Law and Religion Headlines


Monday, 29 September 2014

New Jersey teen to join fight against atheists over 'Under God' in pledge
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Many Navy chaplains' claims dismissed on limitations grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Commitment to Marriage: A Letter to the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Conservatives to synod: Don’t go soft on marriage
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)

ISIS jihadists returning to Europe
(Olivier Guitta, World Affairs Journal)

Western leaders and Islam: Politicians as theologians
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

The many names of ISIS (also known as IS, ISIL, SIC and Da'ish)
(M.R., The Economist Explains)

Supreme Court considers same-sex marriage, other petitions today
(NCC Staff, National Constitution Center: Constitution Daily)

Canada: A referendum on religious freedom
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)

How will the Supreme Court impact same-sex marriage?
(NBC News)

Justice Department expected to ban profiling by federal law enforcement
(Mark Flatten, Washington Examiner)

Clandestine religion in public education
(Lee Culpepper, American Thinker)

Alabama legislators to propose religious exercise in schools bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Anti-Islam ad featuring James Foley pulled from NYC buses
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

World churches group sees its lobbying paying off with arms treaty
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical Times)

Rabbis sentenced to prison for selling rabbinic ordination diplomas
(JTA)

California school bans all Christian books
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

The cost of ignoring religious freedom
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)

A reverend, a rabbi and an imam join faiths for the House of One
(Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)

French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria
(Mark John, Reuters)

How Belgium became a jihadist-recruiting hub
(Matthew Dalton and Margaret Coker, The Wall Street Journal)

Radical Myanmar monk joins hands with Sri Lankan Buddhists
(Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)

Repeal law punishing gay sex with lashes in Indonesia's Aceh, says Amnesty
(Alisa Tang, Reuters)

Human rights conference to discuss religious freedom in Hungary
(Benjamin Novak, The Budapest Beacon)

Homosexual activist report maligns Christians as hateful
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Australia and the veil: burqa-clad Muslim women feel fearful for their own safety
(Zeinab Zein, The Guardian)

Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks
(Kathryn Marchocki, Religion News Service)

Turkmenistan: Freed after four weeks, but court "failed to correct an injustice"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Regional collapse puts Christians in peril
(Jihad el Zein, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Demonising the Brotherhood will not help in the fight against ISIS
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)

The Muslim Brotherhood and IS are not the same thing
(Dr Walaa Ramadan, Middle East Monitor: Memo)

The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist Jihad (ISIS): different ideologies, different methodologies
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)

Morsi absent from hearing in 'spy' case
(Middle East Monitor)

Drug use will spread if religion classes not required, says Erdoğan
(Today's Zaman)

British faiths unite in opposing religious studies changes
(Jerry Lewis, The Jerusalem Post)

Egypt-Israel future ties could depend on Palestinian issue
(Uri Savir, trans. Inga Michaeli, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Indian civil society groups call for "zero tolerance" towards radical Hindu groups
(AsiaNews.it)

Hong Kong: Baptist ministers, Cardinals and Christian students at the forefront of protests for free democracy
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Hong Kong protests: police violence "a boomerang against the government"
(AsiaNews.it)

Crackdown on protests by Hong Kong police draws more to the streets
(Chris Buckley and Alan Wong, the New York Times)

Poll: Utahns evenly split as Supreme Court considers gay marriage
(Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Religion and law round up – 28 September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Buddhist composes symphony to mark Pope's Sri Lanka visit
(Antonio Anup Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency)

Police raid St. Petersburg Scientology church as part of fraud probe
(Interfax Religion)

Argentinian Jewish leader slams president for criticizing Jewish community at UN
(JTA)

Vatican helps fund preservation of Auschwitz
(JTA)

Legal Aid Challenge Success, Assisted Suicide and the Future of UK Human Rights – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)

EVENT, 29 September 2014: MENA Region in Crisis: Islam, Democracy and Extremism
(United States Institute of Peace)

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Megachurch leader threatens to sue rappers over remix
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit filed in US court against Indian Prime Minister over 2002 anti-Muslim riots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Utah gay marriage case first in line at Supreme Court
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Saturday, 27 September 2014

China's draconian sentence against her Mandela is suicidal - OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)

Federal court says state court should act first in challenge to eruv zoning decisions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis calls for 'Biblical welcoming' of immigrants
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Small-town U.S. politician emerges as unlikely foe of Modi
(David Ingram, Reuters)

Summons issued against Modi by a US Federal Court
(ICAN)

New Bishop for Guildford speaks up for moderate Muslims
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Welby backs airstrikes against IS but says wider vision is needed
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Accreditation commission gives Gordon College a year to review, update policies on gays
(Amanda Ostuni, Salem News)

The global ball is rolling for religious freedom & business
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Law Society of B.C. to hold binding referendum on Trinity Western law school
(CBC News | British Columbia)

As IS subjugates women, NEW analysis shows gender inequality HIGH as Religious Freedom is LOW
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Russian parliament gets closer to changes in religion law
(Russian Religion News)

The liberal religion of “tolerance”
(Paul G. Kengor, The Center for Vision and Values: Grove City College)

Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor)

Bay’ah to Baghdadi: Foreign Support for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State (Part 2)
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Justice Department to ban profiling by federal law enforcement
(Timothy M. Phelps, Los Angeles Times)

Religious law and the problematic marriage law
(Joeni Arianto Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post)

Justices poised to tackle constitutional right of same-sex marriage
(Bill Mears, CNN)

Supreme Court prepares for another round of same-sex marriage arguments
(Michael Doyle, The Sacramento Bee)

Hindus take over Indian church, convert it to a temple
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Somalia's Shebab stone woman to death for polyandry
(AFP, Yahoo! News)

Christian-Buddhist-Jewish leaders condemn anti-Hindu vandalism in Virginia
(Rajan Zed, Sirulu)

ISIL is a threat to Turkey
(Guven Sak, Hurriyet Daily News)

Can Muslim women wear a headscarf at work in Germany?
(Deutsche Welle)

French Muslims hold nationwide protest marches after beheading
(Gregory Viscusi, Bloomberg Business Week)

Christians who support LGBT community say it's time for rest of religion to change
(Cole Avery, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans))

The outspoken Spanish Nun who's made herself a political force
(Lauren Frayer, NPR)

Urgent action required to mend Britain’s helplessness in the face of crises in the Middle East
(The Telegraph)

Winning the war of ideas in the Arab World: A view from the UAE
(Ambassador Omar Saif Ghobash, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

Mission relaunched: The fight against Islamic State will help define America’s role in the world
(The Economist)

The limits of the ‘sectarian’ framing in Yemen
(Stacey Philbrick Yadav, The Washington Post)

In U.S., support for daily prayer in schools dips slightly
(Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Politics)

The great debate over Hobby Lobby
(Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute)

Friday, 26 September 2014

Confusion persists over Turkey's position on IS
(Cengiz Çandar, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Hezbollah squeezed out of Golan by Jabhat al-Nusra, Israel
(Jean Aziz, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Kurdish politician proposes segregating Arabs, Kurds in Iraq
(Vager Saadullah, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Lawsuit accuses Indian PM of role in 2002 violence
(Matthew Pennington, AP, Providence Journal)

Sri Lanka nationalists to host controversial Myanmar monk
(Yahoo! News)

Tunisia's president says IS, Syrian regime must go
(Raghida Dargham, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Majority of Americans still favor daily prayer in school
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Men sentenced to prison for ‘homosexual activity’ in Egypt
(Egyptian Streets)

China issues freedom of religion policy, sentences Ilham to life imprisonment
(Gary Sands, Foreign Policy Association)

UK Parliament votes to authorize airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
(CNN)

Muslims urged to report Islamophobic attacks to police amid growing tension
(Oliver Milman, The Guardian)

Backlash at Catholic high school over firing of pregnant gay teacher
(Mark Guarino, The Guardian)

Online hate speech stokes fear of religious violence in Sri Lanka
(UCAnews)

Dalai Lama: A Conclave to choose my successor
(AsiaNews.it)

Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor)

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