Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
How serious is the Supreme Court about religious freedom?
(Dawinder S. Sidhu, The Atlantic)
How can we increase theological knowledge in the same way we increase scientific knowledge?
(William Wood, Big Questions Online)
Editorial: Stupidity of religious bigotry
(The Herald (Australia))
French cartoonist acquitted over Pope paedophilia caricature
(rfi)
Arkansas firing range says it is a "Muslim free zone"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
North Carolina distributes first voucher funds while challenge is on appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. filed in ban on church use of New York City schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC files two religious discrimintion cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
France’s premier steers a vigilant course on Islamist extremism
(Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post)
Anti-war case that protects students' faith liberty
(Paul Strand, Christian Broadcasting Network)
Ireland set to call referendum on blasphemy laws
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Is marriage coming back?
(Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings Institution)
Israeli cargo ship blocked in Oakland Port docks in L.A.
(JTA)
Lancet editor visiting Israel following outcry over anti-Israel letter
(JTA)
Dutch teen suspended from school following threats to cut off Jews’ heads
(JTA)
Tensions at Episcopal Church’s oldest seminary reflect larger crisis in future of theology schools
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
India arrests 140 for Hindu-Muslim clashes as PM Modi tours U.S.
(Reuters)
Convicted priest says El Salvador backed gang work
(Jorge Sainz and Alberto Arce, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
NFL: Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized
(Tom Pelissero, USA Today)
Jacqui Lambie's attempt to ban the burqa could be unconstitutional, say legal experts
(Latika Bourke, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Bhinneka sans Ika: time to review the marriage law
(Albertus Andhika, Jakarta Post)
EEOC files trio of new workplace religious discrimination cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Marriage dropping in popularity among young Americans
(Kristin Larson, Juicy Ecumenism)
Iranian man executed for heresy: rights group
(Michelle Moghtader, Reuters)
Let states, not courts, decide marriage policy
(Edwin Meese III and Ryan T. Anderson, Washington Post)
On International Blasphemy Rights Day, I stand with Raif Badawi and against Saudi Arabia
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)
Pakistan jailer kills Christian pastor on death row, wounds convict in prison
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
US school accused of purging Christian books at California campus
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Hong Kong's leader to protesters: China won't back down
(CNN)
War against Islamic State: Sowing seeds of more extremist groups
(James M. Dorsey)
Nepal: Buddhists and animal rights activists against animal slaughter for Durga
(ICAN)
Monday, 29 September 2014
Facebook, Twitter and Google back Anti-Defamation League’s 10 best practices for challenging cyberhate
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Moroccan opposition women confront discrimination
(Mariam Tahiri, Magharebia)
Twenty years of imprisonment in Eritrea—Will it ever end?
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)
Time on decline of marriage among the young: What's God got to do, got to do with it?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Be modern, but don’t shun Islamic values: King
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)
Turkey: Authoritarian drift threatens rights, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)
Gun range says it is a ‘Muslim Free Zone’
(Skyler Cooper, KRMG News)
Money for NC private school vouchers begins moving
(Emery P. Delesio, AP, Miami Herald)
U.S. Steel subsidiary sued by EEOC for religious discrimination and retaliation
(EEOC, JD Supra)
India: Court ruling on freedom to “not disclose” religion hailed
(ICAN)
Syrians on both sides oppose US strikes
(Al-Monitor: Syria Post)
Some Muslim families choose Islamic State rather than Turkey
(Henri Rose Cimatu)
Italy: Court overturns ruling recognising one same-sex marriage
(Pink News)
Belgian far-right party to push for ritual slaughter ban
(JTA)
Israel fears unrest as Jewish, Muslim holy days coincide
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Russian expansion endangers Catholics in Ukraine, nuncio warns
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders agree ISIS must be stopped. They just don't know how
(Kathryn Marchocki, USA Today, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
New Jersey teen to join fight against atheists over 'Under God' in pledge
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)
Many Navy chaplains' claims dismissed on limitations grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Commitment to Marriage: A Letter to the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Conservatives to synod: Don’t go soft on marriage
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)
ISIS jihadists returning to Europe
(Olivier Guitta, World Affairs Journal)
Western leaders and Islam: Politicians as theologians
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
The many names of ISIS (also known as IS, ISIL, SIC and Da'ish)
(M.R., The Economist Explains)
Supreme Court considers same-sex marriage, other petitions today
(NCC Staff, National Constitution Center: Constitution Daily)
Canada: A referendum on religious freedom
(Barry Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
How will the Supreme Court impact same-sex marriage?
(NBC News)
Justice Department expected to ban profiling by federal law enforcement
(Mark Flatten, Washington Examiner)
Clandestine religion in public education
(Lee Culpepper, American Thinker)
Alabama legislators to propose religious exercise in schools bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Anti-Islam ad featuring James Foley pulled from NYC buses
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)
World churches group sees its lobbying paying off with arms treaty
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical Times)
Rabbis sentenced to prison for selling rabbinic ordination diplomas
(JTA)
California school bans all Christian books
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
The cost of ignoring religious freedom
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)
A reverend, a rabbi and an imam join faiths for the House of One
(Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria
(Mark John, Reuters)
How Belgium became a jihadist-recruiting hub
(Matthew Dalton and Margaret Coker, The Wall Street Journal)
Radical Myanmar monk joins hands with Sri Lankan Buddhists
(Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)
Repeal law punishing gay sex with lashes in Indonesia's Aceh, says Amnesty
(Alisa Tang, Reuters)
Human rights conference to discuss religious freedom in Hungary
(Benjamin Novak, The Budapest Beacon)
Homosexual activist report maligns Christians as hateful
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)
Australia and the veil: burqa-clad Muslim women feel fearful for their own safety
(Zeinab Zein, The Guardian)
Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks
(Kathryn Marchocki, Religion News Service)
Turkmenistan: Freed after four weeks, but court "failed to correct an injustice"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Regional collapse puts Christians in peril
(Jihad el Zein, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Proposed Egyptian law to reduce restrictions on building churches
(Ahmed Fouad, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Demonising the Brotherhood will not help in the fight against ISIS
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
The Muslim Brotherhood and IS are not the same thing
(Dr Walaa Ramadan, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist Jihad (ISIS): different ideologies, different methodologies
(Sawsan Ramahi, Middle East Monitor: Memo)
Morsi absent from hearing in 'spy' case
(Middle East Monitor)
Drug use will spread if religion classes not required, says Erdoğan
(Today's Zaman)
British faiths unite in opposing religious studies changes
(Jerry Lewis, The Jerusalem Post)
Egypt-Israel future ties could depend on Palestinian issue
(Uri Savir, trans. Inga Michaeli, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Indian civil society groups call for "zero tolerance" towards radical Hindu groups
(AsiaNews.it)
Hong Kong: Baptist ministers, Cardinals and Christian students at the forefront of protests for free democracy
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Hong Kong protests: police violence "a boomerang against the government"
(AsiaNews.it)
Crackdown on protests by Hong Kong police draws more to the streets
(Chris Buckley and Alan Wong, the New York Times)
Poll: Utahns evenly split as Supreme Court considers gay marriage
(Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Religion and law round up – 28 September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Buddhist composes symphony to mark Pope's Sri Lanka visit
(Antonio Anup Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency)
Police raid St. Petersburg Scientology church as part of fraud probe
(Interfax Religion)
Argentinian Jewish leader slams president for criticizing Jewish community at UN
(JTA)
Vatican helps fund preservation of Auschwitz
(JTA)
Legal Aid Challenge Success, Assisted Suicide and the Future of UK Human Rights – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)
EVENT, 29 September 2014: MENA Region in Crisis: Islam, Democracy and Extremism
(United States Institute of Peace)
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Megachurch leader threatens to sue rappers over remix
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit filed in US court against Indian Prime Minister over 2002 anti-Muslim riots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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