Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 26 January 2015
The United States’ unwritten blasphemy laws
(Brandon McGinley, The Federalist)
Anglican leader condemns violence against foreigners in South Africa
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Congress can fix new D.C. bills that force pro-life groups to pay for abortion, religious schools to violate beliefs
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)
ADF to Supreme Court: NYC's arguments for throwing out churches fall short
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Pope Francis says he wants all annulments to be free
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Law allows Ark to have religious hiring preferences
(Cincinnati)
A Muslim woman is suing Michigan police for violating her religious freedom during a routine arrest
(Micholas Kurch, IJ Review)
Court: Judges can’t belong to Scouts due to gay ban
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
Gay marriage case may affect discrimination, religion bills
(David Eggert, The Washington Times)
Supreme Court to review lethal injection protocol in Oklahoma executions
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
New ad campaign targets ‘religious liberty’ sponsors
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Did the LA Supreme Court K-O the seal of the confessional?
(Rebecca Hamilton, Patheos Blog: Public Catholic)
Religious liberty and persecution: a global perspective
(David Platt, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: The Southern blog)
Religious liberty and the secular state
(Ian Boyne, The Gleaner)
Church property fight turns on Constitutional issues
(Doug Donovan, Baltimore Sun)
Indiana Legislature to soon take up religious freedom bill
(Tom Davies, WTHI TV)
Langzhong, Sichuan house churches face police interference, 20 arrested [Simplified Chinese]
(Veritas Vincit, The Epoch Times)
Opposed to new unlawful ordinations, Chinese Catholics are united for religious freedom
(Veritas Vincit, AsiaNews.it)
In 2015 China set to ordain independent bishops against the Holy See. Possible reactions of Catholics
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Association formed to protect religious freedom
(Rhoma S. Tomilson, Jamaica Observer)
Russia won’t tolerate mocking religion
(Michael Khodarkovsky, Guelph Mercury)
Church and state in Greece: A courteous distance
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religion can’t be made cause of conflict: President
(Press Trust of India, Rising Kashmir)
For Cuban Jews, improved ties to U.S. may not resolve central challenges
(Josh Tapper, JTA)
Obama visits an India with growing religious intolerance
(Zahir Janmohamed, Al Jazeera America)
Religion and other beliefs: may not constitute an issue to discriminate an employee in Colombia
(Isabella Gandini, Global Workplace Insider)
Turkish court orders Facebook to censor pages insulting Prophet Muhammed
(Alison Sacriponte, Jurist)
Libyan militants hold 20 Egyptian Christians hostage
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Crimea: "Subject to action by the law-enforcement agencies"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Indiana Senate panel backs religion-based hiring
(Dan Carden, The Times [Indiana])
Religious and other personal beliefs – What protection Is granted to employees In Québec against discrimination?
(Andréane Giguère, Global Workplace Insider)
Here come the Irish: Notre Dame marches for life
(O. Carter Snead, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
BJC’s Hollman on Holt v Hobbs, plus impact on other cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
An open letter to some ‘Western liberals and leftists’
(Nuray Mert, Hurriyet Daily News)
Police sued for requiring Muslim woman to remove hijab while being booked
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ignoring religion is 'anti-journalism'
(Terry Mattingly, Press Republican)
Most Russians think Charlie Hebdo tragedy provoked by journalists themselves
(RT)
Islamic State lists conditions to free Lebanese soldiers
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Christianity cannot survive the decline in worship
(Kazimierz Bem, On Faith)
Freedom’s real limitation: responsibility
(Murat Aksoy, Today's Zaman)
Burma: “Peaceful Assembly Law” fails to end repression
(Human Rights Watch)
Thoughts in the necropolis
(George Pattison, OUPblog Religion)
Of kirpans, turbans, detention centres and the Home Office
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Rt Revd Libby Lane consecrated at York Minster
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Protection of religious freedom in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Supreme Court remands Native American prisoner Free Exercise case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
British court says male circumcision cannot be equated with female genital mutilation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli court orders city to remove signs telling women to dress modestly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Legal scholars express concerns over proposed religious freedom bill
(Jon Richards, Peach Pundit (GA))
Georgia and Armenia: 450 churches of reconciliation or discord?
(Giorgi Kalatozishvili, Vestnik Kavakaza)
When tolerance just isn't enough
(Gulgiz Dadashova, Eurasia Review)
The Great Charter at 800: Archbishop Chaput speaks at Brigham Young University
(Charles J. Chaptut, First Things)
Archbishop Chaput delivers message on religious freedom at Brigham Young University
(Mormon Newsroom)
Beit Shemesh court: Remove signs warning women to dress modestly
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
New report on anti-Semitism finds France is most dangerous country for Jews
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Op-Ed: Betting on France (anti-Semitism grossly exaggerated)
(Richard H. Weisberg, JTA)
New report on antisemitism presented to Israeli government
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sunday, 25 January 2015
La oportunidad perdida de Córdoba
(Guillerma Altares, El País - Cultura)
Musulmanes gallegos reclaman clases de religión islámica para sus hijos
(Alfonso Andrade, La Voz de Galicia)
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Allah for Muslims only ? - 2
(Neil Addison, Religion and Law Blog (UK))
Anti-Muslim acts haved soared in France since Paris attacks, group says
(Al Jazeera America)
California judges barred from Boy Scouts over anti-gay discrimination
(Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times)
California Judicial Ethics Code changed to bar judges from membership in Boy Scouts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China official calls for reduced birth rates in Xinjiang
(Reuters)
Detenidos cuatro yihadistas en Ceuta, dispuestos a inmolarse
(El Mundo)
District court invalidates Alabama same-sex marriage bans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the Houthis took Yemen
(Laura Kasinof, Foreign Policy)
Judge strikes down Alabama gay marriage ban: Three things to know (+video)
(Jessica Mendoza, Christian Science Monitor)
Kurdish forces retake 1% of the land controlled by the Islamic State
(Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy)
State high court's vote affecting Scout affiliation stirs debate anew
(Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times)
The massacre in Paris helps Islamic fundamentalism and the Israeli right
(Uri Avnery, AsiaNews.it)
Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
(Ali Sawafta and Yusri al-Jamal, Reuters)
Woman ordered to remove hijab files suit against police
(USA Today)
World churches body and UN rights group alarmed at Congo's violent protests
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
World Evangelical Alliance appoints Filipino Efraim Tendero
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Islam and Christianity are the religions of peace and moderation—Interview with Bishop John Bryson Chane
(Kourosh Ziabari, Eurasia Review)
Friday, 23 January 2015
A murderous blame game: Did the provocative cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo "bring it upon themselves"?
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)
Anti-Semitism is unfortunately prospering in Europe
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
China ups campaign against practices around superstitious beliefs
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
El Gobierno acepta negociar que Morón sea base contra el yihadismo
(Miguel González López, El País - España)
Empire, Islam and Russia: Faith in expediency
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Judge pressures husband to give Jewish divorce document
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
King Abdullah, the timid Saudi reformer, is dead
(AsiaNews.it)
Legal documents in eruv litigation now available online
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
PNG women accused of sorcery saved from murder in remote village
(Helen Davidson, The Guardian)
Proposed Oklahoma bill would eliminate marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rolling back reforms in Riyadh
(Carlyle Murphy, Foreign Policy)
Suit seeks to require foreign terrorist designation for Hindu nationalist group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Taipei: 'Christian Life Communities' reflect on youth education
(Xin Yage, AsiaNews.it)
UN rights chief presses Myanmar to censure monk who insulted envoy
(Miko Morelos and Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Japanese Muslims condemn IS kidnapping, threats against hostages
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Burma: Religious Conversion Bill is major setback for religious freedom, human rights'
(Independent Catholic News)
God in the details: NLRB modifies test for jurisdiction over religious education employers
(Christine Holst, The National Law Review)
Bill aims to protect religious freedom on college campuses
(Linda Ong, Ozarks First)
Woman sues Dearborn Heights for forced hijab removal
(Mark Hicks, The Detroit News)
Uganda: Reports of imam beating 15-year-old daughter to death for converting to Christianity
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Bishops suspend all Catholic masses in Niger as Charlie Hebdo protests continue
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Survey finds major gender divide in religious beliefs in UK: Most men in 40s are atheists, but twice more women believe in God
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)
Modest victory for Israel in quest for international meeting on anti-Semitism
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)
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