Law and Religion Headlines


Saturday, 20 September 2014

Religious freedom: Are there boundaries?
(René Azurin, Business World Online)

The secular state cannot be neutral in matters of religion
(Anthony Esolen, MercatorNet)

Turkey welcomes return of hostages held in Iraq
(Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)

National back to church Sunday expects 3.3 million people to attend this weekend
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

The new top pro-life argument is not abortion: It's climate change
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

British Muslims shouldn’t feel obliged to speak out against Isis atrocities
(Remona Aly, The Guardian)

Anti-Islam ad campaign to run on New York City buses and subways
(Nicky Woolf, The Guardian)

Christians may have to follow MLK's example, go to jail, to protect religious freedom, Rep. Frank Wolf says
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Jehovah’s Witness’s claims highlight employer need to manage workplace religion issues
(William A. Nolan, The National Law Review)

Pakistan represents world's worst situation for religious freedom: United States
(Daily News and Analysis)

Air Force suddenly forgets religious freedom
(The Boston Globe)

Religious freedom exception to gay rights 'a terrible thing,' says Michigan Senate candidate
(Matt Vande Bunte, MLive.com)

Congressional committee holds hearing on protecting international religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dallas preacher set to speak at Baptist event in Oklahoma City
(NewsOK.com)

To save the earth, all must change their ways, says Ecumenical Patriarch
(World Council of Churches)

Call for Thailand to end crackdown on academic freedom
(Eurasia Review)

Ukrainian Orthodox parishes leaving Moscow Patriarchate for Kyiv
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)

Beirut: Christians and Muslims mourn Hani Fahs, an iconic figure for interreligious dialogue
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)

Chinese authorities tear down two Catholic churches
(AsiaNews.it)

Moscow to host Quran international recitation contest on September 20
(Interfax-Religion)

French jets strike in Iraq, expanding U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State
(Oliver Holmes, Alexandra Sage, Reuters)

Pope Francis names Spokane bishop to Chicago, dashing conservative hopes
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Senate approves enhanced U.S.-Israel cooperation bill
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Utah polygamy "Sister Wives" case invokes religious liberty arguments
(Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register)

Friday, 19 September 2014

Church voices address statelessness at The Hague Global Forum
(World Council of Churches)

Oklahoma judge dismisses Ten Commandments lawsuit
(Tim Talley, AP)

U.S.T.A. faces suit over Sabbath schedule
(Mary Pilon, The New York Times)

Pakistani state's supreme court invalidates appointments of state's Shariat Court judges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Group says Justice Ginsburg made improper comment on possible review of same-sex marraige cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cert. filed in case of police officer who refused to attend appreciation event in mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ideology, Islam and religion - OpEd
(Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review)

Protestant pastors convicted of "attempted proselytising" in Bhutan
(AsiaNews.it)

Towards the synod: India's multiculturalism, a challenge and a resource for Christian families
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)

Archbishop of Bangalore: India must aid persecuted Christians in the Middle East
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Mosul, the Islamic State "bans Christians from school"
(AsiaNews.it)

China, internment in a mental hospital for criticizing government
(AsiaNews.it)

House unanimously approves anti-Semitism condemnation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

South African president vows to fight anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Attorneys for Meriam Ibrahim banned from leaving Sudan
(Morning Star News)

Peggy Stevens brings kids from three religions together
(Caroline Kelly, The Christian Science Monitor)

Cheerleader’s bold move during a moment of silence that led hundreds to chant in unison following prayer ban
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

Cross set up in Belgrade to commemorate defenders of the city during the First World War
(Interfax-Religion)

Majority of Cameroonian soccer team converts to Islam following Dubai visit
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Oklahoma judge dismisses challenge to ten commandments monument
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pope decries persecution of Christians in Sunday Angelus
(Ryan Hunter, Juicy Ecumenism)

The Church in the bloodlands: Ukrainian churches must encourage and engage civil society
(Cyril Hovorun, First Things)

University reverses to allow team's cross decals
(Mark Martin, Christian Broadcasting Network)

Michigan Republicans may pair gay rights amendment with 'religious freedom' act
(Jonathan Oosting, MLive.com)

The struggle against the black mass, from Oklahoma Archbishop's perspective
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Mixed signals on same-sex marriage (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

A campus crusade against the constitution
(Harvey A. Silverglate, The Wall Street Journal)

Sabah Christians tell Putrajaya to stop interfering in their religion
(Desmond Davidson, The Malaysian Insider)

Israel Supreme Court upholds racist law allowing communities to deny housing based on ethnicity, religion or race
(Palestine News Network)

Is it time to remove the flag from the church sanctuary?
(Benjamin L. Corey, Patheos)

Cape Town pro-gay mosque opens in South Africa
(BBC News)

In Albania, Pope Francis to celebrate religious revival and tolerance
(Benet Koleka, Reuters)

Aafia Siddiqui: The woman ISIS wanted to trade for Foley, then Sotloff
(Janine di Giovanni, Newsweek)

Anti-gay Portland billboard causes controversy
(Dessislava Yankova, The Tennessean)

What’s a faithful Jew to do? The Yom Kippur baseball dilemma
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

How Catholic insurance companies outsource contraceptive coverage
(Julie Rovner, NPR)

Study: How Liberals, Conservatives split on religion and tolerance
(Laura Meckler, The Wall Street Journal)

Religion still leads the way in post-Morsi Egypt
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)

Air Force says "so help me God" is optional for enlistment oath
(Fox News)

Religious nonprofits will continue legal battle against federal contraception benefit
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check)

Scotland says “No” – but…
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 19 September 2014: The Things that Make for Peace: International Day of Peace Symposium
(Mrs. Sally (Salwa) Kader, President, U.S. Federation for Middle East Peace)

Thursday, 18 September 2014

AJK SC nullifies appointments of Shariat Court
(Daily Times)

Chinese Church: confidence and caution in Pope Francis' invitation to Xi Jinping to meet at the Vatican
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)

For Beijing, Scottish independence "threatens unity and stability"
(AsiaNews.it)

France is ditching the ‘Islamic State’ name — and replacing it with a label the group hates
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Jewish praise of Truett Cathy: Chick-fil-A founder and Sabbath observer
(Daniel Ross Goodman, Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

How is ideology linked to child-rearing values?
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

Teaching the children: sharp ideological differences, some common ground (wide gaps over teaching faith, tolerance, obedience)
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

The Air Force will now allow airmen to omit ‘so help me God’ from enlistment oaths
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The Patient Body: Old Philosophical Certainties
(Ann Neumann, The Revealer: A Review of Religion & Media (NYU))

The Last Twentieth-Century Book Club: Deities & Demigods
(Don Jolly, The Revealer: A Review of Religion & Media (NYU))

Kenya: Methodist church wants hijab banned in its school, argues discrimination against Christian students
(The Star)

New urgency for an old idea: Nineveh
(Jeff Thomas, World Watch Monitor)

Holy Communion may put Nigerians at risk for Ebola
(Jeffery Scott, The Christian Post)

Catholic non-profits object to newly revised contraceptive mandate rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pastors in Iran could face death penalty
(Morning Star News)

Air Force will allow enlistees and officers to drop "so help me God" from oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Poland's Supreme Court upholds airport security requirement to remove Sikh turban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanic group wants to hand out activity book to Florida schoolchildren
(Michael Walsh, New York Daily News)

Unable to flee, elderly Jews remain behind in eastern Ukraine
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

In China, human rights lawyer leaves prison, but has no freedom
(Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times)

Wiesenthal Center calls for arrest of Denmark-based imam who called for killing of Jews
(Benjamin Weinthal, Maya Shwayder)

TIME's Evangelical Christians disagree on same sex marriage
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Israeli NGO delivering aid to Christian, Yazidi refugees in Iraq
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Europe Court condemns Hungary’s church law again
(Sefan J. Bos, Bos News Life)

Mixed signals on same-sex marriage
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

UK Muslim leaders call for release of Briton held by Islamic State
(Michael Holden, Reuters)

Liberal professor of Islam shot dead in Pakistan
(Agence France-Presse)

Egypt targets last bastion of Muslim Brotherhood dissent, Al Azhar
(Lin Noueihed, Reuters)

Gunmen in Pakistan kill professor who faced blasphemy accusations
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)

Britain and religious liberty: Cry Freedom
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Davutoğlu defends religion courses despite European court ruling
(Today's Zaman)

Church attorney: Jacksonville Beach changed Religious Land Use Act on purpose before trial
(Amanda Warford, Action News Jax)

Kosovo 'imams held' in raids on Islamic State recruitment
(BBC News)

Religion news in brief
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

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