Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Shakespeare’s missing skull – the mystery deepens
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Poland refuses to accept refugees after Brussels attack
(Al Jazeera)
EVENT, 24 March 2016: "The Nature and Basis of Religious Freedom", Robert P. George
(Distinguished Lecture in Civic Virtue, The Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University)
Christian women face double vulnerability due to gender and religion
(Julia Bicknell, World Watch Monitor)
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
How Mitt Romney and the Mormons saved the "Never Trump" Movement
(Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker)
Priest’s murder in Congo shows the need for a new concept of martyrdom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Sleepy Hollow's apocalypse
(Steve Wiggins, OUPblog Religion)
Archbishop Charles Chaput speaks at BYU Forum
(Emily Hellewell, BYU News)
Religious Freedom Is Good For Business, Part 1, China & India
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Advocacy urged to increase refugee resettlement to Europe
(World Council of Churches)
Church of Pakistan hosts Muslims, Christians
(World Council of Churches)
How terrorism is deforming the face of Europe
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, The Week)
Bangladeshi Islamists threaten violence if Supreme Court drops Islam as state religion
(AsiaNews.it)
Religious groups try to sway Supreme Court in birth control case
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Entangled in doctrine? Will journalists even mention a key fact in HHS mandate cases?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
IS in Europe: The race to the death
(Peter Taylor, John O'Kane and Ceri Isfryn, BBC News)
Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings
(BBC News)
Religion journalists: Why are the UN's ten 'happiest' nations all secular-oriented?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))
Inclusive approach needed to embrace religious diversity in Denmark – UN expert
(UN News Centre)
A religion which worships an animated super mouse is Kerala’s new favourite religion. They even want minority status
(Bobins Abraham, India Times)
Kansas college groups can limit members to those who share beliefs
(John Hanna, US News and World Report)
The FAQs: Religious liberty and the Little Sisters of the Poor
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Vandals wrote “Kill the Jews” on a synagogue in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The G-word paradox: Why calling an atrocity a "genocide" is rarely a game-changer
(Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Policy)
The path to lasting peace in Colombia lies in learning the lessons of the past
(Anna-Lee Stangl, ForB in Full)
Brussels attacks: how radicalization happens and who is at risk
(Frederic Lemieux, The Conversation)
In Brussels attacks, chronicle of a disaster foretold
(Dan De Luce and Elias Groll, Foreign Policy)
Chabad Jewish center sues town, claims religious discrimination
(MaryAnn Spoto, NJ.com)
Chabad center sues New Jersey town claiming discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
HRC, Equality NC blast North Carolina special session to overturn Charlotte ordinance
(Human Rights Campaign Blog)
North Carolina city passes law allowing transgender bathroom choice
(Leada Gore, AL.com)
Council approves changes to Non-Discrimination Ordinance
(Press Release, Charlotte City Council)
North Carolina legislature aims to repeal city's transgender rights ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘In God We Trust’ license plates one of three main Utah options
(The Salt Lake Tribune)
In Utah, "In God We Trust" license plate now costs less
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gallup Diocese files plan to compensate abuse victims
(Tom Corrigan, Wall Street Journal)
Diocese of Gallup files Chapter 11 reorganization plan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
High court won't hear dispute over Oklahoma license plate
(Associated Press)
Supreme Court denies review in Oklahoma license plate controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 23 March 2016: 'Journey into Europe': Conflict, Migration and Religion
(Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, Rev. Susan Hayward, United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC)
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
5 facts about Israeli Druze, a unique religious and ethnic group
(Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
In-fighting over anti-semitism continues for UK's Labour Party
(Jonathan Zalman, Tablet Magazine)
Happy Holi! The Hindu festival of colors
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, starting Holy Week
(ABC News)
The final Sunday of Lent: Palm Sunday
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Youth in Singapore shunning religion
(Melody Zaccheus, Pang Xue Qiang, and Ng Keng Gene, Straits Times)
Conservative motion to save religious freedoms office fails to pass Commons
(Stephanie Levitz, Global News)
Aii articles on the Supreme Court Little Sisters of the Poor case
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell (Docket Information)
(The Supreme Court of the United States)
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell (Documents and Commentary)
(SCOTUSblog)
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell (Press Kit)
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
The Little Sisters of the Poor at the Supreme Court
(David French, National Review)
Frequently Asked Questions: Little Sisters of the Poor
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Little Sisters, big stakes
(L. Martin Nussbaum, National Review)
Little Sisters of the Poor: Who are they? How the problem arose
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
When religious liberty collides with the sexual revolution
(Catholic News Service)
Religion and birth control at the Supreme Court
(The Editorial Board, The New York Times)
Is the Supreme Court going to argue that nuns misunderstand their religion?
(Mitchell Rocklin & Howard Slugh, National Review)
Argument preview: Historic fight over religion and birth control (UPDATED)
(Lyle Deniston, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Integrity, mission, and the Little Sisters of the Poor
(Richard W. Garnett, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Women’s compelling need for contraception – met by insurers, not objecting employers
(Marcia Greenberger, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: The missing interest in the contraceptive mandate cases — Catholic women
(Leslie C. Griffin, SCOTUSblog)
Zubik v. Burwell: Let’s hope the Supreme Court stands up for religious liberty
(Bishop David A Zubik, Post Gazette)
Brussels attacks: Zaventem and Maelbeek bombs kill many
(BBC News)
Islamic State claims responsibility for Brussels blasts
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
Brussels attack: Grand Mufti of Egypt condemns 'plague' of terrorism
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Brussels attacks tear at the fabric of the European Union
(Stratfor)
Brussels explosions: Christians praying as death toll mounts
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Terror in Belgium: The Brussels attacks show that Islamic State is still growing in ambition and capability
(The Economist)
In wake of more terror attacks in Europe, factual reporting of #Brussels news is crucial
(Bobby Ross, Jr., Get Religion (blog))
At least 34 dead in Brussels attacks, Belgium’s Jewish schools locked down
(JTA)
Three Mormon nissionaries injured in Belgium explosion
(Mormon Newsroom)
A view of ISIS's evolution in new details of Paris attacks
(Rukmini Callimachi, Alissa J. Rubin, and Laure Fourquet, The New York Times)
Just 50 Jews left in Yemen after covert airlift operation
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)
Utah now 19th state to include 'In God We Trust' on license plates
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Surviving nun gives eyewitness account of ISIS' brutal massacre of missionaries in Yemen
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
18,000 people 'living in hell' and squalor, chained up in Indonesian 'healing' institutions
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Israel airlifts 19 of last remaining Yemeni Jews
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
'How I almost became a Boko Haram suicide bomber'
(Anne Soy, BBC News)
Christian convert hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan illegal alcohol leaves 24 dead from poisoning
(BBC News)
Virulent anti-gay remarks test Indonesia's moderate image
(Stephen Wright, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
A desperate call for help for Iraq’s Yazidis and other religious minorites
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
U.S. Supreme Court won't hear appeal on Oklahoma license plate case
(Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman)
BBC head of religion warns of 'chronic lack of religious literacy' in the UK
(Ian Burrell, The Independent)
Business to play key role as Georgia weighs bill on religion and gay rights
(Alan Blinder, The New York Times)
Conservative Muslim lawyers’ group behind spike in Pakistani blasphemy cases
(Reuters)
Five held after two Muslim cowherds hanged to death in India
(Reuters)
Turkey alleges Istanbul bomber was a member of the Islamic State
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Justin Welby to honour top imam, Matt Redman and Bishop Angelos with new awards
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Mormon rejection of Trump provides insight into Muslim extremism
(Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches)
Mormon voters really don’t like Donald Trump — here’s why
(McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed News)
Permanence of Christian burial revisited – I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Freedom of religion: UN expert urges Denmark to move towards a more inclusive ‘Danishness’
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Why is Brussels under attack?
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Belgian religious groups condemn Brussels attacks
(Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
Johnny Isakson: Georgia should leave ‘religious liberty’ up to feds
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Media gag order: In Georgia religious liberty flap, one side is played up, the other shouted down
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))
Men and women divide on religion
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
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