Law and Religion Headlines

Thursday, 25 August 2016

Turkey's military plunges into Syria, enabling rebels to capture ISIS stronghold
(Tim Arango, Anne Barnard, and Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)

Myanmar earthquake kills three, damages scores of ancient temples
(Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Wa Lone, Reuters)

Hajj stoning to be shortened after deadly stampede
(Agence France-Presse)

Saudis and extremism: 'Both the arsonists and the firefighters'
(Scott Shane, The New York Times)

Surprise! Kansas City Star covers only one side of United Methodist debate on sexuality
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Prince Johnson submits bill for Islamic holidays
(J. Burgess Carter, Daily Observer)

Malaysia PM Najib: Amended Act could end ugly disputes when interfaith couples divorce
(Trinna Leong, The Straits Times)

Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison
(Jeff Amy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

PM: Civil courts will have precedence in interfaith divorces
(Syed Jaymal Zahid, Malay Mail Online)

Catholic church groups fight bills to revive old sex abuse cases
(Brian Mann, NPR)

Interfaith Summit to educate about Jewish life for all
(Marissa Stern, Jewish Exponent)

Commentary: Religious traditionalists and LGBT activists should check their passions and compromise
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Explainer: What is parliament’s role in the marriage equality debate?
(Ryan Goss, The Conversation)

Critics say French burkini bans employ language of human rights to limit human rights
(Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams)

Chaplains begin treating veterans for newly designated ‘moral injury’
(Natalie Caula Hauff, The Post and Courier)

Nigeria: Islam, the law and Zamfara blasphemy massacre
(Ibrahim Haruna MaiJamaa, Daily Trust)

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

‘How journalists can combat waves of radicalisation’
(The Guardian (Nigeria))

Patriarch Kirill congratulates Poroshenko on Independence Day, hopes for development of church-state interaction
(Interfax-Religion)

Occupying the prairie: Tensions rise as tribes move to block a pipeline
(Jack Healy, The New York Times)

First American missionary caught by anti-evangelism law
(Russia Religion News)

Religion in the media: How has it changed, where is it going, why does it matter?
(Barney Zwartz, ABC Religion and Ethics)

The case for religious studies
(William 'Chip' Gruen, Inside Higher Ed)

The Supreme Court must restore religious liberty to military members
(Kelly J. Shackelford, National Review)

Air Force officer reportedly kept an open Bible on his desk for years, and now he's under fire
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Top Vatican diplomat says ‘time, patience’ needed in talks with China
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religion and Women's Equality
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Equality means equality, or does it? (Responding to Religion and Women's Equality)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Understanding the intersection of faith and women's rights (Responding to Religion and Women's Equality)
(Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Legal developments – July General Synod
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

U.S. international religious freedom ambassador calls for repeal of blasphemy laws
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Kim Davis saga ends as judge dismisses case over marriage licenses
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Summary of the main findings of the review of Islamist extremism in prisons, probation and youth justice
(United Kingdom Ministry of Justice)

British report on Islamist extremism in prisons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judge sides with St. Louis priest in SNAP defamation case
(Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Court enters findings for priest as sanction for SNAP's refusal to comply with discovery order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge won't toss same-sex suit against Paramus Catholic
(Allison Pries, The Bergen County Record)

Catholic school's firing of guidance counselor over same-sex marriage remains in litigation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas leading suit over federal transgender health policy
(Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune)

Doctors, states challenge new “transgender regulation”
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Attorney General Paxton files suit to protect Texans and physicians from new Obamacare mandate
(The Attorney General of Texas)

Suit challenges new HHS rules on discrimination against transgender individuals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit: California reparative therapy ban OK under 1st Amendment religion clauses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

American held for preaching Christianity to Jhapa locals
(Samachar Samiti, The Himalayan)

With Christianity in decline, Britain sees rise of humanist ‘pastors’
(Kevin McCandless, CNSNews.com)

Canada allows female mounted police to wear hijab
(Al Jazeera)

The Economist explains: Why the French keep trying to ban Islamic body wear
(The Economist)

Arab Christian’s murder may reveal deadly American tensions
(Kevin J. Jones, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

When a swimsuit is a security threat
(Asma T. Uddin, The New York Times)

France warns of Muslim stigmatisation amid Burkini ban
(Al Jazeera)

Burkinis, Ghazala Khan and the overlooked issue of female religious free choice
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Burkini's inventor says sales have skyrocketed on heels of controversy
(Mike Ives, The New York Times)

Life amid war: Peace comes in the form of South Sudan’s churches
(Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register)

New marriage bill to empower Hindu women
(Irfan Ghauri, The Express Tribune)

Gunmen attack American university in Kabul, students flee
(Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)

Is the Western media blinkered in midst of Aleppo horror?
(Elizabeth Kendal, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

RCMP OKs hijabs for its female officers
(Andrew Russell, Global News)

Time to abolish blasphemy laws, uphold freedom of expression
(David Saperstein, Dipnote: U.S. Department of State Official Blog)

IPPFoRB delegation returns from fact-finding and solidarity visit to Myanmar
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief)

The difference in how France and Scotland treats Muslim women
(Narjas Zatat, indy100 (Independent))

Turkey leader says US has ‘no excuse’ to keep imam blamed for coup
(Reuters)

In Israel, women-only beach days allow the religious to relax
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Attacker is killed after stabbing guard at Egypt church
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Idaho Statesman lavishes multi-story package on another evolving theology professor
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

India plans surrogacy ban for foreigners, unmarried couples
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

France to teach children how to react to school attacks
(Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Saudi police say attacks thwarted in mostly Shiite east
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Turkey in cross-border operation to free IS-held Syrian town
(Suzan Fraser and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Suit alleging Catholic school gay marriage bias to proceed
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law
(World Watch Monitor)

Syrian Christian leader asks Russia to help with release of captured metropolitans
(Interfax-Religion)

State senators to hold four debates over ‘religious liberty’ legislation
(Greg Bluestein, Tamar Hallerman, and Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Religion S44 order 'clears confusion'
(Bangkok Post)

Texas and four other states file ‘religious freedom’ suit against healthcare for trans patients
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)

Obama Administration trans rights challenged again
(Kimberly Leonard, U.S. News & World Report)

Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Muslims back Panglong Conference to bring peace to children
(Herald Malaysia Online)

Christians and Muslims open interfaith peace center in Nigeria
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Mother of Iranian Christian imprisoned for his faith in Jesus Christ begs authorities to release her son
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

It's not unchristian to be concerned about refugee resettlement, religious freedom advocate says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Muslim-Americans condemn ISIS in Phoenix billboard, say Islam is religion of peace, not terror
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

British Jewish leaders condemn reports of French police harassing Muslim women in burkinis
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Belgium’s largest airline quits serving West Bank-produced halva
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Anglican Church in Nigeria builds trauma centre for victims of Boko Haram
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Egypt: Knife-wielding attacker shot dead after stabbing guard at Coptic church
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

There's just one country other than the Vatican where divorce is illegal — and some want to change that
(Ana P. Santos, Los Angeles Times)

French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban
(Ben Quinn, The Guardian)

Burkinis on beaches stoke France's long debate on secularism
(Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Police Scotland uniform to include Muslim hijab
(BBC)

Canada's Mounties allow women officers to wear hijab
(Agence France-Presse)

Myanmar names Kofi Annan to head panel on Rohingya Muslims
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Jews attacked on unauthorised West Bank visit
(Agence France-Presse)

Turkey targets Gulen-inspired projects around the world
(Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Why America’s ‘nones’ left religion behind
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Civil rights groups defend mosque, cemetery outside Atlanta
(Kathleen Foody, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

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