Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Pittsburgh church wins right to choose its pastor
(Press Release, Becket)
3rd Circuit will not adjudicate pastor's breach of contract claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
Turkmenistan: Ninth jailed conscientious objector in 2018
(Forum 18 News Service)
Syrian archbishop: There are plans to oust Christians from the region
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier)
Mindanao Christians press for inclusive policies in new autonomous political entity
(UCANews)
Nicaragua: Christians attacked, detained and killed as ‘enemies of the regime’
(World Watch Monitor)
Bible reading about female submission prompts calls for ban on religious public broadcasting
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
After bombshell Pennsylvania Catholic sex abuse report, which state is next?
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
US cardinal, critic of pope, still waiting for answers
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Twin bombings in Afghanistan hit Shiite enclave
(Twin Bombings in Afghanistan Hit Shiite Enclave, The Wall Street Journal)
Kazakh students defy head-scarf ban
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
New Mexico wants to review church files for sex abuse
(Associated Press)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Tens of thousands march for life and family in Guatemala
(Catholic News Agency)
Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Status of Syrian refugees in Lebanon remains largely unchanged
(Doreen Abi Raad, National Catholic Reporter)
Pakistani Christian lawmaker raises issue of ‘controversial’ job advertisement with authorities
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Christians still fearful in Imran Khan's Pakistan
(Staff writer, Christian Today)
One Pakistani family's search for God in the slums
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCANews)
Pakistani Christians petition government for compensation for demolished homes
(Dawn)
Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies
(John Irish, Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Dramatic slowdown in approval of refugee status for Iranian Christians
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attack on Rouhani exposes deep crack among Iranian conservatives
(Ehsan Bodaghi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Female Reformist MP raises eyebrows with fiery speech in Iranian parliament
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Shiite split heats up as Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect speaker
(Hamdi Malik, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Meet the Iraqi Christians trapped in immigration limbo
(Matthew Petti, Reason)
C. African Republic: as Sudan hosts peace talks, Russia offers to get more involved
(World Watch Monitor)
Tamil Nadu, music too loud at a festival: Christian mission damaged
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Netflix to air 'Reversing Roe', abortion debate film featuring pro-life, pro-choice views
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Australian Christians choose homeschooling in droves amid religiously targeted bullying
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Should we live to be 500? Christians and secularists come together over transhumanism
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Meet the worshipers who believe they’re aliens in human form
(Ye Charlotte Ming, National Geographic)
Unprecedented mass denials from a U.S. asylum program leave Christians from Iran stranded in Vienna
(Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times)
The ‘Anti-Catholic’ playbook
(Sarah Posner, The Nation)
The neverending war on Jack Phillips [Masterpiece Cakeshop]
(Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard)
Catholic schools warn Minister that religion opt-out may breach law
(Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)
“I have lost everything”: In central Mali, rising extremism stirs inter-communal conflict
(Philip Kleinfeld, IRIN News)
Under Imran Khan govt, religious minorities remain discriminated against
(Omer Farooq Khan, Times of India)
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty in trial of outspoken cleric
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Church has key role in quest for Colombian reconciliation to keep peace
(Barbar Fraser, Catholic News Service)
Cuban bishop calls for rejecting redefinition of marriage
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Liberty University cut from years-long same-sex custody case
(Associated Press)
Amish couple sues 2 agencies over photos their faith forbids
(Associated Press)
Amish couple sue seeking exemption from photo requirement to get permanent U.S. residency
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
AJC praises U.S. Senate adoption of Bill to protect religious institutions
(American Jewish Committee)
Senate passes Act protecting religiously affiliated community centers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents charged with starving their 15-year-old to death, severely injuring another child
(Rob Schultz and Shelley K. Mesch, Wisconsin State Journal)
Parents charged in death of son from forced religious fast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Spanish actor faces arrest after ignoring court summons over religious offense claim
(El País)
Spanish case charges actor's Facebook post violated blasphemy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Homeless people may not be prosecuted for sleeping outdoors when only option is religious shelter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court: Cities can’t prosecute people for sleeping on streets
(Rebecca Boone, Associated Press)
Turkish military’s tradition of secularism facing tough test
(Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Likud lawmaker seeks to ban Palestinian flag in Israel
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraqi Jews organizing to regain citizenship
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Bumpy road ahead for Egypt's first female Coptic governor
(Meena A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: Legalizing unlicensed churches: In 11 months: 220 approvals out of 3730 required
(Youssef Sidhom, Coptic Solidarity)
Egypt: Copts’ homes attacked despite advance notice to police of threats
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt: Coptic Christians 'pay the cost' during Islamic holiday
(One News Now)
Christianity crackdown: Violent mob ransacks and loots home church in Egypt - two stabbed
(Harvey Gavin, Express)
Christians in Egypt jailed for worshipping in unlicensed house
(Morning Star News)
Beijing targets independent religions as party control tightens
(Lucy Hornby, Financial Times)
No news of Chinese Catholic priest missing for 8 months
(World Watch Monitor)
Christian leaders in China slam govt. intervention
(NHK)
Protestant churches in China's Henan hit by dawn police raids
(Radio Free Asia)
Priest refuses to betray his faith despite rising persecution in China
(Fr Stanislaus, Asia News)
Persevering churches: Assessing the impact of China's growing religious restrictions
(June Cheng, World Magazine)
Philippines: internet café bomb attack kills two Christian teenagers
(World Watch Monitor)
One year later: Church in Zanzibar still fighting for the right to worship
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh discusses religious freedom in confirmation hearing day two
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
If confirmed, will Justice Kavanaugh help the pro-life cause?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
Kavanaugh hearing touches on abortion, religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)
Democrats are coming after Kavanaugh on abortion
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
BJC’s Jennifer Hawks to Kavanaugh: Reconsider your opposition to church-state separation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Government remains blind: Continued killings of Christians in Plateau, Nigeria
(The Punch)
Nigerian priest abducted while driving to Sunday mass; kidnappers demand ransom
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Parents seek global petitions to Nigerian President to ‘#BringBackOurLeah’
(World Watch Monitor)
As refugee camps close, Nigerian Christians fear being left to the mercy of Boko Haram
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram told to return to dangerous areas to vote
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Almost 50 troops killed in Boko Haram raid on army post
(CBS News)
Archbishop Chaput wants Pope to cancel youth conference
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Netanyahu welcomes "friend" Duterte to Jerusalem
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Indonesian province bans men and women from dining together
(AFP in Banda Aceh, The Guardian)
Indonesia: Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
(Associated Press)
The Guardian view on Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour: it must be an anti-racist party
(Editorial, The Guardian)
With Voting Rights Act weakened, black church networks seek more voters
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
The dream of a European Campus
(Javier Martín Merchán and María Verdugo Martín, JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Citizens’ control of finance
(Grégoire Niaudet, Advocacy Officer for Finance at Secours Catholique – Caritas France, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Towards a new demographic spring
(Antoine Renard, President of FAFCE, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
100th Year of Independence: The cost of freedom for the Baltic countries
(Gintaras Grušas Archbishop of Vilnius, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Controversy surrounding the House of European History
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Balancing mission, aesthetics and heritage of parish churches – Part III
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – August: links to cases
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 5-7 Septermber 2018: 2° Congreso en Estudios de la Religión - 2018: Diversidad de creencias y de sentido en una sociedad plural
(Centro UC Derecho y Religión, Santiago, Chile)
Is 'The Wedding' a new beginning for LGBTQ cinema in Egypt?
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The secret wisdom of Rabbi Rachel Cowan
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Kavanaugh confirmation hearing turns into 'political brawl'
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Kavanaugh has a strong chance of confirmation -- and of becoming an election rallying cry
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Aretha Franklin’s family says eulogy was offensive
(David Bauder, Religion News Service)
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