Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 8 February 2019
Justices let Alabama execute death row inmate who wanted imam by his side
(Matthew S. Schwartz, NPR)
Alabama execution without requested imam
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
Supreme Court vacates execution stay of Muslim inmate who wanted imam at his side
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmate
(Associated Press)
11th Circuit grants stay of execution to Muslim inmate whose imam would be excluded from execution chamber
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Exhumation for DNA testing in a criminal case: Re St John’s Cemetery
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Released from Turkish prison: A pastor's plea to Congress
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
On diplomatic milestone, is it time to rethink the role of papal envoys?
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spain questions Catholic Church over sex abuse cases
(Associated Press)
Canadian judge sentences man who killed 6 at mosque
(Associated Press)
MPs grill Ofsted chief over ‘anti-faith agenda’
(The Christian Institute)
WJC report: Backers of ‘Lukov March’ in Bulgaria use antisemitic language
(Sofia Globe)
Hungary's new holocaust museum isn't open yet, but it's already causing concern
(Joanna Kakissis, National Public Radio)
Cardinal Müller issues Manifesto: A quasi correction of Pope Francis’ pontificate
(LifeSite News)
Pope Francis under fire for claiming ‘diversity of religions’ is ‘willed by God’
(Diane Montagna, LifeSite News)
Indonesia should prevent religious conflict, but its blasphemy law does more harm than good
(Gayle Manchin and Nadine Maenza, Globe Post: Opinion)
Supreme Court on 5-to-4 vote blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law as John Roberts joins liberal justices in 5-4 ruling
(Pete Williams, NBC News)
An ominous moment for the pro-life movement
(David French, National Review)
Supreme Court keeps injunction against Louisiana abortion law in effect
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom group asks Trump not to withdraw from Syria, warns Turkey’s entry will lead to genocide
(Paul Crookston, The Washington Free Beacon)
Letter to President Trump: Support, do not abandon, Christians, Yazidis and Kurds in Syria’s northeast
(Jubilee Campaign, International Religious Freedom Roundtable)
Special envoy to monitor anti-Semitism is appointed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
St. Paul approves legal settlement with Dayton’s Bluff church over homeless outreach
(Frederick Melo, Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
Settlement reached in church's suit over homeless shelter restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
4th Circuit allows church to move ahead with challenges to zoning denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
What is Islamic dispute resolution and why is it controversial in Australia?
(Maria Bhatti, The Conversation)
Archbishop of Canterbury meets Jordan’s King Abdullah during Primates’ Meeting in Amman
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Human PH flag formed in Ilocos Norte’s interfaith prayer
(Leilanie Adriano, PTV News)
Plans to let Scots ‘choose’ sex in 2021 Scottish census ‘seriously flawed’
(The Christian Institute)
Scots trans schools guidance ignores needs of other children
(The Christian Institute)
Africa also grappling with clerical sex abuse
(La Croix International)
Arizona funding anti-LGBT hate group with ‘In God We Trust’ license plates
(Nick Duffy, PinkNews)
Court rules for religious student group in clash between LGBTQ, religious rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Trump administration seeks authority to fund religious foster-care groups that reject LGBTQ parents
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post, SF Gate)
Sen. Mike Lee slams Senate Judiciary Democrats for ‘wildly inappropriate’ questions on religion
(Molly Prince, The Daily Signal)
Québec battles with schools and police departments over efforts to ban religious symbols from heads and necks
(Benson Cook, Fox News)
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Religious scholars in Egypt want to ban award-winning film for allegedly misrepresenting Islam
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Remarks by President Trump at the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast
(The White House)
Trump vows to protect believers at prayer breakfast
(Associated Press)
Concerning Trump and the National Prayer Breakfast: Here's a byline you'll be glad to see again
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
In Poland, religious representatives meet with the Nation’s President
(Daniel Kluska, Adventist Review)
New York lawmakers want to stop all religious exemptions fot vaccines
(Joseph Spector, Town Talk (USA Today))
Idaho should not deprive faith healers’ kids of the right to life
(Jim Jones, Idaho State Children)
The United Kingdom gets serious about the persecution of Christians
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
Gay couples to 'live more freely' with Thai civil unions
(Rina Chandran, Reuters)
Another council poised to ban abortion clinic prayer vigils
(Alex Williams, Premier)
British abortion boss: Extreme New York bill "is what many of us have been campaigning for in the UK"
(Socieity for the Protection of Unborn Children)
N.J. just moved a step closer to letting terminally ill people end their lives
(Susan K. Livio, NJ.com)
Jehovah's Witnesses' right to practice religion stipulated in Constitution shouldn't be restricted - HRC head
(Interfax-Religion)
Christensen receives official European support
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Organizers of Jehovah's Witnesses group in Mordovia detained
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious leaders hope CAR peace deal will end church, mosque attacks
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Senators can and must ask about nominees’ religious beliefs
(Andrew L. Seidel, Rewire News)
Social housing and religion: R (Z & Ors) v Hackney LBC
(Law & Religion UK)
A Senate committee is questioning nominees about their faith. An Orthodox Jewish group says that’s wrong.
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope tells prison staff they must help inmates find hope
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Judge sides with Christian group in religious freedom case
(Associated Press)
Court schools Univ. of Iowa, says religious groups deserve equal treatment
(Press Release, Becket)
Virginia Senate advances Bible course bill out of Project Blitz playbook
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Alabama says Muslim inmate has Quran access
(Associated Press)
Russia: US violates UN Charter by threatening Venezuela
(Elena Teslove, Andalou Agency)
University accused of creating ‘watch list’ for faith groups, denies clubs are on probation
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Sexual abuse of nuns: Longstanding church scandal emerges from shadows
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Christian student group wins injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Contracts and solemnities in Adam Smith’s sacred anthropology
(Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty)
Russian witches cast spells in Putin’s support (video)
(The Moscow Times)
New book on sexuality and the ECHR
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
EVENT, 7 February 2019: What if the US Constitution was Christian?: Jesus Amendment Attempts in the 1940s and 1950s
(University of Alberta)
Kazakh Senate speaker speaks against hijabs in schools
(Interfax-Religion)
Will Canada protect the conscience rights of doctors who refuse to kill through euthanasia?
(Alex Scadenberg, LifeSite News)
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
In conservative Catholic Poland, a gay and atheist politician is seizing the moment
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)
Lunar New Year / Workplace
(Fact Sheet, Tannenbaum)
The evolution of Pew Research Center’s survey questions about the origins and development of life on earth
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
New publication: Religious Diversity in Europe and the Rights of Religious Minorities
(Conference of European Churches)
If religious freedom’s a process, why not name the elephant in the room?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The new Supreme Court may be on the verge of its first important abortion ruling
(David French, National Review)
When presidents of religious colleges gather, do they share any strategies for coming battles?
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
Hilaire Belloc and the heresy of our times
(Casey Chalk, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Russian court sends Jehovah’s Witness to prison for 6 years
(Associated Press)
Russia: "6-year jail sentence for believing in God"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Danish Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to six years in prison in Russia
(Anton Ttoianovski, The Washington Post)
Dennis Christensen (Jehovah's WItness) found guilty – verdict to be appealed
(Jehovah's Witntesses in Russia)
Christensen's time served to be determined
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Lawyers appeal sentence of Dane convicted for organizing Jehovah's Witnesses community in Oryol
(Interfax-Religion)
Danish citizen gets 6 years in penal colony for organizing Jehovah's Witnesses community in Oryol
(Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox church uses secular court to settle church governance dispute
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
European governments urged to support search and rescue operations for migrants
(Open Letter, Conference of European Churches)
Venezuelan bishops, religious sisters and laity call for free elections
(Catholic News Agency)
Burkina Faso’s bishops call for prayers and fasting for peace
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Iraqi cleric rejects Trump’s plan for US troops in Iraq
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Greece calls for reopening of Istanbul’s Orthodox seminary
(Emrah Gurel, Associated Press)
Former member of Dutch anti-Islam party becomes a Muslim
(Associated Press)
Judge says feds may survey historic chapel’s land for wall
(Associated Press)
With anti-abortion push, Trump woos evangelicals again
(Jonathan Lemire and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press)
Excerpts of interest from President Trump's State of the Union address
(Howard Friedman)
Outlawing religious slaughter, conflicts with human rights and the future of halal meat in the UK
(MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development))
Draft Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI
(European Commission)
A Conference of European Churches Response to the Draft Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
(Working document for stakeholder’s consultation by the European Commission’s High-level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG)., Conference of European Churches)
Background for journalists: Will the Catholic church excommunicate Cuomo over abortion law?
(Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
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