Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
The Georgia 3Rs Project: A First Amendment framework for promoting religious literacy & religious liberty in Georgia public schools
(Religious Freedom Center)
Fake news, murder & the Philippine bishops
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)
New budget allows taxpayer funds to rebuild houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
‘I feel trapped’: Violence fuels fear among Myanmar Muslims
(Foster Klug, Associated Press)
‘It’s all right,’ Christian Kelly Clark says after final Olympics run
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Church bells and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
White House proposed budget promotes school choice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Men without conviction, churches without people
(George Weigel, First Things)
The Church of England and the Methodist Church: updated
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Macron vows to reform Islam in France "It is time to bring in a new generation."
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
EVENT, 13 February 2018: Religious Studies and Journalism: Promising Venues for Public Scholarship (webinar)
(Debra Mason, Janet Saidi, Inés San Martín, Religious Freedom Center / Public Scholars Project)
Trump voucher plan a threat to religious freedom and public education, says Americans United
(Press Release, Americans United)
Monday, 12 February 2018
Morocco leads foreign funding for French mosques
(Sana Elouazi, Morocco World News)
Tibetan monk arrested during visit from India, jailed on unknown charge
(Radio Free Asia)
EEOC obtains settlement in religious discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Decostar Industries to pay $38,500 to settle EEOC religious discrimination suit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Religion Watch, February 2018, Volume 33 No. 4
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Swiss Radio: Religious freedom – the key to economic success?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Inside business: Business and religion
(BBC Radio)
February 11: National Prayer Breakfast, California rules on cake case, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Religion and politics in the feud between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
(Mordechai Kedar, Arutz Sheva)
The female Quran experts fighting radical Islam in Morocco
(Dina Temple-Raston, The Atlantic)
Indian government acknowledges surge in religion-based violence
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
Poland to vote on law limiting kosher slaughter prompting Jewish backlash
(Lucy Pasha-Robinson, The Independent)
Bill seeks to bar companies from citing religious exemptions
(Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press)
LGBTQ equality pendulum “abruptly” swinging back as religious exemptions gain victories
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)
Israeli Govt. expected to approve aliyah of 1000 Ethiopians within a month
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
New campaign opposes guidance for religious girls on IDF service
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
China’s price: Catholics argue over the value of a breakthrough deal with China
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Moscow patriarchate drags feet on meeting with the pope
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
More details about harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Muslim leaders raise alarm about public danger
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
How religious belief can play a role in politics
(Isaac Inkeles, Mosaic Magazine)
Iceland is getting its first resident rabbi in decades
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic institute: Kids could be harmed if Scotland changes gender law
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)
Despite Olympics diplomacy, North Korea relentless in persecution of Christians
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Democracy is the problem? The return of Catholic anti-liberalism
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Egypt sentences to death suspect in Coptic priest’s killing
(Associated Press)
Church says gay teacher fired by Miami Catholic school
(Associated Press)
‘We are being targeted’: Voodoo believers fear a backlash
(Alanna Durkin Richer and Philip Marcelo, Associated Press)
Governor: Company shouldn’t have to make gay pride shirts
(Associated Press)
European Court upholds conviction for inciting hatred
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Decision Smajic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina - insulting posts on Internet
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Maryland city to church: Stop worship services or leave
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Small church challenges zoning changes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim World League chief: People must accept religious, intellectual diversity
(Al Arabiya)
India, UAE condemn use of religion by states to justify sponsoring terrorism
(India TV)
Pakistan's Media Authority reminds licensees to refrain from promoting Valentine's Day
(Madeeha Anwar, Voice of America)
Ieronymos: Church must approve religion schoolbooks
(Ekathimerini)
Tennessee: School board updates policy on religion in curriculum
(Jim Herrin, Herald-Citizen)
Iraqi Shia scholar meets with Pope Francis and calls for tolerance and moderation
(AhlulBayt News Agency)
Religious leaders must understand how followers interpret what they teach: Masagos
(Cheryl Goh, Channel News Asia)
People called on to maintain interfaith harmony
(Antara News)
Attacks on religious leaders aim to create instability
(Andi Abdussalam, Antara News)
Women faith leaders meet in Wales to discuss faithful living
(Mormon Newsroom)
Pregame prayer at Ohio school halted by complaint from Freedom From Religion Foundation
(Cam Smith, USA Today)
A battle over language is at the heart of Northern Ireland crisis
(William Booth and Amanda Ferguson, The Washington Post)
Why transgenderism is a problem for secularism
(Bernard N. Howard, The Gospel Coalition)
Argument: Poland's Holocaust denialism will come back to haunt it
(Remi Adekoya, Foreign Policy)
First Pakistani woman from Hindu minority to become lawmaker
(Adil Jawad, Associated Press)
Dominicans worldwide pray for their deceased parents
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Abortion funding limits get priorities right, bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)
Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)
The government gets into the church-rebuilding business
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Church of England backs motion valuing people with Down's syndrome
(Press Association, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on the Catholic church and child abuse: Pope Francis gets it wrong
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Church of England facing 3,300 sexual abuse claims, figures reveal
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Otto Warmbier’s father joins Pence at Olympics to highlight North Korean abuses
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian bishops accuse government of failing to protect citizens from ‘terrorist’ herdsmen
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigeria: 9 churches burnt down and Christian students attacked as violence continues
(World Watch Monitor)
Macy's creates controversy with launch of Muslim clothing line
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Modern funeral trends will change religion
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
TSA agents mistake Native American religious symbols for contraband
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
How do I become a Baha'i
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Chinese scholar says fight the state on religion
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
‘Purpose over politics’ at the National Prayer Breakfast
(Jerry Pattengale, Religion News Service)
Catholic school may bar girl over Planned Parenthood sticker
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Man accused in priest attack believed girlfriend was raped
(Blake Nicholson, Religion News Service)
Bishop declares French Catholic nun’s cure a Lourdes miracle
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Climate change brings scientists and religious leaders together in Massachusetts
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Poland and the Jews — it’s complicated
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Bart Ehrman’s latest: How Christianity took over the Western world
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Catholic Church expert: #Metoo, Chile bishop scandal a wake-up call
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
‘I feel trapped’: Violence fuels fear among Myanmar Muslims
(Foster Klug, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 12 February 2018: Religion, Secularism and Democracy in Duterte's Philippines
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Speaking grace to political power
(Don Hutchinson, Convivium)
Calling for true pluralislm
(Raymond J. De Souza with Andrew Bennett, Don Hutchinson, Convivium)
UN denies complicity in Central African Republic massacres, but questions remain
(World Watch Monitor)
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Germany: Officials recorded nearly 100 anti-Christian attacks in 2017
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
When the monks met the Muslims
(Johan Elverskog, Tricycle Magazine)
Saturday, 10 February 2018
On Rob Porter, Mormonism, and siding with the abuser
(Jana Riess, RNS Column: On Flunking Sainthood)
Protect journalists with the same laws that protect all of us
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Evangelical leaders join forces to urge protection for dreamers and refugees
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffpost Religion)
Israel strikes Syria, downs Iranian drone, as F-16 crashes
(Aron Heller and Srah el Deeb, Associated Press Top News)
The Latest: Netanyahu speaks to Russia’s Putin about Iran
(Associated Press Top News)
Abbas tells India PM he seeks multi-country peace mediation
(Mohammed Daragmeh, Associated Press)
Church (House) and State
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Bulgaria: Council of Religious Communities and Socialists against ‘Lukov March’
(The Sofia Globe)
Email Subscription
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies maintains a Law and Religion Headlines service covering news about freedom of religion or belief internationally. All interested may subscribe to this service, free of charge, using the link below.
Subscribe