Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 December 2019
National-religious leaders call on Netanyahu to quit
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Religion becomes an important part of the UK elections
(http://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/4941/Religion_becomes__an_important_part_of_UK_elections_, Evangelical Focus)
'In the Name of Belief': Indonesia embraces indigenous religious education
(Ardila Syakriah, The Jakarta Post)
Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan
(Malcolm Foster, Associated Press)
Lavish religious ceremonies in Turkey draw angry criticism
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Conscience: Its use and abuse
(T. Patrick Hill, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)
‘A wakeup call:’ British theologian N.T. Wright on the prosperity gospel, climate change and Advent
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
New international research project to study religion’s impact on family size and child health
(Mirage News)
India’s plan to identify ‘illegal immigrants’ could get some Muslims declared ‘foreign’
(Haimanti Roy, The Conversation)
How the Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition
(Diane Winston, The Conversation)
At UN climate conference, Episcopal delegation urges nations to act swiftly and justly
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Uyghur Act passed by the U.S. House: Good, but what's next?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Mosques lose Islamic symbols, repurposed for government use
(Xin Lu, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Hungary, Brazil and US talk declining birth rates, abortion at Capitol Hill conference
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Trump faced 'overwhelming pushback' from conservative Christians on Syria policy, Sen. Graham says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
House passes bipartisan prison reform bill on early release for older offenders
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Tucson bishop: US policy puts migrants at risk of violent crime
(Catholic News Agency)
'If we give up our Christianity, we lose our identity,' says Hungarian minister
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican committee asks UN for World Day of Human Fraternity
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis tells Jesuits he is shocked by anti-immigration narratives in Europe
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Burkina Faso bishop: As violence continues, 'nobody is listening'
(Catholic News Agency)
A student’s coming-out video goes viral, reigniting LGBTQ debate at Quaker school
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Egypt arrests Coptic community rights activist amid heightened surveillance measures
(Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
“Major Churches” and “Festival Churches” – I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Controversy over Army-licensed items with religious theme
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Unconstitutional Discrimination against Shields of Strength"
(Letter, First Liberty)
US Military gives in to activist demands to discriminate against company because of inspirational dog tags
(Press Release, First Liberty)
Former Cardinal McCarrick and Newark Archdiocese sued by sex abuse victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in Newark
(Catholic News Service, America: The Jesuit Review)
New Jersey lawsuit alleges former D.C. archbishop Theodore McCarrick sexually abused 14-year-old at Hackensack parish in the 1990s
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
(Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian, Religion News Service)
'Divine collision' shaped the life of Jim Gash, Pepperdine's new president
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Melissa Rogers envisions a better way forward for faith in the public square
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Faith in American Public Life
(Melissa Rogers, Baylor University Press)
India's cabinet sends religion-based citizenship bill to parliament
(Devjyot Ghoshal, Zarir Hussain, Reuters)
Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves
(Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation)
Opinion: These journalists have confounded China’s massive propaganda machine
(Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post)
What to understand about Christianity’s decline in America
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Mormons, in the end, fare well in Washington Post story about refugee welcome in Utah
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Trump gave states the power to ban refugees. Conservative Utah wants more of them.
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
'The Two Popes' movie gets rave reviews and a good amount of fact checking, too
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Climate crisis could reverse progress in achieving gender equality
(Nitya Rao, The Conversation)
Bishops in eastern Congo urge more protection, back day of strikes
(Catholic News Service)
Top Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have backed street protesters
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Pope demands action for failing fight against climate change
(Paige Hanley, Catholic News Service)
Why is homosexuality still taboo in many African countries?
(Kate Hairsine, Deutsche Welle)
Mormons and white Evangelicals are divided over Trump
(Daniel Cox, Voter Study Group)
The US treats asylum seekers so poorly
(Sylvie Qwasinwi Ngassa Bello and Sharon Stanley-Rea, The Hill)
Let the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom expire
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pence says Trump is an ally of religious freedom at West Michigan church
(Malachi Barrett, M Live Media)
Canadians divided over the role of religion: poll
(Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International)
Could a 3rd election in Israel hinge on religious pluralism?
(Stewart Ain, The New York Jewish Week)
Fast-track religious freedom, Israel Folau urges
(Chris Merritt, The Australian)
Senate confirms pro-life lawyer as federal judge
(Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Latter-day Saints leaders reaffirm support for refugees
(Associated Press)
First Presidency releases statement on refugees
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Vatican to welcome asylum seekers to Italy
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
EVENT, 3 December 2019: Conference on Muslim-Jewish Relations
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Faith and Development in Focus: Philippines
(Supported by the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD), World Faiths Development Dialogue - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)
Time to fix the Rome Statute and add the crime of starvation in non-international armed conflicts!
(Rogier Bartels, EJIL: Talk!)
Citing freedom of religion, JoCo church sues city for not letting it shelter homeless
(Sarah Ritter, The Kansas City Star)
Whoever wins the general election must continue the UK’s proud tradition of standing up for human rights
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
UK push for at-home abortion pills denounced as unsafe
(Catholic News Agency)
5 Christians wrongly imprisoned for over a decade released by India Supreme Court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Turkey flirts with buying even more Russian missile systems
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
What comes after Iraqi PM's resignation?
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Palestinians condemn Israeli closures of institutions in Jerusalem
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Intel: How Russia is changing course in Syria
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Connecticut rabbi sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex abuse of high schooler
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rabbi Greer headed to prison
(Christopher Peak, New Haven Independent)
Texas justice of the peace warned over her refusal to perform same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jews angered by activists’ use of Holocaust victims’ remains
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Temple collapses in Cambodia, killing 3 and injuring 13
(Associated Press)
UK group: Rabbi badly beaten in London, hate crimes on rise
(Associated Press)
Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Myanmar’s cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
(Catholic News Service)
More than 100 tombstones desecrated with anti-Semitic text and images in France
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
FSB reports detention of 9 Hizb ut-Tahrir members recruited Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow Jewish Museum to break stereotypes - director
(Interfax-Religion)
What's a bus got to do with religion? A whole lot when it comes to violating the Sabbath in Israel
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Separation of church, state and pot: NY Times says religious liberty issues here are not a joke
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The Times reports on Ralph Drollinger's informal diplomacy: 'I'm really in this for the coffee beans'
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – November 2019
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Lesson in diplomacy for India’s Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty
(Nyla Ali Khan, Counter Punch)
Banning niqab makes no sense in Indonesia, but wearing it does
(Alicia Izharuddin, Econo Times)
Guyanese should be concerned about the advent of this religious-leaning political party
(Ferlin F. Pedro, Stabroek News)
Defiant Islamists rally in Jakarta
(Asia Sentinel)
India: Religion and court’s jurisdiction (Sabarimala Temple issue)
(GB Reddy, Baglekar Akash Kumar, Telangana Today (India))
Declare Sikh as separate religion: Bhubaneswar lawyer To PM
(Odisha Bytes (India))
Gadhimai Hindu festival: World’s ‘largest animal sacrifice’ under way in defiance of ban
(Samuel Osborne, Independent (Nepal))
Debate continues over creationism’s place in Canada’s schools
(Mario Canseco, Burnaby Now)
UK: Why the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief role is invaluable
(Mervyn Thomas, Chrstian Today)
Christian higher ed can't win the LGBTQ debate unless it transforms
(David P. Gushee, Religion News Service)
Crimea: UN call to halt Cathedral eviction
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sainthood process for Fulton Sheen stalled
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
U.S. Catholics less likely than Protestants to express confidence in advice from clergy
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Monday, 2 December 2019
Christmas movies and the religious dimensions of story structure
(Russell Johnson, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)
EVENT, 2 December 2019: Ecumenical worship for the opening of the legislature of the Federal Councils - Bern (in German)
(Association of Christian Churches in Switzerland)
Law and religion round-up – 1st December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here’s what you can do if you see it or experience it
(Derya Iner and Mehmet Ozalp, The Convers)
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