Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 22 August 2015
Russian Orthodox Church lends weight to Putin patriotism
(Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC News)
Who was Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab?
(Review of Michael Crawford's book by Jacob Olidort, First Things)
Parliament trustee steers first North American government to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
(Parliament Blog, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Is Spain fueling the BDS war against Israel?
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
Little Sisters receive short-term shelter from HHS Mandate
(Melinda Skea, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Friday, 21 August 2015
Nancy Ortberg: A growing Christian fascination with darkness
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Receiving counseling from a chaplain is as simple as logging into Skype
(Compiled by Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
U.S. appeals court stays ruling on nuns challenge to contraception mandate
(Reuters)
As fight with Kurds heats up, Turkey's president calls elections
(The Economist)
Birth control ruling upsets Michigan Catholic leaders
(Niraj Warikoo, The Detroit Free Press)
Brazil: Sect enslaved followers and accumulated fortune
(Evangelical Focus)
Why 25 public universities have been asked to drop their college football chaplains
(Des Bieler, The Washington Post)
Some Israelis hope to be recognized as Jews through alternative courts
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Exhibit displays written American history of religious freedom
(Nathaniel Lee, Philadelphia Tribune)
Myanmar passes extreme religion bills targeting marginalized Muslim population
(Beenish Ahmed, Think Progress)
70 burned churches 'fertilize' faith of Nigeriens
(Kelly Ledbetter, Christian Examiner)
Not ‘poisonous and pernicious’ enough?
(Dominik Lemanski, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Missouri congregation joins over 200 churches leaving PCUSA over homosexuality
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post Church and Ministry)
How Matisyahu ban backfired on BDS backers
(J.J. Goldberg, Forward)
"A 10-year dispute between Christians and Muslims settled by the children"
(Shalom Ghana, United Religions Initiative)
Moroccan cartoonists fight for their right to express themselves
(Imad Stitou, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
World Council of Churches 'alarmed' at escalating Korean peninsula tensions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Critics petition Obama to abolish faith-based hiring bias
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tens of thousands displaced by Boko Haram in two weeks in Chad
(Tom Clark, Reuters)
Nearly all India's Muslim women reject 'triple talaq', polygamy, survey finds
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)
White House: Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike
(Jeff Mason and Warren Strobel, Reuters)
6th Circuit again upholds ACA accommodation for religious non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Illinois bans gay conversion therapy for LGBT youths
(Kim Bellware, Huffpost Politics)
Illinois becomes 4th state to ban gay conversion therapy for minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Illinois statute expands permissible student prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Developer loses court battle over ‘shady’ $30M Beacon Hill church deal
(Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal)
Court says sale of Boston church was invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Down with discrimination: Broad coalition of 130 organizations asks President Obama to end taxpayer-funded discrimination
(Simon Brown, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
ADL, 130 organizations join letter calling for an end to taxpayer-funded religious discrimination
(Press Release, Anti-Defamation League)
Court seizes over one million Jehovah's Witnesses brochures brought into Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
130 organizations urge Obama to rescind 2007 Justice Department interpretation of RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Archaeology and religion have always been intertwined, but will the field be better off without its influence?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
East-West Travelblog: A wake-up call in Washington
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Prospective legislation – urban myth and fact
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Islamic State and antiquities: Nothing is sacred
(The Economist)
Islam and slavery: The persistence of history
(The Economist)
EVENT, 21 August 2015: Economic Development as a Way to Overcome Religious Fundamentalism
(Rimini Meeting, European Parliament Information Office in Italy and the European Commission Representation in Italy)
Economic development as a way to overcome violent religious extremism
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Slovakia prefers its desperate refugees to be Christians, please
(Religion News Service)
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Egypt’s Sinai providing fertile ground for Islamic State expansion
(Zachary Fillingham, Geopolitical Monitor)
The Islamic State’s horrifying practice of sex slavery, explained
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Scrapping religion classes from schools 'the right thing to do', says Victorian education minister
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Essay: The decline–and fall?–of religious freedom in America
(Bruce Abramson, Mosaic:Advancing Jewish Thought)
Response: In the crosshairs of the assault on religious liberty
(Jonathan V. Last, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)
Response: How great is the threat to religious freedom, really?
(Steven Menashi, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)
Response: The price of pluralism
(Michael A. Helfand, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)
Myanmar approves controversial religion bills
(Channel News Asia)
Freedom from religion foundation aims at Gamecocks
(Mandrallius Robinson, The Greenville News)
Islamic State militants behead antiquities expert who devoted life to saving artifacts
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Baptist church founded by first SBC president allows ordination of gay and transgender ministers
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Northern Ireland ‘violates religious freedom’ by not recognising equal marriage, lawsuit claims
(Nick Duffy, Pink News)
Islamic State destroys Syrian monastery, moves Christian captives: monitor
(Reuters)
Egypt reportedly seizes 4 senior Hamas naval commandos heading to Iran
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Chicago, a new synagogue seeks Judaism minus Zionism
(Sara Weissman, Religion News Service)
Kandhamal couple’s shooting evokes darkest memories for India’s Christians
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
HIV care arrives in eastern Ukraine where UN, faith groups collaborate
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Car bomb on Cairo security building leaves 23 injured
(Asia News)
17 injured in German refugee shelter riot over ‘torn Qur’an’
(Arab News)
For young Catholics, focus should shift from the constitution to Nepal’s development
(Christopher Sharma, Asia News)
Iran seeks to join US-led coalition against ISIS amid nuclear deal controversy
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)
Eight soldiers killed, Istanbul palace attacked as Turkish unrest mounts
(Nick Tattersall and Seyhmus Cakan, Reuters)
Palestinian hunger striker released after suffering brain damage
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Crimea: Church split stokes anger
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Israel accuses UN official of ‘anti-semitism’
(Al Jazeera America)
Saudi women register to vote in municipal elections
(Al Jazeera)
France's National Front expels founder Jean-Marie Le Pen
(Al Jazeera America)
Texas Supreme Court rules on Houston equal rights referendum ballot language
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State/church watchdog issues report damning college football chaplains, coaches
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)
EU doesn’t meet migrant redistribution plan
(TRT World)
Kazakhstan: Two-month secret police detention – prosecution to follow?
(Forum 18 News Service)
The most beautiful religious sites in Wales
(Dr Kate Roberts, On Religion)
Vietnam moves closer to passing controversial religion bill
(UCA News)
Advocates urge Nepal to avoid criminalizing religious conversion
(Ken Camp, Baptist News Global)
Suhakam: All human rights vital, not just those approved by one religion
(the Malaymail Online)
The Trinity Western University Debate
(The Canadian Bar Association, Law Matters)
Quebec hate speech bill could limit free speech, target those who criticize Islamic religion on website or Facebook page
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)
Religious neutrality of the state – Yes, but…
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Churches)
Blogger from Karelia who criticized Church and received shelter in Estonia offers to exchange himself for Kohver
(Interfax-Religion)
Deputy imam killed in Stavropol territory
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia and Church cast a challenge to all evil powers - Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin
(Interfax-Religion)
Q&A: Law school seeks depoliticized conversation about law and religion
(Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
Despite settled law, schools still struggle to get religion right
(Charles C. Haynes, Inside the First Amendment, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)
130 groups urge Obama administration to rescind discriminatory Bush-era “religious freedom” memo
(Stephen Peters, Human Rights Campaign (blog))
IRLA: Highlighting the peace-making power of religion, despite its mixed track record
(Bettina Krause and Barry Bussey, Adventist News Network)
Catholic missionary with ties to Louisiana parishes assassinated in on-road ambush attack in Nigeria
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)
Islamic State claims Cairo courthouse bombing which wounded 30
(Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Reuters)
Bombs at 3 churches in Las Cruces, New Mexico, confound the authorities
(Fernanda Santos, The New York Times)
El Paso abortion clinic will be first to reopen in Texas
(Will Weissert, The Associated Press)
As Southern clerks stop same-sex marriages, a search for compromise
(Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor)
Slovakia to welcome Christian migrants but reject Muslims; Insists controversial decision is not discriminatory
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Slovakia will reject Muslim migrants in EU redistribution plan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Chick-fil-A location at DIA paused after Denver Council cites chain's LGBT stances
(Jon Murray, Denver Post)
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Religious liberty gathering considers peace-making power of religion
(Adventist Today)
Slovakia will take in 200 Syrian refugees, but they have to be Christian
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Slovakia refuses to accept Muslim migrants
(Matthew Holehouse, Brussels, and Justin Huggler, Berlin, The Telegraph)
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