Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 28 May 2018
Multi-religious delegation meets with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to deliver letter to the Peoples of Myanmar
(Press Release, Religions for Peace)
Where did Ireland go? Abortion vote stuns both sides
(Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times)
Law and religion round-up – 27th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US liberal Islamophobia is rising – and more insidious than rightwing bigotry
(Khaled A Beydoun, The Guardian)
The Committee on Religious Liberty
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Ireland and abortion: The Irish have voted in favor of legalizing abortion
(Isabelle de Gaulmyn, La Croix International)
‘Quiet revolution’ leads to abortion rights win in Ireland
(Gregory Katz, Renata Brito, and Leo Enright, Associated Press)
The Latest: Irish PM plans to move quickly on legal abortion
(Associated Press)
Ireland quietly comes to terms with dramatic change after abortion vote
(Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries, Reuters)
The Guardian view on the Irish referendum: now for the North
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Irish archbishops say abortion vote shows church's waning influence
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Irish abortion vote puts pressure on UK government
(Hilary Clarke, CNN)
What will Irish writers talk about now we have lost our shame?
(Lisa McInerney, The Guardian)
Comparing the Irish abortion vote with the Brexit poll is disingenuous
(Brigid Laffan, The Guardian)
Gay marriage and the church
(Letters, The Guardian)
'It's brought us together': at Ramadan, American Muslims on life in the age of Trump
(Oliver Laughland, The Guardian)
A student leader is the latest victim of France’s obsession with the hijab
(Rokhaya Diallo, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on digitising culture: make manuscripts more illuminating
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Why are Christians now hesitant to share their faith?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Don't expect a religious left 'Great Awakening,' says researcher
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Searching for the Religious Left
(Ryan P. Burge, Eastern Illinois University, Religion in Public)
Church of England diocese encourages LGBT people to seek church leadership roles amid debate
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
India’s growing anti-conversion laws: perspectives from an Indian Christian
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Australia: Government has opened Pandora’s box on human rights, religious freedom
(Crispin Hull, The Canberra Times)
Religious Freedom amendments introduced in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The end of “Religion as a Good”: Thoughts on Movsesian and Garnett
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Some thoughts on our new religious politics
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
State-Religion Arrangements and Religious Freedom in Asia
(Jaclyn L. Neo, (prepared for the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (forthcoming))
Law & Religion UK Privacy Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'I pray for Donald Trump, I do': Bishop Michael Curry addresses US divisions
(Lauren Gambino, The Guardian)
Sunday, 27 May 2018
May 27: Muslim immigrants denied waivers, congressman endorses housing discrimination, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Readers’ recent queries and comments – late May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Freedom of speech and religion is not a licence to discriminate
(Ria Tabacco Mar, The Economist)
Religious Freedom Center experts featured in Times, Post
(Stephanie Castellano, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Friday, 25 May 2018
Egypt blocks YouTube over film denigrating prophet Muhammad
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Fearing extremist violence, Egypt silences 20,000 storefront mosques
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El Tohamy, Religion News Service)
Egypt: Coptic villagers persuaded to shut church to keep the peace
(World Watch Monitor)
Sant’Egidio France continues to grow
(Mélinée Le Priol, La Croix International)
Alexa, when did the Church of England become so tech-savvy?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Is Ramadan easier in Nigeria than New York?
(Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian)
Democrats introduce do no harm act to protect LGBTQ
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
How did this giant jade Buddha travel the world?
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Malaysia: inquiry into Pastor Koh, missing for 15 months, hears of police collusion
(World Watch Monitor)
Eritrea: Rights groups call for renewal of UN Special Rapporteur’s mandate
(World Watch Monitor)
Fulani violence against Nigeria Christians hits record high
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Appreciation: Philip Roth belongs in canon of greatest American authors
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptists see ‘judgment of God’ in #MeToo reckoning
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
A humiliating month
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
United Methodist court opens door to petitions for special session on sexuality
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Appellate clinic wins fifth case in a row before U.S. Court of Appeals
(Helen Clarke Ebert, Newsroom)
Millennials: get over your faith phobia
(Aamir Hussain, Religion News Service)
'Frankly, UK schools don't know what to do with religion education' - academic
(Sputnik News)
Exploring Religious Pluralism in the Classroom: How to use religious education in schools to combat violent extremism
(David Conway, Civitas)
Judge: FL city officials broke the law by promoting prayer vigil to fight crime
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist)
Testing the limits of religious liberty
(Laura E. Adkins, Forward)
France: New terrorism laws may undercut human rights and freedoms, says UN expert
(UN News)
Turning away gay homebuyers isn’t religious liberty, it’s discrimination
(Michelangelo Signorile, Huffington Post Opinion)
Democrat attack on Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)
Catholic Church in Bulgaria concerned over new religion law
(Claire Lesegretain, La Croix)
Presbyterians are making their voices heard ahead of Colombia’s presidential election
(Dennis Smith, The Presbyterian Outlook)
Here's what happened after liberal activists shut down Catholic adoption providers in Illinois
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Religion and royalty: The difficulties with crowning King Charles III
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Historic building demolished, Ahmadiyya place of worship vandalised in Sialkot
(Imran Sadiq, Dawn)
Russia: 28 new raids, now 20 criminal investigations
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russia is rounding up Jehovah's Witnesses - are other groups next?
(Marc Bennetts, Newsweek)
Jehovah's Witness in Birobidzhan released from two-months detention
(Website of the court of the Jewish autonomous oblast, Russia Religion News)
Third week of Christensen trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Gay man denied marriage license by Kim Davis loses primary bid
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Who would head new Ukrainian Orthodox Church?
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Leadership of Ukrainian church warns against consequences of autocephaly
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Boston cardinal urges action on climate change
(Catholic News Service)
UK cardinal says Church, police together can end trafficking
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Civic virtue & the common good: Forming a Catholic political imagination
(Robert W. McElroy, John T. McGreevy, Cathleen Kaveny, and Matthew Sitman, Commonweal)
The tense history behind Jimmy Carter's Liberty U. commencement address
(John Fea, Religion Dispatches)
The Cadbury Lectures 2018: Global religious and secular dynamics and trends
(University of Birmingham)
Arkansas Ten Commandments monument challenged as unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Gifts from God: How religion is coming to terms with modern fertility methods
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)
Fertility frontier: Washington Post delves into God's work vs. that of modern science
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Waves of transgender news add to difficult agenda confronting religious traditionalists
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
How Christian media is shaping American politics
(Jason C. Bivins, The Conversation)
Justice for Noura, justice for Sudanese women
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Fasting or not, Klopp says footballer Mohamed Salah ‘full of power’
(James Ellingworth, Associated Press)
Judge orders higher-calorie meals for Alaska Muslim inmates
(Becky Bohrer, Associated Press)
Exit polls suggest Irish voters have repealed abortion ban
(Gregory Katz and Renata Brito, Religion News Service)
Ireland abortion referendum: close result expected in historic vote
(Harriet Sherwood, Emma Graham-Harrison, Lisa O'Carroll, The Guardian)
The Latest: Activists welcome Irish returning home to vote
(Associated Press)
Ireland’s abortion referendum – here’s what you need to know
(Claire Pierson, The Conversation)
Ireland referendum could lift strict ban on abortion
(Gregory Katz and Renata Brito, Associated Press)
AP Explains: What to look for in Irish abortion referendum
(Gregory Katz, Associated Press)
Two dozen Jehovah's Witnesses now face charges
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
China leads world in religious diversity
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Federal RFRA amendment proposed in U.S. Senate to protect against third-party harms
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Thursday, 24 May 2018
CAP urges Malaysians to avoid commercialisation of religion during Ramadan
(Audrey Dermawan, New Straits Times)
Lessons from religious groups for a ‘Ghana beyond aid’
(James Kwateng-Yeboah, The Conversation)
Democratic senators fuse faith and politics in appeal to mainline preachers
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religious Freedom v. The Blaine Amendment: Current challenges to a discriminatory remnant of the Nineteenth Century
(Modrall Sperling, Lexology)
Bulgarian PM Borisov will go on a Visit with Pope Francis
(novinite.com)
Uzbekistan: Criminal prosecution follows Easter worship meeting?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Targeting of Jews in the Netherlands hits a 5-year high
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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