Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 23 March 2018
Egypt: Christian teacher charged with contempt after asking questions about Muhammad
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
No faith to state
(Waqar Gillani, The News On Sunday)
Exponential increase in attacks against Christians in Telangana, India
(ICC"s Indian Correspondent, International Christian Concern)
Raising my kids to be unapologetic American Muslims
(Dil Shad D. Ali, The Atlantic)
The Vatican is wooing Silicon Valley
(Sigal Samuel and Josephine McKenna, The Atlantic)
Can America's worship of guns ever be changed?
(Christopher Morrissey, The Guardian)
Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against Church of England
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
So Christianity is no longer the norm? Going underground will do it good
(Peter Ormerod, The Guardian)
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Indian state recognizes 800-year-old tradition as a separate religion
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)
US House passes spending bill which continues funding Planned Parenthood
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Thursday, 22 March 2018
As hate crime rises, young people perceive religious discrimination of Muslims and Jewish people differently
(Daniel Cox, PhD and Molly Fisch-Friedman, PRRI)
Disagreement is not always discrimination: On Masterpiece Cakeshop and the analogy to interracial marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy)
Jehovah's Witness gets a break in criminal case
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religious Intolerance and America’s Image and Policies Abroad
(Institute for the Study of Diplomacy - Georgetown University)
Ethiopian Protestant loses appeal against prison sentence for ‘causing outrage to religious peace and feeling’
(World Watch Monitor)
Algeria closes fourth church in four months
(World Watch Monitor)
Coptic teacher charged with contempt of religion for questions about Muhammad
(World Watch Monitor)
What is the deal with Christian dating?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
My hijab is my identity and my own choice
(Anila Sadiq, World Religion News)
The truth about Hindus killing Muslims over beef
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
US Jewish-Muslim bond strengthened by interfaith activities
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The last male rhino of its kind dies. African religious leaders call it a spiritual loss
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Survey: Protestant church diversity ‘heading in the right direction’
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)
On Israeli posters, Paddington Bear gets kosher for Passover
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals haven’t always cozied up to Russia
(Gregory Alan Thornbury, Religion News Service)
The Sephardic chief rabbi must go!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram
(Sam Olukoya and Bashir Adigun)
US pastor Andrew Brunson accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
The ’Splainer: Why do Jews eat gefilte fish at the Passover seder?
(Kimberly Winston and Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Young people in UK and Netherlands among Europe's least religious
(Chris Harris, euronews)
The Liberals don't get why religious Canadians refuse to submit to their political dictates
(Barry W. Bussey, National Post)
Circumcision laws can be drafted that don't infringe upon religious rights
(Farzana Hassan, Toronto Sun)
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops backs anti-gay marriage religious freedom bill
(Kashmira Gander, Newsweek)
Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act
(Catholic News Service)
Longstanding cross on state land should be removed, Michigan civil rights group says
(Leanne Smith, M Live)
U.S. Muslims more concerned than Jews about safety and religious freedom
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Opinion: We need a rabbinic resistance to the religious right
(Steven A. Fox, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ohio man charged with hate crime in beating of man he thought was Jewish
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Opinion: The eternal dispute between politics and religion
(Michel Friedman, Deutsche Welle)
Where ‘no religion’ is default, a look at Europe’s young Catholic minority
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican stages UN event to protest ‘genocide’ against Down Syndrome
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Aborting Down Syndrome babies isn't progress, it's eugenics
(Dr. Richard D. Land, The Christian Post)
Tennessee legislature passes law requiring “In God We Trust” in schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Boko Haram returns Nigeria girls, warns not to put in school
(Haruna Umar and Krista Larson, Associated Press)
Boko Haram frees most schoolgirls abducted last month
(Catholic News Agency)
Mother says Nigerian girl refused to convert
(Associated Press)
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims
(Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press)
Johnson Amendment remains intact in latest omnibus spending bill
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Omnibus spending bill does not contain Johnson Amendment repeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC: Churches can “breathe a sigh of relief” that omnibus bill does not repeal Johnson Amendment
(Press Release, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Navy rejects atheist chaplain after long fight, senator says
(Travis J. Tritten, Washington Examiner)
Navy again rejects application to become secular humanist chaplain
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Arizona high court won’t block vote on school voucher law
(Bob Christie, Associated Press)
Tennessee lawmakers pass ‘In God We Trust’ school bill
(Associated Press)
Voters will decide to put Ten Commandments on state property
(Mallory Moench, Associated Press)
At least 14 dead, several hurt in car bomb in Somali capital
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press)
IICSA hearings on Anglican Church – Closing Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
IICSA: Archbishop Welby’s evidence session
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Russia: Misuse of anti-extremism legislation for religious persecution in February 2018
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)
70% of young Brits are 'not religious'
(Shiona McCallum, BBC News)
Greek government attacks court decision on religion lessons
(Philip Chrysopoulos, Greek Reporter)
Protecting your religious entity exemption under the FEHA while complying with other laws
(Weintraub Tobin, JD Supra)
Catholics decry Swedish political party’s plan to close all religious schools
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Court deems changes to school religion classes unconstitutional
(ekathimerini.com)
A rabbi, a priest and an imam walk into an environmental conference
(Sarah Levi, The Jerusalem Post)
Defy gambling industry and limit stakes to $3, bishop urges UK government
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Patriarch Kirill: We fight for justice in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox leader sweet talks Russian president
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian lawmakers complain about pro-Russian stands of Orthodox clergy
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
The Saudis take on radical Islam
(Adel Al-Toraifi, The Wall Street Journal)
Cameroon's Pentecostal churches under fire
(Moki Kindzeka, Deutsche Welle)
India’s Supreme Court ruling allows ‘passive euthanasia’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian Catholic leaders pledge to work with Putin after election win
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Man who taught dog Nazi salute found guilty of hate crime
(Daniel Sugarman, The Jewish Chronicle)
Scottish court convicts for anti-Semitic YouTube video
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Part 1: A few steps forward, a few steps sideways and a few steps backwards: The CAT’s revised and updated GC on Non-Refoulement
(Başak Çali and Stewart Cunningham, EJIL: Talk!)
Part 2: A few steps forward, a few steps sideways and a few steps backwards: The CAT’s revised and updated GC on Non-Refoulement
(Başak Çali and Stewart Cunningham, EJIL: Talk!)
Christian victims of Pakistan terror attacks remembered
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCANews)
'Christianity as default is gone': the rise of a non-Christian Europe
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Integration: seeing the bigger picture
(Guest Post: Professor Rebecca Probert and Dr Rajnaara Akhtar, Law & Religion UK)
The Latest: Afghan official says 31 dead in suicide bombing
(Associated Press)
"N" for Nazarene -- the remnants of Iraq's Assyrian community
(Nina Shea, Assyrian International News Agency)
Maronite church warns that religious schools closing because of new law
(Agenzia Fides)
Algerians request renewed prayer for Church
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Philippine Protestant bishop freed after 10 months in jail
(Joe Torres, UCANews)
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw resigns
(Euan McKirdy, CNN)
Stephen Hawking and the limits of our knowledge: Scientism vs. revelation
(John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post)
Congress: We're still praying for thousands of dreamers stuck in uncertainty
(John Stumbo and Marisol Cabrera, The Christian Post)
The erroneous notion that is causing an exodus from the Church
(Christopher Benek, The Christian Post)
Poll finds Democrats and Republicans disagree on importance of morality for political candidates
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Muslims place greater importance on national identity, finds UK study
(Harriet Sherwood)
Spot the halo: saintly sightings in suburban America – in pictures
(Bruce Wrighton, The Guardian)
What if God was one of us? You asked Google - here’s the answer
(Jack Bernhardt, The Guardian)
Justin Welby: sexual abusers can never be trusted again
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Easter banner torn down from Pakistan church
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
DC councilmen apologizes for rant blaming snow on Jews
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Pope Francis to visit Ireland soon after abortion referendum
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)
Pope confirms plans to visit Dublin for August family rally
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Moscow patriarch has last word on pope's visit to Belarus
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
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