Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 13 September 2019
New York City is ending a ban on gay conversion therapy. Here’s why.
(Jeffery C. Mays, The New York Times)
New York City to make a strategic retreat on its broad conversion therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Maryland county commission ends long-running suit over prayer policy with settlement
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
RFI President joins civil society leaders in asking the Pakistani Government to free couple sentenced to death for blasphemy
(Thomas Farr; SSEA, Islam Action Team, Refigious Freedom Institute)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation urges EU to designate Pakistan as religious freedom violator
(The New Indian Express)
New admission by diocese could cost Australian Church millions in claims
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Pope’s favorite rabbi: Commitment to peace the answer to language of hate
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘Reaffirm the sanctity’ of religious sites, says Guterres, launching new plan to ‘counter hate and violence’
(The European Sting)
Thursday, 12 September 2019
How to get through the “Nationalism” minefield
(Steven Hayward, Law& LIberty)
Self-rule Is the basis of American nationalism . . . not natural rights (Response to How to get through the "Nationalism" minefield
(Ted McAllister, Law & Liberty)
How progressive free speech law makes some citizens more equal than others
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
Birmingham church, 56 years later, to recall bombing with messages of love, action
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Presidential candidate and former pastor Mark Charles confronts American history
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
The Hashemite Kingdom's multiple futures
(Margaret Dene, Foreign Policy Research Center)
Render unto God: Why so many non-religious Europeans pay church taxes
(The Economist)
Court rules Texas school district must allow brothers to keep long braids as part of religious practice
(Daniel Avery, Newsweek)
Religious crusaders at the Supreme Court’s gates
(Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
Brexit: Northern Ireland High Court rejects judicial review petitions
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Our periodic reminder for journalists: The Freedom From Religion Foundation has an agenda
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Belarus: New possible fines for unapproved worship
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Common moral, ethical values of all religions in Russia ensure state stability of country - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian court freezes "Kiev Patriarchate" liquidation
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian president praises supportive Muslims
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Russia forces religious organizations to provide security
(Rossiiskia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)
You can’t separate politics and theology
(Emile A. Doak, The American Conservative)
Ravidass– Once part of the Sikh community – Now a new religion. Who they are and what they believe.
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Germany's Protestant Church to send rescue ship to Mediterranean
(Michaela Cavanagh, Deutsche Welle)
Nonprofit protests baptisms on Tennessee school’s field
(Associated Press)
‘Steering’ is the elephant in the euthanasia room
(NIck Goiran, MercatorNet)
Senators blast Trump judicial nominee for silence at hearing
(Matthew Daly, Associated Press)
Religion in the age of Trump
(Ali A Olomi, Religion News Service)
Ministry had growing empire before forced-labor charges
(Elliot Spagat, Associated Press)
Mississippi students protest religious program’s time change
(Associated Press)
Priest testifies in trial of fired unwed Missouri teacher
(Associated Press)
Missouri officer on leave over anti-Muslim postings
(Associated Press)
Religious liberty for Chick-fil-A
(San Antonio Family Association)
Texans sue under the "Save Chick-fil-A" law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
School district forced to change policy after leaving student out of active shooter drill
(Josh Israel, Share Blue Media)
Virginia school board expands non-discrimination policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. filed in florist's refusal to provide same-sex wedding flowers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A new collection on secularism
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Helping the Yazidis and ending religious persecuion
(Baroness Emma Nicholson, The Blogger Baroness)
40 years since the foundation of Orthodox Youth of Benelux
(Romfea News)
Love and charity must be the basic principles of our actions
(Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, Romfea News)
Conference in Paris explores theme of peace from diverse perspectives
(Conference of European Churches)
Reparations fund announced by Va. seminary with buildings constructed by slaves
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
A Powerful Vision for Interfaith Cooperation: The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
(Parliament Blog, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Cameroon’s cardinal optimistic about president’s planned ‘national dialogue’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The words missing from a New York Times essay about religious liberty
(David French, National Review)
Catholic diocese in upstate New York files for bankruptcy
(Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press)
Moment of silence to replace high school’s pregame prayer
(Associated Press)
Vatican U.N. nuncio laments ‘cycle of violence’ surrounding 9/11 attacks
(Catholic News Service)
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Between God and Caesar: The Christian origins of religious freedom
(Andrew E. Harrod, MercatorNet)
Stigmatizing and prosecuting pornography
(Gerard V. Bradley, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Religion Photos of the Week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Asia Bibi thanks EU’s Figel in her first live message from exile
(Marco Gombacci, The European Post)
Reflecting on 9/11 across generations
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
9/11/19: Our age comes of age (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Paul Elie, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ripple effects of 9/11: Radicalization, refugees, and depolarization in global context (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Impossible to forget: Reflecting on 9/11 as a marker of life (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Coming of age in the 9/11 era (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Claudia Winkler, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
“United we stand, divided we fall”: One foe, two countries, two responses (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Rafael Escobedo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A challenging point of entry: Beginning to study Islam after 9/11 (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Henry Brill, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
9/11: Keeping vigil (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Amelia Uelmen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Building Muslim-Christian relationships in a world transformed: Impacts of the attacks of 9/11 (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Leo Lefebure, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
9/11 as political trauma (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Jocelyne Cesari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
An unsung hero of the 9/11 recovery: The Muslim engineer who rebuilt the Pentagon crash site as a chapel
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
How 9/11 changed the government’s relationship to American Muslims
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
9/11 timeline project traces ‘underlying Islamophobia’ in war on terror
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
The American veteran experience and the Post-9/11 Generation
(Kim Parker, Ruth Igielnik, Amanda Barroso, and Anthony Cilliuffo, Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends)
How does being in combat affect religious faith (The American veteran experience and the post-9/11 generation)
(Kim Parker, Ruth Igielnik, Amanda Barroso, Anthony Cilluffo, Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends)
4 ways to use government to make America more friendly to Christians
(Lyman Stone, The Federalist)
A school where Muslims and Hindus pray together stirs strife in divided India
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
Business fears Israel Folau religious freedom law
(John Kehoe, Financial Review)
'Ultraman Buddha' art in Thailand prompts police complaint
(Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat, KFGO)
Facing Jewish protest, ICE detention center where guard drove into protesters reschedules public meeting to shortly before Shabbat
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Catholic Church hasn’t gone away you know
(Ivana Bacik, The Irish Times)
Atheist group: ABC won’t air our ads during the Democratic presidential debate
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
IA Senate candidate: Atheists, “I See You” and I support church/state separation
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Israeli elections, religion, state and American Jewry
(Stanley P. Gold and Rabbi Uri Regev, Jewish Journal)
Interfaith marriages still a rarity in the Muslim world
(Kersten Knipp, Maram Salim, Deutsche Welle)
Trump religion envoy blames 'guilt complex' for Western reluctance to protect Christians
(Jeffrey Cimmino, Washington Examiner)
Trump asserts new win for religious HBCUs
(Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed)
Cameroon diocese facing ‘severe consequences’ of ongoing rebellion
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christians in Burkina Faso face options: ‘Flee, convert or die’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ready for the worst: ‘The 21: A journey into the land of Coptic martyrs’
(Daniel Philpott, Commonweal)
Ep. 07: Christian nationalism, race and white supremacy (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State Department supports Jehovah's Witnesses in torture claim
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
Web of prosecutions of Jehovah's Witnesses expands in Russian northwest
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Guilt of men charged with attempted murder of Imam Chumakov unproven - Ingushetia jury
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajikistan: Pensioner jailed until August 2026
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Iraqi Shiite holy city mourns stampede deaths of 31 pilgrims
(Associated Press)
Egypt sentences 11 Islamist leaders to life for spying
(Associated Press)
UN: Reconstruction of landmark Mosul mosque to begin in 2020
(Thomas Adamson, Associated Press)
Trump announces help for certain historically black colleges
(Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
Tribal council says Alamo Management violated religious freedom
(Daniel Conrad, Courthouse News Service)
Indian tribe sues over exclusion from committee dealing with ancestors' remains
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saudi Arabia's MBS Hosts Delegation of U.S. Evangelical Leaders on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary
(Amir Tibon, Haaretz)
Religion enters Salt Lake City politics as mayoral candidates face both criticism and support
(Katie McKellar, Deseret News)
Brexit: Court of Session declares advice to prorogue Parliament unlawful
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
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