Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Royal Wedding – some legal links
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“The Power of Love”— Bishop Michael Curry's sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
(The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby)
Friday, 18 May 2018
ISIS recruiter's wife Moutiaa El-Zahed found guilty of refusing to stand for judge
(Brooke Wylie, ABC News Australia)
Why would Philadelphia harm children by excluding Catholic foster-care services?
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
Guernsey rejects assisted dying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Presidential Message on Ramadan
(The White House)
Face-coverings and testimony in court
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Woman loses appeal over nijab ban in court
(Australian Associated Press)
Australian appeals court upholds refusal to allow testimony from plaintiff wearing Niqab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia needs a better conversation about religious freedom
(Scott Kirkland, The Conversation)
Key arrests tighten noose around Islamic State's Baghdadi
(Shelly Kittleston, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Where have those displaced from Syria's Douma gone?
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Why China may not come to Iran’s rescue
(Mohsen Shariatinia, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Can Al-Azhar persuade Egyptians to stay married?
(N.A. Hussein, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Celebration in Jerusalem, bloodshed in Gaza
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Israel must answer for the deaths in Gaza. But it is time for Palestinians to take up genuine non-violence
(The Economist)
Gaza border protests resume as UN calls for inquiry
(Ashraf Sweilam and Fares Akram, Religion News Service)
Dignity and death on Gaza's border
(Hana Salah, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Gaza response shows Israel hasn’t learned from the past
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Pope warns bloodshed in Gaza hurts peace: ‘War begets war’
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
The peace of Jerusalem: Followers of Jesus fail to agree about his homeland
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Headscarves still rare sight in Egypt's Foreign Ministry
(Ahmed Mattarek, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Assad in surprise Sochi visit as Russia continues Iran-Israel mediation
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)
As Hawaii volcano rumbles, Catholic agencies help those in need
(Michelle La Rosa, Catholic News Agency)
Empty cradle, empty pews? What the low birth rate means for Catholics
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Chile’s bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
All Chilean bishops present resignation, await decision from pope
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Jerusalem's Ramadan is different this year
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Religious schools should be free to follow beliefs, Dutton says
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
The US-Israeli relationship faces a storm on the horizon
(Michael H Fuchs, The Guardian)
Pope gets an unprecedented close-up, courtesy of Wim Wenders
(Jack Coyle, Religion News Service)
What the church can do to help opioid addicts: A Q&A with Raymond Barfield
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Godless choir mixes fellowship with a full-throated defense of atheism
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Murderer makes repentance in new role as prison imam
(Tracy Simmons, Religion News Service)
How to tell when criticism of Israel is actually anti-Semitism
(Jill Jacobs, The Washington Post)
Jehovah's Witness in Birobidzhan target of criminal case
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
The best Vatican document on economics for some time
(Philip Booth, Catholic Herald)
British Muslim group denounces anti-Semitism in full page newspaper ad
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Archbishop warns legalizing abortion ‘point of no return’ for Ireland
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Justin Welby: separation of church and state not a disaster
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Justin Welby: ‘I’m nervous about dropping the rings at the royal wedding’
(Justin Welby, The Guardian)
Citing Supreme Court’s playground ruling, Education Dept. eases religious funding rules
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indonesia seeks death for cleric accused of ordering attacks
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
ACLU to New Mexico prisons: Allow inmates to honor Ramadan
(Associated Press)
Bias fears justified; Wilders gets new appeals judges
(Associated Press)
At OIC, Turkey urges Muslim nations to support Palestinians
(Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press)
New Kansas law allows agencies to refuse LGBT adoptions
(John Hanna, Associated Press)
Chief Coroner’s Guidance: Decision making and expedited guidance
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Chief coroner issues new religious guidance following High Court decision against Mary Hassell
(Daniel Sugarman, The Jewish Chronicle)
England's chief coroner gives guidance on rapid release of bodies for religious reasons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pensacola Bayview Park cross: Appeals court hears arguments, ruling may come in summer
(Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal)
11th Circuit hears arguments in challenge to cross in city park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic social services sues Philadelphia over end to foster care referrals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Arab world’s star student: What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)
The religious coalition blessing abortion clinics across America
(Caroline Kent, Broadly)
I teach refugees to map their world
(Brian Tomaszewski, The Conversation)
Muslim group buys newspaper adverts in new campaign to combat antisemitism
(Daniel Sugarman, The JC)
Saudi Arabia’s interfaith dialogue a welcome move
(Nathalie Goulet, Arab News)
Trump to deny funds to clinics that refer for abortion
(Jill Colvin and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
Reconsideration of pews vs upholstered chairs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Some Christians and Jews hail embassy move to Jerusalem as key to a Biblical plan
(Michele Chabin, Christian Headlines)
Indonesia’s pluralism in ‘grave peril’ after attacks on churches
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indonesia: Death toll ‘unimaginable’ if bomb had exploded inside church
(World Watch Monitor)
Jesus rode a dinosaur: Conference looks at what churches tell teens about science
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Pence meets leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim group days after ISIS church bombings
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Purge against Christians' in Eastern China: Religious meetings banned, parents told to renounce Jesus
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Title X restrictions on Planned Parenthood a 'major victory'
(Catholic News Agency)
Kazakhstan: Why were prisoner's conditions made harsher?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Christians and cinema, a long companionship in Europe
(Magali Van Reeth, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Chinese mass-indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution
(Gerry Shih, Associated Press)
Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
'Constitution allows' cross in public park, city says
(Baptist Press)
China escalates nationwide crackdown on Protestant churches
(Radio Free Asia)
ACLU notifies Mew Mexico detention facilities of inmates’ religious liberties during Ramadan
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
How an Irish-American woman’s legal case helped spur Ireland’s abortion referendum
(Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post)
Report into religious freedom due
(Northern Daily Leader)
Ukrainian mayor and diplomat caught engaging in anti-Semitic rhetoric
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
World Council of Churches worried that some Christians celebrating move of US embassy to Jerusalem
(Ecumenical News)
Christianity is world's most persecuted religion - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Operation "Judgment Day" against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
‘Thank the Party!’ China tries to brainwash Muslims in camps
(Gerry Shih, Religion News Service)
Former inmates of China’s Muslim ‘reeducation’ camps tell of brainwashing, torture
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Housekeeper fired for being Jehovah's Witness (Christensen trial)
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Anti-evangelism case against Pentecostal pastor falls apart
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
African Pentecostal student sentenced for illegal evangelism
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours
(Dalia Fahmy and Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center Factank)
Vatican sees risk of ‘social collapse’ in global economic order
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church mediates Nicaraguan talks; bishop urges Ortega to change tactics
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Church pleads for prayers ahead of Ireland’s abortion referendum
(Catholic News Agency)
Pilgrims brave dangerous neighborhoods to pray at Trinidad shrine
(Laura Ann Phillips, Catholic News Service)
Moral and Constitutional dimensions of Trump v. Hawaii (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Davis Brown, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Guardian view on US religion: the Christian right is breaking up
(The Guardian)
Is the religion-line the problem of the Twenty-First century? (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Farid Hafez, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Is Trump v. Hawaii about religious liberty? An international perspective (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Peter Henne, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
President as Theologian-in-Chief, for better or worse? (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Jonathan Teubner, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
NAACP and Mormons call for racial harmony, civility
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
India’s Hindu nationalists defeat Congress in state election
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Doctor barred from seeing protester sues, citing religion
(Associated Press)
Dutch anti-Islam firebrand Wilders: Appeals hearing not fair
(Associated Press)
Abortion-pill mandate for Christian colleges ruled illegal
(The College Fix)
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