Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Lutheran-backed group says environmental and civil society leaders are targeted in Colombia
(Ecumenical News Reporter)
Who behaves like an extremist—Jehovah's Witnesses or the Russian state?
(Anton Chivchalov, Echo of Moscow)
David Wright found guilty on all counts in terror case
(Brian Dowling, Boston Herald)
Teens arrested in vandalism at Jewish cemetery in Romania
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hong Kong bishop emphasizes pastoral over political concerns
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukrainian bishop sees ‘real chance of peace’ in country’s crisis
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Rome march defies anti-Semitism, celebrates Jewish/Catholic friendship
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC’s Hollman discusses Masterpiece Cakeshop and the importance of understanding
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Trump supporter suing West Village bar demands religious recognition for MAGA hat
(Jake Offenhartz, Gothamist)
Plaintiff argues that "Make America Great Again" hat is religious expression
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge denies preliminary injunction in Timothy's House of Hope suit
(Tara Becker, Quad-City Times)
Church feeding homeless denied preliminary injunction because no harm imminent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Schewel, “Seven Ways of Looking at Religion”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Wide partisan gaps in U.S. over how far the country has come on gender equality
(Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Kim Parker, and Renee Stepler, Pew Research Center)
Five steps that can bring peace in Myanmar
(Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times)
For years, U.N. was warned of threat to Rohingya in Myanmar
(Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy)
Eyewitness: the Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash
(Ellen Wiles, The Conversation)
Marawi’s lessons
(Business Mirror)
A dangerous proposition
(Faizan Mustafa, The Hindu)
Zardari felicitates Hindu community on Diwali
(Pakistan Today)
How two Christians and climate change saved India
(Vijay Jayaraj, The Christian Post)
Israel should practice what it preaches to the Palestinians
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Jewish labor site ruled ‘discriminatory,’ fined NIS 40,000
(Dov Benovadia, Hamodia)
Israeli court fines online "Jews-only" job site
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
After 1,700 years large section of Western Wall and Roman theater discovered
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Female Israeli soldier uses ninja moves on threatening crowd of ultra-Orthodox protesters
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Deadly explosion in Somali capital Mogadishu brings shock, outrage, and resilience
(Laura Hammond, The Conversation)
Somalia sees bloodiest terror attack in country’s history
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Security situation for Christians in Mali gets worse
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenya elections continue to take dramatic shifts
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
With midnight raids and chat-room traps, Egypt launches sweeping crackdown on gay community
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Europe divided on religious persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Tajikistan authorities draw up list of gay and lesbian citizens
(The Guardian)
A man tortured in Chechnya for being gay dares to go public with his story
(Andrew Roth, The Washington Post)
Interfaith solidarity: Triumphs and backlash
(Shaheen Pasha and Jordyn Rozensky, Altmuslimah)
True dialogue respects deeply held beliefs of others, say speakers
(Beth Griffin, CatholicPhilly.com)
The LGBT agenda- 10 things you need to know
(Shane Idleman, Christian Headlines)
Would more religion mean less violence?
(Los Angeles Times)
Majority of Americans, third of evangelicals say faith in God not necessary to be moral: Pew
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center Factank)
Study: Kids who read the Bible more likely to practice faith as adults
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
UK Christians and Jews celebrate 75 years of inter-faith relations
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Most people don’t want women jailed for abortions, says expert who investigated death of Savita Halappanavar
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Neil MacGregor on faith, burkinis and blockbuster shows
(Catherine Nixey, The Times)
As a Muslim, I'm proud to support marriage equality
(Mehreen Faruqi, The Guardian)
Sex versus death: why marriage equality provokes more heated debate than assisted dying
(Julian Savulescu, The Conversation)
Australia: Churches vandalized by gay marriage supporters ahead of legalization vote
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Hate crime has become the new normal. This is how we tackle it
(Shaista Aziz, The Guardian)
Quebec passes law banning facial coverings in public
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Ontario says Quebec law on religious neutrality violates charter rights
(National Post)
Saudi scholars to vet teaching of prophet Muhammad to curb extremism
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Christians on alert as Iraqi forces take over Nineveh Plains
(World Watch Monitor)
‘No country can make progress without granting religious freedom to citizens’
(Pakistan Today)
When Nazis rallied in Manhattan, one working-class Jewish man from Brooklyn took them on
(Philip Bump, The Washington Post)
Jewish neo-Nazi renounces white supremacist past — and comes out as gay
(Mary Hui, The Washington Post)
Da Vinci painting of Jesus being sold for $100 million
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Christian rapper has #1 album in America
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Philadelphia Eagles' football player baptized in hotel swimming pool before game
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
White Evangelicals in Alabama
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
Mormons and the Boy Scouts: Heading down different trails
(Benjamin Park, Religion News Service)
Boy Scouts' exclusion of atheists
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Towering cross-shaped monument on public land is unconstitutional, court rules
(Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument
(Associated Press)
Good without God? More Americans say amen to that
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
A call to national service — for young Jews and non-Jews
(E. Robert Goodkind, Religion News Service)
Prospect High School students among select group to pilot national religious studies program
(Karen Ann Cullotta, The Chicago Tribune)
Judge orders Trump administration to allow abortion for undocumented teen
(Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post)
Conservative movement keeps intermarriage ban
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Who said that — Martin Luther or William Shakespeare?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Wealthy donors working to limit 'inappropriate' religious freedom
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims
(Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post)
Court bars enforcement of most of Trump's third travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Contraception mandate litigation: DOJ settles
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)
California: Jerry Brown vetoes a bill to curtail religious liberty, and the Left reacts
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)
California governor vetoes expanded labor protections for employees of religious organizations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California Gov. Brown vetoes bill prohibiting faith-based codes of conduct
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Being Muslim in the NBA
(Marc J. Spears, The Undefeated)
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
German Left Party leader calls MP a sneaky Jew
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)
Is it Islamophobic to oppose the mosque next door? London Jews debate the question.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe sends offering to Yasukuni war shrine
(Deutsche Welle)
Greece passes gender identity law amid church protest
(Florian Schmitz, Deutsche Welle)
Pope Francis invites prisoners to lunch, instead they escape
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
New California law stops local participation in ‘Muslim registry’
(Alberto Luperon, Law Newz)
New California law bars state role in any future "Muslim registry"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The implicationsof China's growing involvement in Latin America
(Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute)
Spain and the situation in Catalonia: A conversation with Spanish ambassador Pedro Morenes
(Hudson Institute)
Middle East’s Samaritans link Muslims and Jews
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 17 October 2017: Blasphemy laws: Religious suppression and political authoritarianism
(Newseum: Religious Freedom Center)
EVENT, 17 October 2017: Wise Up: Voice of American Muslims
(Newseum: Religious Freedom Center)
Can the war between faith and science come to an end?
(Kevin Wandra, Christian News Wire)
Respect, don't just tolerate other religions, Vatican officials say
(Matthew Fowler, Catholic News Service)
US bishops call for health care protection for the most vulnerable
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Hawaii judge blocks Trump's latest travel ban
(Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
Department of Justice announces settlement in HHS mandate suits
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
College wins permanent protection from HHS contraceptive mandate
(Press Release, Thomas Aquinas College)
Government settles 13 contraceptive mandate cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian school's zoning exclusion did not violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How 'evil' became a conservative buzzword
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
How American politics became so exhuasting
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Senate confirms Callista Gingrich as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
(Catholic News Service)
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