Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 4 January 2016
Pharmacists ask Supreme Court to block state birth control rule
(Sarah Ferris, The Hill)
Religious health care ministries show growth
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fired police officer's Free Exercise rights not infringed by order not to associate with gang member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cargill fires about 180 Somali workers after prayer dispute
(Mike Hughlett, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
LDS Church responds to inquiries regarding Oregon armed occupation
(Mormon Newsroom)
Mormon authorities ‘strongly condemn’ Oregon militia siege
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Muslim employees walk out of meat packing plant in dispute over prayer breaks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minister seeks right to marry couples without license
(Oralandar Brand-Williams, The Detroit News)
Suit challenges requirement of marriage license for religious ceremony
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Nation Divided By Fear: Studies reveal widespread lack of social trust
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Saudi Arabia: Mass execution largest since 1980
(Human Rights Watch)
Saudi Arabia’s religious intolerance and the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)
Saudi execution of cleric ignites violence, fears of derailed regional peace efforts
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Saudi execution of political prisoners sparks protest – the Round-up
(Hannah Lynes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bahrain severs ties with Iran after attacks on Saudi missions
(Today's Zaman)
Executions in Saudi Arabia: Reactions to a Shia cleric’s death, from the furious to the thoughtful
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran as tensions escalate
(Al Jazeera America)
Why Israeli Russians insist on celebrating Novy God
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The Economist explains: Why Trudeau wants the pope to make an apology
(M.D., The Economist)
Homosexual group wants govt to release names of schools ‘using faith as guise for discrimination’
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Hungary awaits Muslim tourists while promoting anti-refugee rhetoric
(Dan McLaughlin, Al Jazeera America)
Denmark, Sweden tighten border checks to slow refugee flow
(Al Jazeera America)
Man charged with arson in Houston mosque fire
(Al Jazeera America)
NY man arrested for ISIL support, case built on confidential sources
(Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera America)
Al-Shabab in Somalia uses Trump in recruiting video
(Al Jazeera America)
As refugees pour in, child labor booms in Turkey
(Didem Tali, Al Jazeera America)
Britain denounces ISIL video showing five ‘spies’ shot
(Al Jazeera America)
Guns, blood and religion: How Charlie Hebdo’s new cover marks massacre’s anniversary
(Michael Cavna, The Washington Post)
New year brings new challenges for both sides of religious freedom divide
(The Guardian)
Sikh group wants law to ban racial, religious jokes
(Business Standard)
Terrorism was biggest concern in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia- Africa poll
(Murithi Mutiga, The East African)
Poll finds 37% of Americans believe Israel has too much influence over US politics
(Kit O'Connell, Mint Press News)
Trump re-ups controversial Muslim ban and Mexico wall in first campaign ad
(Mint Press News)
Sunday, 3 January 2016
“You need to watch who you tell about your religion”: In the age of Trump, “the talk” Muslim parents face isn’t about sex at all
(Gail Cornwall, Salon)
A Muslim's top 10 wishes for 2016
(Taufiq Rahim, The World Post)
Cocktail of politics, religion dangerous: Swami Agnivesh
(The Hindu)
IDF to permit non-religious burial with full military honors
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Religious groups join for world peace service in Naperville
(Lauren Rohr, Daily Herald)
Remarks of top cleric on cemevis draw ire of Alevis
(Today's Zaman)
Saturday, 2 January 2016
Hopis say Boy Scout performances make mockery of tradition, religion
(Anne Constable, Santa Fe New Mexican)
States plan renewed debate on LGBT rights, religious freedom
(David A Lieb, Associated Press, Salt Lake Tribune)
On religious liberty: a surprisingly hopeful tale
(James A Sonne, San Francisco Chronicle)
Flashback 2015: Revealing Top 10 lists from Religion Dispatches and Patheos Evangelical
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))
Form parliamentary committee to address interfaith conversion issues
(MalayMail Online)
A smorgasbord of Swedish anti-Semitism
(Nima Gholam Ali Pour, Gatestone Institute)
Scalia dismisses concept of religious neutrality
(Rebecca Santana, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Religion and society: Asking what God would want really does seem to curb prejudice
(The Economist)
Christians in the Middle East: And then there were none
(The Economist)
Iraq: Reclaiming the ruins from Islamic State
(The Economist)
War on words: A woman’s battle to end stoning and juvenile execution in Iran
(Laura Secor, The New Yorker)
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves
(Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Fatwa No. 64 (on treatment of female slaves)
(ISIL Committee of Research and Fatwas)
Friday, 1 January 2016
Adrian Chiles: BBC presenter says the media only sees religion in terms of fanaticism
(Ian Burrell, The Independent)
Epidemic as metaphor: Meaning and morality in our narratives of gun violence
(Philippa Koch, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Good Friday, a national public holiday of the Czech Republic
(Záboj Horák, Eurel: Sociological and legal data on religions in Europe)
Healing together: Religious organisations show solidarity with earthquake survivors
(Lucia DeVries, Nepali Times)
Kansas bill that would outlaw anti-gay discrimination will be heard first week of session
(Bryan Lowry, The Wichita Eagle)
Possible ban of hijab 'an affront to religious freedom of Muslim women'
(News24 Nigeria)
Religious liberty and the Cargill meatpacking plant
(The Denver Post)
The martyrdom of an Afghan: New York Times brings clash of law and culture to light
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))
This Pastafarian just schooled Georgia officials for refusing to respect his spaghetti-worshipping religion
(Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story)
UK survivor of massacre in Tunisia backs interfaith work
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)
Law & Religion 2015 and 2016: retrospect and prospect
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tired of being targeted, America's Sikhs are standing up for their identity
(Gloria Goodale, The Christian Science Monitor)
Russia is a fully sovereign state, uses its sovereignty to defend itself, its friends - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Iraqis dive deeper into sectarianism
(Mustafa al-Kadhimi, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Diyarbakir's Christians suffer in margins of Turkey-PKK war
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
New French history offers a ray of hope for Jewish-Muslim relations
(Robert Zaretsky, Forward)
Happy New Year 2016 !
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawmaker makes video plea for non-Christians to convert — on taxpayer's dime
(Cary Spivak, The Forward)
Wisconsin lawmaker stirs controversy with proselytizing Christmas message to constituents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit upholds California AG's collection of donors' names against "as applied" challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New Mexico Supreme Court files amended opinion again striking down textbook loan program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
AP-NORC poll: Christian-Muslim split on religious freedom
(Rachel Zoll And Emily Swanson, Associated Press)
Poll on attitudes toward religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Civil courts have no jurisdiction over conversions, defer to Shariah Court
(V. Anbalagan, Malaysian Insider)
Malaysia Court of Appeal says civil courts have no jurisdiction over religious conversions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Somali workers fired at Colorado packing plant in prayer dispute
(Keith Coffman, Reuters)
Thursday, 31 December 2015
A depressing year of religion news
(Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
2015: The year in religious liberty controversies
(Stephanie Slade, Reason: Hit and Run Blog)
Conveying the Christian message: In church or between churches, clergy have a thing about transport
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
7 stories you should read to really understand the Islamic State
(Swati Sharma, The Washington Post)
The Islamization of Britain in 2015
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Deseret News heroes of 2015: 7 people who made a difference this year (Faith: Brian Grim)
(Deseret News National Edition | Media)
Changing religion, changing economies: Future global religious and economic growth (Research prepared for the Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith
(The Full Report, by Brian J. Grim and Phillip Connor, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Minors converted to Islam can seek redress after turning 18, Shariah lawyer says
(Ida Lim, The Malaya Mail Online)
Israel's Russians show pride by openly celebrating 'Novy God' on New Year's Eve
(Eetta Prince-Gibson, Forward)
Nigerian to unveil 'biggest' statue of Jesus in Africa
(Stephanie Findlay and Aderogba Obisesan, Agence France-Presse)
Iran arrests 9 Christians on Christmas day for celebrating Jesus Christ
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS mutilates and kills Syrian mother caught breastfeeding in public
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Norway begins adoption process for 5 children seized from Christian parents
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
ACLU Muslim official 'emphatically refuses' to denounce radical Islamic terrorism
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Brussels' New Year's festivities canceled in wake of alleged plot
(Jason Hanna, Paul Cruickshank, and Vasco Cotovio, CNN)
In new habit, Japan's Buddhist temples seek slice of foreign tourism boom
(Junko Fujita, Reuters)
Israel cracks down on Islamic State volunteers
(Dan Williams, Reuters)
Two Pakistani clerics fight at meeting over status of Ahmadi sect
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Muslims on twitter say they have better things to do than join ISIS
(Jeffrey Marcus, The New York Times)
Israel rejects book on Jew-Arab love for school curriculum
(Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How the battle against the Islamic State is redrawing the map of the Middle East
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
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