Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 1 October 2015
The essence of the proposals of the Council of Churches to the Constitution of Ukraine
(Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom)
PACE Recommendation 2080 (2015) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society
(Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Institute for Religious Freedom)
PACE Resolution 2076 (2015) Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society
(Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Situation with Religious Freedom in Crimea 2015 – OSCE Mission's Report
(OSCE / ODIHR, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Saving Christiansfrom ISIS Persecution – A 1975 U.S. precedent: The rescue of South Vietnamese from Communist rule
(Chloe Valdary, The Wall Street Journal Opinion | Commentary)
Holyrood ‘religious freedom’ group backed by organisation which 'heals the wounds of atheism’
(National Secular Society)
Atheism row: Free Church of Scotland moderator accuses group of wanting to exclude religion from Scottish life
(Daniel Sanderson, Herald Scotland)
Uzbekistan religious freedom: appalling
(Abdelrahman Rashdan, OnIslam)
Legal questions haunt sale of synagogue
(Lynn Edmonds, Queens Tribune)
Rohingya Rights events October 2015
(Burma Task Force NY Blog)
Orthodox Church says Russia is fighting a 'holy battle' against ISIS in Syria
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
'Go fly a kite,' Texas police chief tells Freedom From Religion Foundation after complaint about 'In God We Trust' decals
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Rising Rakhine party looming threat to Myanmar's Muslim minority
(Timothy McLaughlin, Reuters)
75 percent of Republicans 'less likely' to vote for Muslim: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Ginger Gibson, Reuters)
Mass. pastor Scott Lively faces possible fine for harsh anti-gay efforts in Uganda
(Renee K. Gadoua, Religion News Service)
California governor faces final call on right-to-die bill
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
Tanzanian albino children mutilated for witchcraft to return home from U.S.
(Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters)
Top pastor escapes death amidst renewed violence in CAR
(World Watch Monitor)
Sheriff withholds Oregon gunman's name, refuses to immortalize him
(Eric M. Johnson and Courtney Sherwood, Reuters)
Faith schools illegally denying places to many children – report
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
Veil debate becomes big issue in Canada election, putting Conservatives into lead
(John Barber, The Guardian)
Migrants face new diversion as Hungary prepares to seal Croatia border
(Marton Dunai, Reuters)
Hungary's minorities bear brunt of anti-migrant rhetoric
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
Hungary's Catholics largely absent from refugee drama
(Lauren Frayer, NPR)
Saudi hajj disaster toll rises higher with Iran's 465 dead
(Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Israel undermines U.S. peace effort, Palestinian Abbas tells U.N
(Louis Charbonneau and Hugh Bronstein, Reuters)
Report: Anti-Semitism charges used to curb pro-Palestinian campus speech
(Ehab Zahriyeh, Al Jazeera America)
ACLU sues Catholic hospital for denying patients emergency abortions
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)
French Catholics take in refugee family seeking a ‘normal life’
(Maggy Donaldson, Al Jazeera America)
What’s a sin? Catholics don’t always agree with their church
(Caryle Murphy, Pew Research Center)
Azerbaijan: "We forbid religious books – but this isn't religious discrimination"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Baptist leaders gather to defend religious liberty at New Orleans event
(Aaron Weaver, Baptist News Global)
The Obama administration refuses the win-win religious liberty solution
(Lori Windham, The Federalist)
Cairo University bans lecturers from wearing niqab
(Middle East Monitor)
In words and gestures, Pope Francis re-awakens the American ideal
(Charles C. Haynes, The Newseum Institute)
Conflict over prayer in public school in Prosper
(Ken Kalthoff, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Group urges Asean ministers to stop religion from causing dissent
(The Star Online)
China’s latest ally in its crackdown on religion: the pope
(Zheping Huang, Quartz)
Christians and Muslims forge plan to work closer together in Nigeria
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wedding cake showdown: Bakery owners refuse to pay damages to lesbian couple
(Religion News Service)
Sweet Cakes owners who refused to make same-sex wedding cake now refuse to pay $135,000 damages
(George Rede, The Oregonian)
Respondents in Oregon wedding cake case refuse to post bond for their appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State takes legal action to seize $135k from bakers who refused to make cake for lesbian couple
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Anchorage passes LGBT anti-discrimination measure 9 to 2
(Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)
Anchorage, Alaska passes LGBT anti-discrimination law over religious objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Polygamist sect limits sex to 'seed bearers,' court document says
(Thom Patterson, CNN)
CNN says Warren Jeffs still directs FLDS Church from prison
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Feds sue Des Plaines for barring Islamic center
(Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune)
DOJ files RLUIPA suit against Illinois city over mosque rezoning
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikhs to be allowed to wear turbans in the workplace
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 1-2 October 2015: "Tolerance and respect: preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe"
(First Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights, European Commission, Brussels)
Top pastor escapes death amidst renewed violence in CAR
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Programme: Tolerance and respect: preventing and combating antisemitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe
(Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights 2015, European Commission, Brussels)
Tolerance and Respect: Preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe
(Yahya Pallavicini: Testimony on specific challenges linked to anti-Muslim hatred, Coreis Comunità Religiosa Islamica Italtiana)
Iran's persecution of the Baha'is has been met by silence from Rouhani and the world
(Ramin Ahmadi, Quartz)
Current situation of Baha'is in Iran
(Iran Press Watch)
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Military religious group ups ante over sign on Hawaii base
(Kent Miller, Air Force Times)
Episcopal Asiamericans begin meeting in Seoul, South Korea
(Episcopal News Service)
First rabbinical school to allow students with non-Jewish partners
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
If every religion had a soccer team, this is what the jerseys would look like
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Bishop Cantú urges Congress to reauthorize international religious freedom commission
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Are pharmacist objections the next religious accommodation controversy?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Hindu extremists order all Christian missionaries to leave Nepal as tensions rise
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Human skulls found in Palmdale likely used in religious rites
(Gregory J. Wilcox, Los Angeles Daily News)
Christian schools to reopen in Israel following strike over funding inequalities
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French comedian Dieudonne ordered evicted from theater
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Suspected Islamist rebel accused of Timbuktu destruction appears at ICC
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
A mob in India just dragged a man from his home and beat him to death — for eating beef
(Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post)
India sentences five men to death for 2006 Mumbai train blasts
(Karen Rebelo, Reuters)
A quiet street in Jerusalem becomes a new front line between Israelis, Palestinians
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Iran's leader condemns Saudi Arabia over haj crush, demands bodies of Iranian pilgrims
(Reuters)
Some Vermonters may get religion as vaccine outs narrow
(Dave Gram, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Gay rights battle in Indiana moves to local level
(Monica Davey, The New York Times)
Religious persecution is a leading social justice crisis of our time (Opinion)
(Chelsen Vicari, CNS News)
Pope Francis met with Kim Davis, Kentucky county clerk, in Washington
(Jim Yardley and Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
The churches walk with refugees in Hungary
(World Council of Churches)
Iranian death sentence commuted to two years' theology study
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
Orthodox Church declares support for military intervention in Syria
(Russia Religion News)
Russian parliament intervenes in misuse of anti-extremism law against religious groups
(Russia Religion News)
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 30 September 2015: Religion & American Law Discussion Group 2015
(Under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom at Virginia Wesleyan College)
Religious liberty in 30 seconds contest
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
Interfaith Understanding Contributes to Peace and Sustainable Growth, UN
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Israel fears rise of anti-Semitism in Russia and influx of Russian Jews
(Middle East Monitor)
Faith-based actors explore ways of ending extreme poverty and advancing SDGs
(World Council of Churches)
Christians and Muslims to work together in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)
The next religious freedom fight?
(Kimberly Leonard, US News & World Report)
Forum attempts to determine religion's role in politics
(Evan Hendershot, The Daily Republic)
Archdiocese must go to trial on teacher's hostile work environment claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Germany prints its constitution in Arabic for refugees to learn
(Madeline Chambers, Reuters)
Russian anti-gay lawmaker launches international rights group to protect traditional values
(rt.com)
Greece: Continuing mandatory declaration of (non-)religious belief in judicial procedures
(Greek Helsinki Monitor et al., 2015 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Warsaw))
Austria: Policies on religion at variance with OSCE Standards and the European Convention on Human Rights
(The Forum for Religious Freedom – Europe (FOREF), 2015 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Warsaw))
Fleeing Iraqi Christians find new life in Lourdes
(Matthias Blamont, Reuters)
Spain begins review of Sephardic Jews’ citizenship applications
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Oklahoma to remove Ten Commandments monument from Capitol by Oct. 12
(Heide Brandes, Reuters)
Israel’s Middle East allies are brutal dictatorships that regularly violate human rights
(Mint Press News)
Apex court rules Selangor religious law not against freedom of expression
(V. Anbalagan, Malaysian Insider)
Federal court rules provision in Selangor Syariah law valid
(Bernama)
Malaysia's federal court upholds state ban on producing book contrary to Islamic law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Estate loses income tax deduction for large contributions to churches because of will challenges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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