Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law
(Taylor Gillian, Jurist)
Supreme Court blocks some Texas abortion restrictions
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
Supreme Court allows Texas abortion clinics to stay open
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Does “religious freedom” include the right to convert or scam others?
(José Zalaquett, Open Democracy | Open Global Rights)
Gay marriage arrives in the South, where the public is less enthused
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)
On the margins: secular human rights in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Open Democracy | Open Global Rights)
What’s in Wisconsin’s water? [High School Band shirts]
(Eric Rassbach, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty blog)
Cracks in American Jewish community's support for Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Turkey’s first 'gay marriage'
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
NC magistrate refuses civil marriage to same-sex couple on religious grounds
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Traditional marriage supporters want Utah to enforce Amendment 3
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Lords debate women in the episcopate
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)
Can Israel, Palestine exist as parallel states on same land?
(Anad Nir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
ISIL, the Khmer Rouge of Islamism
(Mustafa Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)
Putin accuses human rights defenders of ignoring the persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Supreme Court should rule that states cannot ban gay marriage
(Rachel Potter, The Daily Orange)
Bondi: Let Florida Supreme Court decide same-sex marriage now
(Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald)
Religious liberty at a crossroads?
(Gerard V. Bradley, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Kazakhstan outlaws Al-Takfir wa al-Hijra
(Interfax-Religion)
Seattle Mormon leaders to gays: Come back to church
(Jana Riess, Religion News Services)
EVENT, 15 October 2014: Religion, The Missing Dimension of Statecraft: A Twentieth Anniversary Reflection
(Featuring Dr. Douglas Johnston, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
"Birther" sues Obama claiming Ebola rules aid Muslim terrorism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Why the Islamic State is losing
(Michael Knights, Politico Magazine)
Larry Klayman is suing the federal government because of Ebola. Yes, really
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)
Nepal: Drop sedition charges against Madhesi activist, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Yemen's Houthis take town of Hudeida
(Al Bawaba News)
Reshaping the Middle East: UAE leads the counter-revolution - analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Saudi Arabia: Supporter or victim of ISIS?
(Omer Faruk Topal, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Srebrenica massacre and Islamophobia in Africa: Conscience… Apprehension and massacre…
(Fouad Farhaoui, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Rabbi Barry Freundel arrested — suspected of peeping on women in mikvah
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward.com)
Women bishops approved by House of Lords
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)
City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)
Jakarta Police Chief: The Islamic Defence Front must be eliminated
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Shasta County atheist to get $2 million for First Amendment violation
(Redding Record Searchlight)
Tibet, demolition campaign against the sacred places of Buddhism
(AsiaNews.it)
Almost 700,000 euros raised as the 'Adopt a Christian from Mosul' campaign continues
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Supreme Court temporarily stays Texas abortion clinic restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
War on religion: Orthodox Christian priests, churchgoers face threats in Ukraine
(Russia Today)
North Carolina Supreme Court Speeds Up Appeal in School Voucher Suit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Report: most DC voucher schools have religious affiliation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Second judge nullifies North Carolina marriage ban
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
A stunning change
(James Martin, America Magazine)
German Catholics petition Schleswig-Holstein state to reinstate God in constitution
(Luigi Serenelli, Religion News Service)
Christian group to turn former abortion clinic into memorial garden
(David Yonke, Religion News Service)
Sukkah at high school rejected after other Jewish students raise church-state complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit says same-sex marriages can go ahead in Idaho
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
North Carolina Supreme Court allows direct appeal of school voucher program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minnesota archdiocese enters historic settlement in clergy abuse case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Satanic Temple tries again for Florida Capitol holiday display
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Palestinian worshippers barred from Al-Aqsa
(Al Jazeera)
Ten US seminaries to receive $1.5 million to include science curricula
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Rights group urges Malaysia not to deport Uighurs back to China
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Pope includes plight of Middle East Christians in October 20 agenda
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Diversity, inequality and gentrification in inner London, and the Black Majority Church response
(Richard Reddie, Publicspirit)
Under conservative assault, Vatican backtracks on gay comments
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
It is time to begin developing a system of Islamic education within the country's religious institutions - FSB chief
(Interfax-Religion)
'Islamism may have spread to schools beyond Birmingham' warns investigator
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Shia rebels seize control of port city and province in Yemen
(The Guardian)
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound
(Reuters)
Alaska gay couples apply for marriage licenses after judge drops ban
(Steve Quinn, Reuters)
How churches are slowly becoming less segregated
(Laura Mechler, The Wall Street Journal)
Constructing the secular : law and religion jurisprudence in Europe and the United States
(Zachary T. Calo, EUI Working Paper September 2014)
FRA recognised for its outstanding work on combating violence against women
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)
The Chechnya conflict
(John Dyck, Geopolitical Monitor)
Turkey: Nationalist leader says HDP violates constitution with support for PKK violence
(Hürriyet Daily News)
British Palestine motion undermines peace, Israeli Embassy says
(JTA)
Kazakhstan: "New forms of countering religious activity by non-traditional religious movements"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The who?! Europe’s lesser-known ethnic minorities
(Sophie Kirby, Deutsche Welle)
Serbian Ambassador criticizes the West for lack of attention to the problem of destroying churches in Kosovo
(Interfax-religion)
Cross, crucifix, culture: an approach to the constitutional meaning of confessional symbols
(Frederick Mark Gedicks and Pasquale Annicchino, EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2013/88)
The end-of-life battle over Jewish souls
(Paul Berger, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Tunisian Jews may vote for Islamists, prominent community member says
(JTA)
Ninth Circuit’s neutrality questioned on gay rights
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
U.K. parliament passes non-binding motion to recognize Palestinian state
(Anshel Pfeffer and Haaretz, Haaretz)
Proposed law on "child brides" bows to conservative Islam
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 13 October 2014
Russian civil rights group Memorial condemn authorities’ attack on their work
(Caucasus Equality News Network)
Secularism at risk in Sub-Saharan secular states: the challenges for Senegal and Mali
(Fatou Sow, 50.50 inclusive democracy)
Call for Bangladesh to not lower marriage age
(Eurasia Review)
Satyarthi and Malala, their Nobel for Christian children in Kandhamal
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Local churches respond to same-sex marriages
(Deanne Coffin, KPVI News 6)
Minnesota churches settle clergy abuse lawsuit
(Amy Forliti and James Nord, AP, 8 News Now)
Once more, same-sex marriages allowed in Idaho
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Sears removes swastika ring for sale on website
(JTA)
China sentences 12 to death for Xinjiang violence
(ABC News)
A farewell to beards: Men shaving to avoid jihadist stigma in southeast Turkey
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Synod14: Full Text of Relatio Post Disceptationem
(Delivered by the General Rapporteur, Cardinal Péter Erdő, Zenit: The world seen from Rome)
Synod on the Family: Could the Catholic Church be liberalising on divorce, contraception and homosexuality?
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Synod interim report: the Church can renew commitment to family
(Andrea Gagliarducci, ETWN)
The Vatican, gays and the family: A sea change
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
What the Vatican really said about homosexuality
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)
A ‘Pastoral Earthquake:’ Catholic Church proposes extraordinary shift on gays and lesbians
(Judd Legum, Mint Press News)
A new welcome for gay Catholics in the church
(Francis DeBernardo, CNN Belief Blog)
Vatican stuns Catholic world with greater openness toward gays and lesbians
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Vatican proposes "stunning" shift on gays, lesbians
(Delia Gallagher, CNN Belief Blog)
Khamenei blames U.S., Zionism, and 'wicked' Britain for creating Islamic State
(Michelle Moghtader, Reuters)
Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the "Great Sorting Out" in the Middle East - Interview with Danny Postel
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)
Christian T-Shirt company in Kentucky told its refusal to print gay pride T-shirts constituted 'unlawful discrimination'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Kafka was the rage: At a Catholic school, a professor fighting the academic boycott of Israel is investigated on secret charges
(Doron Ben-Atar, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
New York school reverses ban on Christian club after students' bold stand
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Study: Miami Jewry sees first increase since 1975
(Uriel Heilman, JTA)
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