Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 19 August 2019
The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there
(Hadeel Al-Alosi, The Conversation)
What is white nationalism? And what does it have to do with religion?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Kazakhstan: Serikzhan Bilash free but silenced
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Indonesian students seek govt OK to fight extremism
(UCA News)
Planned Parenthood refused federal funds over abortion restrictions
(Pam Belluck, The New York Times)
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Church sells properties as Ireland turns away from religion
(Arthur Beesley, Financial Times)
Four million Indians in one state risk being denied citizenship. Most are Muslims
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar, The New York Times)
Religion versus science on Mauna Kea
(Kathleen Sands, Honolulu Civil Beat)
Debate on religious displays continues in Claremont
(Patrick O'Grady, Valley News)
Mistrial declared in case of anti-abortion Christian who refuses to pay taxes
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
CofE Treaty with Republic of Italy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Here's an unusual story: Moderate French Muslims vs. the radical Islamists
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Friday Five: Racist Trump, Mayor Pete, clumsy Oregonian, sex and consent, Sarah's new boss
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Spire straits: English cathedrals attract the devout, the dotty and darker forces
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
How Pete Buttigieg found God
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Jehovah's Witnesses get official audience for their torture claims
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
God save the cathedral? In England, some offer mini golf or giant slide
(Megan Specia, The New York Times)
Labor Department says new proposal protects civil rights, but critics say it allows religious discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic schools in Scottish capital face ‘serious threat to identity’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Illinois bishop decries ‘crisis of gun violence,’ asks for solutions
(Catholic News Service)
David Brooks is wrong: On the politics of help & succor
(Paul Baumann, Commonweal)
Ep. 03: Were we founded as a Christian nation? (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Proposed Labor Department rule would expand right of federally funded contractors to discriminate based on religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Court rules in favor of city allowing mosque to be built
(Associated Press)
Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings
(Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press)
‘A heavy lift’: Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg’s bid
(Meg Kinnard, Associated Press)
Minor league owner says he’ll meet with religious leaders
(Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press)
2 men sentenced for plotting to attack Muslim community
(Associated Press)
USCIRF applauds sanctions on Salah Gosh for gross human rights violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UN envoy appreciates govt’s efforts to guarantee safety following Easter attacks
(Ada Derana)
Judge puts New Jersey's medically assisted suicide law on hold
(Fox 29 News)
Court temporarily enjoins New Jersey's assisted suicide law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court sides with Sterling Hts. in appeal of mosque challenge
(Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News)
6th Circuit: City did not ban all mention of religion at council meeting on mosque construction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Donald J. Trump announces judicial nominees...
(The White House)
Trump to nominate anti-abortion, religious rights lawyer for next federal judgeship in St. Louis
(Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Pro-life advocate nominated for Missouri federal district judgeship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Money damages unavailable under RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police: Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 4 people
(Abdul Sattar, Associated Press)
Friday, 16 August 2019
Religious questions: How did the GOP get the God vote?
(Wyatt Massey, Times Free Press)
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
(Laura E. Alexander, The Conversation)
What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?
(Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation)
Christian campaigners disappointed as Ashers ‘gay cake’ case goes to European court
(Aine Fox, PA, Belfast Telegraph)
Argument: A generation of girls is missing in India
(Ira Trivedi, Foreign Policy)
Nigeria's child veterans are still living a nightmare
(Audu Bulama Bukarti, Foreign Policy)
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Sikhs participate in law enforcement annual national night out
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Malaysia to question Indian Islamic preacher over remarks on religion
(Reuters)
Young voters care about abortion policy. Argentine politicians are ignoring them.
(Ana Ionova, Foreign Policy)
Georgia: Who needs a religion law?
(Mariam Gavtadze, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witness awaits verdict in Khabarovsk court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
A domestic role for the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Turkish government clamps down on liberal imams
(Burcu Karakas, Deutsche Welle)
Church-backed petition has 1 million-plus names seeking elections in Congo
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Christian women's shelter doesn't need to admit trans woman, court rules
(Kevin Daley, The Daily Signal)
Labor Department rule broadens religious protections in federal contracting
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
Berlin police investigating attack on rabbi, 2nd in 2 weeks
(Associated Press)
Israel bars entry to outspoken US congresswomen
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Proposed labor rule would exempt religious contractors from bias regulations
(Rashaan Ayesh, Axios)
Labor Department proposes religious exemption clarification for government contractors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ACLJ files lawsuit against Virginia real estate board for targeting "Jesus Loves You"
(Jordan Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice)
Suit challenges Virginia Fair Housing Act provision barring religious language in ads
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court: ‘Back-room deliberations’ at Cal State–San Marcos unconstitutional
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Pro-life group wins challenge to university's student fee allocation process
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Breaking news: Ashers Baking heads for Strasbourg
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Inquiry – ‘Positions of Trust’ within faith settings (APPG on Safeguarding in Faith Settings
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
‘A dormant volcano’: Kashmir’s streets are quiet, but residents seethe with resentment
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Troops let Muslims go to mosques in locked-down Kashmir
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Modi’s Hindu vision of India sees smooth passage on Kashmir
(Amrit Dhillon, Associated Press)
Captured ISIS fighters get short sentences and art therapy in Syria
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)
Modi ushers in a new intolerant India and revokes multicultural democracy
(Reeta Tremblay, The Conversation)
Explaining ‘Rakshabandhan’ – a Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)
Trump administration proposes protecting federal contractors who fire or hire workers based on religious beliefs
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief to visit Sri Lanka
(MENAFN)
USCIRF Commissioner Tenzin Dorjee calls for release of religious prisoner of conscience Gulmira Imin
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF statement on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Movsesian on Wilken on religious freedom
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
USCIRF applauds announced changes to Saudi male guardianship system
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Lawyers commenting on NSW abortion law changes
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Quebec's totalitarian moment and lost of Catholic culture
(Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, The Catholic Thing)
Quebec’s Bill 21 and the enforcement of ‘liberal values’
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Podcast: India and Pakistan clash in Kashmir, the most dangerous place in the world
(Dorothy Wickendon, The New Yorker)
Challenge to New York's elimination of religious exemption from vaccination is argued in court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kashmir curfew partially eased for prayers amid lockdown
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
As China cracks down on Uighurs, a Uighur American joins the White House
(Amy Mackinnon and Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Religion Watch, August 2019, Volume 34 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Malaysia ministers want Muslim preacher Zakir Naik expelled
(Al Jazeera)
Labor Dept. proposes granting businesses with federal contracts 'religious exemption' in hiring
(Tal Axelrod, The Hill)
Trump labor agency says religious contractors free from bias law
(Paige Smith and Ben Penn, Bloomberg Law)
Feds eye broad bias law loophole for religious contractors
(Law 360)
Melbourne archbishop ready to defy law over seal of confession
(Catholic News Agency)
Archbishop says prison preferable to complying with child abuse confession law
(Lisa Martin, The Guardian)
Enforcing the registration of marriages – lessons from Scotland
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
An openly gay candidate is running for president in Tunisia, a milestone for the Arab world
(Claire Parker, The Washington Post)
Spot the news here: First openly gay presidential candidate in 'Arab' or 'Muslim' world?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Over 60% of Russians identify as Orthodox, 1 out of every 6 is atheist - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
CA Mayor: Criticism of my Christian-only meeting “smacks of religious bigotry”
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Scholars declare Jehovah's Witnesses' biblical citation extremism
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
When limitless relativism meets limitless moralism
(Daniel J. Mahoney, Law & Liberty)
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