Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Thai Muslims uneasy about rise in Buddhist nationalism
(Max Constant, Anadolu Agency)
Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Further information on election fraud …
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Coptic lives matter: New York Times examines dangers to Egyptian Christians
(Jim Davis, Get Religion)
How a group of Catholic pacifists took on the nuclear state
(Eric C. Miller, Religion Dispatches)
God, child abuse, and the limits of religious freedom in America
(Jonathan Merritt, The Week)
Activists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
A book more equal than others: Animal Farm & Commonweal
(John Rodden and John P. Rossi, Commonweal)
President Obama nominates first Muslim federal judge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge's order halts construction on part of North Dakota pipeline
(National Public Radio)
Warrant out for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's arrest in ND
(CBS/AP)
Showdown over oil pipeline becomes a national movement for Native Americans
(Joe Heim, The Washington Post)
Sioux-- and Green Party candidate-- protest North Dakota pipeline across sacred land
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
$104-million lawsuit filed against Toronto Pride parade crashers
(Claire Wählen, Daily Xtra)
In Canada, gay activists sue Christian group that infiltrated Pride parade
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Massachusetts agency says transgender non-discrimination can apply to some church events
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ariz. public charter school promotes religion, Americans United says in lawsuit
(Press Release, Americans United)
Suit says Arizona charter school teaches religious curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to church governance matters dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 8 Sept 2016: Protecting Rights, Protecting People: Dignitatis Humanae and Religious Freedom, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia
(The PM Glynn Institute at ACU & the Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty)
The Fourth ICLARS Conference, “Freedom of/for/from/within Religion: Differing Dimensions of a Common Right?”
(St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, 8-11 September 2016, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
The Fourth ICLARS Conference, “Freedom of/for/from/within Religion: Differing Dimensions of a Common Right?”
(St. Hugh's College, Oxford, UK, 8-11 September 2016, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Hungary sets an example on persecuted Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India's Muslim women say justification for triple talaq, polygamy is medieval
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Holocaust-denying leaflets distributed on campuses in 3 Australian cities
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch lawmaker accused of anti-Semitism after refusing to shake Netanyahu’s hand
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Atlas labeling Jerusalem as Israel’s capital won’t be pulled from Czech schools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why did Fatah remove female candidates' names from electoral lists?
(Asmaa al-Ghoul trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Western legends fight Eastern heroes in new Iranian animation
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Is Islamic Republic embracing Iran’s ancient past?
(Sasan Aghlani, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Massachusetts government can force transgender bathroom policies on churches, guidance says
(Pater Hasson, The Daily Caller)
Toronto-area schools to allow religion-based class exemptions
(Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail)
Atheists want Ten Commandments painting removed from Kentucky county clerk office
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Even in ISIS territory, a backlash for burqas
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)
Chile moves to legalize abortion despite 100,000 pro-life Christian opposition
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Saint names dropped from 12 Midwest hospitals
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
UK courts should be able to issue Islamic divorces, sharia expert says
(Hannah Summers, The Guardian)
Tech inspired by faith booms in Africa
(Zoe Kleinman, BBC)
Iran and Saudi Arabia squabble as millions of Muslims begin pilgrimage
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
A new crisis in the Muslim world: Is it too young?
(Jon Emont, The Washington Post)
Former U.N. chief Annan meets Muslim, Buddhist communities in Myanmar
(Wa Lone and Simon Lewis, Reuters)
Man accused of writing anti-Semitic graffiti in Chinatown called himself a monk
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Sept. 11 marked turning point for Muslims in increasingly diverse America
(Tom Gjelton, NPR)
Senate Democrats block Zika bill over Planned Parenthood provisions
(Emmarie Huetteman and Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times)
Charlotte pastor who married same-sex couple will keep job, avoid church trial
(Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer)
Resettled Syrians find solace with U.S. Christians
(Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder, The New York Times)
UK: Anjem Choudary jailed for encouraging ISIL support
(Al Jazeera)
French judge upholds burkini ban in Corsica
(Al Jazeera)
First group of refugees returns to Syria's Jarablus
(Al Jazeera)
Russian Orthodox Church asks Federal Penitentiary Service to protect pedophile suspect Grozovsky - rights activist
(Interfax Religion)
Turkish women in police force allowed to wear headscarves
(Riada Ašimović Akyol, Al-Monitor)
Normative commitments: A philosophical vision for the study of religion
(Raphael Magarik, Los Angeles Review of Books)
Has Israel's secular majority been abandoned by politicians?
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iran's Khamenei blasts Saudi management of holy sites
(AFP, Al-Monitor)
Volume 31. No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Kazakhstan: Mass trial of Muslims in Oskemen
(Forum 18)
Cosmonauts who vie to affirm their devotion
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
When “physical discipline” in accord with the Bible conflicts with child welfare
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Mrs. Maria Kapar attacks Jewish group in order to cover up illegal business in Odessa, collaborates with Russian FECRIS affiliate organization
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Algerian court sends Christian to prison for Facebook posts
(Associated Press)
Parish runs risks to fight both drugs and violence
(Paul Jeffrey, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pennsylvania lawsuits claim state endorsement of religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslim advocates heralds President Obama’s historic judicial nomination
(Fatima Khan, Muslim Advocates)
Obama nominates first Muslim federal court judge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court: PM cannot prohibit railroad work on Shabbat
(Shlomo Piotrokowski, Israel National News)
Benjamin Netanyahu can’t block Shabbat railroad work: Court
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Israel's Supreme Court OK's sabbath rail line repairs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks of President Obama to the People of Laos
(Press Release, The White House)
Obama speaks to Laotians on human rights and religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgia county imposes moratorium on religious uses
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, John Peloso and Dwight Merriam, RLUIPA Defense)
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Report: Nigeria detains reporter over Boko Haram link
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
IS car bombing kills at least 12 civilians in Iraqi capital
(Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Refugees from Boko Haram return home, excited but fearful
(Haruna Umar and Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Coptic teenagers accused of insulting Islam flee to Switzerland
(Daily News Egypt)
Why is Christianity declining in the United States?
(David Gushee, Religion News Service)
Interpol adds Islamic Renaissance Party leader to most wanted list at Tajikistan's request
(Interfax-Religion)
Pushkov hopes that new Uzbek leadership to keep country clear of radical Islamism
(Interfax-Religion)
Truce brings quiet, but not stability, to Turkey-Syria border
(Kamal Sheikho trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Shiite alliance against Saudis grows tighter
(Ali Mamouri trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraqi cleric urges tolerance toward LGBT people
(Wassim Bassem trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Upcoming hajj pilgrimage again inflames Saudi-Iran tensions
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egypt installs prepaid electric meters for mosques
(Safiaa Mounir trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Cleric In U.K. sentenced to 5 1/2 years for rallying support for ISIS
(Camila Domonoske, NPR)
In violence-racked Baghdad, the few Christians still there struggle to cope
(World Watch Monitor)
Funeral held for Pakistani Christian killed in Peshawar attack
(World Watch Monitor)
Belgian government official who called Israel ‘identical twin’ of ISIS resigns
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tajikistan: Last madrassahs finally closed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Law Ministry says minority rights in way of common civil code
(Utkarsh Anand, The Indian Express)
Assyrian forces liberate Christian village controlled by ISIS for two years
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Catholic Church seeks to help refugees living in squalor in Calais
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Christian pastors facing death sentence in Sudan allowed family visits
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Burkini ban issued on French island of Corsica upheld by court
(The Guardian)
Religion and politics collide, grounding Israeli train line
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims
(Simon Lewis and Wa Lone, Reuters)
'I've become a racist': Migrant wave unleashes Danish tensions over identity
(David Zucchino, The New York Times)
Saudi Arabia strives to prevent repeat of fatal crush at hajj
(Katie Paul, Reuters)
Hundreds at New York mosque mourn woman murdered in 'hate crime'
(Mazin Sidahmed, The Guardian)
In Orlando, a 'modest fashion' boutique for hijabi women
(Renata Sago, NPR)
Crimean authorities accuse the Kiev regime of protecting religious extremists
(Interfax Religion)
Muslim gathering laments a ‘normalization of bigotry’
(Ron Nixon, The New York Times)
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