Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Officials continue to hound African Pentecostals studying in Russia
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News)
Young monks lead revival of Buddhism in Mongolia after years of repression
(Natalie Thomas, Thomas Peter, Reuters)
Owning a gun while Muslim
(The New York Times)
Interfaith leaders in Trinidad express unity on traditional marriage
(Laura Ann Phillips, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water
(Catholic News Service)
Catholic leaders in Zimbabwe call for a peaceful election
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In post-ISIS Christian town, heroism and paradox both abound
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italian Church and new government finally face off over Aquarius
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Group fights bill to declare gay conversion therapy a fraud
(Sophia Bollag, Associated Press)
Pakistan refuses to allow Islamist party to enter elections
(Associated Press)
Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims
(Trevor Marshallsea, Associated Press)
Argentine Congress begins debate on legal elective abortion
(Associated Press)
San Francisco mulling removal of controversial statue
(Paul Elias, Associated Press)
Jewish worshiper’s case file missing, as 8 others get bail
(Bonifave Okoro, The Oracle)
Jewish worshipers in Nigeria arrested; most later released on bail
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NW tribal members to appeal religious freedom case
(Ericka Cruz Guevarra, KUOW)
Court says tribe has standing, but did not prove its RFRA claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Permanent injunction issued in ethics battle by Alabama Justice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ramadan makes training difficult for Muslim world cup players
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Losing their religion: Younger adults are less religious, and not only in the US
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Church leaders in Nicaragua appeal for unity, peace as crisis continues
(Catholic News Agency)
Rally supporting Masterpiece Cakeshop draws hundreds
(Catholic News Agency)
Boko Haram burns Catholic building previously destroyed by Boko Haram
(Catholic News Agency)
USCCB head condemns Trump administration’s recent moves on immigration policy
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Immigration ruling 'closes the door' to victims of abuse, gang violence
(Catholic News Agency)
For Poland's bishops, Pope Francis continues Catholic teaching on the family
(Catholic News Agency)
Korean bishops call for prayer amid ‘joy’ after Trump-Kim North Korea summit
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
What is the biggest threat young people face? Mediocrity, Pope says
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Catholic bishops rebuke Trump’s asylum changes, suggest policy is a ‘life’ issue
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Iraq's Christians, Muslims agree to revive site of ancient church
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Syrians making trek home from Turkey for holiday
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Iranian nationalism grows amid rising US pressure
(Roholihah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Can Egyptian families be persuaded that less is more?
(Shihira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
US recognition of Jerusalem backfires on Israel
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Evangelical group pledging $20 million in lead up to primaries
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Pope Francis defends environment by attacking the oil industry
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Probate law in Guernsey: a curious historical survival
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Algerian pastor ‘amazed’ as three churches reopened
(World Watch Monitor)
Quietist Salafism shows resilience in post-Arab Spring world
((from Archives de Sciences Socialies des Religions, Religion Watch (Baylor ISR), Volume 33 No. 8)
What does God look like? Almighty viewed differently based on demographics, politics, researchers find
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Archaeology: 3,000-year-old sculpture depicts a Biblical king, but which one?
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Young more religious than old in only two countries in world
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar sacked over anti-Islam tweet
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Fiddling while Rome burns? The Appeals Chamber’s curious decision in Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
(Leila N. Sadat, EJIL: Talk!)
In Bemba and beyond, crimes adjudged to commit themselves
(Diane Marie Amann, EJIL: Talk!)
Religion Watch, June 2018, Volume 33 No. 8
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Religion and universities: Faith and higher education can intersect in many different ways
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Iran faces new threat as Kurdish jihadis join IS in Afghanistan
(Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
He threatened a Muslim family that planned to move to his neighborhood. Now, he’ll go to prison
(Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post)
Most Americans support restrictions on abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
As Miss America cancels swimsuit contest, more Americans approve of porn
(Lizzy Joslyn, Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The American Medical Association has long opposed assisted suicide. Is that about to change?
(Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post)
Ireland to vote on removing blasphemy as an offence
(Reuters in Dublin, The Guardian)
One year later, Britain remembers 72 killed in fire and faith groups’ response
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Something for Trump’s new faith-based office to do
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Abuse of immigrant children: a state-sanctioned crime in America?
(Brian D. McLaren, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court denies breakaway Episcopal group control of its churches
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
Amid a #MeToo culture, Southern Baptists mull ways to increase women’s roles
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Analysis: Devastating fire changed the way Britain views Muslims
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)
Football while fasting: life in the Ramadan Midnight League
(Nick Miller, The Guardian)
Ramadan and the challenge of fasting for Muslim WCup players
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)
Judge orders Washington prison to provide Ramadan meals
(Gene Johnson, Associated Press)
The business of Ramadan: Religion and capital converge in the UAE
(Adrian Lydon and Tom Page, CNN)
In sleep-deprived America, Ramadan offers an extra challenge for insomniacs
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
High demand for symbols drive 'Islamic' black market
(Achmad Munjid, Jakarta Post)
Education of Muslim women is limited by economic conditions, not religion
(Conrad Hackett and Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Committed believers combine faith and politics
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)
Prof warns of ‘theocratization’ of Constitution by conservatives
(Matthew Penza, Campus Reform)
Recognizing religious freedom as an LGBT issue
(Ryan Thoreson, The Hill)
Religious statue moved in France after unholy row in Breton town
(The Local France)
Varadkar: Stop trying to turn religious people into pariahs
(Kevin Doyle, Independent)
Jehovah's Witnesses support their own
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Assessment of religious conversions as genuine or asylum-motivated dismissed as naïve
(World Watch Monitor)
World is praying for peace on Korean Peninsula - over to Trump and Kim
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Papal diplomat says U.S.-North Korea summit brings hope for peace
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
North Koreans ‘betrayed’ by human rights omission in Trump-Kim agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
For many South Korean Christians, reunification is a religious goal
(Diane Winstson, Religion News Service)
Madagascar’s cardinal-designate works quietly for improvements for poor
(Bronwen Dachs, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gay Pride parades split Catholics across Europe
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
School accepts teacher’s resignation over transgender policy
(Associated Press)
NC town to church: You’re not welcome here
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Church sues, surprised by zoning law change
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rhodes, “The Debasement of Human Rights”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Religious liberty in Virginia
(Zoey Maraist, The Arlington Catholic Herald)
Religious heads reject same sex marriage: ‘God made Adam and Eve’
(Shaliza Hassanali, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian)
China at a religious freedom low
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
What to expect when the U.S. bishops meet in Florida this week
(Christopher White, Crux)
Judge grants injunction to attorney trying to prevent firing of LU softball coaches
(KFDM)
Kentucky Board of Education approves public school standards for Bible literacy courses
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
In Israel, Indonesian Muslim leader risks backlash at home
(Caron Creighton, Associated Press)
At huge Dallas meeting, Southern Baptists will vote on women, abuse, race and immigration
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Journalists exploring U.S. evangelicals’ political impact also need to look overseas
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Divine victory: the role of Christianity in Roman military conquests
(Peter Heather, OUPblog | Religion)
Asbestos in pipe organs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Lessons from Independent Reviewer’s report on Sheffield
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
No overbroad suppression of extremist opinions and ‘hate speech’
(Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
Sadr welcomes return of Iraqi Jews
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wrong to eat at Chick-fil-A due to 'their background', Twitter CEO says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Twitter CEO attacked for tweeting about Chick-fil-A
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Religious freedom and the fugitive slave act: Defying unjust laws
(Eric Metaxas, Anne Morse, Christian Headlines)
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