Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Netanyahu back in charge after scoring points in US, Uganda
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Court accepts RFRA defenses of volunteers feeding migrants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Major federal court victory for religious liberty rights of immigrants' rights activists
(The Law, Rights, and Religion Project, Columbia Law School)
James W. Carr appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Nepal's next census to count LGBT+ people for the first time
(Gopal Sharma and Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Lord Chancellor: Legalised assisted suicide ‘open to abuse’
(The Christian Institute)
Russia convicts 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses amid crackdown
(Associated Press)
The erosion of secular India
(The Economist)
Protecting cows and persecuting people
(Ajay Sarma, Harvard Political Review)
Germany: Court rules anti-Semitic art can remain on church facade
(Elizabeth Schumacher, Deutsche Welle)
German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
(Geir Moulson, Associated Press)
What U.S. religious liberty means — especially when it comes to Islam
(Audie Cornish and Asma Uddin, National Public Radio)
Church's suggestions to violate separation of church and state fester
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Two more Jehovah's Witnesses convicted on faulty evidence
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Another court intervention in Jehovah's Witness case
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian Orthodox Church could discontinue practice of blessing WMDs
(Interfax-Religion)
Donbas: Luhansk: Soviet-era prisoner of conscience to be jailed again?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
World Council of Churches head appointed presiding bishop for Church of Norway
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Anti-Semitic incidents fall to 15-year low in South Africa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious freedom comes to Europe’s second-newest nation (Montenegro). But Christians are concerned.
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Mila: 'No regrets' for French teen targeted for criticising Islam
(BBC News)
Christian, Muslim parents join together to protest state-mandated LGBT curriculum in New Jersey
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Removing informed consent for abortion a step backward, critic of Ga. bill says
(Catholic News Agency)
Why do they hate the Jews?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
Intel: Morocco played up Iran rhetoric as it eyed US-Israel deal on Western Sahara
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)
Escalation in Syria and Libya tests limits of Erdogan-Putin ties
(Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Erdogan threatens Assad forces, seeks de-escalation in Idlib
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syria clashes, Ukraine visit test Turkey-Russia relations
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Monday, 3 February 2020
EVENT, 3 February 2010: The Global Compact on Refugees and Opportunities for Syrian refugee self-reliance
(Brookings Institution and the Tent Partnership for Refugees, European Policy Centre)
Strasbourg rules there is no ban on the implementation of the Freedom of Religion Act
(B92)
Hungary: 'False advertising': Christian democracy or illiberal democracy?
(Jan-Werner Mueller, Balkan Insight)
Muslim delegation participates in interfaith dialogue at YU
(Michelle Naim, Commentator)
6000+ members of The Church of Almighty God arrested in 2019 in China
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Colorado Senate advances death penalty repeal bill; final Senate vote expected Friday
(Blair Miller, The Denver Channel)
For many young evangelicals in Iowa, climate is front and centre
(Teresa Krug, Al Jazeera United States)
Martin Buber’s hope in polarized times
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
European Court of Human Rights: New judge elected in respect of France
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
Iraqi protesters demand UN protection from violence of authorities
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraqi protests swell despite clash with Sadrist supporters
(Gilgamesh Nabeel, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Trump’s Mideast peace plan puts heat on Biden, Buttigieg ahead of Iowa caucuses
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Netanyahu's land of the settlers
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Rival Palestinian factions unite against US 'deal of century'
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Moscow, Tel Aviv exchange favors as Netanyahu shops for support on US plan
(Marianna Belenkaya, Al-Monitor: Russia / Mideast)
Intel: Why Russia’s warming ties with Israel may lead Moscow to embrace Trump’s peace plan
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia / Mideast)
Syrian Kurdish center sets out to defang 'cubs of the caliphate'
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
EU-India trade: Call to include 'strong' human rights clause, suspension mechanism
(Counterview)
Rohingya genocide case: why it will be hard for Myanmar to comply with ICJ’s orders
(Pon Souvannaseng, The Conversation)
Trump extends some travel ban restrictions to six more countries
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump has expanded the travel ban to 6 more countries
(Nicole Narea, Vox)
2020 travel/visa restrictions
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Orthodox Jewish family ejected from flight sue American Airlines
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish couple sue American Airlines for discrimination
(Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service)
Pakistan delays decision on movie that offended Islamists
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Mormon missionaries being cut in Liberia over supply worries
(Associated Press)
China’s Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust
(Associated Press)
20 dead in stampede at Tanzania church service
(Associated Press)
Canada’s bishops call assisted suicide plan ‘deeply troubling’
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells tech conference he has ‘become more religious’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
American diplomats have demonstrative visit with Ukrainian church leader
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Symposium: June Medical Services and the future of Article III standing in abortion cases
(Leah Litman and Steve Vladeck, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Congress to Supreme Court: Abortionists don’t represent women
(Catherine Glenn Foster and Natalie Hejran, SCOTUSblog)
Working group to discuss appropriateness of mentioning God in Constitution – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Marriage, not family should be defined as union between man and woman in Russian Constitution - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Pompeo praises Uzbekistan for progress in upholding religious freedom
(Interfax-Religion)
Slovenia opened its first mosque
(novinite.com)
China’s embassy in Israel apologizes for comparing coronavirus concerns to the Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Heritage group ‘very disturbed’ over calls to exhume Channel Island remains
(Jewish News)
Tensions brew between church and Spain's 'progressive coalition'
(Jonathan Luxmoore, National Catholic Reporter)
Business ramps up fight on religious freedom law
(John Kehoe, Financial Review)
Why Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-making
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Open Democracy)
The perils of mixing religion and politics: the case of Turkey
(Haldun Gülalp, Open Democracy)
Underground Catholics ignore China's religion rules amid dangers
(UCA News)
Rethinking secularism : Can Europe integrate its Muslims?
(Tariq Modood, Open Democracy)
Google earns top ranking for religious inclusion
(Valerie Bolden-Barrett, HR Drive)
Making space for religion at secular NYU
(Ali Zimmerman, Washington Square News)
Franklin Graham UK Tour in jepoardy: Shutting down free speech is unacceptable in a democracy
(Laurence Wilkinson, Premier Christianity)
Christians 'persecuted even after death' as China cracks down on religious funerals: report
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Iraq's Christians flee in the face of lawlessness and sectarianism
(Colin Freeman, The Telegraph)
As abortion debate becomes increasingly polarized, poll shows the views of many Canadians are more complicated
(Sharon Kirkey, National Post)
Kerala churches come out against raising of abortion time limit to 24 weeks
(The New Indian Express)
Research has shown that 10,000 over 55 year olds have a death wish
(Paula Griffin, Go Tech Daily)
Colorado's Catholic bishops back death penalty repeal
(Catholic News Agency)
US bishops oppose expansion of immigration restrictions
(Catholic News Agency)
In Colombia, lawsuits seek to ban legal abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Ugandan archbishop forbids receiving Holy Communion in hands
(Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Conference at the European Court of Human Rights on Women's Rights
(ECHR Blog)
Libyan divide deepens as eastern forces shut down oil ports
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Religion Photos of the Week ending February 1, 2020
(Kit Doyle, https://religionnews.com/2020/01/31/photos-of-the-week-109/)
Religious freedom in focus, Volume 84 – January/2020
(U.S. Department of Justice)
World Hijab Day, February 1, 2020 - Better Awareness. Greater Understanding ...
Six hijab-wearing trailblazers to know on World Hijab Day
(Arab News)
The irony and hypocrisy of World Hijab Day
(A.J. Caschetta, National Review)
On World Hijab Day, women across the globe are polarised
(Kairvy Grewal, The Print)
Brexit endgame: Britain’s EU departure marks the end of Brexit’s beginning
(Amanda Sloat, Brookings)
The dark side of consensus in Tunisia: Lessons from 2015-2019
(Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid, Brookings)
What to expect from a new Lebanese government: ‘Anti-corruption’ as witch hunt
(Jeffrey Feltman, Brookings)
Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS
(Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine, Brookings)
The world must do something about the children of ISIS fighters
(The Editorial Board, The Washington Post)
ISIS and the false dawn of Kurdish statehood
(Ömer Taşpınar, Brookings)
Preventing genocide in Myanmar: Court order tries to protect Rohingya Muslims where politics has failed
(Hurst Hannum, The Conversation)
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