Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Inspector general: NYPD skirted rules for surveillance
(Tom Hays, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Anti-abortion activists file suit over Chicago 'bubble zone'
(The Associated Press)
We have Christmas, Hanukkah and Eid stamps. Now the U.S. gets its first Hindu stamp
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Regina Mustafa: Differing beliefs motivate quest for interfaith harmony
(Regina Mustafa, Post-Bulletin)
Remembering Kandhamal: a legacy of institutional failure
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Why there can be no "demilitarized" Palestinian State
(Louis René Beres, Gatestone Institute)
Germans told to stock food, water in case of terror attack or national emergency
(Madeline Chambers and Thorsten Severin, Haaretz)
German court bans full face veil in school
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Court verdict: no niqabs in German school
(Carla Bleiker, Deutsche Welle)
Germany bans Muslim student from wearing niqab face veil in school
(Jess Staufenberg, Independent)
Biden seeks to ease Turkey tensions over coup suspect Gulen
(Jeff Mason and Ece Toksabay, Reuters)
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
London’s Muslim mayor barraged by anti-Semites for opposing Jeremy Corbyn
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Wyo. judge may lose her job for refusing to marry same-sex couples
(Simon Brown, Americans United)
7 SC college presidents: Religious freedom at risk
(Tim Smith, Greenville News)
Satmar decree bars women from higher education
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sudan pastors charged for ‘claiming persecution of Christians’
(World Watch Monitor)
Brits, Saudis help Assad foes get their message through to Washington
(Julian Pecquet, Al Monitor: Congress Pulse)
US struggles to sideline Hezbollah in Lebanon
(Julian Pecquet, Al Monitor: Congress Pulse)
Has US taken on role of Israeli domestic opposition?
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iraq mulls post-IS role for PMU
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Beatrice Farhat, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Sunni fear grows as PMU participation in Mosul battle confirmed
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
How one initiative aims to help Egypt's most vulnerable women
(Roham Mokbel, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Orthodox exhibition fair to be held in Switzerland
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian mother of 5 Asia Bibi's death sentence appeal date finally set by Pakistan's supreme court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Why peace is prevailing, for now, in south Lebanon
(Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor)
Christians now afraid to go to church in Philippines due to threats from Islamist radicals, priest says
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
In Russia, how one mainly Muslim region beat back radicalism
(Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)
Texas attorney general affirms constitutionality of courtroom prayer
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Princeton University's HR department bans use of words 'man' and 'woman'
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Atheists force U.S. university to remove Bibles from its hotel rooms
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Turkey seeks U.S.-based cleric’s extradition but not for coup, says State Dept
(David Alexander and Arshad Mohammed, Religion News Service)
Australia broadly tolerant but pockets of intense prejudice remain, report shows
(Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian)
Where the death penalty still lives
(Emily Bazelon, The New York Times)
So you’re a Jew and you’re starting college? Prepare for anti-Zionism
(Molly Harris, The Washington Post)
Remembering a Christian and a Jew who traced anti-Judaism to its roots
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
French Muslims fear state aims to control their faith
(Karen Allen, BBC)
Inside the brutal but bizarrely bureaucratic world of the Islamic State in Libya
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air strike 'kills commanders'
(BBC)
Justin Trudeau rules out burkini ban in Canada
(Agence France-Presse)
Federal transgender bathroom access guidelines blocked by judge
(Erik Eckholm and Alan Blinder, The New York Times)
Amici tell SCOTUS of importance of ERISA church plan cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In discovery, most documents fail clergy-penitent privilege
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Protecting India’s cows: Cowboys and Indians
(The Economist)
Delegation of Jewish rabbis allowed to enter Belarus from Russia - media
(Interfax Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church to help resist extremism in jails
(Interfax-Religion)
Terrorists arrested in Georgia deny connections with Ukraine, Wahhabis among them – lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Number of actions against Christians in Middle East increases fourfold in past 7 years - Russian Foreign Ministry representative
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses of Serov lose appeal in court
(Russia Religion News)
Water fee taps Detroit churches
(Nicholas G. Hahn III, The Detroit News)
Latest religious liberty battle: Church-affiliated colleges and LGBT students
(National Public Radio)
Religious diversity may be making America less religious
(Daniel Cox, Five Thirty Eight)
PJI comment on Texas ruling against transgender overreach
(Press Release, Pacific Justice Institute)
How Paris public schools became no-go zones for Jews
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French high court to rule on Islamic burkini swimsuit ban
(Deutsche Welle)
Kenyan churches, mosques painted yellow to symbolize love
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
How faith leaders are uniting to beat anti-Semitism in Washington, D.C.
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Catholic school settles sex assault allegations for $1.9M
(Associated Press)
Judge sanctions SNAP for defying orders in abuse lawsuit
(Associated Press)
Lebanese cardinal says terrorists don’t represent Islam
(Catholic News Service)
Prosecutors say Dylann Roof ‘self-radicalized’ online, wrote another manifesto in jail
(Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
Grand jury returns five-count indictment in killing of Queens imam and aide
(Rick Rojas, The New York Times)
Malaysian rapper held over music video said to insult Islam
(Reuters)
What do Americans look for in a church, and how do they find one? It depends in part on their age
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Choosing a new church or house of worship: Americans look for good sermons, warm welcome
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Campaign seeks to block mosque construction near Pisa’s tower
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
UK: Muslims ordered off plane after ISIL accusation
(Anealla Safdar, Al Jazeera)
Senior Iran cleric faces down culture minister over concerts
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Archbishop of Wales to step down in January
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)
Unitarians sue for religious freedom to use solar panels
(Aisha abdelhamid, EdenKeeper)
Nigerian Christians and Muslims open historic peace center
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Participants of European Rabbis Conference hail interfaith accord in Belarus
(Belarus News)
Interfaith harmony a must for Muslims
(Daily Times)
Ecumenical Institute professor recognized as trust among religions grows
(World Council of Churches)
Kazakhstan: "Attracting children" an offence?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Tackling Islamist extremism in prisons: the Acheson Review
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 22 August 2016
Almost everything the media tell you about sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)
Justification
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
The future of the Mormon church? It's Latino
(Raul A. Reyes, NBC News)
Will ‘jihadi jails’ solve the problem of imprisoned Islamist extremists? Probably not
(Alan Travis, The Guardian)
Russia: Lessons from first anti-evangelism case
(Roman Lunkin, Russia Religion News)
Law and religion round-up – 21st August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Germany, Turkey and Islam: Through the politics of Islam, Germans and Turks are deeply intertwined
(ERASUMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Terrorism in Turkey: A suicide-bomber wreaks more horror on Turkey’s beleaguered Kurds
(The Economist)
Second Jewish high school in Germany gets ready to open
(Dorothea Hülsmeier, Haaretz)
At Berlin summit, Muslim and Jewish youth offered glimpse of bright future
(Joel Braunold, Haaretz)
Ukraine launches criminal probe into senior Russian officials
(Haaretz)
Salvation Army reports massive growth in victims of modern slavery
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Indonesia: Court reviews anti-LGBT law
(Human Rights Watch)
Russia's Patriarch Kirill: Some human rights are 'heresy'
(Anna Dolgov, The Moscow Times)
Hundreds protest over murder of trans woman in Istanbul
(Al Jazeera)
Can this mystical musical tradition make a comeback in Egypt?
(Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Are US Christians really ‘persecuted’?
(K.A. Ellis, Christianity Daily)
New York grand jury charges man with murder of Muslim cleric
(Gina Cherelus, Reuters)
Palestinian rocket strikes Israel, drawing Israeli reprisal
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Somalia bombings kill 17 at local government HQ, market
(Abdi Guled, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Libya parliament votes no confidence in UN-backed government
(Rami Musa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Italy, German, French eye beefed up EU defense after attacks
(Tricia Thomas and Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US commander skeptical of cooperation with Russia in Syria
(Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Egyptian authorities ban social media satire pages
(Sayed Elhadidi, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Some in Saudi media criticize anti-Semitism, warm up to Israel
(Times of Israel)
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