Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Mahwah settles New Jersey's suit against it over anti-Jewish ordinances
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit seeks more information on clergy abuse in Pennsylvania
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sweden: Anti-immigration party becomes kingmaker
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
New Eichmann film puts the lie to Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil"
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
Town accused of bias against Orthodox Jews settles lawsuit
(Associated Press)
Religion and the genuine occupational requirement: Schüth again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Chaim N. Saiman, Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Monday, 17 September 2018
Religion and the genuine occupational requirement: JQ v IR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
JQ v IR : Equal treatment — Occupational activities within churches and other organisations the ethos of which is based on religion or belief
(Judgment of the Court - Grand Chamber, Court of Justice of the European Union)
Religious Lawyering conference at Fordham
(Rob Vischer, Mirror of Justice blog)
“Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and the Prospects for Common Ground” (Wilson & Eskridge, eds.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Beth Moore tells The Atlantic the struggle women evangelists face
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
The tiny blond Bible teacher taking on the evangelical political machine
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
First independent chair for C of E National Safeguarding Panel
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Chief rabbi of France suggests special prayer for terrorist victims on Yom Kippur
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sept 16: Kavanaugh hearings, discrimination lawsuit at Amazon and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Russia, Ukraine and Orthodoxy: Two Patriarchs clash, mirroring Russian-Ukrainian tensions
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Kremlin mouthpiece sees Ukrainian problem as clash of civilizations
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president rejects Moscow's aim of domination
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Metropolitan Hilarion accuses U.S. of deliberately destroying Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Government asks justices to act in document dispute in transgender-ban case
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Event announcements: Panels addressing the Supreme Court and religion
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Russia’s ongoing Persecution of the Jehovah Witnesses
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Congolese bishops seek help from regional bloc to ensure free, fair poll
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
(Associated Press)
Madhya Pradesh, Pentecostal pastor arrested on charges of 'forced conversions'
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Church officials, MPs refuse customary reconciliation sessions, assert rule of law
(Daily News Egypt)
Indonesian groups call for minority religious protections
(Max Walden, VOA)
Appeals court remands employment discrimination claim against NJ corrections department
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim inmate wins $25,000 damages against correctional officer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Raise Your Gaze: “Islamic feminism is overlooked in the mainstream’
(Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian)
Federal court allows ACLU challenge to discriminatory adoption placement practices to go forward
(American Civil Liberties Union)
Court refuses to dismiss challenge to Michigan's protection of Catholic adoption agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California to provide gender surgery, hormone treatment to foster children
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
U.S. slashes $10 million from Israeli-Palestinian peace program
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Penn. class action lawsuit seeks release of all sex abuse allegation records
(Catholic News Agency)
Judge rules lawsuit against faith-based adoption agencies can continue
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis warns priests against living a double life
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Yes, the church is hypocritical. But self-deception is far worse
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)
‘Schools give poor pupils easier texts’: Ofsted head’s list of areas to improve
(Michael Savage, The Guardian)
Pope tells Sicily's mafia 'You cannot believe in God and be mafiosi'
(Reuters, The Guardian)
Dutch Catholic church accused of widespread sexual abuse cover-up
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Half of Dutch bishops in late 20th century linked to abuse, report claims
(Catholic News Agency)
Leaked church report: Over 3,600 kids sexually abused by German Catholic priests
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Accused South Korean cult leader filmed beating her followers – video
(The Guardian)
'Sacrilege': Varanasi priests warn Ganges luxury cruises could contaminate river
(Amrit Dhillon, The Guardian)
Economic justice is the very bedrock of Christian faith
(Letters, The Guardian)
Why can’t England and Wales have humanist weddings, as Scotland has?
(Joan Bakewell, The Guardian)
C of E appoints first independent chair of safeguarding
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
‘Being Burmese means being Buddhist’ – pastor explains discrimination faced by Christians in Myanmar
(World Watch Monitor)
Sistine Chapel choir leaders under investigation by Vatican for fraud
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Dalai Lama suggests refugees return to their native countries
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The faith of Ronald Reagan
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
From Thomas to Kavanaugh, what hasn’t changed about sexual misconduct charges
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
As Cuba backs gay marriage, churches oppose the government’s plan
(Maria Isabel Alfonso, Religion News Service)
Fear of Ebola keeps the faithful at home in Congo
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
The many meanings of freedom: A sobering look at Islam and human-rights discourse
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (summary and chapter-by-chapter links)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)
The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (pdf download)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)
Rule of law in Hungary: Parliament calls on the EU to act
(Press Room, European Parliament News)
EU acts against Hungary, citing academic freedom
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)
Organ preservation, cryonics and charity law: Hipkiss
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
LECTURE, 17 September 2018: The common good – Does it amount to a political programme?
(Oliver O'Donovan, Elliston Chapel, Baylor University)
Pakistani court sentences man to death for blasphemy
(Associated Press)
New church schism in Ukraine will be more dangerous than NATO expansion - expert
(Interfax Religion)
EVENT, 17 September 2018: "Religious Liberty and the Culture War Over LGBT Rights: Can University Students Make a Difference?
(ToleranceMeans Dialogue, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL)
Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
(World Watch Monitor)
Archbishop McCarrick’s unofficial role in Vatican-China relations
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 16 September 2018
Law and religion round-up – 16th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENTS, from 17 September 2018: The Fourth Biennial Colloquium in Law and Religion
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, Center for Law & Religion, St. John's University)
Saturday, 15 September 2018
China and Vatican to sign landmark deal over bishops
(Francis X. Rocca in Rome and Eva Dou in Beijing, The Wall Street Journal)
Chinese government proposes law restricting religion online
(VOA)
China bulldozing churches and replacing holy imagery with Communist in religious crackdown
(South China Morning Post)
With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to put state stamp on faith
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)
Haredi MKs vow to prevent recognition of private conversion
(Kobi Nachshoni, Y Net News)
City fighting Christian art studio’s refusal to serve gays
(Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services)
At Miller Center, Kaine discusses religion in public life
(Melissa Castro, The Daily Progress)
Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople over Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Moldovan president proposes outlawing gay prides
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian church rebuffs Orthodoxy’s leader after Ukraine move
(Vladimir Isachenkov and Jim Heintz, Associated Press)
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with apostolic nuncio to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Leader of Pskov Jehovah's Witnesses awaits trial
(Liudmila Savitskaia, MBKhMedia)
Israeli man already in jail for refusing to divorce wife facing more prison time for same
(Ari Feldman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judge rules against faith-based agency in landmark case over LGBT rights and religious liberty
(Gillian Friedman, Deseret News Faith)
President tells Catholic bishops there are no plans to ‘Islamize’ Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope’s Sicily visit today to focus on crime, corruption and racism
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Louisiana’s Bossier school board halts settlement talks, will litigate church-state claims
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims
(Associated Press)
$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute
(James Anderson, Associated Press)
Iraqi lawmakers elect Sunni Arab as parliament speaker
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
At least 9 killed in extremist attacks in Burkina Faso
(Associated Press)
Sikh group to Department of Education: Treat our religion as an ethnicity, too
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post)
Sikhs ask DOE for Title VI coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women’s shelter challenges Anchorage’s non-discrimination law
(Jill Burke, KTUU News)
Alaska Christian women's shelter challenges requirement it serve transgender women
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Russian law enforcement targets Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sahoo, “Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion India”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Consultation on divorce announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan: Secret Supreme Court hearing rejects appeal
(Forum 18 News Service)
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