Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 7 April 2018
Vatican arrests diplomat accused of viewing child porn
(Associated Press)
Friday, 6 April 2018
Religion dominates the debate over death with dignity at the State House
(Steve Ahlquist, Uprise RI)
Tom Waddell: The freedom of, and from, religion
(Tom Waddell, Central Maine)
Montana high court weighs ban on religious school tax credit
(Education Week)
Bulgarian Council of Religious Communities backs Muslims in controversy over prosecutor’s statement
(The Sofia Globe)
Settlement ends disputes over NYPD religious profiling targeting NJ Muslims
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
(Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
Uzbekistan: Legally-published religious literature "extremist"?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Orthodox church in Kiev set on fire
(Interfax-Religion)
Seven-meter Easter egg will be set up in downtown Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Protestant churches have difficulties regarding their houses of worship
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Iceland welcomes its first rabbi while considering a ban on circumcision
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Mexican, American bishops outraged by Trump border threats
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuelan Church warns against unbridled mineral exploitation
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The dead end of the left? Augusto Del Noce’s critique of modern politics
(Carlo Lancellotti, Commonweal)
Barring school-sponsored religion DOES protect religious liberty in public schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslims given say as New York City drafts surveillance guidelines
(Peter Szekely, Reuters)
Myanmar groups say Facebook hasn’t controlled hate speech
(Associated Press)
Keeping politics out of the census is much harder than it sounds
(Laurence Cooley, The Conversation)
Do we need human rights law?
(Kiran Grewal, The Conversation)
Costa Rica vote halts march of religious conservatism
(David Alire Garcia, Reuters)
Communities unite to defy 'Punish a Muslim Day'
(BBC News)
Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
(Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press)
Christian women in the U.S. are more religious than their male counterparts
(Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Factank)
Here's why Catholics, Jews and other faith groups oppose the Trump administration in travel ban case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
This is Zionism as racism. This is Israel at 70
(Bradley Burston, Haaretz)
U.S. Jewish groups urge Netanyahu to reconsider nixed asylum seeker deal with UN
(Amir Tibon, Haaretz)
The real story behind the Israeli-Jordanian peace deal
(Efraim Halevy, Haaretz)
Israelis pick Passover food fight
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The fertility doctor who impregnated a patient - and the ethics of procreation
(Maggie Maslak, Catholic News Agency)
Egyptian women take on men in technology
(Fatma Lofti, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Christianity and atheism growing in Iran
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
Hundreds follow Christ in Myanmar
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)
In South Sudan, the Gospel presents new opportunity for peace
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Christian Dapchi schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity for refusing to convert
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Pakistan: Crime scene note threatens Christian genocide
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Nun who suffered from ISIS in Iraq refused entry into UK
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Trump trying to appease Turkey to release evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson, but tactics questioned
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Labour general secretary criticised for removal of senior Jewish official
(Anne Perkins, The Guardian)
Palestinian father who lost daughter: ‘Don’t be pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel, be pro-justice’
(World Watch Monitor)
Indian Christians charged with ‘hurting religious sentiments’ by handing out Easter tracts
(Tejaswi Ravinder, World Watch Monitor)
Celebrating a medieval ‘Miracle of Amsterdam’ in city better known for its vices
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Lie, or lose your children
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
EVENT, 6 April 2018: Peacemakers in Action: Why Partnerships with Religious Actors Are of Critical importance
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Culture clash: Asian Americans balance Christianity and culture in rituals honoring their ancestors
(Ruth Tam, The Washington Post)
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Homeland Security to compile database of journalists, bloggers
(Cary O'Reilly, Bloomberg)
Former Jakarta Governor Ahok, convicted for blasphemy, finally appeals
(Paul Marshall, Religious Freedom Institute)
Sri Lanka Consultation brings together diverse leaders to promote religious freedom throughout South and Southeast Asia
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Cardinal Bo: Message to South and Southeast Asia Consultation
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Churches told to keep eyes open for signs of modern slavery in parishes
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)
Ban on female genital cutting in Somaliland is progress, but success relies on working with religious leaders
(Chelsea Garbell, Religion Dispatches)
50 years after MLK, Sunday segregation isn't theological
(Ryan P. Burge, Christianity Today)
Created for asylum seekers, Israel intends to deport thousands
(Griffin Paul Jackson, Christianity Today)
Argentina abortion bill gains momentum in Congress
(Catholic News Agency)
Austria considers headscarf ban for young girls in school
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic employers win lawsuit against HHS birth control mandate; avoid $6.9 million in fines
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
America's suicide epidemic: What Christians can do
(Eric Metaxas and Stan Guthrie, The Christian Post)
NPR reporter incorrectly describes meaning of Easter, showing cultural disconnect from Christianity
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)
Ireland: Aborted babies pointedly ignored in pro-choice empty shoes campaign
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Pakistan's political leaders condemn terrorist attacks on Christians
(The News)
Antisemitism on the left and Jeremy Corbyn
(Mark Regev, The Guardian)
The expectations project slammed Devos for her comments on race and discipline
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
How a businessman is reshaping the Anti-Defamation League in an age of white nationalism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
From hell to atonement, musician Audrey Assad has been quietly evolving
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS: On Faith & Culture)
Divorce is tragic — but there is hope
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
(At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition, Aziza Kasumov)
What MLK would say today
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
King in Montgomery: A white Southern Baptist minister reflects
(Alan Cross, Religion News Service)
'Racism remains a stain' on American soul, Washington DC rally for Martin Luther King Jr. hears
(Ecumenical News)
Indonesians fight to keep mystical religion of Java alive
(Krithika Varagur, Voice of America)
Montana school choice case could strike a blow against religious discrimination
(Tim Keller, Fox News)
Condo accused of religious ban offers revised policy
(Lidia Dinkova, Daily Business Review)
Pope and Armenian president unveil monument to Armenian saint in Vatican Gardens
(Interfax-Religion)
Ethnic minorities in Iraq lost hope unlike Syrian Christians - Russian Church official
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Cancer sufferer freed, other cases continue
(Forum 18 News Service)
Quebec bishops ponder possibility of married priests
(Veronique Demers, Catholic News Service)
Church in Goa, India, attacked with stones during Easter Vigil
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Archbishop condemns ritual killing of children in Senegal
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
One lawsuit, one appeal granted, over religious expression at military retirement ceremonies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Fear grips Yemen’s Aden as deadly attacks target clerics
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)
Questions over Felder’s ‘yeshiva’ amendment
(Amy Sara Clark, The New York Jewish Week)
The curious case of the yeshiva carve-out
(Vivian Wang and Jesse McKinley, The New York Times)
New York budget bill passed with special curriculum criteria for yeshivas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit over "In Christ" e-mail signature moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ruling: Judges lack authority for hotlines on emergency care
(Associated Press)
Arizona Appeals Court invalidates hotline procedure for overruling parental objections to medical treatment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 5 April 2018: Equal Treatment?: Measuring the Legal and Media Responses to Ideologically Motivated Violence in the U.S., Washington, D.C. (will be streamed on Facebook)
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))
Casual workers and unfair dismissal: Mrs M Wright
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Evangelical colleges have much to say about the Billy Graham epoch and its aftermath
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Question for savvy reporters: Spot link between Toys R Us crisis and sobering trends in many pews?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Hungary’s Orban seeks re-election on anti-migrant platform
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press International News)
European court rejects German's complaint over Nazi symbols
(Associated Press)
Why the ECHR decided not to revise its judgment in the Ireland v. The United Kingdom case
(Iulia Padeanu, EJIL: Talk!)
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
China bans online Bible sales, religious blueprint released
(Michael Sainsbury, UCANews)
Chinese government official: No religion ‘transcends nations’
(National Catholic Register)
Despite speculation, no Vatican-China deal anytime soon
(UCANews)
Iraqi Christians still threatened with annihilation
(Stephen Wynne, Church Militant)
'Rise Nineveh': Christians in Iraq celebrate Assyrian New Year and Easter
(Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post)
Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
(Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press)
Is Rwanda trying to destroy Christianity?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
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