Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Can Israel balance being Jewish and democratic? The view from the bench
(Steve Linde, The Jerusalem Post)
Maple leaves and mezuzahs Understanding Canada’s Jews
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pro-Moscow Ukrainian church condemns state interference in its affairs
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Once again, LDS First Presidency discredits belief that Mormons should be Republicans
(Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune)
‘God bless you’ listed among anti-Muslim ‘microaggressions’
(Katherine Timpf, National Review)
Research: The upsides of disclosing your religion, sexual orientation, or parental status at work
(Afra Ahmad, Isaac Sabat, and Eden King, Harvard Business Review)
Macedonia adopts definition of anti-Semitism that mentions Israel hatred
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholics, Muslims urged to look inward first in interreligious efforts
(Joyce Duriga, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
First Liberty encourages NY high court to protect ancient Jewish religious practice
(Globenewswire.com)
Cameroon cardinal accuses military of abuses in fight against Anglophone separatists
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Protest & protection: Preserving the Christian presence in Jerusalem’s Old City
(Santiago Ramos, Commonweal)
Utah Senator retools, reintroduces controversial First Amendment Defense Act
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indonesia’s Aceh considers beheading as penalty for murder
(Associated Press)
Attention turns to affiliations of mosque-bombing suspects
(Michael Tarm and Amy Forliti, Religion News Service)
Alleged leader of mosque bombing drew others into conspiracy
(Michael Tarm and Amy Forliti, Associated Press)
Atheists challenge Kansas county over prayer before meetings
(Associated Press)
No wholly holy places: Public affairs and religious liberty leaders from the Trans-European region gather in Jerusalem to discuss religious liberty
(Victor Hulbert, Adventist News Network)
Pakistan to require all people to list religion on official documents
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pakistan court orders citizens to declare religion
(World Watch Monitor)
Win for hardliners: Pak Court rules public office seekers must declare faith
(Deccan Chronicle)
Pakistani court says citizens must declare religion for identity documents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal judge dismisses AG Maura Healey's lawsuit challenging Trump administration's birth control policy
(Shira Schoenberg, Mass Live)
Massachusetts lacks standing to challenge expanded contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gov. Henry McMaster orders protection of religious freedoms to faith-based organizations
(Angelia Davis, Greenville News)
Government of Sudan grants religious freedom to Adventist Church
(Adventist News Network)
El Salvador court commutes 2nd woman’s abortion sentence
(Associated Press)
Women should be allowed to wear the niqab in court – here’s why
(Jeremy Robson, The Conversation)
Bal Vihar and interfaith teens build unique mural
(India Post)
Rohingya villages razed to make way for military bases
(Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times)
Myanmar says it’s ready for UN help with Rohingya return
(Associated Press)
UN genocide adviser: Indications Myanmar cleansing Rohingyas
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Justice delayed is justice denied
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
To die or not to die: The New Yorker probes the case of a 13-year-old girl
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Gaps abound in articles on new female mayor in polygamous town
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Evangelicals face Trump-era exits by blacks: This may have something to do with religion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Technology and regulation must work in concert to combat hate speech online
(Andre Oboler, The Conversation)
Liverpool FC’s Mohamed Salah’s goal celebrations: a guide to British Muslimness
(Asif Majid, The Conversation)
Turkish prosecutor seeks life in jail for US pastor Andrew Brunson over 2016 coup attempt
(Daily News)
Turkey calls for life imprisonment of US pastor Andrew Brunson
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
USCIRF strongly condemns new indictment against pastor Andrew Brunson, including possible life sentence
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Life sentence hangs over US pastor as Washington sizes up Ankara
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The strange, tragic story of wrongly imprisoned pastor, Andrew Brunson
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Jailed US pastor’s daughter addresses UN Human Rights Council
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Judge rules that spouse has authority to remove partner's life support if there's no directive
(Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times)
Antisemitism: how the origins of history’s oldest hatred still hold sway today
(Gervase Phillips, The Conversation)
White evangelical women reportedly tiptoeing away from Trump, but big questions remain
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Tunisian women fighting for equal inheritance rights
(Amel al-Hilali, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
The topsy-turvy world of Jewish-Arab relations
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
With Tillerson firing, Trump throws transatlantic Iran talks into disarray
(Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Why Christians should practice the principle of fasting
(Shane Idelman, The Christian Post)
Henan removes crosses from Chinese Catholic Church, reinstalls them day later
(International Christian Concern)
Chinese priest captures footage of officials tearing down church crosses
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Botched execution shows death penalty must end, Catholic group says
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Sentencing of pastor adds to uptick in persecution in Algeria
(Morning Star News)
Indonesia urges religious tolerance for elections in June
(Konradus Epa, UCANews)
Crisis in Kenya schools as non-native teachers leave
(Manase Otsialo, Daily Nation)
Iraq's tribes and Christians: The dangerous solitude of rights erased
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)
Summit raises hope North Korea will release 3 US detainees
(Eric Talmadge, The Washington Post)
NGO's present proposal to UN on religious freedom in Malaysia
(Missions Box)
Hindu right wing group vandalises prayer home
(Pon Vasanth, The Hindu)
Time's up for politely anti-LGBTQ Christianity: The truth about "We want to be known by what we're for, not what we're against"
(George Mikhail, Religion Dispatches)
Egypt’s elections and the man dividing the country’s Copts
(World Watch Monitor)
The firing of pastor proves LGBT schism in Methodist church
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Lightning kills 15 worshippers in Rwanda, as government cracks down on unsafe churches
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
God, guns and Gen Z
(C.S. Pearce, Religion News Service)
American Bible Society’s .bible domain policies restrict religious freedom online, critics say
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Freedom or funding: Intersection Moments
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper and sharia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper: Building stronger, more united communities
(Her Majesty's Government)
Breaking news: Government to publish Green Paper on integration and sharia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
No 10 to curb Sharia in push for integration
(Greg Hurst, The Times)
EVENT, 14 March 2018: Islam & America: Tips for sharing scholarship with the public (free webinar)
(Newseum Institute Religious Freedom Center)
Five mosques given new or upgraded listings by English Heritage, marking Muslim places of worship an integral part of heritage in England
(Euro-Islam.info)
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Polygamy in Canada: “non-polygamy” in the US
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why serious race and religion hate crimes like those of Britain First are at a record high in Kent and why that's a 'good thing'
(Annie Gouk and Vicky Castle, Kent Live)
Religious freedom must not be a green light to discriminate
(Hugh Harris, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Indonesia and Malaysia have political contests coming — and religious votes could make the difference
(Nyshka Chandran, CNBC)
For Royals GM Dayton Moore, anti-porn message worth the scorn, scientific scrutiny
(Bob Nightengale, USA Today)
Church and human rights groups in Philippines denounce 'red tagging' of those speaking out
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Why the haredim avoided elections by backtracking on enlistment
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Orthodox baptism figures in Russian presidential campaign
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
'Never again': Fighting hate in a changing Germany with tours of Nazi camps
(Katrin Bennhold, The New York Times)
What does Mike Pompeo as secretary of state mean for Israel and the Jews?
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
When the peripheries come to you: Why the Catholic Church remains so Eurocentric
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
MA Supreme Court orders halt to grant preserving church’s stained glass window
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Report: Turkey seeks life prison term for US pastor
(Associated Press)
Mosque approved for group that sued after racist attacks
(Associated Press)
Joy Behar of ‘The View’ apologizes for Christianity comment
(David Bauder, Associated Press)
U.S. rules against Montana polygamist trio who sued over marriage license denial
(Phoebe Tollefson, Billings Gazette)
Montana's anti-polygamy laws upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's suit challenging California health insurance rules dismissed as not ripe
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Satanists sue Scottsdale, AZ over legislative prayer policy
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
Religious land use controversy brewing in Laurel, Maryland: Can a church worship in a coffee shop?
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)
Nigerian schools close down in fear of more abductions by Boko Haram
(Sahara Reporters)
Over 1,000 Muslims take refuge in Central African Republic
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The ’Splainer: Why are Catholic bishops backing unions at the Supreme Court?
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Culture Alert: March salutes women of all nationalities and sizes
(Nazlan Ertan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Why I'm not an organ donor
(Kristel Clayville, Religion Dispatches)
Sekmadienis Ltd. v. Lithuania: Can religious figures be featured in commercial advertising?
(Ingrida Milkaite, Strasbourg Observers)
Prayer shaming: A new front in the culture war
(John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)
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