Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 16 September 2016
California’s bishops officially neutral on initiative to legalize pot
(Valerie Schmalz, Catholic News Service)
Bishops to government: End legal standoff with the Little Sisters
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Faith and tuberculosis: Experience and opportunity in Nigeria
(Katherine Marshall and Spencer Crawford, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Violence against women and girls in Kenya: Roles of religion
(Crystal Corman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Judge upholds revised school Christmas show against church-state challenge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The biggest weirdo in NYC this week is this guy
(Emily Saul, New York Post)
Defendant wears religious texts as protest against judge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court upholds sentence given to rabbi in voyeurism case
(Jessica Gresko, AP, The Big Story)
Voyeuristic rabbi's 6+ year sentence upheld on appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brooklyn's Rachel Freier will be state's first female Chasidic civil court judge
(John V. Santore, Windsor Terrace Patch)
Brooklyn district elects first Hasidic female judge in New York
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge dismisses Whitehall woman's religious discrimination claim
(Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Salesperson is independent contractor, so Title VII does not apply
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FFRF, ACLU comment on today's Indiana nativity ruling
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Court upholds modified version of school's annual Christmas production
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Biryani becomes latest issue in India’s struggle over religion, caste, politics
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom and women's rights share common ground
(Thomas Reese, National Catholic Reporter)
How our media bubble protects our ideologies
(Lisa Wade, Pacific Standard)
Interfaith group objects to secrecy on marriage law changes
(Minderjeet Kaur, Free Malaysia Today)
Student changes Christian college's policy after getting kicked out for being pregnant
(Susan Donaldson James, NBC News)
Americans more divided by religion than race
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Why Australians should say ‘Yes’ to the same-sex marriage plebiscite
(Graeme Orr, The Conversation)
Valerie Amos: ‘academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected’
(Baroness Valerie Amos, The Conversation)
Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care
(Howard Manns, The Conversation)
Hungary seeks to aid persecuted Christians around the world
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hungary opens first ever office to tackle Christian persecution
(World Watch Monitor)
Hungary wants foreign workers, so long as they aren’t Syrian refugees
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)
In China, fears of ‘creeping Sharia’ proliferate online
(Matthew S. Erie, Foreign Policy)
The transformative era in Sikh history
(Karamjit K. Malhotra, OUPblog Religion)
EVENT: 16 September 2016: Why us? Why now? | The Public Scholars Project
(American Academy of Religion)
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Hungary's xenophobic anti-migrant campaign
(Lydia Gall, Human Rights Watch)
Religious freedoms a litmus test for the strength of democracy
(Mark Fowler, The Australian)
Christian charity restores hope to displaced Iraqi Christians who lost everything
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Egypt: New church law discriminates against Christians
(Human Rights Watch)
A new study looks at the significant impact of faith and religion in the United States
(Brian Grim et al., Faith Counts)
The Socio-economic Contribution of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis
(Dr. Brian J. Grim and Melissa E. Grim, J.D., Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion)
Executive Summary – The Socio-Economic Contributions of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis
(Brian J. Grim and Melissa E. Grim, Faith Counts)
What’s US religion worth? $1.2 trillion, says one demographer
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Conscientious objection to military service: Papavasilakis v Greece
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Greek conscientious objector did not enjoy the necessary procedural safeguards in having his request for alternative civilian service examined
(Press Release of the Registrar, European Court of Human Rights)
Israel's Education Minister: studying Judaism more important than math and sciences
(Yarden Skop and Or Kashti, Haaretz)
Economic impact of religion: New report says it's worth more than Google, Apple and Amazon combined
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Rohingyas feel safe in India, but uncertainty looms
(Deutsche Welle)
Kenyan Muslims can wear hijab at Christian schools - court
(BBC)
Atheist group puts added pressure on college football teams to get rid of Chaplains
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Actions of pro-Palestinian group on campus not anti-Semitic, investigation finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why the battle for al-Bab is pivotal in Syria
(Kamal Sheikho trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
NY City Council approves anti-BDS resolution
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ultra-Orthodox minority beats out secular Israelis in Sabbath battle
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Schismatic priest moves out Donbass refugees from a hospice not far from Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)
Brexit and human rights inquiry
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What are the human rights implications of Brexit?
(Joint Committee on Human Rights - Press Release, UK Parliament)
In Uganda, a new synagogue for a remote group of Jews
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Religious freedoms attorney to speak at Bob Jones University
(The Washington Times)
Jewish agencies condemn church groups’ resolution on Israel
(Kirkland An, Religion News Service)
'Are Syrians the only Muslims Indiana fears?'
(Matt Ford, The Atlantic)
Behind Boko Haram's split: A leader too radical for Islamic State
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)
Schismatics and nationalists seize a church in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
British ambassador to Saudi Arabia completes hajj after converting to Islam
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Detectives: Suspect in Florida mosque fire confessed
(Terry Spencer and Josh Replogle, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
India's bustling Mumbai slows for festival to honor Ganesha
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Radical imam's widow arrested over Kenyan attack
(Agence France-Presse)
German restaurant in Islamic veil row after woman expelled
(BBC)
After the hajj: Mecca residents grow hostile to changes in the holy city
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)
Drivers take off for Muslim holiday, and New York is in short supply of yellow
(Annie Correal, The New York Times)
Wounded religious sentiments and the law in India
(OUPblog Religion)
The Court after Scalia: Stark divide means threat to Roe but promise for women’s reproductive justice
(Dawn Johnsen, SCOTUSblog)
The Court after Scalia: We need a new Justice like Scalia to help end the abortion-distortion effect
(James Bopp and Richard Coleson, SCOTUSblog)
+Norvic to chair Bishops’ Reflection Group on Sexuality
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
A crisis of faith in laïcité
(Madeleine Elfenbein, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Could religion's decline spell damnation for the U.S. economy?
(Andrew Soergel, U.S. News & World Report)
Can the UN be true to its democratic principles without reforming the NGO Committee?
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Is ISIS a reliable source on its treatment of Christians? Sure, because terrorists don't lie
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Australia's leader calls for national gay marriage vote
(Michelle Innis, The New York Times)
Australian politician calls for immigration ban, says country ‘in danger of being swamped by Muslims’
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)
Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
(Timothy W. Jones, The Conversation)
Explainer: the same-sex marriage plebiscite
(Adam Webster, The Conversation)
Gay Liberal senator denounces marriage plebiscite
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Marriage equality: law would protect ‘conscientious objectors’ who reject same-sex weddings
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
EVENT, 15 September 2016: 3rd Global Conference on World's Religions after September 11
(Montreal, Canada, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Bruce McEver claims medal in global business & interfaith peace awards
(Religious Freedom Center)
Shadowing the China G20 Summit: An interreligious gathering
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
The Mystery of Unanimity in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC
(Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, George Washington University Law School)
Victorian challenge to religious freedom of faith-based organisations
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
With 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled in the US, are more on the way?
(Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
The factors driving the growth of religious ‘nones’ in the U.S.
(Gregory A. Smith and Alan Cooperman, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Universities Canada By-Law: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Arkansas committees consider Ten Commandment, other monuments
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The Court after Scalia: Neither left nor right – The enduring principle of Free Exercise
(Eric Baxter, SCOTUSblog)
Political accusations fly in Iraq's Kurdistan region
(Ibrahim Malazada, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
How Egypt's state TV is trying to soothe popular anger
(George Mikhail trans. Mike Nahum, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Large majority of American-Jews, Israelis call for end to Orthodox monopoly in Israel
(Tamara Zieve, Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
Will France adopt controversial Israeli practice to deter terrorism?
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
Anti-Semitic incidents in France dropped dramatically in first half of ’16, gov’t official says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reconciling the conflicting aims of church and state
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
N.J. church group to resettle Syrian refugee family with special needs
(Deborah Amos, NPR)
Muslim marine says he was forced into clothes dryer in boot camp hazing
(Mazin Sidahmed, The Guardian)
Turkmenistan: No change soon for religious minorities after Consitution amended
(World Watch Monitor)
Autonomous Nineveh ‘would preserve Christians and secure West’s interests’
(World Watch Monitor)
'We misled you': How the Saudis are coming clean on funding terrorism
(Zalmay Khalilzad, Politico)
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