Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Botswana deports U.S. pastor Steven Anderson over anti-gay views
(Reuters)
The hidden costs of closed borders for migrants stuck in Serbia
(Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik and Mаrtа Stojić Mitrović, The Conversation)
In Assisi, Pope Francis lunches with world refugees
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Azerbaijan: Police, officials close Sunni home mosques
(Forum 18 News Service)
Austrian leaders urge EU action to tighten Europe's borders
(George Jahn, Associated Press, ABC News)
Argument: The refugee crisis is real
(Dave Miliband and Madeleine Albright, Foreign Policy)
Getting religion
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Professor Clay Christensen on religious freedom
(Sarah Mangum, On Faith)
Court victories for religious freedom
(Simran Jeet Singh, On Faith)
Religious freedom isn’t just an American value
(Elisa Massimino, On Faith)
Hungary: Failing to protect vulnerable refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
ECJ headscarf series (6): The vicious circle of prejudices against Muslim women
(Saïla Ouald Chaib, Strasbourg Observers)
ECJ headscarf series (5): The Field in which Achbita will Land – A Brief Sketch of Headscarf Persecution in Belgium
(Eva Brems, Strasbourg Observers)
ECJ headscarf series (4): The dark side of neutrality
(Emmanuelle Bribosia, Strasbourg Observers)
ECJ headscarf series (3): The Everyday Troubles of Pluralism
(Matthias Mahlmann, Strasbourg Observers)
ECJ headscarf series (2): the role of choice; and the margin of appreciation
(Lucy Vickers, Strasbourg Observers)
Headscarves in Luxembourg – A blog series on the contrasting Opinions of AG Kokott and AG Sharpston
(Eva Brems, Strasbourg Observers)
Monday, 19 September 2016
Islam has a serious problem. America needs to start acting accordingly.
(David French, National Review)
In Hungary, anti-Christian persecution prompts government action
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Service)
Government treats religion as just ‘fairies, goblins and imaginary friends’ – Warsi
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Environmental activism Buddhist style
(Denis D. Gray, Nikkei Asian Review)
Politicians and Muslim leaders condemn Hanson: 'She doesn't know what she's talking about'
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Exorcism, “witchcraft” and religious abuse
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Admission to Holy Communion – Church in Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK Jewish audience challenges Jeremy Corbyn on anti-Semitism charges
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bishops condemn remark by Bavaria's Scheuer
(Deutsche Welle)
Two missing Catholic priests found murdered in Mexico
(Deutsche Welle)
Atheist activists go after football chaplains at public universities
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
March for Life in Berlin outdraws counter-demonstration
(Anian Christoph Wimmer, Catholic News Agency)
Facing enrollment declines, St. Louis Catholic school to close
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Turkey’s morphing freedom deficit (Response to Turkey today: Understanding the religious dimensions of the failed coup and response)
(Timur Kuran, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Campaign rhetoric raises religious liberty concerns
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Appeals court upholds Rowan County commissioners’ prayers
(Bruce Henderson and Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer)
4th Circuit: Sectarian invocations led by county commissioners are permissible
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Inmate has broader damage remedy under RFRA than under RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Soldiers, suspects, smplicity: The week in human rights
(Katie Jukes, RightsInfo)
Federal judge dissolves DAPL's injunction against water protectors
(Press Release, National Lawyers)
Federal court dissolves TRO against Native American pipeline demonstrators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian media group honours fire chief who lost his job for defending his faith
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Almost 30 per cent of French Muslims favour sharia over secular law
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
2 Israeli police officers wounded, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UC Berkeley reinstates class on Palestine following outcry over its suspension
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)
How are Aleppo's residents dealing with truce?
(Tamer Osman trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Palestinians on both sides seethe over postponed elections
(Moath al-Amoudi trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
How will Israel respond to Assad's warning?
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Why did Iraq's Shiite National Alliance choose new leader?
(Mustafa Naser trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
If Australia had its current refugee policy in 1939, we wouldn't be alive today
(Alyx Gorman and Rick Kuhn, The Guardian)
After the New York bomb, Muslim Americans are braced for a backlash
(Faiza Patel, The Guardian)
France burkini ban: Australian woman forced off Riviera beach
(BBC)
Turkey's Islamic fashion revolution
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
In this part of India, Sunnis and Shiites show the world a different way to pray
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)
Suicide bomber kills at least 25 in Pakistani mosque
(Shams Momand and Jibran Ahmad, Reuters)
Caliphate in peril, more ISIS fighters may take mayhem to Europe
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)
Jews, Muslims come together to brighten Detroit school
(Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press)
NYC exhibition sheds light on Sikhs and their religion
(Ula Ilnytzky, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
A Staten Island mosque mixes prayer and patriotism
(Samantha Schmidt, The New York Times)
A small Virginia county put brakes on plans for a mosque. Was it discrimination?
(Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)
Prayer and politics in Congress
(Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor)
Hate crimes against American Muslims most since post-9/11 era
(Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times)
A brief history of the European Court Of Human Rights
(Karina Weller, RightsInfo)
Obama names last adviser to his final faith-based council
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Islamic State claims responsibility for Minnesota mall attack
(Dustin Volz and Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters)
8 people injured in mass stabbing at Minnesota mall claimed by Islamic State
(Tribune News Services, Chicago Tribune)
A lift in a burning building? – Grand Chamber rules on terrorist Article 6 claims
(David Scott, UK Human Rights Blog)
Summit for Refugees and Migrants - 19 September 2016
(UN Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants)
Churches stand with refugees as world leaders meet at UN summit
(Council of European Churches he Church's Commission for Migrants in Europe)
Hamburg court acquits Afghan charged with attempted homicide against Christian convert
(Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Podcast: Laura Olson on attitudes towards religious free exercise
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Alberta Court of Appeal steps into the quagmire of religious disputes
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Sunday, 18 September 2016
Law and religion round-up – 18th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Listening to Fethullah Gulen: On the future of Islam in Turkey and abroad
(Ori Z Soltes, On Faith)
Saturday, 17 September 2016
Reimagining Europe as a drama between priest, sinner and infidel
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religion and the death penalty: Why Christians, including Tim Kaine, are conflicted about execution
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The increasing veil over Europe
(Michael Curtis, American Thinker)
Uzbekistan and religious freedom: Despotism in Central Asia poses a diplomatic brain-teaser
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Friday, 16 September 2016
Happy Constitution Day!
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Faith by the numbers: The socio-economic impact of religion in the U.S.
(Religious Freedom Center, Newseum Institute)
The deeply troubling federal report targeting religious freedom
(Charles C. Haynes, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)
Rochdale Muslims fear fervour of youth spilling into hate and violence
(Nazia Parveen and Josh Halliday, The Guardian)
Former Manchester United steward jailed for life for imam murder
(Josh Halliday, The Guardian)
For Muslims at the Pentagon, a tough election year
(John Hudson, Foreign Policy)
Pro-India Kashmiri lawmaker quits India's Parliament
(Aijaz Hussain, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Trial opens over Corsica 'burkini' clashes
(Agence France-Presse)
Exiled cleric condemns Turkish crackdown on his supporters
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
At the Hajj, facing Islam's inconsistent embrace of women
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
The moment hijabs dazzled the New York Fashion Week catwalk
(Saira Asher, BBC)
Suspension of controversial Palestine class at UC Berkeley sparks debate
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)
Russian journalists detained in Kosovo while filming footage about Orthodox churches
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin and Medvedev for preserving archeological artifacts from Crimea where many ancient Greek temples were located
(Interfax-Religion)
Schismatics and nationalists seize a church in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
15 years after 9/11, Sikhs still victims of anti-Muslim hate crimes
(Moni Basu, CNN)
Was Mahabali sent to hell? A debate simmers in Kerala over Onam's origin myth
(TA Ameerudheen, Scroll.in)
Cow politics and a mob attack: A window to the Sangh Parivar's rise in West Bengal
(Subrata Nagchoudhury, Scroll.in)
Amos Oz: Saying Israel should not exist is anti-Semitic
(BBC News)
Bishops’ reflection group on human sexuality
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Vesture and burial: Draft Amending Canon No. 36
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Arsonist who torched Orlando club shooter’s mosque has Messianic Jewish ties
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
London’s Muslim mayor is checking out Rahm Emanuel’s shul this Shabbat
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Austrian cardinal clarifies: It’s not ‘Islamic conquest’ but Christian surrender
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
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