Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Former foes Israel, Egypt and Hamas join forces to stop a deadlier menace in region: Advancing ISIS militants
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Károly Nagy v Hungary referred to Grand Chamber
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
59 percent of millennials say Sunday is religiously insignificant; only 22 percent attend church, study finds
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Catholic Univ. suspends employee for debating LGBTQ issues with 'gender neutral' student
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Church Commissioners receive further awards
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Bangladesh war crimes court sentences 4 to death
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Police charge bishop was kidnapped, beaten by his own priests
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tens of thousands Shiite pilgrims converge on Baghdad shrine
(Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Islamic State breaches peshmerga defenses north of Mosul
(Reuters)
German Jews divided over fears of 1 million Muslim newcomers
(Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
2015 saw a decrease in religious freedom around the world, says Annual Report
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
ISIS locks girls in cages with human skulls for violating Shariah dress code
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Let's celebrate 'our' World Press Freedom Day, today
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Religious freedom abroad: A road map of deterioration
(Robert P. George, Berkley Center Religious Freedom Project: Cornerstone Blog)
Senator Reid appoints Sandra Jolley to USCIRF
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF calls for government to resettle 100,000 Syrian refugees
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Is a Christian Renaissance possible? “Yes,” says renowned marketer
(Religion Press Release, Religion News Service)
A laboratory for interfaith studies in Pennsylvania Dutch country
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Doctor, warned to be silent on abortions, files civil rights complaint
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
Long Beach police respond to lawsuit filed over removal of Muslim woman’s headscarf
(Josh Dulaney, Long Beach Press-Telegram)
15 Methodist leaders just came out together to protest church's LGBT policy
(Melissa Binder, The Oregonian)
Rein in religious police raids against transgender people
(Boris Dittrich, Human Rights Watch)
Will secular parties gain upper hand in Iraq?
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Women rule shadowy world of ultra-Orthodox cinema
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Muslim men held on blasphemy charge in Pakistan
(Al Jazeera)
Humanists push for a National Day of Reason
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Pelosi statement on Jewish American Heritage Month
(Press Release, Nancy Pelosi)
Presidential Proclamation -- Jewish American Heritage Month, 2016
(Press Release, The White House)
President declares May as Jewish American heritage month
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court allows challenges to NJ law on sale of headstones to proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit: Texas prisons' grooming and headwear policies violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rejects appeal over long hair in Alabama prisons
(Associated Press)
Cert. denied in challenge to Alabama prisoner grooming restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sarawak PKR chief seeks special council to aid religious reverts
(Sulok Tawie, Malay Mail Online)
The EU-Turkey agreement on refugees: Echo of a tragic past
(Greg Goalwin, Religion & Politics)
Should courts get to define religion?
(Michael O'Loughlin, The Atlantic)
Minister: Action in Sarawak NRD case should be benchmark for interfaith disputes
(Malay Mail Online)
Furthering freedom of religion and belief in Muslim-majority countries
(Khadija Moalla, Open Democracy)
Suffocating democracy: The suppression of NGOs in Egypt
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
LDS Church member appointed to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
Monday, 2 May 2016
Muslims sharply divided over Qur'an's influence on laws
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Anti-Semitic incidents drop by 26% in the Netherlands
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Forward)
USCIRF issues 2016 annual report on religious freedom abuses around the world
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
2016 Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Report: Religious freedom deteriorating around the world
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom under 'serious and sustained assault' around the world, US commission says
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
US religious-freedom report urges government to add 7 countries to worst-offenders list
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious freedom in India on 'negative trajectory': USCIRF
(Business Standard)
China wants to feed the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims
(Bethany Allen-Ebraihimian, Foreign Policy)
Temple Mount revival movement revels in crowd-funded Passover sacrifice — but at what cost?
(Elhanan Miller, Forward)
Baghdad in state of emergency as protesters storm Parliament near US embassy
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi'ite pilgrims
(Kareem Raheem, Reuters)
Evangelicals win Uni fight, Sydney Uni Union backs down
(Bible Society)
Update from the University of Sydney regarding faith declaration in the C&S program
(University of Sydney Union)
Iraq protesters leave Baghdad Green Zone on cleric’s order
(Falih Hassan, Omar Al-Jawoshy, and Tim Arango, The New York Times)
Unprecedented: Four Muslims arrested under Blasphemy Law for ‘desecrating’ a minority Sikh youth’s turban in Pakistan
(Sarfraz Ali, Daily Pakistan)
Martyrdom highlights state of religious freedom in China
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)
Kenya: Religious leaders demand deregistration of Atheists society
(Ramadhan Rajab, The Star)
Will France stop Muslim soccer players from praying?
(Dana Kennedy, The Daily Beast)
Adjusting hiring policy for religion teachers
(Jake Kislinsky, BlackburnNews.com)
Germany AfD conference: party adopts anti-Islam policy
(BBC News)
Far-right AfD says Islam not welcome in Germany
(Al Jazeera)
Somalia mosque collapses kills 15 in Mogadishu
(BBC News)
Plot to blow up Florida synagogue ends with man’s arrest
(Jay Weaver, Miami Herald)
LGBT rights protesters vow to keep fighting Mississippi law
(Jeff Amy, The Associated Press)
Wheaton group blasts college’s silence over Hastert confession
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
How Syrian women are gaining new confidence in Turkish refugee camp
(Brenda Stoter, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Refugees in Israel dream of freedom this Passover
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Islamic State isn’t the only one calling for a caliphate in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Nigeria property boom follows Boko Haram retreat
(Al Jazeera)
Why Trump’s rise does not spell the end for the Christian right
(John Fea, Religion News Service)
When are prison chaplains "state actors"?
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Commonwealth Court determines religious organization not under auspices of hotel tax
(Nicholas Malfitano, Penn Record)
Christian retreat center not subject to hotel room tax
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ban on female guards to be lifted in 9/11 case at Guantanamo
(Ben Fox, Associated Press)
GITMO judge defers lifting order accommodating Muslim detainees after remarks by top brass
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement by the President on the occasion of Orthodox Easter
(Press Release, The White House)
President sends greetings for Orthodox Christian Easter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis and the compassion of the Europeans
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Pope Francis’ vision of Europe
(Philippe Segretain, Member of the Council of Semaines Sociales de France, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
The harassment of Christian refugees in European asylum centres
(José Luis Bazán, COMECE, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)
Do you believe the Bible recommends spanking? Don't move to Norway, says BBC
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
Secular state must monitor mosques, says Kauder
(Deutsche Welle)
Chaldean Patriarchate says ISIS attack on iconic Clock Church meant 'to erase Iraq's Christian memory'
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Opinion: The state already plays a role in religion
(Felix Steiner, Deutsche Welle)
Muslim footballers on French Riviera risk suspension if they pray on the pitch
(David Chazan, The Telegraph)
A person can change religion, but not caste, rules India Supreme Court
(Only Kashmir)
Teenage boys arrested for Sikh temple bombing in Germany
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
From Shah Bano to Shayara Bano
(Gyanant Singh, The New Indian Express)
Look beyond ethnic, religion colouration to tackle herdsmen menace, JNI cautions Nigerians
(The Street Journal)
Vote on merit, not religion - CCG
(Ghana Web)
Which religious-liberty protections mean something? A question for Jonathan Merritt
(John Inazu, The Hedgehog Review (blog))
Religious liberty clinic files brief in U.S. Supreme Court on First Amendment case
(Helen Clarke Ebert, University of St. Thomas Newsroom)
Illinois school settles church-state case
(Alan Scher Zagier, Portland Press Herald)
Iranian Shia scholar calls for 'Mercy-oriented Interfaith 'Dialogue
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Malaysia: More time needed to solve interfaith custody issue
(Blake Chen, Free Malaysia Today)
Interfaith child custody tussle resolution requires time, needs Rulers’ input, PM says
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Hindu-Muslim couple legally married at last
(The Times of India)
Lawyer of Turkish journalists sentenced to prison ready to submit an appeal
(Sputnik)
UK's Labour suspends 2 more lawmakers in exanding anti-Semitism scandal
(JTA)
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