Law and Religion Headlines


Monday, 22 August 2016

Podcast: Maureen Fitzgerald on Irish nuns and welfare
(Research On Religion)

Racism, poverty, education: A closer look at the root causes of the Milwaukee riots
(CNA/EWTN News)

Report: What is the truth about American Muslims? Questions and Answers
(Organized and produced by the Interfaith Alliance; Religious Freedom Education Project of the First Amendment Center)

Black churches split over Black Lives Matter’s criticism of Israel
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)

Court: EEOC’s enforcement of sex stereotyping discrimination case fails RFRA analysis
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Turkey recalls ambassador to Austria as row deepens
(Chase Winter, Deutsche Welle)

Judge in Texas blocks Obama transgender bathroom rules
(Gregory Korte, USA Today)

Transgender students not protected by anti-discrimination law, judge rules
(John Kruzel, ABC News)

Court issues nationwide injunction preventing enforcement of Title IX guidance on transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious worker's challenge to immigration law interpretation dismissed on jurisdictional grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious component will not be strengthened in Russian education system - new education minister
(Interfax-Religion)

Moorish-American religious defense to false identity charge fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC sues KASCO for discrimination and retaliation against Muslim employee
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

EEOC sues over firing of Muslim employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No-fault divorce does not violate Hindu husband's Free Exercise rights.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

When it comes to the future of our multi-cultural, multi-faith societies we are at a crossroads
(Rabbi Rene Pfertzel, The Jewish Chronicle Online)

Why we need to stand up for the right to insult religion and beliefs
(Hindustan Times)

Religious freedom violations affect 74% of world’s population
(Olivia Summers, American Center for Law and Justice)

Indiana's once controversial religion law shakes bad image as it's put to use for good
(Safia Samee Ali, NBC News)

Turkey’s parliament approves reconciliation deal with Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Israeli first, Orthodox Jerusalem synagogue hires female spiritual leader
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

German university students condemn BDS movement
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Venezuelan Jewish umbrella slams anti-Semitic magazine cover
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Hungarian Jewish leader returns state award in protest
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

500 rabbis gather at summit in Moscow, rabbi Lazar says situation with anti-semitism in Europe critical
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian border guards deny delegates of congress of Jewish rabbis entry into Byelorussia
(Interfax-Religion)

Atheists file lawsuit against cross in Pennsylvania county seal and flag
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

London Muslims go to church in solidarity with Christians: 'We will not let hatred win'
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Thousands quit Church of Norway in just a few days
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Sudan: Christians go on trial for documenting persecution
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Princeton University tells staff to stop using the word 'man'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Hate preachers to be held in separate prison units to curb radicalisation
(Rajeev Syal, The Guardian)

Federal police commissioner warns MPs 'words matter' in debate on Islam
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)

On LGBT equality, middle ground is disappearing
(David Gushee, Religion News Service)

Islamic extremist pleads guilty to destroying holy sites in Timbuktu
(Marlise Simons, The New York Times)

Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Extremist prisoners 'may be separated' from other inmates
(BBC News)

Fundamentalists gain ground in Algeria as war memory fades
(Aomar Ouali, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Battle lines of church and state: Fired over same-sex marriage, educator sues N.J. Catholic school
(Allison Pries, The Record)

Zika virus spread renews focus on abortion debate
(Arian Campo-Flores and Dan Frosch, The Wall Street Journal)

Rural church among those providing aid after Louisiana flood
(Max Becherer and Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Colin Barnett says same-sex marriage should be settled by parliament
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Banning the burkini reinforces a single story about Muslim women: they need saving
(Pina Sadar, The Conversation)

Judge dismisses marriage license lawsuits against Kim Davis
(John Cheves, Lexington Herald Leader)

Judge who said she wouldn't marry gays fights back against recommendation she be fired
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

The battle for religious liberty will be won on the field of education
(Peter Berkowitz, Mosaic)

Feds' move on contraceptive coverage 'bullying'
(Natasha Lindstrom, Trib Live)

How Israeli women are gaining in the fight for Jewish divorce
(Andrew Toobin, JTA)

Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians oppose current bilateral peace plan
(Andrew Toobin, JTA)

Slim majorities of Israelis and Palestinians want two-state solution: Poll
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

Official at Islamic university in Italy calls for ‘final solution’ for Zionists
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Argument: Anjem Choudary and the criminalization of dissent
(Simon Cottee, Foreign Policy)

Cultural practices that affect children’s health must be revisited
(Alinah Kelo Segobye, The Conversation)

Anti-Muslim hate crime targets a ... Lebanese Christian? That sad murder case in Tulsa
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

More secular attacks on burkinis: The New York Times explains why this is not about religion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

The Rescuers: Twenty miles off the Libyan coast, a scrappy band of volunteers is saving thousands of lives, locked in a standoff with smugglers on the Mediterranean Sea.
(Foreign Policy)

The fatwa hotline: 'We have heard everything'
(Hamida Ghafour, The Guardian)

Iraq executes dozens for 2014 massacre by ISIS
(Omar Al-Jawoshy and Tim Arango, The New York Times)

Sunday, 21 August 2016

France: "First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people"
(Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute)

How Jewish persecution complex warped our reaction to the Rio Olympics
(Lisa Goldman, Forward)

Believe it or not, the Rio Olympics were great for the Jews
(Jeffrey S. Gurock, Forward)

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Turkish anger at the West: Duplicity coup
(The Economist)

Five truths about the hijab that need to be told
(Peter Hopkins, The Conversation)

World's largest Muslim bloc concerned by Kashmir violence
(Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Imam's shooting death shakes storied immigrant neighborhood
(Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Why Aleppo is Syria's fiercest battleground
(The Associated Press)

Egypt arrests 70 Sudanese en route to Israel, government says
(The Associated Press)

Intensifying battle between Syrian army, Kurds complicates fight against ISIS
(Angus McDowall, Haaretz)

Twenty-two killed, 94 injured in bomb attack at Turkish wedding
(Umit Besktas and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)

Nicaragua to implement stricter policies for entry of foreign pastors
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Danish Turks withdraw children from 'Gulen-linked' schools
(Agence France-Presse)

‘They want us to be invisible’: how the burkini ban is dividing the Côte d’Azur
(Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian)

US Catholics sort of hug ELCA: Why do liberal, oldline flocks always seem to make news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

The seat of the matter: Most media updates on Target store controversy miss the obvious
(GetReligion)

Brexit Basics 7: update 20th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 19 August 2016

Forgoing visit, Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary
(Tomohiro Osaki, Japan Times)

Church playgrounds & Blaine Amendments - Podcast
(Thomas C. Berg, Christopher C. Lund, Martin S. Lederman, The Federalist Society)

Uneasy partners: religion in the workplace
(Melody Hahm, Yahoo News)

Macedonia’s tiny Jewish community, JDC help flood victims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Faith-based relief in Louisiana flooding
(Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)

Judge who said she wouldn't marry gays fights back against recommendation she be fired
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Lesbian sues NJ Catholic high school for firing
(Associated Press)

Can Olympics inspire religious accommodation in international basketball?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Putin appoints renowned religious expert Olga Vasilyeva a new Education and Science Minister
(Interfax-Religion)

Row over use of religious symbols in City reignites
(Santiago Del Carril, Buenos Aires Herald)

Maid agencies decry religion locks for Muslim employers
(Malay Mail Online)

Religious tourism plays key role in bolstering Saudi ‘post oil’ plan
(Saudi Gazette)

Federal buildings open women’s bathrooms to men
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

GSA requires rest rooms in federal buildings to be open on basis of gender identity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Successful religious freedom defense in Title VII case brought by transgender employee
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)

Judge backs funeral home in transgender firing
(Jim Lynch and Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News)

RFRA protects funeral home's gender stereotyping of transgender employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-abortion group sues Raleigh over blocking move next to women's clinic
(WRAL.com)

Pregnancy resource center sues over rezoning denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4 Muslim vets on life in the military
(Ruth Nasrullah, Religion News Service)

Review of a perilous path: The misguided foreign policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton & John Kerry – by Anne R. Pierce
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Iraqi forces push Islamic State out of western Iraqi town
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Rwandan police kill 3 people with suspected extremist ties
(Ignatius Ssuuna, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Lesbian sues Catholic school over firing
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Feds to investigate town's rejection of Muslim cemetery
(Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

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