Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Minnesota bill to allow “In God We Trust” in schools generates passionate debate
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Britain’s Prince Charles meets head of Orthodox Greek Church
(Associated Press)
1 killed, 2 badly wounded in South Africa mosque attack
(Cara Anna, Associated Press)
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Tennessee Islamic Center
(Sheila Burke, Associated Press)
Gayle Manchin appointed to USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamic consultant sues over New Castle YDC sale
(Mike Gauntner, WFMJ News)
Islamic school consultant files religious freedom lawsuit over impediments to its purchase of property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Taiwan's bishops gather at the Vatican for first time in 10 years
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Disability groups oppose using botanist's death to advance assisted suicide agenda
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
To fight white supremacy we must resist essentialism: The author responds
(Andrea R. Jain, Religion Dispatches)
Catholic university in Iowa opens sex-segregated Islamic prayer space
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
North Korea: 10 things to know about its history, persecution, and some good news
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
A design lab is making rituals for secular people
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
The Ancient Brit with Bags of Grit? How anglicised Asterix came to UK
(Mark Brown, The Guardian)
Screen grabs: how religious sects seized Madagascar's cinema district
(Isabelle Mayault, The Guardian)
Forcibly outing LGBT children to their parents is monstrous
(Drew Brown, The Guardian)
Trump is saving Christians from North Korea
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Churches now included in Oklahoma "stand your ground" law
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pakistan: bereaved parents accept compensation but suspect walks free
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Brunson’s lawyer: secret witness practice ‘absolutely outlandish’
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Austin Channing Brown: White people are ‘exhausting’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis warns of two false paths to holiness
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Evangelicals find like-minded Christians in unlikely place: Palestinian West Bank
(Dan Rabb, Religion News Service)
Churchgoers say gifts to charity, needy count as tithing
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson apologizes to women ‘wounded’ by remarks
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Why Paige Patterson’s apology may not be enough
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Canadians oppose abortion requirement
(Survey and Report, Knights of Columbus)
Trudeau government is displaying ‘totalitarian’ tendencies: Former religious freedom ambassador
(The Canadian Press)
Political initiative in Argentina looks to Pope Francis’ leadership to solve social ills
(Religion Watch, May 2018, Volume 33 No. 7, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Study: 1 in 5 baby boomers increasing faith as they reach old age
(David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA): Ahead of the Trend)
Data protection policy statement
(Frank Cranmer & David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Expanding festivals in France creating Protestant unity
(Religion Watch, May 2018, Volume 33 No. 7, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Constitutional interpretation and Loving v. Virginia
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine requires dismissal of priest's defamation suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Euthanasia and Assisted Dying- the law and why it should not change
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religion Watch, May 2018, Volume 33 No. 7 ("Mormonism globalizes on leadership and lay levels" and more)
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Religion alive and well in Brazil’s public square
(Religion Watch, May 2018, Volume 33 No. 7, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Report: UN weakness on religious freedom undercuts its authority on human rights
(World Watch Monitor)
Anti-Conversion Laws and the International Response
(Meghan Grizzle Fischer, ADF International White Paper)
Who put Native American sign language in the US mail?
(Jennifer Graber, OUPblog)
China to target religious activities of foreign nationals with revised rules
(Radio Free Asia)
China releases draft rules to regulate foreigners’ religious activities
(Zhang Hui, Global Times)
Abide in darkness: China’s war on religion stalls Vatican deal
(Eva Dou and Francis X. Rocca, The Wall Street Journal)
State control over Islam in Algeria remains strong, while Salafism spreads
(Religion Watch, May 2018, Volume 33 No. 7, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Myanmar’s bishops discuss China, Rohingya with Pope Francis
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Trump announces release of 3 Christian prisoners in North Korea, will personally greet them
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Religious freedom efforts in the spotlight as North Korean prisoners freed
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
In leery South Korea, American missionary couple works for reunification of North and South
(Aziza Kasumov, Religion News Service)
A Christian escapee from North Korea has his doubts about Kim’s peace overtures
(World Watch Monitor)
EVENT, 10-14 May 2018: FIRMA - Faiths In Tune : Festival Internazionale delle Religioni tramite la Musica e le Arti
(Faiths in Tune, CESNUR, Osservatorio sul Pluralismo Religioso, Torino, Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino)
Imprisoned pastor's lawyer: Secret witness practice 'absolutely outlandish'
(Barbara G. Baker, Christian Headlines)
Cologne Declaration on the Rohingya Crisis and Solution
(Forwarded by Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
German labor court upholds ban on primary school teacher wearing hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Palestinians to partner with Damascus on refugee camp reconstruction
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Egyptian women fight for right to top judicial positions
(Ahmed Aleem, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Oldest state medical association in US says self-induced abortions shouldn't be a crime
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Iran is reportedly preparing a missile strike on Israel
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Trump withdraws from 'one-sided' Iran deal to prevent 'brink of a nuclear breakout'
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Nigeria: Nearly 1,000 Boko Haram captives are rescued, 50 militants killed
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Iowa gov. signs into law 'most restrictive abortion ban in the country'
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Trump's religious freedom order has allowed faith-based charities to help 13.7 million people
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
March for Life UK draws thousands to London
(Catholic News Agency)
Quakers and the relevance of God
(Letters, The Guardian)
Debate on ‘God language’ doesn’t mean all Quakers are losing faith
(Helen Porter, Thelma Percy, Nigel Mellor, Peter Huber, The Guardian)
Iraq-born refugee could become first Arabic speaker to head Britain’s Jews
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time
(Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)
Jakarta court rejects attempt by Hizb ut-Tahrir to reverse its ban
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
Sunday Telegraph pays damages to mosque chief over Corbyn article
(Jim Waterson, The Guardian)
High tech Sistine Chapel installation highlights Michelangelo's work
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Jewish leaders oppose Gina Haspel, President Trump's CIA nominee
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Human evolution exhibit censored to avoid offending ultra-Orthodox Jews
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Court orders extra payment to Christian widows of 14 who died in India riots
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Praying for a peacemaker: What do Iraq’s elections mean for the remaining Christians?
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)
Iraq's top Shiite cleric denounces militias' electoral list
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
When Rihanna dressed as the pope
(Timothy O'Malley, Religion News Service)
Christianity and the radical transformation of culture
(Paul Krause, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
Here’s why a case about ‘gay cakes’ is back in your newsfeed
(Eilidh Turnbull, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)
The ‘gay cake’ fight: why the bakers had a right to refuse this order
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)
A Message to the Churches: "Let mutual love continue"
(Global Christian Forum Third Global Gathering Bogotá, 24-27 April 2018)
Churches as agents for justice and against populism: summary of major findings
(Church of Sweden, Brot für de Well, the Lutheran World Federation, Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin)
Rep. Jared Huffman: Religion “should not be driving public policy”
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist)
Morocco: Upholding religion and security
(Radwan al-Sayed, Al Arabiya)
Faith takes a hit with religious people behaving badly
(Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Register)
David and Goliath: The fight to end a billion dollar tax break for “ministers of the gospel”
(Andrew L. Seidel, Patheos)
Muslims and Christians should work together to support family and human flourishing
(Paul Rowan Brian, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Francis speaks out on 'modern-day slavery'
(La Croix International)
Sunday alcohol sales up for vote in Laurens Co.
(Nickelle Smith, WSPA News)
Bangladeshi journalists 'living in constant fear'
(Rock Rozario and Stephan Uttom, La Croix International)
Former Guam archbishop appears in Rome function, stirs controversy
(La Croix International)
Sen. Dan Hall's 'In God We Trust' amendment sparks church and state debate
(Christine Schuster, Savage Pacer)
Vatican's instruction on improving canon law studies, now in English
(La Croix International)
Competing visions of Islam will shape Europe in the 21st century
(David Frum, The Atlantic)
Boy Scouts will drop word 'boy' from their name
(John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)
Is it just an 'atheists' club'? Inside the House of Representatives' new Freethought Caucus
(Francie Diep, Pacific Standard)
Cardinal Jozef De Kesel backs prayer ceremony for gay couples
(Claire Lesegretain, La Croix International)
German court ban teacher from wearing hijab
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
AfD row overshadows German Catholic Convention
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Pope opens new way of governance in German communion controversy
(Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, La Croix International)
Pope Francis to meet with head of Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
German bishops debate who can receive the eucharist
(Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
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