Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 20 October 2017
Rosie Costa
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Aung San Suu Kyi was a ‘bright light’ for some Rohingya. That dream is dead.
(Max Bearak, The Washington Post)
Christians who use ‘Allah’ ‘don’t contravene public order law’
(Bede Hong, The Malaysian Insight)
By excluding Hannah Mouncey, the AFL’s inclusion policy has failed a key test
(Catherine Ordway and Allistar Twigg, The Conversation)
The fine line of teaching religion in France's secular schools
(The Local FR)
Burqa bans: Which countries outlaw face coverings?
(Liam Stack, The New York Times)
Roy Green: European Court of Human Rights has twice decided on face covering law
(Roy Green, Global News)
“The reformation is unending,” Adventist leader tells European Parliament
(Victor Hulbert, Adventist News Network)
No opt-out for religious if abortion laws liberalised
(Caroline O'Doherty, Irish Examiner)
Sex, gender, religion: Scholars discuss possible 'reformation'
(Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter)
Courts rule 'Onionhead' is a religion; Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster isn't
(Allen Smith, Society for Human Resource Management)
LC Panel urges students to shape culture, be the difference makers
(Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message)
Thursday, 19 October 2017
'My love isn't second-class': the struggle for marriage equality in Northern Ireland
(Siobhan Fenton, The Guardian)
Will English church school be forced to ban bible, crosses, and religious assembly?
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Berlin exhibition highlights how the Nazis exploited Martin Luther’s legacy
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Though ISIS is losing ground, war may be lost if Christians can't return home
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Central Americans fleeing violence can't return home yet, bishops warn
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Excluding people with disabilities makes Church 'incomplete'
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
My Week as a Muslim documentary sparks racism row
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Diwali, festival of lights – in pictures
(The Guardian)
Tony Abbott needs to go back to Bible class if he quotes it on climate change
(Geoff Thompson, The Guardian)
Algeria: ‘unjust law’ still denying churches their ‘right to worship’
(World Watch Monitor)
Dalai Lama attacks Trump's America
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Virginia: Pro-life and pro-abortion gov. candidates in close race
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Government must allow abortion for undocumented teenager, judge rules
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Why is everybody so mad at the museum of the Bible?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Life after death -- what Scientology did for me
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)
War memorial cross must be torn down according to court ruling
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
‘Peace Cross’ is unconstitutional, court rules
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Across from White House, Muslims and allies protest travel ban
(Chris Mathews, Religion News Service)
Denied admission because he’s black, civil rights leader urges Duke Divinity to confront its past
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
New Mexico judge orders release of clergy sex abuse records
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Church Clarity pressures pastors and churches to disclose views on homosexuality
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS: On Faith & Culture)
EVENT, 19 October 2017: Speaker Robert P. George, Wheatley Institution 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
(The Wheatley Institution)
"Deeply disappointed at this miscarriage of justice" - Catholicos Aram I on ECHR's Sis decision
(Armenpress)
Turkey, Hungary and Poland: The politics of school textbooks
(Dana Alexandra Scherle, Daniel Heinrich, Deutsche Welle)
Turkey: Religious officials to perform civil marriages
(Umut Uras, AlJazerra)
Is Kaliningrad on the brink of inter-ethnic conflict?
(Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)
Interior Ministry official suggests criminalizing gay propaganda
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow mufti warns that foreign radical preachers want to sway CIS Muslim space
(Interfax-Religion)
Prominent Tajik heart surgeon detained on suspicion of links to Salafis – media
(Interfax-Religion)
The Hungarian police are investigating Scientologists
(novinite.com)
Uzbekistan: Surveillance, raids, Bible destruction, jailing, torture
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witness in Kazakhstan acquitted
(Radio Azattyk, Russia Religion News)
Bulgarian government adopts international definition of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A broad-format meeting is underway in Sofia discussing measures against radical Islam
(novinite.com)
Jewish group says Canada’s Islamophobia measure inhibits free speech
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ontario won't follow Quebec on religious bill
(Northumberland News)
'Not up to the federal government' to challenge Quebec's religious neutrality law: Trudeau
(Peter Zimonjic, CBC News)
Peace an urgent task in world of war and conflict, pope says
(Crux)
Germany's domestic intelligence agency warns of 'IS' sympathizers
(Marcel Fürstenau, Deutsche Welle)
Europe at a crossroads, says new declaration by Christian intellectuals
(Anian Christoph Wimmer, Catholic News Agency)
‘You all look the same’: non-Muslim men targeted in Islamophobic hate crime because of their appearance
(Imran Awan and Irene Zempi, The Conversation)
Universities told to guarantee free speech
(Alic Thomson, Rachel Sylvester, and Nicola Woolcock, The Times)
Why Islamist attack demands a careful response from Mozambique
(Eric Morier-Genoud, The Conversation)
Argument: Can Somalia ever win against al-Shabab?
(Alex de Waal, Foreign Policy)
South Africa: Bishops call for strengthened governance to save workers’ pensions
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
All interfaith marriages not ‘love jihad’: Court
(The Times of India)
Call for reviewing education policy to curb terrorism
(Daily Times)
Need for right legislation to regulate freedom of religion
(Atyab Alshatti, Arab Times)
Interfaith peace prayer held in Taunggyi
(Yain Tai, Burma News International)
Life in everyday death: The Rohingyas in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Response to: Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims)
(Nasir Uddin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Rohingya Muslims pay the ultimate price for their religious and ethnic identity (Response to: Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims)
(Tina Mufford, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Cakes and the commercial marketplace
(Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
4th Circuit rules large Bladensburg Memorial Cross unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Web Summit: Freedom of religion in the tech business
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Christian ducks out of ‘trans’ work
(Nicholas Hellen, The Times)
Why did British journalists throw a PR pity party for an offended transgender activist?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
New era of Coptic martyrs: RNS dives into big questions about a deadly serious subject
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
USCIRF condemns Pakistan's blasphemy convictions of Ahmadis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crux reports from Lebanon-Syria border, where Western ideals clash with deadly local realities
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Are many hate crimes really examples of domestic terrorism?
(Arie Perliger, The Conversation)
Judge dismisses lawsuit from parents who said their son was forcibly baptized
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist)
Court dismisses parents' complaint of coerced baptism of son
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court rules that Peace Cross in Bladensburg violates the Constitution
(John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun)
4th Circuit: Latin cross war memorial violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church can move ahead with RLUIPA challenges to zoning refusal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Second federal judge blocks new Trump travel ban
(Laura Jarrett, CNN)
Another court enjoins enforcement of third travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No homeless in the historic district?
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)
This just in! Lutheran left tests theory that progressive doctrine is key to church growth
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Set the WABAC machine for when? Time for another trip into United Methodist polity!
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Gay Methodist minister David Meredith, church claim victory
(Mark Curnette, Cincinnati Enquirer)
Assisted suicide legislation advances in Australia’s Victoria state
(Catholic News Agency)
Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady and Cory Bernardi reflect on the marriage postal ballot
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
‘Identity politics’ have not taken over university history courses
(Paul Sendziuk and Martin Crotty, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Memo to the IPA: history teaching is driven by student demand, not ‘identity politics’
(Trevor Burnard, The Conversation)
Allegations of sexual offences by the late Bishop Whitsey
(Law & Religion UK)
CofE statement on mediation with abuse survivor (updated)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Conscientious objection again: Adyan v Armenia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church Times Green Awards Winners
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CofE statement on allegations against former Bishop of Chester
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 15th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Judge determines Ian Brady’s funeral arrangements
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Another Romanian church property dispute: Orăştie
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Appeal Court rules on segregation at faith school
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Recent queries and comments – 13th October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
USCIRF condemns Pakistan sentencing three Ahmadis to death for blasphemy
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
From the Arctic, Ecumenical Patriarch calls for fresh deliberation on fate of the earth
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
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