Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 3 January 2020
Qasem Soleimani: A portrait of a revoluntionay
(Al Bawaba News)
More than 100 Uyghur graveyards demolished by Chinese authorities, satellite images show
(Matt Rivers, CNN World)
Thursday, 2 January 2020
Militias lay siege to US embassy in Iraq
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Trump responds swiftly after pro-Iranian protestors attack U.S. embassy in Iraq
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Several thousand protest church bill in Montenegro
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
US Embassy attack backfires on Iran-backed militias in Iraq
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Russia and Serbia concerned as Montenegro church law sparks protests
(Daniel McLaughlin, The Irish Times)
Religious scholars visit Kartarpur Corridor
(The International News)
Iran VP denies Tehran behind attack inside Iraq
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
IS militants exploit political unrest in Iraq to rise again
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
O Centro sues over failure to process visa applications
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New Mexico church sues US over religious discrimination
(Associated Press)
Suit challenges attempt to force sex offenders out of church's program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wayside Cross residents who are registered child sex offenders again sue over notices warning them to move
(Sarah Freishtat and Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune)
AP: Catholic Church's release of sex offenders' names is incomplete
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Archbishop accuses Togo government of ‘specializing in fraud’ ahead of vote
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
NY governor says he’ll try again to legalize paid surrogacy; plan opposed by bishops
(Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press)
Sick Jehovah's Witness mistreated in prison
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Nonprofit demands IRS investigate Florida church over planned Trump rally
(Aris Folley, The Hill)
Is Brazil becoming an Evangelical theocracy?
(Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, Sojourners)
Religious faith in the ‘Mahdi’ could bring catastrophe to Turkey
(Ergun Babahan, Ahval)
Abuse lawsuit window opens in California
(Catholic News Agency)
Push for buffer zones in Ireland follows pro-life vigil outside Dublin hospital
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
China announces new measures to govern religious groups
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
When retail and reverence collide
(Indu Viswanathan and Parth Parihar, Religion News Service)
Turkish parliament approves troop deployment to Libya
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Netanyahu boasts about Israel’s situation, ignores security negligence
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nowhere else to flee: Why Idlib’s humanitarian crisis is so dangerous
(Madeline Edwards, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Strategy of the radical right to pass Knesset-entry threshold
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nineveh plains transitional justice report: 2019 in review
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
New challenges to Christianity's growth in Nepal
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Chinese Christians face difficulties for Hong Kong Christians' involvement in protests
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Hundreds of accused clergy left off church's sex abuse lists
(Claudia Lauer, Meghan Hoyer, The Associated Press, National Catholic Reporter)
They made a mark on the religious scene this decade; some rose, others fell
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Nine years for 'subversion': Protestant pastor convicted in China
(Al Jazeera)
US calls on China to release jailed Pastor Wang Yi
(AFP, Deccan Herald)
Roundtable: The Uyghus, China, and Islamist terrorism
(Michael P. Noonan, Colin P. Clarke, Jacqueline Deal, June Teufel Dreyer, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
‘We’re not safe as Jews in New York’
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Jews are going underground: A month of terrible anti-Semitic attacks culminated with a stabbing yesterday of multiple people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York
(Deborah Lipstadt, The Atlantic)
End of the year 2019: Trying to understand the blitz of anti-Semitism that's shaking New York
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: The keys to understanding American anti-Semitism — and fighting back
(Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Our culture of apathy has normalized anti-Semitism
(Kaylee McGhee, The Washington Examiner)
New York City to launch 3 initiatives to combat anti-Semitism
(Adi Eshman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Pope Francis apologizes for losing patience with woman who grabbed him
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
FREE WEBINARS: Public Scholars Project
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
COURSE OFFERING: Religious Freedom - African American Perspectives
(The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia Union University and the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute have partnered with the five other Historically Black Theological Institutions (HBTIs), Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Year in review: Ten religion stories that stuck with me in 2019, including one of my own
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Can mindfulness save Buddhism in Japan?
(Karen Jensen, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review)
Moscow patriarchate breaks fellowship with Alexandria
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Holiness in the midst of pain: Reflections on a year of difficult events
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)
Russia Orthodox Church cuts ties with Alexandria patriarch
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – December (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Security tight, Jews gather at stadium for religious event
(Associated Press)
As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance
(Mary Esch and Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press)
Opposite-sex civil partnership and “illegitimacy”?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Articles of Interest - 30 December 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
What is causing the rise in anti-Semitism in New York?
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Top 10 religious liberty and church state developments of 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Decade in review: Same-sex marriage
(Kalvis Golde, SCOTUSblog)
Law and religion round-up – 29th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Where will the next decade take religion? Experts predict the future of faith
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
New church rules for 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious harmony exists in Pakistan
(Zamir Ahmed Awan, Modern Diplomacy)
Denial of name change did not burden inmate's free exercise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects sex offender's attempted name change to 'Better Off Dead'
(Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune)
Hate crime charges filed in Hanukkah stabbing spree
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orange County man charged with federal hate crimes for December 28, 2019, machete attack at rabbi’s home
(United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice)
Sex abuse suit transferred to state supreme court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
(Gary Fields, Associated Press)
New Mexico AG seeks meeting with faith leaders over violence
(Associated Press)
Christmas season a challenge in majority-Buddhist Bhutan
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
English cardinal condemns anti-Semitic graffiti in London
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Windows smashed at renowned Bach church in Leipzig
(Richard Connor, Deutsche Welle)
Kabardino-Balkaria civil authorities seek information identifying religious affiliation
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The Washington Post analyzes an assumed hate crime that became something else
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Religious people think Democrats will strip our rights because it’s true
(Casey Chalk, The Federalist)
First person to legally obtain 'nonbinary' gender status now calls it ‘psychologically harmful’
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Religious freedom in Sudan: Christmas now an official holiday
(Al Jazeera)
Sudan’s minister of religion orders graft probe in his ministry
(Zdravko Ljubas, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)
Reform US rabbi in Dresden explains ultra-Orthodox traditions to German Jews
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Israel: Religious freedom important in next election for 63% of Jewish voters - survey
(Rossella Tercatin, The Jerusalem Post)
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Montenegro passes controversial religion law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom in 2020 — three key challenges and how to fight back
(Joseph D'Souza, Fox News Opinion)
Montenegro church property law passes after Parliament chaos
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, Due 31 December 2019: Distance Learning Fellowship
(Center for Women, Faith & Leadership (CWFL), Institute for Global Engagement)
Montenegro adopts law that could curb ties with neighbor Serbia
(Misha Savic, Hartford Courant)
Hundreds protest in Serbia against new Montenegro church law
(Daniel Bellamy, EuroNews)
Montenegro opposition leaders urges more protests over religion law
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
This Roman church was a gift from Catholics around the world to Leo XIII
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Diocese of Providence challenges RI statute of limitations expansion
(Catholic News Agency)
Pro-Iranian militias behind US Embassy attack in Baghdad
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Monday, 30 December 2019
Hate crimes charges against man accused in Hanukkah stabbing
(Ryan Tarinelli, Jim Mustian, and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – December (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
MAS-ICNA Convention Turned to the largest Islamic Convention.
(Syed Khalil Ullah, Patch)
Big news in 2020? Thinking about the religious left, Mayor Pete and black churchgoers
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Ex-judicial candidate disciplined for anti-Muslim comments
(Associated Press)
Australian Jews decry Israeli health minister’s appointment
(Associated Press)
Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack
(Gary Fields, Luis Andres Henao and Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press)
China sentences Protestant pastor to 9 years for subversion
(Associated Press)
Reparations and religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’
(Matthew J. Cressler and Adelle M. Banks, Associated Press)
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