Law and Religion Headlines


Saturday, 10 February 2018

Agatha’s ambivalence: When saintly commemorations turn sour
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Church School of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies obtained state accreditation in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Security Service initiates a case against UOC priest for a post with St. Georgy ribbon in Facebook
(Interfax-Religion)

Rob Porter, and Mormonism's #MeToo Moment
(Daniel Burke and MJ Lee, CNN)

Identity of subjects of criminal case confirmed: Evidence against Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo collected
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

17 Jewish groups call on White House to fire adviser Stephen Miller
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Francis, Estonian Prime Minister meet ahead of possible papal visit
(Hannah Brockhaus, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Influx of Cameroon refugees into Nigeria worries Catholic Church
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

No more nukes? Am exchange
(Michael C. Desch and Gerard F. Powers, Commonweal)

Lawsuit alleges church-state violations in another Louisiana school district
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Creationist’s speech canceled at university in Oklahoma
(Adam Kealoha Causey, Associated Press)

Bombings at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kill 2, injure 75
(Rami Musa, Associated Press)

Catholic school may bar girl over Planned Parenthood sticker
(Associated Press)

Notre Dame announces another change in contraceptive coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hopi's religious concerns give them standing to challenge Snowbowl water use
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge rules magistrates can’t be targeted for beliefs on marriage
(Press Release, Becket)

Former magistrate receives damages in settlement over refusal to perform same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump speaks to National Prayer Breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jeff Sessions providing watchdogs for the religious right within the DOJ, warns Center for Inquiry
(Press Release, Center for Inquiry)

DOJ imposes more oversight on US Attorneys in religious liberty cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

SACRALS Meet 2018 - "Religio-Legal Parameters for Social Harmony"
(South Asia Consortium for Religion and Law Studies, Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (SACRALS), Interfaith Foundation India, New Delhi)

Friday, 9 February 2018

Martin Marty, the great notice-er
(Kenneth L. Woodward, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Marty, teacher
(Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Biblical translation leads to tussles, clashes
(Matin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

“Cross”-examining the biblical witness in war for the Planet of the Apes (on religion in science fiction, part 1)
(Audrey D. Thompson, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Deus ex machina (on religion in science fiction, part 2)
(Emanuelle Burton, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Parable of the times (on relition in science fiction, part 3)
(Rebecca Raphael, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

Muslims of Ukraine sign Social Concept
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Bill on recognition of Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide submitted to Israeli Knesset
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

The fight for the right to be a Muslim in America
(Andrew Rice, The Guardian)

How Iran uses a compulsory hijab law to control its citizens – and why they are protesting
(Moujan Mirdamadi, The Conversation)

Hijab protests expose Iran's core divide
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)

Women need not wear religious robe known as abaya, senior Saudi Muslim cleric says
(Daniel Khalili-Tari, Independent Online)

UNESCO: Yemen war threatens history
(Al-Jazeera)

How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village
(Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe OO, Simon Lewis, and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters)

Hong Kong cardinal warns against Vatican-China deal
(Kelvin Chan, Associated Press)

Cardinal: Rohingya faced elements of ethnic cleansing
(Associated Press)

Bombings at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kill 2, injure 75
(Rami Musa, Associated Press)

King Hamad’s Global Centre for Interfaith Dialogue highlighted
(Bahrain News Agency)

Rastafarians misunderstood, discriminated in Malawi ­— Galawanda
(Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times)

UIPM welcomes King Abdullah’s visit to Pakistan
(The International News)

The Church of England and the Methodist Church
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

South Africa: Support for SARS probe into abuse within religious sector
(Eyewitness News)

The unorthodox nuns who taught Meghan Markle
(Charles A. Coulombe, Catholic Herald)

Cornrows, school uniform and discrimination
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Spanish man fined €480 for photoshopping his face into an image of Christ
(Cristina Abellan Matamoros, Euronews)

Op-Ed: A secular state is a religious imperative
(Yasser Latif Hamdani, Daily Times)

UCO student group rescinds invitation to Christian speaker Ken Ham
(Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman)

Beyond sex carnivals and drag queens: Facts appreciated in furor over disinvited campus speaker
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Congress holds hearing on preventing mass atrocities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mass Atrocities Prevention I
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives)

A word on the comparative approach of International Law and a proposed direction for Chinese textbooks of International Law
(Bing Bing Jia, EJIL: Talk!)

Is International Law International? Continuing the conversation
(Anthea Roberts, EJIL: Talk!)

Catholics have a messaging problem in China
(Caroline Kitchener, The Atlantic)

Unreality and incoherence reign at the Vatican
(Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty)

China-Vatican deal shocks Chinese Catholics
(UCANews)

A Vatican-based bishop extols China
(George Weigel)

Weigel corrects Bishop Sorondo's strange statements on China and CST
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)

CCCC’s Recommendation in Response to Government Rejections of CSJ Applications
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Native church’s lawsuit spurs training for airport screeners
(Felicia Fonseca, Religion News Service)

Cupich speaks: the Church must learn from the faithful about married life
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Holy Land pilgrimages on the rise, despite political tensions
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)

The return home: Syriac Christians celebrate Eucharistic liturgy in ravaged church
(Catholic News Agency)

Canadian Catholics won’t be bullied into supporting abortion, bishop says
(Catholic News Agency)

Archbishop Chaput: blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples is not permitted
(Catholic News Agency)

What New York’s non-discrimination order could mean for religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)

The dark consequences of Poland's new holocaust law
(Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic)

Polish Holocaust law turns into political battleground in Israel
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Europe's war on free speech
(Mike Gonzalez, The Daily Signal: Commentary)

Israel's education policies leave ultra-Orthodox students behind
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

God and the games
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Can the Olympics bring global peace?
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)

In light of the Olympic Winter Games, a spiritual reflection
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Walgreens adopts Target-like transgender policy, allows biological men in women's restrooms
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Nancy Pelosi recites the Good Samaritan parable, praises evangelical leaders in 8-hour speech
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

In-depth look at how God intervened in attempted terrorist attack on 'The 15:17 to Paris'
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)

1,800-year-old Roman mosaic is discovered in Israel
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

The terrorist threat facing southeast Asia is growing as IS fighters return
(ABS CBN News)

Civilians detained by Burma army in Kachin State
(Free Ranger Burma)

India falls 10 places on global democracy index as persecution continues to rise
(UCANews)

Indian govt admits rise in religion-based hate crime
(UCANews)

Growing number of Druze believers in Syria
(Anna Deckert, Mission Network News)

How a Saudi convert is hiding her life in Christ from Muslim husband
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Oppression of Iranian churches lead to arrests — and forgiveness
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

The fight for the right to be a Muslim in America
(Andrew Rice, The Guardian)

Church of England raises serious concerns about Christian Freemasons
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Cardinal Pell's lawyers want access to his accusers' medical records
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

EU bishops decry Iceland circumcision bill as attack on religious freedom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

When reporting on Iceland's attempt to ban circumcision, why not talk to Jews, Muslims?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses
(Rose Hackman, The Guardian)

Caldey Abbey: first male victim comes forward to describe sexual abuse
(Amanda Gearing and Steven Morris, The Guardian)

Syria’s second city begins long road to recovery
(World Watch Monitor)

Two priests murdered in Mexico as gang attacks against religious leaders continue
(World Watch Monitor)

Malaysia’s reputation as moderate Muslim nation hangs by a thread
(Matt K. George, World Watch Monitor)

Ethiopian Evangelical sent to prison for ‘insulting’ Orthodox Church
(World Watch Monitor)

Ambassador Brownback: 'Religious freedom is the most important foreign relations topic today'
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Thursday, 8 February 2018

So what did Cardinal Marx say about gay unions? Let your Ja's be Yes
(George Conger, GetReligion)

Bomb scare intimidates another church in Turkey
(World Watch Monitor)

Bomb at church in Turkey raises alarm
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

How the National Prayer Breakfast sparked an unusual meeting between Muslims and evangelicals
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

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