Law and Religion Headlines


Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Nepal shaping up as the Grinch who 'stole' Christmas
(Prakash Khadka, La Croix International)

'If a Muslim kills a cow in front of Hindus, is it an offence?' IP university law exam asks question on religion
(India Today)

Strasbourg shooting: At least four dead, several seriously injured in attack at Christmas market
(Henry Samuel, David Chazan, and Victoria Ward, The Telegraph)

Iran arrests more than 100 Christians in growing crackdown on minority
(Josie Ensor, The Telegraph)

Lingayat Mahasabha to rebut Centre’s denial of separate religion tag in K’taka HC
(Prajwal Bhat, The News Minute)

Texas GOP dispute pits religious freedom against claims of ‘stealth jihad’
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)

At least 30 faith leaders arrested in border protest
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Iraqi official denies Bahaism as religion
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor)

Texas State Rep. files bill to let teachers post Ten Commandments in classrooms
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist, Patheos blog)

Amendments to state–religion separation law worry Muslims in France
(Zakaria Wadghiri, Morocco World News)

Ukrainian security against Moscow church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Thoughts in the wake of Pittsburgh
(Richard Foltin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Ozark to remove Christian cross from holiday display
(Associated Press)

African bishops meet to discuss illegal migration from the continent
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Five dead in Brazilian cathedral shooting, cathedral priest asks for prayer
(Catholic News Agency)

Are public schools allowed to celebrate Christmas?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Michigan school board won’t remove three wise men display
(Associated Press)

The boring Supreme Court case that could help make America great again
(David French, National Review)

Injunction denied against picketing ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

$4M award against Jehovah's Witnesses upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Evangelicals and Trump, again: Alan Cooperman says journalists should ponder four myths
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Monday, 10 December 2018

Human rights as a secular project : Theoretical and practical conundrums in the western import
(M Abdul Fatah, TwoCircles.net)

Philippines slides to 73rd spot worldwide in freedom index
(Jimbo Owen B. Gulle, Manila Standard)

Race, religion still rallying cries in ‘New Malaysia’
(Nile Bowie, Asia Times)

Thousands rally in KL for Malay rights, showing race and religion still matter in Malaysian politics
(Faris Mokhtar, Today)

Today is 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Time to restore respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Andreas Thonhauser, The Daily Signal)

Let’s create a right! December 10 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Vincenzina Santoro, MercatorNet)

Celebrating 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Human Rights Law Review, Oxford University Press)

Holy See affirms enduring importance of UN human rights declaration
(Catholic News Agency)

Landmark Declaration on Human Dignity for Everyone Everywhere
(Press Release, The Human Dignity Initiative: Conference in Punta del Este, Uruguay)

The Punta del Este Declaration on Human Dignity for Everone, Everywhere: Seventy Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 2018

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Celebrated in Brussels
(European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID))

Human rights 70 years on: important victories as well as major misses
(Henning Melber, The Conversation)

Affirm human dignity for everyone everywhere and stand up for human rights
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

70 years since universal declaration, human rights ‘ignored and abused all over the world’
(World Watch Monitor)

"More important than ever'' - CSI marks 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)

Poland’s president, Jewish leaders light Hanukkah candles
(Associated Press)

Country diary: a simple but fascinating church
(Jim Perrin, Religion News Service)

Breaking news: CJEU rules that the UK may unilaterally revoke Article 50 withdrawal notification
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU
(Press Release, Court of Justice of the European Union)

CJEU: UK can revoke Brexit unilaterally
(Out-Law.com)

Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Chicago temple hosts a Christmas play mixing Islam and Christianity
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

What sacred texts and traditions teach us about social justice
(Natalie Ipson, BYU News)

Justices to consider constitutionality of cross-shaped war memorial on public land: In Plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

'Respect for the other' lies at the heart of peace education, panelists say at UN interreligious debate
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christian, Muslim young people spread pre-Christmas cheer in Beirut
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)

Qasr al-Yahud: a mission to restore faith – and hope
(Rachel Cooke, The Guardian)

Blessed Endurance
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Religion Watch, December 2018, Volume 34 No. 2
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Religion has played ‘significant role’ in Cyprus peace-building
(Annette Chrysostomou, Cyprus Mail)

Bolsonaro vows to govern 'with no distinction' to race, sex, religion
(France 24 Internaitonal)

‘Lingayats, Veerashaivas are Hindus’: Centre denies separate religion status
(The News Minute)

Catholics need not obey laws contrary to faith, Archbishop says
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)

ACLJ challenges Buddhist meditation practices in public schools
(Christina Stierhoff, American Center for Law and Justice)

SBU officials didn't let Donetsk metropolitan cross contact line
(Interfax-Religion)

The future of the European Court of Human Rights—subsidiarity, process-based review and the rule of law
(Robert Spano, Human RIghts Law Review)

Russian Orthodox priest rebuked over Gucci Instagram posts
(Andrew Roth, The Guardian)

Russian media attacks against non-Orthodox religions
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Two Jehovah's Witnesses are international fugitives from Russian justice
(Zheleznodorozhny district court of Orel, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness ruled to have committed crime on internet
(Malenkaia Syzran, Russia Religion News)

Anti-Semitism in the EU: Jewish people consider leaving over safety concerns
(Rebecca Staudenmaier, Deutsche Welle)

Opinion: 'Islamic human rights' is a false path
(Shirin Ebadi, Deutsche Welle)

In Nicaragua’s climate of fear, Church is trapped in the middle
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Avoiding anti-religious decision-making
(William G. "Jerry" Boykin, The Washington Times)

Nebraska principal on leave after banning Christmas symbols
(Margery A. Beck, Associated Press)

Big rally by Malaysia Muslims calls for upholding privileges
(Eileen Ng, Associated Press)

Iraq celebrates victory over IS while grappling with legacy
(Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press)

Technology, tradition and the invention of Christmas in 19th-century New York
(S. Brent Rodriquez-Plate, Religion News Service)

Xinjiang authorities sentence Uyghur philanthropist to death for unsanctioned Hajj
(Reported by Gulchehra Hoja, written in English by Joshua Lipes., Radio Free Asia)

New York: ‘Change your beliefs or stop serving children’
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Religious adoption agency sues over nondiscriminaton rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FoRB on the frontlines: It's time to defend the defender
(Michael Forst, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Muslims, Hindus unite at international summit in Rishikesh
(The Pioneer)

Interfaith group in urgent call for State funding to be doubled
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)

Holocaust survivors speak out against antisemitism on day 3 of Hanukkah
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Sexual violence as a weapon of war: why the Nobel Prize for Peace matters
(Angela Muvumba Sellstrom, The Conversation)

The CRISPR baby scandal gets worse by the day
(Ed Yong, The Atlantic)

Photo ID cards being issued to Catholic priests
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

French teacher with vague Christian beliefs is fired for rejecting transgender pronouns
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Israel rejects international immigration pact
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why has illiteracy rate gone up in Iraq?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Database of documented cases of Sufis / Dervishes in prison in Iran
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Does the US want a war with Iran over Syria?
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor)

Iowa judge hears arguments over state's fetal heartbeat alw
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

He is Jewish, but being Santa is his calling
(Kelly Moffitt and Cameron Jenkins, NPR)

Holy Christian site where Jesus possibly baptized cleared from landmines after 50-year shutdown
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Sex trafficking is a pandemic in the US, and it's time to end demand
(Kevin Malone, The Daily Signal)

Leading Hasidic rabbi defies New York regulations on yeshiva curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NYC is cracking down on yeshivas — and the Satmar Rebbe has declared war
(Yossi Newfield, Forward)

Christian bodies divided on bipartisan prison reform bill
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Catholic elected as leader of Germany’s largest party
(Catholic News Agency)

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Probe of ISIS crimes to begin next year
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iraq's one-year military defeat of ISIS marred by security concerns
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Anti-conversion law making life difficult for Christians in Nepal
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Trafficking of the majority Christian Kachin people
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

China detains leading activist pastor and scores of worshipers
(Eva Dou, The Wall Street Journal)

Group says dozens detained in raid on Chinese church
(Associated Press)

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