Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Friday prayers ban for government workers
(EurasiaNet)
President Obama & Marilynne Robinson: A conversation in Iowa
(The New York Review of Books)
Obama reflects on Christianity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police to start recording data on UK anti-Muslim hate crime
(Al Arabiya News)
Teaching Islam in the Age of ISIS
(Amina Steinfels, Religion and Politics)
Religion most talked about political topic on Facebook
(David McCabe, The Hill)
Appeals court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims
(John Riley, Newsday)
Jewish divorce for same-sex couples in 2015
(Scott J.G. Finger, The Legal Intelligencer)
Uniform Civil Code: There’s total confusion, why can’t it be done, India SC asks govt
(Utkarsh Anand, The Indian Express)
Prayer groups, schools and “radicalisation”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Infant cremation under new Scottish Bill
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ethiopian village church attacked
(World Watch Monitor)
Muslim groups' lawsuit over NY surveillance revived by US court
(Al Jazeera America)
California pregnancy centers sue to block abortion information law
(Al Jazeera America)
Monday, 12 October 2015
Religious leaders, rights advocates urge Obama to declare ISIS acts as 'genocide'
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today - World)
Saudi king reaffirms commitment to hajj after Iran criticism
(Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press, The Big Story)
Interfaith Alliance urges Democratic candidates to respect religion, outline vision for religious freedom in first debate
(Interfaith Alliance)
Tennessee lawmakers introduces bill on religion in the classroom
(Local 8 Now)
GOP lawmaker wants to cut religion from Tennessee's world history curriculum
(Philip Lewis, Huffington Post)
No religion says block roads and break law for festivals: HC
(Shibu Thomas, The Times of India)
Morocco’s religious law poses challenge for Airbnb guests
(Larbi Arbaoui, Morocco World News)
Some parents choose religious, medical exemption for student immunizations
(Andrea Olson, NBC Montana)
Pregnancy centers sue to block abortion information law
(ABC News)
Is Freemasonry a protected belief? – Conway v Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
5 suspects arrested in attack on Bangladesh pastor
(AP The Big Story)
France drops bid to appoint gay Vatican ambassador, reports say
(Harriet Sherwood and Kim Willsher, The Guardian)
Driven underground years ago, Japan's 'hidden Christians' maintain faith
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)
The five motivations of jihadi violence may surprise you
(Brian J. Grim, The Weekly Number)
Report: Inside the Jihadi Mind
(Emman El-Badawy, Milo Comerford and Peter Welby, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)
Inside the Jihadi Mind (full report)
(Emman El-Badawy, Milo Comerford and Peter Welby, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)
Mother Teresa’s orphanages end adoptions because of new liberal rules in India
(Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)
Missionaries of Charity ends adoption services in India
(Manik Banerjee, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
How Christians in Kenya are trying to hack government corruption
(Catherine Woodiwiss, The Washington Post)
Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested shrine
(Karin Laubmohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press)
In Israel, a new battle over who qualifies as Jewish
(Emily Harris, NPR)
Prince says Saudi will stay in charge of hajj
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on Islamic State
(BBC News)
3 synagogues, 2 traditions, 1 school
(Kristin E. Holmes, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
TN bill would ban teaching 'religious doctrine' until high school
(Dave Boucher, The Tennessean)
‘God bless the military’ sign can stay — for now
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
In N.H., a new push to engage religious voters
(Akilah Johnson, The Boston Globe)
Chicago archbishop calls for tough gun control laws
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Rally against Islam outnumbered by counterprotesters
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)
Protesters decry Islam outside Phoenix mosque: 'They want to take over'
(Tom Dart, The Guardian)
DR Congo - Islamist militias threaten central Africa too
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Buddhists challenge lama's expulsion in court
(Russia Religion News)
Interfaith work vital for Nigerian churches' leader from the North
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russia does not want to get involved in Syria's interreligious conflicts - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Four Islamists escape from penitentiary in Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Statement calling for constitutional resistance to Obergefell v. Hodges
(American Principles Project)
Jordanian Islamists call on government to save Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Jewish academic assaulted near Paris following anti-Semitic threats
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
California requires Crisis Pregnancy Centers to tell the truth
(Teddy Wilson, RH Reality Check)
Banning religious schools from choice program could be illegal
(Mary C. Tillotson, Montana Watchdog)
Proposed Montana rules will exclude religious schools from tax credit program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Marine base in Hawaii to keep 'God bless' sign
(Associated Press, Navy Times)
Marine base in Hawaii to keep ‘God bless’ sign
(The Associated Press, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Marine base will not remove sign calling for God's blessing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Americans favor equal treatment under law in religious freedom controversies
(Benjamin Knoll, Kentucky Forward)
Promissory estoppel may prevent Christian camp from firing employee for living with her boyfriend
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Woman fired for living with boyfriend can sue Christian camp in Ohio, judge says
(The Columbus Dispatch)
Press Release: Hatch speaks on the status and substance of religious freedom
(Utah Policy)
Egyptians face religious extremism with song
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Atheists should respect freedom of religion in Kenya (Opinion)
(Geoffrey M. Sore, The Star)
Palestinians in Israel call for strike as protests grow
(Creede Newton, Al Jazeera)
UNHCR head thanks Greece, frontline islands, for improved response to continuing arrivals
(Melissa Fleming, UNHCR)
East Africa: The plight of African refugees in Israel
(Alessandra Di Cataldo, allAfrica)
Finally, the government has decided to eliminate pork — from the menu in federal prisons
(Lisa Rein, The Washington Post)
Federal prisons will no longer serve pork products
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Driven out of her Lutheran church, woman wants a judge to step in
(James Eli Shiffer, Star Tribune)
Christian movement supports Israel, calls for freedom of religion on Temple Mount
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)
Gerakan urges judges to place constitution above religion
(Malaysiakini)
Wilmore asked to remove cross from water tower by Freedom From Religion Foundation
(Ben Kleppinger, Jessamine Journal)
Despite lawsuit threat, mayor says Wilmore will not remove cross from water tower
(Beth Musgrave, Lexington Herald-Leader)
Oklahoma, Arkansas come out strongly in defence of students' right to pray in school
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Post World)
Al-Queda executes 4 for witchcraft in Yemen
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims killing of men over witchcraft
(AFP, Al Jazeera)
Parents’ wish to treat child’s cancer with Chinese medicine overruled by Family Court
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Arkansas students respond to atheists' call to stop prayers with huge prayer session
(Czarina Ong, Christina Today)
Religious sign at Marine base is staying put
(Rob Shikina, Star Advertiser)
Ministers to decide whether Israeli courts must use Jewish Law
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)
Deeply felt religious faith, of any sort, is fundamental to American life
(Drew Clark, Deseret News)
Law and religion round-up – 11th October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 10 October 2015
States deal with religious and gay rights in the wake of same-sex marriage ruling
(Stephanie Francis Ward, ABA Journal)
Ukraine acknowledges right of conscientious objection
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
To whom do children belong? How same-sex marriage threatens parental rights
(Melissa Moschella, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
The fundamental case for parental rights
(Melissa Moschella, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
A joint prayer for peace in the world, especially the Middle East and Ukraine, held in Rome
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Jacob Mchangama key note speech on freedom of expression at OSCE ODIHR
(YouTube)
The EU, religion and tolerance: A Eurocratic demand to punish hate speech and Holocaust denial
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Court says Bikram founder can't tell you how to do yoga
(Michael Harthorne, Newser)
Court battle over Amish girl's cancer treatment ends
(Reuters)
Writing religious laws to make merit
(Joshua Carroll, Frontier Myanmar)
'Impressive' overview of UK religious freedom law
(Andrew Hambler: Religious Expression in the Workplace and the Contested Role of Law, Routledge 2015, Christian Concern)
Lecture by Dr. Faizan Mustafa ‘Freedom of Religion Under Indian Constitutional Law: Latest Controversies’
(Harvard Law School)
Jordanian Muslim and Christian leaders praise Utah, BYU, LDS Church while spreading message of interfaith peace
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Why I refuse to boycott BYU as a guest speaker
(Mark Oppenheimer, Tablet)
Crowds gather for 20th anniversary of Million Man March
(Al Jazeera America)
Anti-Muslim protests span US: How mosques are responding
(Beatrice Gitau, The Christian Science Monitor)
Interfaith leaders support mosques against protest
(OnIslam)
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