Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 23 September 2016
Muslim structures are being threatened with demolition in Burma’s Arakan state
(Feliz Solomon, Time)
Lebanese Christian leader’s Muslim fiancee causes stir
(Joseph A. Kechichian, Gulf News)
The Charity Commission and safeguarding: Bristol Community Church Trust
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Routine harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses reported
(Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Poland's lawmakers open debate on divisive anti-abortion law
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Poland ponders abortion ban backed by pro-Church party
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC’s Walker: Oklahoma State Question 790 a “dangerous road” for religious institutions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religious scholar among recipients of National Medals of Arts and Humanities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gay student sues school after he couldn't bring boy to homecoming
(Emma Margolin, NBC News)
Gay student sues Catholic high school that barred his bringing same-sex date to homecoming
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fire department can exclude employee's religious messages from e-mail system
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China tightens grip on religion
(World Watch Monitor)
EVENT: 23 September 2016: Freedom for Faith Melbourne Conference
(Freedom for Faith)
Thursday, 22 September 2016
IHEU urges Samoa not to establish an official religion
(Elizabeth O'Casey, International Humanist and Ethical Union)
Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)
Georgia State student refused to remove Muslim veil in class
(Ariella Phillips, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Vietnam allows first Catholic university since communist takeover
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart)
Evangelicals in Italy back school head who bans Catholic mass
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Christian calligraphers lose lawsuit to suspend Phoenix discrimination law over same-sex wedding invitations
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
Middle East Strategy Task Force: religion, identity, and countering violent extremism report
(Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown, Atlantic Council)
Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
In Tibet, religious freedom comes with Chinese characteristics
(South China Morning Post)
Palestinian rioters attack Israeli soldiers, worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Women ask NYC Parks Department not to cut female-only swimming hours
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Study shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states
(Penny Schwartz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How this 14-year-old Syrian refugee is fighting to end child marriage
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Court prolongs until mid December arrest of MSU student accused of attempt to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)
Signs of religion 'more visible' in French workplaces
(The Local)
Muslim rebels murder 6 Christians in door-to-door raid in Central African Republic
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Egypt's Coptic church criticized over el-Sissi rallies at UN
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Key facts about the world’s refugees
(Phillip Connor and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center)
Why North Carolina judges can still refuse to perform same-sex marriages
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Rescued Yazidi sex slaves will face no stigma, leader says
(Lin Taylor, Reuters)
EU court moves to keep Hamas, LTTE off terrorism list
(Ori Lewis, Jan Strupczewski, Mark Trevelyan, Reuters)
Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)
Anti-Defamation League steps up efforts to combat anti-Semitism online
(NPR)
New Jersey Muslim leaders gather in Elizabeth to condemn recent bombings
(Caitlin Dickson, NJ.com)
Judge dismisses challenge to N. Carolina gay-marriage law
(Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
New York bombing suspect was flagged by customs officials at least twice
(Ellen Nakashima, Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
Religious voters may lean Republican, but feel conflicted about the candidates
(Marisa Penaloza and Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)
Headless Sarawak non-Islamic affairs unit sparks anxiety among Christians
(Sulok Tawie, Malay Mail Online)
Indonesia’s new campaign to end female genital mutilation
(Reuters, Malay Mail Online)
Cabinet gives Clean Ganga Mission power to fine polluters
(The Hindu)
Critics of anti-evangelism law propose interpretations
(Olga Nikitina, Kommersant, Russia Religion News)
Calvin’s questions: A response to Jonathan Sheehan
(Constance M. Furey, The Immanent Frame)
Teaching Calvin in California
(Jonathan Sheehan, The New York Times)
State Department to run 2 sessions on combating anti-Semitism in Europe
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why Moscow's most iconic church used to be a swimming pool
(Marius Mortsiefer, Kerstin Pelzer / als, Deutsche Welle)
German Catholic Church raises 80 million euros in migrant aid in first half of 2016
(Deutsche Welle)
In Cameroon, a Catholic movement fueled women’s lib
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholics, Muslims, & Nativism: Religious liberty or religious bigotry?
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Faith-based recovery home loses challenges to fire code enforcement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds rulings in landlord's assault on Muslim tenant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Chaplains commend VA on revised religious liberty policy
(Press Release, Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty)
VA updates guidelines on religious exercise at its facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
More ‘nones’ than you think, but many won’t show up on Election Day
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
WATCH LIVE: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims and the Media, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
(Engy Abdelkader, John L. Esposito, Arsalan Iftikhar, Dalia Mogahed, Ayman Mohyeldin, Roland Schatz, Newseum)
Can terrorists act in the name of religion, or do they follow ‘political’ ideologies, alone?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
(Travers McLeod, Peter Hughes, Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Steven Wong, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, The Conversation)
Argument: The New York Bomber was not a lone wolf
(Matthew Levitt, Foreign Policy)
EVENT, 22 September 2016: Measuring faith: Quantifying and examining religion's contributions to American society
(Co-Sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 22 September 2016: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims & the Media
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Rising funeral costs: parliament, media and other reaction
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Veterans Affairs Department updates religious liberty policy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Why Iraq's Yazidis are upset over new film depicting IS massacres
(Saad Salloum trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Why I was wrong about Christianity
(Tom Holland, New Statesman)
I used to be a human being
(Andrew Sullivan, NY Magazine select/all)
Why the church can rescue us from our smartphones
(Russell Moore, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)
Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Renowned German political expert believes Christianity is a Foundation of European Future
(Interfax-Religion)
Egypt's divorced women demand their fair share of assets
(Ahmed Hidji, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Flimsy grounds for banning Jehovah's Witnesses
(jw-ru.blogspot, Russia Religion News)
Police harass Pentecostal youth event
(Invictory, Russia Religion News)
Japan’s newest technology innovation: Priest delivery
(Jonathan Soble, The Washington Post)
3 residents sue over single-sex pool hours at mostly Orthodox NJ condo
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pakistan: 42 years of systematic discrimination of Ahmadis by state actors
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Bavaria submits proposal for Germany-wide ban on face veils in the courtroom
(Deutsche Welle)
Salt Lake diocese speaks out against death penalty
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Phoenix bishop says abortion must be serious political priority
(Kevin J Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland’s referendum on same-sex marriage?
(Christopher Ryan, The Conversation)
Boko Haram kills eight more Christians in Nigeria
(Associated Press)
Chaput says violence now part of American way ‘from womb to tomb’
(Matthew Gambino, Catholic News Service)
Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like
(Associated Press)
Ethics and responsibility: Thoughts on the UN General Assembly's summit for refugees and migrants
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Duties to the displaced: An ethical perspective on refugee protection (Response to Ethics and responsibility: Thoughts on the UN General Assembly's summit for refugees and migrants)
(David Hollenbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
4th Circuit upholds Rowan County invocation practice, commissioners may offer sectarian prayers
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The International Meeting "THIRST FOR PEACE: Religions and cultures in dialogue" takes place in Assisi from September 18th to 20th 2016
(Community of Sant'Egidio)
Spanish Muslim student wins fight to study with veil
(Qantara.de)
Why proposed blasphemy law horrifies many in Gaza
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Russian citizen who received training in ISIL jihadist camps detained in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)
Once opposed to maternal health, Islamic scholars become champions
(Natalie Jacewicz, NPR)
Christians in Nepal 'increasingly under threat' as eight charged with trying to convert children
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Most Germans fear the 'Islamisation' of their country, says poll
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Disused churches are being donated to house homeless people
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Dalai Lama: There is no such thing as a Muslim terrorist or a Buddhist terrorist
(Maya Oppenheim, The Independent)
NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror
(Ben Sales, The Times of Israel)
Turkmenistan: Search, arrest, torture, escape, arrest, prison
(Forum 18 News Service)
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