Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Basketball coaching hopeful was denied a job. She says it’s because she’s no longer gay.
(Rick Maese, The Washington Post)
Why the law against female genital mutilation should be scrapped
(Lynne Townley and Susan Bewley, The Conversation)
Church of England bishops to remain in reformed House of Lords
(Anglican Communion News Service)
The 100-year-old letter that still divides the Middle East
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Dispatch: For Uzbeks, radicalization often begins abroad
(Amie Ferris-Rotman, Foreign Policy)
What draws ‘lone wolves’ to the Islamic State?
(James L. Gelvin, The Conversation)
US shouldn’t give up benefits of ‘green card lottery’ over low risk of terrorism
(Ethan Lewis, The Conversation)
Old friends from Argentina reunited in New York. Five died together in a terrorist attack.
(Max Radwin, Anthony Faiola, Samantha Schmidt, and Amy B. Wang, The Washington Post)
New York truck attack suspect charged with terrorism offense as Trump calls for a death sentence
(Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
Lawsuit targets Trump’s rollback of birth-control rule
(David Crary, Associated Press)
5 facts about Muslim Millennials in the U.S.
(Jeff Diamant and Claire Gecewicz, Pew Research Center Factank)
Germany marks 500th anniversary of church’s Reformation
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Reformation turns 500: Authors explain 'what remains at stake' between Catholics, Protestants
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Germany marks 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation
(Deutsche Welle)
Reformation commemoration a 'powerful symbol of hope' says German Protestant bishop
(Ecumenical News)
On Reformation anniversary, Lutherans bridge divides with other faiths
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The rights of infidels in a new world (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(David Lantigua, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity and liberty: Closer friends than you think (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Daniel Philpott, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity’s growth in China and its contributions to freedoms (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Fenggang Yang, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christianity and freedom: Peril and promise (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Allen Hertzke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious freedom's roots and fruits, from antiquity to the present day (Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries)
(Timothy Shah, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Merkel preaches tolerance, religious freedom at Reformation ceremony
(Reuters)
Don't celebrate Reformation day until you know these 10 things
(Bethany Blankley, Christian Headlines)
Wittenberg in the spotlight: Luther rules, 500 years after Reformation
(Brian Melican, The Guardian)
Catholic and Protestant leaders unite to mark start of Reformation
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Martin Luther's children: the top 10 Protestants in fiction
(Peter Stanford, The Guardian)
Quick facts about Protestantism on its 500th anniversary
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Why the ecumenical movement is a historical event on par with the Reformation
(Thomas Reese, RNS column: Signs of the Times)
The Guardian view on the Reformation: justification through faith
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Is the Reformation over?
(Chris Castaldo, Religion News Service)
Recipes for reformation: A menu to mark Martin Luther
(Jason Derose, NPR)
What came after: The Counter-Reformation art of Carlo Dolci
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Martin Luther: The Monk who stood against an empire and changed the world
(Bethany Blankley, Christian Headlines)
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
#Reformation500: Washington Post tackles the modern Protestant Reformation happening in Brazil
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Saudi crown prince rattles Turkish Islamists
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Spanish bishops call for peaceful resolution to Catalan independence crisis
(Catholic News Agency)
Caritas Venezuela warns that 280,000 children could die of malnutrition
(Catholic News Agency)
Amid Pence promises, persecuted Iraqi Christians still in perilous limbo
(George Russell, Fox News)
Muslims in Sri Lanka: Strangers in their own land
(May Jeong, Moment)
Lebanon looks to recreate Palestinian society in refugee camp
(Daniel Hilton, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Pope: the saints weren't perfect, but they allowed God to touch their lives
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
‘I’ll Push You’: Friends, one in a wheelchair, document their Spanish pilgrimage
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Against Clarity: A progressive Christian opposes rating churches on LGBT acceptance
(Barbara G. Wheeler, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Georgia school district bans coach from praying with football team
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Some Indonesians fear country's religious intolerance is growing
(Ari Shapiro, NPR)
'It's our right': Christian congregation in Indonesia fights to worship in its church
(Matthew Ozug, Ari Shapiro, NPR)
Church leaders arrested in Sudan
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Media attack on religions with American origins
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Media attack on Jehovah's Witnesses
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
India's 'love jihad'- Are women being recruited for 'Islamic State'?
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
French court orders cross removed from statue of John Paul II
(Catholic News Agency)
A campaign of fear & division in Virginia: Ed Gillespie needs to remember his Catholic roots
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Amicus briefs in Masterpiece Cakeshop now available online
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis gets sleep whenever he can, even while praying
(David Greene, NPR)
Bus driver fired for refusing 'mark of the devil' in background check can sue employer
(P.J. Dannunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)
Bus driver can move ahead with religious objection to fingerprinting
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit hears arguments on Christmas pageant challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Seventh Circuit hears dispute over high school’s live nativity
(Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News Service)
Barrett confirmed for 7th Circuit after controversy over her religious beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Faith, finance and ecology: Green investors and right-wing sceptics clash on the meaning of scripture
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
AU and NWLC file lawsuit against Trump Administration over rules denying women birth control coverage
(Press Release, Americans United)
Turkey: What do parents and pupils think?
(Dr. Mine Yildirim, Forum 18 News Service)
New contraceptive coverage rules challenged as Notre Dame plans to end coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim woman's suit over search by male officer is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women
(Jenny Graves, The Conversation)
Social media study points to a close result in the same-sex marriage vote
(David Tuffley and Bela Stantic, The Conversation)
Real fake news: Facebook's role in Buddhist Myanmar's deadly war against its Rohingya Muslims
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
At Facebook, hand-wringing over a fix for fake content
(Mike Isaac, The New York Times)
Russian Jews point out to Patriarch Kirill’s special role in opposing Anti-Semitism and xenophobia
(Interfax-Religion)
Terror in Lower Manhattan: Reporters started asking religion questions early and often
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
New York truck attacker planned rampage for weeks and carried it out in the name of ISIS, police say
(Renae Merle, Devlin Barrett, and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
Challenging the notion that religion fosters violence
(Maxell Kennel, The Conversation)
Travelling the world to study interfaith initiatives
(Farida Master, The Times NZ)
France honoring Pope & principles
(NJToday.net)
Iran: Fariba Kamalabadi, religious prisoner of conscience, released
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Russia's inter-religious faith council backs curb on artistic freedom
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet)
Religious freedom for Muslims: the AfD have picked their first fight in the Bundestag
(Jorg Luyken, the Local DE)
The Islamic World doesn't need a reformation
(Mustafa Akyol, The Atlantic)
Family of Toronto man declared brain dead says finding goes against his religion
(National Post)
Senate OKs judicial nominee in middle of religious fight
(Kevin Freking, Associated Press)
Senate confirms controversial Trump nominee to appeals court
(Lydia Wheeler, The Hill)
Support for abortion on request climbs to 60% in new poll
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Odd, unquestioning AP story misses point on University of Wisconsin's 'religion center'
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
University of Wisconsin-Madison starts new religion center
(Associated Press, Chicago Tribune)
Studies show volunteering and giving improves your physical health
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Church of England urged to tackle sexual abuse within its ranks
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
The Balfour declaration isn’t history, it’s an everyday reality for Palestinians
(Yasmeen el Khoudary, The Guardian)
Pakistani Christians face discriminations in prisons too
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Blasphemy law used to accuse Pakistani Christians
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Divorce divides Pakistan's Christian marriage law debate
(Zahid Hussain, Karachi and Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)
Bullying of Muslim students at record levels in California
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
This is no way to treat the dead
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Pope pained by attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia, NY
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Evangelical pastor says he was removed from Liberty University campus
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
American Muslims should insist on a tax reform that protects the poor
(Zara Ahmad, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 1 November 2017: Here I Stand: Conscience, Reformation, and Religious Freedom Across the Centuries
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Germany marks 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg
(Deutsche Welle)
How the Reformation sowed the seeds of Brexit
(Martin Kettle, The Guardian)
Suit challenges Tennessee's therapist bill
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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