Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 24 October 2014
Canadian rampage is tip of iceberg: Middle East Christians are being slaughtered by radical Islamists, says a Canadian journalist
(Michael Coren, MercatorNet)
Leading evangelical ethicist David Gushee is now pro-LGBT. Here’s why it matters
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
From Germany to Iraq: One Yazidi family's war on Islamic State
(Özlem Gezer, Spiegel Online)
PJI files brief in forced religion of Yoga case
(Pacific Justices Institute)
Imprisoned Christian Pakistani Asia Bibi's family speaks out; gives details on her torture, requests help from Obama and Pope
(Sami K. Martin, The Christian Post)
Is next step in war on religious liberty inspection of religious schools? That’s happening in the UK
(Genevieve Wood, The Daily Signal)
Billy Graham and the letter that saved 38,000 lives
(Evangelical Alliance UK: IDEA)
Idaho city: Chapel owners exempt from discrimination law
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Coeur d’Alene apparently changes stance, agrees that for-profit chapel need not perform same-sex weddings
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Is California forcing churches to pay for abortions?
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Two Wahabis get long prison terms for plotting terror act at Russia's chemical arms disposal plant
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajik family fined for giving lavish welcome-back to relative after Mecca hajj
(Interfax-Religion)
Sixth Circuit agrees to rehear “heckler’s veto” decision
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
6th Circuit grants en banc rehearing to Christian Evangelists who preached at Arab festival
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Backlash against marriage ruling rises as voting starts
(Lynn Bonner, News and Observer)
Court rules in Kiryas Joel voting inspector challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
City asks Christian schools to repaint plow art
(Patrick Anderson, Argus Leader)
Schools' religious-themed snow plow decorations rejected by city
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit says schools promoted Christian activities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Settlement reached in school's ban of religious Valentines
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rejoinder to Sherif Girgis on sex discrimination and same-sex marriage
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
3 states wage fight to keep same-sex marriage ban
(Mark Sherman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Christian school 'downgraded for failing to invite an imam to lead assembly'
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
Man detained in destruction of disputed statue [Ten Commandments]
(Sean Murphy, ABC News)
Ghulam Azam, "spiritual" leader of Bangladesh's Islamic fundamentalists, is dead
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies
(Julhas Alam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Families of executed French monks say Algiers obstructing justice
(reporting by Chine Labbe in Paris and Lamine Chikhi in Algers. writing by Alexandria Sage; editing by Hugh Lawson), Reuters)
Southern Baptist seminary clears president after dispute over Muslim student
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Boston police name 1st Muslim captain
(Evan Allen, The Boston Globe)
Christian group fights for identity against Cal State policy
(Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times)
Reflections on responses to the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life
(Edward Kessler, Public Spirit)
Montreal Muslims denounce attacks as violating their religion
(Billy Shields, Global News)
The Obama Effect? [How has the Obama administration affected religious freedom?]
(Mark Movsesian, First Things: First Thoughts blog)
Puerto Rico gay marriage ruling sets up a potential federal conflict
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)
Christians in the Middle East: Interview with Archbishop of Beirut
(Pax Press Agency, Aleteia)
Christians in the Middle East: Interview with Patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church
(Pax Press Agency, Aleteia)
Chaldean priests forced to choose between apostasy and martyrdom
(Kathy Schiffer, Aleteia)
Chaldean Catholic clerics stripped of duties for fleeing Baghdad without consent
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Why Jerusalem tensions have reached a boiling point
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America)
Danish health director: No reason to ban milah
(JTA)
Theocracy, protest and human rights: Of speech and silence
(B.C., The Economist: Erasmus blog)
Kyrgyzstan: "Draconian" proposed Religion Law and Administrative Code changes
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
“UK must not think only of itself”: Massacre families urge UK not to leave ECHR
(Alice Donald, UK Human Rights Blog)
Who's afraid of India's meek Muslims?
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Analysis: Israeli restrictions on movement strangle Palestinian life
(Daoud Kuttab, Ma'an News Agency)
British Jihadists and treason
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Colorado school district sued for promoting Christian groups' proselytizing efforts
(Shadee Ashtari, Huffington Post)
French Jewish leader indicted for calling Dieudonne ‘professional anti-Semite’
(JTA)
Haredim’s refusal to sit next to opposite sex delays Delta flight
(JTA, The Jewish Week)
Israel slams Latvian show celebrating life of alleged Nazi war criminal
(JTA, Jewish Daily Forward)
Judge rules against County Board of Elections
(Nathan Mayberg, The Photo News)
Muslim Brotherhood: Britain's investigation proves we are not associated with terrorism
(Middle East Monitor)
Nazareth Area School District settles suit over religious Valentine's Day cards
(Peter Hall, Morning Call)
Open Hillel holds first conference at Harvard
(JTA, The Jewish Week)
Palestinian-American student alleges anti-Muslim assault at Brooklyn arena
(JTA, Jewish Daily Forward)
Religious privilege allows some kids to bring knives to school, but not others
(James Kirk Wall, Chicago Now)
Stay lifted on adoptions by same-sex parents in Utah
(McKenzie Romero, Deseret News)
The Shabbos Project: Jews worldwide keeping this shabbos together
(Hana Levi Julian, The Jewish Press)
UK: 4 weeks in jail for 'Hitler was right' tweet
(JTA, Jewish Daily Forward)
Diwali 2014: Should we take time off work to celebrate religious festivals?
(Radhika Sanghani, The Telegraph)
Diwali: An Indian festival goes global
(Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat)
Michigan gay rights push prompts protest from religious group outside state Capitol
(Jonathan Oosting, MLive.com)
Notes from the global Church: The future is Filipino
(Philip Jenkins, The Christian Cenutry)
Balancing mission, aesthetics and heritage of parish churches
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)
Women in the episcopate: correction
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Nigerian schoolgirls face uncertainty if they are released
(Agence France Press)
After Twitter ruling, tech firms increasingly toe Europe’s line on hate speech
(JTA)
Boko Haram said to abduct more women
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)
Boko Haram kidnaps 60 women despite ceasefire reports, continues killings in Nigeria
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
This woman had a religious item taken from her at her trial–despite having judge’s permission to carry it
(Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal)
What companies like Chick-Fil-A can teach us about religion's influence on corporate leadership
(Ted Malloch, World Religion News)
Top Anglican calls for lifting seal of confessional in child abuse cases
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals boost clinics to help immigrants navigate legal headaches
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Schools challenged on their radical bathroom policies
(Bob Kellogg, One News Now)
Pakistan Supreme Court could overturn Christian mother Asia Bibi's death sentence despite radical pressure, says International Christian Concern
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Utah Supreme Court lifts same-sex adoption stay
(Michael McCall, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Religious reforms imposed in Iraqi schools and universities
(Shukur Khilkhal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
President Obama extends warmest wishes for Diwali
(Kiran Ahuja and Ashley Allison, The White House)
President sends Diwali greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Who are the 5 pastors in the Houston sermon subpoena scandal?
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post Politics)
Paris opera house bans wearing of niqab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New CRS report on expired charitable tax provisions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jerusalem's 'silent intifada'
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Refugees fleeing Iraq Christian torment enter Jordan in droves
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Addressing the blowback from Hobby Lobby
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, Library of Law and Liberty)
Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and interview
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church official believes peace efforts of Kiev authorities insufficient
(Interfax: Religion)
Support for U.S. campaign against ISIS; Doubts about Its effectiveness, objectives
(Pew Research Center)
The Georgia Chamber draws a line in the sand on ‘religious liberty’ bills
(Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Kahlon, Barak: Alternative to Bibi?
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Washington school district accommodates student religious dagger
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Clergy respond to Houston sermon subpoenas
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism)
IOPS chairman asks Iraqi president to release Tariq Aziz
(Interfax: Religion)
Idaho governor pursues new test of same-sex marriage (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)
EVENT, 23 October 2014: International Religious Freedom Roundtable in Brussels – Europe, Second meeting
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 23-24 October 2014: Judging Faiths: Religious Freedom at the Bar in U.S. and European Courts
(Oliver Roy and Pasquale Annicchino, ReligioWest, Conference Room, Villa La Fonte via delle Fontanelle, 18 – San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy)
Canada Parliament shooting: Gunman confirmed as recent convert to Islam
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Conviction of Pussy Riot band member upheld by Russia's constitutional court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Archbishop calls 40,000 to be ‘reconciled reconcilers’
(Ayoola Bandele, Evangelical Alliance UK)
Kerry links rise of ISIS with failed peace talks
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
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