Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Let’s celebrate Malala Day with nine amazing facts
(Hayley Chapman, RightsInfo)
European court backs French woman sacked for wearing hijab
(Angelique Chrisafis and Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)
Frenchwoman 'faced job discrimination over headscarf'
(BBC News)
CEC, COMECE meet with Slovak EU Presidency
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Hagia Sophia: controversy over the call to prayer
(World Council of Churches)
Muslim group erects billboards designed to fight terrorism, Islamophobia
(Vikki Ortiz Healy, Chicago Tribune)
What’s the right way to think about religion and ISIS?
(Simon Cottee, The Atlantic)
Anglican church of Canada backs same-sex marriage, a day after rejecting it
(The Guardian)
Hindus and Catholics meet in the nation's capital
(Francis X. Clooney, America)
Theresa May, law & religion over the last twelve months
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Theresa May’s eight human rights highs and lows
(Anna Dannreuther and Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)
The preaching of Zakir Naik: When journalists turn the term 'evangelist' into an insult
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Does GoFundMe have a bias against religious beliefs?
(Lori Price, World Religion News)
Behind legal fight over religious liberty, a question of conscience
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)
Anglicans to allow same-sex marriage after vote recount
(Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press)
Myanmar’s top monks parry claims of anti-Muslim Buddhist hardliners
(The Malay Mail Online)
Bill decriminalising vilification of religion approved: 'A sad day for Malta' - Archbishop
(Bishop CJ Scicluna, The Times of Malta)
Pope taps Protestant friend to carry his voice in Argentina
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hey CNN, God sure would help explain former trafficked orphan's 'journey of hope'
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Outrage at Russia's 'unconstitutional' crackdown on religion, evangelism
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Pakistan: Christian family flees after WhatsApp blasphemy accusation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Nepal: Eight Christians face trial for distributing Bibles
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Nationalists attempt to interfere with All-Ukraine sacred procession
(Interfax-Religion)
Extreme Islamists in prisons 'should be in isolated units'
(Alan Travis, The Guardian)
GOP religious freedom bill ignites new fight over gay marriage
(Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy)
Utah Planned Parenthood says court’s ruling on injunction gives group a win over governor
(Benjamin Wood, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Misusing history: separation of church and state
(Daniel Dreisbach, Christianity Today)
Russia's church opposes giant Jesus statue in St. Petersburg
(Damien Sharkov, Newsweek)
Inheritance plan could be game-changer for Egyptian women
(Walaa Hussein trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Ramadan ends in blood
(Irfan Al-Alawi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Malaysia: Muslim leaders need to take ‘responsibility’ for radicalization
(UCAN)
Yes, reporters ignored that Gospel of John flub in President Obama's speech in Dallas
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
South Sudan: Untold number of Christians massacred, thousands taking refuge in churches as ceasefire begins
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
A grain of hope for justice and peace in the Holy Land
(Claus Grue, World Council of Churches)
Canada: Anglicans recount same-sex votes, resolution now passes
(Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press, ABC News)
Canadian Anglicans reject same-sex marriage by one vote
(Andre Forget, World Watch Monitor)
Canadian Anglicans vote down same-sex marriage
(The Canadian Press)
Humanitarian warns of the 'elimination' of Christianity in the Middle East
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Employer's Bar on Religious Clothing and European Union Discrimination Law
(Briefing Paper, Open Society Justice Initiative)
Clothing controversy – the headscarf debate in Germany
(Qantara.de)
Muslim comics have a special purpose this year, and Trump is their punch line
(Dean Obeidallah, The Washington Post)
Obergefell v. Hodges: One year later
(Cornerstone Blog, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Obergefell and the Reconstituting of American Community (Responding to Obergefell v. Hodges: One Year Later)
(Steven D. Smith, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Berkley Forum: Religion and development: Building partnerships to fight poverty
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Berkley Forum: A Religious Approach to Environmental Ethics (Responding to Religion and Development: Building Partnerships to Fight Poverty)
(Kosho Niwano, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Berkley Forum: Living Our Values, Leading for Change: A Jewish Approach to Global Development (Responding to Religion and Development: Building Partnerships to Fight Poverty)
(Ruth Messinger, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Berkley Forum: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Webs that Connect Development, Peace, and Religion (Responding to Religion and Development: Building Partnerships to Fight Poverty)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Berkley Forum: Spiritual Contributions to a More Just World (Responding to Religion and Development: Building Partnerships to Fight Poverty)
(Michel Camdessus, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
‘The End of White Christian America’ is meaningless
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
Uzbekistan: Meals and under-18s in mosques banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Trump as an 'apostle of affluence'
(Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor)
Churches to Russia: We’re not leaving
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
American clergyman arrested in Russia for visa violation
(Russia Religion News)
Pope Francis appoints Greg Burke as Vatican spokesman and Paloma García Ovejero as deputy director
(Gerard O'Connell, America, The National Catholic Review)
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here
(Andrea Peterson, The Washington Post)
Yes, you can catch Pokémon at Auschwitz
(Brian Feldman, NYMag.com)
Pokémon Go invades Auschwitz, US Holocaust Museum and more
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Controversial Brooklyn eruv for modern Orthodox vandalized amid dispute with Chabad
(Sam Kestenbaum, The Forward)
Feeling abandoned and ignored, black Christians vent in national conference call
(Nicola A. Menzie, Religion News Service)
Iowa government changes controversial nondiscrimination brochure that sent 'chills down the spine' of some churches
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Obama used 3 Bible verses during his speech at Dallas Interfaith Memorial Service
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
A church for peace? Why just war theory isn't enough
(Lisa Sowle Cahill, Commonweal)
'The rich countries must show mercy': Countering climate change in the Philippines
(Joanna Gardner, Commonweal)
German leaders demand Brexit clarity from new British PM
(Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and William James, Reuters)
Brexit apparently does not threaten Britain's European human rights obligations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects churches' challenge to California's abortion coverage requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Elections supervisor removes Boca Raton mosque as polling site
(Skyler Swisher, Palm Beach Sun-Sentinel)
Florida county elections supervisor removes mosque as polling site after complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CAIR-Florida seeks restoration of Mosque polling site following removal based on Islamophobic backlash
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Federal government urges Florida to provide kosher meals
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Baka v. Hungary: judicial independence at risk in Hungary’s new constitutional reality
(Pieter Cannoot, Strasbourg Observers)
A broken nation hears, according to elite press, vague sermons on unity and reconciliation
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
New bill proposes imprisonment for dissuading Christians from IDF service
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
Liberal rabbis stake out their ground on Western Wall
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Female preacher hacked to death
(World Watch Monitor)
American Muslim youth camps growing in popularity
(Kelly Frazier, World)
Fire destroys dormitories of Mauya Adventist secondary school in Zimbabwe
(Seventh-day Adventist Church)
'ISIS-inspired' plan to blow up Jewish, American institutions in South Africa revealed
(Haaretz)
Why conservative Christians are losing faith in the Republican party
(Sam Thielman, The Guardian)
Dallas residents look to churches for hope and answers in wake of police deaths
(Brady Dennis and Louisa Loveluck, The Washington Post)
Twin converts to Islam charged with plot to blow up Jewish institutions in South Africa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why did Des Moines Register default to wire copy on a hot trans story in Iowa?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Charges brought against Moscow's Yardyam Mosque imam – lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow mosque imam charged with public justification of terrorism - Russian Investigative Committee
(Interfax-Religion)
Lawyer for U.S. pastor files appeal against order to leave Russia issued by Samara court
(Interfax-Religion)
Iowa commission revises church transgender bathroom regulations brochure; problems remain, ADF says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
The First Amendment Defense Act is actually bad for religious freedom
(Barry W. Lynn, Religion News Service)
Statements on CofE Shared Conversation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious liberty and same-sex marriage takes center stage in Congress
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
UK drops plans to register Sunday schools for new anti-terrorism law
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
The Dallas shooter wanted to stay in this anti-Semitic black militant group
(Gabe Friedman, JTA Telegraph)
Christian charity appeals for funds to fight Cuba church demolitions
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Calais: Thousands of refugees to be made homeless as mayor pledges to destroy entire camp
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
What Prime Minister Theresa May could mean for British Jews
(Marcus Dysch, The Jewish Chronicle Online)
Pakistani police search for Christian charged with blasphemy
(The Associated Press)
Russian suspect in Istanbul attack: a shy student who found religion
(Maria Tsvetkova, Reuters)
Bermuda: Same-sex marriage case could still be won
(Sarah Lagan, The Royal Gazette)
Middle Eastern women were once discouraged from sport. A new generation now chases Olympic glory.
(Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post)
Palm Beach County elections chief drops Boca mosque as polling place
(Eliot Kleinberg, The Palm Beach Post)
‘If we were not brothers before this, we certainly are brothers now,’ a Dallas imam tells a minister
(Brandy Dennis, The Washington Post)
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