Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Petition opposing Vatican deal with China targeted in cyberattack originating from Tianjin, organisers say
(Kris Cheng, Hong Kong Free Press)
The Vatican's China whitewash
(Daniel Mark, First Things)
The devastating truth about school shootings in America
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
Religious leaders call for prayer and action following Florida school shooting
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
School shooting in Florida: 'It's supposed to be a safe place'
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Ways Christians should pray following a mass shooting
(Dr. Jeremy Roberts, The Christian Post)
The school shooting epidemic: America's chickens have come home to roost
(Tony Caldwell, Red Letter Christians)
Pope Francis voices sorrow for 'devastating' Florida school attack
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Romney postpones announcement on Senate race after shooting
(Michelle L. Price and Steve Peoples, Religion News Service)
Mormons want to save the Republican party's soul. But is it too late?
(J Oliver Conroy, The Guardian)
Catholic Church says its hiring practices do not discriminate against gay people
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Egypt’s Copts flock to see church opened in remembrance of beheaded Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
Trump's new education plan is all about religious schools
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Christian schools in Australia demanding religious freedom laws to protect right to hire and fire based on beliefs
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Opinion: Why Christians should support the elimination of guns
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Commentary: Private school vouchers are a threat to religious freedom
(Maggie Garrett, Religion News Service)
Chile sex abuse victim’s credibility praised, challenged
(Nicole Winfield and Eva Vergara, Religion News Service)
First black female speedskater Maame Biney smiles because ‘God has blessed me’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Vatican denies report Benedict XVI has neurological disease
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender won’t quit — on God or the Olympics
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Vatican seeks to defuse scandal, says pope meets victims
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Commentary: Thought and prayers
(Shannon Craig Straw, Religion News Service)
Bulgaria rejects treaty to combat violence against women
(novinite.com)
Jewish leader attacks Austrian far right as antisemitism cases increase
(Reuters)
Jerusalem church leaders protest municipality’s plan to collect property tax
(Udi Shaham, The Jerusalem Post)
Omani FM concludes West Bank, Jerusalem visit with tour of Temple Mount
(Adam Rasgon, The Jerusalem Post)
State agrees to cancel gender-separate tour guide courses for Haredim
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Domingo writes on 'body, soul, and spirit of the law'
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Patriarch tells Jordanian king about reason for meeting with pope
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian media report flap over Valentine's Day
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Construction of Pentecostal church hits snag
(Gulliver, Russia Religion News)
Circumcision ban will prevent Jewish community life in Iceland, Scandinavian Jews warn
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religion must rise above politics in Jerusalem, says Father Nicodemus
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Irish bishop calls for protection of the unborn ahead of abortion referendum
(Catholic News Agency)
Massachusetts bill would limit corporate claims for religious accommodation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Creationist’s speech back on at university in Oklahoma
(Associated Press)
Mexican diocese withdraws nuns from violent city
(Mark Stevenson, Associated Press)
‘Corporate capitulation’: Mercedes chided for China apology
(Matthew Pennington, Associated Press)
Appeals court declares Trump travel ban unconstitutional
(Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
4th Circuit en banc says Trump's third travel ban violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump's latest travel ban suffers blow from a second appeals court
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Governor Cuomo signs executive order banning all state agencies and authorities from doing business with companies that promote or tolerate discrimination
(Press Release, New York State)
NY Governor issues executive order barring state contracts with entities that fail to address discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Governor Cuomo orders New York government to stop doing business with companies that ‘discriminate’
(Mark Hodges, Life Site News)
Stage set for 13th Doha Interfaith Conference
(Gulf Times)
Murder convictions reversed because Jehovah's Witness juror excluded
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Murder convictions overturned because Jehovah's Witness not allowed to serve on jury
(Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel)
Bloomfield must pay $700K for lawyer fees in Ten Commandments case
(Hannah Grover, Farmington Daily Times)
City considering crowdfunding to pay Ten Commandments litigation costs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Diocese of South Carolina asks US Supreme Court for review
(A. S. Haley, Anglican Curmudgeon)
Cert. filed in Episcopal Church property dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A federal appeals court just said Trump’s tweets show he’s an anti-Muslim bigot
(Ryan J. Reilly, Huffington Post)
How the rabbi ties his shoes
(Eboo Patel, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
American Atheists submits testimony opposing legislation which would insert religion into Arizona classrooms
(American Atheists)
Atheist group accuses Beaumont (TX) of promoting religion with decals
(Liz Teitz, Beaumont Enterprise)
Atheist delivers invocation at Maine State House
(Charles Eichacker, Press Herald)
National Library of Israel shares interfaith love with Islamic art exhibit in NY
(Cathryn J. Prince, The Times of Israel)
Ted Wilson to raise issue of Sabbath exams in Uganda
(Andrew McChesney, Adventist News Network)
Anti-Sharia law bill advances to Idaho House
(Associated Press)
Education Department won't investigate transgender bathroom complaints
(Grace Carr, The Daily Signal)
Beyond Roe: A global roadmap for the pro-life movement (We have reached a tipping point. Either abortion will be taken out of UN policy altogether, or it will be enshrined as an international right)
(Stefano Gennarini, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
EVENT, 15 February 2018: The Future of Christianity and Pluralism in Iraq
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Is America running out of patience with LGBT activism?
(Glenn Stanton, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
This Muslim artist is giving Valentine’s Day a subversive twist
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Why are Catholics calling off Valentine's Day this year?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
US agency accuses Russia of abusing anti-extremism laws
(World Watch Monitor)
Inventing Extremists: The Impact of Russian Anti-Extremism Policies on Freedom of Religion or Belief (full report)
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Inventing Extremists: The Impact of Russian Anti-Extremism Policies on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Executive Summary)
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Asma Jahangir: Pakistan human rights champion dies
(BBC News)
Asma Jahangir obituary: Lawyer and human rights campaigner who fought for women, children and religious minorities in her native Pakistan
(Victoria Schofield, The Guardian)
Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy
(Amnesty International)
USCIRF mourns death of leading Pakistani human rights defender
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Podcast: Is God really dead? Why belief matters. (Celebrating the work of Eileen Barker)
(Professor Eileen Barker, Professor Conor Gentry, Professor Nigel Dodd, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
8 facts about love and marriage in America
(Abigail Geiger and Gretchen Livingston, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
7 interesting facts about Ash Wednesday, Lent
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
When Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, what’s a clergyperson to do?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Ashes for Valentine's Day: The convergence of eros and agape
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
The Guardian view on a calendrical coincidence: ashes and chocolate
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Where do Ash Wednesday ashes come from?
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt’s love affair with Valentine’s Day
(Marwan Menawy, Arab News)
Say no to Valentine's: Islamic teacher ways women should not be referred to as 'girlfriends'
(Al Bawaba News)
No, the Catholic Church hasn't canceled Valentine's Day
(Brian Backe and Daniel Burke, CNN)
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
(Lisa Bitel, Religion News Service)
Valentine's Day remains controversial in some conservative Muslim and Hindu areas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The war on Valentine's Day in India
(Elizabeth Flock, The Atlantic)
Can't buy me love: Materialism in marriage linked to devaluation of marriage
(Brigham Young University, Science Daily)
This is how religious liberty really dies (Cultural pressures are a much greater threat to the faithful than the government)
(David French, National Review)
Religious freedom implications of same sex marriage in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
'Yes' victors seek abolition of all church exemptions to anti-discrimination laws
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Imagine if politicians took Lent seriously (giving up crisps doesn’t count)
(Jack Bernhardt, The Guardian)
Why buffer zones around abortion clinics do not threaten the right to protest
(Arianne Shahvisi, The Conversation)
Maldives crisis: a bitter religious divide comes to the fore
(Andreas Johansson, The Conversation)
“Regardless of religion”: Building a stronger Singaporean society
(Shashi Jayakumar, Nur Diyanah Binte Anwar, Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS))
Surrendering a Brussels mosque: Saudi break with ultra-conservatism? – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
New ‘Holocaust law’ highlights crisis in Polish identity
(Genevieve Zubrzycki, The Conversation)
Muslim leader urges Macron not to meddle too much in French Islam
(Julie Carriat, Reuters)
Macron under fire over plans to reform Islam in France
(Romina McGuinness, Express)
Interfaith survey shows first-year student approach to religious difference
(Katy Chappell, Technician Online)
Washington: Employer’s religious objections shouldn’t block birth control coverage, Senate says
(Jim Camden, The Spokesman-Review)
You can’t make state officials like me perform same-sex marriages. The Constitution accommodates religious objections
(Gayle Myrick, The Washington Post)
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