Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 31 August 2015
Christian mother Asia Bibi on death row for blasphemy must be allowed to see her family in jail, court says
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Christian man killed by Muslim in-laws after wife gives her life to Jesus
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram Islamist extremists kill 56 in remote village in Nigeria's north-east
(The Guardian)
Poland's mixed feelings over memorial to rescuers of Jews
(Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Influential Christian sect ends protests in Philippines
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Federal government should leave nuns alone
(Ingrid Jacques, Detroit News)
Israel has failed to reform Jewish radicals, critics charge
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Northern Virginia teen sentenced to 11 years for aiding Islamic State
(Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post)
How a once-white church broke down racial barriers
(Rachel Martin, NPR)
US and Saudis furnish hajj travel information to Americans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects Second Amended complaint in RLUIPA land use case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tax court upholds penalties against promoters of evasionary "corporation sole" tax scheme
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor's bail set at $2 million
(Christie Smythe and David Voreacos, Bloomberg News)
Former Morgan Stanley VP to be released on $2 million bond
(Nicole Hong, Wall Street Journal)
Securities fraud defendant gets bail because of religious affiliations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Illinois governor signs bill to label non-cow milk
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Illinois milk law change was pushed by orthodox Jewish group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Death penalty under review: Ninth Circuit to rule on "dysfunctional" system
(Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal)
Anti-abortion group wins constitutional challenge to health care law
(Zoe Tillman, Legal Times)
Don't manipulate Census data to support half-truths
(Faizan Mustafa, Hindustan Times)
Ethiopia’s underground Jews see small gains in tolerance
(Johnny Magdaleno, Al Jazeera America)
Hundreds rally in St. Petersburg over destruction of demon motif
(Al Jazeera America)
Obama bristles at anti-Semitism charges during interview with Jewish newspaper
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Anti-ISIS coalition falling short, says Canada PM
(David Ljunggren, Reuters)
Philippine Christian group ends protest blocking Manila highway
(Karen Lema, Rosemarie Francisco, and Manny Mogato, Reuters)
Another fifty shades of vilification
(Fr Joe Borg, Times of Malta)
Christian unity marks visit of WCC delegation to Pentecostal Church in Chile
(World Council of Churches)
Religious leaders and civil society actors explore ways of ending violence against children
(World Council of Churches)
A Syrian monastery: IS destroys ideals as it destroys buildings
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Varieties of atheism: Ways of getting along
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The new racists: Christians who hate Israel
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
USCIRF crucial to religious freedom
(Tim Strode, Baptist Press)
The identity of the new ICLARS–Ashgate Book Series
(Silvio Ferrari and Russell Sandberg, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
‘Abrahamic religions’ – From interfaith to scholarship
(Guy G. Stroumsa, OUPblog Religion)
Commemoration of World Alliance of Religions Peace Summit
(Scoop News)
Berlin's 'Long night of Religions'
(Deutsche Welle)
ISIS damages Bel, Syria's 'most important temple,' rights group says
(Don Melvin and Schams Elwazer, CNN)
Santhara – Supreme Court upholds Jains’ right to freedom of religion
(Niti Central)
Slovenia: Maribor synagogue given national landmark status
(jhe, Jewish Heritage Europe)
Israel and the significance of religion on culture and economics
(Sarah Stanley, Action Institute Power Blog)
U.S. national industrial union endorses BDS of Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Has Jewish music star Matisyahu got a Middle East problem?
(Emily Shire, The Daily Beast)
Passports at the junction of international and domestic law – Richard Alton
(1 Crown Office Row, UK Human Rights Blog)
Draft law on the Freedom of Religion in Montenegro raises concern
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Myanmar's president signs off on law seen as targeting Muslims
(Hnin Yadana Zaw, Reuters)
Lebanese business leader connects religious freedom to economic development
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Sects, witches, and wizards—from Pythagoreans to Kepler
(Snezana Lawrence, OUPblog Religion)
Economic development and religious freedom by Fouad Makhzoumi
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Religion and law round-up – 30th August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Germany's Muslim demographic revolution
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Indonesia's checks on Islamist extremism flawed, evangelical research body finds
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Gay-marriage protest hits high court
(Kimberly Atkins, Boston Herald)
Protesters demand end to violence against Christians in India
(Ritu Sharma, UCA News)
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Children’s Museum explores religion through ‘Sacred Journeys’
(Cara Anthony, Indianapolis Start)
In France, Institutionalized Islamophobia Threatens Religious Freedom for All
(Engy Abdelkader, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Quebec to introduce sex ed pilot project with 'no exemptions'
(Jocelyn Richer, CBC News)
Kentucky clerk seeks Supreme Court help to deny gay marriage licenses
(Religion News Service)
These European countries are willing to accept some migrants—but only if they’re Christian
(Cassie Werber, Quartz)
Ministries hope students explore on-campus religious resources
(John Przybys, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kentucky clerk who opposes same-sex marriage turns to Supreme Court for help
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
Iglesia presses call for religious freedom
(Francisco Turay, Sara D. Fabunan, Manila Standard Today)
Restrictions on religious freedom violation of Quranic commands - says Bahrain FPL
(AhlulBayt (a.s) New Agency)
Picture of Jesus in Kansas school stimulates issues of censorship, religious teachings
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Major lessons of AKP power
(Today's Zaman)
'We are importing religious conflict,' says prominent sociologist
(Kerstin Knipp, Deutsche Welle)
Interfaith forum to discuss religious freedom, tolerance in Bozeman
(Eric Dietrich, Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Saturday, 29 August 2015
Kentucky clerk seeks Supreme Court stay of order requiring her to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Final regulations on contraceptive coverage under Affordable Care Act – the religious exemption
(The National Law Review)
RI ‘failing’ to protect religious freedom
(The Jakarta Post)
Christian group occupies Philippine highway for second night
(Reporting by Rosemarie Francisco; editing by Andrew Roche, Reuters)
Muslim women call for an end to 'verbal divorces' in India
(Siobhan Fenton, The Independent)
How Jews can help Christians learn to succeed as a minority
(Bruce Abramson, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)
A pope beloved by many secular intellectuals is also passionate about miracles and relics
(Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
The Vatican is in damage-control mode after the Pope sent his blessings to a same-sex family
(Quartz)
Friday, 28 August 2015
Census change: Is Australia losing its religion?
(Lucy Battersby, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Europe's religious war: Failure and its consequences
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Facebook wouldn’t let a Catholic priest use the title ‘father.’ Now he’s fighting back
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Religion-based census will polarise Bihar voters
(Aditi Tandon, The Tribune)
Turkey's Temple of Apollo may decode gray mysteries of antiquity
(Sibel Hurtas, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Yazidi students abandon Arabic script with eye toward Europe
(Mahmut Bozarslan, trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
East-West Travelblog: Radicalization is not a ‘Muslim problem’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Why some public school parents are switching to Jewish day schools
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ISIL child brides: a big care problem for the Family Court?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
New state law allows religion-based building permit waivers
(Lyn Jerde, Portage Daily Register)
Religion vs Education: City probes Orthodox schools, 38 in Brooklyn
(Karen Matthews and Mary Frost, Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Iran deal opens a vitriolic divide among American Jews
(Jonathan Weisman and Alexander Burns, The New York Times)
Iran’s lavish Mohammed biopic draws Sunni scholars’ outrage
(RT.com)
Gov’t revives policy of discrimination against Alevis in funerals held in cemevis
(Ali Aslan Kiliç / Gülten Üstüntağ, Today's Zaman)
Christian Aid: Don't forget urgent humanitarian needs in South Sudan
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Portland Catholic school changes gay hiring policy after backlash
(Religion News Service)
Thousands protest in Philippines over religious freedom
(Rosemarie Francisco and Manuel Mogato, Reuters)
White supremacist defends killings, says Jews must be stopped
(Kevin Murphy, Reuters)
Virginia teen gets 11 years for supporting Islamic State
(Ian Simpson, Reuters)
Kentucky clerk appeals to the Supreme Court
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
School's Ten Commandments monument violates Constitution but can remain in place, judge rules
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ten Commandments monument at school unconstitutional, but claim for injunction is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Egyptian street is still alive . . .
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
DOJ not violating INC’s religious freedom
(Rex Remitio, CNN Phillippines)
Lockwood polygamists file federal lawsuit seeking marriage license
(Simone DeAlba, MTN News)
‘Sister Wives’ clan uses same-sex marriage ruling in polygamy case
(Religion News Service)
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