Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
After kidnapping schoolgirls, Boko Haram takes aim at churches in northeast Nigeria
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
No evidence of media prejudice against Catholicism
(Jonathan Holmes, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Islamic banks one step closer to fruition in Morocco
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)
Jihadi film was shown to Birmingham schoolchildren, MPs told
(The Guardian)
Between godliness and godlessness
(Frank Bruni, The New York Times)
Prisoner rights case unites religious liberty advocates
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Mexican state of Coahuila approves same-sex marriage
(BBC News)
Shiite militias join in Iraq victory
(Matt Bradley, The Wall Street Journal)
Getting to the crux of why Catholicism matters
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)
Islamists want to ‘wipe out’ Christian presence in northern Mali
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Chronicling Mississippi’s ‘church mothers,’ and getting to know a grandmother
(Samuel G. Freedman, The New York Times)
A rabbi’s ‘spiritual playground’ extends to the surf
(Annie Correal, The New York Times)
Keep ‘God’ out of it
(Octavia Nasr, Al Arabiya News)
Romeike homeschooling family: Religious freedom fighters
(Leah Barkoukis, Townhall.com)
Judge temporarily blocks law that could close all Louisiana abortion clinics
(Jonathan Kaminsky, Reuters)
First Muslim gymnasium “Our Future” opens its doors for the schoolchildren
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Jakarta: Muslim leaders explain Islamic fundamentalism to Christians
(ICAN)
Interfaith efforts in Senegal: A Discussion with Sheikh Saliou Mbacke, Continental Coordinator of IFAPA
(Saliou Mbacke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Europe needs to embrace Islam
(Jocelyne Cesari, New York Times via Berkeley Center)
Chabad Centre reopens 6 years after Mumbai attack
(ICAN)
World Council of Churches member churches in Egypt
(World Council of Churches)
Churches ask Human Rights Council to support religious minority communities in Iraq
(World Council of Churches)
MPs debate “three-person IVF” (again)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The European Court of Human Rights: Implementing Strasbourg's Judgments on Domestic Policy
(Dia Anagnostou, Edinburgh University Press)
Saudi arrests 88 suspects in alleged al-Qaida cell
(Al Bawaba News)
Tunisia, US partner against terrorism
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)
Ultra orthodox Jews forced from Guatemala village after opposition
(Sofia Menchu and Jorge Dan Lopez, Reuters)
Monday, 1 September 2014
Conflicts engulf Christians in Mideast
(Mohamed Elshinnawi, Voice of America)
Darren Slade on missionizing North Korea
(Research on Religion Podcast, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Greece, racism and the church: Your genocide or mine?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Moral pluralism and the dismay of Amy Kane
(Michael B. Gill, OUPblog Religion)
The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Interview with Charles Marsh
(Tiffany Stanley, Religion and Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
The state of religious freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Responses by Aisha Bablakin, Emmanuel Ogebe, Anthony Gill, and Robert A. Dowd, Cornerstone, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Uzbekistan: Raids, religious literature seizures, passport confiscations and expulsions
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Tibet's exile government rejects Beijing's claim of Dalai Lama return talks
(Radio Free Asia)
Tajikistan denounces appointment of citizen as ISIL leader in Syria
(Nadin Bahrom, Central Asia Online)
U.S. Muslims appeal to John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service, Huffington Post)
As ISIS fighters begin to blend in, defeating them no easy matter
(Isabel Coles and Peter Apps, Reuters, Al Arabiya News)
Primate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church meets with ambassadors of United States and Republic of Italy
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Anbar tribesmen stand up against ISIL: Iraqi officials
(Hassan al-Obaidi, Al-Shorfa)
Vatican spokesman: ISIS threat to Pope Francis unfounded
(ICAN)
Muslim conference in Detroit stirs controversy
(Niraj Warikoo and Paul Egan, USA Today)
Women convicted in China for spreading cult beliefs
(The Times of India)
Legal wars on abortion heating up
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Column in National Post (Canada): ‘The Muslim prayer that might save your life’
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Bahrain detains Shi'ite rights activist on arrival at airport
(Farishta Saeed, Reuters)
"Islam is a religion of beheading": James Foley killing gets thumbs up from Jihad cleric
(Inquisitr)
Azerbaijan guarantees freedom of religion for all citizens
(Ilkin Izzet, Trend)
European religious leaders condemn "heinous acts" of IS
(Vatican Radio)
Federal government sues Minnesota town over Muslim permit denial
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee)
Religion laws, Myanmar, and the future of the Church
(Ruth Kramer, Mission News Network)
Question of beard and religious freedom unites groups who’ve been opponents
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
1000 years of Christianity in Sweden celebrated
(World Council of Churches)
Religion and law round up – 31st August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church building repairs: legal considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Se legaliza parcialmente la adopción para parejas del mismo sexo en Colombia
(El Comercio)
My Muslim religion has problems that need fixing
(Glenn Mohammed, Brisbane Times)
Sixth Circuit reverses Amish beard-cutting hate crime convictions
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Amish beard-cutters were criminals, not haters
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
"If the hate-crimes law is used to punish intra-religious crimes, it could change from a shield to protect minorities into a weapon against them."
(Ann Althouse, Althouse Blog)
Convictions of Amish sect leader and followers overturned in hair-cutting attacks
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)
‘We want to stay in Iraq, but can’t live like this anymore’
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)
Religious freedom is more than a right to speak and assemble
(Drew Clark, Deseret News)
An insider's guide to the most important story on Earth: A former AP correspondent explains how and why reporters get Israel so wrong, and why it matters
(Matti Friedman, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Why the silence on Christian elimination?
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Russia: Misuse of Anti-Extremism Law in July 2014
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
Sunday, 31 August 2014
5th Circuit: Religious accommodation turns on employee's personal sincere beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thousands march for 'Zero Tolerance' to anti-Semitism at London rally
(Fiona Keating, International Business Times)
Saturday, 30 August 2014
James Foley’s prayers and the dark side of faith
(Daniel Burke, CNN: Belief Blog)
Italian bishop: Catholics in "irregular" relationships welcome in Church
(Catholic News Agency)
Greek Catholics face hostility amid unrest in Ukraine
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Why religious organizations should be cautious of government "help"
(JJ Feinauer, Deseret News)
Religion as a political tool
(Ayman Abdel-Wahab, Al-Ahram Weekly)
Lead letter: Christians are under attack in the U.S.
(The Florida Times Union)
Alarms raised over left leanings of religion ambassador
(Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily)
Muslim Americans ask State Department to protect them during religious pilgrimage
(Jack Jenkins, Think Progress)
New Hampshire Supreme Court sidesteps challenge to tax-credit aid to religious schools
(eNews - Park Forest)
Law and religion news stories round the web this week
(John Boersma, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Is the world falling apart?
(Thomas Carothers, Lina Khatib, Marwan Muasher, Douglas H. Paal, Andrew S. Weiss, Carnegie Endowment: The Global Think Tank)
UK terror threat level raised to 'severe'
(BBC News UK)
The Golden Crescent and the economics of terrorism – OpEd
(Nasurullah Brohi, Eurasia Review)
Recipe for hate: Al-Qaeda publish car bomb ‘shopping list’ and suggest UK targets
(RT)
'Saudi Arabia does not fund or support IS murderers’
(Siraj Wahab, Arab News)
Grand Mufti urges youth to shun radical groups
(Arab News)
A 13-year-old witness to ISIS' beheadings, crucifixion in Syria
(Raja Razek, Nick Paton Walsh, and Nick Thompson, CNN World)
Amid slaughter of a people, a boy finds hope in America
(Moni Basu, CNN World)
Report: ISIS selling Yazidi women in Syria
(Raja Razek and Jason Hanna, CNN World)
Sister of 'Lady al Qaeda': 'We want no violence in Aafia's name'
(Sophia Saifi and Hilary Whiteman, CNN World)
Reluctant rescue: Obama's answer to ISIS?
(The Editors, Commonweal Magazine)
“Creedal discrimination is still discrimination”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
The wrong kind of Christian
(Tish Harrison Warren, Christianity Today)
Irrefutable: Israel’s case for legitimacy
(Andrew E. Harrod, Juicy Ecumenism)
In order to come to Russia Dalai Lama must quit politics - Lavrov
(Interfax)
Capital gains mean church losses in new German tax twist
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)
Hindus ask Basketball Federation to lift turban ban
(The Jet)
US lawmakers ask International Basketball Federation to review policy on Sikh turbans
(Veeoz)
Jewish sect expelled from Guatemalan village after clashes with Mayan villagers
(Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph)
Friday, 29 August 2014
After tensions with residents, Lev Tahor leave Guatemalan village
(JTA)
Women-only beach becomes flash point in Turkey
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
SNC Head: IS more of a threat to Muslims than Christians
(Mohammad Nemr, translator Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
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