Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 October 2019
John XXIII and the Amazon synod (The synod gathering in Rome is the latest fruit of the Good Pope's still-unfolding reform)
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
Religious discrimination: The Australian debate
(Peter Sherlock, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Australia: The biggest hurdle for the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill: how to define ‘religion’
(Erin Wilson, The Conversation)
Charter Values are not Charter Rights by another name: McKitty (Canada)
(Guest Post by Barry Bussey, Law & Religion UK)
Alma-Ata (Russia) police conduct searches at Jehovah's Witnesses office
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkey’s invasion has thrown a once-stable corner of Syria into chaos
(The Economist)
USCIRF raises alarm over reports that Houthi Court in Yemen may deport Baha’is
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Prince praises Newman; others promote him as ‘doctor of the Church’
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Religious harmony prevails in the Kingdom of Cambodia
(Khuon Narim, Khmer Times)
Pope calls for peace in ‘beloved and martyred’ Syria after Turkish incursion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious harmony: When spirituality trumps religious boundaries
(Hafeez Tunio, The Express Tribune (Pakistan))
Armed men attack Burkina Faso mosque, kill at least 16
(Arsene Kabore, Associated Press)
Abortion activists expand their ‘ideological colonization’ to Latin America
(Laura Nicole, LIve Action)
Abortion decriminalised in New South Wales
(The Christian Institute)
Preaching the American Gospel
(Glenn A. Moots, Law & Liberty)
I was a model Uighur. China took my family anyway.
(Nur Iman, Foreign Policy)
Sunday, 13 October 2019
Religions for Peace looks to its future
(Katherine Marshall, The Interfaith Observer)
Saturday, 12 October 2019
No, my synagogue didn’t just violate the Johnson Amendment
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Egypt: friends fear family may have killed ex-teacher of Islam who became Christian
(World Watch Monitor)
Destroying a fragile peace, terrorists wreak havoc in West Africa
(Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post)
Mary Astell on female education and the sorrow of marriage (philosopher of the month)
(OUP Philosophy, OUPblog)
New data files now available at the ARDA
(The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))
International Law and Religion Symposium 2019: Recordings (updating as available)
(The International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
The end of asylum: A pillar of the liberal order ia collapsing—but does anyone care?
(Nanjala Nyabola, Foreign Affairs)
The connection between online hate speech and real-world hate crime
(Matthew Williams, OUPblog)
Who are the Kurds, and why is Turkey attacking them?
(Siobhán O'Grady, The Washington Post)
Majority in Northern Ireland oppose extreme new abortion laws
(Right to Life)
Ohio ban on Down syndrome abortion blocked by U.S. appeals court
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
Friday, 11 October 2019
Christian charity launches campaign to ‘end euthanasia’
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier)
Natural disasters make people more religious
(Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, OUPblog)
Religion in the public schools
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
A ban on access to a place of worship constructed in a public space in breach of urban planning regulations was justified
(European Court of Human Rights)
Unauthorised church buildings, title and planning permission: Pantelidou
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday Five: Dodger blues, religious freedom threat, Bathsheba raped?, judge's faith, Chick-fil-A hero
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Oral arguments in the Supreme Court LGBT cases: Saturday Night Live Pat, social upheaval, and potential middle ground
(Ernie Haffner, Ernie the EEO Nerd)
How the Government is prioritizing religious freedom again
(Lauretta Brown, National Catholic Register)
Beto O’Rourke calls for stripping churches of tax-exempt status if they ‘oppose same-sex marriage’
(Tobias Hoonhout, National Review)
Buttigieg: When religion is used to justify discrimination, ‘It makes God smaller’
(Chris Walker, Hill Reporter)
Protecting religious freedom has a domino effect
(Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Tennessee governor issues proclamation asking residents to pray, fast, and seek God’s forgiveness
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Germany probes synagogue suspect, pledges better security
(Geir Moulson and Pietro de Cristofaro, Associated Press)
New book: Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State
(Edited by John Adenitire, Independent Publishers Group)
USCIRF statement on anniversary of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s release by Turkish authorities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Policy brief: Increased persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community in 2019
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF launches new database of religious persecution victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Citizen lacks standing to challenge city's annual menorah lighting
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues Center One for religious discrimination: Call center company refused to accommodate religious beliefs and practices of employee, federal agency charges
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
EEOC sues over denial of religious accommodation to Messianic Jewish employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Halliburton to pay $275,000 to settle national origin and religious discrimination suit
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
EEOC suit over insults to Muslim employees settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court defers to decisions of parent body in dispute with break-away Presbyterian congregation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. denied in dispute over liability of national church body for sex abuse by church elder
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Supreme Court rejected a case about the Jehovah’s Witnesses and sex abuse
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Trade War now has a human rights dimension
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Judgment Pastörs v. Germany - Holocaust denial is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Justin Trudeau grapples with Quebec’s religious wear law
(Jason Kirby, Financial Times)
During LGBTQ rights town hall, top Democrats call for limits on religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Today's methods for countering anti-Semitism insufficient - The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR)
(Interfax-Religion)
Vatican rep to UN addresses violence against women, human dignity
(Catholic News Service)
Unlike the media, Muslim leaders are downplaying China's persecution of their fellow believers
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
USCIRF urges Congress to pass Tibetan Policy and Support Act, welcomes recent measures to protect religious freedom in China
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US bars Chinese officials for crackdown on Muslim minorities
(Associated Press)
Thursday, 10 October 2019
The German synagogue shooter was a far-right extremist. Here’s why that’s rare in Europe
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
More security does not require less freedom: The case of the NYPD surveillance program
(Asma T. Uddin, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Security measures and the gender dimension of freedom of religion or belief
(Mine Yildirim, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Sex, sexual orientation, and the separation of powers
(Thomas Ascik, Law & Liberty)
Race and sex are fundamentally different. That should matter to SCOTUS
(John Bursch, The National Law Journal)
Christian Universalism and the Nation
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
The Nation and the Bible
(James R. Rogers, Law & Liberty)
Transdniester: Conscientious objectors banned from leaving
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
A Recipe for Overruling Roe v. Wade 2/
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice Blog)
Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs, 10 October 2019: The Myth of the Secular: Religion, War, and Politics in the 20th Century and Beyond (Walter A. McDougall)
(Cneter for the Study of the American West, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Summary of the Business Roundtable with Ambassador Sam Brownback
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Covenantal Pluralism: A More Perfect Union
((Chris Seiple), Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Testimony on Viewpoint Diversity and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
(Robert P. George, Reprinted in Mirror of Justice blog)
Consent is good, but not enough
(Daniel Frost, Public Square Magazine)
EVENT, 10 October 2019: Identity Transformation, Offender-Led Religious Movements, and Justice System Reform
(Fall Speaker Series: Byron Johnson, RFI’s Center for Religious Freedom Education (CRFE))
Grim travels to Korea and Japan for two major peace initiatives
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
In our opinion: Congress has failed the Kurds in Syria
(The Deseret News Editorial Board, Deseret News Opinion)
Tocqueville, Leo XIII, associations, and China's "Great Firewall"
(RIck Garnett, Mirror of Justice Blog)
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Classicism is not enough: Politics and theology in Charles Norris Cochrane
(Daivd Beer, Law & Liberty)
Opposition to Modi isn’t just about anti-Muslim violence, Indian Christians say
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Insult, injury and religious liberty (A Catholic charity wins a modest victory, but only because of a state official’s ugly rhetoric.)
(Walter Olson, The Wall Street Journal (Opinion))
Yale Law School establishes religious-liberty clinic
(Ed Whelan, National Review)
A Virginia teacher is fighting for his religious freedom. Good for him.
(Thomas Wheatley, The Washington Post)
Anglican Communion – developments in Rwanda
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Inner House delays ruling in Vince v Advocate General
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Channel Islands Commission – Recommendations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Twist in the InterVarsity vs. Iowa story: Can a ministry require its leaders to be 'Christian'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
InterVarsity can require its leaders to be Christian, judge rules
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
University cannot force InterVarsity to have non-Christian leaders, court rules
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Italy’s new odd couple: Can a new coalition government stave off Matteo Salvini?
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
USCIRF statement on Turkish offensive in northeast Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Gunman kills two in attack on German synagogue, kebab shop
(Ron Kampeas and Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Yom Kippur attack in German synagogue condemned by World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
USCIRF responds to Yom Kippur attack in Germany
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Russia: Lawyers argue case about religious use of housing
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
China’s repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
5 ways social media connects religion to younger generations
(World Religion News)
Presidential message on Yom Kippur, 2019
(The White House)
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