Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 August 2018
Yes, it's genocide; yes, it's religious — The case of the Rohingya Muslims
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Pope Francis addresses Pennsylvania abuse report in letter to Catholics
(Zachary Basu, Axios)
Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis to the people of God
(The Vatican)
Francis' Letter to the People of God: The pope calls for prayer and fasting in penance for the 'atrocities' of sexual abuse
(La Croix International)
Critics say pope’s comments are both ‘bold’ and ‘too little, too late’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
The Catholic Church needs a new doctrine of scandal
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
The secular fallacy and the war on common law
(Bruce P. Frohnen, Law and Liberty)
What the Court misses: Religion, community, and the bases of ordered liberty
(Bruce P. Frohnen, Law and Liberty)
The Supreme Court's religion problem
(Bruce P. Frohnen, Law and Liberty)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Religious divisions threaten to further inflame Ukrainian civil war
(Dmitry Babich, Consortium News)
Pope Francis calls on Ukrainian youth to be active peacemakers
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pope Francis’s letter on child sex abuse and cover-ups
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Irish archbishop urges pope to speak frankly about abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Blasphemy
(RFI's Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, Religious Freedom Institute)
‘Exploitation in the name of religion must be questioned’
(Times of India)
Why religious liberty matters for human dignity
(Daniel Darling, Fox News)
Ethiopia begins the harmony of peace through collaboration of politics, education, religion and civil society (press release)
(Borkena Ethiopian News)
No decision on Uniform Civil Code as law panel chairman set to retire, Sixth Schedule also a hurdle
(Debayan Roy, News 18)
To save America, we must examine our values
(John J. Grossenbacher, The Hill)
August 19: Muslim congresswomen, General running a Christian website, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Militant attacks in Chechnya aimed at disrupting Eid al-Adha celebrations - Kadyrov
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajik president urges citizens to be modest, vigilant
(Interfax-Religion)
Most Russians believe there are forces trying to undermine traditional spiritual values - poll
(Interfax-Religion)
The most consequential clash between Muslims and the Western World
(Raymond Ibrahim, National Review)
Tunisian Jew barred from getting kosher food in prison, family says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
VA doctor's statement did not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court awards attorneys' fees in contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues Hackensack Meridian Health for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
'The hardest story I've ever written': Journalist masterfully tells story of church gunman's wife
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
In U.S. political campaigns, 2018 will also be the year of the Muslim candidates
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
This week's podcast: Colorado fine-tunes legal campaign against Masterpiece Cakeshop owner
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Not all religions are the same, you know: Can a faith be good if it’s not true?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Never Again: Reflections on ten years since the Kandhamal Tragedy in India
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
The pope is set to visit an Ireland where true believers are in steep decline
(William Booth and Amanda Ferguson, The Washington Post)
In fight against ISIS’s propaganda machine, raids and online trench warfare
(Joby Warrick, The Washington Post)
Photo essay: Mexican festival honors Mary and maize
(Ameyalli Diaz Castro, Religion News Service)
You say “Mormon,” I say “Latter-day Saint”
(Joel Campbell, Meridian Magazine)
Trinity Western drops community covenant requirement for students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christianity and the abuse scandal: A Christian responds to revelations of clerical abuse
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Catholics and lawmakers respond to sex abuse report
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
It's time for #MeToo in the Catholic Church
(David Clohessy, The Guardian Opinion)
An open letter to my Roman Catholic friends
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Illinois Supreme Court Justice says government, not church, should investigate Catholic sex abuse
(Brian Mackey, NPR Illinois)
EEOC sues over hostile treatment of Catholic employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Scholarly impact and Catholic legal education (part one)
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice blog)
Scholarly impact and Catholic legal education (part two)
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice blog)
Lawyers foresee bumpy road ahead if TWU renews its bid for law school accreditation
(Cristin Schmitz, The Lawyer's Daily)
Trinity Western University caves on sex and marriage, but no one calls them on it
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
McCarrick, the Pennsylvania grand-jury report, and the freedom of the Church
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
India cast millions of Muslims as illegal immigrants. Their legal battles are just beginning
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)
Sunday, 19 August 2018
A too-narrow vision of religious freedom
(The New York Times Opinion)
NYTimes: Religious freedom focus undermined by political agenda
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Law and religion round-up – 19th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
We’ve forgotten how to mend. Faith traditions can help
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 18 August 2018
Israel’s attorney general gives Chief Rabbinate ultimatum over payments from restaurants to supervisors
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Trump’s standoff with Turkey, two tough-guy leaders and a deal gone wrong
(Anne Gearan and Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post)
Turkey crisis: the fallout of Qatar's bailout
(Varsha Koduvayur and Aykan Erdemir, The American Interest)
U.S. sanctions on Turkish ministers require recalibration
(Aykan Erdemir and Gonul Tol, The Globalist)
Turkey’s economy czar fails to save the lira
(Aykan Erdemir, Hard News: Foreign Policy)
Europe’s handshake rows: Sweden says Muslims have a right to refuse, Switzerland says they don’t
(RT)
Switzerland denies citizenship to Muslim couple for their rejection of gender equality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over no handshake
(BBC News)
Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal
(Agence France-Presse, The Local)
Swedish Muslim wins case after refusing handshake with man at job interview
(The Telegraph)
Europe struggles to grapple with Islamic rules - analysts
(Opinion, Sputnik)
Religious freedom and the new constitution: Nepal 2018
(Andy Shefford, Evangelical Focus)
"Living together" or living apart from religious freedom? The European Court of Human Right's concept of "living together" and its impacts on religious freedom
(Shelby L. Wade, Case Western Reserve Journal or International Law 50 (2018))
Nepali law criminalising ‘hurting of religious feelings’ comes into force
(World Watch Monitor)
Nepal: Law criminalizing evangelism, conversions to Christianity goes into effect
(World Watch Monitor)
‘Foreign forces’ can’t control religion, Chinese official says amid Vatican talks
(South China Morning Post)
A battle for India’s soul
(Shashi Tharoor, The Week)
Jews against Israelis: Netanyahu's Hungarian-style politics - Opinion
(Nitzan Horowitz, Haaretz)
Locarno Film Festival recognizes movies for promoting gender justice, human dignity
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sharia and civil weddings: How should the law deal with religious marriages?
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Jehovah's Witnesses equated with Islamist terrorists
(Kasparov.ru, Russia Religion News)
Somali-American candidate: Wants to ‘instill hope in people’
(Steve Karnowski, Associated Press)
Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic Church
(Paul Byrne and Leo la Valle, Associated Press)
Eamon Martin: Ireland's Catholic priests need to spread the word at home
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Pope Francis urges action rather than apathy in fight against evil
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Manchester police investigate arena bomber's links to imam
(Helen Pidd, The Guardian)
'Hate crime': Belfast politician decries ‘anti-Protestant’ poster
(Pádraig Collins, The Guardian)
Muslim women call for more equality in running UK mosques
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Mexican pastor survives assassination attempt
(World Watch Monitor)
Why celibate LGBTQ Christians stir controversy on right and left alike
(Katelyn Beaty, Religion News Service)
Saddleback church has become the first US church to baptize 50,000 people
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Celtic spirituality draws pagans and Christians alike
(Eric Berger, Religion News Service)
Nadia Eweida and British Airways: here we go again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Anti-Christian slaughter escalates in Nigeria
(Lela Gilbert, Newsmax)
Friday, 17 August 2018
Iraq bloc rejects alliance based on religion, ethnicity
(Ibrahim Saleh, Anadolu Agency)
Australian families left devastated by China's mass detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang
(Lisa Murray, Financial Review)
Supporting religion is not always good for religious freedom
(Leslie Griffin, Verdict)
Pa. expands protections for LGBT people, but hate-crime law still doesn't include them
(Michael Boren, philly.com)
Chapman Director of Church Relations talks church and state in Trump times
(Gabriel San Roman, OC Weekly)
Religious groups to fight physical, sexual violence against kids in Peru
(Barbar Fraser, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lone religious store in Belfast offers x-ray of city’s Catholic soul
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indians gather as former premier Vajpayee is cremated
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Satanic Temple brings Baphomet statue to Arkansas for rally
(Associated Press)
Satanic temple sparks uproar by unveiling statue of goat-headed, winged creature called Baphomet in Arkansas state capitol
(Adam Forrest, The Independent)
Turkey is reportedly prepared to release the imprisoned US pastor at the center of their economic crisis
(Ellen Cranley, Business Insider)
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