Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 March 2015
Supreme Court says Quebec province infringed religious freedom of Loyola school in Montreal: Authorities wanted secular perspective in teaching
(Kalyan Kumar, International Business Times)
Teachers' alliance sues Rhode Island school for barring observation of Good Friday
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
German court rules against banning veil in schools, but Europe remains divided
(The Conversation)
Simon Hughes' human rights speech
(Liberal Democrats)
Turkey's highest religious body says surrogate motherhood is like adultery, calls process religiously unacceptable
(Juan Paulino Cornejo, Design & Trend)
Turkey’s top religious body says IVF is ‘unacceptable and like adultery’
(Al Arabiya News)
How sectarian violence within Islam hurts the youth
(Huma Munir, World Religion News)
Afghan woman lynched over Koran-burning was innocent: minister
(Al Arabiya News)
Sex worker to launch legal challenge against NI prostitution ban
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Jewish cemetery vandalized in Hungary
(The Jerusalem Post)
Monitor: Islamic State moves west to attack Syrian army in Homs
(The Jerusalem Post)
Freedom to change one's religion is fundamental right, says Vice President Hamid Ansari
(DNA India)
Uzbekistan worried about ISIL activity near its borders
(Interfax-Religion)
Stop using Brooklyn fire to stoke anti-Orthodox hatred
(Mordechai Lightstone, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Women face setbacks in new Libya
(Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Rise of religious extremism and atheism: Ominous signs for Bangladesh
(Rupak Bhattacharjee, South Asia Monitor)
Palestinian female judges gavel down taboos
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Pakistan: The contested issue of madrasa modernization
(Dr. Sanchita Bhattacharya, South Asia Monitor)
Salafis, Salafism and Modern Salafism: What lies behind a term?
(Mohamed Bin Ali, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Idaho Republicans push back against LGBT rights
(Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America)
India, fresh attacks on two Catholic churches "evil and dangerous"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
As Houthi militias move south, UN warns of possible civil war in Yemen
(AsiaNews.it)
Ordinary Afghans take to Kabul streets in protest over Farkhunda's murder
(AsiaNews.it)
Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders meet in Gaza
(Middle East Monitor)
Missouri House OKs bill to protect religious student groups
(Maria French, Associated Press)
Tunisia will win against terrorism, insists Ghannouchi
(Middle East Monitor)
Religious fraternity fights campus ban
(Anjali Hemphill, CNN)
A religious ‘conscience clause’. The church wants it but campaigners say ‘licence to discriminate’
(The Journal)
‘Constant suspicion’: Muslim police officers allege harassment
(Halima Kazem, Aljazeera: America)
Egypt’s Sisi again calls for ‘religious revolution’
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
US delegation encouraged by Sri Lanka's progress in religious freedom
(Eurasia Review)
10,000 letters to Indiana House Speaker oppose "religious freedom" bill
(Ray Steele, 93.1 WIBC)
Experts: 'Merry Christmas bill' won't protect schools from lawsuits
(Kristine Guerra, Indianapolis Star)
Finding salvation in religious law's safe harbor
(Evan J. Seeman, The Conneticut Law Tribune)
Will a Catholic school fire a theology teacher for "anti-gay" remarks?
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)
Rajnath calls for a national debate on anti-conversion law
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)
World Alliance of Religions Peace Office Meeting held in Georgia
(Spy Ghana)
Gay and Mennonite
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Muslim school's zoning challenge dismissed without reaching merits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
College admission denial because of religious references in interview supports Establishment Clause claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 23 March 2015: Interreligious dialogue to emphasize mutual understanding
(The Shreveport Times)
EVENT, 23 March 2015: Global Indifference, Solidarity, and Development
(Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life, Georgetown University)
Religious freedom bill could have unintended consequences
(Terry Curry, The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Americans are deeply religious, so will we ever see an atheist president? Here’s what we know.
(Gary Scott Smith, The Washington Post)
Sunday, 22 March 2015
An atheist president? Atheists want U.S. political religious tests to not exclude atheism
(Inquisitr)
French Muslims caught between Islamophobia and extremism
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
Religion and law round-up – 22nd March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tatar historian hasn't changed but Islam in Tatarstan has
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
NJ Fed. Court rejects RFRA and religious belief defenses in forced "get" case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Chinese police seize two priests in Mutanjiang
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
6 arrested after forcing their way into London synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Layman talk on religion will result in police action, IGP warns
(Malay Mail Online)
What do religious women think of the contraceptive mandate?
(Patricia Miller, The Atlantic)
Death by stoning law sees Malaysia parties chase Muslim vote
(Niluksi Koswanage and Liau Y-Sing, The Washington Post)
Families would gain religious right to prevent autopsies under Minn. bill
(Don Davis, Forum News Service)
Alevis see no solution before the elections
(Hürriyet Daily News)
EVENT, 22-23 March 2015: Legal and Moral Challenges of Religious Resurgence
(The International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem)
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Buddhism, China and Russia: Unearthly powers
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Delhi protest marks 300 days of BJP in India
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Establishment Clause challenge to church directional sign moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
IS reduces Christian, Shia Muslim shrines to 'rubble' in Iraq
(Religion News Today)
Lawsuit against Shickshinny regarding religious sign can move forward, judge rules
(Citizens Voice)
Most (88%) Canadians support requirement for people to show face during Canadian citizenship ceremonies
(Sean Simpson, Ipsos)
Patrol chief criticized for religion at work
(Norfolk Daily News)
The Air Force Academy made 'so help me God' optional. This lawmaker wasn't happy & decided to do something about it
(Mike Miller, Independent Journal Review)
Vietnam: church leaders say government drafting new religious law
(Janelle Powers, Crossmap Christian News)
Young Northern Irish Christians determined to reconcile
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Of human dignity: The Declaration on Religious Liberty at 50
(Charles J. Chaptut, First Things)
FoRB Annual report: In prison for their religion or belief
(Willy Fautré, Mark Barwick, Alfiaz Vaiya, Sebastian Walch and Nathan Black, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Using religion for reform: Trying to change Pakistan’s oppressive blasphemy law from within
(Sarah Muir, VICE News)
Legal recognition of same-sex relationships (International Resource)
(Jones Day)
Korean-American military brides find refuge in tiny Missouri church
(Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America)
Why I won't wear the Star of David
(Angela Epstein, The Telegraph)
The crime is the fruit of the theology: Christian responses to 50 Shades of Grey
(Kristin Kobes du Mez, OUPblog Religion)
Sweden's Foreign Minister reviled as an enemy of the Prophet
(Ingrid Carlqvist and Lars Hedegaard, Gatestone Institute)
Church Liability for clergy child abuse
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Wisconsin federal judge finds state abortion law unconstitutional
(Al Jazeera America)
Americans don’t cite ‘God, family, country’ quite like the cliche goes
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Friday, 20 March 2015
Can you be an Islamist and a feminist?
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Maldives: Nasheed’s sham trial comes to an end
(Dr. S. Chandrasekharan, South Asia Analysis Group)
What a Houthi-controlled Yemen means for women
(Maysaa Shuja al-Deen, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Lawmakers use Chipotle to justify freedom of religion
(Meghan DeMaria, The Week)
'SC's obligation to protect women, churches and religious freedom'
(Daiji World)
Boko Haram headlines hide persecution of Christians in mid-Nigeria, too
(Christina Thomas, World Watch Monitor)
Gunmen kill 100 Christian villagers in central Nigeria
(World Watch Monitor)
New Virginia law protects chaplains from censorship
(Sean CW Korsgaard, The Daily Progress)
Woman breaks through chains of forced marriage, and helps others do the same
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
Kansas Senate passes bill to protect religious freedom on college campuses
(Tim Carpenter, The Hays Daily News)
Buddhist monks incite hatred against Muslims in Myanmar
(Sarah Judith Hofmann, Deutsche Welle)
Quebec infringed school's freedom: court
(Canadian Press, Orangeville Banner)
Canada's Supreme Court says Quebec Catholic school should be allowed modified religious culture program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Salmaan Taseer murder case harks back to 1929 killing of Hindu publisher
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Afghan cleric and others defend lynching of woman in Kabul
(Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati, Reuters)
Russia wants to stop U.N. staff benefits for same-sex couples
(Michelle Nichols, Reuters)
Puerto Rico ends its defense of gay marriage ban
(David Adams and Bill Trott, Reuters)
Non-banned ‘banned’ books and Malaysia’s unjust Islamic justice system
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
WCC delegation expresses solidarity with Ukraine
(World Council of Churches)
World churches delegation to Ukraine says Moscow-aligned church crucial in peace process
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Solar eclipse: schoolchildren banned from watching on 'religious and cultural' grounds
(Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph)
Muslim women are fighting to redefine Islam as a religion of equality
(Carla Power, Time)
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