Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Texas county Republicans keep Muslim doctor as vice chairman
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mormon church sued in tribal court over abuse of student
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit: Mormon Church failed to keep child safe from abuse
(Felicia Fonseca | AP, The Washington Post)
Friday, 11 January 2019
Can a 14-year old girl decide on permanent infertility, facial hair and a male voice?
(John Carpay, The Post Millennial)
Religion is as important as ever
(Eboo Patel, Inside Higher Ed)
The battle for the meaning of Religious Freedom Day
(Frederick Clarkson, Rewire News)
Thursday, 10 January 2019
On reforming the world and reforming character
(Jan Klabbers, EJIL: Talk!)
McCleary & Barro, “The Wealth of Religions”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Clifton, NJ pays $2.5 Million to settle RLUIPA dispute
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
Bishops’ guidance on use of Affirmation of Baptismal Faith in the context of gender transition
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Baptist church in Russian occupied Crimea shut down
(Interfax-Religion)
LATimes Editorial Board argues against legislative prayer
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Hong Kong Catholics mourn bishop amid political struggles
(Associated Press)
Russian media regulator probes BBC quoting IS leader
(Associated Press)
Damages for wrongful life refused
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Maryland attorney general: Hotline for clergy abuse victims
(Associated Press)
Texas Republicans poised to vote on Muslim vice chair ouster
(Associated Press)
NYT explores implications of fetal personhood
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Huntington Beach school district sued for barring Bring Your Bible to School fliers
(Matt Coker, OC Weekly)
Suit challenges school limits on flyer distribution for Bible event
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NY Quaker marriage provision cannot be limited to Quakers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkey prepares for historic church construction
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Will 2019 be a more peaceful year for India’s Christians?
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Malaysia Islamic party warns believers of Hell if led by non-Muslim leaders
(Gina Goh, International Christian Concern)
Church grows in Qatar despite challenges
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
If Georgia recognizes Ukraine's autocephaly, Russia to recognize Abkhaz Church's independence - Burjanadze
(Interfax Religion)
Georgian Church needs time to decide on recognizing Ukraine's autocephaly
(Interfax Religion)
New Jerusalem ‘Apartheid Road’ opens, separating Palestinians and Jewish settlers
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)
Nuns on the run: Vatican launches athletics team and targets Olympics
(The Guardian)
Pakistan: Muslim clerics denounce radicalism
(Kamran Chaudhry, Eurasia Review)
More than 100 Oxford clergy criticise bishops’ LGBTI guidance
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Vietnam Christians beaten, arrested for refusing to worship Buddha and renounce faith in Jesus
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Arizona law requiring doctors to ask women seeking an abortion their reasons takes effect
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Michigan Governor drops religious exemption from pro-LGBTstate laws
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Evangelical leaders slam Airbnb's 'discriminatory' boycott of Jewish properties in West Bank
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
China forces church to take down first commandment given to Moses
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
China bans one of the Ten Commandments as part of ‘national policy’
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Cardinal Tagle at Black Nazarene celebration: Be a devotee, not a fanatic
(Catholic News Agency)
Human rights court to hear case of Belgian euthanasia for depression
(Catholic News Agency)
Son challenges Belgian law after mother’s 'mercy killing’ (from 2015)
(Bruno Waterfield, The Telegraph)
Opus Dei US head confirms misconduct settlement against popular DC priest
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholics in US express frustration over border security stalemate
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Don’t build walls that hurt, build bridges that heal
(Jeff Cooper, Religion News)
Congress is three times more Jewish than the Country as a whole
(Sarahbeth Caplin, Friendly Atheist)
Amazon pulls items deemed offensive to Muslims
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Protestant ministers sign Dutch anti-gay charter, atheists launch popular alternative
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Gulf states slowly warm to Damascus
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Jewish lending groups step in to help their furloughed kin
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News)
Muslim civil rights group sues Maryland over Israel boycott ban
(Aysha Khan, Religion News)
Some sins deserve more secrecy? Compare and contrast cases of McCloskey and McCarrick
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Somali Christians continue to survive by worshiping in secret
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Wednesday, 9 January 2019
Law & Religion 2018 and 2019: retrospect and prospect
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Forced eviction in Catholic community of Loc Hung leaves hundreds of families homeless and destitute, including many political activists
(The 88 Project)
Malaysia's leaders should only be Muslims, says cleric
(Victor Merrick, UCA News)
The cone of silence around China’s Muslim ‘gulags’
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Jihadists behind bars pose new threats for Europe
(Valentina Pop, The Wall Street Journal)
"When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People"
(Rich Fisher, Public Radio Tulsa)
Putin disavows crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses, giving hope to detained
(Marc Bennetts, Religion News Service)
BJP govt polarising the country on the basis of religion: Tarun Gogoi
(Times of India)
NJ doubles security funding for religious and private schools
(Hannan Adely, North Jersey Record)
Did you know? There's one place in France where teaching religion in schools is compulsory
(The Local)
Congresswoman blasts ‘religious bigotry’ against Knights of Columbus, Catholic nominees
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
Got news? It is significant that an Anglican bishop's same-sex wedding was not big news?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
High Country News mourns growth of 'news deserts,' or how the West was lost
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)
As European blasphemy laws endure, journalists should consider how words can get them in trouble
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)
Exhumation and reburial of alleged sexual abuser: Re the Cremated Remains of AA
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Crimea: "Anti-missionary" prosecutions double in 2018
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Dutch Christianity and gay rights: In the easy-going Netherlands, two worlds have clashed
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Misuse of psychiatry in assessing religious behavior
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Leave the children out of it (Regarding the Shout Your Abortion campaign)
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Rashida Tlaib should at least learn the history behind the dual loyalty canard
(Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Christians concerned about religious freedom if Turkey enters Syria
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags
(Catholic News Service)
Synagogue to host World Youth Day pilgrims in Panama
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New Jersey synagogue can finally proceed after RLUIPA settlement reached
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Huge crowd of Filipino Catholics gathers amid terror fears
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Philippine opposition leader calls Pres. Duterte’s attacks on Church ‘sickening’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jewish rights group urges Croatia to ban pro-Nazi book
(Associated Press)
Bosnian Serbs celebrate day that kicked off devastating war
(Amel Emric, Associated Press)
Muslim group sues to block ‘No Boycott of Israel’ measure
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
Government shutdown cancel’s Carson prayer breakfast speech
(Associated Press)
When animal welfare and religious practice collide
(The New York Times)
NYT editorializes on ritual slaughter restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
St. Louis rules against feeding homeless violate religious rights, federal lawsuit alleges
(Kae M. Petrin, KBIA.org)
Suit challenges restrictions on sharing food with the hungry
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court case dropped
(Harvest Bible Chapel)
Harvest Bible Chapel drops lawsuit against bloggers, writer
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Chicago church drops defamation suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Conservative evangelicals attempt to disentangle their faith from Trumpism
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)
What Catholics can learn from protests of the past
(Mara Willard, The Conversation)
Poland is trying to make abortion dangerous, illegal, and impossible
(Madeline Roache, Foreign Policy)
J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’ incoming Jewish governor, opens up about his family’s immigrant past
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Advocates of Indiana hate crime law leery of new proposal
(Tom Davies, Associated Press)
Tuesday, 8 January 2019
Tajikistan’s tiny Orthodox community celebrates Christmas
(Eurasia Net)
Free Yezidi Foundation report: Withdrawal of US troops from Syria
(Free Yezidi Foundation)
Protest against Muslim group draws flack in Indonesia
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)
Blue Christmas: On January 7th, Egypt’s Copts celebrate a sad Christmas
(The Economist)
Egypt's Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East's largest cathedral in New Capital
(Reuters)
Two women enter a temple. A country erupts.
(Supriya Nair, The New York Times)
China has launched a massive campaign of cultural extermination against the Uighurs
(The Washington Post)
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