Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 16 September 2019
Mississippi students protest time change for religious group's meeting, sparking a GetReligion question
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Israel condemns defacing of monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine's Nikolaev Region, demands perpetrators be punished
(Interfax-Religion)
Three Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in Sverdlovsk oblast
(Yaromir Romanov, Znak)
Panelists examine ‘human costs, moral implications’ of migration crisis
(Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
A failure of leadership: The culture of antisemitism on campus
(Nathan Bentolila and Jared Zoneraich, The Algemeiner)
The persistence of the oldest hatred
(Hillel Halkin, The New York Times)
‘Secularist bigot launches ignorant attack on religious liberty’?
(Ed Whelan, National Review)
State’s Catholic leaders call for climate change action
(Associated Press)
Argentine president heads to famed shrine seeking a political miracle
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Malaysia’s 2 top opposition Malay parties forge alliance
(Associated Press)
Judge refuses to toss charge over threat to Muslim candidate
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
Israel faces potential deadlock in a closely contested vote
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
UK appoints new PM Envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief
(Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
Britain has new Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says marriage annulment by Greek court violates couple's rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church thanks Mali government for formal recognition
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
53 religious communities in Vietnam commemorating victims of acts of violence
(RNS Press Release Service, Religion News Service)
Oppressed by the regime, Catholics in Lộc Hưng pray for religious freedom
(P. Vũ – Cần Giờ DCCT, AsiaNews.it)
Jharkhand, Hindu radicals devastate a Jesuit college. 'Completley destroyed'
(AsiaNews.it)
India's citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio
(Sanjoy Hazarika, Al Jazeera)
India: Assam, the first mass detention center for "illegal" citizens is under construction
(AsiaNews.it)
India: National Register of Citizens: All there is to know about citizenship test
(Hindustan Times, YouTube)
In Depth - NRC (National Register of Citizens)
(Rajya Sabha TV, YouTube)
USCIRF statement on Indian government’s “religious test” for Muslims in Assam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Baptist church makes history: calls transgender pastor
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Arizona Supreme Court backs wedding invitation artists in their free speech claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Artists prevail in lawsuit over same-sex bias ban in Phoenix
(Jacques Billeaud and Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press)
Arizona artists win suit over same-sex wedding invitations
(Jacques Billeaud and Jonathan J. Cooper, Religion News Service)
Bulgaria and Indonesia expand bilateral exchanges
(novinite.com)
Pakistan arrests 3 over attack on temple, Hindu homes
(Associated Press)
Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November
(Associated Press)
Pope’s Message for Community of Sant’Egidio’s 33rd International Prayer Meeting for “Peace Without Borders” (Madrid, September 15-17, 2019)
(Zenit:The World Seen from Rome)
Pakistan: Sindh, Hindu principal accused of blasphemy. Revolt against the minority
(AsiaNews.it)
Remember your politicians in prayer, pope says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Beyond the US, the Top Five countries for beefs with the Pope (Nigeria, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Vatican City)
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The paid family leave impasse: How Catholic social teaching can help
(David Cloutier, Commonweal)
Sunday, 15 September 2019
EVENT, 15 September 2019: Name day of Archbishop Nikitas - Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Sta. Sophia), London
(Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, Romfea News)
Saturday, 14 September 2019
Take higher ground, don’t fall into trap of race, religious polarisation, Kit Siang urges Pakatan
(Azril Annuar, Malay Mail)
UN Chief launches effort to protect religious places, worshippers
(Voice of America)
In push for race and religion, Malaysian opposition formalizes pact
(Reuters)
Israel's French community: Right-wing, religious and insular
(Marie Niggli, Middle East Eye)
Children of Iran’s “unofficial” religious minorities ordered to keep quiet
(Iran Press Watch)
Ruling expected in wedding invitations religious exemption case
(Howard Fischer, KJZZ)
Russia: Protestants face public opposition to building
(Valentin Bulavko, chita.ru)
Brazilian Pentecostal church unwelcome in Berlin
(Clarissa Neher, Deutsche Welle)
African religious leaders to South Sudan: ‘End the violence’
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brazil’s right wing government says it’s ‘monitoring’ – not spying on – Amazon synod
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religion Photos of the Week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – August/September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Calif. legislature approves measure criticizing pastors for not embracing LGBT identities
(Brandon Showalter, Christian Post)
California legislature tells clergy how to treat LGBTQ community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada: Trudeau may intervene in religious symbol ban
(Yeni Şafak English)
Pope Francis talks candidly about Catholic Church on trip to 3 African countries
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China tightens restrictions on religious publications
(Bitter Winter)
Friday, 13 September 2019
Duke University’s student government rejects Young Life over LGBTQ policies
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
New law in East Lansing protects LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy
(FOX 47 News)
USCIRF statement on travel ban for Russian religious freedom violators
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Mike Pence once said being gay was a "choice," argued laws protecting LGBT people unlike those based on race
(H. Alan Scott, Newsweek)
Joint Statement by Religions for Peace Myanmar and Bangladesh
(Mary Grace Donohoe, Religions for Peace)
UN plan tackles killing sprees at holy sites
(Yeni Şafak English)
Swiss Catholic Diocese OK with marriage equality, sort of
(Trudy Ring, Advocate)
Tunisia: The Islamist who would be president
(Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor)
New Jersey town fights anti-Semitic image to become model for neighbors
(Jonathan Harounoff, Religion News Service)
‘Protecting the European way of life’ from migrants is a gift to the far right
(Daniel Trilling, The Guardian)
Experts warn that religious freedom around the world is worsening
(Elena Pavlovska, New Europe)
Christians don’t need government backing to succeed in public or private life
(Joshua Lawson, The Federalist)
New envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Rehman Chishti is new Prime Minister's Envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief
(Christian Today)
A proposed split in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church stokes ethnic, religious tensions
(Endalk, Global Voices)
Brownback: Christianity’s future in Middle East has reached defining moment
(Josephine von Dohlen, Catholic News Service)
Christians want to be modern, but they don’t trust moderns
(D. G. Hart, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosting Festival of Religions on September 19
(Sofia Globe)
Debate continues, after AP report on Catholic church's apparent blessing of assisted suicide
(Julia Duin, Associated Press)
How do today's woes on the mainstream religion beat compare with 1983 and 1994?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Imam Velitov, convicted for justification of terrorism, leaves colony in Astrakhan
(Interfax-Religion)
Event announcement: Constitution Day and start-of-term panels
(Kalvis Golde, SCOTUSblog)
How Evangelicals invented liberals’ favorite legal doctrine
(Matthew Lee Anderson, The Federalist)
Faith and grace: Where was religion during the Democratic debate?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Church demands government action after attack on Catholic school in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indian bishop says Church needs ‘to clean our own house’ on Dalit rights
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious interactions in Modern India: Threads enmeshed yet distinct
(Annie Kunnath, The Telegraph)
A new history of the religious left
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left
(Vaneesa Cook., University of Pennsylvania Press)
South African bishops: Government must protect women, girls from murder
(Bronwen Dachs, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Prince Charles to attend Cardinal Newman canonization
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jehovah’s Witnesses ask court to reverse $35M abuse verdict
(Associated Press)
Canadian court says assisted suicide law is unconstitutionally restrictive
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan city adopts ban on conversion therapy for minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why religious freedom is a matter of Biblical justice
(John Huleatt, Plough)
In some Christian circles, a new #oncegay movement makes a comeback
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
National conservatism's fatal conceit
(Kai Weiss, Law & Liberty)
Ten myths about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
(Thomas G. Plante, MercatorNet (reprinted from Psychology Today))
New cardinals: The men are the message
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Breaking byle of religious extremism
(Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, RSIS Commentary (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
A humanitarian crime: chasing the roots of the Venezuelan collapse
(Jorge Jraissati, MercatorNet)
Billboards protest ‘In God We Trust’ law
(Associated Press)
'In God We Trust': display in Kentucky schools marks effort to mix church and state
(Josh Wood, The Guardian)
Hell is fighting Bexit for all eternity
(Helen Dale, Law & Liberty)
Religions for Peace advances interreligious alliance between Myanmar and Indonesia to respond to regional challenges
(Mary Grace Donohoe, Religions for Peace)
A Quebec court has invalidated parts of the medical aid in dying laws
(Stephanie Marin, The Canadian Press)
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