Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Why some are accusing Rouhani of playing the woman card
(Fereshteh Sedeghi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Tally of Britons joining Isis and similar groups abroad grown to 850
(Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian)
American Muslims and the politics of division
(Declan Walsh, The New York Times)
Israel’s president hosts pluralistic study ahead of Tisha b’Av
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Fasting in the lands of the midnight sun
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Iraq's last remaining Christians determined to stay despite risk of being killed by ISIS
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Victory for religious freedom campaigners in California Christian colleges struggle
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Release of the 2015 Annual Report on International Freedom (IRF)
(Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, United States Department of State)
State Department report: Blasphemy laws, terrorist organizations are key threats to religious liberty around the world
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Ambassador Saperstein Briefs on International Religious Freedom Report
(US Department of State, YouTube)
Religious freedom seriously lacking for three-fourths of world’s population, ambassador says
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom severely restricted for 75 per cent of global population
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
In new report on religious freedom, US government turns its attention to blasphemy laws
(World Watch Monitor)
State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’
(CNS News, New Boston Post)
Stepping up against religious intolerance
(Editorial Board, The Christian Science Monitor)
State Department religious freedom report slams allies
(Ryan Browne, CNN Politics)
US State Dept report slams China over curbs on religious freedom
(Radio Free Asia, Asia Times)
US takes aim at blasphemy and apostasy laws in Muslim states
(Associated Press)
State Department criticizes blasphemy laws in Muslim nations
(Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
Annual report finds shortcomings in religious freedom in Bulgaria
(http://sofiaglobe.com/2016/08/11/annual-report-finds-shortcomings-in-religious-freedom-in-bulgaria/, The Sofia Globe)
The many meanings of Rio’s massive Christ statue
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Clergymen oppose divorce bit in Christian law
(Obaid Abbasi, The Express Tribune)
Turkey’s coup and the call to prayer: Sounds of violence meet Islamic devotionals
(Denise Gill, The Conversation)
Uzbek customs officers find memory cards with religious extremist materials transported by passenger from Novosibirsk in chocolate boxes
(Interfax Religion)
Professor Alexis Jay to chair Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pews, perceptions and practicalities
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Britain's Supreme Court refers complex transgender case to European Court of Justice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
MB ( Appellant ) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( Respondent )
(Press Summary, The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)
Stumped by transgender pension case, UK top court seeks EU help
(EurActiv)
Trans women are being forced to get divorced just to claim their pension
(Christopher Stothers, Independent)
(Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley) Symposium: A soft landing at the Supreme Court
(Hannah Smith and Luke Goodrich, SCOTUSblog)
SCOTUSblog Symposium features BJC’s Hollman discussing church funding case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
(Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley) Symposium: Confronting a nativist past; protecting school-choice’s future
(Richard Garnett, SCOTUSblog)
(Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley) Symposium: Not on the taxpayers’ dime
(Daniel Mach, SCOTUSblog)
(Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley) Symposium: Ban on state funding of churches protects independence
(K. Hollyn Hollman, SCOTUSblog)
(Trinity Lutheran v. Pauley) Symposium: Religious freedom, not religious discrimination
(Richard Katskee, SCOTUSblog)
Protecting the future of religious higher education
(The Ethics & Religious LIberty Commission)
Clinton makes unprecedented appeal to Mormon voters, but will it pay off?
(Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Hillary Clinton is no champion of religious freedom
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Iran: Mass execution on terrorism charges. Secrecy raises fair trial concerns
(Human Rights Watch)
Zambia votes amid concerns over violence
(Chrispin Mwakideu, Deutsche Welle)
An acceptable arrangement: When cooperation is not complicity
(Edward Vacek, Commonweal)
Priests have to tell people how to vote, not whom to vote for
(Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Armed forces Court of Appeals interprets RFRA in military context
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
RFRA does not impact bankruptcy code's denial of discharge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis invites Syrian refugees to lunch in Vatican
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Dozens of Chinese Christians apply for 'religious persecution' asylum in Czech Republic
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
UK confusion between integration and counter-terrorism hinders Muslims
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Unlawful religious buildings face demolition, warns ministry
(Frontier Myanmar)
Western Europe’s biggest mosque complex will be redesigned to counter anti-Muslim stereotypes
(Kassia St Clair, Quartz)
Muslim women most disadvantaged, say MPs
(Mark Easton)
Saudi tries 14 over deadly Mecca crane collapse
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
For Yazidis in Greece, safety and security are still out of reach
(Jeanne Carstensen, PRI's The World)
Indiana woman seeks to end suit against preaching ex-trooper
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
A camp tries to reinvent the Hebrew language, so transgender kids can fit in
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Fiddler on the front line: On the outskirts of Kiev, one rabbi is using the war in eastern Ukraine to revive a long-lost way of life: the shtetl.
(Linda Kinstler, Foreign Policy)
State senator drops proposal that angered religious universities in California
(Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times)
California lawmaker drops key parts of bill on religious colleges
(Anshu Siripurapu, The Sacramento Bee)
California journalists give a free pass to Lara's amended religious colleges bill
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Court rejects as applied challenge to California reparative therapy ban; Seattle adopts its own ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawmaker changes bill affecting California's religious colleges
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
The Turkey-Russia reset Erdoğan needed a friend after the failed coup, so he headed to Russia
(Aykan Erdemir and Boris Zilberman, Politico)
Russia and Turkey vow to repair ties as west watches nervously
(Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times)
Religion back on the rise? Figures reveal decline in faith has "come to a halt" in UK
(The Mirror)
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
California bill threatens religious freedom, minorities and the poor
(Archbishop José Gomez / Bishop Charles Blake, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘No’ to California bill threatening religious colleges: Newman Society president joins statement
(Adam Cassandra, The Cardinal Newman Society)
Why we are fighting in California
(Barry H. Corey, The Gospel Coalition)
California backs off plan to limit freedom of religious colleges
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
The Russian Church Abroad asks to support the project on de-mining the place of the Baptism of Christ
(Interfax-Religion)
How Nashville's faith community can help stop youth violence
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
ACT Liberals criticise government's treatment of Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque issue
(Stephen Jeffery, The Canberra Times)
Protestant law center plans approach to implementation of restrictive law
(Russia Religion News)
Russian media see new laws as more restrictive than do protestants
(Russia Religion News)
Coach files lawsuit against school district over postgame prayer debate
(Ben Rohrbach, USA TODAY High School Sports)
Congress must protect religious liberty now more than ever
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Knesset committee chair vows ‘world war’ to stop $2.6M allocation for non-Orthodox mikvahs
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. churches prepare for terror attacks amid rising threats following murder of French priest
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Bomb threats reported on two Brussels-bound airliners
(Reuters)
Indian bishop wants Aug. 10 to be ‘Black Day’ for untouchables
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christians say defeating Islamic State won’t make Iraq safe for them
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A reminder from China that the ‘War on Christians’ is truly global
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Multiple casualties in simultaneous explosions in Turkey's south
(Reuters)
Excluded from ritual baths by law, non-Orthodox Jews will get own state-funded mikvehs
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)
Bangladesh arrests 6 suspected militants from banned group
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
French terror suspect tells court he's a victim of injustice
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
US-backed Libyan forces takeover IS headquarters in Sirte
(Rami Musa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
CAIR-MI files lawsuit on behalf of Muslim flight attendant
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan)
Judge dismisses suit accusing Twitter of supporting IS group
(Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Muslim flight attendant sues over refusal to accommodate objection to serving alcohol
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Austria remains opposed to EU membership talks with Turkey
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
UK top court split on transgender woman's pension right
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Football coach sues seeking right to pray at 50-yard line
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New survey on political preaching from the pulpit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US takes aim at blasphemy laws, religious discrimination
(Matthew Lee, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
U.S. court revives Ten Commandments monument lawsuit against Pennsylvania school district
(Liz Hayes, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
3rd Circuit: Some plaintiffs have standing in Ten Commandments challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uzbekistan: Raids, prison, fines for home religious meetings
(Mushfug Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Israeli centrist leader finds himself alone in battle against UN agency
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Targeting churches: Fox News produces ominous report on threats in America
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Syrians shifting demographics in Turkey’s Kurdish regions
(Tulay Cetingulec trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
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