Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Ten books you should be sneaking into synagogue on Yom Kippur
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Nashville church shooting: What happens when violence invades sacred spaces
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)
Firebrand jurist Moore wins GOP primary runoff in Alabama
(Kim Chandler and Bill Barrow, Religion News Service)
Moore church-state wars: Can political reporters cover legal clashes between God and man?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
On eve of Senate election, Roy Moore rallies his supporters: 'God has put me in this election'
(John Sharp, AL.com)
EVENT, 27 September 2017: Share The Journey with Refugees and Migrants: Pope Francis' Campaign, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
EVENT, 26 September 2017: Nuclear Disarmament and Development: The Hopes of the Holy See
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious Freedom in Focus, Volume 71 - September/2017
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Special Feature: Summer symposium on Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
(SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Conscience, conditions, and access to civil society
(Rick Garnett, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Anti-discrimination laws do not compel commercial-merchant speech
(Tobias Barrington Wolff, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Shotgun wedding? Forcing religious vendors to participate in wedding ceremonies
(Eric Rassbach and Hannah Smith, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Commercial products as speech – When a cake is just a cake
(Mary L. Bonauto, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: As a matter of marriage law, wedding cake is expressive conduct
(Helen Alvaré, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Disentangling free speech and freedom of religion in Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Eric Segall, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Discrimination is not a fundamental American value
(Vanita Gupta, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Masterpiece Cakeshop and compelled participation in religious ceremonies
(Mithun Mansinghani, SCOTUSblog)
Wedding cakes v. religious beliefs?: In plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Pedophile priests. The social construction of a moral panic
(Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR))
Russia honors Kalashnikov, a man whose faith was too complex for this New York Times story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
In Tunisia, an ancient Jewish community braves uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religion and state in Israel: Charting a new course for 5778
(Shuki Friedman, The Jerusalem Post)
Why not quote Buddhists in news about Buddhist mistreatment of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingyas?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Monk-led mob attacks Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka
(AFP, The Times of India)
Bangladesh: Rohingya orphan children to be rehabilitated State Minister for Social Welfare says
(The Daily Star)
Investigation of alleged human rights violations and abuses against the Rohingya
(UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya lack food and water
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Twentieth anniversary of Russia's religion law
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
3 very religious reasons to end the barbaric practice of kapparot with live chickens
(Haim Ovadia, Forward)
Ireland will vote on abortion next year — Social conservatives play defense
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review)
Britain’s Labour Party vows to expel anti-Semites, but leaves definition vague
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Far-right AfD's surge worries Muslim refugees in Germany
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)
Religious minorities need protection, says top Vatican official
(Matt Fowler, Catholic News Service)
Holy Land Christians frustrated by lack of legal action against vandals
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Mexico City archdiocese offers free medical care for earthquake victims
(Catholic News Agency)
3 key elements of Trump's new travel ban
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
New order indefinitely bars almost all travel from seven countries
(Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)
Supreme Court cancels hearing into travel ban after new White House proclamation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Jewish groups condemn new US travel ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'No way back' in Myanmar's crucible of communal hate
(Agence-France Press)
Pastor's suit against VA over prayer content dismissed for lack of standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Today is Alabama Senate Primary runoff between Moore and Strange
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Harvey, Irma, Jose... and Noah
(David Brooks, The New York Times)
Labour to adopt new antisemitism rules after conference row
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Labour is 'lukewarm' to Christians, admits party's faith envoy
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Religious leaders speak out in horror at far right gains in German election
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
London mayor: Terror threat 'keeps me awake at night'
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Labour's 'shame': Party eight times worst than others for antisemitism
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Christianity is dying out in Europe, claims Russian Orthodox Church leader
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Tolerance online: those with diverging opinions need not apply
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confiscates Christian literature as ‘publicity stunt’
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious discrimination is on the rise and more pervasive than you'd think
(Nicole Russell, The Washington Examiner)
37% of Americans can't name a right guaranteed by first amendment
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Russian human rights activist asks Putin to reverse arrest of Scientologists
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
High security on Jewish high holidays
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Orthodox rabbi to host ‘alternative Yom Kippur’ service in beer garden
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Religious cyber-vigilantism on the rise
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Remember when liberals wanted evangelicals to be more political?
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
Kneeling at NFL liturgies
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)
First Muslim college in US buys Lutheran seminary campus in Berkeley
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Church used unemployment scam to stoke funds, ex-members say
(Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, Religion News Service)
Witch doctors are sacrificing children in drought-stricken Uganda
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Iraqi Kurds voted in their independence referendum. Now what?
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Federal judge permanently blocks Indiana abortion limits
(Rick Callahan, Associated Press)
Should states ban abortions when Down syndrome diagnosed?
(Julie Carr Smyth and David Crary, Associated Press)
Will outlawing ‘instant divorce’ advance justice for Muslim women in India?
(Z. Fareen Parvez, The Conversation)
Divine to divided: How Occupy Central split Hong Kong's Christian leaders
(Jayson Albano, Marta Colombo, and Maria Christhin Kuiper, South China Morning Post)
How did marriage become a mark of privilege?
(Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times)
Bangladesh: On marriage, convenience, rights, and politics
(Arpeeta Shams Mizan, The Daily Star)
Book of Mormon sets new record for most expensive manuscript ever sold
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Monday, 25 September 2017
September 24: States grapple with religious liberty and adoption, reproductive rights and wedding services
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Europe’s religious history: Lessons for Theresa May and the EU from 15th-century Florence
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sectarianism in Iraq peaks ahead of Kurdistan referendum
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Refugees’ fate in limbo as Iraqi Kurdistan referendum nears
(Dilshad Hama Khidhir, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
As Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, Turkey dials up hostility
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Why is Turkey so disjointed over the Iraqi Kurds?
(Merve Tahiroglu and Aykan Erdemir, The Washington Post)
'Miracle of the Kurds' author shares why he supports a forgotten people
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
Turkey trumps up the charges against the imprisoned U.S. pastor
(Aykan Erdemir, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Policy Brief)
Holy Russia leader under prosecution for pressuring cinemas due to Matilda, detained
(Interfax-Religion)
European Jews concerned about far-right party's Bundestag election results
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope and Peruvian president discuss Venezuela, upcoming papal visit
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt’s Christian, Muslim institutions join efforts to advance women’s issues
(Ahmed Aleem, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: Copts face arrest after Facebook post leads Muslims to riot
(World Watch Monitor)
Will Egyptian government embrace the Muslim Brotherhood?
(Amr Mostafa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Leader of far-right German party says Jews have nothing to fear
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Swedish court moves neo-Nazi march on Yom Kippur away from synagogue
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. bishops seek to fight racism at both national and local levels
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Female envoys to Vatican say it’s past time for Church to empower women
(Inés San Martín and Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump issues new, more targeted version of travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues Texas doctor for religious discrimination
(David Lee, Courthouse News Service)
EEOC sues doctor over required Bible sessions for employees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Albany Lions Club sues city, officials over Albany Hill cross
(Damin Esper, East Bay Times)
Body of rabbi in Mexico pulled from earthquake rubble
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
California Lions Club sues to control cross in park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court says private investigator invaded privacy of Buddhist temple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church stoked tithing with unemployment scam, ex-members say
(Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press)
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