Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Bortnikov warns about 1,500 trained Islamist terrorists returning to Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
FSB director says concerned about anti-Islamic terrorism, psycho killers
(Interfax-Religion)
License to discriminate: Religious exemption laws are trampling rights in rural America
(Ineke Mushovic, The Hill)
Procession shows support for Texas chapel at center of border wall plan
(Catholic News Service)
Rwandan bishops apologize for letter urging release of old, ill convicts
(Catholic News Service)
Measles outbreak places spotlight on religious exemptions from vaccination requirements
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge voids rules aimed at reforming ultra-Orthodox schools
(Karen Matthews, Associated Press)
US Appeals Court is urged to protect LGBT employees against discrimination
(Mike Scarcella, National Law Journal)
8th Circuit hears arguments over Title VII's applicability to sexual orientation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
AJC convenes with UN Special Rapporteur expert consultation on anti-Semitism in U.S.
(American Jewish Committee)
Bolivia finally gives Evangelicals the same rights as Catholics
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Kazakhstan: 18 prisoners of conscience, 11 restricted freedom sentences
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Man arrested after attempting to enter New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral with gas cans and lighters
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Religious extremists exploit blasphemy laws in Indonesian election, says USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
New study finds family violence is often poorly understood in faith communities
(Mandy Truong, Bianca Calabria, Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, and Naomi Priest, The Conversation)
Education and religion to fight IS mentality in Anbar
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)
Does Yale Law School’s antidiscrimination policy on subsidies for student employment discriminate on the basis of religion?
(Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy)
Religious freedom is for all or it will be for none
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Post)
The renegade nuns who took on a pipeline
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)
Texas Republicans’ push for a religious ‘license to discriminate’ is depressingly familiar
(David R. Brockman, Texas Observer)
Protect religious freedom as a 'fundamental human right', Church leaders tell Government
(Christian Today)
NASA's administrator lavishly praised an influential Evangelical ministry during its $10,000-a-table fundraiser. Some experts say his speech violated the Constitution.
(Dave Mosher, Business Insider)
Bulgarian Council of Ministers allocated additional BGN 800 000 for the reception of Pope Francis in Bulgaria
(novinite.com)
IICSA and mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to take up appeal
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Infamous Russian anti-Cultist Alexandr Dworkin again charged with defamation
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
There is ‘hope’ for Sudan’s Christians after al-Bashir’s ouster, advocate says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Humanitarian aid case with RFRA defense scheduled for trial in May
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Morocco is a trove of Jewish history if you know where to go
(Leanne Italie, Associated Press)
New public places exclusion order issued in Rockland amid measles outbreak
(Kathy Reakes, Orangetown Daily Voice)
Rockland County issues new orders to combat measles spread
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rabbi Yoshiahu Pinto appointed Morocco's chief rabbinical judge
(Arutz Sheva)
Morocco names Chief Rabbinical court master, ending 100 years of vacancies in the post
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department settles claims against Farmersville,Texas, involving denial of Islamic cemetery
(U.S. Department of Justice)
DOJ settles RLUIPA zoning claims with Texas city
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Families sue Washington Hebrew preschool over alleged sexual abuse
(Perry Stein, The Washington Post)
Parents sue prominent DC synagogue over child abuse of pre-schoolers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The central symbol of American conflict?
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Why Pete Buttigieg may be reviving progressive ideals of the Social Gospel Movement
(David Mislin, The Conversation)
Rome's Grand Mosque gets King Abdullah II Interfaith Prize
(Ansamed)
Who's running the show?
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Indonesia elections: Personality, religion and politics
(Wesley Rahn and Hans Spross, Deutsche Welle)
Liberté against laïcité: Quebec wants to ban public servants from wearing religious clothing
(The Economist)
Pakistan cares about the rights of all Muslims—except those oppressed by its ally, China
(Maya Wang, Newsweek)
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
The Washington Post Prints an Inexcusable Smear against Ben Shapiro
(David French, National Review)
Opinion: All men must stand and fight rising femicide
(Okore Scheaffer, Daily Nation)
After a battle over a Muslim politician divided their party, the GOP fights to keep Texas red
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)
DOJ settles with Farmersville over plan to build Islamic cemetery
(NBC DFW)
Montana can’t use a 150-year-old anti-Catholic law to discriminate against religious schools
(Trevor Burrus, CATO Institute)
Doug Bock Clark writes beautifully on a sorrowful topic in North Korean life
(Get Religion)
5 things to know about the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
(Catholic News Agency)
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
(Yonat Shimron and Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Notre Dame in flames: What was lost? What was saved? What was 'news'? What issues remain?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
UN says it will support France in rebuilding
(Associated Press)
Beyond Notre Dame: Cathedrals are neglected in much of Europe
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
If churches keep getting vandalized in France, should American news outlets cover the story?
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
Parishioners return to the restored Armenian church in Aleppo
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin offers sympathy over Notre Dame Cathedral fire, offers sending best Russian specialists to Paris – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Pete Buttigieg’s abortion extremism hurts his religious appeal
(David French, National Review)
Non-Orthodox movements left out of Trump’s meeting with Jewish leaders
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Korean cardinal affirms Church’s abortion teaching after court decision
(Catholic News Service)
Church says government, NGOs underestimate Cameroon violence
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indian archbishop: ‘Cow vigilante’ murderers ‘brainwashed by propaganda’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. Supreme Court could return to vendors’ religious liberty objections to same-sex marriage
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pakistani minority Shiites end days-long protest in Quetta
(Associated Press)
Indonesia candidates: Metal fan, cleric, soldier, tycoon
(Associated Press)
Russian court grants early release to would-be IS bride
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Egypt lawmakers pass amendments now headed to referendum
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Same-sex marriage legalization associated with reduced implicit and explicit antigay bias
(Eugene K. Ofosu, Michelle K. Chambers, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Eric Hehman, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
Legal same-sex marriage linked to reduced homophobia
(Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service)
How did government action on gay marriage affect attitudes?
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New report on perceived discrimination against various groups
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents in measles outbreak hot zone fight vaccination order
(Amanda Ottaway, Courthouse News Service)
Parents sue over NY vaccination order; one child care facility ordered closed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SCOTUS hears arguments on immoral trademarks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A “view” from the courtroom: Dangling past participles
(Mark Walsh, SCOTUSblog)
Christian adoption agency sues Michigan and HHS for religious discrimination
(Madeline Osburn, The Federalist)
Catholic agency sues Michigan over adoption agency non-discrimination policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USCIRF condemns terrorist attack on Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Muslim Family's 100 Years Service Of A Church Reflects Strong Bond Of Interfaith Harmony In Pakistan
(Fahad Shabbir, Urdu Point)
Web of hate is rooted in putting all Muslims in one category
(Moha Ennaji, The Conversation)
Brunei wants to punish gay sex with death by stoning – can boycotts stop it?
(Paula Gerber, The Conversation)
Indonesia’s election focuses on: Who will be more Islamic?
(Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times)
‘It’s going to be close’: As Indonesia heads to the polls, identity politics loom large
(Stanley Widianto and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)
Opinion: The real threat to religious freedom is Trump
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post)
Why Notre Dame Cathedral is so important to Catholics worldwide
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Kazakhstan: Muslim faces closed trial in Shymkent
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
What's at stake in Indonesia's elections? The world's third-largest democracy goes to the polls.
(Benjamin Soloway, Foreign Policy)
Indonesia’s presidential election: Is Jokowi ‘religious enough’ for conservative voters?
(Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, The Conversation)
Remembering mosque shooting victims, group seeks hate crime bill
(Marlon A. Walker, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Sharp rise in the share of Americans saying Jews face discrimination
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
Monday, 15 April 2019
Three dozen journalists and media companies indicted over Pell trial gag order
(Catholic News Agency)
Paris archbishop, Holy See call for prayer as Notre-Dame burns
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic governor signs assisted suicide law ‘after careful prayer’
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Fixing climate change will require a culture change
(Charles C. Camosy, Religion News Service)
Pence weighs in on Buttigieg's attacks on his Christian faith
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Indian Christians express grave concerns going into national election
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
The funeral as we know it is becoming a relic — just in time for a death boom
(Karen Heller, The Washington Post)
Group claims Nigeria has become a war zone for Christians
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
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