Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 June 2019
Egypt’s President Sisi remarks on Muslim treatment of Christians
(Marlo Safi, National Review)
In coalition talks, PM accepted Haredi demand for gender segregated public areas
(Jacob Magid, Times of Israel)
How will Austria’s new headscarf ban affect Muslims?
(Aala Abdelgadir and Vasiliki Fouka, The Washington Post)
New Washington law on religious accommodations could serve as model for other states
(Marnette Federis, WUWM)
Charter schools in NJ move into churches, with room for conflict
(Hannan Adely, North Jersey Record)
Law and religion round-up – 2nd June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Turkmenistan: Second 2019 conscientious objector jailing
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
A Muslim appeal for Saudi Arabia to show mercy
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Action against Jehovah's Witnesses in south of Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
20 years for giving water to migrants? A religious freedom case of little interest to ‘religious freedom’ industry
(Miguel A. De La Torre, Rewire News)
Church-state news roundup: Judicial prayer challenged, Sikh bus driver spurs diversity training, more
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The Latest: Islamic summit defends Palestinian statehood
(Associated Press)
Pope warns EU risks future if it doesn’t confront challenges
(Associated Press)
Sri Lanka Muslim gov’t leaders resign over allegations
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
Doctor thought to be 1st Jewish person voted mayor in Greece
(Associated Press)
Supreme Court denies cert in challenge to bus ad restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court denies stay sought by Presbyterian church in defamation suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justices rule bias claims can skip over EEOC
(Erika Williams, Courthouse News Service)
Supreme Court says Title VII charge-filing prerequisite is not jurisdictional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Further reflections on the Israel Folau affair
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Priest who promotes Christian-Muslim dialog is honored by Pakistan
(Ecumenical News)
Religious minorities forbidden from teaching in Iranian kindergartens
(Tzvi Joffre, The Jerusalem Post)
Friday, 31 May 2019
Call to monitor activities of religious education centres
(The Hindu)
Jiangxi’s Poyang county declares war on religion
(Wang Yong, Bitter Winter)
Coalition delayed religious freedom reform and 'exploited' fear, Labor senator says
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Soviet power gone, Baltic countries’ historic pagan past re-emerges
(Aliide Naylor, Religion News Service)
Combating religious judges, anti-abortionists and sheriffs flying a Christian flag
(Patheos Blog: Freethought)
Is the (refreshingly) modest Aladdin movie a marketing tool for the Muslim world?
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Question for journalists: Is Baylor's battle over LGBTQ issues rooted in politics or doctrine?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Russia: Jehovah's Witness criminal cases - list
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Franklin Graham wants the nation to pray for Trump on Sunday. But other Christians call it propaganda
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Ekaterinburg authorities prepare vote on church construction
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Philippine police use traditional Marian festival to win over people
(Catholic News Service)
New Hampshire Catholic officials laud state’s death penalty ban
(Catholic News Service)
Pope Francis tells Romania to remember ‘cultural and spiritual roots’
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India’s new government signals Hindu and India-first goals
(Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
Tax court denies deduction for evangelist's expenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NSD rescinds Ramadan policy following lawsuit threat
(Madison Miller, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter)
Friday Five: McCarrick news, Alex Trebek, comedian's faith, ECFA scrutiny, scary baseball
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Don’t blame the surge of European anti-Semitism on the populists
(Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review)
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Public Consultation: next Archbishop of York
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious voters in 2016 and 2018: Understanding patterns and their significance for 2020
(Claudia Winkler and Shaun Casey, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
USCIRF statement on UN’s adoption of resolution establishing day to commemorate cictims of violence based on religion
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Mecca summits: Saudi Arabia is using holy sites to score political goals
(Madawi al-Rasheed, Middle East Eye)
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
(Joyce Dalsheim, Religion News Service)
Trump religious shield for health workers puts employers in bind
(Erin Mulvaney and Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law)
Church-state relations in Armenia
(Edmond Y. Azadian, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator)
Alabama getting out of marriage business: Was this a victory for faith, secularism or both?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
IICSA Report: child abuse in religious communities
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Putin congratulates Jews on Salvation and Liberation Day
(Interfax-Religion)
Case compiled against Jehovah's Witnesses in far north
(Website of Investigation Directorate for Murmansk oblast, Russia Religion News)
Catholic activist arrested, accused of ‘undermining’ Vietnamese government
(Catholic News Service)
Federal Aviation Association announces religious discrimination investigation over restaurant exclusion from airports
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Louisiana passed an abortion ban. Its Democratic governor plans to defy his party and sign it.
(Jacqueline Kanto and Reis Thebault, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court won't hear case on transgender school bathroom policy
(Nicole Gaudiano and Caitlin Emma, Politico)
Myanmar issues arrest warrant for nationalist Buddhist monk
(Aung Naing Soe, Associated Press)
I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust
(Jennifer Rich, The Conversation)
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
(Joyce Dalsheim, The Conversation)
EVENT Registration: 30 May 2019, Summer School - Religions and peaceful coexistence
(Sapienza Università di Roma)
Indonesia’s elections reveal a nation at the crossroads between pluralism and intolerance
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Church in Pakistan expresses concern over recent violence against minorities
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
UN Assembly remembers victims of violence against religion
(Associated Press)
CAIR asks federal court in Mich. to prohibit FBI, border agents from interrogating Muslim travelers about religious beliefs and practices
(Yahoo Finance)
Gillibrand, opening up about her religion, says GOP is not a 'faith-driven party'
(Tamara Keith, National Public Radio)
What Israel's new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
(Joyce Dalsheim, The Telegraph)
Blood products and Jehovah’s Witnesses: DE
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
God’s army: Religious zeal is surging in Russia’s military forces
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Protestants protest anti-evangelism law in European court
(Andrei Gordeev, Russia Religion News)
California can’t win its confession fight
(Declan Leary, National Review)
Opinion: Is the only safe Jew in Germany an invisible one?
(Michael Friedman, Deutsche Welle)
Withdrawing life support: only one person’s view matters
(Dominic Wilkinson, The Conversation)
India Tomorrow part 7: what Narendra Modi’s landslide victory means for India
(annabel Bligh and Gemma Ware, The Conversation)
Catholic officials troubled by report of ‘at risk’ adults in UK immigration center
(Charles Collins, Law & Religion UK)
Myanmar issues arrest warrant for nationalist Buddhist monk
(Aung Naing Soe, Associated Press)
Amish couple settles lawsuit over photos their faith forbids
(Associated Press)
Cross burned at church where black pastor was to appear
(Associated Press)
Maine ends non-medical vaccine exemptions
(ABC 13)
Maine ends vaccination exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amy Coney Barrett speaks out on religious tests for judges
(Kevin Daley, The Daily Signal)
The Balkan wars created a generation of Christian terrorists
(Azeem Ibrahim and Hikmet Karcic, Foreign Policy)
‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
(Victoria Reyes, The Conversation)
Child migrants around the world are being denied their human rights
(Chrissie Gale, Jennifer Davidson, and Nigel Cantwell, The Conversation)
How Tunisia is trying to resurrect a Jewish pilgrimage to the island of Djerba
(Daniel Lee, The Conversation)
EVENT 29 May 2019: Freedom of Religious Institutions in Society (launch of RFI's FORIS Project)
(Washington Hebrew Congretation, Religious Freedom Institute)
Steve Bannon speaks in Kazakhstan for the new 'revolutionary power' as he grooms warriors to 'save' Christians and Jews
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics
(Tim Lindsey, The Conversation)
Religious freedom for all Native Americans
(Robert Soto, Washington Examiner)
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
An important step to combat acts of violence based on religion or belief
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Ukraine's crisis of religion
(Daniel Hanson, National Interest)
Florida’s new voucher program could prompt lawsuit
(Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel)
In Western Europe, most people back church-state separation even while many willingly pay church tax
(Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center)
Iran shuts down church, removes cross
(The Jerusalem Post)
Different perspectives of the CDM
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The EHRC, the Labour Party and antisemitism
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
In Washington state, humans can be turned into compost (Catholics have a problem with that)
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Turkmenistan: In Ramadan, Muslims fear "extremism" accusations
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian Orthodox Church to open churches in Cyprus, Sweden
(Interfax-Religion)
Justices reverse in part on Indiana abortion law
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Criminal case against Jehovah's Witness for singing
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
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