Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in travel ban case today
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Transcript and audio of arguments in Trump v. Hawaii now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oral Argument - Audio in Trump v. Hawaii
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Travel ban case is justices’ first dive into Trump policy
(Mark Sherman, Religion News Service)
Trump's statements on travel ban dominate Supreme Court arguments
(Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal)
Argument analysis: Travel ban seems likely to survive Supreme Court’s review
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Supreme Court appears to lean in favor of Trump's right to impose travel ban
(Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian)
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward upholding Trump's travel ban
(Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Will the Supreme Court Join the #Resistance?
(David French, National Review)
The Bill of Rights is the best defense against a travel ban
(Michael Mannheimer and Ilya Somin, The Hill)
Why some religious-freedom groups won’t take a stand on the travel ban
(Tobin Grant and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Andhra Pradesh government website leaks Aadhaar, caste, religion data of 1.3 lakh people
(The New Indian Express)
Jehovah’s Witnesses seek asylum in Finland
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Religion, the state, and the states explain why Mexico has stronger LGBT rights than the US
(Caroline Beer and Victor D. Cruz-Aceves, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Westboro Baptist Church members debate Satanists in CMU classroom discussion
(Melissa Frick, Morning Sun)
For China's Buddhist monks, an IPO too far
(Adam Minter, Bloomberg)
The wall between church and state comes at a cost
(nj.com)
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee: The protection of human rights in Bulgaria is getting worse
(novinite.com)
Christian from all traditions meet in Bogotá for third global gathering
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Report of trial of Jehovah's Witness in Orel on 24 April 2018
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Macron’s attempt to bond with French Catholics lacks substance
(Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, America Magazine)
Anti-Semitic incidents rise to record level in Canada
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UK Labour Party under fire over anti-Semitism allegations
(Associated Press)
Jeremy Corbyn: we have not done enough to tackle antisemitism
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Attorneys urge appeals court to block Iraqi deportations
(Dan Sewell, Associated Press)
Pope to focus on fate of Christians in Middle East on July 7
(Associated Press)
Transgender inmate sues prison over witchcraft rights
(Associated Press)
Shrugging off Trump scandals, Evangelicals look to rescue G.O.P.
(Jeremy W. Peters and Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times)
Evangelicals organizing for mid-term elections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit allows religious group to intervene in state's challenge to Trump contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Senate confirms Becket’s former General Counsel Kyle Duncan for Fifth Circuit judgeship
(Press Release, Becket)
Senate confirms religious liberty expert for seat on 5th Circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A “view” from the courtroom: An audience of luminaries for the final argument of the term
(Mark Walsh, SCOTUSblog)
POTUS shield protects Trump from witches and warlocks
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Elena Kagan compares Muslim ban to anti-Semitism at Supreme Court hearing
(Aiden Pink, Forward)
Trump’s Muslim ban is an affront to American values
(Rachel K. Laser and David Gushee, Religion News Service)
Women and youth protest in Plateau, Nigeria
(International Christian Concern)
Sex 'assigned at birth,' one of nation's largest school systems plans to teach middle schoolers
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
School shootings: Mental health or spiritual warfare?
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Erdogan breathes new life into Turkey's opposition
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkey complains about 'Islamophobia' in Europe, persecutes its own Christian community
(Uzay Bulut, Coptic Solidarity)
‘State-sponsored repression’ behind Eritrea’s refugee epidemic
(World Watch Monitor)
Beyond the spectacle of Wild Wild Country
(Ronit Feinglass Plank, The Atlantic)
Passages from the Bible discovered behind Qur'an manuscript
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
IICSA Interim Report: Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Foster-care, “the religious background of the child” – and inaccurate reporting
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Complaint upheld over Times story about girl fostered by Muslims
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)
Union boss: Labour MPs complaining of antisemitism are smearing Corbyn
(Heather Stewart, Jessica Elgot, and Anne Perkins, The Guardian)
UK Labour Party under fire over anti-Semitism allegations
(Associated Press)
Bavarian leader orders Christian crosses on all state buildings
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Bringing psychological civilian harm to the forefront: Incidental civilian fear as trauma in the case of recurrent attacks
(Solon Solomon, EJIL: Talk!)
Coptic teacher cleared of contempt of religion for questions about Muhammad
(World Watch Monitor)
On trial for terrorism and espionage in a Turkish court
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
‘Giving freedom to women is something remarkable’ – Egypt’s Protestant head
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious group's billboard says guns are idols and need to be eliminated
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Is gun violence caused by a lack of prayer?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Cremation plan for late Kenyan politician stirs debate on faith and culture
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
US Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Who owns “never again”?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
The lesson of the loaves and fishes — lost on the House Agriculture Committee
(James H. Willis, Religion News Service)
A new American phase for Francis
(Massimo Faggioli, Religion News Service)
Accused of new anti-Semitism, French Muslims speak out
(Associated Press)
In northern Myanmar, forgotten Kachin conflict intensifies
(Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan, Associated Press)
Pope to focus on fate of Christians in Middle East on July 7
(Associated Press)
British Jewish groups call meeting with Labour leader ‘a disappointing missed opportunity’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Viral photo prompts Indonesian government moves toward banning child marriage
(Beh Lih Yi, Reuter)
New Judge in Respect of Montenegro
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
Maine Democrats quash bill to criminalize FGM
(Meira Svirsky, Clarion Project)
Academic freedom won’t survive carnival act universities
(Greg Weiner, Law & Liberty Blog)
Religious disputes escalate over upcoming Iraqi elections
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Solidarity, prayers and action for the missing bishops of Aleppo
(Press Release No: 18/58, Conference of European Churches)
Abortion and fatal foetal abnormality in Northern Ireland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights rejected the complaint by the Government of R. Macedonia, thus making the verdict for the registration of the Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric final
(Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)
The Government has been defeated on the EU Charter of Rights: Here’s why this matters
(Jem Collins, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)
EVENT, 25 April 2018: “Religious Liberty or Unjust Discrimination? How Students Can Make a Difference in the Culture Wars”
(ToleranceMeans Dialogue, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa)
EVENT, 23-25 April 2018, 25th Anniversary Academic Conference & Interfaith Forum, Chicago, IL
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Tragic event in Pakistan: Adventist Church President offers condolences, asks for prayer
(Ted N.C. Wilson, Adventist News Network)
UK judge rejects bid to take sick toddler Alfie Evans abroad
(Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless, Associated Press)
Alfie Evans case: Parents lose appeal to take their ailing son to Vatican hospital
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Extraordinary actions by pope and Italy draw little USA ink, with the Alfie Evans story (updated)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Parents of sick toddler Alfie Evans make new court challenge
(Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Associated Press)
Parents of sick toddler Alfie Evans lose UK court appeal
(Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Religion News Service)
Father: Sick UK child surviving after life support withdrawn
(Danica Kirka, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 23-25 April 2018: Digitalisation and the future of work and social relations (conference in Berlin)
(CEC and CALL in cooperation with the Church of Sweden and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden)
German state orders crosses mounted at government buildings
(Associated Press)
German Muslim leader says anti-Semitism is a sin
(Deutsche Welle)
Don’t wear kippahs in public, top German Jewish leader says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thousands of Germans join 'kippa marches' to reject anti-Semitism
(Madeline Chambers and Michael Nienaber, Reuters)
Germans don Jewish skullcaps to protest anti-Semitism
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Black Americans are more likely than overall public to be Christian, Protestant
(David Masci, Besheer Mohamed, and Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
When Americans say they believe in God, what do they mean?
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Most Americans believe, but not always in the God of the Bible
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
BDS resolution passes at George Washington University
(Haley Cohen, Forward)
Jewish students: A blacklist of BDS supporters is hurting our efforts to defend Israel on campus
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Barnard students rage over president’s rejection of landslide BDS vote
(Aiden Pink, Forward)
India's death penalty for rapists of young girls could push them to kill
(Rituparna Chatterjee, The Guardian)
Editorial: Preserving churches and preserving the constitution
(North Jersey)
FFRF fights to end clergy housing tax-break
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
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