Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 22 April 2016
The Muslim mayoral candidate canvassing for Jewish votes in London
(Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz)
New book shines light on the pornography industry's unchecked power
(Chandra Johnson, Deseret News National Edition: Media)
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Islam, interment and Greece: Burying drowned migrants is part of a broader Greek problem
(M.TZ. and ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
‘Time 100’ ranking includes a few religious mentions
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Vatican unexpectedly suspends independent financial audit
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Catholic social teaching expert issues challenge to American Catholics in new book
(Religion Press Release, Religion News Service)
High court to consider discrimination against church playgrounds
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Why we are asking the Supreme Court to hear our case (Stormans v Wiesman: Pharmacists' Supreme Court Petition)
(Greg Stormans, National Review)
Parties file supplemental reply briefs with Supreme Court in Zubik case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
More Supreme Court briefs filed in the Little Sisters of the Poor case
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Zubik v. Burwell (Little Sisters of the Poor case) - Petitioners' supplemental reply brief
Zubik v. Burwell (Little Sisters of the Poor case) - Respondents' supplemental reply brief
(Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice)
Religious non-profits say 'yes' to Supreme Court's contraception order
(Anne-Gerard Flynn, Mass Live)
Why religious non-profits can’t admit giving ground on contraception mandate
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Still a gap on Court’s birth-control idea
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Religious circumcision and parental consent: L & B
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The legalism spiral in religion
(David Gushee, RNS Blog: Christians, Conflict & Change)
Attacks on the new NUS president show the limit of free expression for Muslims
(Iman Amrani, The Guardian)
Israel says Hamas suicide bomber attacked Jerusalem bus
(Shatha Yaish, Agence France-Presse)
Female suicide bombers kill eight at refugee camp in northeast Nigeria
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)
First non-Muslim lashed for breaking Sharia law in Indonesian province
(Patrick Winn, USA Today)
China asks Indonesia to extradite Uighur prisoners
(Niniek Karmini, The Washington Post)
High culture confronts anti-Islam movement in battle for Dresden’s reputation
(Zeke Turner, The Wall Street Journal)
Cameroon: US vows to back anti-Boko Haram fight while bishops call for talks
(Deutsche Welle)
Boko Haram and ISIS are collaborating more, U.S. military says
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)
As Kabul death toll rises, fears also boosted of more powerful Taliban bombs
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)
Virginia legislature approves plan to buy execution drugs from secret pharmacies
(Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post)
House fails to override Haslam's Bible bill veto
(Joel Ebert, The Tennessean)
Report about the imprisonment of two members of a minority religion (Mihail Calestru and Oleg Savenkov)
(Willy Fautré & Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Tamil Nadu's first Dalit-centric channel: For Dalits, but not yet by Dalits
(Kavita Kishore, Scroll.in)
Statement on settlement reached with Teutopolis School District on use of buses/school officials to facilitate religious classes
(Press Release, ACLU of Illinois)
School district will end bus scheduling around before-school religion classes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lay minister sues Georgia health department for employment discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Public conversions at Zakir Naik’s talks inappropriate, Muslim missionary says
(Ida Lim, MalayMail Online)
UK Parliament votes that Islamic State commits ‘genocide’
(World Watch Monitor)
EU court rules migrants need work to bring in family
(Alastair Macdonald, Reuters)
Don't let terrorists demolish Middle East Christian-Muslim co-existence, Vatican envoy pleads
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Tennessee House fails to override governor’s Bible bill veto
(Joel Ebert, Religion News Service)
Cecile Richards gets a standing ovation at Georgetown amid protests
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Marrakesh: Rites of passage
(Asma Uddin, Newsweek)
Exclusive: Women, young more open on transgender issue in U.S. - Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)
Thailand's rebel Buddhist nun
(Laura Secorun Palet, OZY)
EVENT, 21 April 2016: Bearing Witness to Genocide: The Plight of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iraq
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 21-22 April 2016: International Conference — The Jehovah’s Witnesses in scholarly perspective: What is new in the scientific study of the movement?
(Observatoire Européen des Religions et de la Laïcité)
Child brides sometimes tolerated in Nordic asylum centers despite bans
(Alister Doyle, Reuters)
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
"Is the Pope Catholic?" suddenly a serious question
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Americans agree: Obama administration unfair to Little Sisters of the Poor
(Catholic News Agency)
Can the Islamic State be defeated? – Analysis
(Dr. Sanu Kainikara, Eurasia Review)
New poll finds Americans side with the Little Sisters
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
The Right to Religious Freedom (Video)
(Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Thoughts on railways, clergy, religion and the law
(Michael Ainsworth, guest post, Law & Religion UK)
'Hijab Day' at Paris university divides opinion
(Fran Blandy, Laetitia Beraud, Fox News World)
Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How to fight extremism? Unite for religious liberty, rabbi says
(Catholic News Agency)
Abducted Nigerian girls have not been abandoned, U.S. says
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)
Analysis: Now it’s official: Pakistan’s blasphemy law is ‘manmade’ - and promotes ‘religious vigilantism’
(Naeem Shakir, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
International conference on interfaith dialogue commences at SGGS World University
(Sikh Siyasat News)
Afghan Taliban kill at least 28 in major attack in central Kabul
(Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)
Faith leaders decry plan to shield execution drug suppliers
(Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Arabic-speaking student says he was victim of Islamophobia
(John Rogers and Haven Dailey, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel arrests six members of 'Jewish terror cell'
(BBC News)
Polish church apologizes after Mass held for far-right group
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Latvia wants to ban face veils, for all 3 women who wear them
(Richard Martyn-Hemphill, The New York Times)
Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents
(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, editing by Larry King, Reuters)
Most U.S. Catholics rely heavily on their own conscience for moral guidance
(Claire Gecewicz, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
How new marriage license laws affect couples
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
What different styles of head coverings say about Israeli Jewish men
(Michael Lipka and Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Ultra-Orthodox Jew convicted over Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbings
(Agence France-Presse)
With record $15 million gift, Catholic University renames business school
(Nick Anderson, The Washington Post)
Muslims want to review deal preventing illegal surveillance
(Larry Neumeister, ABC News)
Canadian Catholic group speaks out against proposed assisted suicide bill
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
9 in 10 Americans pray for this one thing
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Court overturns Virginia school's transgender bathroom rule
(Larry O'Dell, Associated Press: The Big Story)
4th Circuit: Title IX requires school rest room access on basis of gender identity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward
(Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post)
Bishops: from announcement to installation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The pope in Lesbos: What conservatives get wrong about the liberalism of Pope Francis
(J.H. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Turkey: Open border to displaced Syrians shelled by government
(Human Rights Watch)
Whole Foods: Cake with alleged gay slur is fake
(USA Today Network, Religion News Service)
Pentecostal revival sweeps parts of West Coast
(Julia Duin, Religion News Service)
Ex-Vatican PR consultant loves Trump even if Pope Francis doesn’t
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Sheriff says jail staff treated Muslim woman with respect in head-scarf removal
(John S. Hausman, MLive)
Suit on wearing hijab during traffic offense booking settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents sue Douglas Co. Board of Educ. for limiting families’ options under new school choice program
(Press Release, Institute for Justice)
Opinion: Veiling women: Islamists' most powerful weapon
(Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute)
Suit challenges school voucher program that excludes religious schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: Challenge to Kansas school science standards dismissed on standing grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mississippi governor signs law allowing armed church security
(Letitia Stein, Reuters)
Mississippi governor signs Church Protection Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 20 April 2016: Blasphemy Laws as a Challenge to Religious Freedom
(Jennifer Bryson, Ayesha Iftikhar, Farahnaz Ispahani, Mohamed Magid, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Behind the Syrian violence – the peaceful town of Al Qaryatayn
(Emma Loosley, The Conversation)
EVENT, 20 April 2016: Religious leader Jonathan Sacks to speak at Cornell
(Ayla Cline, Cornell Chronicle)
Utah becomes first state to declare pornography a public health crisis
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News National Edition: Wellness)
Without LGBT rights, religious freedom fails
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are incompatible with human rights
(Harrison Worrell, The Student Newspaper)
Meth case spotlights mounting monk crime
(Ben Sokhean and Alex Willemyns, The Cambodia Daily)
Pakistan court grants bail to chief suspect in oven killings of Christian couple
(World Watch Monitor)
Gaza's schoolyard exorcisms
(Mohammed Othman, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Islamic world accept Turkey’s leadership?
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
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