Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Call for interfaith dialogue to end violence
(Prothom Alo)
Cheerleaders for Christ: The women of Kountze, Texas, have been fighting for four years to put Bible verses on their banners. Their case is a look at what's ahead for religious-liberty conflicts in America.
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Weekday think piece: Deseret News on why religion news is getting more important
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
EVENT, 6 April 2016: Religious Liberty Around the World: Where Do We Stand as of Spring 2016, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.
(Family Research Council)
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Sharia villages: Bosnia's Islamic State problem
(Walter Mayr, Spiegel Online)
Transgender at ‘beauty pageant’ to be charged with encouraging vice, group says
(Boo Su-Lyn, MalayMail Online)
America is experiencing a revolution in religious-freedom law
(Garrett Epps, The Atlantic)
Outrage as Muslim pupils exempt from shaking female teachers' hands in Swiss district
(Agence France-Presse)
Handshake exception for Muslim students sparks debate in Switzerland
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
DC library officer who demanded hijab removal back at work
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
A majority of people in Scotland have no religion
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: No amnesty for prisoner of conscience, no reparations despite UN instruction
(Forum 18)
Mississippi governor signs law allowing service denial to gay couples
(CBS News)
ACLU of MS responds to governor signing anti-LGBT discrimination into law
(Press Release, ACLU of Mississippi)
Mississippi governor signs "freedom of conscience" bill protecting anti-LGBT practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brazilian court trains clergy as mediators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Army allows Sikh officer to serve with his beard and turban
(Beatrice Credi, West)
Army grants Sikh soldier accommodation after his preliminary court ictory
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Destruction, razed monastery left behind by IS in Syria town
(Albert Aji, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Air France allows crew to avoid Tehran route after headscarf row
(Cyril Altmeyer and Victoria Bryan, Reuters)
Diverse group of religion communicators gathered to build bridges, find avenues and discover intersections
(Religion Communicators Council)
Is this N.J. town's seal too religious? An atheist group thinks so
(Andy Polhamus, NJ.com)
Archbishop of Canterbury honours British rabbi for interfaith work
(Jewish News)
Missouri senate moves to hold Planned Parenthood president in contempt
(Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, The Guardian)
Groups rally to call for veto of religious objections bill
(Nassim Benchaabane, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Tennessee lawmakers vote for Bible as state's official book
(Erik Schelzig, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Big business vs. religious liberty
(Gene Veith, Patheos Blog: Cranach - Christianity, Culture, Vocation)
Avenging blasphemy in Pakistan
(Tufail Ahmad, MercatorNet)
More on Mississippi religious liberty bill: Some views are more equal than others
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
Monday, 4 April 2016
Canada and counter-radicalisation: From therapists to imams to cops, Canada seeks many antidotes to terrorism
(M.D. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Knight Foundation, Newseum Institute release campus free expression survey results
(Newseum)
Building a discussion around the Memorial Church
(Jennifer Doody, Harvard Gazette)
Czechs to return Iraqi Christians who tried to move to Germany, interior minister says
(Robert Muller, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Religious school held exempt from disrcimination laws
(Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal)
F.G. v Sweden: fine-tuning the risk assessment in asylum claims
(Salvo Nicolosi, Strasbourg Observers)
Obamacare and religious liberty:Flummoxed justices plead for a contraception compromise
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
Belgium’s dilemmas over Islam are common to Europe
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Uganda prelate clamps down on charismatic movement
(Crux)
They were freed from Boko Haram’s rape camps. But their nightmare isn’t over.
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)
Indian women barred from temple despite court order vow to keep fighting
(Rina Chandran, Reuters)
Why Indian women weren't allowed to pray in a Hindu temple
(Lucy Schouten, The Christian Science Monitor)
Air France faces staff mutiny in headscarf row
(Kim Willsher, The Guardian)
Thousands attend rally in Warsaw against proposed abortion ban
(Wiktor Szary, Reuters)
Syrian Alawites distance themselves from Assad
(Caroline Wyatt, BBC News)
Mississippi lawmakers approve religion bill amid gay-rights protests
(Letitia Stein, Reuters)
Religious groups in Israel keep to themselves when it comes to marriages and friendships
(Caryle Murphy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Law and religion round-up – 3rd April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Insulting religion and legal consequences
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Wolcott replaces Glendon on USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New USCIRF Commissioner appointed
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Egyptian Copt cleared of Facebook 'blasphemy'
(World Watch Monitor)
Brazilian judge trains clergy to mediate domestic disputes
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)
Brazil’s bishops speak out on political crisis
(Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service)
Kenyans mourn 147 victims on anniversary of Garissa attack
(World Watch Monitor)
Ancient Zoroastrian faith gets new temple in New York region
(USA Today Network, Religion News Service)
Polish abortion rights backers protest government push to ban abortion
(Religion News Service)
Faith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Lutheran World Federation urges Colombian warring parties to seize peace talks' chance
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Will Saudi block Iranians from hajj this year?
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Deported refugees arrive in Turkey as part of EU deal
(Al Jazeera)
Turkish leader Erdogan says Islamophobia on rise in US
(Al Jazeera)
Women activists blocked from entering temple in India
(Al Jazeera)
Qualified immunity for commissioners asking religious questions to constable candidate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Business owner unsuccessful in suing churches that opposed new strip club
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Refusal to enter requested surname on birth certificate did not violate Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Flathead judge rules religious school students eligible for state scholarships
(Holly Michels, The Missoulian)
Montana court issues preliminary injunction to allow parochial school participation in tax credits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Miss. governor weighs bill allowing denial of services to same-sex couples
(CBS/AP)
Mississippi legislature sends governor broad "freedom of conscience" bill
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Duel: Should the Church of England be disestablished?
(Linda Woodhead, Lucy Winkett, Prospect)
Islam... Religion of mercy, peace - German Interior Min.
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
El-Rufai’s religious bill an attempt to clip the mouth of religious leaders against people in power – Sani
(Information Nigeria)
School forced to ban yoga after parents complain
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Terrorists follow no religion: Kaaba Imam
(Sheezan Nezami, The Times of India)
Bharat Mata Ki Jai has nothing to do with religion, Fadnavis
(Deccan Chronicle)
Terror has no religion: Farooq
(Outlook India)
Shani Shingnapur row: Let society peers and religious seers decide matters of religion, says Shiv Sena
(Firstpost)
More than half of people living in Scotland have no religion
(Karin Goodwin, The National)
Saudi Arabia visit: Need to delink religion from terrorism, says PM Narendra Modi
(The Economic Times)
Turkish ‘Ministry of Religion’ promotes martyrdom to children in colorful comic strips
(RT)
Atheists deserve a place in interfaith dialogue
(Chang-Yau Hoon, The Straits Times)
Church leaders call for army crackdown on Pakistan militants
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)
In the battle against Islamophobia, we must stand with interfaith partners
(Maha Elgenaidi, Patheos Blog: altmuslim)
In Ivory Coast, Adventists host peace conference after terrorist attack
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)
Mississippi Legislature puts governor on the spot with religious freedom bill
(Greg Botelho and Kevin Conlon, CNN)
Martin King Luther, Jr.: A theologian with a passion for reconciliation
(Noel Leo Erskine, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
To vilify, or not to vilify
(Jason Azzopardi, Times of Malta)
Senate battle erupts over charges Israel violates human rights
(Josh Nathan-Kazis and Larry Cohler-Esses, Forward)
Terror, disgust should not prompt quick limits on freedoms
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Georgia religious liberty follow-up: News media pros finally quote religious people
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
Chaos outside of Turkish President Erdogan’s Washington speech
(Yochi Dreazen, Paul McLearly, and David Francis, Foreign Policy)
Georgia religious-liberty fight reveals Christian Right’s weakened influence
(Elaina Plott, National Review)
Reflections on religion and the Civil Rights Movement
(Carolyn Dupont, OUPblog Religion)
How long can distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism survive?
(Jane Eisner, Forward)
USCIRF welcomes genocide determination; urges focus as well on al-Assad regime
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Crimea: Religious freedom abuses must stop
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 4 April 2016: Colloquium in Law and Religion, St. John's Law School, Queens, NY. Justice Samuel Alito presenting
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Sunday, 3 April 2016
A stunning (and haunted) work of public art in honor of Cairo's famous garbage collectors
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Saturday, 2 April 2016
Chinese politics: Beware the cult of Xi
(The Economist)
European social democracy: Rose thou art sick
(The Economist)
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