Law and Religion Headlines


Thursday, 5 February 2015

Biblical theme park to sue over denial of tax rebates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Majority believes businesses have right to deny gay couples for religious reasons
(Emily Swanson and Brady McCombs, The Grio)

Pope Francis to address Congress on Sept. 24
(Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post)

California's ban of Scout-affiliated judges flies in the face of religious freedoms (opinion)
(Editorial Board, Deseret News)

Why California judges are not allowed to be affiliated with the Boy Scouts
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint Commentaries)

The irony in anti-discrimination – why Catholic bishops won't back ENDA
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Alabama asks Supreme Court for stay of same-sex marriage injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Inhofe, Senators introduce Religious Freedom Resolution
(Press Release, Jim Inhofe)

Ken Starr offers encouragement on religious freedom
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism)

Statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)

Council of Europe: Tackling intolerance and discrimination with a special focus on Christians
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)

Islamic teachings explicitly forbid death by burning, but ISIS did it anyway
(Jenna McLaughlin, Mother Jones)

Munich prosecutors charge female jihadist
(The Local (Germany))

No contraception mandate for Christian ministry
(Melissa Montoya, News-press.com)

Salamone Rossi and the pressure to convert
(Don Harrán, OUPblog Religion)

For Indonesian Church, fighting migrant trafficking not enough, training also needed
(Mathias Hariyadi, Asianews.it)

College freshmen are leaning away from religion
(Melissa Korn, Wall Street Journal)

"Se acatará la Constitución": magistrado que decidirá sobre adopción gay
(Noticias RCN)

S.C. Republicans to colleges: Don't interfere with with campus religious groups
(Mary Troyan, The State)

Sale of Charlie Hebdo in Ireland will test blasphemy law for first time
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)

The numbers tell a different Turkey
(Ahu Özyurt, Hurriyet Daily News)

When Buddhists were Public Enemy No. 1
(Peter Manseau, CNN)

Why is there a religious exemption for vaccinations? Almost no religions object to them.
(Miriam Krule, Slate)

Stephen Fry’s mockery of religion could land him the death penalty in these countries
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)

Baylor recruits retired Congressman to lead efforts to protect religious freedom
(Regina Dennis, Waco Trib)

Average Mohamed tries to thwart Islamic State
(Aamer Madhani, USA Today)

Rajnath Singh on Delhi Church attack: Religious discrimination won't be tolerated
(DNA India)

Scientists pledge to increase interference with the Church
(Dean Burnett, The Guardian)

Pope decries 'scandal' of Ukraine Christians at war
(ABC News)

Pope endorses referendum denying marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples
(J. Lester Feder, Buzzfeed)

Report on the launch event for ODIHR/Venice Commission Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
(W. Cole Durham, Jr., International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Remarks by the President at National Prayer Breakfast
(Barack Obama, The White House)

At prayer breakfast, President Obama urges religious humility and church-state separation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Obama hails Dalai Lama, condemns the Islamic State at National Prayer Breakfast
(Katie Zezima, The Washington Post)

Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfast
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

At prayer breakfast, Obama condemns use of religion as "a weapon"
(Rebecca Kaplan, CBS News)

Russia : 11 Media outlets threatened with closure for publishing Charlie Hebdo drawings
(FIDH Human Rights in Russia)

Widespread concerns about extremism in Muslim nations, and little support for it
(Richard Wike, Pew Research Center)

Korean minister's bond with Liberty University changed demographics of school, city
(Jessie Pounds, News Advance)

Eleventh Circuit puts off same-sex marriage cases
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Kelvin Cochran's liberty, and ours
(Grazie Pozo Christie, Real Clear Religion)

Legal expert shines light on religious liberty in the European courtroom
((including links to audio recording and related article), University of Notre Dame Australia)

A global protocol against incitement of hatred urgent (opinion)
(Dimas Muhamad and Astari Anjani, Jakarta Post)

Christian protesters clash with police in India's Delhi
(Andrew MacAskill and Anindito Mukherjee, Reuters)

Peaceful march in Delhi: Police beat and stop priests, nuns and children
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Gerry Adams tells North Ireland bombers: stop violence and seek peace
(Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries, Reuters)

Shiites have mixed reactions to new Saudi king
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor)

Strict vaccine law introduced in California following measles outbreak
(Al Jazeera America)

Houthis to form new government in Yemen
(Middle East Monitor)

Eye for an eye: Killing all jihadists in the name of Islam
(Ozgur Korkmaz, Hurriyet Daily News)

500 Uighur Turks fled China for Turkey
(Zeynep Bilgehan, Hurriyet Daily News)

Magna Carta freedoms ‘under threat’ today, MPs warned
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Pope to Church leaders – 'scourge' of minor sex abuse must stop
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Malaysia, millions of Hindus celebrate Thaipusam festival
(AsiaNews.it)

Novosibirsk police uncover attempts to recruit fighters for Islamic State
(Interfax: Religion)

Much remains to be done, but Vatican-China relations may be improving
(Catholic News Agency)

After pilot's heinous execution, Jordan's Christians pray for religious harmony
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Indian police detain hundreds protesting attacks on churches
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press)

Hundreds of Indian Christians arrested during protest over church attacks
(Philip J. Victor contributed to this report, Al Jazeera America)

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

EEOC releases Fiscal Year 2014 enforcement and litigation data
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Orthodox Jewish congregation in Far North Dallas
(Julieta Chiquillo, The Dallas Morning News)

Iraqi Christians to take up arms against ISIS
(Dana al-Shibeeb, Al Arabiya)

Islam has to put its house in order (opinion)
(Semîh Idîz, Hürriyet Daily News)

AQAP ransacks centuries-old Yemeni Muslim landmark
(Abu Bakr al-Yamani, Al Shorfa)

Al Azhar calls for the killing, crucifixion and chopping of the limbs of Islamic State terrorists
(AsiaNews.it)

ODIHR/Venice Commission Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities Launch event
(hosted by MEP Dennis de Jong and the Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance, European Parliament Intergroup on FoRB & RT)

Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
(Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

‘Religious rights are treated as poor cousins in Europe’ (Mark Hill QC)
(Robert Hiini, The Catholic Weekly - Australia)

Anxiety over Supreme Court's latest dive into health care
(Ricardo Alanso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)

Friends of court draw battle lines ahead of Health Care arguments
(Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal)

New committee on election of Strasbourg Court judges makes its debut
(Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)

Anti-Semitic attacks more than double in UK
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Faith and peace a good mix for ASEAN stability
(Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Bangkok Post)

Should Christians support free speech devoid of temperance and love?
(Philippe Dauner, The Christian Chronicle)

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)
(Press Release, International Court of Justice)

Political instability, war, and terrorism know no borders – Vatican official
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

We don't take rights of Christians seriously enough, says Council of Europe
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today - Society)

Radical cleric says ‘covenant of security’ with Britain now void
(Dominik Lemanski, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Court hears Nun’s Network’s religious freedom case
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot's death
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

After pilot execution: Outrage in Jordan; celebration through propaganda in Syria
(Jetro Mullen and Ashley Fantz, CNN)

Outrage in Mideast over IS killing of Jordan pilot
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press: The Big Story)

Top Muslim body calls for 'killing, crucifixion' of IS militants
(AFP, Yahoo! News)

Clerics denounce burning alive of pilot as un-Islamic
(Sami Aboudi and Sulieman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

Middle East Patriarch: Fight the Islamic State
(Team Aleteia, Aleteia)

Faith leaders join call for Britain to take in more Syrian refugees
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

42% of Turkish people believe Muslims are the 'real victims' of Charlie Hebdo attack (poll)
(Lianna Brinded, International Business Times)

Iraq’s Christians take up arms to fight Islamic State
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal)

Islamic State goes official in South Asia
(Arif Rafiq, The Diplomat)

Pope Francis urges end to scandal of 'fratricidal' violence in Ukraine
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Upstate school prayer lawsuit could skip trial
(Mike McCormick, WYFF News 4 (South Carolina)

Over 60 churches hit by fighting in Ukraine, Russian Patriarch Kirill demands end of Christian persecution
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Asia Bibi's family still in hiding five years after blasphemy accusations
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Al-Qaeda in Yemen says France is now their top enemy
(Christian Today)

How thousands of Icelanders suddenly started worshiping the Norse gods again
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)

Christian school in Pakistan attacked by Charlie Hebdo protesters demanding its closure
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)

In addition to children, Boko Haram is turning to animals to carry out its suicide bomb attacks
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Nigeria elections: Fear of violence as religious divisions at risk of intensifying
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

French soldiers wounded in Nice Jewish centre attack
(BBC News)

European Court of Human Rights upholds France’s ban on the full-face veil (article)
(Uzma S. Burney, American Society of International Law)

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