Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 17 November 2014
Gay rights campaign targets Christians in Mississippi: 'It is only for God to judge, not us.'
(Carey Lodge, The Christian Post)
Freedom From Religion advocates challege connection between HS football and religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Court rejects challenge to Obamacare rules on contraceptives
(Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Obama calls Islamic State’s killing of Peter Kassig ‘pure evil’
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)
Direct new challenges to Bakke ruling [Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill sued over racial admissions policy]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Vatican getting toilets, showers after man says too smelly to dine with priest
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Druze, Muslims clash over ties with Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor)
Tense calm continues at Al-Aqsa
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Residents in south Moscow voluntarily refuse parking lots in order to build a church
(Interfax: Religion)
Samantha Power knocks European nations for ditching anti-Semitism conference: At Berlin confab, Ambassador to the UN warns of rising anti-Semitism
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Crimea: Human rights in decline
(Human Rights Watch)
As winter looms, Syrian refugees now fear "dire" shortfalls in aid
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
It's official! Pope Francis announces visit to US
(Catholic News Agency)
Pakistan's blasphemy law is a licence to kill with impunity
(Nasir Saeed, Christian Today)
Murder, torture and political prosecution by extremist Buddhists sparks mass exodus of Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Esther Htusan, Mint Press News)
Islamic extremists stop Catholics in West Java from holding Mass
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Gay couples welcomed at the altar but not at the office
(Caroline Preston, Al Jazeera America)
Bishops in the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Church of England formally approves plans for women bishops
(BBC News)
EU proposal could punish Israel for settlements
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
A world disrputed: The leading global thinkers of 2014
(Foreign Policy)
Wedding planner rejects same-sex couple. Is it discrimination?
(Brahm Resnik, The Arizona Republic)
Swastikas painted on Babi Yar memorial, Jewish school
(JTA)
Md. schools’ ban on religious holidays ‘impoverishes education,' group says
(Penny Starr, CNS News)
Druze leaders debate Jumblatt's approach to Syria
(Zeina Hreiz, trans. Pascale el Khoury, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Disillusioned, Fatah considers third intifada
(Uri Savir, trans. Inga Michaeli, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Before Columbus: Erdogan says Muslims 'discovered America,' eyes mosque in Cuba
(Russia Today)
Faisalabad: Christian and Muslim activists against blasphemy law abuses
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Rajshahi: Islamists kill university professor for banning burka in classroom
(Nozrul Islam, AsiaNews.it)
Religious freedom ‘of concern’ in Canada
(Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)
New Indonesian government set to extend religious freedom to all citizens
(Barnabas Aid, Cross Map)
ROTC program under review amid religion-based challenges
(Kevin Lilley, Military Times)
Paraguayan Senate rejects anti-discrimination law
(Tele Sur)
Supreme Court in London will decide fate of Catholic midwives in abortion objection case
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Pro-life Catholic priests do battle with Obamacare in court: 'This is a threat to ALL religious freedom'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
US cathedral opens doors for Muslim service
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Palestinian bus driver found hanged in his vehicle in Jerusalem
(JTA)
McKoon forges ahead with plans to reintroduce “religious freedom” bill
(Patrick Saunders, The GA Voice)
In Donetsk terrorists seize church of the Church of Christ the Savior
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian separatists fight war of religion
(Russia Religion News)
Europe and Islam: Degrees of separation
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])
Patriarch Kirill calls to stop violations of rights, liberties of Serbian population of Kosovo
(Interfax: Religion)
Kenya bans new churches amid 'miracle-faking spree'
(Ruth Moon, Christianity Today)
Lao Christians evicted from village amid religious tensions
(RFA)
Islamic State beheads American Kassig
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)
Sunni-Shia divides persist, but violence is not inevitable
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Nigerian army recaptures Chibok, hometown of abducted girls
(France 24 International News)
Religion and law round up – 16
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
How to naturalize God
(Fiona Ellis, OUPblog Religion)
Sunday, 16 November 2014
“Wrongful births”, statistics and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
In Iraq, excessive official holidays lead to educational and governmental concerns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iraq’s one too many holidays
(Shukur Khilkhal, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
EVENT, 16-18 November 2014: G20 Interfaith Summit
(Dr Brian Adams, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia)
Saturday, 15 November 2014
7 facts about religious harassment wordwide
(Lucy Smith, On Religion)
Cert. petitions begin to be filed in 6th Circuit same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Obama urges equality for religious minorities in Burma
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh Hofstra student sues US Army for religious discrimination
(Rashed Mian, Long Island Press)
UAE formally designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
(PanArmenian.net)
Why has Pentecostalism grown so dramatically in Latin America?
(Pew Research Center: Facttank)
Pope Francis blasts abortion, euthanasia as "sins against God"
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
US aircraft hit Al-Qaeda cell in Syria suspected to be planning attack on US
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Surgeon who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone said his work treating the sick there was God's will
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Christian college’s ‘gay’ dilemma in a post-Christian society
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)
After release of Kenneth Bae in North Korea, Christians are hoping Saeed Abedini will be freed from Iranian prison
(Christian Today)
San Diego, here we come [meeting of the American Academy of Religion / Society of Biblical Literature
(Alyssa Bender, OUPblog Religion)
Turkey: Gov’t Alevi initiative perceived as election ploy
(Sunday's Zaman)
Encinitas Union School District officials ban the Bible
(Standard Newswire)
Mexico: Upcoming conference on religious freedom violations
(Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News)
'Religious freedom' proposal called 'right to discriminate' law
(San Antonio Breaking News)
Despite almost daily bombings by Sunni extremists, Iraqi Shias use holy month as show of force
(Hamza Hendawi, Mint Press News)
Christians shine a light on corruption at G20 Summit in Brisbane
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Disabled girl allowed to die of dehydration in UK
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)
EVENT, 15 November 2014: Public Lecture on “Understanding Reform from an Islamic Perspective”
(Professor Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Oxford University, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia)
Court says Obama admin can force pro-life group to obey pro-abortion HHS mandate
(Steven Ertelt, Life News)
Georgia’s “religious freedom” bill to return in 2015 legislative session
(Max Blau, Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Foster proposes law to ban discrimination against gays, lesbians
(Craig Currier, Petoskey News)
Federal court dismisses Freedom from Religion case
(Eric Cummings, The Daily Cardinal)
Lawsuit against US army in Sikh student discrimination case
(Chidanand Rajghatta, Times of India)
Friday, 14 November 2014
Al-Azhar launches counter-extremism campaigns across Egypt
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al Shorfa)
Appeals ruling voids 300 gay marriages, Michigan argues
(Oralandar Brand-Williams, The Detroit News)
Challenge to Obamacare on contraceptives rejected
(CBS DC)
India's Hindu Radical go on the offensive, calling for a stop to conversions to Christianity and Islam
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
The Church of England is actually holding up pretty well in an adverse market
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Upcoming Buddhist conference to focus on protecting and preserving Buddhist culture
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Patriarch Kirill calls on people of Serbia to work together on renewing Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Former 15-Y-O ISIS fighter details Islamic State's dangerous training process of child soldiers
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
British survey finds the Bible is 'most valuable to humanity;' beating out 'Origin of Species,' '1984'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Religious Freedom Restoration Act under increasing attack since Hobby Lobby decision
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A looming grand Jihadi alliance?
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)
Pro-life? Then keep immigrant families together, bishops implore
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Democracy and rights in Burma? Not without religious freedom
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Court rejects Catholic concerns about new contraception mandate rules
(Catholic News Agency)
Appeals court rejects religious challenge to Obamacare
(Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor)
DC Circuit upholds ACA contraceptive compromise for religious non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India's war on women turns deadly: Thirteen women have died as a result of the latest mass sterilisation camp
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)
Analysis: Distinction between 'moderate Islamists' and 'militant extremists' is misleading for Western governments
(World Watch Monitor)
Court will not decide validity of vote in challenge by excommunicated members of Buddhist temple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit: Challenge to parsonage allowance dismissed for lack of standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court upholds birth control mandate
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)
Atheists lose challenge to tax breaks for clergy
(Jack Bouboushian, Courthouse News Service)
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