Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
In Los Angeles, Muslim women find empowerment in female-only Friday prayers
(Reuters Staff, Reuters)
USCIRF welcomes release of jailed Burmese activist, urges freedom for all Burmese prisoners of conscience
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Rabbi was allowed to keep teaching after admitting abuse of children, inquiry told
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Sri Lanka's new president says he was elected with the support of all ethnic groups
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)
Outrage follows images appearing to show ISIS hostage burned alive
(Jason Hanna, CNN)
The cost of leaving Islamic State: Death or jail
(Lori Hinnant and Paul Schemm, Associated Press: the Big Story)
Colorado's 'death with dignity' bill is a lie, bishop warns
(Catholic News Agency)
King Abdullah: Pilot killed while defending Islam
(Jordan State TV, CNN News)
Release of jailed Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy imminent, says Canada
(Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal)
U.N.'s highest court absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide
(Thomas Escritt, Reuters)
Jordan pressured to restrict Muslim Brotherhood
(Al Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Turkey slams Egypt death sentences
(Middle East Monitor)
For religious freedom and LGBT rights, a year of decision
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum: First Amendment Center)
Where does 'public life’ end for Catholic school teachers?
(Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Gate)
Father and daughter from banned China cult executed for murder in McDonald's
(The Telegraph)
Summum loses monument bid again—this time in Utah Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-Semitic attack in Vienna occurs near far-right gala
(JTA)
Houston priest and family found beaten to death
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
China's Communist Party bans believers, doubles down on atheism
(Matt Sheehan, The Huffington Post: The World Post)
Religious college presidents agree on ‘calling’ and common threats to their schools
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Communist party bans believers in province of ‘China’s Jerusalem’
(Jonathan Kaiman, The Guardian)
ISIS murder a man for having a 'homosexual affair'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
China: Communist party reaffirms ban on belief in Zhejiang
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Holy See to UN: stop ignoring attacks on Christian women, girls
(Catholic News Agency)
Soldiers protecting French Jewish center knifed
(JTA)
The limitations of symbols for religion and civic life
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things)
Fleeing from Vietnam, Montagnard Christians arrested by Cambodian police
(AsiaNews.it)
UK House of Commons OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people
(Maria Cheng, Associated Press)
Student David Souaan jailed after trying to join Isil in Syria
(The Telegraph)
Three-parent babies: an ethical boundary is being crossed
(Michael Nazir-Ali, The Telegraph)
Britain set for historic vote on ‘three-parent’ babies
(Dario Thuburn, Arab News)
Indian bureaucrat convert to challenge preaching ban
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Hardline Indian Hindus become Modi's enemies from within
(Andrew Macaskill and Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)
Tibet, purge of 15 senior communists officials "loyal to the Dalai Lama"
(AsiaNews.it)
Faith under siege: fifth Catholic church vandalized in New Delhi over two months
(Antonio Anup Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency)
Religion a huge issue in upcoming Nigeria polls
(News 24)
Catholics fear campaign of church attacks in India
(Nida Najar and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times)
Klichko has no right to reverse City Council’s decision to repeal property tax exemption for UOC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Mexico: Most dangerous place for Catholic priests
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Patriarch Kirill calls for end to persecution of Ukraine's Orthodox Christians
(Interfax: Religion)
Patriarch Kirill thanks Vatican for balanced view on Ukraine crisis
(Interfax: Religion)
Why Israeli cartoonists don't draw Muhammad
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Answers in Genesis to file discrimination suit against Kentucky
(News Release, Answers in Genesis)
Islamic State open market to sell goods stolen from Christians in Mosul
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Another conflict over Orthodox building in Ukraine
(Russia Religion News)
Iraqi Christians still held by Islamic State 'against their will'
(World Watch Monitor)
Malaysian Hindus mark Thaipusam
(Bangkok Post)
Hezbollah heading for the Golan Heights: How the flare-up on the Israel-Lebanon border may portend a larger conflict
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Alabama AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to stay same-sex marriage ruling
(Alabama's 13)
France’s ideals, forged in revolution, face a modern test
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
Indiana hiring discrimination bill faces Senate vote, RFRA filed in Arkansas
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge rules Oregon bakery discriminated against gay couple in wedding cake rebuke
(Courtney Sherwood, Reuters)
Activists fight discrimination based on sexual orientation
(Nick Smith, The Bismarck Tribune)
Judge: Bakery discriminated against gay couple over wedding cake
(NBC News)
EVENT, 3 February 2015: The Positive Case: Religious Freedom is Good for Society, Business and the Poor
(Brian J. Grim, St Mary's University Twickenham London)
The Supreme Court won’t be airing its same-sex marriage decision on live TV
(Matt Sedensky and Sam Hananel, Associated Press, PBS Newshour)
Christie’s vaccine statements aside, N.J. already allows parents to refuse on religious grounds
(Susan K. Livio, Religion News Service)
Speech and anti-Semitism in France
(Editorial, The International New York TImes)
Some regions of Nigeria now devoid of Christians
(Aleteia)
Why creationists are furious over this Super Bowl ad
(Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor)
Donbas and Crimea: new challenges for religious freedom in 2014
(Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom - Ukraine)
Jayne Ozanne, Church of England evangelical activist, comes out as a lesbian
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)
Anti-Vaxxers illustrate danger of overly broad religious freedom laws
(Kara Loewentheil, USC Annenberg: Religion Dispatches)
Chinese underground bishop, 94, dies in secret detention site, says relative
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Monday, 2 February 2015
Ypsilanti man fired after making anti-gay comment accuses Ford of religious discrimination
(Ben Baird, Advisor & Source Newspapers)
North Texas home to first Islamic tribunal in U.S.
(Jeff Paul, CBS 11 News)
BOLI interim order: Sweet Cakes discriminated against same-sex couple in bakery civil rights case
(Press Release, Bureau of Labor and Industries (Oregon))
Prisoner beards and religious freedoms — what a recent Supreme Court decision means for you
(Hannah C. Smith, Deseret News)
Christian minister claims she was told her Jesus car bumper stickers could invalidate her insurance policy
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Sephardic candidates face real discrimination in elections
(Mazal Mualem, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
British Imams pay solidarity visits to French Imams, Jews
(Associated Press, ABC News)
Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
(Reuters)
The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia's approach towards the Islamic State
(Prasanta Kumar Pradhan, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Delhi, another Catholic church vandalized. The fifth in two months
(AsiaNews.it)
As the anniversary of the referendum approaches, pressure on Crimean Tatars increases
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Two members of an "evil" cult executed for beating a woman to death
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)
California Muslim civil liberties group stands with Jewish fraternity targeted in hate crime
(Associated Press, Fox News)
Civil rights groups, education scholars join fight challenging North Carolina’s school voucher law
(Lindsay Wagner, North Carolina Policy Watch: the Progressive Pulse)
Americans United, allies, ask North Carolina Court to strike down state’s school voucher scheme
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Parents upset that religion taught in a Rankin County School
(Beth Alexander, WJTV (Mississippi))
'Jihad is so simple': Norwegian posts Isis vid
(The Local (Norway))
Norway banishes Islamist preacher to remote village after prison release
(Agence France-Presse)
Police alerted to planned march against ‘Jewification’ of north London borough
(Robert Booth, The Guardian)
After being pushed out of Kobani, ISIS sets its sights on Kirkuk
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Launch of the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance (speech)
(Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe)
Middle Eastern Americans push census change (opinion)
(Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera America)
Latest attack in Lebanon sends message on IS endgame
(Esperance Ghanem, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Teachers can't be preachers
(Linda K. Wertheimer, US News and World Report: Faith Matters)
Evangelical church GracePoint comes out in support of gay marriage
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)
Religion and Law round-up – 1st February
(Frank Cranmer, Law and Religion UK)
Join Brian Grim in London and at the Vatican
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Space enough for all: Nova Scotia Supreme Court makes decision on Trinity Western University Law School
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)
Tolerance: A virtuous cycle for the economy
(Carlos W. Martins, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
War on terror costs trillions, as Europe faces new terror challenges
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Effective ways to tackle radicalisation - Opinion
(Brian J. Grim, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)
Al Smith, John F. Kennedy, and Pope Francis: Response to Pope Francis, Papal Authority, and Political Discourse
(Matthew J. Franck, Cornerstone: Blog of the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
FRA speaks in debate on counter-terrorism, deradicalisation and foreign fighters
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA))
USCIRF warns of potentially religiously-motivated violence around Nigeria's upcoming elections
(USCIRF)
Compulsory income tax on Christians drives Germans away from Protestant and Catholic churches
(Justin Huggler, The Telegraph)
What is Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia?: The future of the Middle East hinges on the beliefs of the Muslim sect which dominates the oil-rich kingdom
(Galina Yemelianova, MercatorNet)
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