Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 3 November 2017
Muslim father 'ordered' by judge not to impose Islam on his children
(Samuel Osborne, The Independent)
Italian court rules its 'okay for Rastafarians to smoke marijuana when meditating'
(Harriet Agerholm, The Independent)
How states can wield ‘official Islam’ to limit radical extremism
(Michael Robbins and Lawrence Rubin, The Washington Post)
A senator's defense of the free exercise of religion
(The Oklahoman)
Many Central and Eastern Europeans see link between religion and national identity
(Katayoun Kishi and Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research Center)
Iowa City Police chaplain program contested by national, local secular groups
(Mike Kuhlenbeck, Little Village)
Poll: 68% of Israeli Jews want Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Bomb threat cancels Balfour Declaration event at Florida Jewish museum
(The Jerusalem Post)
On All Souls' Day Pope Francis warns warmongers that the only fruit of war is death
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Kazakhstan: UN call for prisoner of conscience's release
(Forum 18 News Service)
As Australians vote on same-sex marriage, concerns for religious liberty loom
(Tyler Arnold, National Review)
Religious extremism by any other name
(Mona Charen, National Review)
Marc Chagall’s Belarus hometown celebrates first synagogue opening in a century
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Georgetown students’ commission votes not to sanction pro-marriage group
(Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency)
Court asked to reconsider ruling on Peace Cross war memorial
(Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
English Catholic, Anglican leaders: Palestinian homeland needed for justice
(Simon Caldwell, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
For the first time Christian evangelicals met with Egypt's president
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Planned Parenthood called out for saying black women are better off getting abortions
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Science tells moms to prioritize motherhood in the first three years
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)
Preparing for IDOP: Learning the stories of the persecuted Church
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Validity of Kenya’s election in question
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Zoroastrian takes center stage on Iran’s political scene
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egyptians highlight human rights abuses as government campaign backfires
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Pakistan court backs first wife in landmark polygamy case
(Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan court fines and jails husband for polygamous marriage without wife's consent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan fulfills promise to recognize Christian marriages
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Assisted dying debate: MP says his religion shouldn't come before his electorate
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
'Exvangelicals': why more religious people are rejecting the evangelical label
(Josiah Hesse, The Guardian)
New tax bill would allow "529 Plans" for parochial school tuition
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Republican tax bill would end Johnson Amendment ban on partisan sermons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Republican tax plan would let churches enter political fray
(Ginger Gibson, Reuters)
No, getting rid of the Johnson Amendment is not part of the GOP tax bill
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
BJC: Tax bill includes provision gutting IRS protections for houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Churches are usually reluctant to push tax reform. But Catholic bishops are trying.
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Are the Amish right about new technology?
(Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian)
Nineveh Christians still talk of emigration, despite Iraqi-Kurd peace agreement
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt church reopened after 22 years seen by some as gesture to US
(World Watch Monitor)
Dozens killed as Islamist violence erupts again in eastern DRC
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran MPs seek to change law so voters can only vote for candidates from their own religion
(World Watch Monitor)
Eritrean Christians told to remove crosses as schools forced to go public
(World Watch Monitor)
Is Apple a religion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
President Trump is wrong to include religion with attack on diversity visa
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Archaeologists say rebuilding Jonah’s mosque should wait
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Gilgamesh Nabeel, Religion News Service)
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
(Robert Muggah, Religion News Service)
Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Muslims in NJ city fear another backlash after latest attack
(Wayne Parry, Religion News Service)
Faith leaders must stop acting as if there’s no preventing natural disasters
(Amy Butler and Mike Moskowitz, Religion News Service)
Poland and France come to blows over statue of late Pope
(EURACTIV.com with AFP)
French diocese plays down John Paul II statue controversy
(Bernard Gorce, La Croix International)
EVENT, 3 November 2017: Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law, & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
(The Fletcher School)
Roy Moore's sexual misconduct allegations testing white evangelicals tolerance
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Indonesia hosts first conference for Asian religion journalists
(Herald Malaysia)
Islam, the State, and security in post-Soviet Central Asia
(Eurasia Net)
Buddhism and Islam in Asia: A long and complicated history
(The Diplomat)
Evangelicals urge Trump to protect immigrants, families in 'temporary protected status' program
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Republicans, conservatives, evangelicals increasingly opposed to death penalty
(Heather Beaudoin, The Christian Post)
Hundreds of religious leaders gather in S. Korea to promote peace
(Press Release, Pacific News Center)
Dia De Los Muertos comes to lifes across the Mexican diaspora
(Isabel Dobrin, NPR)
U.S. pastors planning pilgrimage to Holy Land urge Christians to support Israel
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
'Shocking behavior': only 1.5 percent of Syrian Christians accepted into Western nations
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Inquiry rejects press claims about 'Christian' girl fostered by Muslims
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on Israel and Palestine: escape the past
(Editorial, The Guardian)
A century on, the Balfour Declaration still shapes Palestinians’ everyday lives
(Simon Mabon, The Conversation)
Before Balfour: the Reformation helped to create the state of Israel
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Egypt's president Sisi meets with US evangelical leadaers for first times in Cairo
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
London council builds housing with religion-friendly features
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Germany names a train after Anne Frank and social media reacts
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Russian orthodox patriarch visit Romania for the first time in 55 years
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Patriarch Kirill criticizes 'color' revolutions for using quasi-religious rhetoric
(Interfax-Religion)
For what reason was another Ukrainian inter-religious council estabilshed and what did it achieve?
(James Wilson, World Religion News)
Church's showing of film on Israel draws protest
(The Jerusalem Post)
Pakistan should be called country of concern over religious persecution
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Surge in anti-Semitism reported in latest study
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
US bishops’ consultant resigns after penning letter critical of pope
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Satanic Temple billboard protesting corporal punishment rankles Texas town
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
LDS Church donates $10 million to construct housing for homeless in Salt Lake
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Notre Dame to cut birth control coverage for faculty, students
(Catholic News Agency)
Benin bishops say poverty fuels country’s health care crisis
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
7th Circuit hears arguments in Indiana Christmas pageant case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Orthodox Jewish family wants brain dead son's death certificate rescinded because faith won't accept he's deceased
(Tom Blackwell, National Post)
Orthodox Jews in Canada challenge brain death as end-of-life test
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why the census in Canada showed a steep drop in the number of Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Louisiana governor exceeded authority in expanding non-discrimination protections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CA pro-life centers win against forced speech law
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
California pregnancy clinic requirement violates state constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
2nd Circuit: Religious court lacks standing to challenge stay of its proceedings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine
(BBC News)
Musicians’ Church: announcement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Social work, controversial views and fitness to practise: Ngole
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Yogi Adityanath govt to toughen laws on use of loudspeakers at religious places
(India TV)
Minister witnesses peace declaration of Merauke interfaith youth
(Kemenko PMK, The Jakarta Post)
Rajasthan HC raises question on woman’s conversion to Islam, interfaith marriage
(Dinesh Bothra, Hindustan Times)
Rajasthan High Court seeks govt answer on Religious Conversion Law
(Sangeeta Sharma, Daily News and Analysis)
Why is the Bladensburg Peace Cross case important? The New York Times spells it out
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Poles launch petition against French plan to axe cross in Breton town
(The Local FR)
Macron defends counterterrorism law at European Court
(Associated Press)
How the Día de Muertos tradition continues, even after losing everything in the 7.1 quake in Mexico
(Kate Linthicum, The Los Angeles Times)
Day of the Dead: A unique understanding of death
(Al Jazeera)
What ancient cultures teach us about grief, mourning and continuity of life
(Daniel Wojcik and Robert Dobler, The Conversation)
What the history of iconoclasm tells us about the Confederate statue controversy
(Henry Adams, The Conversation)
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