Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 1 December 2017
Nigeria: Boko Haram survivor and her baby ‘shamed’
(World Watch Monitor)
Twitter goes crazy over gay nativity scene
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Paradox of the aggressive secularism: Exclusion of religion from public life politicizes the church
(Gregory Mathieu, World Religion News)
Who stole the Satanic Christmas tree topper?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
You should listen to Jesus about sexual misconduct
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Couple faces jail time for butt selfies at Thai holy site
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Europe’s Muslim population growing — but won’t be a majority anytime soon
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Pope in Bangladesh, continues diplomatic tightrope walk
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)
Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Videos tweeted by Trump: where are they from and what do they really show?
(Jon Henley, The Guardian)
Why Trump retweeted anti-Muslim propaganda
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
Trump is also baiting Christians with his anti-Muslim videos
(Matthew Kaemingk, Religion News Service)
Fact check: Anti-Muslim videos misrepresent what happened
(Calvin Woodward, Religion News Service)
The guy in the red apron: How a Salvation Army bell ringer brings heart to the job
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Bill that would allow churches to receive FEMA aid advances in Congress
(Chris Mathews, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 1 December 2017: The boundaries of public debate: tolerance and freedom of expression in democratic society, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
(Universiteit Leiden)
Thursday, 30 November 2017
New “Church Near You” web site
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – October and November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Cohabitation, cohabitation, cohabitation”: Smith
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Meeting examines role of religious leaders in fostering inclusive societies in South Asia
(World Council of Churches)
Ecumenical groups join in UN forum on business and human rights in Geneva
(World Council of Churches)
Chicago: Religion and the State of Our City
(Various Authors, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Akan, “The Politics of Secularism”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Canada’s first Christian law school pleads case to Supreme Court
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Ritual slaughtering must be done in approved slaughterhouses - EU court adviser
(Reuters)
Polish Jewish leaders offer support following attack on Warsaw Muslim center
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis urges respect for all Myanmar's ethnic groups, without using the 'R' word
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis in Myanmar: to say or not to say ‘Rohingya’
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Muslim population in some EU countries could triple, says report
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Kazakhstan: Compulsory re-registration if restrictions become law
(Forum 18 News Service)
Mary, idolatry and Donald Trump: The smashers of Mary’s images are acting more against statues than against her
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Patriarch Kirill concerned about attempts to legalize religious discrimination in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Church will help Syria all it can with post-war problems - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin discusses Orthodox Church's contribution to consolidation of society, ethnic peace
(Interfax-Religion)
Tashkent imam proposes death penalty for extremists
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin to deliver speech at Bishops' Council on Friday
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious test for military draftees in Russia
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Russian high court reverses application of anti-evangelism law
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
France’s Socialist Party shows the right way to respond to anti-Semitism
(Ben Cohen, Jewish News Service)
Senate tax plan would penalize Mormon families
(Robert J. Lord, The Independent)
The dangerous myths about Sufi Muslims
(H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic)
Would we be better off without religion?
(Al Jazeera)
Hungary says it keeps Jews safe by keeping out Muslim immigrants
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
NGOs condemn persecution against the Church of Almighty God
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Ambassador, Elder Bednar switch on Washington DC Temple lights
(Andrew Phillips, Deseret News)
Pope urges continued dialogue between Orthodox, Catholics
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pro-life amendment in Irish constitution under threat
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC, other religious liberty advocates, urge Appeals Court to reject Pensacola cross
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Texas school board prayer case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Mark of the devil? Woman fired for refusing to be fingerprinted wins battle for unemployment comp
(Matt Miller, Penn Live)
Believer in mark of the beast entitled to unemployment comp
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenging Indiana charter school law mostly survives motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pontifical Univ. gives Brian Grim religious freedom award
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Britain furious, Trump unapologetic as fallout swells from anti-Muslim videos
(Karla Adam and William Booth, The Washington Post)
UNESCO releases new research on youth and violent extremism on social media
(UNESCO)
Afghan girls' robotics team wins first place in European competition
(Katie Van Syckle, The Cut)
Will Trump-Moore nexus be a turning point in history of American Evangelicalism?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Why abortion — not sexual misconduct — is likely to decide the Alabama Senate race
(Stacie Taranto, The Washington Post)
Pakistan belongs to all Pakistanis regardless of religion, province and tribe: COAS
(Dunyanews.tv)
The "Interfaith Mediation Center" from Nigeria conferred the 2017 Intercultural Innovation Award
(Business Wire)
Law professor says Reitz coach prayer likely unconstitutional
(Zach Evans, Evansville Courier & Press)
Ahead of major Supreme Court case, Archbishop Lori reflects on religious freedom implications
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Loving our neighbor means condemning all religious bigotry
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Jewish groups challenge Belgian Shechitah ban in high court
(Rachel Hoffman, Hamodia)
Belgian court decision blocking deportation of Brussels grand mosque imam appealed to the Council of State
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ethiopia is an outlier in the Orthodox Christian world
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center Fact tank)
Europe's growing Muslim population
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Views of transgender issues divide along religious lines
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Religion, a private matter, says Rahul
(Mahesh Langa, The Hindu)
Russian priest deflects accusations of anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)
Pope demands ‘decisive measures’ to resolve Rohingya exodus
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
EVENT, 30 November to 1 December 2017: Lucerne Advent Discussion on the Constitution, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
(Universität Luzern)
APPLICATIONS DUE 30 November 2017: Bossey’s ministry continues, now inviting applications for 2018-19
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
After declining to make a wedding cake, he's going to the Supreme Court. Here's how that journey challenged his faith
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
African women embark on pilgrimage in Burundi
(World Council of Churches)
With holy oil and paint roller: Coptic icon painters place memorial to victims of terror attacks
(Katja Dorothea Buck, World Council of Churches)
Egypt Mosque attack: targets of Islamist extremism
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State
(Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Farouk Mahfouz, The Washington Post)
Donald Trump retweets Britain First deputy leader's Islamophobic posts
(Lizzie Dearden, The Independent)
Muslim leaders speak out against Trump’s inflammatory retweets
(Sharon Samber, Religion News Service)
Trump's retweets of Islamophobic videos distress British leaders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump retweets incendiary anti-Muslim videos from controversial group
(Brian Naylor, NPR)
Trump retweets videos critical of Muslims
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Trump’s words — and tweets — are dangerous to the very ideals of our nation
(Salam Al-Marayati, Religion News Service)
Theresa May condemns Trump's retweets of UK far-right leader’s anti-Muslim videos
(Matthew Weaver, Robert Booth, Ben Jacobs, The Guardian)
Jewish community in Belgium files lawsuit to overturn ban on religious slaughter of animals
(European Jewish Press)
European Jewish organizations back legal action against Belgian ban on kosher slaughter
(Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner)
Suit in Belgium challenges Wallonia's ban on kosher slaughter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DC Archdiocese sues over rejection of Christmas season bus ads
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Professional BMX rider from Idaho leaves major sponsor for religious reasons
(Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com)
Can logic be used to figure out the purpose of life?
(Religion Press Release Service, Religion News Service)
Child suicide bombing and Boko Haram’s future
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Turks explore Ottoman past in visits to Jerusalem
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Why so many Turks took Black Friday as insult to Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Bitcoin pronounced ‘un-Islamic’ by Turkish religious authority
(RT)
Syrian refugee camp in Jordan goes solar
(Mohammad Ersan, Al Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Can Israeli left make peace with Judaism?
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Children born of sexual violence under Islamic State need support
(Eithne Dowds, The Conversation)
Cairo women ride in peace with first female bus driver
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
By not saying 'Rohingya', Pope Francis was just protecting his own
(Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian)
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