Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
The headscarf is finally free; the country is not
(Burak Bekdil, Hürriyet Daily News)
Towards a Europe of greater fraternity and solidarity
(Johanna Touzel, COMECE, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Why "federalism" should not prevent nationwide marriage equality
(David Glasgow, guest columnist, Jurist)
Why every single Supreme Court justice got Hobby Lobby wrong
(Ron Fein, Guest Columnist, Jurist)
New York transit authority sued for denying anti-Islamic bus ad
(Laila Kearney, Reuters)
Court rules against ousted gay pastor
(Leila Samodien and Rebecca Jackman, IOL News)
Iran: Stop woman's execution, pleads HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Turkey will fight Islamic State, wants Assad gone - Erdogan
(Arab News)
Hindu group condemns Washington DC yoga tax
(Rajan Zed, Eurasia Review)
Iran hangs man for heresy
(AsiaNews.it)
Dhaka: Telecommunications minister removed for attacking Muhammad and Hajj
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Scores of mainland supporters of democracy in Hong Kong arrested
(AsiaNews.it)
Ginsburg faulted for comment on Texas abortion law
(Tony Mauro, Legal Times, The National Law Journal)
Ireland: Referendum due on removing blasphemy from Constitution
(Fiach Kelly, The Irish Times)
Hate crimes against Muslims increase by 65 per cent in a year in London
(Rachel Bundy, London Evening Standard)
Fight for growing Pentecostal vote in Brazil
(Associated Press, ABC News)
The politics of Bible translations
(Scot McKnight, Patheos Blog: Jesus Creed)
ISIS is the Antithesis of Hajj, the Holy Pilgrimage
(Ameena Jandali / Patheos, Time)
Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam's holiest city Mecca
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press -The Big Story)
'Selfies' frowned upon, but technology is transforming the Hajj
(Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times)
Turkish religious order tests AKP’s limits
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Salafist danger spawns pan-Shiite solidarity
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Hardline Buddhists in Myanmar, Sri Lanka strike anti-Islamist pact
(Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Anneez, Reuters)
FOREF Report to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
(Dr. Aaron Rhodes, Peter Zoehrer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Turkey: Anti-ISIL demonstrators clash with police in Kadıköy
(Cihan)
Schoolgirl jihadis: the female Islamists leaving home to join Isis fighters
(Harriet Sherwood, Sandra Laville, Kim Willsher in Paris, Ben Knight in Berlin, Maddy French in Vienna and Lauren Gambino in New York, The Guardian)
CHP's Türmen: Turkey must obey ECtHR decision due to ‘contractual obligation'
(Cihan)
2014 Sakharov Debate: Religion and Human Rights in Europe
(UCL European Institute)
Bombay HC order on declaring religion likely to be a watershed
(Deccan Herald)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia talks state, church during speech
(Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post)
In Israel, biblical land-use laws call for creative workarounds
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court: Can municipal sign ordinances restrict speech and religious liberty?
(Guest post by Daniel Bennett, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)
Christian business owner wins in odd same-sex wedding dispute
(Charisma News)
If UK scraps the Human Rights Act we'll be in grim company
(Farnkie Goodway, Mirror)
Hindu temple in India purified after low-caste chief minister visits
(Reuters)
Turks rumored to be joining the Islamic State
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Post)
Religious Freedom in China
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)
U.S. to greatly expand resettlement for Syrian refugees
(Gearan, Washington Post)
White House rebukes Israel over eastern Jerusalem building
(JTA)
Giant Ukraine JCC provides shelter from the storm — in style
(JTA)
Turkey aims to open Islamic university: Top religious head
(Fatma Aksu, Hurriyet Daily News)
Los Angeles archdiocese sued over cemetery lease termination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit seeks to stop use of chickens in pre-Yom Kippur ceremony
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim inmate takes his case for a beard to the Supreme Court
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Uzbekistan: No imam? No prayers
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Iran executes man for having a different view of religion
(Moshen Amir-Aslani, Truth Revolt)
World churches' body head praises Muslim scholars′ letter condemning IS
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China's communist party harasses Christian churches
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)
Minnesota poised to grant new rules for transgender students on sports teams
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
New UN document opens door for churches to do more for indigenous rights
(Presbyterian Church USA)
Life imprisonment of Tohti (who belongs to the Uighur Muslim ethnic group) undermines Chinese legal system
(Freedom House)
The Brazilian church that welcomes gay believers into the fold
(Beth McLoughlin, The Guardian)
US top court back for 'potential blockbuster' session
(Agence France-Presse, Global Post)
Algerian Christians: "We must not yield to fear"
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
An analysis of Muslim voices against IS
(Eurasia Review)
On Hobby Lobby, Ginsberg was right
(Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker)
Meriam Ibrahim shares details of ordeal in Sudan prison
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)
Human bombing - a religious act
(Mohammed Ilyas, Journal of Terrorism Research)
After decades of action, Supreme Court cools on school cases
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)
Is a Church liable for a cleric’s adultery?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
How politics and unrest are changing religious life in Egypt
(Elizabeth Stuart, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy protests continue on China's National Day
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Europe tries to stop flow of citizens joining jihad
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)
Israeli airline urged to stop 'bullying' of women by ultra-orthodox passengers
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Jewish professors hit back against pro-Israel campus 'blacklist'
(Paul Berger, The Jewish Daily Forward)
The remarkable shrinking backlog at the European Court of Human Rights
(Alice Donald, UK Human Rights Blog)
Pennsylvania's Catholic bishops forbid boys to wrestle girls
(Reuters)
Indonesia: Government recognizes Baha'i faith as a religion
(Miko Morelos, Ahmadiyya Times)
If you mix politics and religion and lose, it’s not persecution. It’s politics.
(Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Liptak: Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling likely this term
(Adam Liptak, The University of Chicago: The Law School)
Muslim sheep slaughter to be banned in Moscow during Eid al-Adha feast
(Interfax Religion)
How your faith can impact your personal well-being
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
CBS censors Ron Reagan’s Atheist ad promoting Freedom From Religion
(Michael Stone, Progressive Secular Humanist)
Chief rabbis condemn Jewish-Christian prayer vigil
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)
Company seeks $250M from Los Angeles archdiocese
(AP, The Washington Post)
Crimean Tatars in the new Crimea
(Viktoriia Demydova, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Freedom of religion might revive Arab Spring
(Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, The Arab Daily News)
Hikind defends Jewish community’s right to use chickens as kaporos
(Brooklyn News)
Hundreds gather as pastor's Iran imprisonment reaches two years
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
New Zealand scholar: How does sharia law fit into Western law?
(Christopher van der Krogt, MercatorNet)
NFL admits mistake in penalizing player for post-touchdown prayer
(Steve Ginsburg, Reuters)
The Cult Deficit
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Op-Ed)
The statement of the Forum for Religious Freedom Europe on Hungary's law on the churches
(Hungarian Spectrum: reflections on politics, economics, and culture)
Turkey closes down Protestant church
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
US refuses to back democracy activists in Hong Kong - OpEd
(Dave Lindorff, Eurasia Review)
Continuing Resolution extends USCIRF until Dec. 11
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamic party allied to Muslim Brotherhood banned
(Missionary International Service News Agency)
Algeria launches religious reform
(Mouna Sadek, Magharebia)
Patriarch of Baghdad to Muslims: Condemn extremism, rebuild Iraq with Christians
(Louis Raphael I Sako, AsiaNews.it)
Persecution continues in Laos as Christians are detained for meeting to pray
(AsiaNews.it)
Bishop of Pune calls for an end to Hindu-Muslim violence, stresses "we are all Indians"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
ECHR, Gross v. Switzerland: The applicant requesting a right to die was already dead. The European Court cannot be abusively instrumentalized for strategic litigation
(European Centre for Law and Justice)
Gross v. Switzerland
(European Court of Human Rights)
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: Case pending before the European Court of Human Rights
(Fact Shee, European Court of Human Rights)
Methodist ministers and “retirement” – sort of
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Vatican spurns UN child committee's call for changes to canon law
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
CA church removed from Southern Baptists for LGBT tolerance
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)
Russian Constitutional Court upholds ban on promoting homosexuality to minors, interpreting it narrowly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Loyola U. Chicago suspends, then reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine
(JTA)
Successful DOMA challengers denied attorneys' fees award
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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