Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 9 September 2016
U.S. to track religious discrimination in schools as anti-Muslim sentiment grows
(Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)
Hajj 2016: More than a million Muslims head to Mecca
(Al Jazeera)
Clinton describes her ‘activist, social justice faith’ to Baptists
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
What the coup attempt revealed about the Turkish state, once again
(Ziya Meral)
Thursday, 8 September 2016
7 detained over gas canisters found near Paris' Notre Dame
(Philippe Sotto and Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US officials: IS losses on battlefield won't end threat
(Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
15 years after 9/11, unwelcome spotlight returns to Islam
(Hannan Adely, USA Today)
For Vietnamese bishops, the new law on religions includes positive developments and old interferences
(Malaysian Christian News)
Religious schools and organisations under attack by new Labor proposal
(Greg Walsh, The Australian)
Chairman of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls the phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and Christian supremacy
(Religion News Service)
Rising Islamist militancy across Sahel belt threatens African Christianity
(World Watch Monitor)
Palestinian court cancels elections in Gaza, West Bank
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
At first-ever UN anti-Semitism forum, ambassadors decry resurgence of hatred
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US backing ensures Arab-Kurd alliance in Syria will survive
(Fehim Taştekin trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Internally displaced Syrians find shelter, but few friends, in Latakia
(Nour Samaha, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Chapel of peace marking reconciliation of Russian and German people opened at a soldier cemetery in Stalingrad
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian missionaries targeted by new government legislation in Nicaragua
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Europe close to its limits in accepting Mideast refugees who continue to pour in, says European Council president
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
I didn't realize how often Muslims get kicked off planes, until it happened to me
(Niala Mohammad, The Guardian)
Anglican church says it will accept results of marriage equality plebiscite
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
C of E bishops urged to unequivocally welcome gay Christians
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Mexico court lets re-education for abortions stand
(Maria Verza, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hollande warns against sacrificing rights to anti-terror fight
(Clare Byrne, Agence France-Presse)
Man charged, allegedly threatened to blow up Minneapolis mosque
(Minnesota Public Radio)
New York can't black late-term abortion in certain cases, attorney general says
(Vivian Yee, The New York Times)
U.S. Muslim reflects on 9/11 and his lonely fight against extremism
(Hannah Allam, McClatchy)
15 years after 9/11, a sharp partisan divide on ability of terrorists to strike U.S.
(Pew Research Center)
Cardinal deplores UK's 'inhumane' prison calling for Church to play reform role
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Americans view pastors’ political endorsements as ‘inappropriate’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Thai Muslims uneasy about rise in Buddhist nationalism
(Max Constant, Anadolu Agency)
Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Further information on election fraud …
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Coptic lives matter: New York Times examines dangers to Egyptian Christians
(Jim Davis, Get Religion)
How a group of Catholic pacifists took on the nuclear state
(Eric C. Miller, Religion Dispatches)
God, child abuse, and the limits of religious freedom in America
(Jonathan Merritt, The Week)
Activists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
A book more equal than others: Animal Farm & Commonweal
(John Rodden and John P. Rossi, Commonweal)
President Obama nominates first Muslim federal judge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge's order halts construction on part of North Dakota pipeline
(National Public Radio)
Warrant out for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's arrest in ND
(CBS/AP)
Showdown over oil pipeline becomes a national movement for Native Americans
(Joe Heim, The Washington Post)
Sioux-- and Green Party candidate-- protest North Dakota pipeline across sacred land
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
$104-million lawsuit filed against Toronto Pride parade crashers
(Claire Wählen, Daily Xtra)
In Canada, gay activists sue Christian group that infiltrated Pride parade
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Massachusetts agency says transgender non-discrimination can apply to some church events
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ariz. public charter school promotes religion, Americans United says in lawsuit
(Press Release, Americans United)
Suit says Arizona charter school teaches religious curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to church governance matters dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 8 Sept 2016: Protecting Rights, Protecting People: Dignitatis Humanae and Religious Freedom, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
(The PM Glynn Institute at ACU & the Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty)
The Fourth ICLARS Conference, “Freedom of/for/from/within Religion: Differing Dimensions of a Common Right?”
(St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, 8-11 September 2016, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
The Fourth ICLARS Conference, “Freedom of/for/from/within Religion: Differing Dimensions of a Common Right?”
(St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, 8-11 September 2016, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Hungary sets an example on persecuted Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India's Muslim women say justification for triple talaq, polygamy is medieval
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Holocaust-denying leaflets distributed on campuses in 3 Australian cities
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch lawmaker accused of anti-Semitism after refusing to shake Netanyahu’s hand
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Atlas labeling Jerusalem as Israel’s capital won’t be pulled from Czech schools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why did Fatah remove female candidates' names from electoral lists?
(Asmaa al-Ghoul trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Western legends fight Eastern heroes in new Iranian animation
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Is Islamic Republic embracing Iran’s ancient past?
(Sasan Aghlani, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Massachusetts government can force transgender bathroom policies on churches, guidance says
(Pater Hasson, The Daily Caller)
Toronto-area schools to allow religion-based class exemptions
(Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail)
Atheists want Ten Commandments painting removed from Kentucky county clerk office
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Even in ISIS territory, a backlash for burqas
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)
Chile moves to legalize abortion despite 100,000 pro-life Christian opposition
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Saint names dropped from 12 Midwest hospitals
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
UK courts should be able to issue Islamic divorces, sharia expert says
(Hannah Summers, The Guardian)
Tech inspired by faith booms in Africa
(Zoe Kleinman, BBC)
Iran and Saudi Arabia squabble as millions of Muslims begin pilgrimage
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
A new crisis in the Muslim world: Is it too young?
(Jon Emont, The Washington Post)
Former U.N. chief Annan meets Muslim, Buddhist communities in Myanmar
(Wa Lone and Simon Lewis, Reuters)
Man accused of writing anti-Semitic graffiti in Chinatown called himself a monk
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Sept. 11 marked turning point for Muslims in increasingly diverse America
(Tom Gjelton, NPR)
Senate Democrats block Zika bill over Planned Parenthood provisions
(Emmarie Huetteman and Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times)
Charlotte pastor who married same-sex couple will keep job, avoid church trial
(Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer)
Resettled Syrians find solace with U.S. Christians
(Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder, The New York Times)
UK: Anjem Choudary jailed for encouraging ISIL support
(Al Jazeera)
French judge upholds burkini ban in Corsica
(Al Jazeera)
First group of refugees returns to Syria's Jarablus
(Al Jazeera)
Russian Orthodox Church asks Federal Penitentiary Service to protect pedophile suspect Grozovsky - rights activist
(Interfax Religion)
Turkish women in police force allowed to wear headscarves
(Riada Ašimović Akyol, Al-Monitor)
Normative commitments: A philosophical vision for the study of religion
(Raphael Magarik, Los Angeles Review of Books)
Has Israel's secular majority been abandoned by politicians?
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iran's Khamenei blasts Saudi management of holy sites
(AFP, Al-Monitor)
Volume 31. No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Kazakhstan: Mass trial of Muslims in Oskemen
(Forum 18)
Cosmonauts who vie to affirm their devotion
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
When “physical discipline” in accord with the Bible conflicts with child welfare
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Mrs. Maria Kapar attacks Jewish group in order to cover up illegal business in Odessa, collaborates with Russian FECRIS affiliate organization
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Algerian court sends Christian to prison for Facebook posts
(Associated Press)
Parish runs risks to fight both drugs and violence
(Paul Jeffrey, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pennsylvania lawsuits claim state endorsement of religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslim advocates heralds President Obama’s historic judicial nomination
(Fatima Khan, Muslim Advocates)
Obama nominates first Muslim federal court judge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court: PM cannot prohibit railroad work on Shabbat
(Shlomo Piotrokowski, Israel National News)
Benjamin Netanyahu can’t block Shabbat railroad work: Court
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Israel's Supreme Court OK's sabbath rail line repairs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks of President Obama to the People of Laos
(Press Release, The White House)
Obama speaks to Laotians on human rights and religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgia county imposes moratorium on religious uses
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, John Peloso and Dwight Merriam, RLUIPA Defense)
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Report: Nigeria detains reporter over Boko Haram link
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
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