Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Pakistani group demands equal rights for women, minorities
(UCANews)
Portraits of dignity: How we photographed ex-captives of Boko Haram
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
Nigeria: 149 women and children rescued from Boko Haram
(Al Jazeera)
Chibok abductions: ‘We are bitter, 122 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram’
(World Watch Monitor)
Israel ‘alone in fight’ against Iran in Syria
(Ben Caspit, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Nigerian president assures UK archbishop of efforts to secure release of Christian girl
(World Watch Monitor)
Evangelical head sets out ambitious vision for rebuilding CAR
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
New US law aims to prosecute websites that facilitate sex trafficking
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Trump signs bill fighting sex trafficking into law: 'This is a very important day'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Dozens of megachurch pastors meet with Mike Pence, White House staff during retreat
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
At UN meeting, Holy See calls for 'human-centered approach to migration'
(Catholic News Agency)
As US mulls Syria airstrikes, Francis calls for peace
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Come Sunday: how one of America's biggest preachers became a pariah
(Jamiles Lartey, The Guardian)
Greek town celebrates Easter with Judas effigy
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Clergy reject Missouri bill on concealed guns in churches
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Pastor encourages parishioners to carry guns at his church
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
After 50 years, clergy work together again in San Antonio, for affordable housing
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
‘Queer Disbelief’ pairs atheists and LGBTQ communities as allies
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Israel's reluctance to embrace lessons of the Holocaust
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
What’s Auschwitz? 2/3 of millennials don’t know it was a Nazi death camp, survey reports
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
It is really scary how clueless Millennials are on the Holocaust
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Muslims find Jews standing behind them in opposition to Pompeo’s confirmation
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
India: Caste and religion to play a major role in this coastal district
(Naveen Menezes, India Times)
Teach religion in public schools to combat discrimination and violence, say panellists
(Janet French, Edmonton Journal)
Clergy reject Missouri bill on concealed guns in churches
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Islamic scholar says Bitcoin is compliant with sharia law as price surges
(Conor Maloney, CCN)
Voting for God: How religion shapes elections in Indonesia
(The Economist)
Opinion: What laïcité is and what it is not
(Lise Ravary, Montreal Gazette)
Church and mosque closures in Rwanda show the increasing power of the state
(World Politics Review)
‘It is like we have regressed 100 years’: Report warns of resurgent global anti-Semitism
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)
How to deliver moral leadership to employees
(John Baldoni, Forbes)
Archbishop of Kenya speaks out against politician’s polygamy suggestion
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Young English adults still value church weddings, survey shows
(Anglican Communion News Service)
US Catholics' Church attendance is on downward slide, Protestants hold firm: Gallup
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Orthodox believers will never stand in open opposition to state authorities, head of a Synodal Department believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia rids itself of anti-Semitic image, but Jews blamed for 1917 revolution, Russian Internet full of anti-Semitic content – report
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian government claims Jehovah's Witnesses have right to their confession
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness wins postponement of trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Leading House members urge Iceland to back down on circumcision ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Children should be baptized in the faith, Pope Francis says
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
The Gospel isn’t single-issue: Pope Francis warns against narrow ideologies
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)
Caring for migrants is as important as opposing abortion, Pope says
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Pope Francis: The Church cannot be silent about economic suffering
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Francis Effect? Gallup offers sobering Pope Francis-era numbers about Mass attendance
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Washington State enacts law to protect against a national religious registry
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Officials: Germany’s last Bridgettine Order abbey to close
(Associated Press)
Indonesia’s Aceh to take caning indoors after backlash
(Associated Press)
New report on worldwide antisemitic incidents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judicial nominee Wendy Vitter gets tough questions on birth control and abortion
(Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio)
At hearing judicial nominee retreats from prior pro-life comments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crimes against unborn children
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Indiana homicide law expanded to cover non-abortion killing of fetus at any stage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indian religious leaders pledge to check hate
(Saji Thomas, UCANews)
Another Catholic statue desecrated in eastern India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Online trade in abortion pills doubles
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Three reasons white Evangelicals hate Obamacare
(Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Former Dolphins cheerleader alleges religion, gender discrimination in lawsuit
(Scott Gleeson, USA Today)
Corporate religious freedom examined as LGBT protections expand (1)
(Bloomberg Law)
Portugal's pres. calls for combating "Islamophobia", avoiding conflicts
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
Why the Australian Christian right has weak political appeal
(Geoffrey Robinson, The Conversation)
Officials: Germany’s last Bridgettine Order abbey to close
(Associated Press)
German nationalist apologizes for blaming attack on Muslims
(David Rising, Associated Press)
Anchorage voters 1st in the nation to reject bathroom bill
(Mark Thiessen, Associated Press)
Child’s rape, killing in India mired in religious politics
(Aijaz Hussain and Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press)
Pro-Fidesz print weekly, Figyelő, publishes list of Soros “mercenaries”
(The Budapest Beacon)
Hungary: Pro-govt weekly prints list of ‘Soros mercenaries’
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press)
EVENT, 12-13 April 2018: War and Peace and Religion: Religious Freedom during the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom Dr. Andrew Bennett joins the Religious Freedom Institute
(Religious Freedom Institute)
RFI Interview: Dr. Andrew Bennett, former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom and new Religious Freedom Institute Senior Fellow
(Religious Freedom Institute)
The idea, context, framing and realities of ‘Sikh radicalisation’ in Britain: Full Report
(Dr Jasjit Singh, CREST (Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats))
State and local Republican officials have been bashing Muslims. We counted
(Hannah Allam, Buzzfeed News)
Report: Utah is only state where GOP leaders haven't demonized Muslims since 2015
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Anti-Muslim rhetoric among politicians happened in every state but Utah since 2015, analysis finds
(Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL)
Pope Francis turns the corner on the abuse scandal
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pope admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile abuse case
(Nicole Winfield and Eva Vergara, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis says he was wrong in Chilean sex scandal
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Museum honoring Christians persecuted in Japan open in Nagasaki
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Sikhs celebrate turban day by breaking world record
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
As Sikhs make headlines, the Vancouver Sun tries a little psychotherapy (and it works)
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
New Zealand to repeal blasphemy law
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
As Facebook reels, Silicon Valley dabbles in ethics
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Coordination among religious scholars, HR activists needed to promote interfaith harmony
(Zubair Qureshi, Pakistan Observer)
Maryland federal court – Church’s alleged substantial burden was self-imposed
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
The Vietnam War revisited
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
End the Buddhist terror in Myanmar now
(Hozan Alan Senauke, Religion News Service)
Christian group asks Netflix to pull ’13 Reasons Why’ after teen suicides
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
The right to kill: Should Brazil keep its Amazon tribes from taking the lives of their children?
(Cleuci de Oliveira, Foreign Policy)
Kensington Temple pastor barred from Morocco calls for religious freedom
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Can Muslim feminism find a third way?
(Ursula Lindsey, The New York Times)
White House Bible study led by pastor who is anti-gay, anti-women and anti-Catholic
(Kashmira Gander, Newsweek)
How churches are missing their opportunity to help build peace in Northern Ireland
(Gladys Ganiel and John Brewer, The Conversation)
Muslims teach neighbors about their religion during Open Mosque Day
(Cristela Guerra, Boston Globe)
Men must ask women why they want to lift ban on abortion, says minister
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Corruption in a religious spotlight: The Summit of the Americas in Lima
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Vatican urges Buddhists to join fight against corruption
(Associated Press)
Catholic church attendance continues to drop
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Germany appoints commissioner to fight anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)
German state government defends headscarf ban for children
(Deutsche Welle)
French President Macron to bishops: ‘Give us wisdom, not solutions’
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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