Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 May 2016
Supreme Court denies review in two cases of interest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court sends 2 more contraceptive mandate cases back to circuit courts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Europe became a part of the Islamic world long ago, renowned political expert believes
(Interfax)
LGBT pride parade not held in Chisinau, its participates evacuated for security reasons
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkey threatens to suspend agreements with EU
(Suzan Fraser and Geir Moulson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Interview: Europe became a part of the Islamic world long ago
(Evgeny Satanovsky interviewed by Yelena Verevkina, Interfax-Religion)
Tunisian Islamist party to separate religious, politics work
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Finding God after losing homes: More Muslim refugees from Mideast wanting to embrace Jesus Christ in Germany
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
Christian priest among 3 held for 'forcible' conversion of Hindu men
(The New Indian Express)
US House protects shechita and brit as religious freedoms
(Shoshana Miskin, Arutz Sheva)
Kansas Christian school implements controversial anti-LGBT school policy, rejects students promoting or practicing LGBT lifestyle
(Arvin Matthew, Parent Herald)
Left lines up behind 'Do No Harm Act' that would alter religious liberty law
(Gregory Tomlin, Christian Examiner)
Donald Trump moves to win over wavering evangelical Christians
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis holds talks with Sunni Islam leader in breakthrough Vatican meeting
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Brooklyn’s Catholic bishop decries ‘racism and xenophobia’
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Why United Methodists’ chaos on sexuality issues will continue (COMMENTARY)
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Ecclesiastical exemption: where things stand in the four jurisdictions
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
'No Muslims allowed': how nationalism is rising in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)
Channel 4 Muslims documentary cleared after Islamophobia risk claims
(John Plunkett, The Guardian)
Joint Statement: Between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(The White House)
WHS: UN humanitarian summit to 'shape a different future,' Ban tells thousands at opening ceremony
(UN News Centre)
Opinion: UN Humanitarian Summit seeks a new agenda
(Bruce Aylward, Deutsche Welle)
The U.N.’s World Humanitarian Summit is a total mess
(John Norris, Foreign Policy)
Can heaven help the UN World Humanitarian Summit?
(Astrid Prange De Oliveira, Deutsche Welle)
Pope meets top Egyptian cleric, ending five-year freeze in relations
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)
Pope meets Cairo’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Top Muslim cleric and Pope embrace in historic Vatican meeting
(Middle East Eye)
Historic meeting between Pope Francis and Egyptian Grand Imam held today
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Tunisia's Ennahda holds congress on separation of religion and politics
(Middle East Eye)
Ghannouchi re-elected as leader of Tunisia's Ennahda party
(Middle East Eye)
Ennahda leader Ghannouchi: 'We are Muslim democrats, not Islamists'
(Middle East Eye)
That getting religion thing: 'Religion and the Media' group launched in British parliament
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
A rundown of AfD Islam beliefs ahead of Muslim meeting
(Diana Hodali and Andreas Gorzewski, Deutsche Welle)
Clerics barred from politics in Gulf state
(Michael Binyon, The Times)
After migrants, German nationalist party takes aim at Islam
(Frank Jordans, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Church of Scotland votes to allow gay clergy marriages
(BBC News)
Islamic State's lasting grip is a new hurdle for Europe, US
(Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Scores dead in IS attacks on Syrian government's coastal stronghold
(Middle East Eye)
African Methodists worry about the church that brought them Christianity
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Afghan Taliban meet on succession as Obama confirms leader's death
(James Mackenzie and Matt Spetalnick, Reuters)
Police in Las Vegas forge close ties to the city’s Muslim community
(John M. Glionna, The Washington Post)
Kristina Arriaga, freedom fighter: appointee to USCIRF
(National Review)
UMC withdraws from interfaith pro-abortion rights group
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
How Kosovo was turned into fertile ground for ISIS
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
‘Can Christians be butchers?’ Tanzania’s Islamist tensions continue
(World Watch Monitor)
5 facts about how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Samantha Smith and Carroll Doherty, Pew Research Center)
Opening Remarks by Minister Soini at the Seminar on Religious Freedom
(Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland)
Decapitated churches in China's Christian heartland
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Tunisia’s Ghannouchi and separating religion from politics
(Al Arabiya)
Bahrain Shura Council bans mixing of religion with politics
(Gulf News)
Interfaith Iftars aim to bring communities together this Ramadan
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffpost Religion)
Archbishop Justin Welby tells Christians not to speak about their faith unless asked
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Jamil Khir insists unilateral conversion constitutional
(Malay Mail Online)
Oklahoma lawmakers Introduce Religious Rights ‘Bathroom Law’ Bill
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal)
Federal election 2016: Greens make religious liberty an issue
(The Australian)
Mansoor death deals blow to Afghan peace prospects: Experts
(Andalou Agency (English))
NATO: Mansoor led Taliban attacks, blocked peace talks
(Andalou Agency (English))
Why trans rights nationwide are only a matter of time
(Genny Beemyn, The Conversation)
Indian state elections give Modi a boost – but the country is fracturing
(Anderson Jeremiah, The Conversation)
Rape, murder, forced marriage: what girls in conflict zones get instead of education
(Pauline Rose, The Conversation)
In defense of Denmark: With right-wing parties on the rise in Sweden and Germany, the restrictive immigration policies of cold-hearted Copenhagen are beginning to look awfully sensible
(James Kirchick, Foreign Policy)
Hiking the ‘rat tracks,’ hunting for al-Shabab. Meet the khat-chewing, rifle-toting volunteer army that forms Kenya’s first line of defense against the Somali terrorist group
(Will Swanson and Ariel Zirulnick, Foreign Policy)
DPR fighters open civil registry office in a seized Mormon prayer house
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
“Every new political protégé promotes interests of certain oligarchs, which destroys the state,” - Head of the UGCC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Tajikistan votes to allow president to rule indefinitely
(The Guardian)
Tajiks vote in referendum on banning religious parties
(BBC)
Tajikistan voters approve changes to extend president's rule, ban religious parties
(Deutsche Welle)
Tajikistan voters ban religious political parties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas city sells land surrounding cross monument to church after atheist activists demand removal
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
City sells religious monument in park to church to counter complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sexual assault debates: Journalists weigh in on 'licked cupcakes' at Brigham Young
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Law and religion round-up – 22nd May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why Nigeria was quick to trumpet the Chibok rescue
(Tomi Oladipo, BBC News)
EVENT, 20-22 May 2016: The First Things Intellectual Retreat in Los Angeles (UCLA Law School)
(First Things)
Saturday, 21 May 2016
Philippine peace process may center on federalism plan
(Hader Glang, AA (English))
Rescued Nigerian schoolgirl not one of the Chibok missing, activist says
(Stephanie Busari, CNN)
Oklahoma governor vetoes bill that would make it a felony to perform abortions
(Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
Oklahoma governor vetoes abortion ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 21 May 2016: Inform Spring Seminar – New Religious Radicalisms
(Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, Information Network on Religious Movements)
“Exemptions” in discrimination laws applying to churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Budapest Religious Freedom & Security Conference
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Same-sex marriage and the Church of Scotland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bellringing, inappropriate behaviour and judicial review: TH v Worcester Cathedral
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 20 May 2016
From Eagle Scouts to prom queens, a different view of American Muslims
(Engy Abdelkader, Hürriyet Daily News)
Islam and Christianity share 'idea of conquest', says Pope Francis
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Pope to meet Cairo’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
The first 50 lashes: a Saudi activist's wife endures her husband’s brutal sentence
(Ensaf Haidar, The Guardian)
Why a British priest shouldn’t explain what Jews think
(Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz [paywall])
Why saffron terror is not a myth
(Ashok Swain, Scroll.in)
The UN and gay rights: At the UN, new global fault-lines over moral matters are emerging
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
8 things you had no idea Muslims invented
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
President Obama just acknowledged this Buddhist holiday for the first time
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Greece: Refugee “hotspots” unsafe, unsanitary
(Human Rights Watch)
Priest seized by extremists in Yemen 'is safe' says Indian government
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tunisia's Ennahda distances itself from political Islam
(Al Jazeera)
'I hope there are still Samaritans in the future'
(Matthew Vickery, Al Jazeera)
Egypt Parliament to discuss easing restrictions on church-building
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan police deny Christian-Muslim tension after blasphemy allegation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Second Chibok girl rescued, says Nigerian army
(World Watch Monitor)
Another Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram is found, Nigeria says
(Chris Stein and Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
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