Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
What's next for Iraq's Anbar after liberation from IS
(Omar Sattar trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What wave of suicide attacks means for Riyadh's anti-terror efforts
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
How religious holidays are uniting Iraqi Muslims and Christians
(Saad Salloum trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Dutch Jewish woman evicted after anti-Semitic abuse, threats by neighbor
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ISIS seems to tailor attacks for different audiences
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
Islamic State militants kill Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt’s North Sinai
(Reuters)
Kenya seeks tech alternatives to break taboo over sex education in schools
(Neha Wadekar, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
A Ramadan piece: The "other" Islam
(Salim Mansur, Gatestone Institute)
Does Islam belong to Germany?
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Why one Arab country is telling its travelers to forgo traditional clothing
(Aidan Quigley, Christian Science Monitor)
From VHP to AAP, the politics around the Quran desecration row in Punjab is getting murkier
(Vipin Pubby, Scroll.in)
South Sudan top religious leader warns against hate speech
(Sudan Tribune)
Christians in Indian village 'fined if they worship publicly'
(UCAN)
Churches fighting Iowa officials over transgender bathroom rules
(William Petroski, Des Moines Register)
Church sues Iowa officials over transgender access rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egyptian Muslim's bias case against two agencies OK'd
(Kevin McGowan, BNA Daily Labor Report)
DC Circuit in procedural reversal allows religious discrimination suit to proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli court says shouting Allahu akbar can amount to breach of peace
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Beyond the mantra, towards the granular: The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression’s report on the private sector in the digital age
(Sejal Parmar, EJIL: Talk!)
Get out the back, Jack? Make a new plan, Stan?
(Rosalind English, Law & Religion UK)
The Brexit and how democracy works in mysterious ways
(Oscar Silva-Valladares, Geopolitical Monitor)
Catholic nursing home in Belgium fined for refusing euthanasia request
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
China's persecuted churches forced to hand over donations to communist regime
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Atheists display anti-God billboard in Mississippi, the most religious state in America
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
U.S. court blocks state law banning abortion of foetuses with Down syndrome
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
U.S. federal court blocks new Mississippi law that seeks to protect people's freedom of conscience
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Jordan loses religion from identity cards
(Al-Bawaba)
Muslim American mayor talks religion & tolerance
(Voice of America)
Over 200,000 people attend Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Sharing belief restrictions, increased "extremism" punishments?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Muslims on Ramadan: ‘Fasting is really about mind over matter'
(Rachel Obordo, The Guardian)
Arctic Ramadan: fasting in land of midnight sun comes with a challenge
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
In Pakistan, gruesome 'honor' killings bring a new backlash
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Myanmar: armed mob torches mosque amid spike in religious tensions
(Agence France-Presse)
After IS defeat, Fallujah victory takes on sectarian tones
(Susannah George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
ISIS uses Ramadan as calling for new terrorist attacks
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Camps teach kids to put their faith into action
(Jesse James DeConto, Religion News Service)
How a Muslim advocacy group in Florida is doing what the government has so far failed to do
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
Muslim doctor shot near Houston mosque on way to prayer
(Barbara Goldberg, Reuters)
Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Florida mosque
(Kelli Kennedy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Monday, 4 July 2016
Are demons going to start sending us links to that Washington Post exorcism essay?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession.
(Richard Gallagher, The Washington Post)
General Synod: Burial of suicides, vesture
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Young Muslim takes on state on headscarf ban and wins
(The Local)
German court says legal intern can wear hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Journal of Law, Religion and State (Volume 4, Issue 2, 2016)
(Brill Online)
Cultural and religious relativism as opposition to the aims of international human rights law: Revisiting the universalism vs. regionalism debate
(Musa Njabulo Shongwe, University of Johannesburg)
The Earth is our mother: Freedom of religion and the preservation of aboriginal sacred sites in Canada
(Natasha Bakht and Lynda Margaret Collins, University of Ottawa)
ChristianMingle opens doors to gay singles under settlement
(Jacob and Sara Randazzo, Wall Street Journal)
Settlement requires ChristianMingle to include same-sex date searching
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court refuses to apply ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and memory keeper of the Holocaust, dies at 87
(Emily Langer, The Washington Post)
Holocaust survivor and moral spokesman Elie Wiesel dies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
An inquisition is not a witch-hunt: A response to Mary Eberstadt
(David P. Goldman, First Things)
Religious schools and discrimination in Victoria
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Weekend think piece: Questions to ask, when reporting on the state of a candidate's soul
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Hillary’s faith, Trump’s conversion: Two questions journalists need to ask
(Stewart M. Hoover, Religion Dispatches)
The smartphone and the Virgin
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Human rights advocate criticizes persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)
Religious minorities under Islamic State eye prospects after ‘genocide’ declaration
(Religion Watch)
Faith on the Fourth
(Interfaith Voices)
Pastors favor patriotism for July Fourth services
(Carol Pipes, LifeWay)
The Ancient Roots of Liberty
(Jonathan Kaplan, Huffington Post)
Church attendance linked with reduced suicide risk, especially for Catholics, study says
(Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times)
The Religious Freedom Center and Wesley Theological Seminary partner for Fall courses
(Religious Freedom Center)
Trump supporter who urged Bernie Sanders to convert to Christianity backtracks
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Controversial special education school in orthodox enclave of Lakewood raided in probe
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, The Forward)
Doctors Without Borders denies institutional anti-Semitism
(Jason Cone, The Forward)
French parliament votes to criminalize denial of Armenian genocide
(Deutsche Welle)
Myanmar mob burns down mosque as Buddhist-Muslim tensions rise
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
LGBTQ+ refugees welcome at Cologne's Christopher Street Day
(Milan Gagnon, Deutsche Welle)
US trafficking report faulted for giving offenders political pass
(Matt Hadro, Crux Now)
Catholic immigrant advocates ask, ‘Where’s the horror?’
(Rhina Guidos, Crux Now)
British Jews voted 2-1 against Brexit: Poll
(Cnaan Liphshiz, The Forward)
Brexit Basics 2: update 2nd July
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)
Friday, 1 July 2016
Duo defy first day of Ticino headgear ban
(Stefania Summermatter, Swissinfo.ch)
Headscarves and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Two opposing opinions
(Erica Howard, EJIL:Talk!)
Justice Alito: 'Ominous sign' that Supreme Court rejection religious liberty case
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com)
New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
(International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran)
Religious pharmacy case inspires stinging dissent
(Barbara Leonard, Courthouse News Service)
SCOTUS rejects dlear dase of religious bias, anonymous speech case
(Carrie Severino, National Review Bench Memos)
How sharia courts brought down the Ottoman Empire (Modern lessons on poverty from Old Istanbul)
(Alison Jones on the work of Timur Kuran, Duke Today via Berkley Center)
Born on a Queens street, a battle over Falun Gong goes to court
(Corey Kilgannon, The New York Times)
Royal revolution as Sultan of Yogyakarta taps female heir
(AFP, MalayMail Online)
Report: Nativist politics embolden KKK leaders' hopes for growth
(Max Lewontin, The Christian Science Monitor)
Is religion good for you? Analysing three decades worth of academic research on the relationship between religion and well-belng
(Nick Spencer, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Australian Islamic College firebombing prompts call for WA religious vilification legislation
(Garrett Mundy, ABC News)
Mad and bad: a look back at Russia’s most notorious parliament
(Daria Litvinova, The Moscow Times)
Moscow would like Venice Commission to react to Rada appeal on Ukrainian Orthodox Church's autocephaly
(Interfax-Religion)
The Olympic Team with no flag. The first Refugee Olympic Team will arrive in Rio dreaming of gold — and the countries they were forced to leave behind.
(Andrew Green, Foreign Policy)
Russian Church welcomes shutdown of "Moscow church of scientology"
(Interfax-Religion)
5 Pakistani Christians released, 2 jailed for ‘blasphemy’ of calling pastor a ‘prophet’
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistani Christian who sought police help instead faces death for ‘blasphemy’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Join in the fireworks: the ones you watch or the ones around freedom
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Florida city council may halt opening prayers to stop Satanist’s invocation
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
PJ church nixes interfaith ‘buka puasa’ after police report lodged
(Ida Lim, Yahoo! News)
On the road with Cardinal Bo, a personal reflection
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Interfaith telematch in Penang
(Theresa Wan, Herald Malaysia Online)
Promoting interfaith tolerance during Ramadhan
(Nedi Putra, The Jakarta Post)
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