Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 16 March 2018
Opinion: The real Down symdrome problem: Accepting genocide
(George F. Will, The Washington Post)
A rabbi in King Hamad’s court preaches Torah of interfaith tolerance
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Times of Israel)
Saudi Arabia can win Islam's war of ideas
(John Hannah, Foreign Policy)
Orthodoxy, homosexuality and hate: Gay-rights activists lament the acquittal of a homophobic Greek bishop
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
I am not your Muslim
(Nesrine Malik, National Public Radio)
Congolese church commission welcomes new mining code, higher taxes
(Catholic News Service)
Polish bishops condemn new wave of anti-Semitism
(Catholic News Service)
Peruvian bishops: Welcome Venezuelan migrants with solidarity
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic leaders criticize Duterte’s withdrawal of Philippines from ICC
(Catholic News Service)
Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
How and why do local governments continue to pile up legal bills defending church-state lawsuits?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
New China ‘crime’ crackdown targets threats to party rule
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Myanmar forces Burman culture on minorities, erases identity
(Denis D. Gray, Associated Press)
Hawaii candidate fights off ‘anti-LGBT preacher’ claims
(Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press)
Lawsuit: NYPD forced Muslim women to remove head coverings
(Associated Press)
Vatican convicts ex-Guam archbishop accused of abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
No Bivens claim for interference with religious exercise in Puerto Rican forest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit over news photo of Arabic-speaking school child may continue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attorney General DeWine statement on preterm-Cleveland v. Himes
(Ohio Attorney General, Mike DeWine)
CCEE-CEC Joint Committee ask for the respect of the Status Quo in Jerusalem
(Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE))
Rwanda bans Kigali mosques from using loudspeakers
(BBC News)
Ecclesiastical Law, Fourth Edition (discount offer through 31 March)
(Mark Hill QC, Oxford University Press)
Scottish minister demands Labour expel councillor over racist remark
(Libby Brooks, The Guardian)
Anti-Muslim letters to MPs bear hallmarks of earlier hate campaign
(Nick Dowson, The Guardian)
Don’t make Muslims solely responsible for integration in the UK
(Miqdadda Versi, The Guardian)
India: Church leaders deplore bulldozing of hospital premises in BJP-ruled state
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
UN ‘failing’ Eritrea’s detained Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
How Stephen Hawking fought God
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
A brief history of Stephen Hawking’s atheism
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Memories and recollections of the late, great Stephen Hawking
(Letters, The Guardian)
‘Rethinking Incarceration’ author on justice, race and the fact Jesus was incarcerated
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why did former sheriff’s deputy allegedly try to bomb a Minnesota mosque?
(Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti and Teresa Crawford, Religion News Service)
San Diego bishop calls border wall prototypes ‘grotesque’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Young people to talk with Pope Francis about future of the Church
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Am I not a theologian too?
(F Romall Small, Religion News Service)
Vatican removes from office and exiles Guam archbishop accused of sexual abuse
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
John Pavlovitz, digital pastor of the resistance, pitches a bigger Christian tent
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
The new Palestinian jihad to obliterate Israel
(Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute)
Two Muslim women sue New York after police make them remove hijabs
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
EVENT, 16 March 2018: California, Coerced Speech and the Court: A Panel Discussion on NIFLA v Becerra
(Newseum Institute Religious Freedom Center)
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Turkish-Arab ties marked by fear and loathing
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
“Arusha Call to Discipleship” issued
(World Council of Churches)
“Sending service” closes Arusha conference
(World Council of Churches)
Seek religion tag for us or face protest: Lingayat seers to government
(Vittal Shastri, Deccan Chronicle)
Reuters misses some key players in news package about Hindu radicalization of India
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Another state in India brings anti-conversion bill to assembly
(Deep Joshi, Hindustan Times)
Jain team invites Pope to India
(Suresh Shah, India Post)
After gov't broken promises, thousands of Indian farmers march again for agrarian reform
(Telesur TV)
Eritrean authorities arrest funeral-goers, says UN rapporteur, government denies
(Daniel Finnan, RFI)
New commandments: As China tightens rules on religion, unregistered churches wince
(The Economist)
Religious liberties bill likely dead in Iowa Legislature
(William Petroski, Des Moines Register)
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh taking fire for role in rally
(Tom Zytaruk, North Delta Reporter)
No One Way to School: Educational Pluralism and Why it Matters
(Ashley Berner, TEDx, YouTube)
UN agencies, NGOs, and World Council of Churches join to end violence against children
(Ecumenical News)
Lambeth Conference 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
IICSA: Some legal views
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Kazakhstan: one church, two prosecutions
(Forum 18 News Service)
The whole world will lose from anti-Russian actions of the West, the Russian church official believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Siberian Jehovah's Witnesses try to shield property from confiscation
(RIA Tomsk, Russia Religion News)
All politics is religion
(Michael Warren Davis, The American Conservative)
EPRID partners with the FoRB learning platform
(European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
Mistrust and Islamophobia see dramatic rise in Germany's melting pot
(Elizabeth Schumacher, Deutsche Welle)
Berlin fights anti-Semitism with synagogue, Jewish secondary school
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Bishop proposing bill to include overseas Mormon missionaries in U.S. census
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News Faith)
China tells Vatican it’s fighting illegal organ transplants
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
American pro-life leaders urge Irish Prime Minister not to repeal abortion ban
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops urge federal protections for supporters of traditional marriage
(Catholic News Service)
Addressing climate change is top priority in Cardinal Ribat’s ministry
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Where does Catholic thinking on “gender theory” go from here?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Sri Lanka: Buddhists again turn on Muslims. So where do Western Buddhists stand?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Sri Lanka lifts Facebook ban after anti-Muslim violence ends
(Associated Press)
School dance, anyone? Pakistan lawmakers in Punjab seek ban
(Zaheer Babar and Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Catholic, Jewish leaders in Poland seek to reduce tensions
(Associated Press)
Suit by "clock boy" is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge dismisses lawsuit of Muslim boy’s dad with prejudice
(Associated Press)
After the Rohingya crisis, Aung San Suu Kyi will come to the ASEAN summit with her reputation tarnished
(Nicholas Farrelly and Adam Simpson, The Conversation)
Karnataka cabinet meet to discuss Lingayat religion tag deferred
(The New Indian Express)
Seven families involved in religion lawsuit
(Amanda Simmons, Bossier Press)
Ethnic Uighurs protest Chinese security crackdown
(Associated Press)
Catholic, Jewish leaders in Poland seek to reduce tensions
(Associated Press)
Muslims lament lack of solidarity over German mosque attacks
(Associated Press)
Sweden seeks to ban all religious schools to combat 'segregation' amid increasing Muslim population
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Sweden aims to outlaw religious education, which is — already illegal
(Annika Henroth-Rothstein, National Review)
“Irrational and illogical” to believe that sexual orientation can never change: Federal judge
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Supreme Court should uphold free speech of pro-life pregnancy centers
(Elissa Graves, Sacramento Bee)
Anti-choice clinic claim their deceptive business practices are free speech. Will Justice Kennedy agree?
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire.News)
In China, government-appointed bishops support Xi, Vatican-China deal
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
HCM City leader welcomes Cambodian Minister of Cults and Religion
(Việt Nam News)
Poll blames culture, religion for low participation of women in Nigerian politics
(Journal du Cameroun)
Why Erdogan called for updating Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Religious conversion: Govt can't ask for certificate, says Kerala HC
(Mahir Haneef, Times of India)
'Time for a revolution in way religion is practised in SA'
(Katleho Sekhotho, Eyewitness News)
How religious marginalization shapes political life in the Philippines
(World Politics Review)
Hawaii Attorney General defends anti-discrimination laws
(Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Despite new law, some Irish pubs will remain closed on Good Friday
(Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service)
The value of French secularism
(Martin Gak, Politico.eu)
Minnesota archbishop: Catholics belong in the public square
(National Catholic Register)
In Vermont, the latest clash between public money and the Catholic Church
(Michael J. O’Loughlin, America Magazine)
Swiss neo-Nazi convicted of antisemitic assault on orthodox Jew
(Shoshana Kranish, The Jerusalem Post)
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