Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 5 August 2019
Quebec religious symbols law gets fair, if bewildered, treatment by news media pros
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Abusing religion for extremism is universal
(James J Zogby, Pakistan Today)
Judge orders graduation prayers to stop in South Carolina school district
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Sunday, 4 August 2019
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(International Center for Law and Religion Studies [ICLRS], J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)
Friday, 2 August 2019
People are now leaving 1-star ratings for Zomato after religion controversy
(Jashodhara Mukherjee, News 18)
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent
(Religion News Service)
India's top court to hear Ayodhya religious dispute on daily basis
(Suchitra Mohanty, Mayank Bhardwaj, Reuters)
Humanists to help shape religious curriculum after threatening legal action to sit on education board
(Gabriella Swerling, The Telegraph)
Christian ‘historian’ insists religious people have extra rights under the Constitution
(Daniel Villarreal, LGBTQ Nation)
Dutch burqa ban prompts concern for religion in the public square
(Catholic News Agency)
In Cameroon, religious freedom can’t be separated from politics
(R. Drew Smith, Religion News Service)
American Jews are asking: is it safe to pray in synagogue?
(Ilanit Chernick, The Jerusalem Post)
New sentencing guidelines – heritage crime
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
When covering Jewish views on abortion, don't forget the Orthodox, U.S. Judaism's fastest growing branch
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Friday Five: War in Babylon, Jews and abortion, Crystal Cathedral, slavery series, Fox News theft
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Our unalienable rights include freedom of—and from—religion
(Susan Shaw, Ms. Magazine)
Beyond a politics of nostalgia: Religious freedom and the ends of democracy
(Corey D. B. Walker, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Burkina Faso Church appeals for protection against terror attacks
(Catholic News Service)
Catholics appeal to Bangladesh prime minister to help return ‘seized land’
(Catholic News Service)
Cardinal defends Nigeria’s Shia Muslim minority after crackdown
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Uruguay bishops divided on transsexual referendum vote
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
“In God We Trust” going up in schools around the country this fall
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
USCIRF Commissioners travel to Iraq to support justice for Yazidi genocide survivors
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Israel Folau: Sacked player sues Rugby Australia over anti-gay row
(BBC News)
Australian rugby star sues over his firing for Instagram post
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects monk’s lawsuit against US Embassy over Buddha image
(Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy)
Court in Burma dismisses blasphemy suit against U.S. ambassador
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rural Mexico a gut check for Catholic Church on religious freedom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The New York Times team assumes Polish Catholics are justifying anti-gay violence
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Thursday, 1 August 2019
Depok council to propose replacement for ‘religious city’ draft bylaw
(The Jakarta Post)
South Carolina foster ministry opens to Catholics for the first time
(Yonat Shimron, Christianity Today)
Actions against Jehovah's Witnesses in Russian northwest
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
All the times religion came up in Tuesday’s Democratic debates
(Relevant)
Dutch 'burqa ban' comes into force
(Deutsche Welle)
Partial Dutch ban on face-covering clothing takes effect
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)
Few police officers are religion experts. That can create big problems
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
UN experts: Islamic State aims for resurgence in Iraq, Syria
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
India promotes Hindu pilgrimage as sign of peace in Kashmir
(Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
Australia proposes new laws to keep extremists in prison
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Cyprus’ top lawyer: Police to probe bishop’s remarks on gays
(Associated Press)
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(International Center for Law and Religion Studies [ICLRS], J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)
Michigan city under fire for law forcing citizens to promote political views they oppose
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Consulting firm challenges city's ban on discrimination based on political belief
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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(International Center for Law and Religion Studies [ICLRS], J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University)
Ultranationalist Myanmar monk group declared illegal by top Buddhist organization
(Radio Free Asia)
Myanmar body outlaws ultra-nationalist Buddhist organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 1 August 2019: Blasphemy and Violence. Interdependencies since 1760.
(Liberas( Ghent, Belgium) in conjunction with the School of History, Religion and Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, United Kingdom) and the Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz, Germany), Liberaal Archief Liberas)
There’s a legal cure for woke corporations’ religious discrimination
(David French, National Review)
5 years on, Yazidis still live with IS massacre, enslavement
(Ali Abdul-Hassan and Hadi Mizban, Associated Press)
Canada rights groups may appeal judge's decision not to stay ban on religious clothing
(Moira Warburton, KDAL)
Atheists complain about back-to-school prayer event at Alabama high school
(Carolyn Salazar, Fox News)
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Samoa's 'third gender' delicately balances sex and religion
(Jonathan Barrett, Reuters)
How civil rights law protects religious employees
(Gene Veith, Patheos: Cranach, the Blog of the Veith)
Forthcoming JCPC challenge to same-sex marriage prohibition in Bermuda
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – July (Part 2)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Russia: Protestants face difficulties over place of meeting
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News)
After two months in prison cell, four Jehovah's Witnesses get two more
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Are religious people really ignorant about religion?
(Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Rabbi spat on and cursed at in Berlin
(Deutsche Welle)
British PM aims to restore Protestant-Catholic power-sharing in Northern Ireland
(Jill Lawless, Associated Press)
Religious sisters at forefront of fight against human trafficking, slavery
(Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)
Polish church leader condemns ‘worsening attacks’ on clergy, churches
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Throne & altar: ‘Liberty in the things of God’
(Francis Oakley, Commonweal)
Judge blocks Arkansas abortion regulations
(Catholic News Agency)
TRO issued against Arkansas abortion restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canadian court says West Bank wines cannot be labeled "Products of Israel"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Prison systems can respect the religious rights of Muslims. State government should ensure they do.
(Vaidya Gullapalli, The Appeal)
New report offers comprehensive view of America’s Muslim prison population
(Press Release, Muslim Advocates)
New report on Muslim inmates in state prisons in U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court refuses to order return of WWII remains to supposed next-of-kin
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Medical center's retirement plan is a "church plan" exempt from ERISA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is Iraq set to follow Iran and curb religious freedom?
(Nina Shea, Real Clear Politics)
USCIRF Vice Chair Nadine Maenza calls for release of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
Cyprus criticizes Orthodox bishop for insulting gays
(Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: nine years' jail for online discussion group?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Federal Court orders removal of ‘Product of Israel’ labels from West Bank wines
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)
Religion is being misused in Pakistan to hunt for political power and electoral hegemony
(Mehr Tarar, Gulf News)
Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
(Huizhong Wu, Reuters)
Monday, 29 July 2019
Grouse goes global: NRC process discriminatory and deviation from India’s track record, say UN agencies
(Rabi Banerjee, The Week)
Legal Spirits Episode 012: Is Satanism a religion?
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Anti-gay DA claims his religious rights are being violated after attempt to have him disqualified
(David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement)
Europe experienced a surge in government restrictions on religious activity over the last decade
(Jeff Diama, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Secularism: Yesterday, today and tomorrow – analysis
(Rajkumar Singh, Eurasia Review)
Law and religion round-up – 28th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – July (Part 1)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Jehovah's Witness' property taken to cover fine
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religious liberty...Who needs it? A comic treatment of a serious subject
(Karl Zinmeiester, Philanthropy Roundtable)
In slums of Buenos Aires, separation of church and state is a sham
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gay counselor sues Indianapolis archdiocese over her firing
(Associated Press)
UN envoy calls for truce in Libyan war for Muslim holiday
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Right-wing alliance, Arab bloc formed ahead of Israeli vote
(Associated Press)
Nigerian court bars Shiite group as terrorists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FG finally obtains court order to declare Shiites as terrorist group in Nigeria
(Wale Akinola, Legit)
Celebrating new religious freedom law, Bolivian evangelicals push for more
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religion and the protection and integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Stephanie J. Nawyn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Helping the hosts: In Uganda religious groups connect support for local communities with refugee response (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Tessa Coggio, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith and displacement: The role of refugee churches in Uganda (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Karen Lauterbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pope to nations: Act fast to stop more migrant deaths at sea
(Associated Press)
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