Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Fighting rages in Aden as mosques call for jihad and Saudi pounds Houthi bases
(Al Bawaba)
Daesh double suicide bombs kill 38 in Syria
(Al Bawaba)
Australian mother and child die for religion
(Global Post)
Chinese Uighyr religious scholar who refused to cooperate with Chinese Communist branch imprisoned for 9 years [Simplified Chinese]
(Radio Free Asia)
IS releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
UK prime minister stands out among election leaders in proclaiming his Christianity
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Makhachkala resident to stand trial for posting religious extremist materials
(Interfax-Religion)
12 jihadists sentenced to long prison terms in Uzbekistan
(Russian Legal Information Agency)
Spain arrests nine over alleged ISIS links
(Al Arabiya News)
Cakes bake tension between gay rights, religious objections
(Ivan Moreno, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
One dead, church torched in Nigeria village attack
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Report: Paris kosher shop killer planned to strike Jewish school
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Budapest street exhibition on Holocaust survivors defaced
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
EVENT, 8-11 April 2015: 109th ASIL Annual Meeting, "Adapting to a Rapidly Changing World"
(Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., The American Society of International Law)
The battle against Islamic State must include a postwar plan
(Robert Joustra, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Obama and Biden speak at White House Easter prayer breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Obama disparages Christians - OpEd
(William Donahue, Eurasia Review)
Kremlin reliance on the Russian Orthodox Church may backfire, analysts say
(Ivana Nechepurenko, The Moscow Times)
"When clergymen do not stand aside the problems of society and the state, it deserves great respect," governor of Mykolayiv Vadym Merikov
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Suburban D.C. synagogue defaced with swastikas
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hales, mayors lift Indiana travel ban after changes to religious freedom law
(Portland Tribune)
Man sues firm for allegedly ridiculing his ‘stupid’ religion
(Julia Marsh, New York Post)
Absent new laws, clergy & business owners could face lawsuits, penalties
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Examiner)
City of Dallas fights against synagoguge's religious liberty
(Jeff Dunetz, Truth Revolt)
Houston Baptist University challenging health care reform mandate
(Haley Hernandez, Click 2 Houston)
Cardinal O'Malley opposes death penalty for Tsarnaev
(WCVB News)
Massachusetts Catholic Bishops issue letter opposing death penalty for marathon bomber
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dad awarded right to make medical decisions because mom objects to vaccinations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tax court says bet din arbitration clause in demand trust does not destroy gift tax exclusion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia 'failed to act' over child abuse at controversial refugee camp
(Reuters)
Islamist hackers seize control of Defra's air-quality website
(Damien Gayle, The Guardian)
Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least 24 in Nigeria
(Reuters)
Iraqi experts start exhuming bodies at Tikrit mass graves of soldiers killed by Islamic State
(Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press)
Kenya bombs Somalia al-Shabab bases after Garissa attack
(BBC News)
RFRA and my wedding ring
(Maureen Mullarkey, First Things)
White powder, threat sent to Colorado Jewish center, synagogue
(Keith Coffman, Reuters)
Louisiana religious freedom bill could lose some controversial language
(Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA)
Indiana, Arkansas retreat on religious freedom bills could spark wider trend
(Charisma News)
South African teenage girl becomes first arrested for trying to join Islamic State
(Aislinn Laing, The Telegraph)
Proposed Florida bill would apply religious freedom to adoption agencies
(Caitlin Ostroff, The Independent Florida Alligator)
Madison, Wisconsin protects atheists with new law
(Hayli Harding, World Religion News)
Portland lifts Indiana travel ban over 'religious freedom' law
(Brad Schmidt, Oregon Live)
Legal for Colorado bakery to refuse to write anti-gay message on cake
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
France, the West and the Islamist Challenge
(Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute)
Georgian elders call for help to prevent teenagers from joining IS
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
For millennials making sexual health decisions, there is no black and white
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Family)
People in masks desecrate an Orthodox church in the Kiev Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Man charged with killing 3 Muslims to face death
(Al Arabiya News)
Uganda: Three arrested over killing of terror prosecutor
(Al Arabiya News)
Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least 24 in Nigeria
(Al Arabiya News)
Malaysia passes terrorism law, raising rights fears
(Al Arabiya News)
Fourth man charged in NYC over ISIS recruitment plot
(Al Arabiya News)
Dutch soccer fans chant about burning Jews, SS ancestry
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Suspected al Qaeda militants take Yemen border post with Saudi
(The Jerusalem Post)
Why we should worry when millennials don't take religion seriously
(Arthur E. Farnsley II, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Jewish graves vandalized in Polish town
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dismang: Process surrounding religion law not 'pretty'
(Andrew DeMillo, Arkansas Online)
Constitution check: Did the Supreme Court give corporations a religious soul?
(Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily)
Chinese government should protect religious liberty to promote desire for social peace
(Uncova)
Republicans, religious groups urge Supreme Court to uphold gay marriage bans
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)
When religion and civil rights clash
(Steve Hochstadt, My Journal Courier)
Religion in and beyond A Love Supreme
(Jason C. Bivins, OUPblog Religion)
Filipino who made offensive comments about S’poreans and religion charged under Sedition Act
(Today)
Under revised Sedition Act, insulting religion an offence, but not criticising government
(Zurairi Ar, Malay Mail Online)
Getting religion wrong: From Indiana to Iran
(Mosaic Magazine)
Interview with a Christian
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Op-Ed Column)
Do Americans believe science and religion are in conflict?
(Jonathan Hill, Big Questions Online)
They bury fonts, don’t they?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 7-8 April 2015: Mercer to host Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State
(Mercer University)
Monday, 6 April 2015
A note from Creator Cakes
(Andrew Walker, First Things)
Pope Francis and Zero Tolerance
(William Doino Jr., First Things)
Sunday Sitdown: Senator Hestor talks about the new Religious Freedom law.
(Paige Preusse, 4029 TV)
Sentenced for participation in illegal armed group
(International Organization for Legal Researches)
Tajikistan and Daghestan may increase Islamist threat by how they are fighting against it
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church called for a truce during the Easter holidays
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Egypt refers Brotherhood supporters to military court
(Middle East Monitor)
Religious exemptions from vaccines?
(Marti Smith, Harford Courant)
Why the Christian right may never recover from Indiana
(Ian Millhiser, Think Progress)
Faithless: From Scientology to Evangelical Christianity, we don't really get faith
(Liel Leibovitz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Religious colleges seek contraception mandate exception like for-profit companies
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)
Creating an artificial divide in Indiana
(Carl M. Cannon, Real Clear Politics)
The controversy in Indiana is trumped up—but RFRA isn’t a good law
(Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review)
Analysis: Faith and the General Election: how influential is the religious vote?
(Marc Shoffman, LapidoMedia)
Who will stand?
(Robert P. George, First Things)
Religion on the Rise, finds new global demographic study
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Niger's Christians try to forgive on first Easter after church attacks
(Boureima Hama, Agence France-Presse)
Date of Easter 2016?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Number of Muslims worldwide expected to nearly equal number of Christians by 2050; religiously unaffiliated will make up declining share of world’s population
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Easter/ Passover stories from the weekend
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Celebrating Passover at the White House
(Matt Nosanchuk, The White House Blog)
Statement by the President on Easter
(Press Release, The White House)
Supreme Court asked to look abroad for guidance on same-sex marriage
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
A new exodus? The reality of being Jewish in Europe today
(Natalie Nougayrède, Kim Willsher, Kit Gillet, Kate Connolly, Zia Weise, John Hooper, Katie Forster, Lars Eriksen, Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Court seeks U.S. views on terrorism case
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
A national campaign for ‘Islam a la Francaise’ takes root amid growing radicalization
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)
Indonesia: Court rejects last-ditch appeal by Australian convicts facing death by firing squad
(Christian Today)
Reclaim Australia rallies 'hurtful' to new migrants and refugees
(Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian)
Shiite militia retake Tikrit after air strikes cease
(Christian Today)
Militants attack church and police in Egypt, one policeman dead
(Reuters)
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