Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Appellate victory in pastor's visa battle
(Rose Bouboushian, Courthouse News Service)
3rd Circuit invalidates portion of religious worker visa rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Southern Baptist Convention urges prayer sessions on morning of same-sex marriage arguments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Obama to call for end to ‘conversion’ therapies for gay and transgender youth
(Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)
White House supports national ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Three former Nationals park ushers file religious discrimination suit against team
(Scott MacFarlane, NBC Washington)
Tibet’s Communist Party chief demands Buddhist monasteries display Chinese flags
(The Indian Express)
New employment discrimination suits – ballpark ushers and firefighters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ministry can proceed on RLUIPA equal terms claim over transitional housing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
11th Circuit: Moorish property owner may replead constitutional claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jews in jail
(Canadian Jewish News)
Jewish prison chaplaincy in Canada featured
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Poll: Most Americans do not support ‘religious freedom’ laws
(Al Jazeera America)
How to get religion out of politics
(David Murrow, Patheos Blog: Church for Men)
Obama calls for end to discredited ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBT youths
(Naureen Khan, Al Jazeera America)
Azerbaijan: Transfer from detention for prisoners of conscience rejected
(Forum 18 News Service)
Christian NHS worker wrong to talk about faith, says Tribunal
(Christian Concern)
International Criminal Court will not open probe into IS crimes
(Luke Coleman, BasNews)
Fake nun arrested on street for begging in China [Simplified Chinese]
(Wujian News)
Bomb attack, ISIS invasion can't dampen faith of Iraqi seminarian
(Catholic News Agency)
California lawmakers advance vaccine bill amid heated debate
(89.3 KPCC)
Religious freedom and the Constitution (Commentary)
(Sarah Hoff, The Baltimore Sun)
Balancing religious and civil liberties
(Edward Correia, The Baltimore Sun)
Foreign law is irrelevant to the constitutionality of same-sex marriage
(John O. McGinnis, Library of Law & Liberty)
High court, Congress debate religious liberty in the workplace
(Journey Christian News)
Nebraska newspaper overdoes it on 'injustice' faced by gay Catholic teacher (Opinion)
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
ACLU sues to force Catholic bishops to push abortions on children of illegal immigrants
(Sarah Zagorski, Life News)
Jewish groups cheer Boston Marathon guilty verdict
(The Jewish Daily Forward)
Turkish authorities ask tiny Christian community to help Yezidi refugees
(World Watch Monitor)
Erdogan says Egypt should free Mursi before it can restore ties
(Panorama)
Turkmen embassy in Minsk hacked apparently by IS
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Iran summons Saudi envoy over teen pilgrims' harassment
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
New synagogue vandalized in Arkhangelsk
(Interfax-Religion)
Victory in Lowestoft sex shop case
(Christian Concern)
Jihadist threat to Europe from south cannot be opposed without Russia - Greek PM
(Interfax-Religion)
Erdogan: Islamic world risks ‘disintegration’
(Al Arabiya News)
French broadcaster TV5Monde hit by Islamist hackers
(The Jerusalem Post)
Saudi Arabia blocks Iran flight carrying pilgrims
(The Jerusalem Post)
Sweden to send troops to Iraq to support fight against Islamic State
(The Jerusalem Post)
2 Turkish journalists face jail terms for Charlie Hebdo cover
(The Jerusalem Post)
Nusra accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS in Yarmouk
(Middle East Monitor)
Clashes in Tikrit a week after its liberation from ISIS
(Middle East Monitor)
Tibet chief demands monasteries display Chinese flags
(The New York Times)
Blocking 'radical' websites threatens free expression: Rights groups
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
As Cameron says UK “still a Christian country”, 62% tell YouGov they are “not religious”
(National Secular Society)
The Dyer consequences of ‘weaponized’ religious liberty for religious minorities and for the majority
(Fred Clark, Patheos Blog: Slacktivist)
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev goes to Mecca
(Giorgi Lomsadze, Eurasianet)
Senate affirms Alabamians’ right to display religious symbols on public property
(Elizabeth Beshears, Yellowhammer News)
Obama concerned about 'less than loving' Christians at White House Easter Prayer Breakfast
(Emma Koonse, Christian Post)
Lawyers for health agency, religious nonprofits present case to federal appeals court
(Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle)
5th Circuit hears oral arguments in ACA non-profit contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious organizations obstruct reproductive health care for unaccompanied immigrant minors
(Press Release, ACLU)
FOIA lawsuit will seek documents on religious organizations care for immigrant minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Communist Party to test Tibetan monks for 'patriotism'
(Liam Bourke, The Shanghaiist)
Congressman urges US to press China for Tibetan Buddhist leader's medical parole
(RTT News)
Uyghur religious scholar jailed nine years for ‘refusing to cooperate’ with authorities
(Radio Free Asia)
Study: By 2050, Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians
(Al Arabiya)
PCUSA stalling Korean Church's effort to leave denomination?
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Israel bids to open synagogue on Al-Aqsa grounds
(Middle East Monitor)
Women in ministry: can we have evangelical unity?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Turkey's top religious body allows toilet paper
(Meltem Ozgenc, Hürriyet Daily News)
Women rabbis are forging a path outside denominational Judaism
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Lawyers seek identities of detained Pakistani Christians
(UCA News)
Allow Christian symbols in new hospitals too, Aussie MPs ask
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Guest blog: The changing face of Iran: from theocracy to democracy?
(M.B. Abbasi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Pastor opposes bill to make Bible state book of Tennessee
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
For Burmese cardinal, the Church in Asia is a source of peace and reconciliation among nations
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)
ISIS burns food donations from US intended for Syrian refugees
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Two South Korean pastors remain detained in North Korea for 'espionage'
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Duke University professor says faith aids in healing process for patients
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Why doctors let a Jehovah’s Witness and her unborn baby die
(Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post)
China to test Tibetan monks and nuns for patriotism
(Agence France-Presse)
US Christians back emerging private war on Iraq jihadists
(Jonathan Krohn, Agence France-Presse)
20 Muslim bodies in Hong Kong plead for 'peace' amid reports of ISIS hiring
(Saibal Dasgupta, The Times of India)
Egypt monks defy their church in road row
(Ali Gamal, BBC News)
Syrian-born former imam shot dead in London
(Rebecca Ratcliffe and Aisha Gani, The Guardian)
Kansas limits abortion method, opening a new line of attack
(Erik Eckholm and Frances Robles, The New York Times)
U.S. online ban of militant Muslim preacher ends
(Mark Hosenball and Alistair Bell, Reuters)
Some Texas lawmakers oppose changing religious objection law
(Eva Ruth Moravec, The Associated Press)
Guam rejects lesbian couple's marriage license application
(Grace Garces Bordallo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Passover and the First Freedom
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
The fierce Christ of Easter faith
(Timothy George, First Things)
What is love?
(Richard J. Mouw, First Things)
Opinion: Decline of marriage is a primary reason for inequality
(W. Bradford Wilcox, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Asylum, religious manifestation and minority faiths: WH v Sweden
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Indian prime minister Narenda Modi pledges support for Muslims
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
White House Easter event welcomes cross-section of Christians
(Patricia Zapor, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
How RFRA helps us love our neighbors
(Samuel James, Inklingations)
Fighting back: Free speech brief filed on behalf of religious leaders in SCOTUS marriage case
(Paula Bolyard, PJ Tatler)
Societies should not have to choose whether to grant the wishes of either religious groups or of women
(Kristin Aune, Democratic Audit UK)
Religious liberty war moves to Louisiana, with press still struggling with basic facts
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
La. lawmaker cuts contested part of religious freedom bill
(Jennifer G. Hickey, Newsmax)
Austria’s Islamic reforms (Opinion)
(Soeren Kern, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Liberia: religious tolerance - as source of unity and cohesiveness (Opinion)
(Philip N. Wesseh, The Inquirer (Monrovia), allAfrica)
Essex man challenges school fine for removing his daughter from school during Shavuot
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle)
Anti-semitism in Germany: 'I don't see any reason for Jews here to emigrate'
(Spiegel Online)
Pakistani Christian: 'Hate is spread against us'
(BBC News)
Liberia: 'We can't live in a Christian state'
(Alloycious David, The NEWS (Monrovia), allAfrica)
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