Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Virtually no 'dangerous' German Islamists wearing electronic ankle bracelets
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
Sex offenders can attend church even if kids are there
(Scott L. Miley, Times Sentinel)
Kenyan church claims Baltimore County’s land use regulations impose substantial burden
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)
National nontheist organizations call Department of Justice memorandum on religious liberty a 'declaration of war'
(Secular Coalition for America)
Brownback’s nomination as ambassador advances to U.S. Senate
(Celia Liopis-Jepsen, Wyandotte Daily)
Why is prayer over a loudspeaker at high school football games unconstitutional?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Former NPR executive got to know Missouri evangelicals and found a way out of his liberal comfort zone
(Ken Stern, Kansas City Star)
HHS looks into removing barriers to program funding for religious groups
(Carol Zimmermann, CatholicPhilly.com)
HHS seeks comments on faith-based participation in programs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Washington Post religion team (thank God) gets to offer first look at the Museum of the Bible
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Tories disown firebrand Hindu activist after Commons visit
(Michael Safi and Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Marriage law reform for England & Wales put on hold
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Dismissal for opposition to same-sex adoption: Mr R Page
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Lancashire council to vote on non-stunned halal meat ban
(Helen Pidd, The Guardian)
Fear of religion limits UK's influence, MPs warn
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Islamic converts and 'born-again' Muslims vulnerable to ISIS radicalisation
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
The 6 Commandments? For most Brits – including Christians – 10 is too many
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
Movers and shakers: Who are Britain's top 100 Catholics?
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
UK calls for action to secure freedom of religion for 80% of world’s population
(World Watch Monitor)
Thousands of Russians joined Islamic State and brought their children. Now relatives are trying to bring them home
(Sabra Ayres, The Los Angeles Times)
Pope Francis thanked St. Gregory Foundation for struggling against abortions in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
The battle over Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
(James T. Richardson, New Eastern Europe)
Russia: Building, retaining places of worship obstructed
(Forum 18 News Service)
Prayer room for Jews was opened in Moscow Domodedovo Airport
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Georgian breakaway region
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)
Uzbekistan should ‘protect religious freedom, not see religion as a threat’ – UN Special Rapporteur
(World Watch Monitor)
UN demands Tajikistan free detained Jehovah’s Witness
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Prominent writer unleashes controversy around sexuality in Turkey
(Nazlan Ertan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
How Indians view religion in the country
(Money Control)
Coptic Pope and Oriental patriarchs pay historic visit to Germany
(Ecumenical News)
The politics of religious exclusion in Pakistan
(Umair Jamal, The Diplomat)
Christians who fled IS displaced again as Iraqi and Kurdish forces clash
(World Watch Monitor)
Lebanon looks to recreate Palestinian society in refugee camp
(Daniel Hilton, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Why Israel's ultra-Orthodox mainstream worries about its image
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
High court rules TA shops can remain open on Shabbat
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Is Egypt ready to end underage marriage?
(Khalid Hassan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Huge crowds descend on Egyptian city to celebrate Sufi mystic
(Ayah Aman, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egyptian police foil latest terrorist attack on Coptic church in Sinai
(World Watch Monitor)
Mike Pence announces major policy change that Iraqi Christians have been begging for
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
VP Mike Pence says US will bypass UN and give US aid directly to Christians in Iraq
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Vice President Pence to visit Israel and Egypt to support persecuted Christians
(Ken Thomoas and Jill Colvin, Religion News Service)
Pence vows to fund faith-based groups to help Middle East Christians
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Planned Parenthood vs. little girls: Sex-selective abortion in America
(John Stonestreet, G. Shane Morris, Christian Headlines)
Texas adoption law protects religious freedom of faith-based adoption agencies
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Missouri's most comprehensive pro-life bill is now a law
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
In Central African Republic, UN contractors bribed to aid Muslims
(Zack Baddorf, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Alexis Okeowo finds God in the brave acts of ordinary Africans
(Meghan Sullivan, NPR)
Tunisian marriage ban rescinded; freedoms for women grow
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
UN expert urges global repeal of blasphemy laws to boost religious freedom
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Saudi Arabia to vet use of Prophet's sayings to counter extremism
(Reuters)
Indonesia passes law to ban organizations deemed against its ideology
(Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters)
Philippines Marawi City siege ends after five months
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on Rohingya refugee repatriation
(Shoon Naing, Reuters)
‘They shot my two daughters in front of me’: Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss and forced migration
(Ronan Lee, The Conversation)
North Korea Day of Prayer offers message of hope for Christians in pariah state
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Melbourne Anglicans urge state government to drop euthanasia bill
(Anglican Communion News Service)
When can private entities censor speech?
(Garrett Epps, The Atlantic)
Holy Call: Pope Francis phoning space station Thursday
(Marcia Dunn, Religion News Service)
Mazel tov to my Protestant friends!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
The rising belief in moral atheists
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
Jeffrey Weiss' final story was his own
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 26 October 2017: Faith-Based Activism and Service in American Public Life: A Baptist Joint Committee Symposium
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Muslim extremists massacre 48 Christians in Nigeria
(Morning Star News Nigeria Correspondent, Christian Headlines)
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Churches, employment and Real-Time Information for PAYE: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Petitions to watch | Conference of October 27
(Aurora Barnes, SCOTUSblog)
Kazakh officers disciplined for harassing Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors
(Radio Azattyk, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector denied alternative civilian service in Tajikistan
(Radio Azattyk, Russia Religion News)
Advice to Wisconsin priests on LGBT funerals is criticized
(Associated Press)
Police carry out raids, make arrest in Berlin Islamist scene
(Deutsche Welle)
Denver archbishop addresses teen social media use, suicide spike
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. bishops weigh in on tax reform: Prioritize “the least of these”
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
What happens if all corporations start claiming religious liberty rights?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Court rejects objections to refusal to reschedule trial dates for alleged religious reasons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court dismisses as moot remaining travel ban challenge on its docket
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the UK government can do more to understand the role of religion globally
(Rose Gamble, The Tablet)
Why pastor Robert Jeffress’ interview with Sean Hannity was so maddening to so many
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS: On Faith & Culture)
Most of world lacks real religious freedom, UN official says
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Gay rights, religious liberty and the tasty details sometimes buried in an inverted-pyramid wire story
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Prominent chefs oppose baker in major gay rights case
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Meet the "young saints" of Bethel who go to college to perform miracles
(Molly Hensley-Clancy, Buzzfeed)
How new controversy with North Carolina's bathroom law could impact conservative, religious business owners
(Mark Martin, CBN News)
Martin Luther’s spiritual practice was key to the success of the Reformation
(Marion Goldman and Steve Pfaff, The Conversation)
Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
(Matthew Levering and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Religion News Service)
It’s not just O'Reilly and Weinstein: Sexual violence is a ‘global pandemic’
(Valerie Dobiesz and Julia Brooks, The Conversation)
Celebrity architect David Adjaye in battle over Holocaust memorial which ‘looks like a rib cage’
(Jonathan Morrison, The Times)
Storm over secondwife.com polygamy site for Muslims
(Kaya Burgess, The Times)
Grassroots campaign launched to persuade Church of England to adopt gay blessings
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Racist, violent, unpunished: A white hate group's campaign of menace
(A.C. Thompson, Ali Winston, and Darwin BondGraham, ProPublica)
No jail for Portuguese man who beat ex-wife — because her adultery assaulted his ‘honor’
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)
Justice Department supports student’s claim that his free-speech rights were violated
(Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post)
Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Undocumented immigrant teen has abortion ending weeks-long court battle
(Ann E. Marimow and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post)
Appeals court in Washington allows detained immigrant teen to seek abortion
(Ann E. Marimow and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post)
New York Times argues for illegal immigrant's 'constitutional right' to an abortion
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)
Pro-abortion study shows sharp decline in abortions
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow.com)
In Chicagoland, a tombstone for Catholic mom who 'supported priest rapist victims' sparks dispute
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Man wants mom's tombstone to say she 'supported priest rapist victims,' but diocese objects
(Angie Leventis Lourgos, The Chicago Tribune)
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