Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Settlements in mosque's and DOJ's suits against Michigan city
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada Supreme Court to hear appeals about Trinity Western University law school
(The Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun)
Supreme Court grants leave on TWU
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Blasphemy laws in Denmark used for first time in over 40 years against man who filmed himself burning the Quran
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Danish man who videoed himself burning the Quran charged with blasphemy
(Lizzie Dearden, Independent)
Pope Francis condemns "populist rhetoric" and stresses need to take care of the enviornment
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pope Francis: better to be an atheist than a hypocritical Catholic
(Associated Press in Vatican City, The GU)
Uganda: pastor sells 'holy rice' to followers at U.S. $14 a kilogram
(Alex Taremwa, All Africa)
LGBT Christians say Church of England has turned their back on them
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Another wave of bomb threats targets Jewish community centers
(Camila Domonoske, NPR)
Jewish headstones knocked over in Missouri cemetery
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Here come the Malaysian morality police
(Ana Slava, The Diplomat)
Why Muslims could actually thrive under President Trump
(Jalal Baig, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)
Islamophobia grows louder in North Carolina: 'Can we not kill them all?'
(Jordan Green, The Guardian)
Why do so many Americans believe that Islam is a political ideology, not a religion? (from Feb. 3)
(Michael Schulson, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)
Egyptian president's call to annul verbal divorce sparks controversy
(Sarah El Shalakany, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
A return to reason: how Islamic reformers kept the faith
(David Gardner, Financial Times)
The Islamic Enlightenment: A counter-argument to the “clash of civilisations”
(The Economist)
The long road to a religious freedom victory for Sikhs in the U.S. Army
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Listen to the Call to Prayer in countries around the world
(Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura)
The meaning of Allahu Akbar
(Mehreen Kasana, Hazlitt)
The alt-right's intellectual darling hated Christianity
(Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic)
The short, troubled life of Obama’s transgender student protections
(Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)
Who exactly are ‘radical’ Muslims?
(Z. Fareen Parvez, The Conversation)
Tourist trap: how news of terrorism skews our holiday choices
(Grzegorz Kapuscinski, The Conversation)
Kerala was a beacon of hope for India on gender issues, but things are changing for the worse
(Shoba Arun, The Conversation)
Vatican to Security Council: Enforce Ukraine ceasefire
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Turkish women can now wear headscarves in military
(Emily Tamkin, Foreign Policy)
The Trump Administration's Islamophobic Holy Grail: Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group would cripple US foreign policy and launch a domestic smear campaign.
(Lawrence Pintak, Foreign Policy)
Police investigate threats against Muslim activist as she takes national platform
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Indiana: Bill protecting prayer in schools moves forward
(Ashley Shuler, The Washington Times Herald)
Virginia: State Senate approves Freitas’ 'religious freedom' bill which governor vows to veto
(Allison Brophy Champion, Culpeper Star Exponent)
Introduction to ESIL Symposium on 'International Human Rights Law in Times of Crisis'
(Başak Çali and Lorna McGregor, EJIL:Talk!)
Institute for Religious Liberty asks: What did the founders want, and why?
(Gail Finke, The Catholic Telegraph)
Montana: Lawyers say anti-discrimination rule would infringe on religious liberty
(Erin Loranger, Ravalli Republic)
More state legislation addresses religious liberty themes
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Georgia’s latest ‘religious liberty’ bill sparks a fight in the Senate
(Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Christiansburg cancels trip to Ark Encounter after backlash from Freedom From Religion group
(Justin Ward, WDBJ7)
Why Christians must stand against anti-Semitism
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
The civil rights movement, religion, and resistance
(Paul Harvey, OUPblog)
Cardinal who stopped 1978 war reflects tireless Vatican diplomacy
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Parliament calls to stand with faiths rising against hate
(Larry Greenfield & Rob Sellers, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Police summon Wenzhou pastor after his release on bail
(China Aid)
Training center for religious freedom advocates opens at Adventist College in France
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
Cairo continues to mediate Libya conflict despite failures
(Mohamed Saied, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt’s first-ever female governor marches to a different drummer
(Menna A. Farouk, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
International religious freedom garners bipartisan support in Congress
(Lou Ann Sabatier, Christian News Wire)
Vatican, Al-Azhar team up to counter religious justification for violence
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Post-truth and international criminal tribunals
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL:Talk!)
Solar panels make Morocco’s mosques a model for green energy
(Louise Osborne, Deutsche Welle)
No breakthrough expected at new Syria talks
(Laura Rozen, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Why Israel's ultra-Orthodox are fighting fur ban
(Mordechai Goldman, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Turkish-Iranian hits reach their peak as Syria talks kick off
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iraq seeks to clamp down on gun ownership
(Wassim Bassem, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Will Saudi Arabia allow Pakistani general to command military alliance?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Saudi clerics keep mum about concerts in the kingdom
(Ibrahim al-Hatlani, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Archaeologists to start digging ancient site where they believe the Ark of the Covenant once stood
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Bavaria approves ban on full-face veil
(Deutsche Welle)
Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration policies
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Bavaria pushes ahead with burqa ban as elections loom
(Joern Poltz and Michelle Martin, Religion News Service)
Having a heart for Muslim missions — it does make a difference
(Lindsey Koh, Mission Network News)
The Muslim world's contributions to medical science
(Asad Raza, Islamic Insights)
Campaigners against antisemitism call for an end to 'Israel apartheid week'
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Archbishop of Caterbury warns of crisis in South Sudan as millions face starvation
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
New study shows how UK Christian festivals are still male dominated
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Sunday swimming row in Scotland makes a splash
(Christian Today)
Why are black majority churches growing so fast in the UK?
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Professor calls out Theresa May's 'religious, extremist' position on drugs
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Muslims send their children to Christian schools to prepare for 'life in modern Britain'
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Armed conflict, starvation, and sickness: the forgotten children caught up in Lake Chad's crisis
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
'It has to stop': Trump condemns antisemitism after Jewish cemetery vandalized
(Matthew Weaver and David Smith, The Guardian)
Watch: life or death reasons to #defundPlannedParenthood
(Troy Newman, Christian News Wire)
Sanctuary for children and families threatened by the Indian Child Welfare Act
(Elizabeth Morris, Christian News Wire)
ISIS says British militant carried out suicide attack in Iraq
(Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times)
Iraq starts offensive to retake western Mosul from ISIS
(Rukmini Callimachi and Falih Hassan, The New York Times)
Iraq poised for disaster as 750,000 civilians remain trapped in ISIS-held Mosul
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance
(Maria Danilova and Sadie Gurman, AP Top News)
Trump administration withdraws Obama Title IX transgender guidance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkey allows women in military to wear hijabs, in cultural shift
(Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times)
Turkey lifts military ban on Islamic headscarf
(The Guardian)
Prominent rights advocate penalized in dubious proceedings
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Social cohesion and enterprise through interfaith action (Manchester Empowerment+)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
WA Supreme Court: LGBT discrimination no more about flowers than civil rights were about sandwiches
(Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Religion Dispatches)
Florists who do weddings must provide flower arrangements for same-sex weddings
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
How modern technology is reshaping Thailand’s ancient animist beliefs
(David Hutt, Southeast Asia Globe)
Australia: ABC has no plans to cut Yassmin Abdel-Magied, despite campaign
(Ben Winsor, SBS)
Over 200 Muslim leaders died for promoting true Islam in the North Caucasus - Pshihachev
(Interfax-Religion)
Head of Georgian church targeted for assassination
(Megi Kikaleishvili, RIA Novosti)
Jehovah's Witnesses fear that fines in regions threaten existence of national center
(Kavkazskii uzel, Russia Religion News)
How pastors perceive domestic violence differently
(Bob Smietana, Christianity Today)
Catholics, Jews agree to remove Carmelite convent off Auschwitz
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Did Netanyahu’s visit to Australia teach us anything new?
(Irris Makler, Forward)
Help stop war in Ukraine, aid children in need, says church leader
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
“Anything worth doing...” (Responding to: The Vatican: A religious body or holy mediator?)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Injecting morality in conflict: The role of religious and interreligious actors in peacebuilding and policy making (Responding to: The Vatican: A religious body or holy mediator?)
(Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
French presidential candidate Le Pen refuses to wear headscarf to meet with Lebanese grand mufti
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
British couple loses civil partnership battle
(CNN)
British appeals court refuses to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pa. school commandments marker to be removed due to FFRF lawsuit
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)
In settlement, school will remove Ten Commandments monument
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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