Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Politics and religion intersect in upcoming campus lecture
(Kyle Hathaway, BYU-Idaho Scroll)
Anti-Semitic hate crimes are becoming more violent
(Aiden Pink, Forward)
Singapore activists challenge gay sex ban in court after India ruling
(Reuters)
Catholic leaders in the Amazon are talking about ‘ecological conversion.’ Here’s what this means.
(Amy Erica Smith, The Washington Post)
The price of religious liberty
(Sam Field, World Religion News)
Australia’s highest court will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Pres)
A nun, a shooting and the unlikely legacy that could save the Amazon rainforest
(Jesse Hyde, Deseret News)
Palestinian terror groups fire 300 rockets on Israel in retaliation for assassination of senior leader
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cathedral mosque to open in Crimea in summer 2020
(Interfax-Religion)
Jesus isn’t interested in America’s two-party division
(Michael F. Bird, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
New York bishops to vote remotely in Rome for USCCB elections
(Courtney Mares)
EVENT, 12 November 2019: Vatican Diplomacy: Three Models
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Americans hate one another. Impeachment isn't helping
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Japan's new emperor to celebrate enthronement rite of night with goddess
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Symbolic night with goddess to wrap up Japan emperor Naruhito's accession rites
(WIO News)
Russia demands 20 and 15-year sentences against Crimean Tatar rights activist and five other Ukrainian political prisoners
(Halya Coynash, Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied Crimea)
The new front line of the anti-abortion movement
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)
Success in protecting ozone layer offers lessons for future, pope says
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
A Mexican immigrant is now the head of U.S. Catholic bishops
(Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
The people reclaiming religious freedom from the Christian right
(Amy Littlefield, VICE)
US bishops elect Mexican immigrant to head conference
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Articles of Interest - 6 November 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BDS: In the crosshairs of human rights colonialism
(Azeezah Kanji & David Palumbo-Liu, Al Jazeera Palestine)
In an era of declining marriage, American Jews show surprising resilience. Why?
(Charles Fain Lehman, Tablet)
Brian Grim Briefs USAID on Middle East Religious Freedom Business Roundtable
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Egypt emphasizing education on fourth-generation warfare
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Exhumation and the Permanence of Christian Burial: a review of recent consistory court judgments
(Christopher Grout, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Food made in Israeli West Bank settlements must carry special labels, European court rules
(Michael Daventry, The JC)
Ohio lawmakers congratulate Church of Scientology on opening new Columbus location
(Jeremy Pelzer, https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/11/ohio-lawmakers-congratulate-church-of-scientology-on-opening-new-columbus-location.html)
Militants closed two more Evangelical churches in occupied Donetsk region
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Blessed Sacrament stolen from Texas Catholic parish
(Catholic News Agency)
On why we need to reaffirm human dignity
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
“Bedroom tax” unlawful – Strasbourg Court
(Alex Ewing, UK Human Rights Blog)
Religious beliefs can pave road to a nation’s growth
(Puja Mehra, Live Mint)
My son’s Orthodox Jewish school is 85 percent Muslim
(Karen E. H. Skinazi, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Switzerland's rejection of asylum claim by Christian convert violates human rights convention
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Archbishops Gomez and Vigneron elected USCCB president and vice president
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
Cameroon bishop calls on separatists to stop targeting clergy
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Championing Islam as a religion of peace, compassion
(Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa, New Straits Times)
Polish parliament meets for 1st time since election
(Monika Scislowska and Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Arizona jury set to retry no more deaths’ Scott Warren
(Angelo Guisado, Center for Constitutional Rights, Truthout)
The Arab world faces more challenges than just toppling autocrats
(Ezzedine C. Fishere, The Washington Post)
US held record 69,550 migrant children in custody in 2019: Report
(AP News Agency, Al Jazeera United States)
Who was Baha Abu al-Ata, Gaza's elusive Islamic Jihad commander assassinated by Israel
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
(Petros Vassiliadis, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Greek government drops plan to criminalize blasphemy
(Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Trump's decision to end DACA
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
A month of anti-government protests in Iraq
(Alan Taylor, The Atlantic)
Words of the dying when on the threshold: What are these people talking about?
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Gaza tensions threaten chances for minority Israeli government
(Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
GCC Patriarch met with Austrian politicians and foreign minister
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Myanmar accused at UN court of genocide against Rohingya
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)
Gambia: 'I am not a witch': Victims testify on ex-president's brutal roundups
(Julie Turkewitz, The New York Times)
Ukrainian archbishop: No amount of world progress can replace friendship
(Catholic News Agency)
The common good or capitalism? Marco Rubio’s economic vision falls short
(John Gehring, Associated Press)
Defying stereotypes: The Atlantic's Emma Green paints a nuanced portrait of Trump voters in Iowa
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Jordan refuses Israels invitation to 25th anniversary celebration of peace agreement
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)
Why Christian voters should demand more from 2020 candidates
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
USCIRF advocacy for Robert Levinson spurs new development in Iran
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
We must support governmental initiatives that promote religious liberty
(James Dobson, Christian Post)
They support Trump. They want him impeached
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Wisconsin Assembly votes to recognize tree, Bible week
(Todd Richmond, Associated Press)
Church needed as moral voice as AI technology expands, expert says
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hong Kong crisis pits Catholic students against Catholic leader
(Rob Cullivan, Angelus News)
The rise of fundamentalist Catholicism
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Catholics in Australia seek religious protections despite indifference, hostility
(Catholic News Agency)
Anti-Semitism 'neither human or Christian,' says Pope Francis
(Livia Borghese and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN World)
After Israel's targeted killing in Gaza, what comes next depends on Hamas
(Amos Harel, Haaretz)
‘Yes in God’s Backyard’ to use church land for affordable housing
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
As South Sudan religious leaders push peace, pope dangles a visit
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Inver Bekirov: If a Muslim observes his faith, the FSB makes him a terrorist
(Halya Coynash, Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied Crimea)
The first freedom fades
(Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review)
FBI releases 2018 hate crime statistics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8 UMC bishops say they can’t support denomination’s ‘current form of unity’ due to LGBT debate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
2018 hate crime statistics released
(FBI, U.S. Department of Justice)
Wisconsin Assembly votes to recognize National Bible Week
(Todd Richmond, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 11 November 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cyprus’ Church to return money if donor’s passport revoked
(Associated Press)
Round Up 11.11.19 – Extinction Rebellion, Article 8 and some big names make appearances in the courts…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Monday, 11 November 2019
On Kristallnacht anniversary, yellow stars appear on Jewish homes in Scandinavia
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bolivian bishops call for end to vandalism after Morales' resignation
(Catholic News Agency)
Democrats' 2020 surprise: Should churches that oppose same-sex marriage lose tax exemptions?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Democrats fight Trump stonewall over Lebanon military aid freeze
(Bryant Harris and Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor)
Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring effectively divides Syria into five sectors
(Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
US nuncio: Francis' 'pastoral thrust' must reach Americans
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
Canada: 6-year-old girl is taught 'girls are not real,' parents file suit against school, principal, teacher
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Relatively few Russian Orthodox believers follow priests' advice on how to vote — OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
The standing argument in the new abortion case
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Start with safe: Opioids & the ethics of harm reduction
(Bernard G. Prusak, Commonweal)
Pakistan heading towards a second Bhutto moment courtesy of Army – OpEd
(Subhash Kapila, South Asia Analysis Group)
Pakistan aims to become bastion for interfaith harmony: SAPM Awan
(ARY News)
Australia: Religious freedom bill 'will sustain nastiness and hostility', Michael Kirby warns
(Paul Karp, Guardian (Australia))
Catholics in Australia seek religious protections despite indifference, hostility
(Catholic News Agency)
Podcast thinking: Are mainstream reporters who ask doctrinal questions aiding Catholic right?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
US approves financial aid for White Helmets mission in Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
In Middle America, Nebraskans struggle with a changing cultural landscape
(PRRI)
Top Shiite leader backs UN plan to resolve Iraqi crisis
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Arizona Sikhs give 550 trees for Phoenix neighborhoods
(Associated Press)
Leadership decapitation and the Islamic States: Is al-Baghdadi’s death a hollow victory?
(Scott N. Romaniuk, Eurasia Review)
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