Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Liptak: Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling likely this term
(Adam Liptak, The University of Chicago: The Law School)
Muslim sheep slaughter to be banned in Moscow during Eid al-Adha feast
(Interfax Religion)
How your faith can impact your personal well-being
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
CBS censors Ron Reagan’s Atheist ad promoting Freedom From Religion
(Michael Stone, Progressive Secular Humanist)
Chief rabbis condemn Jewish-Christian prayer vigil
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)
Company seeks $250M from Los Angeles archdiocese
(AP, The Washington Post)
Crimean Tatars in the new Crimea
(Viktoriia Demydova, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Freedom of religion might revive Arab Spring
(Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, The Arab Daily News)
Hikind defends Jewish community’s right to use chickens as kaporos
(Brooklyn News)
Hundreds gather as pastor's Iran imprisonment reaches two years
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
New Zealand scholar: How does sharia law fit into Western law?
(Christopher van der Krogt, MercatorNet)
NFL admits mistake in penalizing player for post-touchdown prayer
(Steve Ginsburg, Reuters)
The Cult Deficit
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Op-Ed)
The statement of the Forum for Religious Freedom Europe on Hungary's law on the churches
(Hungarian Spectrum: reflections on politics, economics, and culture)
Turkey closes down Protestant church
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
US refuses to back democracy activists in Hong Kong - OpEd
(Dave Lindorff, Eurasia Review)
Continuing Resolution extends USCIRF until Dec. 11
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamic party allied to Muslim Brotherhood banned
(Missionary International Service News Agency)
Algeria launches religious reform
(Mouna Sadek, Magharebia)
Patriarch of Baghdad to Muslims: Condemn extremism, rebuild Iraq with Christians
(Louis Raphael I Sako, AsiaNews.it)
Persecution continues in Laos as Christians are detained for meeting to pray
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishop of Pune calls for an end to Hindu-Muslim violence, stresses "we are all Indians"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
ECHR, Gross v. Switzerland: The applicant requesting a right to die was already dead. The European Court cannot be abusively instrumentalized for strategic litigation
(European Centre for Law and Justice)
Gross v. Switzerland
(European Court of Human Rights)
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: Case pending before the European Court of Human Rights
(Fact Shee, European Court of Human Rights)
Methodist ministers and “retirement” – sort of
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Vatican spurns UN child committee's call for changes to canon law
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
CA church removed from Southern Baptists for LGBT tolerance
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Russian Constitutional Court upholds ban on promoting homosexuality to minors, interpreting it narrowly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Loyola U. Chicago suspends, then reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine
(JTA)
Successful DOMA challengers denied attorneys' fees award
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How serious is the Supreme Court about religious freedom?
(Dawinder S. Sidhu, The Atlantic)
How can we increase theological knowledge in the same way we increase scientific knowledge?
(William Wood, Big Questions Online)
Editorial: Stupidity of religious bigotry
(The Herald (Australia))
French cartoonist acquitted over Pope paedophilia caricature
(rfi)
Arkansas firing range says it is a "Muslim free zone"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
North Carolina distributes first voucher funds while challenge is on appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. filed in ban on church use of New York City schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC files two religious discrimintion cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
France’s premier steers a vigilant course on Islamist extremism
(Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post)
Anti-war case that protects students' faith liberty
(Paul Strand, Christian Broadcasting Network)
Ireland set to call referendum on blasphemy laws
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Is marriage coming back?
(Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings Institution)
Israeli cargo ship blocked in Oakland Port docks in L.A.
(JTA)
Lancet editor visiting Israel following outcry over anti-Israel letter
(JTA)
Dutch teen suspended from school following threats to cut off Jews’ heads
(JTA)
Tensions at Episcopal Church’s oldest seminary reflect larger crisis in future of theology schools
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
India arrests 140 for Hindu-Muslim clashes as PM Modi tours U.S.
(Reuters)
Convicted priest says El Salvador backed gang work
(Jorge Sainz and Alberto Arce, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
NFL: Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized
(Tom Pelissero, USA Today)
Jacqui Lambie's attempt to ban the burqa could be unconstitutional, say legal experts
(Latika Bourke, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Bhinneka sans Ika: time to review the marriage law
(Albertus Andhika, Jakarta Post)
EEOC files trio of new workplace religious discrimination cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Marriage dropping in popularity among young Americans
(Kristin Larson, Juicy Ecumenism)
Iranian man executed for heresy: rights group
(Michelle Moghtader, Reuters)
Let states, not courts, decide marriage policy
(Edwin Meese III and Ryan T. Anderson, Washington Post)
On International Blasphemy Rights Day, I stand with Raif Badawi and against Saudi Arabia
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Pakistan jailer kills Christian pastor on death row, wounds convict in prison
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
US school accused of purging Christian books at California campus
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Hong Kong's leader to protesters: China won't back down
(CNN)
War against Islamic State: Sowing seeds of more extremist groups
(James M. Dorsey)
Nepal: Buddhists and animal rights activists against animal slaughter for Durga
(ICAN)
Monday, 29 September 2014
Facebook, Twitter and Google back Anti-Defamation League’s 10 best practices for challenging cyberhate
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Moroccan opposition women confront discrimination
(Mariam Tahiri, Magharebia)
Twenty years of imprisonment in Eritrea—Will it ever end?
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)
Time on decline of marriage among the young: What's God got to do, got to do with it?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Be modern, but don’t shun Islamic values: King
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Turkey: Authoritarian drift threatens rights, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Gun range says it is a ‘Muslim Free Zone’
(Skyler Cooper, KRMG News)
Money for NC private school vouchers begins moving
(Emery P. Delesio, AP, Miami Herald)
U.S. Steel subsidiary sued by EEOC for religious discrimination and retaliation
(EEOC, JD Supra)
India: Court ruling on freedom to “not disclose” religion hailed
(ICAN)
Syrians on both sides oppose US strikes
(Al-Monitor: Syria Post)
Some Muslim families choose Islamic State rather than Turkey
(Henri Rose Cimatu)
Italy: Court overturns ruling recognising one same-sex marriage
(Pink News)
Belgian far-right party to push for ritual slaughter ban
(JTA)
Israel fears unrest as Jewish, Muslim holy days coincide
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Russian expansion endangers Catholics in Ukraine, nuncio warns
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders agree ISIS must be stopped. They just don't know how
(Kathryn Marchocki, USA Today, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
New Jersey teen to join fight against atheists over 'Under God' in pledge
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Many Navy chaplains' claims dismissed on limitations grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Commitment to Marriage: A Letter to the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Conservatives to synod: Don’t go soft on marriage
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
ISIS jihadists returning to Europe
(Olivier Guitta, World Affairs Journal)
Western leaders and Islam: Politicians as theologians
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
The many names of ISIS (also known as IS, ISIL, SIC and Da'ish)
(M.R., The Economist Explains)
Supreme Court considers same-sex marriage, other petitions today
(NCC Staff, National Constitution Center: Constitution Daily)
Canada: A referendum on religious freedom
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
How will the Supreme Court impact same-sex marriage?
(NBC News)
Justice Department expected to ban profiling by federal law enforcement
(Mark Flatten, Washington Examiner)
Clandestine religion in public education
(Lee Culpepper, American Thinker)
Alabama legislators to propose religious exercise in schools bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Anti-Islam ad featuring James Foley pulled from NYC buses
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)
World churches group sees its lobbying paying off with arms treaty
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical Times)
Rabbis sentenced to prison for selling rabbinic ordination diplomas
(JTA)
California school bans all Christian books
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
The cost of ignoring religious freedom
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)
A reverend, a rabbi and an imam join faiths for the House of One
(Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria
(Mark John, Reuters)
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