Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Injunction entered against Obama-era contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ACLU of Oklahoma, CAIR OK file suit on behalf of Muslim woman barred from courthouse over hijab
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
Suit filed by Muslim woman forced to remove hijab for courthouse security inspection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rutherford Institute sues Forest Service for denying medical care to pipeline protester, asks court to let medical doctor access tree sitter
(The Rutherford Institute)
Doctor says his Free Exercise rights are infringed by blocking him from assisting protester
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims and what Ramadan means post Hurricane Maria
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
KAICIID, Austrian Mofa and Ö1 Radio feature at Vienna's Radiokulturhaus
(KAICIID)
Women ready to run for office in Egypt
(Nadia Mabrouk, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Photographing Faith
(Lauren Pond, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Must we burn something to get attention? 50 years after the Catonsville nine
(Jason C. Bivins, Religion Dispatches)
Faith-baiting in Minnesota and elsewhere follows the "project blitz" playbook
(Fredrick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches)
Why has the critique of hypocrisy run out of steam?
(Christopher Douglas, Religion Dispatches)
Trump will be keynote speaker at major pro-life group's event
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
The end of Trump won't be the end of Trumpism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
To my fellow evangelicals: What you’re cheering in Jerusalem is shameful
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
All hail Ms Marvel, a young, female Muslim superhero for our times
(Coco Khan, The Guardian)
Marvel 'has plans' for first Muslim American superhero character
(Andrew Pulver, The Guardian)
What do you say to a four-year-old white supremacist?
(Lamees El-sadek, The Guardian)
Doctor barred from seeing protester sues, citing religion
(Associated Press)
Christian-only town must now allow non-Christians to buy homes
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Man found guilty of vandalizing Islamic center with bacon
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
BYU AdLab takes a unique approach to religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Education Secretary Devos takes aim at laws barring taxpayer money from aiding religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Betsy DeVos visits 2 Orthodox schools on New York City trip
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian and Irish bishops issue separate statements on same-sex relationships
(Anglican Communion News Service)
FFRF condemns the appointment of Tony Perkins to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Michele Bachmann apologizes to the Jewish community
(JM, World Religion News)
Sudan: ‘Put brakes on’ normalising relations, rights groups tell US
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt: Families of beheaded Copts finally reunited with remains of loved ones
(World Watch Monitor)
Can the Scouts help safeguard the future of the Church in Syria?
(World Watch Monitor)
The ’Splainer: The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis on the Beatitudes
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
As US cities re-examine bail, Muslims launch a fund at Ramadan to pay it
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Museum of the Bible visitors top half a million in first six months
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tom Wolfe’s message to the Jews
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
The Anglican politics of Prince Harry’s wedding
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Vatican denounces offshore tax havens as harming the poor
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Training manuals in the Grand Mosque of Brussels advocating jihad, anti-semitism, and stoning of homosexuals
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Interfaith leaders join Jews in call for new envoy to fight anti-Semitism
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
How smaller congregations are challenging the system to ‘go solar’
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Episcopalians scramble to capitalize on royal wedding opportunity
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
My daughter’s imaginary Colonial town has a mosque. It led to an unexpected discussion.
(Cynthia Miller-Idriss, The Washington Post)
Defeated in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is rebuilding in countries like Indonesia
(Greg Barton, The Conversation)
Reflections on my visit with Rohingya refugees
(Samuel D. Brownback, US Department of State)
Philly foster families ask court to stop City from shutting down critical foster care services
(Becket Law)
Q&A: Why is the Golan Heights so important?
(Abdulaziz Alghasian, The Conversation)
Max. £2 stake: Fixed Odds Betting Terminals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
You may have never heard of Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, but eventually you will. Here's why
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
LDS Church, NAACP jointly call for racial harmony, end to prejudice
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
The Covenant and the courts: Inside a Christian university's law school crusade
(Chris Selley, National Post)
EVENT, 17-18 May 2018: Digital Religion & New Media – Workshop
(Center for Religious Studies of Foundazione Bruno Kesler, Trento)
Trump to cut millions in funding for Planned Parenthood, abortion providers
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Judge says Ohio can’t cut off convicted killer’s dreadlocks
(Associated Press)
New Government guidance on religious symbols at work?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
When is Ramadan in 2018?
(Al Jazeera)
Ramadan begins
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to start Thursday
(Aya Batrawy and Abdullah Al-Shihri, Associated Press)
Is fasting at Ramadan good for you?
(Aamir Hussain, Religion News Service)
What are halal foods?
(Myriam Renaud, The Conversation)
Embassy move, Gaza crisis make for somber start to Palestinians’ Ramadan
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Trump in Ramadan message notes the 'richness Muslims add to the religious tapestry of America'
(Brett Samuels, The Hill)
Russia: Will Constitutional Court reduce "anti-missionary" prosecutions?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Atheist churches: The elusive phenomenon of churches without God
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Over 1,000 religious leaders urge Mike Pompeo to name anti-Semitism monitor
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Russian Federation and religious freedom in the spotlight – Side session at the United Nations Geneva (2018-05-14)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
The US Embassy is in Jerusalem. Now, what?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
US embassy in Jerusalem opens amid violence: 4 essential reads
(Danielle Douez, The Conversation)
Religion a large presence as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
For some, the U.S. embassy’s move to Jerusalem fulfills divine prophecy
(Michele Chabin, Religion New Service)
Is Jerusalem embassy part of God’s grand plan? Why some evangelicals love Israel
(John Fea, Religion News Service)
New US policy toward Jerusalem will advance peace in the region
(John Hagee, Religion News Service)
Why Vatican won’t be joining U.S. on Jerusalem’s Embassy Row
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fear of Islam must not drive US foreign policy
(Huma Yasin, The Hill)
At least 61 killed by Israeli forces in Gaza protests as US opens embassy in Jerusalem
(Dawood Rehman, Daily Pakistan)
Israeli violence met with global condemnation
(Maureen Clare Murphy, The Global Intifada)
Hamas official: 50 of the 62 Gazans killed in border violence were our members
(Judah Ari Gross and TOI Staff, The Times of Israel)
Hamas leader says 50 members killed in Gaza protests
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
The Hanas martyrdom operation
(The Editors, National Review)
Eyeless in Gaza
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Pakistan condemns Israel's state terrorism in Gaza at UN; calls for independent probe
(Mahmood Idrees, Daily Pakistan)
Israel demands UN condemn Hamas’s use of children, civilians as human shields
(The Times of Israel)
Israel defends Gaza crackdown as self-defense: 'We are saving human life'
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel has the right and obligation to defend its border with deadly force
(David French, National Review)
Nikki Haley stands up to the U.N.’s Israel hatred
(Video, National Review)
Dianne Feinstein blasts Nikki Haley for stopping UN Gaza query
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Guatemala moves Israel embassy to Jerusalem, 2 days after US
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A religious bigot should not have given the opening prayer at the U.S. embassy says Romney
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
State Department says controversial pastor was invited by ambassador
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amid conflict, Jews and Muslims in US seek solidarity
(Jeff Karoub and David Crary (AP), Religion News Service)
The new American embassy’s messianic moment
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
'Freedom Flotilla' sets sail from Sweden to the Gaza Srip
(Juliane Helmhold, The Jerusalem Post)
Bitter Winter: Daily news online of religion in China
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China
Cooperation, dialogue needed for interreligious harmony, pope says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Two appointments made to USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tenzin Dorjee reappointed, Tony Perkins appointed to USCIRF
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tony Perkins appointed to US panel on international religious freedom
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Anti-LGBT hate group leader Tony Perkins to join U.S. religious freedom group
(David G. McAfee, Friendly Atheist)
Abrams, “The Soul of the First Amendment”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness resumes
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
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