Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 February 2015
ISIL defectors face group's ire: experts
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)
The latest anti-shechitah crusade: a threat to Jewish rites is a threat to Jewish rights
(Harold Brackman, Jewish Journal)
Eric Moutsos SLCPD Officer/Religious Liberty Ep162 [podcast]
(Richie T, The Cultural Hall)
USCCB: support Health Care Conscience Rights Act
(Catholic World News)
War on religion? Lake Worth orders churches to have license to pray
(Kathleen Walter, Columbia Broadcasting System 12)
Germany seeks to undermine Islamic extremists with religious education
(Matthew Bell, Public Radio International)
Negotiations “very close” on LGBT nondiscrimination, religious liberties bill
(Ben Winslow, Fox News)
Blasphemy iceberg bigger than Hebdo
(Terry Mattingly, Morris Daily Herald)
Nevada religious freedom bill for students sparks uproar
(Chris Sieroty, KNPR)
Ada County Highway District divided over new meeting-prayer policy
(Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman)
In a first, atheist activist addresses conservative conference
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Anti-Semitism a big problem at US colleges, report says
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Will Austria’s experiment with Islam work for grassroots believers?
(The Guardian)
American atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Agence France-Presse)
Nearly all states allow religious exemptions for vaccinations
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center)
The Indian Muslim student beaten for posing with his female classmates
(BBC News)
Nigerian police search for kidnapped American missionary
(Tamara Audi and Gbenga Akingbule, The Wall Street Journal)
Air strikes hit Islamic State in Syria after Christians abducted
(Oliver Holmes and Tom Perry, Reuters)
Controversial San Francisco handbook to be reviewed, expanded by theology teacher committee
(Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Reporter)
From competition to compassion, a university president leads the way
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Transcript available for SCOTUS arguments in Abercrombie & Fitch
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life Project)
Q/A: How Pew Research measures global restrictions on religion
(David Masci, Pew Research Center)
Pew study on religion finds increased harassment of Jews
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
India has highest level of social hostility involving religion: Pew Research
(Sujeet Rajan, The American Bazaar)
The human rights cases absolutely everyone should know about
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
U.N. Security Council discusses Syria humanitarian crisis
(Al Arabiya News)
Podcast on Mideast Christians and ISIS
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
One more day to nominate the (UK) human rights cases absolutely everyone should know about
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
When your religion makes you too uncool to work at Abercrombie
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Arkansas House panel rejects bill on religious expression in schools
(Dale Ellis, Times Record)
Activists: Number of Christians abducted by Islamic State rises to 220
(Zeina Karam, Crux)
Senior ISIS commanders killed in air strikes in Iraq, fate of leader Baghdadi unknown
(The Jerusalem Post)
Inside ISIS: a Time special report
(Time Magazine)
IS executioner 'Jihadi John' named by media
(Your Middle East)
New ISIL video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts
(Today's Zaman)
ISIS burns 8000 rare books and manuscripts in Mosul
(VIDEO, YouTube)
Islamic State fighters destroy antiquities in Iraq
(The Jerusalem Post)
Syrian sources say ISIS executed 15 Christians - with more killing to come
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Justice Ministry, Amnesty International clash over human rights situation in Hungary
(Hungary Today)
Sweden’s high court all but bans homeschooling, family appeals to ECHR
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)
Brother of two martyred Coptic Christians thanks ISIS on live TV: His brothers are "pride of Christianity"
(Zoe Romanowsky, Aleteia)
The rise of religious exemptions from vaccines
(Kelly J. Baker, The Christian Century)
Lawmakers weigh in on MI religious freedom bills
(Alana Holland, WNEM TV 5)
Putin congratulates Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia on its 15th anniversary
(Interfax-Religion)
China's fertile ground for Islamic State
(Adam Minter, BloombergView)
North Carolina Senate passes opt-out measure for officials opposed to gay marriage
(Marti McGuire, Reuters)
Richard Dawkins on attack: “Children need to be protected” from religious parents
(Joanna Rothkopf, Salon)
Australia warns women IS no 'romantic adventure'
(Your Middle East)
"Many argue that Da’esh is not present in the Gaza Strip. However, the reality is different."
(Abdalhadi Alijla, Your Middle East)
Novosibirsk theatre defends artistic freedom following accusations of “offending religious feeling”
(Vsevolod Mititello, The Calvert Journal)
Controversial Austrian law encourages teaching Islam in German
(NPR, WMRA News)
Austria passes controversial reforms to Islam law banning foreign funding
(AFP, The Telegraph)
Austrian Parliament passes controversial amendments to law on Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Introducing the 2015 Easter Egg Roll: opening the ticket lottery
(Jenna Brayton, The White House Blog)
Annual White House Easter egg roll announced
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court dismisses religious and speech objections to requirement that witness stand to be sworn in
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Arson damages Christian seminary in Jerusalem in suspected hate crime
(Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters)
Separated by violence, Muslims and Buddhists seek to be reunited in Myanmar
(Pai Soe, Religion News Service)
German Jewish leader warns against wearing skullcaps
(Madeline Chambers, Reuters)
Student at Wheaton College pelted with an apple over human sexuality question
(Eliel Cruz, Religion News Service)
India's parliament disrupted over Mother Teresa remarks
(Krista Mahr, Rupam Jain Nair, and Sujoy Dhar, Reuters)
Hindu leader implies Mother Teresa did charity work to convert poor to Christianity
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Turkey’s 'Rocker Imam' inspires Turks
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
No justice for Turkish women who kill in self-defense
(Sibel Hurtas, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkish border closed as Christian hostages in Syria spike to 250
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Turkey: Top court overturns compensation ruling for Kutlular
(Today's Zaman)
UN rights chief warns of widespread abuse in Myanmar
(Jacqueline Jones, Jurist)
Patriarch of Jerusalem: we must gather and seek ways to unite churches in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Christian groups recognized for aiding Ukrainian Jews
(Ariel Cohen, Religion News Today)
Hindu radicals: We will convert Christians and Muslims until the government stops us
(Nirmala Carvalho, Religion News Today)
Swastika attack in Montreal considered hate crime
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canada’s Parliament unanimously condemns rise of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Danish imam to be charged in Germany for call to kill Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Habayit Hayehudi: ‘We’ve never had a leadership so attentive to the rabbis’
(Chaim Levinson, Haaretz)
Sporadic violence builds tension in CAR, many Christians victims
(Illia Djadi)
Among the FARC, a growing Christian presence
(Deann Alford, World Watch Monitor)
Baker who faces monumental fines for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple reveals why he won’t back down in passionate religious freedom speech
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)
Joint Committee on the Draft Protection of Charities Bill: report
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 26 February 2015: Anger and Revolutionary Justice (2015 Berkley Center Lecture)
(Martha C. Nussbaum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
CONFERENCE CALL, 26 February 2015: “Obama’s International Religious Freedom Record: Not as Bad as You Think”
(Speaker, Judd Birdsall, Institute for Global Engagement)
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Briefing: The Muslim Brotherhood in England and Egypt
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Can Yoga fix the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
(Batya Ungar-Sargon, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Islam in Britain: No Charlies here
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
State says 70-year-old flower shop owner discriminated against gay couple. Here’s how she responded
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Howard County school's religious practices questioned
(Lauren Stagter, Kokomo Tribune)
Security tightened at New Delhi churches after attacks
(Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)
France plans broader dialogue with its large Muslim minority
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
In Holy City, Iran's Rouhani seeks clergy's backing for nuclear talks
(Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)
Few UK Muslims have sympathy for Paris attack motives, most oppose violence: poll
(Estelle Shirbon, Reuters)
U.S. charges three with conspiring to support Islamic State
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)
Republicans shelve measure labeling Idaho a 'Christian state'
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)
Intergroup calls on the European Union to focus on protecting religious or belief minorities in the MENA region as ISIS attacks Christian villages in Syria
(European Parliament Intergroup on FoRB & RT)
Finnish public broadcasting to read entire Quran in new series
(Krishnadev Calamur, NPR)
ISIS heads to Rome
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Opinion)
The funeral of the reposed Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church to be in Ternopil
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Patriarch Filaret called on UAOC clergy to unite
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russia bans activities of Ukrainian churches in Crimea since March
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Why the world needs interfaith groups
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)
New York residents arrested over ISIS extremist plot
(Al Arabiya News)
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