Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 October 2015
The German lynchmob: Islamophobe movement returns with a vengeance
(Spiegel Online International)
New policy forces Missionaries of Charity to end adoption services in India
(Catholic News Agency)
Citing new rules, India's Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work
(Catholic News Service)
Sudan and South Sudan ecumenical bodies hear of churches’ role in regional peace
(World Council of Churches)
Catholic orphanages in India end adoption services in protest over new government policies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastafarian who fought to wear pirate hat or colander in driver’s licence photo scolded by Quebec judge
(Paul Delean, National Post)
Canadian judge scolds "Pastafarian" suing over drivers' license photo
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parishioners lose appeal to maintain Scituate vigil
(Andy Rosen, Boston Globe)
Appeals court affirms archdiocese's right to close local church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sweden could house tens of thousands refugees in tents: Migration Agency
(Johan Ahlander, Reuters)
Boycott gay weddings, even family, says Southern Baptist leader Al Mohler
(Andrew Wolfson, Religion News Service)
Interview: New York Cardinal Dolan sees light amid the synod’s confusion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Safe house in South Africa offers gays refuge, hope and ministry
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Police raid Sat-7 channel's Egypt offices
(World Watch Monitor)
Iraqi nun who fled monastery now helping refugees
(World Watch Monitor)
Why some in Egypt are banning campaign photos of female candidates
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
'Conversion therapy' endangers LGBT youth and must stop: U.S. report
(Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters)
US government calls for an end to LGBT conversion therapy
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)
Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LBGTQ Youth
(SANHSA, US Department of Health and Human Services)
‘Third Temple’ in Jerusalem: Mission impossible for messianic zealots
(Ben Piven, Al Jazeera America)
EU leaders look to Turkey to solve refugee crisis
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
US raises eyebrows over workers’ religious rights
(William Lowther, Taipei Times)
Washington: European anti-Israel sentiment crossed the line into anti-Semitism
(Michael Wilner, The Jerusalem Post)
Religious freedoms under threat in Pakistan: U.S. Senator
(The Hindu)
Holidays, public schools and what it means to be “American”
(Charles C. Haynes, The Newseum Institute)
Religious sect granted permit to increase water at compound near Pringle
(Bob Mercer, Rapid City Journal)
Indonesia deploys troops to calm religious unrest in Aceh province
(Reza Munawir, Reuters)
Catholic hospital denies Michigan woman treatment on religious grounds
(Ryan Felton, The Guardian)
Human Rights explained in one beautiful animation
(Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)
Sustainable building management for CofE?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CONFERENCE CALL, 15 October 2015: Religion and National Security since 9/11
(Institute for Global Engagement)
EVENT, 15 October 2015: Religion and Politics in a Global Society: Comparative Perspectives from the Portuguese-Speaking World
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
State Department releases 2014 International Religious Freedom Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks at the release of the 2014 Report on International Religious Freedom
(David N. Saperstein, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom)
State Department: Those claiming religion pose the biggest emerging threat to international religious freedom
(Blog, International, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Egypt designated a "Country of Particular Concern" in U.S. Religious Freedom Report
(allAfrica)
US Department of State: Armenian constitution guarantees the freedom of religion
(Siranush Ghazanchyan, Public Radio of Armenia)
US report: Islamic authorities encroaching on non-Muslim lives
(Malaysiakini)
Some countries cracking down too hard on Islamists, State Dept. says
(Nahal Toosi, Politico)
The U.S. State Department: nonstate groups imperiled religious liberties in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pakistani courts contine to issue 'blasphemy' death sentences, but no US blacklisting
(CNS News)
Pakistan failed to protect religious freedom, says US State department report
(Daily News and Analysis)
India witnessed religiously motivated killings, riots and forced conversion: US Report on International Religious Freedom 2014
(DNA India Analysis)
US to 'encourage' Modi government to turn ideals of tolerance and civility into reality, says top diplomat
(Daily News and Analysis)
Modi government plays down US report criticising religious freedom in India
(Daily News and Analysis)
Vietnam slams US's religious freedom report as not objective
(New Zealand Herald)
China rejects U.S.religious freedom report
(Xinhua)
Religious freedom is under threat worldwide, but what about the US?
(Matthew Bell, Bradley Campbell, PRI)
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
WCC thanks ECRE for 40 years work with refugees, the displaced and asylum seekers
(World Council of Churches)
The 2014 International Religious Freedom Report
(U.S. Department of State)
Religious freedom facing increased threats, US report finds
(Bradley Klapper, ABC News)
Remarks at the rollout of the 2014 Report on International Religious Freedom
(John Kerry, U.S. Department of State)
State Department religious freedom report focuses on terror groups
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Parliament of World Religions convenes in Mormon country — at last
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
How Muslims and Christians are working together to help refugees in Iraq and Syria
(Molly Thomas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court makes landmark judgment
(Aftab Alexander Mughal, World Watch Monitor)
Qadri verdict a ‘victory over terrorism’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Vatican and Palestinian flags fly alongside other nations' at the UN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Catholic bishops at Vatican summit seek elusive common ground
(David Gibson and Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Pope asks forgiveness after sex scandals rock Vatican and Rome
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Ohio planning to implement anti-BDS legislation
(JTA)
British family says 74-year-old grandfather faces 350 lashes from Saudi Arabia for illegal wine
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)
Afghan ISIS branch makes inroads in battle against Taliban
(Mujib Mashal, The New York Times)
Palestinians kill 3 Israelis as violence mounts in ‘day of rage’
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Republican lawmaker seeks ban on LGBT conversion therapy
(Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Prayer and calls for racial unity in the shadows of Lincoln
(Hamil R. Harris, The Washington Post)
Muslim advocacy group says lawmaker 'Islamophobe', blasts bill
(Dave Boucher, The Tennessean)
Egypt's last Islamists standing offer 'polite' opposition
(Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters)
Indonesian President calls for calm after church attack in Aceh
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Suicide by any other name (commentary)
(Kirsten Powers, Religion News Service)
Three weeks after kidnapping in Philippines, video surfaces of Canadians being held by gunmen
(Douglas Quan, National Post)
Pork or nothing: how school dinners are dividing France
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Leaderless Palestinian youth, inspired by social media, drive rise in violence in Israel
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
New York parents charged in church beating death of teen
(Reuters)
The surprising thing that happened when this Islamophobe protested at a mosque
(Peter Holley, The Washington Post)
Man claims he lost job at Catholic home because he's gay
(Alanna Durkin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Muslim groups' lawsuit over N.Y. surveillance revived by court
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)
Planned Parenthood changes fetal-tissue reimbursement policy
(David Crary, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
NJ archbishop sets rules for barring Catholics from Communion
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Cairo University bans veil for instructors
(Rami Galal, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Young Palestinians sound off on current unrest, Israeli occupation
(Al Jazeera America)
Michigan ACLU takes on Catholic hospital for refusing tube tying
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)
PEGIDA protests turn up heat on EU immigration officials
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)
Russia: 23 known prosecutions for religious literature in four months
(Forum 18 News Service)
Court reinstates lawsuit challenging NYPD surveillance of Muslims after 9/11
(Associated Press)
3rd Circuit: Challenge to NYPD Muslim surveillance program may move forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court upholds military reprimand to enlistee for objecting to same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SPLC ethics complaint: Alabama Supreme Court justice violated judicial ethics on extremist radio show
(Press Release, Southern Poverty Law Center)
Judicial ethics complaint cites Alabama justice's remarks on same-sex marriage precedent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why faith groups can work together to combat religious violence
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Reassessing the role of parliament in law and human rights
(Brian Chang, UK Human Rights Blog)
Parliaments, the Rule of Law and Human Rights
(Murray Hunt et al., Oxford University Faculty of Law)
Religious schools excluded from new tax-credit scholarships
(KULR8)
Refugees to be questioned on religion and previous military activities by Lithuanian authorities
(The Baltic Time)
Religion can’t be the basis of state, Pranab tells Israel
(Stanly Johny, The Hindu)
Freedom under threat in India
(The Times of India)
Anglican church says abolishing penalty rates may threaten freedom of religion
(Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Religious Ministry Cases
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Dutch Jews express ‘grave concern’ over refugee center in heavily Jewish town
(JTA)
How the Catholic Church made a social media splash during the Pope’s U.S. visit
(Nathalie Tadena, The Wall Street Journal)
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