Law and Religion Headlines

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Monday, 12 January 2015

UCLA Law Prof says eruvim are unconstitutional
(Jack O'Dwyer, O'Dwyer's)

Fredericksburg fêted as home of religious freedom
(Pamela Gould, The Free Lance-Star)

After Paris attacks, 7 questions being asked about Islam
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)

Global outrage at Saudi Arabia as jailed blogger receives public flogging
(Ian Black, The Guardian)

The Saudis who say a liberal blogger 'deserves to be lashed'
(BBC News Trending)

Colorado cake case pits religion against tolerance
(Valarie Richardson, The Washington Times)

Hindu women need to have at least four children to protect religion: VHP leader
(Hindustan Times)

Debate shaping up about new law to fight terror in Canada
(Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen)

Arrests come as Harper mulls new anti-terrorism laws
(Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen)

Va. parents upset about new home school policy
(Melissa Hipolit, CBS 6)

Cartoonists insist they should be able to satirize anyone — even religious leaders
(Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen)

Finland: Growing calls to rescind blasphemy law
(Uutiset)

Minister of Justice: Blasphemy law need not be changed
(Uutiset)

Vaccination and religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

The Paris unity march shows we must protect freedom of expression, not curtail it further
(Julie Posetti, The Guardian)

Iraqi Christians who fled Islamic State say they are not angry with God
(Sarah Stone, Christian Today)

Why North Korea is the most dangerous place to be a Christian
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Egyptian sentenced to three years in prison after announcing atheism on Facebook
(Christian Today)

Pastor shot dead by extremist group in Kenya
(Nice Daswani, The Christian Post)

After Paris attacks, Israel vows to welcome European Jews seeking to immigrate
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Record Pegida rally in Dresden sparks mass rival protests
(BBC News)

France’s Jews shudder over being targeted for attack—again
(Jason Chow and Sam Schechner, The Wall Street Journal)

Religion and Law round-up – 11th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Lancement de la branche française du Forum Européen Interreligieux pour la Liberté de Religion

New Blog: Law and Religion in Australia
(Neil Foster)

Is Christianity inconsistent with a professional legal education?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Israel shuts Muslim groups over Jerusalem shrine tensions
(Dan Williiams, Reuters)

White House summit on violent extremism to examine social media role
(Roberta Rampton, Reuters)

Despite Charlie Hebdo, optimism on the future of Islam in Europe
(Rachel Martin / Irshad Manji, NPR Listen to the Story)

World leaders join mass Paris march to honour attack victims
(VIDEO, Reuters)

Charlie Hebdo in China: Limited press freedom will prevent similar attacks, state media says
(Michelle FlorCruz, International Business Times)

Nigeria violence: Female suicide bombers hit market
(BBC)

2,000 feared killed in 'deadliest' Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
(Aminu Abubakar, CNN)

France ponders its response to shootings: Will xenophobia or multiculturalism win?
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

British cleric sentenced to life for terror crimes and ties to Al Qaeda, Taliban
(Joe Palazzolo, The Wall Street Journal)

Paris attacks boost support for Dutch anti-Islam populist Wilders
(Reuters)

Bahraini Shiite leader arrested
(Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Al-Monitor)

Police in China shoot dead six in restive Xinjiang
(Reuters)

Muslim sailor sues for right to reenlist and wear beard
(Tony Perry, LA Times)

Expanding Protestant churches face new opposition from Chinese government
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Frame tough law against religious conversions: Vijaywargiya
(Indian Express)

Turkish cartoonists threatened after Charlie Hebdo attacks
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Mixed Turkish reactions to Paris massacre
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor)

Paris's republican march: Everyone is Charlie
(The Economist)

The Paris massacres: Sad, sad, sad!
(Nuray Mert, Hürriyet Daily News)

Charlie Hebdo puts Mohammed on cover
(Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)

Frank Bruni vs. religious liberty
(Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Online: The Corner blog)

How does the Catholic Church work? Miami Herald didn't get the memo
(Jim Davis, Get Religion)

Ukrainian government leaders meet with regional leaders of religious communities
(Russia Religion News)

Egypt court aquits 26 men arrested in 'gay' raid
(William Helbling, Jurist)

Egypt acquits 26 men in trial over police raid on gays
(Maggie Michael, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Transcript of today's SCOTUS arguments in Town of Gilbert now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court hears arguments in church sign dispute
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Arizona church poised to win high court fight over signs
(Mark Sherman, AP)

Turkish court says slogans against Erdoğan are slander
(Mesut Hasan Benli, Hürriyet Daily News)

Supreme Court weighs a church’s right to advertise services
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Argument analysis: If a law turns out to be “silly” . . . [Reed v. Town of Gilbert]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Why Reed v. Town of Gilbert isn’t really a “religious rights” case
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

U.S. Supreme Court to weigh new religious rights case
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Argument preview: Pointing the way on signs
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court will hear arguments today on church's challenge to sign ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

French prisons again singled out as breeding grounds for extremism
(Michel Quesnel, Al Jazeera)

The ideological fragmentation of public law
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)

Consideration of church's location in redistricting does not violate establishment clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘Rabble-rousers’: German minister urges anti-Islam rally to be canceled
(Russia Today)

German anti-Islam movement hopes for big showing at Leipzig rally
(Andrew Curry, Al Jazeera)

In China, a church-state showdown of biblical proportions
(Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor)

Egyptian court sentences man to 3 years in prison following declaration of atheism
(Emir Nader, Daily News Egypt)

Court denies one same-sex marriage case
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

South Dakota same-sex marriage ban falls
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Gay marriage gains support, partisan split remains
(Katherine Grace Carman and Michael Pollard, RAND Corporation)

Sharp new critique of same-sex marriage rulings
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Paris attack wakes Europeans to importance of free speech
(Dan Hannan, Washington Examiner)

GOP hopes it has cracked the abortion code
(Burgess Everett and Lauren French, Politico)

Why religious colleges should worry about this new ruling
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)

Opinion: Religion is not the problem
(Felix Steiner, Deutsche Welle)

‘France will no longer be France’ if Jews leave, prime minister says
(JTA)

Religious bias issues debated after Atlanta Mayor's dismissal of fire chief
(Richard Fausset, New York Times)

Dismissal of Atlanta fire chief over anti-gay book riles religious conservatives
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kazakhstan: "Social justice" the Kazakh way
(Forum 18 News Service)

CENTCOM Twitter account hacked, suspended
(CNN)

America, Europe and Islam: Pleasures and perils of name-calling
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Pope urges Muslim leaders to condemn religious-based violence (Video)
(Pope Francis, USA Today)

War begets war: It's not about Islam; it never was
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)

Nigerian archbishop calls for unity marches following Boko Haram massacres
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

In Turkey, Erdogan grooms a new jihadi generation
(Abigail R. Esman, The Algemeiner)

Boko Haram wreaks Nigerian havoc as huge Paris crowd marches against jihadi terrorism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

WCC expresses shock over killings in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)

Paris attacks trigger discussions on freedom of expression in a WCC forum
(World Council of Churches)

Others who are not Charlie Heddo
(Maggie Gallagher, National Review Online: the Corner blog)

New acts of vandalism target French mosques
(Arab News)

The economics of radical religious terrorism
(Emre Deliveli, Hürriyet Daily News)

Turkish imams in Germany to stand guard in front of media buildings in solidary against terror
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Anti-Semitism rising along with anti-Islam in Europe: Turkey's ambassador to France
(Cansu Camlibel, Hürriyet Daily News)

Turkey’s top religious affairs: National lottery haram, gift draws halal
(Meltem Ozgenc, Hürriyet Daily News)

Muslims embrace German values, despite rising racism
(Eurasia Review)

Terrorists aiming to stall KSA’s progressive march
(Arab News)

Sri Lanka: Presdient Sirisena invites all political parties to form national government
(Eurasia Review)

Beijing, more than 30 thousand families ask to have a second child
(AsiaNews.it)

Array of world leaders joins 3.7 million in France to defy terrorism
(Ashley Fantz, CNN)

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