community member says
(JTA)
Ninth Circuit’s neutrality questioned on gay rights
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
U.K. parliament passes non-binding motion to recognize Palestinian state
(Anshel Pfeffer and Haaretz, Haaretz)
Proposed law on "child brides" bows to conservative Islam
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 13 October 2014
Russian civil rights group Memorial condemn authorities’ attack on their work
(Caucasus Equality News Network)
Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali
(Fatou Sow, 50.50 inclusive democracy)
Call for Bangladesh to not lower marriage age
(Eurasia Review)
Satyarthi and Malala, their Nobel for Christian children in Kandhamal
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Local churches respond to same-sex marriages
(Deanne Coffin, KPVI News 6)
Minnesota churches settle clergy abuse lawsuit
(Amy Forliti and James Nord, AP, 8 News Now)
Once more, same-sex marriages allowed in Idaho
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Sears removes swastika ring for sale on website
(JTA)
China sentences 12 to death for Xinjiang violence
(ABC News)
A farewell to beards: Men shaving to avoid jihadist stigma in southeast Turkey
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Synod14: Full Text of Relatio Post Disceptationem
(Delivered by the General Rapporteur, Cardinal Péter Erdő, Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Synod on the Family: Could the Catholic Church be liberalising on divorce, contraception and homosexuality?
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Synod interim report: the Church can renew commitment to family
(Andrea Gagliarducci, ETWN)
The Vatican, gays and the family: A sea change
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
What the Vatican really said about homosexuality
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)
A ‘Pastoral Earthquake:’ Catholic Church proposes extraordinary shift on gays and lesbians
(Judd Legum, Mint Press News)
A new welcome for gay Catholics in the church
(Francis DeBernardo, CNN Belief Blog)
Vatican stuns Catholic world with greater openness toward gays and lesbians
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Vatican proposes "stunning" shift on gays, lesbians
(Delia Gallagher, CNN Belief Blog)
Khamenei blames U.S., Zionism, and 'wicked' Britain for creating Islamic State
(Michelle Moghtader, Reuters)
Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the "Great Sorting Out" in the Middle East - Interview with Danny Postel
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
Christian T-Shirt company in Kentucky told its refusal to print gay pride T-shirts constituted 'unlawful discrimination'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Kafka was the rage: At a Catholic school, a professor fighting the academic boycott of Israel is investigated on secret charges
(Doron Ben-Atar, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
New York school reverses ban on Christian club after students' bold stand
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Study: Miami Jewry sees first increase since 1975
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
Declining number of U.S. nuns, even among traditional orders, charted in new study
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Female imams have important role in China
(China Daily)
China: Experts point to poverty, illiteracy, injustice as keys to cults’ ongoing attraction
(The People's Daily)
Clergy among dozens arrested on final day of 'Ferguson October' protests
(Chris McGreal, The Guardian)
In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience
(Wesley Lowery and Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post)
Notre Dame asks for Supreme Court GVR in contraceptive coverage challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Erdoğan slams modern 'Lawrences of Arabia' in Middle East
(Agence France-Presse, Hürriyet Daily News)
Jewish girls want to read from the Torah at the Western Wall, new bus ads proclaim
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Israeli institute gets $2.2 million to help Christians study Jewish thought
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Seven CA churches sue to keep from funding abortion
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Children abused amid climate of fear at pentecostal school, commission hears
(The Guardian)
Nigeria: Why we must resist the impulse of "on to the next thing"
(Dwayne Leslie, Huff Post Religion)
Mansur Yalçın v. Turkey: religious education and the (easy) way out
(Strasbourg Observers)
Moscow Patriarchate urges to stop violence and threats against canonical Ukrainian Church
(Interfax-religion)
Anger as minister says Christian, Muslim dalits should be denied job quotas [India]
(Rito Sharma, UCA news)
RC bishops blame collapse of marriage on the economy
(Simon Caldwell, Church Times)
Austria refuses to ban Rabaa sign of solidarity with anti-coup Egyptians
(Middle East Monitor)
Pastor awaits trial before Islamic court for collaborating with Syrian government
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Religion and law round-up – 12th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Rowan Williams: Don't let secularists drive religion out of public life
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Enforcement of Israeli child support order does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Penn State students sentenced for vandalizing Jewish frat
(The Jewish Press)
Same-sex marriage developments In Kansas, West Virginia, Alaska
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches file complaint with HHS over California abortion coverage requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada’s religious freedom ambassador accuses Russia of kidnapping Christians in Ukraine
(Mike Blanchfield, National Post)
CofE parishes: Lessons from Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 6 December 2014: Inform Autumn Seminar - Minority Religions and Schooling
(Registration Now Open, London School of Economics, INFORM: The Information Network on Religious Movements)
Church of Sweden appreciates government’s recognition of Palestine
(World Council of Churches)
Turkish reforms entangle education
(Aysegul Sert, The New York Times)
Human rights court faults Georgia for its treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Democracy)
When tragedy strikes, should theists expect to know why?
(Justin P. McBrayer and Trent Dougherty, OUPblog Religion)
Religious liberty: Beards behind bars
(The Economist)
How should Muslims respond to the threat of extremism within Islam?
(Room for Debate, The New York Times Opinion Pages)
Rabbinic group: Women permitted to dance with Torah scroll
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Faith under fire: Panels highlight military religious freedom threats
(Andrew E. Harrod, Juicy Ecumenism)
We have never been secular: Rethinking religion and secularity in Britain today
(John Milbank, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Islamic State officially admits to enslaving Yazidi women
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Sheer "barbarism" against the Middle East families must end
(Catholic News Agency)
U.S., Canada's RCMP team up with Islamists
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)
Gang rapes, 'junior jihadists' and runaway sharia: A month of Islam in Britain: September 2014
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Rise of IS exacerbates Islamophobia in Europe
(Wassim Ibrahim, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Notre Dame appeals to Supreme Court on birth control case
(Irin Carmon, MSNBC)
Historic Buffalo synagogue demolished despite demonstrators
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'Gender inclusive' guidance for Nebraska schools tells teachers not to use phrases like 'boys & girls' or 'you guys'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
China: Death sentence for 'Christian' cult members who murdered a mother in McDonald's
(Mark Woods, Christian Today World)
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Concern over booth site thrusts Jewish students into church-state debate
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
China issues death terms for 2 in sect
(Michael Forsythe, The New York Times)
Alevis rally in Turkish capital against jihadist attacks
(Hürriyet Daily News)
1999 e-mail urged Clinton to invoke Talmudic law as Lewinsky defense
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Clinton era e-mail cited Jewish law as defense in Lewinsky scandal
(Geoff Earle, The New York Post)
Collateral estoppel bars Title VII religious accommodation, but not retaliation, claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Temple Mount closed to non-Muslims as 80,000 Jews gather at Western Wall
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Can Christians still go to Harvard?
(Kirsten Powers, The Daily Beast)
Withdrawal of land from uranium mining survives Establishment Clause challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq: Forced marriage, conversion for Yezidis
(Human Rights Watch)
Study: Americans want more religion in politics
(Sara Grossman, CNN Belief Blog)
15% rise in Dutch euthanasia deaths
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
Who leads the fight against gay discrimination in Nigeria? The Catholic Church
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)
Can death be beautiful? A response to Brittany Maynard
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme indecision on marriage redefinition
(Catholic News Agency)
Saturday, 11 October 2014
The (in)human dimension of Ghana’s prayer camps
(Shantha Rau Barriga, Open Democracy | Open Global Rights)
Ethnic dimension of Iraqi Assyrians often ignored
(Maxim Edwards, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
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