Some interesting law and religion news stories from around the web this week:

• The German government outlawed an organization that distributes German-language copies of the Quran this week, citing the group’s recruitment of jihadists to fight in Syria and Iraq.
• AP: A Mexican immigrant who had been living in Philadelphia has relocated to a church, where he is now seeking sanctuary from deportation by federal authorities.
• This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his support for a bill that would authorize the government to ban the use of loudspeakers by mosques and other houses of worship across Israel.
• A British trial court recently held that segregating classes by sex in an Islamic school did not constitution a violation of the Equality Act 2010.
• The Women of the Wall marched through an ultra-Orthodox area of Jerusalem’s Old City again this week. They are expected to initiate more legal battles over women’s rights.
• Reuters: Muslim clerics in Mauritania are urging the authorities to execute a blogger who has been sentenced to death for apostasy after writing a blog post on Islam and racial discrimination.
• The Greek government has recently agreed to build the first state-funded mosque in Athens since the end of Ottoman rule in the 1800s.
• In the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Egypt, Orthodox Coptic Christians are facing intensified discrimination, marginalization, and violent attacks.
• In Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country, Hindu temples and homes have suffered vandalism and arson in response to a Facebook post published by a Hindu youth, depicting a Hindu god at a Muslim holy site in Mecca.
• The Guardian: The Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, has been named a suspect in a case of alleged blasphemy, Indonesian police announced on Wednesday.