Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
The Court after Scalia: “An establishment of religion”
(Robert Destro, SCOTUSblog)
The Court after Scalia: The complex future of free exercise
(Marci Hamilton, SCOTUSblog)
Monday, 12 September 2016
Alberta court weighs in on jurisdiction over religious groups following expulsion of Jehovah's Witness member
(Meghan Grant, CBC News | Calgary)
9/11 and the study of religions in the Age of Confusion (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Paul Heck, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Saying “No!” to violence, injustice and stereotypes that demonize, divide, and destroy (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Joyce Dubensky, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Obama administration supports interfaith community service on college campuses (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Kenneth Bedell, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Judge refuses to work on Sabbath if appointed as Kenya's Chief Justice
(Andrew McChesney, Seventh-day Adventist Church)
Armed men occupy Sikh temple in UK to protest interfaith weddings
(Al Arabiya World)
How Indiana’s religious-freedom law is being used to defend child abuse and other crimes
(Josh Sanburn, Time)
Hajj pilgrims get ID bracelets after deadly stampede
(The Express Tribune)
Northern Ireland Brexit challenge to be heard in October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Inquiry into child sexual abuse: statement from the new Chair
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Issues of imprisonment and the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Forthcoming ECtHR judgment: conscientious objection: Papavasilakis v Greece
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“Sharp fall” in civil partnerships in 2015
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Podcast: Ron Hassner on religion on the battlefield
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
'Concerns and counsel' regarding religious freedom
(Marianne Holman Prescott, Deseret News Faith)
Four Jews still held in Moscow jail for distributing matzoth
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. Civil Rights Commission chairman says religious freedoms 'stand for nothing except hypocrisy'
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Pope’s anti-sex abuse panel scores victory in Vatican
(Nicole Winfield, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses,
(Court of Appeals of Alberta)
Army football team prayer “crossed the line” of church-state separation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Alberta appeal court rules judges can overturn ‘unfair’ church edicts after man shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Joseph Brean, National Post)
Canadian appeals court allows review of church's expulsion of a member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Greenville Ready Mixed Concrete to pay $42,500 to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Company settles with EEOC over firing of Seventh Day Adventist
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US court upholds divorce by 'khula'
(Rosy Sequeira, The Times of India)
Illinois court recognizes Muslim divorce in India through khula
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ethiopia frees Muslims jailed after protests over religion
(Elias Meseret, Associated Press)
Ethiopia pardons Muslims convicted of opposing government's moderate push
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Green light, red light for Dakota Access Pipeline
(Ralph Ellis, Ray Sanchez and Holly Yan, CNN)
Court rejects Sioux challenge to pipeline on sacred land, but feds delay permission
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jerusalem synagogue vandalized with spray-painted crosses
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
184 US synagogues pledge to welcome, support refugees
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Warden in Ecuador disciplined for marking prison visitors with Nazi stamp
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Palestinian women take to social media to reveal their names
(Moath al-Amoudi trns. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Anti-Wahhabism spreading in Muslim world
(Ali Mamouri trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What next for India’s beleaguered Christian minority?
(World Watch Monitor)
New Catholic schools allowed to be opened in the U.K.
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
India's war on biryani mixes caste, religion, cow-avenging vigilantes
(Sandip Roy, NPR)
Thousands of people gather for Kurban Bayram celebration in Moscow Cathedral Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Kurban Bayram bolsters people's unity, Muslim community makes significant contribution to inter-ethnic dialogue – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Anti-Semitism and the British left
(Dave Rich, The New York Times)
Sunnis and Shias: How Muslim sectarianism affects politics and vice-versa
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Norway fines hairdresser for refusing Muslim in hijab
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How the burkini debate boosted sales of modest swimwear in Israel
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Mexicans march against president's proposal to allow gay marriage
(Natalie Schachar and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters)
Protest at Sikh temple was attempt by youth group to 'reclaim religion'
(Matthew Taylor, The Guardian)
Weapons seized at Leamington Spa Sikh temple 'ceremonial'
(BBC)
Syria cease-fire enters into effect, but rebels don't commit
(Philip Issa and Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Muslims in Pakistan and across the world prepare to celebrate Eid al-Adha
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Hajj pilgrims begin rite which caused deadly crush
(Dahlia Nehme, Reuters)
A new crop of D.C. churches has discovered the secret to appealing to millennials
(Amanda Abrams, The Washington Post)
In fight against Islamophobia, Muslim Americans focus on the ballot box
(Joel Rose, NPR)
15 years after 9/11, are congregations prepared for disasters?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Fire at mosque where Pulse nightclub killer prayed 'intentionally set' investigators say
(Adam Sacasa and MIke Clary, South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Why faith leaders are demanding urgent change to the refugee system
(Jonathan Clark, The Guardian)
EVENT, 12 September 2016: Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security
(Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute, Washington DC, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights)
Turkey’s scary coup and the frightening aftermath (Response to Turkey today: Understanding the religious dimensions of the failed coup and response)
(Mustafa Akyol, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Law and religion round-up – 11th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 9 September 2016
What is plain English and why is it important for human rights?
(http://rightsinfo.org/plain-english-write-important-understand-human-rights-concepts/, RightsInfo)
‘Part of our heart is missing’: parents of girl held by IS
(World Watch Monitor)
Police: Women behind planned Paris attack were directed by ISIS
(Gérard Bon, Haaretz)
After outcry, Airbnb announces anti-bias program
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkey reaches critical crossroads in Syria
(Metin Gurcan trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Why Palestine's 'Merry Christmas people' are not so merry
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Children disappear across Iraq, but critics say authorities lack plan
(Wassim Bassem trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Egyptian speaker accuses MPs of 'terrorizing' parliament
(George Mikhail trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Remembering 9/11, a rabbi and imam nurture interfaith friendships
(Kim Lawton, Religion News Service)
We are losing Kashmir to Islam: Ten ways to counter radicalisation in India
(Tufail Ahmad, Firstpost)
Islamophobia is on the rise in the US. But so is Islam.
(Samra Habib, PRI)
The phrase ‘radical Islam’ gets thrown around a lot. But what does it actually mean?
(Peter W. Stevenson, The Washington Post)
Oregon Sweet Cakes by Melissa file new appeal, continues fight against violations of their religious freedom
(Leah Marieann Klett, The Gospel Herald)
Uzbek foreign minister, OIC secretary general discuss OIC forum in Tashkent
(Interfax Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia fundraises for the Donbass Laura
(Interfax Religion)
Turkish pianist Fazıl Say acquitted of blasphemy charges after four-year legal battle
(Daily News)
Personal Law Board views are ‘medieval,’ say Muslim women
(Shivam Patel, The Hindu)
Exhumation, reburial and judicial precedent: Re Sam Tai Chan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
European Muslims are not new. Nor are they all the same
(Natalie Nougayrède, The Guardian)
Israeli ambassador hosts Polish priest accused of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Opinion: Islam's holy sites belong to all Muslims
(Kishwar Mustafa, Deutsche Welle)
What it means to be secular in an age of extremism
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Group presses for Christian ‘safe zone’ in Iraq
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Chinese arrest Catholic prelate to stop him from taking diocese
(Catholic News Service)
In Myanmar, refugees from Muslim-Buddhist conflict remain in limbo
(Agence France-Presse)
Islamist militants pose challenge for next Uzbek leader
(Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters)
Crowds rally in Iran against Saudi Arabia ahead of hajj
(Amir Vahdat, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Settlement leads to peaceful transition at Sikh Temple
(Kirk Barron, Appeal-Democrat)
Settlement ends long-running dispute over control of Sikh temple in California
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Families sue feds, Minnesota school district for violating student privacy
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Another suit challenges Feds' interpretation of Title IX to protect transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)
Muslim police officer sues for religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
6th Circuit dismisses suit over Catholic Bishops' health care directives
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Manhattan U.S. Attorney announces arrest of rabbi and member of Satmar community for conspiring to kidnap and murder
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
Satmar pair arrested in plot to kidnap and murder recalcitrant husband
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Two charged with conspiracy in plan to coerce Jewish religious divorce
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The real swing vote in presidential election? It could be Muslim American voters.
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
For many Muslim Americans, fitting in can be a struggle
(Jenette Barnes, The Boston Globe)
Civil rights or religious liberty — what’s on top?
(Joe Davidson, The Washington Post)
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