Law and Religion Headlines


Monday, 13 October 2014

Female imams have important role in China
(China Daily)

China: Experts point to poverty, illiteracy, injustice as keys to cults’ ongoing attraction
(The People's Daily)

Clergy among dozens arrested on final day of 'Ferguson October' protests
(Chris McGreal, The Guardian)

In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience
(Wesley Lowery and Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post)

Notre Dame asks for Supreme Court GVR in contraceptive coverage challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Erdoğan slams modern 'Lawrences of Arabia' in Middle East
(Agence France-Presse, Hürriyet Daily News)

Jewish girls want to read from the Torah at the Western Wall, new bus ads proclaim
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Israeli institute gets $2.2 million to help Christians study Jewish thought
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Seven CA churches sue to keep from funding abortion
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Children abused amid climate of fear at pentecostal school, commission hears
(The Guardian)

Nigeria: Why we must resist the impulse of "on to the next thing"
(Dwayne Leslie, Huff Post Religion)

Mansur Yalçın v. Turkey: religious education and the (easy) way out
(Strasbourg Observers)

Moscow Patriarchate urges to stop violence and threats against canonical Ukrainian Church
(Interfax-religion)

Anger as minister says Christian, Muslim dalits should be denied job quotas [India]
(Rito Sharma, UCA news)

RC bishops blame collapse of marriage on the economy
(Simon Caldwell, Church Times)

Austria refuses to ban Rabaa sign of solidarity with anti-coup Egyptians
(Middle East Monitor)

Pastor awaits trial before Islamic court for collaborating with Syrian government
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Religion and law round-up – 12th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Rowan Williams: Don't let secularists drive religion out of public life
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Enforcement of Israeli child support order does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Penn State students sentenced for vandalizing Jewish frat
(The Jewish Press)

Same-sex marriage developments In Kansas, West Virginia, Alaska
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Churches file complaint with HHS over California abortion coverage requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada’s religious freedom ambassador accuses Russia of kidnapping Christians in Ukraine
(Mike Blanchfield, National Post)

CofE parishes: Lessons from Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 6 December 2014: Inform Autumn Seminar - Minority Religions and Schooling
(Registration Now Open, London School of Economics, INFORM: The Information Network on Religious Movements)

Church of Sweden appreciates government’s recognition of Palestine
(World Council of Churches)

Turkish reforms entangle education
(Aysegul Sert, The New York Times)

Human rights court faults Georgia for its treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Democracy)

When tragedy strikes, should theists expect to know why?
(Justin P. McBrayer and Trent Dougherty, OUPblog Religion)

Religious liberty: Beards behind bars
(The Economist)

How should Muslims respond to the threat of extremism within Islam?
(Room for Debate, The New York Times Opinion Pages)

Rabbinic group: Women permitted to dance with Torah scroll
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Faith under fire: Panels highlight military religious freedom threats
(Andrew E. Harrod, Juicy Ecumenism)

We have never been secular: Rethinking religion and secularity in Britain today
(John Milbank, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Islamic State officially admits to enslaving Yazidi women
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Sheer "barbarism" against the Middle East families must end
(Catholic News Agency)

U.S., Canada's RCMP team up with Islamists
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)

Gang rapes, 'junior jihadists' and runaway sharia: A month of Islam in Britain: September 2014
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Rise of IS exacerbates Islamophobia in Europe
(Wassim Ibrahim, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Notre Dame appeals to Supreme Court on birth control case
(Irin Carmon, MSNBC)

Historic Buffalo synagogue demolished despite demonstrators
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'Gender inclusive' guidance for Nebraska schools tells teachers not to use phrases like 'boys & girls' or 'you guys'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

China: Death sentence for 'Christian' cult members who murdered a mother in McDonald's
(Mark Woods, Christian Today World)

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Concern over booth site thrusts Jewish students into church-state debate
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

China issues death terms for 2 in sect
(Michael Forsythe, The New York Times)

Alevis rally in Turkish capital against jihadist attacks
(Hürriyet Daily News)

1999 e-mail urged Clinton to invoke Talmudic law as Lewinsky defense
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Clinton era e-mail cited Jewish law as defense in Lewinsky scandal
(Geoff Earle, The New York Post)

Collateral estoppel bars Title VII religious accommodation, but not retaliation, claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Temple Mount closed to non-Muslims as 80,000 Jews gather at Western Wall
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Can Christians still go to Harvard?
(Kirsten Powers, The Daily Beast)

Withdrawal of land from uranium mining survives Establishment Clause challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iraq: Forced marriage, conversion for Yezidis
(Human Rights Watch)

Study: Americans want more religion in politics
(Sara Grossman, CNN Belief Blog)

15% rise in Dutch euthanasia deaths
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

Who leads the fight against gay discrimination in Nigeria? The Catholic Church
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)

Can death be beautiful? A response to Brittany Maynard
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

Supreme indecision on marriage redefinition
(Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 11 October 2014

The (in)human dimension of Ghana’s prayer camps
(Shantha Rau Barriga, Open Democracy | Open Global Rights)

Ethnic dimension of Iraqi Assyrians often ignored
(Maxim Edwards, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Palestinian Christian village cancels Oktoberfest
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Muslim waiter alleges religious harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Marriage equality proponents win victories in Nevada, Idaho, North Carolina
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Malaysian Christians lash government after supremacist evades prosecution
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Kansas Supreme Court blocks gay marriage licenses
(Laura McCallister, KCTV 5 Kansas City News)

Cape questioned over football prayer with coach
(Melissa Steele, Cape Gazette)

Newman Society, Catholic leaders fight repeal of religious protections in nation’s Capital
(CNS Staff, Catholic Education Daily)

Ohio community defies Atheist group's threat with public prayer at high school football game
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg’s Judgments on Domestic Policy (PDF)
(Edited by Dia Anagnostou, Edinburgh University Press)

The Second Vatican Council and John Henry Newman
(Ian Ker, OUPblog Religion)

7 things every Christian should know about faith in the workplace
(Charisma News)

Same-sex marriage on 35-state trajectory
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Religious freedom: A genuinely fair approach
(Maggie Garrett, Cato Unbound)

The man working to bring down China's one-child policy
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

No delay on Idaho same-sex marriages (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

The difference between religions and cults from five perspectives [Simplified Chinese]
(Sina News)

Emerging and developing economies much more optimistic than rich countries about the future
(Pew Research Global Attitudes Project)

WCC general secretary meets with Patriarch Kirill in Moscow
(World Council of Churches)

Catholic bishops debate: Where does doctrine end and pastoral practice begin?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

What the Church can do (communion for the divorced and remarried)
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Opinion Pages)

A surprising tie that binds Hong Kong's protest leaders: Faith
(Frank Lanfitt, NPR Parallels)

Throwing Catholic charities under the bus
(Phyllis Zagano, National Catholic Reporter)

The study of law as a spiritual act: Finding truth and meaning in the Talmud
(Adam Kirsch, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

CofE parishes: the future
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Why do so many liberals despise Christianity?
(Damon Linker, The Week)

Friday, 10 October 2014

Atlanta Rabbi Shalom Lewis calls for 'holy crusade' against radical Islam
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

N.C. high court to examine private school vouchers
(AP, Winston-Salem Journal)

Oral Arguments in Holt v. Hobbs (Muslim prisoner beard case) (transcript)
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Oral Arguments in Holt v. Hobbs (Muslim prisoner beard case) (audio)
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Why religious freedom for prisoners matters
(Luke W. Goodrich, The Hill: Congress Blog)

FRA and civil society develop strategic framework for cooperation
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)

Iraqi women targeted for execution by IS
(Pascale el Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Turkish government risks isolating Kurds, facing IS alone
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

In battle against Kurds, is it AKP's policy to back IS?
(Cengiz Çandar, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Dutch Protestant school hires 'dress coaches' to teach right class garb
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

ADF to Ariz. school district: Teachers free to have personal Bible at desk
(Sonoran News)

Instant view: It's Kristallnacht; execute the terrorists
(The Commentator)

Judaism's sexual revolution: Why Judaism rejected homosexuality
(Chuck Colson, BreakPoint)

Capital events highlight threats to American religious freedom
(Andrew E. Harrod, Juicy Ecumenism)

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