Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 8 September 2014
Israel must obey Alternative Burial Law, without discrimination
(Haaretz)
CNN exclusive: From Glasgow girl to 'bedroom radical' and ISIS bride
(Atika Shubert and Bharati Naik, CNN World)
Alberta Human Rights Act still oppressing gays
(Beacon News)
Shimon Peres floats idea of U.N.-style “United Religions” with Pope Francis
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Burial space in London – and elsewhere
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Beirut: Rai, patriarchs to meet Obama over Christian persecution
(Hussein Dakroub, The Daily Star)
Italian nuns killed in Burundi convent attack
(BBC News)
An old story under India's new government
(World Watch Monitor)
Somali Islamist rebels pledge allegiance to new leader
(Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)
Evidence grows of Russian Orthodox clergy’s aiding Ukraine rebels
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
Prophet or Judas? Son of China’s church founder tackles thorny legacy.
(William Wan, The Washington Post)
New Muftiat and Mosque seizures as divide and rule in the Crimea?
(Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
Russia: Further fines for religious literature
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Pates, other bishops head to Israel to promote peace
(Todd Erzen, The Des Moines Register)
As Iraqi Christians in U.S. watch ISIS advance, they see ‘slow-motion genocide’
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Islamic State becoming ‘dominant voice’ among global jihadists
(Week in Review, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Cameroon’s churches struggle to cope with Boko Haram spillover
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Migration transforms how churches do theology
(World Council of Churches)
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada gay marriage laws in court
(Paul Elias, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Arab Bank mounts its defense in landmark terrorist financing case
(Sharyl Attkisson, The Daily Signal)
Religion and law round up – 7th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Sunday, 7 September 2014
8th Circuit: Small employer lacks standing to challenge contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Devil in Detroit: Satanic group to build temple in Motor City
(RT)
Egypt arrests seven over 'gay wedding'
(Al Jazeera)
Saturday, 6 September 2014
State antidiscrimination law applies to selection of members of Catholic high school basketball team
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches urge high court to act on gay marriage
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
Catesby’s American Dream: religious persecution in Elizabethan England
(Jessie Childs, OUPblog Religion)
Indonesia marriage laws: Students challenge law preventing people of different faiths from marrying
(George Roberts, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Religion and gay rights take center stage in Brazil elections
(Mauricio Savarese, RT)
Air Force rejects serviceman’s re-enlistment for refusing oath to God
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Mainline churches hold Israel-bashing peace service
(Alexander Griswold, Juicy Ecumenism)
Why we have no ISIS strategy
(Tim Kelleher, Real Clear Religion)
"Parade of empathy" halted by same-sex marriage ruling
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality: A Blog on the Future of Marriage)
Ukraine, Iraq and a Black Sea strategy
(George Friedman, MercatorNet)
Belgium's euthanasia law challenged
(Michael Cook, Careful!: A Blog about End-of-Life Issues)
Smelly little orthodoxies of Iran's Left: The anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism of Iranian intellectuals is especially troubling for one former comrade
(Roya Hakakian, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
The slippery slope of religious accomodation and how RFRA is teaching legislators to deny accomodations in the first place
(Marci A. Hamilton, Verdict)
Islamist Turkish politician: "Christianity is no longer a religion"
(Sharona Schwartz, The Blaze)
Christians who fled extremist terror in Mali return to the churches that were reduced to ruins
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
A group is looking into Ole Miss' religious practices
(Hugh Kellenberger, The Clarion-Ledger)
Why do many pro-life Catholics vote Democrat?
(Napp Nazworth, Christian Post)
Is there a Jewish political tradition?
(Yoel Finkelman, Mosaic)
The five stages of religious persecution
(Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington)
Churchyard boundary dispute: “a most unpleasant case”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious liberty sprouts in China
(Doug Bandow, The Washington Times)
A church for the poor
(Paul Vallely, The New York Times)
Seventh Circuit unanimously strikes down same-sex marriage bans
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
EVENT, 06 September 2014, Movsesian Lecture at Houston’s Lanier Library
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Governor defies atheists and defends Christian cross monument: "Freedom of religion does not require freedom from religion"
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Friday, 5 September 2014
32 states ask Supreme Court to grant cert in same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit invalidates same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ADF represents son asking European Court of Human Rights to take case against Belgium
(Alliance Defending Freedom, National Right to Life News)
Airman denied re-entry to Air Force for refusing to say ‘so help me God’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Al-Qaeda in India tests Modi’s bid to unite Muslims, Hindus
(Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg)
Al-Qaeda's Zawahri eyes India but stays silent on Islamic State
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Appeals court strikes down same-sex marriage bans in Indiana, Wisconsin
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Australia to return 'stolen' Hindu statues to India
(BBC News)
Buddhist temple seeks brand builders – kung fu skills not essential
(The Guardian)
Catholic school teacher can pursue Title VII claim after firing for in vitro fertilization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court decides on legitimacy of ’religiously-affiliated parties’
(Menna Zaki, Daily News Egypt)
Editorial: Obamacare continues to affront religious liberty
(The Detroit News)
Hindu activists in India warn women to beware of 'love jihad'
(Niharika Mandhana, The Wall Street Journal)
Internet was scrubbed of Sotloff's Jewish connections in try to protect him
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iranian women's monthly under pressure from hard-liners
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe)
IS leaflets spread in Pakistan; 1200 Christians displaced as army attacked militants
(World Watch Monitor)
Is secularism to blame for the rise in Antisemitic and anti-Muslim sentiment in Britain?
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Islamic rights: The face veil in Egypt and ECHR
(A-Ahram Weekly)
Letter: Canada thrives on religious freedom
(Roman Mukerjee, Ottawa Citizen)
Nigeria’s ‘caliphate’ doldrums
(Haytham Nouri, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Our challenge with fundamentalist Islam
(Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post)
Penn State denies removing Bibles from hotels following atheist complaint
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Pizza parlor to continue church bulletin discount despite atheist pressure, bomb threat
(Heather Clark, Christian News Wire)
Protestant Navy chaplains denied class action certification
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Protestant union issues 'urgent appeal' to help Iraqi Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Pure terrorism
(Abdel-Moneim Said, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Rare Mormon documents go on display for the first time
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Religious support for marriage equality marches forward
(Trudy Ring, Advocate.com)
Some Christians arm as Mideast perils mount
(Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Spain considers banning burqa
(Donna Rachel Edmunds, Breitbart.com)
State urges Supreme Court to take up gay marriage
(Scott Bauer and Michael Tarm, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Students sue university over policy banning pro-life 'cemetery of innocents' display
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Study of Jewish women shows link to cancer without family history
(Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times)
Uzbekistan: Why can't school-age children attend worship meetings?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Knowledge Resources on Faith, Ethics & Public Life
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Thursday, 4 September 2014
32 states ask Supreme Court to settle gay marriage
(AP, ABC News)
Abadi's balance draws praise, but governing Iraq a tightrope act
(Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Al Monitor)
Effort to keep Sotloff’s Judaism secret was international labor of love
(Marcy Oster, JTA)
Gay-marriage bans fall in Wisconsin and Indiana
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
In Venezuela, a 'sacrilegious' Lord's Prayer
(Rafael Romo, CNN: Belief Blog)
Iraqis call to end sectarian quotas for some ministries
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al Monitor)
ISIS vs. mainstream Muslims: The media battle
(Daniel Burke, CNN: Belief Blog)
Lawsuit against diocese can proceed to trial on discrimination issue
(Rebecca S. Green, The Journal Gazette)
Nuclear Pakistan’s spies target India—and their own prime minister
(Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast)
Paris's nouveau Yiddish culture
(The Daily Beast)
The States of the Union
(A Project of the John C. Danforth Center of Religion & Politics, Religion and Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends
(Patheos Topics)
Scotland the secular: Flickering not blazing
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Religion and human rights: Awkward, but necessary, bedfellows
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Religion and human rights: What are the potential points of collaboration?
(Open Doors)
9 things you need to know about Holt v. Hobbs
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
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