Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Jehovah's Witness in Russia convicted of extremism, concern over crackdown
(Brendan Cole, Newsweek)
Joe Biden and Democratic strategists face faith issues in 2020 that will not go away
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
Faith-based ‘violence interrupters’ stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail
(Deanna Wilkinson, The Conversation)
Uighur Muslims are being killed, tortured and imprisoned. We cannot stay silent when the stakes are so high
(Yasmin Qureshi, Independent Opinion)
The Uighurs' suffering deserves targeted solutions, not anti-Chinese posturing
(James Millward, The Guardian)
SCOTUS rigorously defends religious liberty (opinion)
(Kenneth Craycraft, Cincinnati.com)
Sailor gets OK to grow 4-inch beard, pushes Navy to grant career-length waiver
(Gina Harkins, Military.com)
‘Free to be Faithful’ – Summer 2020 newsletter
(Reporter: Official Newspaper of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
For French Catholics, arson at Nantes cathedral shows their religion is under attack
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
USCIRF condemns execution of aid workers by ISWAP militants
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Queensland LNP MPs discouraged from meeting euthanasia campaigners ahead of conscience vote
(Ben Smee, Guardian (Australia))
Indonesian religious group cries foul over tomb closure
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)
In Japan, doctors’ arrests for assisted suicide of Yuri Hayashi spark calls for euthanasia debate
(South China Morning Post)
District 18 (video)
(Vimeo, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The fabric of faith
(Steve Hitz, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Technology infuses ancient hajj rites tailored for pandemic
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Germany arrests woman accused of joining IS in Syria
(Associated Press)
Damaged door of attacked German synagogue replaced
(Associated Press)
Italy: Controversial verdict may force legalization of assisted suicide
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance: to 1 August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Lessons for America from Europe’s Christian democracy
(James R. Rogers, Law & Liberty)
Thinking theologically with pandemics
(Uday Chandra, Al Jazeera)
Malaysia’s unwelcoming shore for refugees fleeing religious persecution
(Gayle Manchin and James W. Carr, The Diplomat)
The Vatican is said to be hacked from China before talks with Beijing
(David E. Sanger, Edward Wong and Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Do we need religion to be moral? The answer depends of where you live, a new report finds
(Yahoo News)
Anger, leaks and tensions at the Supreme Court during the LGBTQ rights case
(Joan Biskupic, CNN Politics)
State Senator Robert Mills works to protect religious liberties of patients
(Randy Brown, Bossier Press-Tribune)
The Supreme Court imperils parents' right to pass their values on to children
(Melissa Moschella, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Turkey sends strong message through Trabzon Hagia Sophia
(International Christian Concern)
Religious coalition opposes more coronavirus relief for private schools
(Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global)
Bostock fallout begins
(Steve West, World News Group)
Religious liberty after Bostock
(Russell Shaw, The Boston Pilot)
Lawsuit claims Murphy double standards violates New Jersey freedom of religion
(Shore News Network)
Baptist university rescinds student’s admission over same-sex relationship
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Moore, others urge FDA to remove abortion pill from U.S. market
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Can churches’ focus on race move from reconciliation to justice?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Blaming the Church for the homeless In L.A. – OpEd
(Bill Donohue, Eurasia Review Opinion)
Suit challenges North Carolina opportunity scholarship program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Weekly highlight #116: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)
Scottish Catholics fear hate crime law will criminalise the Bible
(Marc Horne, The Times)
Presentations from 7th Virtual Summer School on Human Rights
(Conference of European Churches)
US hits Poland, others in Europe over Holocaust claims
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
Pakistan: Church resists censorship by internet police
(Eurasia Review)
Pakistani Muslim accused of insulting Islam killed in court
(Associated Press)
Compression of history and boundary-building in the Hagia Sophia controversy (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Belgin Turan Özkaya, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
U.S. ambassador for religious liberty warns Vatican: China can’t be trusted
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brazilian church campaign draws attention to threats against advocates
(Lisa Alves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Faith leaders criticize Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A First Amendment framework for effective dialogue in the classroom
(David Callaway and Trey Daniel, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
A human rights body calls upon States to take legal actions against China for its atrocities against Uighur Muslims
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
When conservative Justices revolt
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Poroshenko 'proud' of tomos criminal case against him
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Two churches' buildings ordered confiscated in Nur-Sultan
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Alarm raised about ongoing crisis in Nigeria at world churches' meeting
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wiley apologises for ‘generalising’ about Jews, insisting he isn’t antisemitic
(Jewish News)
Women religious on frontlines of COVID19 pandemic, honored by American & British Ambassadors to the Holy See
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Why are philosophers and theologians so hostile to economics?
(Paul Oslington, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Bengaluru: Logistical issues see BBMP cremate bodies irrespective of community or religion
(Times Now News)
The government can’t intervene, so how should Catholics solve employment disputes?
(Nathaniel Romano, America Magazine)
Delete ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ words from the Constitution: Plea in Supreme Court
(Abraham Thomas, Hindustan Times)
News story? Twitter algorithms cancel Tim Tebow, just ahead of Big Tech showdown on Hill
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
For white Christians, racial justice starts with telling the truth
(Robert P. Jones, Religion News Service)
This Tisha B’Av, American Jews use the day of lament to cry out to God for Black lives
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
From MLK to John Lewis, Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a haven for civil rights
(Jewel Wicker, NBC News)
John MacArthur, Grace Community Church defy California bans on singing, indoor worship
(Alejandra Molina, Baptist Press)
The ACLJ fights back against California’s church singing ban
(American Center for Law and Justice)
I told fellow believers our liberties would be protected in the pandemic. The court proved me wrong.
(Matthew T. Martins, The Washington Post - Opinions)
Prohibitions on in-person religious services: valid under the Smith test, no matter their Free Exercise burden
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Third church looks to Supreme Court for protection from state-ordered worship restrictions
(Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner)
COVID-19 and religious liberty
(Perry Dane, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Senator Mike Lee asks for help protecting religious liberty
(Mary Richards, KSL)
Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to stop states from ‘discriminating’ against churchgoers amid pandemic
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News Faith)
U.S. Supreme Court declines to halt Nevada worship service limits
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
High court's order on Nevada church draws dissent
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Supreme Court's decision allows Nevada's governor to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel
(Zack Smith, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Religious liberty advocates predict Supreme Court victory for Nevada church resisting coronavirus orders
(Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner)
Monday, 27 July 2020
Justices decline to intervene in dispute over Nevada COVID-19 restrictions
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s appeal of virus rule
(Scott Sonner, Associated Press)
We can’t roll the dice on religious liberty: Nevada, the Supreme Court, and churches
(Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today)
Law and religion round-up – 26th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Coronavirus and ecclesiastical law – I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Trustee of Britain’s largest Muslim charity resigns over anti-Semitic Facebook posts
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Faith schools advised to ‘vary admissions arrangements’
(Jewish News)
Chief Rabbi: Social media inaction on antisemitism ‘amounts to complicity’
(Jewish News)
Government COVID-19 guidance for England: special religious services and gatherings checklist
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religion Photos of the Week -24 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles of interest - 27 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court, 5-4, refuses to enjoin pending appeal Nevada limits on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Utah Sen. Mike Lee asks Trump to prod states to reopen churches or face loss of COVID-19 aid
(Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Southern Mongolia, the unknown cultural genocide
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Union University rescinds student’s admission, draws criticism and support
(Tom Strode, Biblical Recorder)
Supreme Court: States can limit church attendance during coronavirus pandemic
(Brandon Moseley, Alabama Political Reporter)
Ohio minister says county law forces her to perform same-sex weddings
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
Kaduna crisis: Interfaith group urges better intelligence, surveillance
(The Nation)
D. James Kennedy Ministries survey reveals Christian hunger for fearless pulpits
(Standard Newswire)
Ulema urged to work for promoting interfaith harmony
(Dawn)
Faithful still avoid churches
(Kirsten Kanja, The Standard)
Podcast: Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court with guest Michael McConnell
(Stanford Radio)
Poles split over govt plan to exit domestic violence treaty
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)
Pilgrims arrive in Mecca for downsized hajj amid pandemic
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
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