Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Letter: Regardless of religion, doctors have a duty to inform patients
(Maura Quinlan, Chicago Tribune)
The White House is tearing down the wall between Church and State
(Susan Jacoby, The New York Times)
Passport officer, police exceeded brief in Lucknow interfaith couple case: Sources
(Times of India)
Church of England seeks revival in newer Christian faiths
(Robert Stevens, Associated Press)
She could be the first Muslim woman in Congress. She has to defeat Detroit's Democratic establishment first
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Muslims repressed in Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness nabbed as he tries to board plane
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Danes, Muslims, Christmas and why immigration is always a religion-beat story
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Why synagogues started putting American flags in the sanctuary
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Labour Party adopts softened version of Britain’s definition for anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'Our community is terrorised': Muslims abused as men invade Brisbane mosque
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
What it’s like to wear a yarmulke in Europe
(Andrew Altman, Forward)
Like a lamb to the slaughter: Will the United States send this woman to her death?
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Elder Holland calls on governments, organizations and faith groups to refocus refugee efforts
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)
US teen to meet Somali president after Quran recitation win
(Associated Press)
Indianapolis church cages Holy Family in immigration protest
(Associated Press)
Pakistan: Officials’ religious belief is public matter, rules judge
(Pakistan Today)
Pakistan court orders public release of report on temporary election law amendments that favored Ahmadis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues Halliburton for national origin and religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
10 months on, the babies of Rohingya rape survivors arrive
(Kristen Gelineau, Religion News Service)
Haliburton sued by EEOC for religious and national origin discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Newport Beach sues to halt what city calls a marijuana dispensary at Church of the Holy Grail
(Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times)
City sues to close down church allegedly operating as marijuana dispensary
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
An ICE raid leaves an Iowa town divided along faith lines
(Trip Gabriel, The New York Times)
Iowa churches diverge on immigration issues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Conditions imposed on church's homeless shelter violate RUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California elimination of personal belief exemption from vaccination requirements upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cert. denied in Michigan legislative prayer case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sisters seek to end gag order in priest sex abuse settlement
(Mark Scolforo, Associated Press)
Suit challenges non-disclosure agreements in priest abuse settlements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court dismisses lawsuit filed by Arkansas judge barred from hearing death-penalty cases
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
8th Circuit orders dismissal of trial judge's suit over his sitting on death penalty cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Inside the Christian legal powerhouse that keeps winning at the Supreme Court
(Jessica Contrera, The Washington Post)
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear legislative prayer cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
How Pope Francis is renewing the cardinals of the Catholic Church
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Iceland’s fastest growing religion will soon complete the first temple to Thor and Odin in 1000 years
(Vilhelm Carlstrom, Business Insider)
Kazakhstan: 69 known administrative prosecutions in six months
(Forum 18 News Service)
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Thinking politics, and pop culture, on July 4th in this today's tense and wired America
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Gender Recognition Act Consultation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
General Synod – a clarification
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious structures next step in Iraqi building process
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Cheyenne diocese: sex abuse claims against retired bishop appear credible
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Rebuilt from the ashes: The story of an American basilica
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? New documentary takes a look
(Lizzy Joslyn, Catholic News Agency)
Is Riyadh really pushing for control of Jerusalem holy sites?
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
How Israel's left could challenge Netanyahu
(Yossi Beilin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
California bill would limit what pastors can say about homosexuality
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
A campaign to blitz the country with 'In God We Trust' laws takes root
(Yonat Shimron, Christian Headlines)
Alternative to Trump's family detention policy offered by Catholic leaders
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
People of faith must defend our nation's founding principles
(Jason Yates, The Christian Post)
America, fireworks and Jesus
(Bob Fabey, The Christian Post)
As Episcopalians meet, debate looms about their place in the Anglican world
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Episcopal church debates whether to make God gender-neutral in Book of Common Prayer
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Episcopal couples, advocates hope the church removes gay marriage restrictions
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)
Episcopal Church needs to look for #MeToo in the details
(Sean W. Rowe, Religion News Service)
Are we killing religion by loving celebrities?
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
The strange relationship between Christianity and Mexican politics
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Central African Republic in mourning again as another priest killed
(World Watch Monitor)
Church of Muslim converts told to close in Kyrgyzstan
(World Watch Monitor)
Iraqi archbishop tells USAID delegation to hurry up aid delivery
(World Watch Monitor)
Australian Archbishop sentenced to 12 months home confinement for concealing priest abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Archbishop Philip Wilson to appeal conviction for concealing child abuse
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Australia bishop appeals conviction for protecting pedophile
(Rod McGuirk, Religion News Service)
Australian bishop sentenced to year’s detention for cover-up
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Archbishop Philip Wilson sentenced for concealing child sex abuse
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
Former party chair calls for inquiry into Islamophobia within Tory party
(Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on world heritage: in the beginning was the dream
(Editorial, The Guardian)
The coming battle to overturn Roe v. Wade
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
How Roe v. Wade changed the lives of American women
(Constance Shehan, Religion News Service)
Evangelical leaders downplay potential Roe v. Wade reversal
(Steve Peoples, Associated Press)
When liberals who identify as 'Christian' defend Roe
(Ryan Bomberger, The Christian Post)
Denial of religious freedom in China threatens idea of freedom itself
(Aaron Rhodes, The Epoch Times)
Poll: Americans trust NPR and PBS, but don't trust Fox and MSNBC
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Government LGBT Action Plan
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ealing Council use of PSPO “safe zone” upheld
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Faith as identity: Why Church members have a responsibility to protect religious freedoms
(Aubrey Eyre, LDS Church News)
Child abuse case brings outrage, but no change in Iran
(Zahra Alipour, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Sufi women blazing a new trail in Nablus
(Aziza Nofal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Instant verbal divorce rips families apart in Iran's Kurdish region
(Leila Alikarami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egypt delivers Friday sermons in English, French
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Faith school zealots are abusing girls’ rights. Ofsted is correct to censure
(Catherine Bennett, The Guardian)
Heterosexual civil partnerships are for better, not worse
(David Mitchell, The Guardian)
Slam from Sudan: how Emtithal Mahmoud shook the world
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Fundamentalism is coming for us – and women, as ever, will be first
(Suzanne Moore, The Guardian)
Protests across America on Saturday for immigration; George Takei shares his experience
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Thailand's religion unite to pray for boys trapped in cave
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
What does faith in America mean?
(Jason Coache, World Religion News)
Christian group apologizes to LGBTQ community at Filipino pride march
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
The LGBTQ movement and Christianity (its threat and our response): Part 1
(Pastor Ric Fritz, Christian Headlines)
Jeff Woodke’s wife releases third video plea for news of her husband
(World Watch Monitor)
Reconciliation with Ethiopia could improve human rights in Eritrea – UN rapporteur
(World Watch Monitor)
Vatican City still has no policy to fight clergy sex abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
US travel ban leaves far-flung Syrian family in limbo
(Sarah El Deeb, Religion News Service)
Church ‘detains’ Jesus, Mary, Joseph to protest Trump’s immigration policy
(Faith E. Pinho, Religion News Service)
Church goes ‘wild’ as believers and seekers head for the trees
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)
By any other name: Why the ‘travel ban’ really is a Muslim ban
(Todd Green, Religion News Service)
Catholic bishops end border trip by suggesting alternative to family detention
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Spain rescued a ship. It won't rescue Europe
(Gonzalo Fanjul, Foreign Policy)
Nigeria's Plateau state clashes leave 86 dead
(BBC News)
Nigeria: 86 dead in reprisal attack by Muslim herders on Christian farmers
(Agence France-Presse, South China Morning Post)
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