Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 8 February 2016
Victim advocate is asked to take leave from Pontifical Commission on Protection of Minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nevada Democratic caucus overlooks Sabbath observers
(Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Democratic caucuses pose problems for Sabbath observers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why Europe has trouble fighting anti-Semitism (article from July 2014)
(Eylon Aslan-Levy, Tablet:The Scroll)
Colo. school ends speech for all rather than allow former football player to have Bible reference on nameplate
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Suit over religious themed donor plaque dismissed after school removes all plaques
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hijab-wearing professor to leave Christian college
(Al Jazeera America)
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Wheaton College reverses efforts to fire professor, but she won't return to teach
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)
Northwestern professor talks pitfalls of counter-extremism efforts
(Rishika Dugyala, The Daily Northwestern)
Free speech debate continues at UCSB
(Gwendolyn Wu, The Bottom Line)
Anti-Islam movement stages protests across Europe
(Religion News Service)
Can't take freedom of speech for granted; religion in politics is not healthy: Kamal Haasan
(Zee News)
Christians, Muslims must continue to co-exist peacefully – Bawumia
(Pulse.com.gh)
Pakistan calls on world to combat Islamophobia
(Inquirer.net)
Treasure our cultural, religious freedom, urges Lee
(Borneo Post Online)
The World Interfaith Harmony Week: Annal UN Observance Week February 1-7
EVENT, 7 February, 2016: DC Interfaith Leadership Summit
(Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington)
Saturday, 6 February 2016
President Obama: Religious freedom keeps us strong (RNS exclusive - commentary)
(Barack Obama, Religion News Service)
Sabarimala temple: Kerala govt defends ban on women's entry in Supreme Court
(Daily News & Analysis)
Battling Islamophobia : UN moot calls for promoting interfaith harmony
(Daily Times)
Pastor of China's largest church jailed for protesting removal of 1,500 crosses
(Morgan Lee, Christian Today)
Zika presents ethical quandary for Catholics
(Compiled by Jennifer Graham, Deseret News)
PEGIDA, UK: What does Tommy Robinson's 'anti-Islam' group want?
(Josh Lowe, Newsweek)
Weekend think piece: The 'Passion' that looms over the historic Rome-Moscow meeting
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Letter #9: More on the Pope Francis-Patriarch Kirill Meeting in Cuba
(Robert Moynihan, Inside the Vatican)
Friday, 5 February 2016
ISIS genocide against Christians, Yazidis? European Parliament recognizes Islamic State targeting religious minorities
(Michael Kaplan, International Business Times)
Global persecution of Christians prompts historic meeting
(MIchael Holz, The Christian Science Monitor)
The Pontiff and the Patriarch
(Benjamin Soloway, Foreign Policy)
Why a meeting between the pope and Russian patriarch is finally happening
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Hussam al Husseini at the World Interfaith Harmony Week Celebration, KAICIID
(Hussam Al Husseini, KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
'Be open to ideas, beliefs of others,' chairman of interfaith group urges Utahns at state Capitol
(Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News)
Gunmen threaten lawyers of jailed Adventist in Pakistan
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)
Visit My Mosque Day: British Muslims offer tours and tea to public
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Wheaton College faculty say school 'discriminatory' in treatment of Prof. Larycia Hawkins
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Mississippi county forced to remove Ten Commandments display replaces it with 'In God We Trust' sign
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)
Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric suspends weekly political sermons
(Reporting by Stephen Kalin and Saif Hameed; Editing by Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
UNICEF report finds female genital cutting to be common in Indonesia
(Pam Belluck and Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Amish give up on pricey Ontario, head for new life on Prince Edward Island farms
(Kevin Bissett, CBCNews | Prince Edward Island)
Honduran cardinal warns against aborting Zika fetuses
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
In supposed no-go zone, British Muslims, Christians say no to fanatics
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
Indiana culture war over gay rights worries business leaders
(Brian Slodysko, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Pope Francis to meet Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on February 12th
(Vatican News)
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox leader to meet, warming 1,000-year chill
(Associated Press)
First ever meeting of heads of Catholic, Russian Orthodox churches scheduled in Cuba for next week
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
U.S. opposes Chabad subpoenas seeking to enforce court sanctions against Russia
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Reparative therapy practitioners, enjoined in New Jersey, move work to Israel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Illinois woman can keep rare Book of Mormon despite bankruptcy, court rules
(Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
7th Circuit: Valuable copy of Book of Mormon exempt in bankruptcy under Illinois law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President speaks at National Prayer Breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Analysis: Obama mixes piety and politics at National Prayer Breakfast
(Ron Allen, NBC News)
Kenya atheist group claims bias after it was denied recognition
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Beach volleyball and women’s rights in Iran?
(Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch)
A self-defense class for Muslim women, by Muslim women
(Osman Noor, Al Jazeera America)
Refugees pouring into Greece and Italy surpass last year's numbers
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
Buhari to int’l community: Help us out of terrorism
(Isiaka Wakili, Daily Trust)
Belarus: Colonel claims Constitution "nonsense", human rights treaties "not important"
(Forum 18 News Service)
California forces churches to cover abortion, church sues
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Religious liberty lesson plans for teachers
(Newseum ED)
What brings Rome and Moscow together at last? Suffering churches in Syria, Iraq
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Pope Francis and Russian patriarch to meet in Cuba in historic breakthrough
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Separatists criticise Kashmir’s survey asking for religion, sect
(Abhishek Saha, Hindustan Times)
China commands that even retired officials shun religion
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie, Reuters)
3 ways religious teachings could combat religious violence
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Kerala temple stops pujas for two days to mourn Muslim beaten to death
(Shaju Philip, The Indian Express)
Religion: Pope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to meet in historic step
(The Press Enterprise)
Sardar Yousaf meets Sindh CM
(Samaa)
Pakistan for action to combat Islamophobia
(Khurram Shahzad, Daily Pakistan Global)
Do's and don'ts for helping LGBT youth
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)
Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Latter-day Saint Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children
(Caitlyn Ryan, Robert Rees, Family Acceptance Project, San Francisco State University)
LDS Church leaders mourn reported deaths in Mormon LGBT community
(Tad Walch and Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)
Young, gay Mormons and suicide: The Salt Lake Tribune tries to do the real numbers
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
Kenya: Interfaith leaders defend Chief Justice Willy Mutunga over calls to resign
(Vivian Jebet, Daily Nation)
Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center to host Jan Karski exhibit
(Manhattan College)
Professor travels across the country to begin interfaith dialogue
(Alexis Mansanarez, The Daily)
Interfaith group forms peace circle to support temple destroyed by arsonist
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)
Kentucky Senate passes religious freedom bill
(Stu Johnson, WKMS)
Amnesty: Bill against ‘insult of religious feelings’ undermines freedom of expression
(Civil Georgia)
Israeli Gov't due to debate bill giving primacy to Jewish religious law
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
CofE Statement on Sunday Trading
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Statement on Government plans to extend Sunday trading
(The Church of England)
Pope, Russian patriarch to talk about persecution of Christians
(Daily Mail Online)
Hijab-wearing women react to Bosnia court ban
(Tasnim News Agency)
DEADLINE 5 February 2016: Religion Communicators Council Invites Entries for 2016 Wilbur Awards
(Philanthropy News Digest)
President Obama's lessons on religious freedom
(Michael Stark, HuffPost Religion)
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Al Shabaab kills Christians in raid on village in coastal Kenya
(Morning Star News)
France’s official blindness to religion only masks religious hatred
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Students use selfies, signs to start interfaith dialogue
(April Gutierrez, National Catholic Reporter)
Where does the right to religious freedom end?
(Ryan Stringer, HuffPost Religion)
French police 'abuse' Muslims under emergency laws
(Anealla Safdar, Al Jazeera)
National Dialogue Conference House of State, Address by Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah
(Prormoting Peace in Muslim Societies)
Why Nepal has one of the world's fastest-growing Christian populations
(Danielle Preiss, NPR)
Churches offering sanctuary to asylum seekers
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
'Gay conversion' therapists find safe haven in Israel
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain falls
(Reuters)
Shootout in Jerusalem leaves 4 dead, including 3 Palestinian assailants
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Phoenix City Council votes to end prayers at meetings
(Dustin Gardiner, The Arizona Republic)
Hijab-wearing athlete on track to make U.S. Olympic history
(Jareen Imam and Keith Allen, CNN)
EU puts 'genocide' tag on Islamic State
(World Watch Monitor)
Wisconsin company fires seven Muslim employees over unscheduled prayer breaks
(Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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