Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 31 October 2016
For Iraqi Christians, a bittersweet homecoming. They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State.
(Eszter Zalan, Foreign Policy)
Did the terrorists win in Denmark?
(Simon Cottee, Foreign Policy)
Meet the tank girls taking on al-Shabab
(Christina Goldbaum, Foreign Policy)
Asif Ali Zardari felicitates Hindu community on Diwali
(Daily Times)
The Christian Brothers, child abuse and vicarious liability – yet again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why some are sceptical about the pope’s chance of bringing social peace to Venezuela
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Belfast court dismisses Brexit challenge
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Freedom of religion and balancing clauses in discrimination legislation
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Law and religion round-up – 30th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
She used Indiana’s religious freedom law as a defense for beating her son, then got probation
(Kristine Guerra, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)
EVENT, 30 October 2016: BBC Radio 4 Sunday service to highlight FORB
(Freedom Declared)
Saturday, 29 October 2016
A contribution in commemoration of the annual International Day of Religious Freedom
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Amnesty accuses Bulgaria of inciting violence after attack on Helsinki Committee Chair
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Extremist religious organizations to be liquidated in Azerbaijan
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill, leaders of Russian Jews discuss problems of fighting extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Mapping Shiite opinion
(Fotini Christia, Elizabeth Dekeyser, and Dean Knox, Foreign Affairs)
Uniform Civil Code: The Goa family law the BJP holds up as ideal permits polygamy for Hindus
(Pamela D’Mello, Scroll.in)
Pope Francis accepts church leaders' invitation to visit South Sudan
(Reuters)
British MPs urge China to halt demolition of Buddhist Institutes in Tibet
(Steve Shaw, Tibet Post International)
Serov Jehovah's Witnesses' literature ruled extremist
(Alexander Belyaev, Moskovskii Komsomolets Ekaterinburg, Russia Religion News)
Why Martin Luther was an unsuspecting revolutionary
(Klaus Krämer, Deutsche Welle)
South Korean protesters call for president to step down
(Kim Tong-hyung, Associated Press)
Archbishop insists, ‘There will always be Christians in Iraq’
(Catholic News Agency)
Court holds priests not required to violate sanctity of confessional
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 28 October 2016
Court adds five new cases, including transgender bathroom dispute, to docket
(Any Howe, SCOTUSblog)
International Religious Freedom Day, October 27, 2016
(John Kirby, Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State)
New York Mayor declares Oct. 27 'Movement Day' in honor of global Christian gathering
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Prisoners of conscience remembered on International Religious Freedom Day
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Persecution 'all too familiar' as world marks International Religious Freedom Day
(Harry Farley, Christian Today Society)
Baroness Anelay marks International Religious Freedom Day
(Baroness Anelay, Gov.UK)
Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize
(BBC)
Who are the Yazidis? Religion of EU Human Rights Award winners explained
(Jason Le Miere, International Business Times)
United States partners with the United Kingdom and others to advance religious freedom
(Knox Thames, Specialrelationship.uk)
Acts of Faith The Smithsonian now has its first religion curator since the 1890s
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Religious freedom 'is a litmus test of overall freedom' says EU Special Envoy
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
The Pope commemorates the Reformation that split Western Christianity
(Sylvia Poggioli, NPR)
Pope Francis accepts church leaders' invitation to visit South Sudan
(Philip Pullella and Jeremy Gaunt, Reuters)
Why are Kenya's churches and mosques turning yellow?
(Briana Duggan, CNN)
Saint Lonelyhearts
(Michael J. Lichens, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Court adds five new cases, including transgender bathroom dispute, to docket
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court grants review in transgender school bathroom case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is new imam answered prayer or impending doom for Hagia Sophia?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Palestinians get a glimpse of world’s largest mosaic in Jericho
(Ahmed Melhem trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Berel Lazar thanks the pontiff for supporting Israel
(Interfax-Religion)
Child migrants: France and Britain trade accusations about treatment
(Reuters)
70% of Russians trust the Russian Orthodox Church - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
How to solve the difficult problem of adding ‘Muslim’ to ‘American’
(Rhonda Roumani, Los Angeles Times)
Can Iraq’s Christians finally go home?
(Mindy Belz, The Wall Street Journal)
The Shia power brokers of the new Iraq
(Jack Watling, The Atlantic)
Dutch populist Geert Wilders to boycott hate speech trial
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
A baroness in the British Parliament is suspended for anti-Semitism
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Pakistani court closes licensed liquor shops for non-Muslims
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Pakistani church leader and family hospitalised over house dispute
(World Watch Monitor)
Turkey urges extradition of Muslim cleric over failed coup
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Professor's death could see Taiwan become first Asian country to allow same-sex marriage
(Nicola Smith, The Guardian)
In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative
(Joseph Nasr, Reuters)
Satanic leader: After-school clubs send positive message
(Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Cardinal Newman Society school guidelines reject transgender identity
(Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter)
NY municipalities settle discrimination suit against them alleging anti-Hasidic bias
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
MEPs lift Jean-Marie Le Pen parliamentary immunity
(AFP, Yahoo News)
Jean-Marie Le Pen loses immunity for anti-Semitic incitement
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Forward)
UK: Cathedral lit red in solidarity with persecuted Christians
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
European Parliament lifts Jean-Marie Le Pen's immunity to allow race hatred prosecution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brooklyn residents complain neighborhood Shabbat siren 'too loud'
(CeFaan Kim, WABC-TV News)
Synagogue cited for loud siren marking start of Sabbath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Extremist religious organizations to be liquidated in Azerbaijan
(Interfax-Religion)
Plantation loses lawsuit against family over massive Christmas display
(Lisa J. Huriash, Broward County Sun Sentinel)
Elaborate Christmas display is not public nuisance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit judge questions religious mix of Syrian refugees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court allows suit against Catholic order and diocese over pedophile priest to continue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Upstate New York town pays $2.9M to settle Hasidic discrimination suit
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
CPI(M) joins debate on misuse of religion
(Hindustan Times)
Kenya: Atheists' case for changing our National Anthem falls flat
(Luis Francheschi, Daily Nation)
Breaking news: Northern Ireland High Court rejects challenge to Brexit
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why don't men like church? Sometimes a story is hard to see because it's just too common
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Crackdown on anti-slavery movement in Mauritania continues after release of Biram Dah Abeid
(UNPO - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
African Union hearing on child slaves hailed as milestone for Mauritania
(Kate Hodal, The Guardian)
U.N. officials slam Mauritania for stifling anti-slavery activists
(The North Africa Post)
Pope’s Sweden trip a lab experiment in Catholic-Lutheran cooperation
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Had the Ashers ‘gay cake’ ruling gone the other way it would have seriously undermined equality law
(Blogpost, National Secular Society)
Ecumenical papal trip also will show pain of division, Lutheran says
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Yes, we read that viral story about reporters #Biased against Trump. Here's what we think ...
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
ISIS abduct 'tens of thousands' to use as human shields in Mosul
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to join assault near Mosul on new front
(Saif Hameed and Maher Chmaytelli, Reuters)
Aleppo: ‘monsters devour one another in city of death and destruction’
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Diyarbakir protests timid as Kurds wary of post-coup crackdown
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Wheaton College trustees admit suspending 'same-God' Prof. Larycia Hawkins was 'error in judgment'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
National Cathedral faces calls to remove windows with Confederate generals
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
EU parliament votes to protect Christians in Iraq after ISIS is defeated
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
We have assembled, petitioned, spoken and even prayed: So now vote!
(Cyprien Roy, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
4 countries where Christians are persecuted for their faith
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Two more active members of Tablighi Jamaat banned in Russia detained in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Poland's abortion laws: activists blame grip of 'hardline' church
(Carmen Fishwick, The Guardian)
Christian woman captured by Boko Haram tells of healing and joy
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Catholics and the ‘trolley problem’ of the presidential elections
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Once asylum beneficiaries in 1956, Hungarians now reject migrants
(Reuters)
Gunmen search for weapons and extremist tracts in Kingdom Hall
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)
How a new generation is changing evangelical Christianity
(Richard Flory, The Conversation)
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa urges support of state Supreme Court judges
(Dar Danielson, Radio Iowa)
Liberty University students want to be Christians—not Republicans
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
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