Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 30 September 2019
President Trump sends Rosh Hashanah greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Presidential message on Rosh Hashanah, 2019
(The White House)
Court in Indian state bans animal sacrifice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tripura High Court bans sacrifice of animals and birds in temples, upholds ‘right to life’
(The Leaflet)
Justice Department files statement of interest in Indiana lawsuit brought by former teacher against Archdiocese
(U.S. Department of Justice)
DOJ backs Catholic Archdiocese in firing of teacher for same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump’s DOJ just escalated the fight over whether religion is a license to discriminate
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
AP Explains: Abortion rights in Mexico and Latin America
(Amy Guthrie, Associated Press)
Analysis: To combat Islamophobia, Pakistan's Khan bridges East and West
(Ted Anthony and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Pope Francis meets with priest to discuss LGBTQ Catholics
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Australian Government releases Federal Religious Discrimination Bills – genuine consultation or playing politics?
(National Law Review)
Pope decries world’s indifference to migrants and refugees
(Associated Press)
Australia: Submission on the Religious Freedom draft laws
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Pope warns tech execs to use AI for the common good
(Associated Press)
Putin greets Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope Francis showcases his commitment to immigrants with new statue at the Vatican
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Friday, 27 September 2019
Uniting faith and reason in the Czech Republic
(The Lutheran World Federation)
Fresh anti-beard campaign reported In Uzbekistan
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Muslim man in India looks after Hindu shrine as part of centuries-old family tradition
(Straits Times)
Senegalese teen battles indifference, religion to launch climate campaign
(Nellie Peyton, Reuters)
UN chief: World faces ‘unprecedented threat’ from terrorism
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
The Trump Administration can’t force colleges to further its anti-Muslim agenda
(American Civil Liberties Union)
U.N. Panel: Violence based on religious grounds must end
(Isabelle Senechal and Ryan Di Corpo, America Magazine)
OFCCP receives push back on proposed “religious freedom” protections
(National Law Review)
Harry Reid urges understanding of Islam
(Dana Gentry, Nevada Current)
Supreme Court case could open floodgates to faith-school vouchers
(Rick Snedeker, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Survey: Nearly half of Austrians want Muslims' rights restricted
(novinite.com)
Bishops’ Brexit bulletin
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Here comes the bride. And the bride. And the bride. Mass weddings boom in Lebanon
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Friday Five: Heidi Hall's last story, mainline blues, praying to plants, FFRF stenography, Ukraine scoop
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Once again, progressive anti-Christian bigotry carries a steep legal cost
(David French, National Review)
Attacks on LGBT+ people increase in Germany
(John Silk, Elliot Douglas, Deutsche Welle)
Kansas polling place’s move to Catholic church questioned
(Associated Press)
US is urged to end probe of Middle East studies program
(Collin Binkley, Associated Press)
Justice Department backs Catholic Church in teacher firing
(Associated Press)
Federal judge halts Michigan's new gay adoption rules
(Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News)
Michigan Catholic adoption agency gets preliminary injunction protecting its policy on LGBTQ couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Azerbaijan: Large fine amid continuing religious censorship
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Federal judge rules in favor of Catholic adoption agency in religious liberty case against Michigan
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Why this Quebec teacher has joined a lawsuit against Quebec's religious symbols ban
(CBC Radio)
Rugby player carries the weight of New Zealand’s Muslims at Rugby World Cup in Japan
(Wisconsin Muslim Journal)
New York Times covers Lebanon, where people actually marry to conceive kids (#ImagineThat)
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
New court challenge brought against Quebec's secularism law
(Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News)
Three female teachers launch lawsuit against Quebec’s religious symbols ban
(Les Perreaux, The Globe and Mail)
Viceroy of southern region of Russia alarmed by Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian Muslim leaders encourage polygamy ‘to help women’
(Tom Parfitt, The Times)
Initiative for multiple marriages in Russia publicly discussed
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Legalizing polygamy will 'guarantee' women's rights in Russia, Moscow's Mulsim leader says
(The Moscow Times)
Thursday, 26 September 2019
To save the planet, we need faith, ethics, science and economics
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
Israel, US urge EU to take action against boycott movement
(Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press)
Italian Catholic bishops oppose assisted suicide ruling
(Associated Press)
Judge: Michigan adoption agencies can turn away LGBT couples
(David Eggert, Associated Press)
Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sam Brownback on religious freedom: It's a fundamental right for everybody.
(Frank Suyak, Deutsche Welle)
US envoy promotes faith alliance as ‘significant’ rights initiative
(Adam Phillips, Carol Guensburg, Voice of America)
2020 as Global Year of the Bible draws support of World Evangelical Alliance
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Inside Higher Ed adds snark in click-bait shot at Baylor's doctrines on sex and marriage
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Rice's band tackles Baylor's homophobia
(Elin Johnson, Inside Higher Ed)
Ukraine will not tolerate crimes based on anti-Semitism, xenophobia, intolerance - Zelensky
(Interfax-Religion)
The baby and the bathwater (Debates about political ideals and institutions are now too often framed as presenting two extreme and unappealing options.)
(Ryan T. Anderson & Robert P. George, National Affairs)
Will the Supreme Court nix Montana’s anti-Catholic ‘Blaine Amendment’?
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Hit by terror and a sluggish economy, Nice’s once-vibrant Jewish community faces uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim ban
(U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives)
Toxic religious liberty: President Trump takes the conservative religious agenda to the international stage
(Marci A. Hamilton, Justia)
Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
House holds hearing on Trump's "Muslim ban"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Church autonomy" requires dismissal of fired faculty member's claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim community center's claim of discrimination in permitting process must proceed to trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 26 September 2019: Religious Minorities’ Fight to Remain in Iraq
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Harry and Meghan visit South Africa’s oldest mosque on tour
(Associated Press)
President Trump tells businesses to protect religious freedom
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Trump State Dept official: No country is doing more for religious freedom than US
(Frank Suyak, Deutsche Welle)
Trump’s focus on religious freedom at the UN should lead the way
(Emilie Kao and Joel Griffith, The Daily Signal)
Donald Trump's flawed stat on threats to religious freedom
(Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact)
Speaking at United Nations, President Trump presses for global religious freedom, repeats false Johnson Amendment claim
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Veterans group pushes to dismiss suit over Bible on display
(Michael Casey, Associated Press)
Foundation says governor violated Constitution with prayers
(Associated Press)
Virginia woman sues, says prayer break request cost her job
(Matthew Barakat, Associated Press)
South Carolina GOP governor accused of violating First Amendment by leading prayers before press conferences
(Jessica Campisi, The Hill)
Australian states to have priests report abuse disclosed in confession
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
USCIRF urges U.S. policymakers to remain engaged on religious freedom in Turkey
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religious freedom envoy dismayed Islamic countries won’t condemn China’s abuse of Uighur Muslims
(Patrick Goodenough, CNS News)
China accused of harvesting organs of Uighurs, Falun Gong religious group
(Zachary Evans, National Review)
'Afraid we will become the next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims face crackdown
(Emily Feng, National Public Radio)
US steps up pressure on China over treatment of Muslims
(Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Belgium under fire over policy towards Israel
(Martin Banks, EU Today)
Buddhist group promotes youth action to tackle climate change
(Religion News Service)
Nuns hope to be disciples of hope in changing landscape of human trafficking
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Security Council debates closer links between multilateral organizations in Europe and Asia
(UN news)
French education minister reignites row over Muslim headscarf
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Group alleges Missouri school district forcing religion
(Marietta Daily Journal)
Two female Indian journalists were sacked after trashing Hinduism on Twitter
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Two more months of prison for Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses Bible leads to charges
(Social Media News, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Amy Coney Barrett is not a safe pick for the Supreme Court: Her writings on faith and jurisprudence should worry conservatives.
(John Zmirak, Human Events)
Utah faith leaders, police gather to discuss safety at places of worship
(Pat Reavy, Deseret News)
Cameroon’s cardinal: Anglophone independence must be on agenda
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest’s murder latest violent attack against Church personnel in Brazil’s capital
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The role of theology and organizational structure in addressing clergy sexual abuse (plus 14 responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ep. 09: Religious freedom, church-state law and Christian nationalism (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
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