Law and Religion Headlines


Monday, 19 January 2015

Egypt bans 'Exodus' movie
(Ahmed Fouad, trans. Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Should French Jews leave for Israel?
(Stephanie Butnick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Teacher wins discrimination case after nun asked 'what about the homos?'
(Katherine Donnelly, Independent.ie)

European Union to appeal decision to remove Hamas from terror list
(JTA)

Illinois Bible colleges sue state for right to issue degrees
(John O'Connor, The State Journal-Register)

Illinois Bible Colleges Sue Over Rules On Granting Degrees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Egypt’s Sisi urges new Muslim religious discourse to fight ‘terrorism’
(Al Arabiya)

Thailand to have ‘third gender’ in new constitution
(Xavier Symons, BioEdge)

House of Lords debates chancel repair liability
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religion and Law round-up – 18th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Language of UK plea to imams to fight radicalism angers some Muslims
(Andrew Osborn, Al Arabiya)

No religious or personal birthday celebrations allowed
(Arab News)

4 killed as Hindu, Muslim villagers clash in India
(Arab News)

Abbas: Freedom of expression does not mean attacking religious symbols
(Middle East Monitor)

Duke Chapel, Islam & religious liberty
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)

From church bell tower to minaret and back again
(Mark Tooley, The American Spectator)

Europe's coming battle
(John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Belgium: A free speech and religion debate
(Simon Marks, Al Jazeera America)

Sri Lanka elections: Light at end of tunnel?
(Dr. Sridhar Krishnaswami, South Asia Monitor)

IPCS forecast: Nepal in 2015
(Pramod Jaiswal, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Freedom for Yazidis, after months of torment
(Kareem Fahim, The New York Times)

New Charlie Hebdo editor: Our cartoons defend freedom of religion
(Ian Tuttle, National Review Online)

For Jakarta's Wahid Institute, the state is behind sectarian violence
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

UK's Cameron defends free speech "right to cause offense"
(David Morgan, Reuters)

Syria: Should the United States do more? — Debate at the McCain Institute
(Posted by Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Henan, "thugs" destroy a small local company. Police fail to intervene
(AsiaNews.it)

Over 1 million people take part in rally protesting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad held in Grozny
(Interfax-Religion)

ISIS’s unpredictable revolution
(Charles Kurzman, OUPblog Religion)

Male circumcision can be part of “reasonable parenting”, but no form of FGM is acceptable – Family Court
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

First Freedom Center opens in downtown Richmond
(Associated Press, News Leader)

First Freedom Center celebrates all (and no) religions
(Susan Howson, RVA News)

Justice Rehnquist, religious freedom, and the Constitution
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)

US Supreme Court to tackle same-sex marriage: We need to know more about the effects of legalisation
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

Taking up gay marriage, but on its own terms
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

Where will various religions stand in the same-sex marriage church-state showdown?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

With USA Today and gay marriage, impatience is a virtue
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)

Sunday, 18 January 2015

Dinero público para las “otras” religiones: dónde, cuánto y por qué
(Daniele Grasso, El Confidencial)

Welcome to Law and Religion Australia
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis is wrong to endorse revenge in wake of Paris attacks, says David Cameron
(Jane Merrick and Mark Leftly, The Independent)

Kashmir: A radical hope - OpEd
(Adfar Shah, Eurasia Review)

Sirisena pledges to develop Sri Lanka with national and religious reconciliation
(Eurasia Review)

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Symposium: Cert. grant signals promising vehicle to affirm marriage
(Austin Nimocks, SCOTUSblog)

Conscience rights, culture loom over Supreme Court's decision to take on gay marriage
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Gay marriage: The Supremes take the plunge
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])

Terror and Islam: After the atrocities
(The Economist)

Anti-'Charlie Hebdo' violence spreads; death toll at 10 in Niger
(VOA News)

Newest Charlie Hebdo cover generates demonstrations-- some violent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Army recruitment office told to remove ‘God and Country’ poster
(Kellan Howell, The Washington Times)

Baseless indictment of Yemeni Baha'i after 14 months of harsh imprisonment
(Baha'i World News Service)

Are military courts the best way to fight terror?
(Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch)

Sikhs’ turban banned because "threat" for basketball
(AsiaNews.it)

Congressional group fights ISIS persecution of non-Muslims
(Ivan Plis, The Daily Caller)

Pakistan, injuries in protests against Charlie Hebdo. Paul Bhatti: Risk of violent drift
(AsiaNews.it)

Praying with a Muslim co-worker ruined my career, says Christian NHS worker
(Patrick Sawer, The Telegraph)

How to save Islam from the Islamists
(Qanta Ahmed, The Spectator)

U.S. Supreme Court and gay marriage: Baltimore Sun offers a very, very, simplistic report
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

'Religion of peace' is not a harmless platitude
(Douglas Murray, The Spectator)

Supreme Court grants review in 6th Circuit same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A pre-decision guide to a post-decision world of same-sex marriage
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))

Attorney General Holder statement on Supreme Court decision to hear same-sex marriage cases
(The United States Department of Justice)

Channeling religious passion into positive directions
(Rafi Ruerstein, The Jerusalem Post)

Religious holidays 2015: An interfaith calendar (Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and more)
(Huff Post Religion)

Our common religion: Jews, Muslims, Parsis, Christians have thrived in India because of a liberal Hinduism
(Pavan K Varma, Times of India - Blog)

Paris attacks: Jonathan Swift had a point about religion. Did Charlie Hebdo?
(Richard Harries, The Independent)

The attacks in Paris were acts of terrorism, not acts of censorship
(Alexander Mercouris, Sputnik News)

Blogging, campaigning and the General Election
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Radical Islam in Europe: No one to blame but us
(Vijeta Uniyal, Gatestone Institute)

After her daughter embraced religion, this French woman wonders 'Did I do something wrong?'
(Daniel Estin, PRI)

Namibia: Terrorism has no religion and is criminally satanic
(Dr Armas Abdul Malik Shikongo, New Era)

Melbournian ISIS fighter calls for a ‘Charlie Hebdo’ attack in Australia
(Athena Yenko, International Business Times)

Major report on how Americans see Sikh religion & Sikhs to be released in Washington
(National Sikh Campaign, SKih Siyasat Mews)

France focuses on freedom of speech, but comic Dieudonné arrested for controversial remarks
(Alison Hird, RFI English)

PBS investigates Belgian euthanasia
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

3 Palestinians sorry for torching German synagogue
(JTA, The Jewish Daily Forward)

The champion of French anxiety: The National Front leader says ‘we are the only ones to solve the problem’ of the country’s Islamist threat
(Sorab Ahmari, The Wall Street Journal: The Weekend Interview)

Immigration and Islam: Europe’s crisis of faith
(Christopher Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal: The Saturday Essay)

Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)

China's lack of religion puts the country ahead of others
(Arun Anand Ahuja, DailyLobo (Letter))

Friday, 16 January 2015

A new reality for young Jews in Europe
(Jane Braden-Golay, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Hypocrisy after the Paris terror attacks: Why won't Europe acknowledge the grave threat to its Jews?
(Deborah E. Lipstadt, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Insecurity feelings among Hindus after decision of SHC on forced conversion to Islam of Hindu girl
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Supreme Court to decide marriage rights for gay couples nationwide
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

U.S. churchgoers still sit in segregated pews, and most are OK with that
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Heartbreaking last texts of kosher supermarket victim Yoav Hattab
(Lior Zaltzman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Hundreds of Duke students rally with Muslims at Friday’s call to prayer
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Charlie Hebdo's humor upsets Turkish Islamists
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Satellite images show horrific scale of Boko Haram attack on Baga; Girls aged ten used by Boko Haram in suicide attacks
(Amnesty International / The Times, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Dispatches: France, a country of freedom of expression - for some
(Izza Leghtas, Human Rights Watch)

Michel Houellebecq's toxic new novel of an Islamist France
(Marc Weitzmann, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Anti-terrorist measures in EU go in all directions
(EurActiv)

Moscow warns media against religious-themed cartoons
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)

Freedom on the decline in China: report
(UCA News)

Charlie Hebdo France shootings France Malian hero of supermarket attack to be given French citizenship
(France 24 International News)

Europe rediscovers nationalism
(Stratfor, MercatorNet)

Blasphemy is an assault on our supreme good
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

Gay marriage is "ideological colonization," says Vatican spokesman
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)

Paul VI was right to warn against contraception, Pope Francis says in Phillipines
(Catholic News Agency)

Using religion to divide people is ‘playing with fire’: US official in Burma
(Alex Bookbinder, DVB News Religion)

229 years ago today, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was passed
(William Federer, Western Journalism)

Islam judged more harshly than other religions in terrorist attacks
(Amy Julia Harris, The Center for Investigative Reporting)

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