Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 10 June 2019
Rights group cheers Bhutan’s move toward legalizing gay sex
(Associated Press)
Vatican rejects gender change to alarm of LGBT Catholics
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Saturday, 8 June 2019
India: Mixing politics and religion is dangerous
(P H Hema Sagar, The Hans India)
Foisting foreign religion is not development: Chairman Thapa
(Nepal 24 Hours)
After promoting Easter on Facebook, AZ governor has nothing to say about Eid
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist, Patheos blog)
India: Non-believers fighting for the right to not believe
(Shobita Dhar, Times of India)
What's God got to do with it? The religious upsurge in commercial hip hop
(Hong Jiang, abc.net.au)
Report: Men, women separated in two state-sponsored Jerusalem Day events
(Times of Israel)
Populist surge continues in Europe: Was Pope Francis a big loser in these complex results?
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
The Lord’s Prayer: A new rendering of Christianity’s best-known supplication
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The curious case of Kerpen v. MWAA (buried in that morass of separation-of-powers violations is an affront to religious liberty)
(James C. Phillips, The Federalist Society)
German authorities rejected almost all 2019 church asylum cases
(Deutsche Welle)
The relationship between faith groups and government leaders is broken. Here's why
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Mayor joins pride parade amid Poland’s anti-LGBT campaign
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Spain: Unfinished Gaudí church gets permit after 137 years
(Associated Press)
Yemeni officials say UAE-backed force storms mosque, kills 5
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)
Foreign Secretary 'deeply disturbed' by number of Christians being persecuted for their faith
(Christian Today)
Friday, 7 June 2019
Challenging religious liberty in the public square could open the door to Satan. Good.
(Jay Wexler, USA Today)
Religion in the classroom: Where the faithful and the ACLU can agree
(Stephen Mansfield, Religion News Service)
Blasphemy laws in Middle East leave minorities holding their tongues
(Julia Altmann, The Jerusalem Post)
Rugby, religion and a $10 million dollar lawsuit
(Patheos Blog: The Free Thinker)
Serbian Bishop accuses Montenegro of eying church’s property
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
Delegation from Vietnam tours Utah sites and talks religious freedom and families with LDS First Presidency
(Kathy Stephenson, Salt Lake Tribune)
New Zealand's model for public religion
(Andrew Hamilton, La Croix International)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – End May/June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday Five: Abortion, Catholic and Baptist scandals, Emanuel AME, disaster deacon, The Bachelorette
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Podcast puzzle: Why do editors send political reporters to cover complex religion stories?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Russian Catholics don’t believe in islamization of Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Leaders, members of 15 Jehovah's Witnesses cells held in Dagestan
(Interfax-Religion)
The Supreme Court must help this Christian florist
(David French, National Review)
Catholics alone?
(Rich Lowry, National Review)
Archbishop: Survival of Church in Cuba depends on contact from abroad
(Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service)
Irish Catholic aid agency says Trump ‘endangers people and planet’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Funding from Gulf Arab states helping jihadists in Burkina Faso, charity says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brazil indigenous communities seek to protect lands from populist government
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC’s Hollman talks common ground in discussion on religious liberty and LGBT rights seeks areas of common ground
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Greece: Athens mosque likely to open in September
(Raphael Kominis, Associated Press)
Lawyers for church leader decry Becerra’s comments on client
(Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press)
Washington Supreme Court rules once more against Richland florist who refused flowers for same-sex wedding
(David Gutman, Seattle Times)
Washington Supreme Court OK's anti-discrimination law enforcement against florist opposed to gay marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 7-8 June 2019: The Common Good - First Things intellectual retreat in Washington, D.C.
(First Things and Christendom College, Catholic University of America)
EVENT, 7 June 2019: Disrupt the narrative: Centering African American perspectives on religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
The most important conference you've never heard of is happening in Japan this weekend
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Religious freedom watchdogs spotlight Chinese mistreatment of Muslim Uyghur minority
(Christopher Vondracek, The Washington Times)
Thursday, 6 June 2019
Putin touts Christianity. So why is Russia persecuting Christians?
(The Washington Post)
Religious affairs: How close are we to a ‘Jewish republic’ of Israel?
(The Jerusalem Post)
FL Christian group requests taxpayer-funded grant for outdoor worship service
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Air Force approves historic religious accommodation for active Sikh Airman
(Aleksandr Sverdlik, American Civil Liberties Union)
ACLU of Alaska settles Native religious rights suit against Dept. of Corrections
(Gilbert Cordova, KTUU News)
Religious leaders can kickstart a global anti-plastic movement
(Chandran Nair, Quartz)
Clash of interests concerning religion versus gay rights
(Cliff Rieders, Legal Intelligencer)
Democrat takes political stand against abortion: Wait a minute, isn't this governor a Catholic?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
The Russian Orthodox Church is not ready to welcome the Pope of Rome in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin to meet with Pope Francis
(Interfax-Religion)
World will be better if people follow Bible, Torah, Koran - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Hijab bans undermine women's rights, not just religious freedom
(Engy Abdelkader, Sojourners)
How this author hopes new book will offer additional insights on religious freedom and create more dialogue
(Trent Toone, Deseret News Faith)
India government minister: Religious conversion like taking advantage of a girl
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Modi’s ‘Mother India’: What the recent elections mean
(Nicole-Ann Lobo, Commonweal)
The geopolitics of faith: Religious soft power in Russian and U.S. foreign policy
(Peter Henne, Berkley Forum: Georgtown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Alabama Bible classes bill heads to governor for signature
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
(Nicole Winfield and Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Jerusalem gay pride parade draws revelers, police
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
Folau to appeal contract termination to Fair Work Commission
(Associated Press)
Court: No religious rancor in flowers for gay wedding case
(Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press)
Indiana Amish couple could set new religious freedom precedent with lawsuit settlement
(Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star)
Feds settle suit with Old Order Amish woman over photo in residency application
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pushed by anti-abortion groups, HHS restricts fetal tissue research
(Eliana Johnson and Dan Diamond, Politico)
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine applies to controversy over rental of Catholic community center
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Scale of worldwide Christian persecution ‘deeply disturbs’ UK foreign secretary
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Quebec is poised to undermine religious freedom
(Zahra Jamal, Foreign Policy)
Religious freedom in retreat: Canada’s courts versus physicians’ liberties
(Michael Wagner, Law & Liberty)
Forced conversions, marriages spike in Pakistan
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)
Turkey: An ambivalent religious soft power
(Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Berkley Forum: Georgtown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
As religion creeps back into Turkish government, so it does in U.S.
(Rick Snedeker, Patheos: The Faith in Facts Blog)
Ethiopian religious groups harassing U.S.-based LGBTQ tour company sending hundreds of messages, ‘threatening our lives’
(Muri Assunção, New York Daily News)
Ethiopia religious anger over US gay tour plan
(BBC News)
Israel's religious right thrives on political unrest
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor)
The religious left has a numbers problem
(Frank Newport, Gallup)
Churches in Europe act to shield migrants from deportation
(Anna Mulrine, The Christian Century)
President Radev and PM Borisov congratulate Bulgaria's Muslims for Ramadan Bayram
(novinite.com)
The Channel Islands and the Church of England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Praying for presidents? That's normal. Praying for Donald Trump? That fires up Twitter
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Tajikistan: Detention extended, no Bible reading allowed
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Remembrance of Great Patriotic War protects Russia from xenophobia, anti-Semitism - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin attends unveiling of monument to heroes of resistance in concentration camps
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Muslim community plays major role in combating extremist ideology - PM Medvedev
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin notes Russian Muslims' contribution to peoples' unity, fight against extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia's Jews present country as example of tolerance for Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Nominees hostile to religious liberty have no place on the federal bench
(Josh Hawley, National Review)
David French is right: Classical liberalism is the best framework for protecting religious freedom
(Robby Soave, Reason)
Iowa attorney general seeks Roman Catholic sex abuse records
(Associated Press)
California bill aims to protect children by breaking seal of confession
(Chaz Muth, Catholic News Service)
New Israeli election highlights tense ties to ultra-Orthodox
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
On Tiananmen Square anniversary, USCIRF calls for sanctions on officials responsible for religious freedom violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Among Democratic voters, only atheists prefer Bernie Sanders over Joe Biden
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Hate crimes associated with both Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have a long history in America’s past
(Peter Gottschalk, The Conversation)
Monday, 3 June 2019
Buttigieg weighs in on religion in politics, reveals his pop culture hot take
(Chris Mills Rodrigo, The Hill)
Kolkata’s Bethune College now allows students to pick ‘humanity’ as a religion
(Tracy Ann, Idiva)
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