Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 October 2017
Nepal president signs anti-conversion bill into law
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
Egyptian kids learn empathy through virtual travel
(Stefani D'Ignoti, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
October brings Italy highest flows of migrants from Libya
(Justin Salhani, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Past meets future at Jerusalem's Tower of David
(Debra Kamin, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iraq's female booksellers turn the page on gender roles
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Film about interfaith dialogue opens in Egypt to praise
(Salwa Samir, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt key to Palestinian reconciliation
(Uri Savir, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Kurds in Iraq: Back to square one?
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Following Islamic State ouster, tribes key to stability in eastern Syria
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Maronite Catholic patriarch visits Salt Lake City, discusses refugees
(Ashley Stilson, KSL)
Scientologists protest violation of their right to religious freedom in Hungary
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)
Unknown unknowns: three inquiries into religion
(James Ryerson, The New York Times)
500 years since 95 theses, Martin Luther's legacy divides some of his descendants
(Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR)
Learning: a global crisis
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Parenting curriculum created for parents from at-risk backgrounds
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Venezuela, travel ban, and praying for a solution
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Australian state's lower house passes assisted suicide bill
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope to Canadian youth: Let Christ lead you in the adventure of life
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Former NPR CEO spends time with Evangelicals, Republicans; discovers media bias
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Commemorating International Religious Freedom Day
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Human rights campaign ranks 500 US cities on 'LGBT' inclusivity: 68 score perfect, 11 get zeroes
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
President Jokowi appoints Din Syamsuddin as Special Envoy on Religious Affairs
(Netralnews.com)
#MeToo: Human dignity, sexual morality, and Christian responsibility
(John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)
Will Christians in America face more persecution?
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Kerala mosque issues diktat to boycott family after Muslim girl marries Christian boy
(Asianet Newsable)
Interfaith event on Oct. 22 met with protest outside Islamic Center
(Hannah Holzer and Elizabeth Mercado, The California Aggie)
How Quebec's face-covering ban stacks up to laws elsewhere around the globe
(Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, CBC News)
South Ossetia joins Russia in ban on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Eurasianet.org)
Scientologists protest violation of their right to religious freedom in Hungary
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
The tenuous constitutionality of Bill 62
(Carissima Mathen, Policy Options Politiques)
White Evangelicals used to dominate Christian Zionism, but not anymore
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Christian magistrate fired for views on gay adoption loses appeal case
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
I produced My Week As a Muslim. Its intention was to educate, not offend
(Fozia Khan, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on Australia’s same-sex vote: say yes
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Philippines: Marawi liberated but root cause of extremism remains
(World Watch Monitor)
Government again pressures Sudan Church of Christ leaders
(World Watch Monitor)
Religion site Patheos adds controversial writer pastor Mark Driscoll
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
When less is more: Modest fashion on the rise
(Sarah Ghanem, World Religion News)
This agnostic former Mormon is going to be the next Prime Minister of New Zealand
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
How Bibles are smuggled into North Korea
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Why does this religion worship forgotten gods?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Why “Jacob the bar mitzvah boy” mattered
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Religious photos of the week
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)
Pope sends rare condolence after Malta journalist is slain
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Law and religion round-up – 22nd October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Brazilian cardinal supports controversial food policy in São Paulo
(Filipe Domingues, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gender, religious belief and discrimination in service provision
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Hereford Diocesan Synod Motion – CofE Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Large crowd turns out for flag debate
(Rich Flowers, Athens Daily Review)
Police: We handled haredi draft protesters carefully and cautiously
(Udi Shaham, The Jerusalem Post)
Prayers won’t eradicate Boko Haram, education will, says Nigerian bishop
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Uzbekistan releases another activist, but is optimism misplaced?
(Eurasianet)
Friday, 20 October 2017
Doors continue to close for Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Raqqa liberated: Now what?
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
Quebec bans face covering in public
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Quebec enacts 'religious neutrality law' to curb full-face veils in public
(Scott Neuman, NPR)
Quebec, Islam and face-covering: Quebec’s ban on face-coverings risks inflaming inter-communal tensions
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Quebec enacts new religious neutrality law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trudeau on Quebec face-cover ban: not our business to tell women what to wear
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Georgetown pro-marriage group faces sanctions after students complain
(Catholic News Agency)
North Korean defector shares horrors of living under Kim Jong-un's regime
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Hamas: 'We will wipe out Israel'
(Laura Lacey Johnson, Christian Headlines)
President Trump asks supporters to sign 'stand for the National Anthem' petition
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Colorado Christian baker receives award for 'courage in the face of power'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
In the same-sex marriage vote, the bishops have soft-pedalled on sin
(David Marr, The Guardian)
Being Boring – How Bureaucrats Determine Religious Freedom
(Helge Årsheim, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
CofE service after same sex marriage?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Trump links UK crime rise to 'spread of Islamic terror'
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)
Meditation on a lack of Conservative morality
(Pam Stainer, The Guardian)
Church of England to debate blessings for same-sex couples
(Patrick Greenfield, The Guardian)
Can Israel be any more "transparent?"
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
Travel ban violates Trump Administration’s most sacred principle
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Two tearful faces that make me pray for peace with North Korea
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
LGBT-affirming Christians are more emboldened than ever
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Family looks for answers after Christian boy beaten to death in Pakistan
(Amel Ghani, Religion News Service)
Learning from the past: The day a 'Christian government' turned on an ecumenical organization
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)
Israel's religious community faces off against prostitution
(The Jerusalem Post)
Austrian Jews to Israel: Respect our stand on far right Freedom Party
(Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post)
France's Macron says Raqqa fall not end of battle against Islamic State
(Reuters)
Bulgaria Deputy PM wants new laws to stifle radical Islam
(novinite.com)
Tajikistan: One more prisoner of conscience
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah 's Witness in Tajikistan sent to jail for 6 months for refusing to wear army uniform
(Interfax-Religion)
A baker’s toxic recipe for discrimination
(Dorothy Samues, The American Prospect)
G7, Facebook, Google, Twitter agree on plan to counter Islamist terror
(Deutsche Welle)
Afghanistan mosque blasts: Dozens dead in suicide bomb attacks
(Deutsche Welle)
Venezuela bishops ‘deplore’ elections blasted as a fraud by opposition
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New Mexico judge orders release of clergy sex abuse records
(Associated Press)
Attorney General Sessions offers few answers to questions on new religious liberty guidelines
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Minister may move ahead with "as applied" challenge to disturbing-the-peace ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No unemployment benefits where religious objections leading to resignation were not disclosed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Freedom to provide religious instruction in Australian schools
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
EVENT, 20 October 2017: "Violence, Social Justice, and Human Rights at the Intersection of Law and Religion," United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, MN
(United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities)
EVENT, 20 October 2017: "Religious Freedom: Liberty, Legislation, & Litigation," Connecticut Law Review, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
(UConn School of Law)
EVENT, 20 October 2017: "Faith, Money, and Promoting Inclusive Development," Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT, 19-20 October 2017: Second Annual Religious Liberty Public Lecture and Conference: Freedom of Belief Freedom of Action
(Lecture by Professor Rex Ahdar, The University of Notre Dame Australia - Sydney School of Law)
There’s a rising global tide of crackdowns on LGBT communities
(Max Bearak, The Washington Post)
Call to challenge decline of religious freedom in Russia
(Eno Adeogun, Premier)
Christians in Azerbaijan face rising persecution from government, ACLJ tells UN
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: the essence of what it means to be human
(Keymanthri Moodley, The Conversation)
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