Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Advisory body addresses freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Kazakhstan, accepts recommendations from civil society
(Aiman Turebekova, The Astana Times)
Bosnian police launch raids against Islamic extremism
(ABC News)
Tunisia steps up security at Jewish pilgrimage to Ghriba, following deadly Bardo museum attack
(Ben Bouazza, US News and World Report)
The Dangers of a Constitutional 'Right to Dignity'
(Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic)
It's official: Vatican to canonize missionary Junipero Serra, despite controversy
(Compiled by Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Turkey is the bad actor on Cyprus
(Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), The Hill (blog))
New image of what Jesus may have looked like as a boy surfaces in Italy
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)
Vatican blasts Muhammad cartoons as pouring ‘gasoline on the fire’
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
Germany arrests four in alleged anti-Islam plot
(Al Jazeera America)
British Muslim businesses partner Christians to tackle persecution
(Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
International sharia-compliant insurance body launches in the City of London
(Al Bawaba News)
Islamophobia isn’t just a Muslim problem, it hurts all religions
(Al Bawaba News)
Discussing Islam: Western logic is flawed - OpEd
(Sufyan Bin Uzayr, Eurasia Review)
For social activist, the Indian government should open its eyes to the violence against religious minorities
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Ethnicity or religion should not be a barrier to enter any school - President
(News.lk)
Aceh, new pro-sharia rules: males and females separated at school
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Will either major party protect human rights after the Election?
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)
UK election: Top five myths about the ‘Muslim vote’
(Al Arabiya)
Texas Muslims on edge amid protests, contest attack
(Al Arabiya)
Anti-Islam cartoons and free speech - OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Huge security measures as hundreds of Jews make Djerba pilgrimage
(AsiaNews.it)
Kabul: Four men sentenced to death for the murder of Farkhunda, a woman accused of blasphemy
(AsiaNews.it)
Salvation Army defends unpaid work placements as protesters picket headquarters
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Canada: Education minister ducks motion on religion
(Nick Martin, Winnipeg Free Press)
Tajikistan: "My police shave me"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Islamic religion targeted in Germany
(Sakshi Post)
CAR warring factions devote a week to peace
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Muslim shopkeepers in China ‘forced’ to sell alcohol, cigarettes
(Al Arabiya)
China's Dalai Lama dilemma - pursuing the wrong path
(Bhaskar Roy, South Asia Analysis Group)
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
214 Nigerian girls rescued from Boko Haram pregnant: UN
(Press TV)
Nigeria’s military: We’ve rescued nearly 300 women and girls abducted by Boko Haram
(Diana Ozemebhoya Eromesele, The Root)
Boko Haram: 214 girls rescued from Sambisa forest pregnant – UNFPA
(Ameh Comrade Godwin, Daily Post Nigeria)
Boko Haram rescue: Pregnant women, girls, among those found in Sambisa Forest by Nigerian Army
(Morgan Winsor, International Business Times)
With rescue near, Boko Haram fighters stoned Nigerian girls to death
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Employment status of clergy
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Tibet wants China to return Panchen Lama 20 years after disappearance
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
China lodges protest with U.S. after religious freedom report
(Reporting by Michael Martina; Editing by Ben Blanchard, Reuters)
5 takeaways from the new report by US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Politicians who insult men of God cautioned
(Ghana Web)
Navajo zoo to provide protected feathers
(Meryl Fishler, San Tan Valley Sentinel)
Baha'is dedicate new welcome center at America's only Baha'i house of worship
(Hayli Harding, World Religion News)
Is religion taking a backseat in same-sex marriage?
(World Religion News)
Dear France, stop skirting around the real issue
(Nusrat Qadir, World Religion News)
15-year-old French Muslim girl sent home to change into a shorter skirt
(Hayli Harding, World Religion News)
If religious liberty goes, the rest go as well
(Doug Watford, Wyoming Tribune)
Our shrinking religious liberty
(D.C. Innes, World Magazine)
13 states actively working to protect pastors from radical left
(Charisma News)
Vietnam: bishops fear new legislation would heighten restrictions on religion
(Catholic Culture)
Madison, Wisconsin bars discrimination against atheists, agnostics, and nonbelievers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Madison expressly amends its antidiscrimination ordinance to cover atheists — who were almost certainly covered already
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post)
Madison law bans religious discrimination ... against atheists
(The Guardian)
Satanists are trolling Christians over abortion rights
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Independent)
Experts weigh freedom of speech against religious tolerance
(Quita Culpepper, KVUE)
Texas ‘Religious Freedom’ bill passes Senate panel
(Phil Prazan, KXAN.com)
Gay marriage looms large over Texas religious freedom bill
(Will Weissert, Tyler Morning Telegraph)
America must practise what it preaches on religious freedom
(Saroj Gaur, The New Indian Express)
South Sudan: WCC calls for day of prayer for South Sudan
(AllAfrica News)
Nepal Christians return to worship after earthquake turns churches into tombs
(Anto Akkara and Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Rev. Gil Caldwell, a ‘foot soldier’ for civil rights, turns his eye to LGBT rights
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tunisian Jews committed to success of El Ghriba pilgrimage
(Roger Bismuth, Tunis Africa Press (via AllAfrica News))
Vatican says Cuban president to visit Pope Francis this week
(The Associated Press)
U.S. voices concerns to Myanmar party head on race, religion bills
(David Brunnstrom, Reuters)
Georgia town to remove Christian flag flying over City Hall
(The Associated Press)
South African university ousts student gov’t president who praised Hitler
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ISIS claims responsibility for Texas Muhammad cartoon shooting; warns American Christians that more attacks are coming
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
United Methodist Church considering new process for homosexuality debate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Deal imports American bottom-line accounting to Italy’s Catholic churches
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)
'No room' for gays in Kenya, says deputy president
(Agence France-Presse)
The Shroud of Turin: Both visible and hidden
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
London Catholics celebrate diversity and call for fair treatment of migrants
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
How Isis is recruiting migrant workers in Moscow to join the fighting in Syria
(Daniil Turovsky, The Guardian)
Baltimore pastor works with faith leaders to bring healing to the city after Freddie Gray unrest
(Christian Today)
Gunman in Mohammad cartoon attack in Texas monitored for years
(Jon Herskovitz and David Schwartz, Reuters)
Garland shooting: what is the American Freedom Defense Initiative?
(Holly Yan, CNN)
Texas attack: Garland Muslims caught between two 'outsider' groups
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)
Jailed pastor Saeed Abedini faces even more pressure from Iran; extended prison time a possibility
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
High school principal says he was fired for reading Bible with students
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)
Cert denied in challenge to New Jersey's reparative therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Free speech and judges: Keeping up appearances
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])
Court rules against Rowan commissioners’ prayers
(Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer)
District Court invalidates invocations delivered by county commissioners instead of invited clergy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Likud-Shas deal to transfer rabbinical courts to Religious Services Ministry evokes criticism
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
What Catholics can teach America about polarized politics
(Jacob Lupfer, Crux)
Sudan: Clergymen brought before criminal court
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)
Authorities destroy Muslim cemetery with burials in Stary Krym
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Tajikistan mulls ban on Muslim names
(David Trilling, Eurasianet)
China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to ‘weaken’ Islam
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Somalia Islamists storm Puntland police station, kill three: police
(Abdiqani Hassan and Feisal Omar, Reuters)
India crticises role of religion-based organsations in security matters at UN
(Arul Louis, New Kerala)
French far-right mayor slammed for counting Muslim children
(Al Arabiya)
Islamic State claims responsibility for Texas attack
(Jane Onyanga-Omara, Religion News Service)
India dismisses US report on its state of religious freedom
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Sri Lanka: Sirisena says Buddhist teachings help strengthen moral values
(Eurasia Review)
Thailand, dozens of Rohingya buried in mass graves, four arrests
(Weena Kowitwanij, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan’s religious minorities included in school textbooks
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Religion in (South African) schools: The finer details of the Constitution
(Pierre de Vos, Daily Maverick)
Equality NC opposed to magistrate, religious freedom bills
(Statesville)
EVENT, 5 May 2015: The End of Religion? An Essential Corrective to the Secularization Myth
(Symposium, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University)
Iran, Rouhani reboots secular State: Police should not impose Islamic morality
(AsiaNews.it)
Monday, 4 May 2015
After Texas, is it ‘high time’ we ban Muhammad cartoons?
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
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