Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Mormon migration provides insights to help modern refugees, apostle says
(Press Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Elder Oaks leads special Mormon regional conference on 'defining issue' of religious freedom
(Tad Walch, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
SB 1146 and institutional religious liberty: the good, the bad, and the ugly
(Andrew T. Walker, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Alden warns against ‘hatred and bigotry’
(Cayman News Service)
Religious observance rules at Scottish schools to face judicial review
(Severin Carrell, The Guardian)
Sitagu Sayadaw attends interfaith summit in Israel
(Aung kyaw Min, Myanmar Times)
Study finds that religion contributes $1.2 trillion to US economy
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Elder Oaks urges BYU students to support religious, academic freedom and vote despite 'ugly' election
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Even the government’s smartest lawyers can’t figure out religious liberty
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Archbishop rejects claim religious liberty used as excuse to discriminate
(Catholic News Service)
Danger & dialogue: American Catholic public opinion and portrayals of Islam
(Bridge Initiative Team, Georgetown University Bridge Initiative)
Weekend think piece: What do journalists mean when they use the label 'moderate'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Why Turkey’s secular opposition now references Prophet Muhammad
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
New group of evangelicals seeks a more Christian approach to politics
(Kirkland An, Religion News Service)
What's happening with NCAA boycotting North Carolina? Don't bother reading Raleigh paper
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Peaceful coexistence: reconciling nondiscrimination principles with civil liberties
(The United States Commission on Civil Rights)
The Gender Identity Mandate: The latest threat to health care rights of conscience
(Sister Renée Mirkes, The Catholic World Report)
EVENT, 14-15 September 2016: Symposium: The Politics of Religious Freedom in the Asia-Pacific
(Programme, Institute for Ethics & Society, The University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney))
EVENT, 14-15 September 2016: Academic Symposium: The Politics of Religious Freedom in the Asia-Pacific
(The University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney) Institute for Ethics and Society)
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
The ICLARS Oxford Symposium on Law and Religion 2016
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Nicaragua ends restrictions targeting Christian missionaries
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Yemen’s Baha’is face persecution as they struggle to practice their faith
(Rudaw)
Law forcing Mass. churches to adopt transgender rules for public events could be repealed by voters
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Russia: "Extremism" religious freedom survey, September 2016
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakh president signs decree on setting up ministry for religious affairs
(Interfax-Religion)
Camden (NJ) Diocese will suspend players who don’t stand for anthem
(Bill Evans, NJ Advance Media)
Hamas accuses Abbas of blocking local elections to protect Fatah
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Why a referendum on West Bank is unlikely to change anything
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Saudi Arabia launches Persian-language hajj TV program for Iranians
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Moscow Patriarchate's Ukrainian Orthodox Church accuses law enforcement agencies of pressure on its clergy
(Interfax-Religion)
Schismatics destroyed a building of unfinished UOC church
(Interfax-Religion)
Coptic Christians hospitalised in clash with Muslims
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Southern Baptists lead in welcoming and ministering to Syrian refugees in U.S.
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Many US Catholics don't have a positive view of Muslims, finds study
(Mazin Sidahmed, The Guardian)
I’m the first Muslim in Congress. I believe America can beat Islamophobia.
(Keith Ellison, The Washington Post)
Two dead in Indian-administered Kashmir clashes amid Eid curfew
(BBC)
Germany probes arrested 'IS cell' Syrians for links to Paris attacks
(BBC)
Muslim woman set on fire on New York’s Fifth Avenue in possible hate crime, police say
(Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)
Muslim leaders move to boost voters in their community
(Beth Reinhard, The Wall Street Journal)
Top West Point general: ‘Valid concerns’ raised about prayer after Army football game
(Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post)
Islamic community plans to rebuild mosque damaged in blaze
(Terry Spencer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Many countries allow child marriage
(Aleksandra Sandstrom and Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Moscow Patriarchate's Ukrainian Orthodox Church accuses law enforcement agencies of pressure on its clergy
(Interfax Religion)
Turkey’s emergency rule stokes Kurdish separatism
(Kadri Gursel trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Most vocal critics of Asaduddin Owaisi’s firebrand politics — Muslim community leaders
(Abantika Ghosh, Indian Express)
Standardisation of churchyard regulations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The conservative churches resettling refugees
(Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic)
A personal theology of race and reconciliation
(Scott Redd, The Gospel Coalition)
Prevailing RLUIPA defendant denied attorneys’ fees
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)
Mercy, the gospel and the urgency of criminal justice reform
(Shakirah A. Hill, Relevant Magazine)
How is the Godless West working out?
(Dennis Prager, National Review)
Israeli Education Ministry to fund matchmakers in religious high schools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkey officially requests Gulen arrest in US over coup suspicions
(Deutsche Welle)
Diocese, Franciscans pay $900K to settle child sex abuse claims
(Associated Press)
Federal employee willing to be fired rather than watch LGBTQ diversity video
(Dawn Ennis, LGBTQ Nation)
Social Security employee fighting LGBTQ awareness training on religious grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Speeches to Value Voters Summit now online
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brown family files appeal with Supreme Court in sister wives case
(Jonathan Turley Blog)
Cert petition filed in "sister wives" challenge to polygamy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Title VII's religious organization exemption protects Salvation Army
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Claims nixed over public funding of Jewish schools
(Josh Russell, Courthouse News Service)
2nd Circuit: Students lack standing to challenge diversion of dollars to religious schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Engage in religious freedom debate constructively, Mormon leaders say
(Press Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Elder Oaks addresses elections, hope and freedom at BYU
(Press Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Apostle addresses religious persecution, forced migration at Windsor conference
(Press Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Of 11,491 Syrian refugees resettled in 2016, few are Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Germans arrest Syrian men over suspected ISIL links
(Al Jazeera)
Russia: "Extremism" religious freedom survey, September 2016
(Forum 18 News Service)
9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?
(Berkely Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Fifteen years later: Even as xenophobia rises, religious literacy is slowly improving (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Murali Balaji, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Court after Scalia: The 2016 election and the fate of the wall separating church and state
(Erwin Chemerinsky, SCOTUSblog)
The Court after Scalia: “An establishment of religion”
(Robert Destro, SCOTUSblog)
The Court after Scalia: The complex future of free exercise
(Marci Hamilton, SCOTUSblog)
Monday, 12 September 2016
Alberta court weighs in on jurisdiction over religious groups following expulsion of Jehovah's Witness member
(Meghan Grant, CBC News | Calgary)
9/11 and the study of religions in the Age of Confusion (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Paul Heck, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Saying “No!” to violence, injustice and stereotypes that demonize, divide, and destroy (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Joyce Dubensky, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Obama administration supports interfaith community service on college campuses (Response to 9/11 15 years later: Where are we now?)
(Kenneth Bedell, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Judge refuses to work on Sabbath if appointed as Kenya's Chief Justice
(Andrew McChesney, Seventh-day Adventist Church)
Armed men occupy Sikh temple in UK to protest interfaith weddings
(Al Arabiya World)
How Indiana’s religious-freedom law is being used to defend child abuse and other crimes
(Josh Sanburn, Time)
Hajj pilgrims get ID bracelets after deadly stampede
(The Express Tribune)
Northern Ireland Brexit challenge to be heard in October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Inquiry into child sexual abuse: statement from the new Chair
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Issues of imprisonment and the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Forthcoming ECtHR judgment: conscientious objection: Papavasilakis v Greece
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“Sharp fall” in civil partnerships in 2015
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Podcast: Ron Hassner on religion on the battlefield
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
'Concerns and counsel' regarding religious freedom
(Marianne Holman Prescott, Deseret News Faith)
Four Jews still held in Moscow jail for distributing matzoth
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. Civil Rights Commission chairman says religious freedoms 'stand for nothing except hypocrisy'
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Pope’s anti-sex abuse panel scores victory in Vatican
(Nicole Winfield, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses,
(Court of Appeals of Alberta)
Army football team prayer “crossed the line” of church-state separation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Alberta appeal court rules judges can overturn ‘unfair’ church edicts after man shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Joseph Brean, National Post)
Canadian appeals court allows review of church's expulsion of a member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Greenville Ready Mixed Concrete to pay $42,500 to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Company settles with EEOC over firing of Seventh Day Adventist
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US court upholds divorce by 'khula'
(Rosy Sequeira, The Times of India)
Illinois court recognizes Muslim divorce in India through khula
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ethiopia frees Muslims jailed after protests over religion
(Elias Meseret, Associated Press)
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