Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 16 September 2016
EVENT: 16 September 2016: Why us? Why now? | The Public Scholars Project
(American Academy of Religion)
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Hungary's xenophobic anti-migrant campaign
(Lydia Gall, Human Rights Watch)
Religious freedoms a litmus test for the strength of democracy
(Mark Fowler, The Australian)
Christian charity restores hope to displaced Iraqi Christians who lost everything
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Egypt: New church law discriminates against Christians
(Human Rights Watch)
A new study looks at the significant impact of faith and religion in the United States
(Brian Grim et al., Faith Counts)
The Socio-economic Contribution of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis
(Dr. Brian J. Grim and Melissa E. Grim, J.D., Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion)
Executive Summary – The Socio-Economic Contributions of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis
(Brian J. Grim and Melissa E. Grim, Faith Counts)
What’s US religion worth? $1.2 trillion, says one demographer
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Conscientious objection to military service: Papavasilakis v Greece
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Greek conscientious objector did not enjoy the necessary procedural safeguards in having his request for alternative civilian service examined
(Press Release of the Registrar, European Court of Human Rights)
Israel's Education Minister: studying Judaism more important than math and sciences
(Yarden Skop and Or Kashti, Haaretz)
Economic impact of religion: New report says it's worth more than Google, Apple and Amazon combined
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Rohingyas feel safe in India, but uncertainty looms
(Deutsche Welle)
Kenyan Muslims can wear hijab at Christian schools - court
(BBC)
Atheist group puts added pressure on college football teams to get rid of Chaplains
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Actions of pro-Palestinian group on campus not anti-Semitic, investigation finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why the battle for al-Bab is pivotal in Syria
(Kamal Sheikho trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
NY City Council approves anti-BDS resolution
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ultra-Orthodox minority beats out secular Israelis in Sabbath battle
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Schismatic priest moves out Donbass refugees from a hospice not far from Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)
Brexit and human rights inquiry
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What are the human rights implications of Brexit?
(Joint Committee on Human Rights - Press Release, UK Parliament)
In Uganda, a new synagogue for a remote group of Jews
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Religious freedoms attorney to speak at Bob Jones University
(The Washington Times)
Jewish agencies condemn church groups’ resolution on Israel
(Kirkland An, Religion News Service)
'Are Syrians the only Muslims Indiana fears?'
(Matt Ford, The Atlantic)
Behind Boko Haram's split: A leader too radical for Islamic State
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)
Schismatics and nationalists seize a church in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
British ambassador to Saudi Arabia completes hajj after converting to Islam
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Detectives: Suspect in Florida mosque fire confessed
(Terry Spencer and Josh Replogle, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
India's bustling Mumbai slows for festival to honor Ganesha
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Radical imam's widow arrested over Kenyan attack
(Agence France-Presse)
German restaurant in Islamic veil row after woman expelled
(BBC)
After the hajj: Mecca residents grow hostile to changes in the holy city
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)
Drivers take off for Muslim holiday, and New York is in short supply of yellow
(Annie Correal, The New York Times)
Wounded religious sentiments and the law in India
(OUPblog Religion)
The Court after Scalia: Stark divide means threat to Roe but promise for women’s reproductive justice
(Dawn Johnsen, SCOTUSblog)
The Court after Scalia: We need a new Justice like Scalia to help end the abortion-distortion effect
(James Bopp and Richard Coleson, SCOTUSblog)
+Norvic to chair Bishops’ Reflection Group on Sexuality
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
A crisis of faith in laïcité
(Madeleine Elfenbein, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Could religion's decline spell damnation for the U.S. economy?
(Andrew Soergel, U.S. News & World Report)
Can the UN be true to its democratic principles without reforming the NGO Committee?
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Is ISIS a reliable source on its treatment of Christians? Sure, because terrorists don't lie
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Australia's leader calls for national gay marriage vote
(Michelle Innis, The New York Times)
Australian politician calls for immigration ban, says country ‘in danger of being swamped by Muslims’
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)
Breaking news: marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)
(Timothy W. Jones, The Conversation)
Explainer: the same-sex marriage plebiscite
(Adam Webster, The Conversation)
Gay Liberal senator denounces marriage plebiscite
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Marriage equality: law would protect ‘conscientious objectors’ who reject same-sex weddings
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
EVENT, 15 September 2016: 3rd Global Conference on World's Religions after September 11
(Montreal, Canada, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Bruce McEver claims medal in global business & interfaith peace awards
(Religious Freedom Center)
Shadowing the China G20 Summit: An interreligious gathering
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
The Mystery of Unanimity in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC
(Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, George Washington University Law School)
Victorian challenge to religious freedom of faith-based organisations
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
With 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled in the US, are more on the way?
(Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
The factors driving the growth of religious ‘nones’ in the U.S.
(Gregory A. Smith and Alan Cooperman, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Universities Canada By-Law: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Arkansas committees consider Ten Commandment, other monuments
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The Court after Scalia: Neither left nor right – The enduring principle of Free Exercise
(Eric Baxter, SCOTUSblog)
Political accusations fly in Iraq's Kurdistan region
(Ibrahim Malazada, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
How Egypt's state TV is trying to soothe popular anger
(George Mikhail trans. Mike Nahum, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Large majority of American-Jews, Israelis call for end to Orthodox monopoly in Israel
(Tamara Zieve, Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post)
Will France adopt controversial Israeli practice to deter terrorism?
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)
Anti-Semitic incidents in France dropped dramatically in first half of ’16, gov’t official says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reconciling the conflicting aims of church and state
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
N.J. church group to resettle Syrian refugee family with special needs
(Deborah Amos, NPR)
Muslim marine says he was forced into clothes dryer in boot camp hazing
(Mazin Sidahmed, The Guardian)
Turkmenistan: No change soon for religious minorities after Consitution amended
(World Watch Monitor)
Autonomous Nineveh ‘would preserve Christians and secure West’s interests’
(World Watch Monitor)
'We misled you': How the Saudis are coming clean on funding terrorism
(Zalmay Khalilzad, Politico)
Headscarf emoji proposed by 15-year-old Saudi girl
(BBC)
‘I’m not going to certify sin’: Social Security worker refuses to watch LGBT training video
(Ben Guarino, The Washington Post)
Protest over proposed mosque in Newton County ends quietly
(Meris Lutz, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Eid as a holiday in the country
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)
Pope to visit Azerbaijan in early October
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Constitutional Court permits public religious services without authorization
(Interfax Religion)
Russian Supreme Court to consider a plaint to ban Aum Shinrikyo
(Interfax-Religion)
Why Ukraine’s newest Holocaust memorial is so important
(Dan Peleschuk, Public Radio International)
Rowan Williams and 200 faith leaders call for revised refugee policy
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Archbishop Morgan: Same-sex relationships and the Bible
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The problem of pronouns and pluralism
(Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy)
Poll: Most Israeli and American Jews want Israel to recognize non-Orthodox marriages, conversions
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In first, Hasidic woman elected to serve as Civil Court judge in NY state
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How a shofar and tallit came to the Smithsonian’s new Black Museum
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
Merkel, God and the burqa
(Sabine Kinkartz, Deutsche Welle)
Muslims surpass atheists as most unpopular group in US
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
German cardinal defends controversial EU/US trade treaty
(Catholic News Service)
Report shows U.S. Catholics have negative views of Islam
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Archbishop blasts claim that ‘religious freedom’ is code for discrimination
(Catholic News Service)
Missionaries of Charity forced to drop adoption services in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ocean, NJ ordered to allow Yeshiva boarding school
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)
Civil Rights Commission releases report on religious liberty-civil rights balance
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
US Civil Rights Commission issues report on religious liberty vs. civil rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Peaceful coexistence: Reconciling nondiscrimination principles with civil liberties
(Press Release, The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
In expanding Russian influence, faith combines with firepower
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
NYT: Russia uses Orthodox Church to extend its political influence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic diocese and Franciscan order settle abuse lawsuits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Transgender man challenges Indiana law on changing name
(Ian Lovett, Wall Street Journal)
Indiana's bar on name changes by non-citizens challenged as violating transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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