Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 October 2016
Suit challenges Veterans' Memorial featuring cross
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Fellowship in focus, as Ecumenical Institute in Bossey marks 70 years
(World Council of Churches)
Some of Victoria’s “inherent requirements” amendments may be unconstitutional
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Theresa May on Brexit, Parliament and triggering Article 50
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 1 October 2016
6 facts about U.S. Mormons
(Aleksandra Sandstrom and Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Sufism in New York: Defying prejudice, Islam’s mystical, musical strain appeals to New Yorkers
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The slow acceptance that destroying cultural heritage is a war crime
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why is Turkey reviving an Ottoman sultan?
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
News from the World Council of Churches WCC welcomes Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(World Council of Churches)
Extremism, dialogue and peace are focus of Christian-Muslim joint communiqué
(World Council of Churches)
Expert focus on religious freedom, literacy and diplomacy
(Ekklesia: Transforming politics and belief)
Brexit Basics 9: update 1st October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bulgaria bans full-face veils in public places
(John Butler, Inquisitr)
Bulgaria bans the veil: Is this like France’s burkini ban?
(Christine Beck, The Christian Science Monitor)
Announcing the Traditions Project
(Marc O. DeGirolami and Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law & Religion, St. John's University)
Friday, 30 September 2016
OSCE announces action plan to combat anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Islamic school, township settle lawsuit over zoning denial
(Corey Williams, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
French military bolsters Iraq presence for Mosul offensive
(Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Amnesty: Hundreds trapped in Libya's Benghazi amid fighting
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Azerbaijani president calls for fight against xenophobia and Islamophobia
(Interfax-Religion)
Israeli policemen to help maintain order at Rosh Hashanah festivities in Ukraine's Uman
(Interfax-Religion)
Hizb ut-Tahrir cell's activity suppressed in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
As Aleppo battle rages, citizens suffer from blockade, shelling
(Tamer Osman trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
What's keeping Syria’s rebel forces from consolidating their power?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Palestinian universities try to keep Fatah-Hamas split off campus
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Sunni blocs oppose legal immunity for Popular Mobilization Forces
(Omar Sattar trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Released Egyptian journalist denies political deal secured his freedom
(George Mikhail, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
CIA Director: Terrorist groups ‘are driven by this ideology that is not rooted in Islam’
(Lauretta Brown, CNSNews.com)
Media focuses on negatives about Islam
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
New French documentary on radical Islam sparks controversy, author accused of ‘sensationalism’
(RT)
Christian values are under attack in America, say 90 percent of white working class Evangelicals: survey
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
The Docket: Supreme Court to tackle religious freedom, election rules in new term
(Bill Mears, Fox News)
Uzbekistan: Punished for religious books at home
(Forum 18 News Service)
6-y-o kids in Norway given right to self-identify as opposite sex, change gender
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Alabama Chief Justice suspended over gay marriage stance
(Letitia Stein, Religion News Service)
Making of a 'martyr': Why would a young Iranian fight and die in Syria?
(Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Boycott of world chess championship 'would hurt women in Iran'
(Saaed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
Israeli policemen to help maintain order at Rosh Hashanah festivities in Ukraine's Uman
(Interfax-Religion)
Hearing into appeals contesting ex-Moscow Patriarchate employee's conviction postponed until Oct 5
(Interfax-Religion)
Nothing threatens Grozovsky's life in prison, priests visit him once a week - sources
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian frontrunner for Jakarta governor makes waves in Indonesia
(Samantha Hawley, Ari Wu and Archicco Guilianno, ABC News)
Turkish court sentences five men to life for murder of Christian publishers
(Deutsche Welle)
Why Obama refuses to say 'radical Islamic terrorism'
(Ellen Powell, Christian Science Monitor)
Consistory court judgments – September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
IRS changes status of Billy Graham’s ministry
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
2 Catholics to be honored on US stamps in 2017
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
Catholic leaders urge voters to back death penalty repeal
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In Georgia, Pope backs ‘sovereign rights’ but avoids naming Russia
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nevada Supreme Court halts school voucher program as improperly funded
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Ala. Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term over gay marriage stance
(National Public Radio)
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended from office over same-sex marriage order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nevada high court blocks funding for school choice program
(Michelle Rindels, Associated Press, Nevada Sun)
Nevada Supreme Court upholds school choice plan, but invalidates appropriations for it
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department and Pittsfield Charter Township resolve lawsuit over denial of zoning approval for Islamic school
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
Justice Department lawsuit over Islamic school in Washtenaw County settled
(Tom Perkins, The Ann Arbor News)
Two RLUIPA suits over rezoning for Islamic school are settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim Palestinian teacher's discrimination claims survive motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 30 September 2016: Colloquium on ethics in environmental policymaking
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, due 30 September 2016: Annual "Religious Critiques of Law" Conference
(Nootbar Institute, Pepperdine University School of Law)
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 30 September 2016: Brill Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017
(Brian J. Grim, The Weekly Number)
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Italy: About the anti-sect squad, the anti-mosque laws and state funding of anti-sect oganizations
(OSCE 2016: Statement of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief)
Statement about Miviludes and Caimades at the OSCE/ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
(Coordination of Associations and Individuals for Freedom of Conscience (CAP))
Incitement, tensions rise over Syrian refugees in Lebanon
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Protection of Religious Free Speech in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
How much leverage do Salafists have in Egypt's parliament?
(Rami Galal trans. Muhammed Hussein Tal'at, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Azerbaijani president calls for fight against xenophobia and Islamophobia
(Interfax-Religion)
The USA prevented Ukraine from overcoming schism - UOC official
(Interfax-Religion)
Iran women bike against female cycling fatwa
(Francisco Perez, Deutsche Welle)
‘What if there is no God?’ Duterte promotes death penalty as certain means of serving justice
(RT.com)
Teach pupils how jihadists think, Welby urges
(Kaya Burgess, The Times)
Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)
'Kung fu' nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Christian Science Monitor)
O.C. Sikhs and Muslims welcome new school anti-bullying law
(Deepa Bharath, OC Register)
Pentecostal believer punished on testimony of spy
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Confederate flag images quietly removed from National Cathedral
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Rabbis mull whether to talk about politics on the High Holy Days
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
A documentary about radical Islam in Pakistan forces its makers to arrive at a deeper understanding
(Zainab Salbi, The New York Times)
Syria's 'Army of Islam' says it wants no war with Israel
(Eli Lake, Bloomberg)
Removal of the heart: how Islam became a matter of state in Iran
(Gareth Smyth, The Guardian)
Why minority hatred isn’t always down to religion
(Alastair Sloan, Middle East Monitor)
Divisions present, sympathy not, in religious liberty poll
(Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter)
Humanists urge vote on cutting ‘God’ references from Constitution
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
Five Turks convicted of killing Christians in Malatya sentenced for life – but remain free
(Barbara G. baker, World Watch Monitor)
Holey Holey Holey: The problem with a new study valuing religion at $1.2 trillion per year
(Michael Schulson, Religion Dispatches)
How decades of divorce helped erode religion
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Singapore court sends teen blogger back to jail for criticizing religion
(Fathin Ungku, Reuters)
Consensus and division on religious liberty
(Jeremy Fuzy, Real Clear Religion)
Don’t let Islamophobia into Yeshiva University along with new president
(Aryeh Younger, Forward)
Babyn Yar: Germany remembers victims
(Deutsche Welle)
Lawmaker vows to push stronger bill on abuse-related lawsuits
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mexico emerges as most dangerous place in the world to be a priest
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)
Pope’s message of reconciliation to loom large in Georgia, Azerbaijan
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Massachusetts court declines to halt state funding of church renovation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Baptist Joint Committee appoints new executive director
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court upholds ban on father discussing religion during child visitation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish religious court lacks standing to appeal bankruptcy stay of its proceedings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the High Court came to recognize the Jewish holidays: When Ginsburg called Rehnquist a mensch
(Tony Mauro, National Law Journal)
Supreme Court Calendar adjusted this year for Jewish high holidays
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Weekend thinker: Yes, turns out we did need another study, more news on 'Nones'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The secret costs of Islamophobia
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
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