Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 February 2015
Alevis gather in İstanbul to demand greater freedoms
(Today's Zaman)
Austria threatens to close Saudi-backed interfaith dialogue center
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
EVENT, 9-11 February 2015: Developing a multilateral approach to freedom of religion or belief: a European perspective
(Theme: "Human rights, good governance and faith", Wilton Park)
Religion and the social determinants of health
(Susan R. Holman, OUPblog Religion)
Desert retreat leads to ugly land battle in Gardner
(Tom McGhee, The Denver Post)
Challenge to "Under God" in pledge rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Pentecostal prayer gangs: New film documents religion in a Brazilian prison
(Nick Street, Religion Dispatches)
The men who love the Islamic State
(David Kenner, Foreign Policy)
2nd Circuit OK's differential child protection requirements in public and private schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nine things about the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
(The Hague Trials Kenya)
Former Mungiki members defend ICC against terrorism claims
(Titus, The Hague Trials Kenya)
Why are missionaries in America?
(Rebecca Y. Kim, OUPblog Religion)
World Interfaith Harmony Week: Creating Sustainable Development through Interfaith Harmony
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)
Parliament Representative Sara Rahim Delivers Keynote Address to United Nations for World Interfaith Harmony Week
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)
EVENT, 7 February 2014: Inform Winter Seminar - Innovation, Violence and Paralysis: How do Minority Religions Cope with Uncertainty?
(The Information Network on Religious Movements, New Academic Building, London School of Economics)
World Interfaith Harmony Week, February 1-7
Friday, 6 February 2015
Canada: Niqab ban at citizenship ceremony struck down by court
(Nicholas Keung, The Star: Immigration)
USCCB and other religious and pro-life organizations urge Congress to protect fundamental freedoms in the District of Columbia
(Press Release, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
French Islamic leader talks Daesh deception
(Interview of Khalil Merroun by Mohamed Saadouni, Magharebia)
UN calls for regional military coordination against Boko Haram
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
6th Circuit: ministerial exception is non-waivable
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court rules religious organizations can hire (and fire) for religious reasons
(Joe Carter, Action Institute Power Blog)
Fail at your marriage, lose your job (Conlon v. InterVarsity)
(Michael McGough, L.A. Times (Opinion))
Opinion in Conlon v. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
(United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit)
Texas sheriff allows Sikh officers to wear beards, turbans on patrol
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Armenian Apostolic Church canonizes victims of Armenian Genocide
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
US interfaith leaders leave Holy Land with deeper sense of possibilities
(Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service)
Conspiracies, victimhood cloud Turks' views of Hebdo killings
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Teacher directive prompts vigil at San Francisco cathedral
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
South Carolina lawmakers seek to roll back marriage equality
(Kimberly Johnson, Al Jazeera America)
Let religion unite, not divide
(Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today)
Is it an offence to impersonate a cleric? – thoughts on deposition from Holy Orders
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Nations must repeal blasphemy laws
(Katrina Lantos Swett and M. Zuhdi Jasser, Huff Post Religion)
TWU ruling restores Charter rights balance
(Barry W. Bussey and Derek Ross, Herald Opinions)
Holocaust cartoon contest hosted by Iranian museum
(Alvin Ang, Ecumenical News)
The art of propaganda in a nation of no religion
(Ruth Gledhill, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Sen. Richard Burr, stop burying the CIA detention and torture report (COMMENTARY)
(Douglas S. Long and Sandy Irving, Religion News Service)
On the entirely predictable outcome of Croatia v. Serbia
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL:Talk!)
Gay student resigns from Gordon committee examining same-sex policies
(Mary Moore, Boston Business Journal)
ISIL publishes treatise on womanhood in apparent bid to recruit Saudis
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera)
Hundreds of Palestinians march against ISIL
(Euronews)
ISIL raises flag on Turkmen-Afghan border
(Dzhumaguly Annayev, Central Asia Online)
Facebook to block pages with images of Prophet Mohammed
(Alvin Ang, Ecumenical News)
Francis, preaching and teaching
(Nicholas P. Cafardi, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)
India: importance of getting religious freedom right
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Following Supreme Court ruling, Arkansas prisons change beard rules
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Newly added religious items must be covered before Hernandez jury visit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge receives note from juror in Aaron Hernandez trial
(AP, Artesia News)
Canadian Supreme Court creates right to assisted suicide
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Canadians have right to doctor-assisted suicide, Supreme Court rules
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)
Canada's Supreme Court reverses its earlier ruling on assisted suicide
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Canada's top court overturns ban on doctor-assisted suicide
(Al Jazeera America)
Gender inequality a product of culture, not religion: Study
(Nicholas Kaung, The Star (Canada))
Vatican sex abuse commission meets amid new hopes, old concerns
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Florida bill seeks to ban transgender people from choosing their bathrooms
(Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera)
California lawmakers want to get rid of the ‘personal belief’ vaccination exemption
(Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post)
Court refuses to defer to ecclesiastical determination in church embezzlement prosecution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion runs through the rate cut
(Robert Joustra, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))
400 rabbis urge Netanyahu to end Palestinian house demolitions
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Isil's barbarism is modern, not medieval
(Fraser Nelson, The Telegraph)
Using religious repression to preserve nondemocratic rule
(Ani Sarkissian, OUPblog Religion)
New rule lets inmates grow longer beards
(Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online)
Muslim-American leaders meet with Obama at White House
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
President delivers important address to National Prayer Breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China accuses U.S. of exploiting Tibet issue as Dalai Lama attends President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast
(Associated Press, New York Daily News)
Obama insults Christians - OpEd
(William Donahue, Eurasia Review)
Was Obama right about the Crusades and Islamic extremism? (ANALYSIS)
(Jay Michaelson, Religion News Service)
No, President Obama, “we”–and especially you–are not obligated to condemn insults to religion at all, much less do so with same vigor we–and especially you–must defend freedom of speech
(David Bernstein, The Volokh Conspiracy)
President Obama: War on terrorism is not a religious war
(Alvin Ang, Ecumenical News)
New poll shows Americans favor same-sex marriages, but want to protect religious objectors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Marquette trying to fire tenured professor who blogged about grad student instructor’s suppression of anti-gay-marriage views
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Slovak conservatives seek to bar gay marriage in referendum
(Jan Lopatka, Reuters)
In multi-faith city, row rumbles over mosque-cathedral
(Pablo Fernando, Agence France-Presse)
Employment, law and religion: Private lives, public verdicts
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
Germany hits back at pope over spanking comments
(Associated Press: The Big Story)
Debate: should faith be kept private?
(Anonymous, Josh Peppiatt, Cherwell)
High school senior wins case to keep "under God" in pledge
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
‘Under God’ can remain in Pledge, group says
(Kathleen Hopkins, Ashley Park Press (NJ))
Colorado bill would prevent discrimination against religious student groups
(Greg Piper, The College Fix)
French Muslims kickstart culture campaign to fight backlash
(Nabila Pathan, Al Arabiya)
Tunisian secular-Islamist coalition cabinet takes office
(Al Bawaba News)
Catholics: Modi did not protect minorities
(Arab News)
American culture just shifted a bit with LDS Church's statement
(David Blankenhorn, Deseret News)
Saudi jailed, fined for issuing fatwas
(MD al-Sulami, Arab News)
Istanbul’s historical Blue Mosque’s minaret taken under restoration
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Defense Ministry initiated the chaplaincy service in Armed forces of Ukraine
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Delhi poll pits Hindu nationalists against anti-corruption party
(AsiaNews.it)
Dinajpur, Catholic village attacked. Bishop: End the violence
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Japan, the killing of Kenji Goto unleashes Islamophobia
(AsiaNews.it)
Amman launches Operation "Martyr Moaz" against Islamic State
(AsiaNews.it)
Is there really a Jewish exodus from western Europe?
(George Arnett, The Guardian)
Antisemitic attacks in UK at highest level ever recorded
(Robert Booth, The Guardian)
Multi-religious Partnership for Sustainable Development, 6 February 2015
(World Interfaith Harmony Week, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations)
Ms. Sara Rahim will address the United Nations for World Interfaith Harmony Week on February 6, 2015
(Parliament of World Religions)
EVENT, 6 February 2015: How far should concern with religious freedom shape foreign policy?
(Westminster Faith Debates, Royal United Services Institute, London, UK)
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Nuclear dreams: Iran now controls four Arab capitals, plus Washington DC
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Activist nun held in 'unfair conditions,' supporters say
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
The ‘spiritual descendants of Vikings’ take their turn in the spotlight
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
AP-GfK poll: support of gay marriage comes with caveats
(Emily Swanson and Brady McCombs, AP-GfK)
Germany set to pass ‘one of the harshest’ anti-terror laws in Europe
(EurActiv)
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