Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 30 June 2016
ACLU targets grants for pro-life groups that aid migrants
(Catholic News Agency)
German court rules against headscarf curbs for law students
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Can Moscow Oblast save Moscow City from Muslims praying in the streets this year?
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
In Israel, followers of different religions help each other keep the faith
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Hindu group criticizes damage to ancient Otomi temple in Mexico
(Eurasia Review)
Belarus: State ends priest's 25-year parish ministry
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Nablus' ancient mosques tell story of religions throughout history
(Aziza Nofal trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Why Hamas resumed ties with Iran
(Hazem Balousha trans. Kamal Fayad, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraqi army radio takes aim at IS
(Mohammed A. Salih, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Will Popular Mobilization Units participate in battle for Mosul?
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Six Salafism adherents detained in Kazakhstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious freedom bill creeps forward in Congress
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Rare victory for Christian group to use Cleveland school facilities
(Christine Emerson, Santa Monica Observed)
These Muslims are praying in a basement while fighting to get their mosque built
(Talal Ansari, Buzzfeed)
Anti-Muslim hate crimes spike in Britain
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Twitter is fuming over a school letter demeaning Muslims
(The Daily Vox)
Why we forget Muslim terror victims
(Haroon Moghul, CNN)
Turkey and the Islamic State appear to be headed toward outright war
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
Muslim recruit’s death sparks a broad Marine investigation
(Paul Sonne and Gordon Lubold, The Wall Street Journal)
Conservative Christians grapple with whether 'religious freedom' includes Muslims
(Sarah McCammon, NPR)
Taliban suicide bombers kill 27 in attack on Afghan police cadets
(Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
At least 15 killed in suicide bomb attacks in north Cameroon
(Edwin Kindzeka Moki, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Boko Haram suicide bomber kills 11 at mosque in Cameroon
(Anne Mireille Nzouankeu and Josiane Kouagheu, Reuters)
Palestinian assailant stabs 2 in Netanya, shot dead by civilian
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russia's proposed law: No evangelizing outside of church
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
The FAQs: Supreme Court rules on Texas abortion case
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
High Court backs three local authorities over anti-Israel policies
(Jewish Chronicle)
British court rejects challenge to local anti-Israel BDS resolutions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Intolerance of Intolerance: The Outrageous Accusation that TWU’s School of Law is related to the Orlando Massacre
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Criticism of religious scholarship is not religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkey and the Islamic State appear to be headed toward outright war
(Aron Heller, The Washington Post)
Japan's top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country's Muslims
(Matt Payton, Independent)
Let my people swim: Hasidic demand for women’s-only pool hours threatens coexistence in Williamsburg
(Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz)
Ramadan festivals become flashpoint of secular, religious strife among Israeli Arabs
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)
Pakistan team to probe reported China fasting ban
(Obaid Abbasi, Express Tribune)
IS repels advance by US-backed Syria rebels near Iraq border
(Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Istanbul airport attackers seized on chaos to cause carnage
(Dominique Soguel and Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on Church of Scientology Moscow
(RAPSI: Russia Legal Information Agency)
Vatican hits back at Turkey for calling Pope Francis a ‘crusader’
(Philip Pullella and Margarita Antidze, Reuters)
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reiterates stance on not using term ‘Rohingya’ – official
(Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters)
California bill would limit colleges’ religious exemptions
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
‘Defusing Hate’: Holocaust museum publishes a handbook
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Christianity has 'grown in the shadows' inside Cuba
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News)
Hijab, CAN and religious tolerance
(Dauda Ayanda, Daily Trust)
Diocese rallies for religious freedom
(The Long Island Catholic)
Russia: Eleven new "extremism" criminal trials?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Sikh veteran Jauhal, who battled Legion over turban rights, dies
(Tu Thanh Ha, The Globe and Mail)
Justices’ orders underscore ruling against abortion limits
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Supreme Court denies review in two abortion cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Here we go again: California, courts, abortion, Catholics, colleges, covenants, religious liberty
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
India's Supreme Court may consider constitutionality of Muslim divorce practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brazilian Jews donate 70,000 winter coats for charity
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Berlin government to ban Hezbollah flags from anti-Israel march
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French high court reaffirms prison sentence for Holocaust-denying professor
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Istanbul attack aims to counter narrative that ISIS is 'losing'
(Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Israel and Turkey have reconciled, now what?
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Lebanon detains 103 Syrians in wake of suicide attacks
(Arab News)
Lebanese Christian village hit with eight suicide attacks in one day
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
ISIS mounts International terror as its fortunes fall in Syria and Iraq
(Zeina Karam, Haaretz)
London imam sues BBC for libel after being called an 'extremist'
(Jan Colley, The Independent)
Eleven religious radicals arrested over case of terror attack preparation in Kazakhstan, 1 dies during arrest
(Interfax-Religion)
Atheists attack America's most religious state in anti-God billboard
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Peace activists protest over military conference at C of E headquarters
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Incidents of anti-Muslim abuse up by 326% in 2015, says Tell MAMA
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
What U.S. Christian denominations teach about homosexuality
(Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Religion Dispatches)
Can you be religious without knowing it?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
US Episcopal Church leadership calls for repeal of North Carolina transgender law
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pakistan: Two Christians, one Muslim sentenced to death for blasphemy
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
How some abortion opponents get ‘pro-life’ radically right
(Marcia Pally, Religion News Service)
Ancient temple of Mexican Otomi Indians damaged
(Mark Stevenson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Gay marriage in spotlight in Australia election
(BBC News)
Germany girds for potential spike in Islamic State attacks in Europe
(Reuters)
Istanbul terror attack: 41 killed; airport resumes flights amid blood, shattered glass
(Gul Tuysuz, Holly Yan, and Joshua Berlinger, CNN)
Welcome to the Orthodox prayer group where women lead — and men sit behind Mechitza
(Sam Kestenbaum and Nikki Casey, Jewish Daily Forward)
Abortion access still strained even after landmark US Supreme Court ruling
(Molly Redden, The Guardian)
EVENT, 29 June 2016: House of Lords launch of HRWF's World Annual Report 2015: Religion or Belief Minorities under State Oppression
(Lord Alton of Liverpool, Prof Eileen Barker, Willy Fautre, Mark Barwick, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
A multifaith crowd packs soap and toothpaste for Syrian refugees
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Perth mosque attack: Car firebombed, anti-Islam graffiti sprayed in 'act of hate'
(David Weber and Nikki Roberts, ABC Online)
'Act of hate': Australian mosque attacked as children prayed
(Ben Westcott, CNN)
Firefighters battle blaze after car set alight outside Perth mosque
(The Guardian)
Prisoners’ religious rights: Wojciechowski v Poland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistani activists demand action to prevent torture
(UCAN)
Pakistan: Official funding of ‘Jihad University’ questioned
(UCAN)
Discrimination inspires Myanmar Muslims to keep the faith
(May Wong, Channel NewsAsia)
Philippines president set to take on Church over birth control
(Crux)
Why Egyptian women aren’t enjoying this year’s Ramadan TV series
(Reham Mokbel trans. Mike Nahum, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Thomas Aquinas College outlines threats posed by Calif. bill
(Adam Cassandra, The Cardinal Newman Society)
US Muslims walk to raise money for displaced Syrians
(Sameen Tahir Khan, Arab News)
What Bahrain’s opposition crackdown means for country’s Brotherhood
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Will reviving old parliament bring Egypt-Sudan relations back to life?
(Walaa Hussein trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Methodists nominate 3 openly gay candidates for bishop
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
British university to pay Jewish student over anti-Semitic harassment
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
London’s Muslim mayor calls for rooting out anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arab Atheists decry Facebook censorship on posts critical of Islam
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
University hit with lawsuit after ordering campus religious group to get permit
(Michelle Leibowitz, Fox News)
Air Force investigating religious liberty claim
(David Roach, Baptist Press)
Supreme Court rejects pharmacists' religious rights appeal
(Rachel La Corte, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Supreme Court declines to hear religious liberty case
(Bill Mears, Fox News)
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to rule that pharmacies dispense emergency contraception
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
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