Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Mexican churches attacked during Women’s Day marches
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest cites religious freedom violations in northern Nigeria
(Mark Pattison, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Governor urges churches to cancel services due to virus
(Associated Press)
Why should Democrats talk about faith if half of the country isn’t listening?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Hot tip: Here's almost everything you ever wanted to know about every religion everywhere
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Montenegro suspends army officer for joining church protests
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
Native faith believers in North Sulawesi Indonesia celebrate freedom of religion
(Agustinus Hari, The Jakarta Post)
WEA calls for recognition of the right to conscientious objection to abortion
(Evangelical Focus)
Saudi ambassador to U.S. talks business, government, religion on Utah trip
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Convert gets two more years in Iran prison for ‘Evangelical Zionist Christianity’
(Article 18)
Israel’s Arab party facing a dilemma
(Israel Pulse, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Does Israel's Gantz stand a chance at establishing a government?
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Why wasn't Hamas part of the recent confrontation round?
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Israeli Arabs facilitate the ‘Netanyahu-removal government’?
(Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Christian converts lose appeals against five-year sentences in Iran
(Article 18)
UN rapporteur calls for release of all prisoners of conscience in Iran
(Article 18)
Six Christians among 54,000 released from prison in Iran
(Article 18)
Learn from Afghanistan's lessons of religious liberty
(Tina Ramirez, Real Clear Religion)
Church of England coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for churches: updated
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“They don’t exhume fonts, do they?”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Thank God, churches are dying... and living: Exploring the space between decline and renewal in American Christianity
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Missouri's vaccination exemption form not motivated by religious hostility
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court interprets defenses under Illinois RFRA and Right of Conscience Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic order may build school, gift shop and barn
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rules that nuns, priests can build school, brewery and winery in McHenry County
(Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune)
Bernie: Real socialism has never been tried
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Kirk Franklin: ‘Kumbaya moments’ are not enough for better race relations
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Pell’s lawyers make final case in Australia High Court appeal
(Catholic News Agency)
Pell hearing to begin in Australia’s high court
(Catholic News Agency)
Can the postmodern natual law remedy our failing humanism?
(Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty)
The need for a humane immigration debate
(Luma Simms, Law & Liberty)
OAS Secretary General backs 'essential' right to life
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Biden faces backlash over pro-Modi staffer’s close Hindu nationalist ties
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Virus outbreak disrupts joyous Purim fest, but some improvise
(David Crary, Religion News Service)
Why Bernie Sanders brings out the Muslim vote
(Sajida Jalalzai, Religion News Service)
Parents push back against Wash. state sex ed bill; gov. expected to sign
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
How are communism and Islamism similar? Muslim reformer explains
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Calif. considers bill to allow low income housing on church property
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Alabama may lift ban on yoga classes in public schools
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Biden unveils vast LGBT plan overturning Trump's religious liberty protections
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
India: Missing at birth: on sex-selective abortion and infanticde
(Editorial, The Hindu)
Gibraltar set to vote to ease abortion laws although divisions emerge
(The Local es)
UK: Fears children going 'off-grid' as homeschooling up by 700%
(Nick Morrison, Forbes)
Church of Ireland: Commission at odds with church on same sex unions
(News Letter)
The under-representation of women at the top ranks of German politics
(Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings)
UK: What’s in store for judicial review?
(Matthew Finn, UK Human Rights Blog)
Death on demand comes to Germany
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
The violence of the left
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
The Supreme Court might help us save children's lives
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
On Afghanistan, give peace a chance — but be wary of the Taliban
(Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings)
Order from chaos: The mess in Afghanistan
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings)
The US-Taliban peace deal: A road to nowhere
(John R. Allen, Brookings)
Turkey pressures religious minorities over Syria
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Turkey seeks reduced charges against US consulate employee
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Was the Egyptian military funeral for Mubarak legal?
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
LGBTQ association achieves major legal milestone in Tunisia
(Amel al-Hilali, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
How did opposition fighters in Daraa’s Sanamayn go separate ways?
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Monday, 9 March 2020
How children can learn to balance science and religion
(Liam Guilfoyle, The Conversation)
Legal Spirits Episode 020: A new case that may alter Free Exercise doctrine (podcast)
(St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
India: Hindu nationalists are pushing magical remedies for the coronavirus
(Bhavya Dore, Foreign Policy)
Canada federal government to criminalize conversion therapy
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
UN Sec. General’s “biggest data gap in the world” affects persecuted Christian women
(Julia Bicknell, Word Watch Monitor)
International Women’s Day, the Domestic Abuse Bill and Protest Rights- Round Up
(Conor Monighan, UK Human Rights Blog)
“Due regard” for the specialist and generalist
(Bishop of Manchester, The Rt Rev David Walker, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 8th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
USCIRF delegation travels to Azerbaijan to assess religious freedom conditions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
I was in China doing research when I saw my Uighur friends disappear
(Sarah Tynen, The Conversation)
No 2022 Olympics in China, say US Senators: A bipartisan resolution asks to move the games to another country, since China has 'committed crimes against humanity'
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Christian MP condemns 'completely absurd' criminal investigations into LGBT beliefs (Finland)
(Christian Today)
More than 600,000 abortions per year in 4 European countries
(Evangelical Focus)
Arlene Foster tells Secretary of State Brandon Lewis Westminster should leave us to decide on our abortion laws
(Suzanne Breen, Belfast Telegraph)
West Virginia Senate sends Bible class bill to governor for signature
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religion and citizenship in India
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A dangerous assault on India’s secular democracy (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Achin Vanaik, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Alabama bans yoga in public schools as 'Hindu' and 'religious.' That might change.
(David K. Li, NBC News)
Anti-indigenous sentiment in the Citizenship Amendment Act (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Arkotong Longkumer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Why is yoga banned in Alabama schools? Representatives will debate allowing yoga to be taught in gym class
(Seren Morris, Newsweek)
Challenges and concerns in implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in India (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Amitabh Kundu, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizen Amendment Act is confirmation of India as a Hindu nation-state (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Irfan Ahmad, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizenship laws and the nazification of India (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Angana Chatterji, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizenship protests in India: possibilities and challenges of opposition to Hindu nationalism (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Tanika Sarkar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hindutva and the meaning of modernity (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(M. Reza Pirbhai, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Chief Argentine prelate comes out swinging against abortion on UN women’s day
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
She was excited for a new school. Then the anti-Semitic ‘jokes’ started.
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)
Tajikistan: fines, torture for hijab-wearing, fines for Bible translation
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
New £2m government grant to fund interfaith projects that champion tolerance
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
Church and state in Italy work together to prevent spread of coronavirus
(Vatican News)
Why both left and right are knocking charter schools
(Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor)
Workers subjected to ‘onionhead’ religion can keep $1.78 Million
(Patrick Dorrian, Bloomberg Law)
End of Quebec course on religion and ethics seen as win for nationalists
(The Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal)
‘Defend religious freedom’, UK tells UN Human Rights Council
(The Christian Institute)
Tens of thousands of Mexican women protest ‘femicide,’ gender-based violence
(Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)
Utah House votes to require ultrasounds before abortions
(Benjamin Wood, The Salt Lake Tribune)
European Court of Justice to hear next month appeal against ban of ritual slaughter by Belgium’s Flemish and Walloon regions
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
In California, residents may be able to compost their bodies after death
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Mexico City women's march erupts into violence outside cathedral
(Catholic News Agency)
Argentine bishops hold pro-life Mass as president plans to legalize abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Peruvian cardinal calls for suppression of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
(Catholic News Agency)
Justice Department highlights state-level religious freedom violations
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Sanders announces plans to expand abortion access and funding
(Catholic News Agency)
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