Law and Religion Headlines


Monday, 2 February 2015

Employers shouldn't be forced to pry into employees' religious beliefs
(Julio Colomba and Ilya Shapiro, Newsweek)

Americans say it was “okay” for Charlie Hebdo to publish Muhammad cartoons — but non-whites and women approve less than whites and men
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

No Title VII liability for refusing to hire applicant who will not furnish Social Security number
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thomas Aquinas and God
(Gaven Kerr, OUPblog Religion)

Seeing diversity as a threat limits freedoms: Top Turkish judge
(Hurriyet Daily News)

Religious schools will endure in Ulster. Academic selection may not
(The Economist)

Policing Uyghur women’s religious expression
(Greg Fey, The News Hub)

Patriarch Krill: Church is not fused with the state, but it won't be driven into ghetto
(Interfax-Religion)

Church property fight turns on constitutional issues
(Doug Donovan, Baltimore Sun)

In Egypt, atheists considered a ‘dangerous development’
(Sarah Lynch, Religion News Service)

Celebrate diversity, don’t discriminate on religion: RSS chief
(PTI, India TV News)

Amended religious freedom bill passes Wyoming House
(Laura Hancock, Star-Tribune)

Obama wants same-sex couples to have spousal benefits
(Annie Linskey and Laura Curtis, Bloomberg Business)

Catholic education in Northern Ireland: Faith of their fathers
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

China tells U.S. it’s against Obama meeting with Dalai Lama
(Reporting by Michael Martina; Writing by Sui-Lee Wee; Editing by Nick Macfie, Reuters)

UPDATE: China tells U.S. it’s against Obama meeting with Dalai Lama
(Religion News Service)

Zhejiang [China] CPC bans religious beliefs among applicants
(Cao Siqi, Global Times)

Wide sadness over death of Bishop Shi, detained for years in secret location
(Missionary International Service News Agency)

As Muslim Uighurs flee, China sees jihad risk
(Jeremy Page, The Wall Street Journal)

China: Top political advisor stresses rule of law in managing religious affairs
(Xiang Bo, Xinhua Net)

Protecting doctors' freedom of conscience
(Margaret Somerville, MercatorNet)

When does gender equality begin? Not in the womb, say abortion rights activists
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)

Chile's President Bachelet proposes end to total abortion ban
(BBC News)

Can America's faith-based law schools restrict sexual activity to heterosexual marriage?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Swastikas sprayed on Jewish fraternity building near UC Davis campus
(Richard Chang, The Sacramento Bee)

Blowback: Charlie Hebdo and the contradictions of western policy
(John Rosenthal, Geopolitical Monitor)

Arizona advocates willing to consider Mormon Church's offer of gay rights compromise
(Howard Fischer, Tuscon.com)

The worrying new anti-terrorism measures that are set to become law – Angela Patrick
(1 Crown Office Row, UK Human Rights Blog)

Three-parent baby technique no more sinister than blood transfusion, says Robert Winston
(Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph)

Churches oppose three-person baby plan
(BBC News UK)

Thousands 'need three-person babies'
(James Gallagher, BBC News UK)

Faith informs work of state's first Muslim judge
(Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times)

The return of anti-Semitism
(Jonathan Sacks, The Wall Street Journal Saturday Essay)

Boy Scouts off limits for California judges
(Dwayne Hastings, Christian Examiner)

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Armed offensive against independent Crimean Tatar TV channel
(Hayla Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)

Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
(Hayla Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)

ECtHR releases 2014 figures: Turkey’s violations account for more than the other 46 states combined
(Today's Zaman)

Elderly cousins undergo joint euthanasia for fear of being separated
(Lyndsey Telford, The Telegraph)

Holocaust denial worries historians and religious leaders as survivors dwindle
(Jessica Elgot and Jack Sommers, The Huffington Post UK)

Orthodox Church leader reflects on the religious dimension of the Ukrainian Crisis
(EurasiaNet Interview, Eurasia Net)

Religion in Britain today and tomorrow
(Tariq Modood, Public Spirit)

WCC calls for protection of church leaders in Colombia
(World Council of Churches)

Gandhi and his message: Launching World Interfaith Harmony Week
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)

Saturday, 31 January 2015

Catholics mark Thomas Merton centennial and recall the sinner-turned-monk
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Iran responds to caricatures with 'I love Muhammad' campaign
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Luxembourg revises support of religious communities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Call for papers DEADLINE 31 January 2015: | "Religion, tradition and inter-faith relations in the Muslim world" | Villanova University Philadelphia
(Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies)

ISIS releases video purportedly showing beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto: SITE
(Alexander Smith and Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News)

Islamic State video of Goto killing appears genuine: Japan government
(Reuters)

Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto
(Sylvia Westall and William Mallard, Reuters)

New Islamic State video appears to show beheading of Japanese journalist
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)

Egyptian court bans Hamas' armed wing, lists as terrorist organization
(Michael Georgy, Reuters)

Church courts catch-up, January 2015
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Modi's "silence" on Hindutva statements shocking: Karunanidhi
(The Times of India)

Pakistan's Shiite Muslims mourn 61 killed in mosque suicide bombing
(AFP, The Sydney Morning Herald - World)

Friday, 30 January 2015

Hank Johnson: Allow Sikhs to serve in military with beards, turbans
(Daniel Malloy, AJC.com)

Saudi Arabia's lost glory? - oped
(Aziz Amin Ahmadzai, Eurasia Review)

Nepal government revokes license from "unofficial" religious schools
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

West Bengal, two radical Hindu leaders reported over "reconversion" of Christians and Muslims
(AsiaNews.it)

Pakistan Christian school stormed in Charlie Hebdo protest
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Analysis: Nepal's future stability depends on religious literacy, argues one of the country's top legal brains
(Slok Gyaqali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Indian president stresses need for unity among religions
(Anto Akkara, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly)

Cuba to build first new Catholic church since Castro
(Patrick Oppmann, CNN)

Saudi Arabia's lost glory? – OpEd
(Aziz Amin Ahmadzai, Eurasia Review)

Dogfight continues: Strasbourg not happy with EU Court on accession to ECHR
(David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog)

Same-sex interfaith couples face roadblock to marriage in Judaism
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)

Klitschko overturns decision to strip Moscow Patriarchate of tax break
(Interfax: Religion)

Hezbollah chief says group is not afraid of war with Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Muslim Council of Britain launches #VisitMyMosque day
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Rural vicars struggling with multiple churches and dying congregations
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Life for Christians improving in Egypt, says Catholic leader
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Disputed Alawite village caught between Israel, Hezbollah
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Ruti Sinai, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Mennonite couple stops hosting all weddings to settle sexual orientation discrimination complaint
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal appeals court says potential employee cannot claim religious exception to providing Social Security number
(Eric Heisig, Cleveland)

Civil society groups urge Myanmar to drop bills to ‘protect’ religion, race
(Joshua Lipes, Radio Free Asia)

De Blasio asks Supreme Court to uphold ban on churches in schools
(Karen L. Willoughby, Christian Examiner)

Religious freedom bill advances in House
(Laura Hancock, Casper Star Tribune)

A victory for religious freedom in Canada
(Mathew Block, First Things)

Recent violence in Niger shows growing intolerance among religious groups
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Myanmar MPs debating controversial religion laws
(Aung Ye Maung Maung, Voice of America News)

Advocates on both sides argue IRS should clarify pulpit endorsement rule
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Alabama Justice Roy Moore defies Federal Court ruling on same-sex "marriage"
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Orthodoxy in Ukraine in 2014: at the crossroads between Local Church and ‘Russian world’
(Analysis, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Crimean Tatar Mejlis deputy leader reportedly detained in Crimea
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

With Mormons addressing LGBT issues, Catholics and Baptists press on
(Michael O'Loughlin, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Gays should welcome this move by Mormons
(Jonathan Rauch, New York Daily News)

Name radical Islamic ideology for what it is, but give reformers a chance
(Dennis R. Hoover, Religion News Service)

Public and scientists’ views on science and society
(Cary Funk and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center - Internet, Science & Tech)

Blast at Shi'ite mosque in southern Pakistan kills 49
(Mukhtar Ahmed, Reuters)

Vatican to offer haircuts, shaves as well as showers to Rome's homeless
(Reuters)

Schools watchdog chief denies Ofsted has anti-Christian agenda
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)

Texas executes intellectually disabled killer Robert Ladd
(Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)

Idaho Republicans reject gay rights measure
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)

Freedom of the press trumps respect for religion in a new survey
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Humanist campaign challenges blasphemy laws
(John McManus, BBC)

Global campaign by humanists challenges blasphemy laws
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Moderate Islam pushes back extremism
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Portugal adopts return law for Jewish descendants
(JTA)

Amnesty: Saudis postpone blogger's flogging for 3rd week
(Adam Schreck, Associated Press: The Big Story)

Chaplain went to the territory controlled by terrorists to take the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

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