Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Religion news in brief
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)
German Muslims invite all faiths to day of prayer against Islamic State
(Bethan John, Reuters)
Calif. convention expels 'Third Way' church
(Terry Barone, Baptist Press)
Iowa Supreme Court allows telemed-abortion system to continue
(Tony Leys, The Des Moines Register)
Don't interfere in religious freedom, Sabah churches tell govt
(The Rakyat Post)
Listen to Jews, not just Ted Cruz, on Middle East Christians
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Italy now has a hotline to report anti-Semitism
(Stephanie Butnick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Moderate Uighur scholar faces trial in China that critics say highlights repression
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
World basketball body eases headgear ban after religious discrimination claims
(Doug Feinberg, Vancouver Desi)
Coptic Christians clash with police in Egypt
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Ron Crews set to testify before Congress over religious liberty
(Chad Groening, One News Now)
In policy change, air force makes oath to God optional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week: lawyer
(Michael Martina and Joseph Campbell, Reuters)
Pope Francis to Jews: We’re all under attack now
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Uzbekistan: "We will continue fining you unless you stop storing religious literature in your home"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Video of Justice Ginsburg on same-sex marriage
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Saigon, government threatens to demolish Catholic churches and Buddhist temples
(AsiaNews.it)
Yogyakarta: Catholic university cancels seminar on homosexuality after Islamist threats
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Ukrainian Army shells Donetsk monastery
(Interfax--religion)
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Happy Constitution day!
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
United States Constitution Day, September 17
Atheist airman can re-enlist without religious oath after policy change
(Philip J. Victor, Al Jazeera)
U.N. condemns Pastor Saeed Abedini’s “arbitrary” imprisonment; ECLJ Urges his release at Human Rights Council
(European Center for Law and Justice)
Court says hospital's retirement plan is "church plan," rejecting magistrate's recommendation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Diocese challenge to charter school's leasing of Catholic high school property moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says Turkey should offer Alevis exemption from compulsory religion and ethics courses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The ECtHR, Turkish Alevis and the rights of religious minorities
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Professor's law review article used in robocall by opponent in mayoral race
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Southern Baptists’ expulsion of LGBT-affirming church serves as a warning
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)
Catholic church prepares for conflict on allowing holy communion for divorcees
(Lizzy Davies, The Guardian)
Doubt cast on success of Spain's new anti-abortion law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Boko Haram is becoming 'more brutal' due to ISIS ties, says Christian group
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Poorer states have higher pastor salaries, survey finds
(Jeffery Scott, The Christian Post)
It's time to take the Islamic State seriously
(James Schall SJ, MercatorNet)
China says it rescues more children from Xinjiang religious schools
(Breitbart News)
How peace negotiator Martin Indyk cashed a big, fat $14.8 million check from Qatar
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Jim Wallis: America and “oil economy” created ISIS
(Alexander Griswold, Juicy Ecumenism)
Why great Palestinian victories are worse than defeats
(Edward N. Luttwak, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
USCCB: Government report 'confirms' suspicions about Affordable Care Act abortion coverage
(Vinnie Rotondaro, National Catholic Reporter)
Kurdish Peshmerga free some Christian villages occupied by jihadists
(AsiaNews.it)
Bangladesh, Muslim leader’s death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Towards the synod: challenges for marriage in China, threatened by selfishness and consumerism
(Don Peter, AsiaNews.it)
On trial for separatism, Ilham Tohti says Uighurs and Han Chinese have the same problems in Xinjiang
(AsiaNews.it)
An 'existential' issue for American liberty
(James Freeman, The Wall Street Journal)
Growing secularization seen weakening place of religion in U.S. society
(Beth Griffin, National Catholic Reporter)
California vs. the Constitution -- on freedom, faith, guns and property
(Tim Donnelly, Breitbart)
Freedom From Religion Foundation says no group should be allowed to leaflet in public schools
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Hobby Lobby president: 'Christians must fight for religious freedom in America'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
LETTER: Religious freedom evaporating in U.S.
(Raymond E. Williams, MyCentralJersey.com)
Two pastors among 100s killed as UN takes over peacekeeping in CAR
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
If the U.S. wanted to, it could help free thousands of enslaved Yazidi women in a single day
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Saudi Arabia's top clerics speak out against militancy
(Reuters)
Pope Francis cites possibility of WWIII
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Head of Russian Orthodox church given fighter jet by factory workers
(The Guardian)
The must-watch video on same-sex marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, Conjugality: A Blog on the Future of Marriage)
Yale chaplain’s resignation reflects larger mainline tensions over Israel
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Does the Muslim headscarf boost body image? (British study)
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Moderate Uighur scholar faces trial in China that critics say highlights repression
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Celebrity rabbi takes plea bargain over bribery
(Daniel Estrin, The Associated Press)
Watchdog finds insurers not following health law's abortion rule
(Stephanie Armour, The Wall Street Journal)
Al-Qa’ida in Islamic Maghreb and Arabian Peninsula statement on the U.S.-led coalition against IS
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Are Ultra-Orthodox turning away from vaccination?
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, The Jewish Daily Forward)
EVENT, 17 September 2014: Buddhist Peacebuilders and Fresh Challenges in Asia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali brings her "Clash of Civilizations" to Yale
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Debate over dress restrictions in Russian universities
(Diana Evdokimova, Novye Izvestiia, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
5774: For Europe’s Jews, a year of upheaval and uncertainty
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Adrian Peterson and the false gospel of spanking
(Matthew Paul Turner, CNN: Belief Blog)
ECLJ to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR: “Returning a Christian convert to Iran would subject him to serious human rights violations"
(Andreea Popescu, European Centre for Law and Justice)
Is Democracy consistent with Islam? - analysis
(Nauman Sadiq, Eurasia Review)
Madhya Pradesh, Hindu radicals attack university professor: he spoke in favor of Kashmir
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Mayoral candidates Cianci, Elorza spar over religion
(Dan McGowan, WPRI.com)
Merkel rallies against ‘monstrous’ anti-Semitism in Germany
(AP, The Times of Israel)
Muslim Brotherhood leader gets life as secular pro-democracy activist gets out on bail
(AsiaNews.it)
Would an independent Scotland be an anti-Catholic Scotland?
(Greg Daly, Aleteia)
Regensburg vindicated (Benedict XVI's lecture and Islamism)
(George Weigel, Denver Catholic Register)
In the name of no God: Atheism has finally found its spiritual leader
(Tom Roston, Quartz)
New Brunswick Law Society members call on council to revoke approval of Christian law school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European court tells Turkey to end compulsory religion course
(Today's Zaman)
Euro court calls on Turkey to amend religious courses
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Human Rights Without Frontiers International
(Working to protect and promote international human rights standards in the heart of European policy-making in Brussels.)
Air Force grants its first religious accommodation for Jewish chaplain to wear beard
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Air Force swears in its first bearded rabbi
(Dong Seong Lyu, J Space News)
Justice Ginsburg: “no urgency” yet on same-sex marriage
(Dale Carpenter, Volokh Conspiract)
The apocalyptic magazine the Islamic State uses to recruit and radicalize foreigners
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
Headscarf protests resume in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Chief rabbi says French society has turned indifferent to anti-Semitism
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Chinese Christians scramble to save cross
(David McKenzie and Steven Jiang, CNN Belief Blog)
Supporters of Scottish independence promise protection of Catholic schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Satanists want to give out materials in Orange schools
(Lauren Roth, Orlando Sentinel)
Satanic Temple will seek to hand out its literature in Florida high schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iran's Ayatollah declines to help US coalition fight ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Texas clinics sever ties with Planned Parenthood
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Nigerian Christians: 'We are on the run'
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Sikh basketball players face choice: Take off turbans or don't play
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Turkey leaves door open to top Muslim Brotherhood members
(Hürriyet Daily News)
EVENT, 16 September 2014: Do religious courts protect human rights?
(Adam Wagner, Dr Iyad Zahalka, Rabbi Chaim Weiner, René Cassin and the UK Task Force, Jewish Community Centre London)
Europe needs to coordinate its anti-jihadist measures
(Arad Nir, Al-Monitor)
An international problem: Religious freedom demands an international response
(John M. Grondelski, First Things)
Citing Hobby Lobby, court excuses testimony from FLDS member who has religious belief in secrecy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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