Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Boko Haram crisis: 'Huge rise' in child suicide bombers
(BBC News)
Puerto Rico church strips teachers of pension amid crisis
(Danica Coto, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
'The Holy Bible' makes Library Association's list of most 'challenged' books
(Laura Wagner, NPR)
Amid clinic closures, young doctors seek abortion training
(Jilian Mincer, Reuters)
Rights law deepens political rifts in North Carolina
(Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder, The New York Times)
Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
(David Brandt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How highly religious Americans’ lives are different from others
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Inside Saudi Arabia’s re-education prison for jihadists
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Thousands of Poles protest efforts to change abortion law
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Virgin Mary statue stirs up debate in secular Uruguay
(Leonardo Haberkorn, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Fireworks blast kills at least 100 at Hindu temple in India
(BBC News)
ABC anchor on Mississippi law: Equal treatment for everyone
(Jeff Amy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
The tensions threatening the future of religious freedom law
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Pastor allowed to sue Alabama for disbanding sex offenders' ministry
(Jessica Glenza, The Guardian)
Pope’s proclamation, like views of U.S. Catholics, indicates openness to nontraditional families
(Gregory A. Smith and David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Will Egyptian schools strip religion from curriculum?
(George Mikhail, trans. Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Relative calm at al-Aqsa compound 'is deceiving'
(Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera)
North Carolina governor tweaks transgender law after backlash
(Religion News Service)
Federal judge dismisses ACLU case against Trinity Health over abortion issue
(Lindsey Smith, Michigan Radio)
Challenge to Catholic hospitals' ethical directives dismissed on standing and ripeness grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Utah polygamy ban restored in loss for 'Sister Wives' family
(Associated Press)
10th Circuit dismisses as moot challenge to Utah polygamy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CAIR GA calls on anti-Islam group to cancel armed rally, engage in dialogue
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations Georgia)
Georgia Capitol police put out alert on gun-toting, anti-Islam rally
(James Salzer, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Provocative anti-Muslim rally planned for Atlanta
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rastafarian minister loses fight to solicit ballot signatures at revenue office
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan's schoolbooks deliver 'public shaming' to Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Islamists close Indonesian church weeks after it opened
(World Watch Monitor)
Religion must be key part of foreign policy, says Madeleine Albright
(Carol Zimmerman, Catholic Register)
'Blasphemy' court case suggests that religion is no longer the opiate of the masses for Putin and Russia
(Sean Smith, The Tablet)
Why are companies taking sides against religious liberty?
(William Ligon, The Wall Street Journal)
Saudi TV host: We must admit that terrorists “adhere to the religion of Islam”
(Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch)
Boko Haram using more children as 'suicide bombers': UN
(Al Jazeera)
UAE study suggests 'jihad propaganda' fuelled by politics, not religion
(Middle East Eye)
Army/Shiite Clash: I conducted mass burial for 347 corpses – DG Interfaith
(Isaiah Benjamin, Leadership Newspaper)
National Interfaith Council welcomes President Zuma’s apology
(Ntlantla kgatlhane, SABC)
Indonesian interfaith leaders commit to protect kids: Religious violence, discrimination seen as factors in inhibiting children's development
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)
Church official calls for an end to Indonesia's religious minority ban
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
Bryan Adams follows Springsteen canceling show over an anti-LGBT state law
(Religion News Service)
Tennessee bill denying service based on counselor religion goes to governor
(Suzannah Gonzales, Reuters)
‘Sister Wives’ clan loses battle over Utah polygamy law
(Religion News Service)
Hope and frustration mark anniversary of Chibok kidnappings
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis names new Vatican ambassador to US
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Highly religious people say they’re happier, too, survey finds
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
The politics of managing majority and minority religions in the Caucasus
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion: Religion Watch)
Saudi Reforms in the Muslim world meet resistance, facing schisms?
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion: Religion Watch)
The ‘French connection’ in rising Sunni Islamic militancy
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion: Religion Watch)
On/File: A continuing record of new movements, groups, people, and events impacting today’s religion
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion: Religion Watch)
How big a threat is Islamic State in Central Asia?
(John Heathershaw and David W. Montgomery, The Conversation)
Conscience (Pope Francis and Amoris Laetitia)
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Bishop of Oxford announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 11 April 2016
Army allows three Sikh enlistees to wear beards, turbans
(Rebecca Kheel, The Hill)
Local imam to be checked for involvement in explosion outside police station in Russia's Stavropol - source
(Interfax-Religion)
Laws should show ‘malice toward none, charity to all’
(Robin Fretwell WIslon, Hattiesburg American)
Together Christians and Muslims celebrate the Annunciation, and the beauty of diversity
(Herald Malaysia)
Why the EU-Turkey deal is controversial
(E.H., The Economist explains)
Pakistan's schoolbooks deliver 'public shaming' to Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Five years into ban, burqa divide widens in France
(Jake Cigainero, Deutsche Welle)
‘We won’t stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Church of Scientology
(Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post)
Khartoum keeps 5 Christian leaders under daily surveillance
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria: Northeast children robbed of education
(Human Rights Watch)
Why the Turkish government seized this Armenian church
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
New law & religion series from Brill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Norway’s dominant Lutheran Church approves gay marriage
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Religion and work: Don’t proselytise at work, a court rules
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pope Francis again blasts moral legalism by religious leaders
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
International Muslim group calls for Mideast peace conference
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
EU's ‘your terror is not my terror' fandango — OpEd
(Emin Ônen, Daily Sabah)
Russia: Eight facing criminal cases, five already under arrest
(Forum 18 News Service)
States, cities limit official travel to Mississippi over 'religious freedom' law
(Camila Domonoske, National Public Radio)
Why the onslaught of religious freedom laws?
(Ray Sanchez, CNN)
Obama Administration Changes “Freedom of Worship” to “Freedom of Religion” on Naturalization Tests
(Philip Kosloski, Aleteia)
Concert, charter call for Burma’s people to ‘determine own destiny’
(The Irrawaddy)
Interfaith activists sentenced to two more years in prison
(Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy)
"We have opened a door that we cannot shut" – church and mosque unite
(UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency)
Details of state legislation seeking religious protections
(Associated Press)
How French secularism became fundamentalist
(Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy)
The Islamic State’s scorched-earth strategy
(Peter Schwartzstein, Foreign Policy)
Sweden can’t send Christian convert back to Iran
(Loredana Vuoto, Catholic News Agency)
Don’t proselytise at work, a court rules
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Indians decry Hindu leader's temple rape comment
(Saif Khalid, Al Jazeera)
Ansar al-Islam claims Bangladesh student's killing
(Al Jazeera)
A pastor from Donetsk tortured by militants gave evidence in International Court of Justice
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Putin misrepresents Crimean Tatars as Islamic terrorists for Europeans, according to the expert
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Khartoum keeps 5 Christian leaders under daily surveillance
(World Watch Monitor)
Dare I speak? Defending freedoms in Bangladesh
(ForB in Full (blog))
Episcopal Church commended for respecting differences on marriage
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)
On evangelicals: 'We don’t plant bombs at abortion clinics, and we’re not all like your racist grandma'
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
See how Americans’ belief in god has changed over 70 years
(David Johnson, Time)
Episcopal leader cleans house, while reporters ignore that whole 'bugging' thing
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
There’s a place in India where religions coexist beautifully and gender equality is unmatched
(Chandran Nair, The World Post)
Freedom from Religion Foundation: Will journalists investigate what they do?
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
For reporters’ datebook: A busy nine weeks on LGBT issues for U.S. Protestants
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion (blog))
Stealing magnolias: Journalists join pro-gay groups against Mississippi's religious liberty law
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
The crux of the religion-news business in the age of the World Wide Web
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
3 reasons why religious liberty laws don’t discriminate
(Andrew T. Walker, The Gospel Coalition)
Remarks by The First Lady at annual Nowruz celebration
(Press Release, The White House)
White House hosts Nowruz celebration
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
British Christian suspended for giving religious book to Muslim loses appeal
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
British Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds warning to proselytizing supervisor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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