Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 9 August 2018
Vigilante killings in Tanzania spur a hunt for witch-hunters
(Religion News Service)
Protecting religious liberty advances women's causes
(Ashley McGuire & Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Real Clear Politics)
Pastors in US are seen as a primary voice on poverty: Barna survey
(Ecumenical News)
Islam and the British Conservatives: Being Muslim and Tory is hard and may get harder
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Follower of Krishna penalized under anti-evangelism law
(Prosecutor's office of Yamalo-Nenets, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses arrested for a year's worth of activity
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Fighting for Judaism in the Jewish State
(Seth Farber, The New York Times)
When it comes to conflict, religion is part of the solution
(Sharon Rosen and Kimberly Hart, The Hill)
Justice Kennedy departs with an ethical teaching
(Richard Foltin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
US wants synagogues to pay taxes on employees’ benefits. Jewish groups are fighting the plan.
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cardinal condemns violence at student protests in Bangladesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ghana bishop complains of growing Chinese influence in the country
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Courting the Catholic vote: How we got from ‘Roe’ to Trump
(Leslie Tentler, Commonweal)
Alabama voters to decide on Ten Commandments in schools, likely litigation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslim prayer at government meeting stirs controversy in Wisconsin county
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Michigan attorney set to be first Muslim woman in Congress
(Corey Williams and Jeff Karoub, Associated Press)
How the Trump era gave us Congress’s first Muslim woman
(Eugene Scott, The Washington Post)
Tlaib wins Conyers’ seat; Congress to get 1st Muslim woman
(Corey Williams, Religion News Service)
Satanist convicted of disrupting government meeting
(Associated Press)
Compound incident called anti-Muslim propaganda
(Associated Press)
Evangelist seeks prayer for yoga-practicing Oregon governor
(Andrew Selsky, Associated Press)
Maharashtra: Lingayats to relaunch protests for separate religion tag
(Daily News and Analysis)
At world’s largest refugee camp, trauma victims seek healing in God
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
Why do some Muslim women wear burkas and niqabs and where is the veil banned?
(Jasmine Andersson, Inews.co.uk)
Why the LGBT alliance could be on the brink of schism
(Spencer McCloy and Monica Burke, The Daily Signal)
‘Peace in world impossible without religious freedom’
(The News International)
Catholic politicians and the new church stance on the death penalty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The religion behind why some people of faith support the death penalty — and why others don't
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Argentina’s Senate rejects bill legalizing abortion during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy
(Max Radwin and Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
Argentina rejects legal abortion — and not all Catholics are celebrating
(Verónica Giménez Béliveau, The Conversation)
A 10-month-old died after her parents refused to get help for religious reasons, police say
(Lindsay Bever, The Washington Post)
What were the 'religious reasons' why a couple allegedly refused to get help for their infant?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Cottage association ends 'Christian persuasion' requirement
(Grand Rapids News)
Chautauqua cottage community eliminates Christian-only clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's RLUIPA zoning challenge can move ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tribunal judge: independence is a 'philosophical' belief similar to a religion
(Paul Hutcheon, The Herald)
UK employment tribunal says Scottish independence is protected philosophical belief
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Peter Ball – legislation, then and now (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Abortion activists vow to press fight despite Argentina loss
(Luis Andres Henao and Almudena Calatrava, Associated Press)
The Guardian view on Argentina and abortion: a setback, but not the end
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Bethel Church will give $1,000 to every family whose home was destroyed in the Carr Fire
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Mormon distaste for Trump could hurt GOP candidates in 2018
(Adam Wollner, McClatchy DC)
Business success in a religiously diverse world
(Michael Bodson, President and CEO DTCC, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Religion needs to be governed by law
(Liu Peng, Global Times)
Tlaib wins Conyers’ seat; Congress to get 1st Muslim woman
(Corey Williams, Associated Press)
South Korea is going crazy over a handful of refugees
(S. Nathan Park, Foreign Policy)
U.S. judge rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Christians in China's heartland face government suppression
(Yanan Wang, Christian Science Monitor)
Christian heartland on front lines of China’s campaign of religious suppression
(South China Morning Post)
Christian heartland opens window into fight for China’s soul
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
At gathering of 37,000 Ahmadi Muslims, USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore vows to make religious freedom in Pakistan a priority
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Fighting intolerance, Ahmadi Muslims have won unlikely allies
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Who are Pakistan’s Ahmadis and why haven’t they voted in 30 years
(Peter Gottschalk, The Conversation)
Race or religion: Louisiana judge looks to history on Jewish discrimination in the workplace
(Isaiah Affron, Human Rights First)
Bullying, death threats and violence: German schools grapple with a string of anti-Semitic incidents
(Rick Noack and Luisa Beck, The Conversation)
From denominations to pews, why the death penalty divides many Christians
(Holly Meyer, Tennessean)
Adoption Provider Act is about religious freedom — not same-sex adoption
(Matt Sharp, The Hill)
In Russia coverage, the National Prayer Breakfast is a convenient whipping boy
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Conservative Christians and LGBTQ people don’t have to be enemies
(Julie Rodgers, The Washington Post)
HRC sends FOIA request to Justice Department regarding creation of "Religious LIberty Task Force"
(Charlotte Clymer, Human Rights Campaign)
Danish designer uses runway to make statement on burqa ban
(Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press)
How religious freedom erodes, one step at a time
(Emilie Kao, The Daily Signal)
Newport tour highlights R.I.’s long commitment to freedom of religion
(Ellen Albanese, Boston Globe)
Feeling sidelined, Israel’s Druze protest Jewish nation bill
(Ilan Ben Zion, Religion News Service)
Druze who served faithfully in Israeli army join protest against Nation-State Law
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Donbas: Luhansk: Armed raids, worship bans, fines
(Forum 18 News Service)
Activists set up organization to protect rights of Orthodox believers in Eastern Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Greece not issuing long-term visas to Russian priests - Russian patriarch's ex-spokesman
(Interfax-Religion)
Judge Kavanaugh and freedom of expression
(Timothy Zick, SCOTUSblog)
Eilappell an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Catholic Church offers to mediate Zimbabwe election dispute
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Australian unions seek limits on religious groups’ hiring freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Gunshots at parish latest sign of Italy’s immigration tensions
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Faith, finance and the future of humanity: Remembering Tessa Tennant, giant of green finance
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Study: most wealthy countries aren’t religious. Then there’s the US.
(Tara Isabella Burton, Vox)
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Amicus briefs in Bladensburg Cross cert petitions now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian student group fights religious purge
(Press Release, Becket)
Christian student group sues University of Iowa
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Facing a groundswell of support for legal abortion, Argentina’s Catholic Church moderates its tone
(Veronica Gimenez Beliveau, The Conversation)
Fighting violent extremism by teaching tolerance
(Doug Bandow, The American Spectator)
Iowa Christian groups challenge university's delisting
(Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service)
Iran arrests central bank's top foreign exchange official
(Al Jazeera)
Jehovah's Witnesses: Why some persecuted faiths grab consistent headlines and others don't
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Lawsuit challenges use of Lord’s Prayer before West Virginia city’s council meetings
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association
(SCOTUSblog)
New survey on religious refusals to provide service and more
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opinion: Children are being euthanized in Belgium
(Charles Lane, The Washington Post)
People-trafficking: A build-up of traffic
(Pat Ashworth, Church Times)
Political speeches? Hey AP! NFL This Hall of Fame class stopped just short of giving an altar call
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religious identity and conflict in the Middle East
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Saudi Arabia assails Canada over rights criticism, sending message to West
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian envoy for urging activists' release
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Scottish independence as a protected philosophical belief? McEleny
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why in the world is Saudi Arabia sanctioning Canada?
(Daniel W. Drezner, The Washington Post)
Kavanaugh (and Kennedy) on Church and State
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Monday, 6 August 2018
Banning Muslim veils tends to backfire -- why do countries keep doing it?
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
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