Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
“Religious harmony” principle backfires in Indonesia
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
Court hears appeal: Do Phoenix wedding invitation designers have to serve gay couples?
(Jessica Boehm, AZ Central)
Dialogue between reason and religion an antidote to populism
(Philip McDonagh, Irish Times)
Will new conversion bill help 400,000 Israelis of ‘no religion’? Not likely
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, Times of Israel)
African student found guilty of illegal evangelism
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness resumes
(NewsOrel.ru, Russia Religion News)
Politics of the Ukrainian venture
(Andrei Melnikov, Nezavisimaia Gazeta)
Ukrainian president challenges Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Saying ‘never again’ means saying ‘no Muslim ban’
(Albert Fox Cahn, Forward)
Former nanny files suit against ‘buffer zone’ around U.K. abortion clinic
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
New York assisted suicide bill draws fire from disability rights group
(Catholic News Agency)
Brazil bishops worry about the impact of media polarization
(Filipe Domingues, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egyptian mosque bill could pit government against top religious body
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Chad bishops oppose constitutional reforms which would increase president’s power
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gunmen kill 15 at Nigeria church, including 2 priests
(Associated Press)
Judge tosses lawsuit by Utah imam involving no-fly listing
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)
Italy grants Alfie Evans citizenship in hopes of transfer to Rome
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court: Foreign corporations cannot be ATS defendants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State Department releases 2017 country reports on human rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Falun Gong is a religion under FACE Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New CAIR report: Trump's Muslim bans increased anti-Muslim discrimination, violence
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Report finds increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A 'yeah, right!' story? Try Macron wanting French Muslims to change their faith, on his terms
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Could a California bill ban Christian teaching on homosexuality?
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
California considers bill that would make traditional views on sexuality illegal
(Monica Burke, The Daily Signal)
New York assisted suicide bill draws fire from disability rights group
(Catholic News Agency)
Israel, Palestinians return to conflicting narratives
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Wafd Party elections raise issue of female empowerment in Egypt
(N.A. Hussein, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Is Israel-Iran clash imminent?
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Atheist protesters looking to impose $1B taxes on churches as pastors warn of devastating impact
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Nepali Christians traversing mountains to share the Gospel
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Cuba gets a new president
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
The problem of statelessness in Lebanon
(Anna Deckert, Mission Network News)
Turkish President renews hostage swap demand in American pastor’s case
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Myanmar churches shelter fleeing civilians in Kachin
(John Zaw, UCANews)
An Indian politician claimed ancient Hindus invented the internet
(Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic)
Christian missionaries a ‘threat’ to India’s unity, says MP
(World Watch Monitor)
Algeria: church-run nursery ordered to close
(World Watch Monitor)
"The Exorcist" director's new documentary on real-life exorcisms
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
(Christopher Beem, Religion News Service)
How Yo-Yo Ma became God
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
EVENT, 24 April 2018: The Future of Political Islam: Trends and Prospects
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Natalie Portman touches a nerve in Israel with prize snub
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Natalie Portman skips "Jewish Nobel Prize" over recent events in Israel
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
US Human Rights Report whitewashes Israel’s abuses against Palestinians
(Elisa Epstein, Human Rights Watch)
Monday, 23 April 2018
Egypt: Looming humanitarian crisis in Sinai
(Human Rights Watch)
France tightens immigration law, sparking division
(euobserver)
Parabéns! Portugal votes to respect the rights of trans and intersex people
(IGLA Europe)
On Earth Day, Christians remember that 'this is my Father's world'
(Richard Mouw, Christian Headlines)
U.S. Diplomats Celebrate Earth Day 2018
(DIPNote (U.S. Department of State Official Blog))
Earth Day, Exodus and Martin Luther King
(Robert F. Murphy, Religion News Service)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
April 22: New Jersey church repair unconstitutional, Nebraska nuns lose Medicaid, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Reports
(Jonathan Collett, Kerri Spindler-Ranta, DIP Note (U.S. Department of State Official Blog))
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017
(Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Deparment of State)
U.S. Human Rights Report labels Russia and China threats to global stability
(Gardiner Harris, The New York Times)
US calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on human rights
(The Straits Times)
State Department strikes reproductive rights, ‘Occupied Territories’ from human rights report
(Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
State Department: Abortion ‘is not a human right’
(Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner)
Human Rights Report by U.S. singles out Russia, China and Iran
(Felicia Schwartz, The Wall Street Journal)
The stark differences in how the Trump and Obama administrations talk about human rights
(Annalisa Merelli, Quartz)
Human rights groups bristling at State Department Report
(Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)
Palace (Phlippines): US State Department report inconsistent with Trump's statements
(Patricia Lourdes Viray, The Philippine Star)
Media outlets report on release of, reactions to U.S. State Department Human Rights Report
(Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation)
Impact visualized: New video resources on business, freedom & faith
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute)
Youth, schools, and violence: What can churches do?
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Focus on legal questions, not politics, in Supreme Court travel ban case
(Mark Miller, The Hill)
‘This is my real life’: Where Trump’s travel ban hits home
(Jennifer Peltz, Religion News Service)
In travel ban case, Supreme Court considers ‘the president’ vs.‘this president’
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
The anti-democratic thinker inspiring America's Conservative elites
(Hugo Drochon, The Guardian)
Syria, Islam and Christianity: The West’s bombing of Syria meets some approval from Muslims
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
New study says government services and religiosity are inversely related
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Government vs. God? People are less religious when government is bigger, research says
(Jared Gilmour, Miami Herald)
The ascent of democracy in Ghana
(Brendan Wade, Borgen Magazine)
Judge sets stage for Falun Gong's religious bias case against 'anti-cult' group
(Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal)
Landmark mosque in Iraq’s Mosul to be rebuilt
(Associated Press)
'A vigilante state': Aceh's citizens take sharia law into their own hands
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
Don’t block roads during prayers, Lagos Govt. tells religious bodies
(Vanguard)
Boko Haram: Leah’s father speaks on daughter’s release
(Fikayo Olowolagba, Daily Post)
Lebanon: Mass evictions of Syrian refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
Labour’s far left must tame itself to root out antisemitism
(Keith Kahn-Harris, The Guardian)
Labour antisemitism roundtable meeting postponed
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Erdogan demands Gulen extradition for US pastor’s release
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
GQ magazine says you don't have to read the Bible
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Should you sit with your family at church?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Megachurch partners with Facebook to expand outreach
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
The church should rethink its Sunday rituals
(Élodie Maurot, La Croix International)
New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
(Andrew Meldrum, Religion News Service)
Church teaching leads Catholic entities to divest from fossil fuels
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Terrorist groups wreak havoc in Sahel despite presence of counter-terrorism forces
(North Africa Post)
Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days
(Zik Maulana and Andi Jatmiko, Religion News Service)
Shelling of village sends hundreds more fleeing in Myanmar
(Naw Noreen, DVB)
My open letter to Natalie Portman
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Willow Creek responds to new allegations against former pastor Hybels
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
No handshake, no citizenship, French court tells Algerian woman
(Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)
Church of Norway urges refugee welcome by Church and State
(Ekklesia)
Russia: Armed raids, criminal investigations, pre-trial detentions
(Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan Hilarion calls for Putin-Trump summit to promote world peace
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president reports response from Constantinople
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Moscow-oriented Ukrainian church calls out Ukrainian president
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
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