Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 24 May 2018
20 years after Suharto, Indonesia's democracy faces renewed challenges
(Ayu Purwaningsih, Deutsche Welle)
Italy’s bishops vow to be ‘critical conscience’ of new government
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mass atrocity crimes in Myanmar
(Engy Abdelkader, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious leaders in Myanmar call for investigation of crimes in Rakhine State
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican diplomat expresses hope for peace on Korean peninsula
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican-sponsored anti-trafficking group is given ‘Path to Peace’ award
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
After latest Christian deaths, Nigeria’s bishops warn ‘clock is ticking’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistani mob demolishes mosque belonging to minority sect
(Associated Press)
No discrimination against anyone on basis of religion: Rajnath
(The Times of India)
2018 Canterbury Medalist: Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik
(Becket)
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Korean churches plan prayer vigils ahead of Trump-Kim June summit
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Week two of trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness Dennis Christensen
(Orlovskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Christensen trial recessed until next week
(Orlovskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Judge prejudiced in Christensen trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Mystery witness scheduled to testify in Christensen case
(Orlovskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)
The State of Israel confronts anti-Semitism. But what is it?
(Armin Rosen, Tablet)
‘Buhari must wake up’ Nigeria’s bishops say after church attack
(Katrin Gänsler, Deutsche Welle)
U.S. military find faith, spiritual boost in pilgrimage to Lourdes
(Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Catholic News Service)
Top Italian bishop says it’s time to get back in the political game
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Arizona educators consider altering evolution references
(Associated Press)
Cardinal: Nicaragua talks at impasse, suspended indefinitely
(Associated Press)
First Liberty Institute prepared to support Attorney General Rutledge in Ten Commandments monument suit
(First Liberty Institute)
Wisconsin high court backs Ho-Chunk, protects burial sites
(Todd Richmond, Associated Press)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, splitting equally, upholds protection of Indian graves
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Equal at last? Michigan Civil Rights Commission bans LGBTQ discrimination
(Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press)
Michigan Civil Rights Commission says existing law covers LGBT discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
LGBT nondiscrimination protections: popular but not widely adopted
(Daniel Cox, PhD and Molly Fisch-Friedman, PRRI)
12 years without an execution: Is Zimbabwe ready to abolish the death penalty?
(Mai Sato, The Conversation)
The Palestinian struggle transcends religion
(Abdallah Fayyad, The Atlantic)
What good is religion? International development has focused on material goods, but religion has an important role to play in human flourishing
(Manini Sheker, Aeon)
Nick in the AM: West Prairie schools wrong to ban religion from grad’s speech, lawyer says
(Nick Vlahos, Journal Star)
Religiously, nonwhite Democrats are more similar to Republicans than to white Democrats
(Jeff Diamant and Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Towards a Europe of hope
(Mgr Antoine Hérouard, Auxiliary Bishop of Lille, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
European memories: integrating our common past
(Jan Tombinski - Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Muslim inmates sue Alaska corrections officials over policy
(Becky Bohrer, Associated Press)
The new divide in American politics
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Is religion making a comeback in the United States?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Respecting fundamental rights online and the fight against terrorism
(Mari Sol Pérez Guevara, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Chaldean Patriarch congratulates surprise Iraqi election winner
(World Watch Monitor)
Protestant churches in Algeria call on government to treat them fairly
(World Watch Monitor)
Francis cardinals make up almost half of electors of next pope
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
The challenge to Catholicism’s consistent ethic of economic life
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Paige Patterson removed as head of Southern Baptist seminary in #MeToo shake-up
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Paige Patterson to step down as president of seminary following spousal abuse comments
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has been relieved of his duties
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Paige Patterson has resigned. Imagine if he were Tim Cook
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Lawsuits seek removal of Arkansas Ten Commandments display
(Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)
Arkansas: Lawsuits filed declaring Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional
(KATV)
Suffer the little children: Philadelphia sacrifices Catholic foster services to identity politics.
(Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)
The New England Watch and Ward Society
(P.C. Kemeny, OUPblog | Religion)
Court: Ohio prison's grooming rules violate Rastafarian's religious liberty rights
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Dubai's Sikh community hosts inter-faith Iftar
(MENAFN)
Judge: President can’t block critics on Twitter
(Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
The EESC, an organisation essential to governance by dialogue
(Interview with Luca Jahier, by Johanna Touzel, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Acas on religion or belief discrimination at work
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Top Senate Democrats introduce bill to amend Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Singapore can organise inter-faith forum along the lines of Shangri-La Dialogue, suggests President Halimah
(Audrey Tan, Singapore Times)
Pakistan hails elevation of man for all faiths: Messages of congratulations and pride pour in for only the second Pakistani to become a cardinal
(Zahid Hussain, UCA News)
Pakistan’s Muslims, Christians welcome news of nation’s new cardinal
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)
Everything to know about Ireland’s historic abortion referendum
(Gabriella Paiella, The Cut)
Womb for living?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
EVENT, 23-25 May 2018: Is Religious Freedom under Threat? Trans-Atlantic Perspectives
(conference of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life in collaboration with Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion, in the Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre at Christ Church, Oxford)
The Hague City Council is concerned about Salafist activities
(Hans Noot, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Kristina Arriaga reappointed, Gary L. Bauer, Nadine Maenza, and Johnnie Moore appointed to USCIRF
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
How do Buddhists celebrate Vesak: The birth of Buddha?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Announcing Under Caesar's Sword: How Christians Respond to Persecution
(University of Notre Dame)
Ending global blasphemy laws is Government priority, says Foreign Office Minister
(Ekklesia)
Philippines: Marawi, a year after Islamist siege, 50,000 still in temporary shelter
(World Watch Monitor)
Sanja Matsuri festival – Yakuza day in pictures
(Arnel Hecimovic, The Guardian)
Philip Roth, acclaimed and controversial novelist who probed Jewish themes, dies at 85
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Thank you, Philip Roth
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Trump quotes Jeremiah 1:5 at pro-life gala, says 'every life has meaning'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
The (holy) ghost in the machine: Catholic thinkers tackle the ethics of artificial intelligence
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Trump wades deeper into abortion politics as midterms loom
(Jill Colvin, Associated Press)
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Key findings about American life in urban, suburban and rural areas
(Kristen Bialik, Pew Research Center Factank)
In his will, Billy Graham urges family to defend gospel 'at any cost'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Christians in Nepal suspect Hindu extremists in sudden attacks on churches
(Morning Star News)
Court hears objector to female bishops
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
‘Zero anti-Semitism’ in Azerbaijan, says interfaith delegation in S.F.
(Rob Gloster, The Jewish News of Northern California)
Politics podcast: Dean Smith on the pros and risks of new religious freedom protections
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
In the US, Muslims are making slow inroads toward a greener Ramadan
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Religion corrupting policy, and vice versa
(Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest)
No discrimination on basis of religion: Rajnath
(The Hindu)
FSU researchers find religious involvement deters recreational and medical marijuana use
(Kara Irby, Florida State University)
Labour confirms self-identifying trans women eligible for all-women shortlists and women's officer roles
(Paul Waugh, Huffpost UK)
Court sides with transgender student in his fight to use the boys’ bathroom
(Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post)
What Islamophobic politicians can learn from Mormons
(Asma Uddin, The New York Times)
What Malcolm X taught me about Muslim America
(Yasmine Flodin-Ali, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Denmark Minister calls fasting Muslims ‘a danger’ in Ramadan
(Martin Selsoe Sorensen, The New York Times)
Danish politician says Muslims stay off work during Ramadan
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Danish minister says Muslims fasting for Ramadan pose danger
(Jari Tanner, Associated Press)
Danish govt: Minister’s views on fasting Muslims are her own
(Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press)
Evolution wording removed from draft of Arizona school science standards
(Lauren Castle, AZ Central)
20 Cuban pastors and spouses killed in plane crash
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Moldovan president says LGBT march in Chisinau is alien to his country
(Interfax-Religion)
Brazilian synagogue damaged in arson attack
(Marcus M. Gilban, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious leaders say new NAFTA shouldn’t restrict access to medicines
(Catholic News Service)
Catholics among 59 arrested during ‘pray-in’ at U.S. Capitol
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Cameroon bishops urge dialogue to prevent ‘civil war’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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