Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 25 September 2017
How a sweet Jewish New Year tradition causes a bitter fight in Israel
(Mordechai Goldman, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Turkey to toughen laws on surrogacy
(Riada Asimovic Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Court upholds anti-discrimination law over wedding videographer's challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church loses RLUIPA equal terms challenge to parking requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tennessee Supreme Court clarifies the law in church property disputes
(Press Release, TNCourts.gov)
Is Iran seeking to impose its influence in Iraq's liberated Sunni areas?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Tehran's Sunnis still waiting for their own mosque
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Tennessee Supreme Court: Resolves approach in church property dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lebanese president calls for safe return of Syrian refugees
(Week in Review, Al Monitor)
Latest Syria peace talks solidify final de-escalation zone
(Anton Mardasov, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
On God, providence, and natural disasters
(Steve Hays, Mongerism)
Waterborne diseases a concern in Haiti following Hurricane Irma
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Earthquake in Mexico hits churches hard in Puebla state
(Carrie Kahn, NPR)
When Israelis and Palestinians both love Jesus
(Lusanne Movement)
UN event exposes online child pornography and sex trafficking
(Lisa Correnti, Christian News Wire)
Stabbing of surgeon at Manchester mosque treated as hate crime
(Mattha Busby, Mattha Busby)
The Guardian view on heresy: is the Pope Catholic?
(The Guardian)
Conservatives accuse the Pope of spreading heresy
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
Conservative theologians accuse pope of spreading heresy
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why Buddhist ‘fangsheng’ mercy release rituals can be more cruel than kind
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Girls' school head stops calling students 'girls', fearful of offending transgender students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
(Ben White, Andrew McGee, and Lindy Willmott, The Conversation)
Paraguay's government rejects gender ideology
(Catholic News Agency)
Michigan lawsuit could imperil religious adoption agencies
(Catholic News Agency)
Orthodox leaders call for boycott of Lidle, Nestle for airbrushing out Christians symbols on products
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
University bans research into transgender surgery regrets
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
The big issue: it’s no mystery – science and religion cannot be reconciled
(David Malcolm Connah, The Guardian)
Why it’s offensive to offer a lamb dinner to the Hindu god Ganesha
(Jeffery D. Long, Religion News Service)
‘Jesus People’ – a movement born from the ‘Summer of Love’
(Larry Eskridge, Religion News Service)
Jews will not replace us! (And you will not replace Judaism!)
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
First beatification Mass for U.S.-born priest and martyr draws thousands
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Officials: 1 dead, 7 victims hurt in church shooting
(Kristin Hall, Religion News Service)
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Law and religion round-up – 24th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Mosque's property tax challenge barred by tax injunction act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Homosexuality and Catholic evangelization: “The Dorothy Day Way”
(Charles D. Beard, Aleteia)
Religious freedom bill is a tool of oppression, an attempt to restore privilege
(Dan Barker, philly.com)
2015 incident led to Davenport police religious accommodation process
(Devan Patel, Quad-City Times)
Pakistan plans to regulate weekly sermons to prevent extremism
(Madeeha Anwar, Voice of America)
Former coach who prayed on field takes religious liberty case to the next level
(Chris Henry, The Chronicle)
Debate over statues, invocations in Isle of Wight continues
(Stephen Faleski, Tidewater News)
Hawaii pregnancy clinics say new law interferes with faith
(Associated Press)
Chapel stirs up controversy in small Oklahoma college town
(Sean Murphy, Associated Press)
DC organization wanted to tear a cross off a university chapel, now they’re in for a fight
(Joshua Gill, The Daily Caller)
Catholic monastery near Jerusalem vandalized for third time in 4 years
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post)
NGO: Saudi textbooks ‘teaching hatred’ of Jews and other faiths
(Ben Lynfield, Jerusalem Post)
Religious conflicts on the rise in Africa
(Deutsche Welle)
Term limits battle in Uganda draws ambiguous line from religious leaders
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
“Volunteering”: Saturday musings on the newly-announced review
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 22 September 2017
Two conservative manifestos say something about Protestant dynamics, news values
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Is it big news when liberal Lutherans say the early church was wrong on sex? Why not?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Sally Quinn tells RNS: 'Occultism was so much a part of my growing up and my beliefs'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
An abortionist and his faith? The Atlantic leaves us wondering what kind of faith
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Providing abortions in the deep South
(Olga Khazan, The Atlantic)
Justice Scalia and How Originalism Fits into the Fabric of the Law
(Make Rappaport, Law & Liberty)
US church removal of Robert E. Lee name from parish, new step against Confederate symbols
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Kazakhstan: Criminal cases, and no alternative service
(Forum 18 News Service)
Anti-Semitism in Britain: No room for complacency
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Suspect confesses to having torched cars outside office of "Matilda" director's lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious extremist from Tajikistan arrested in Kirov Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian State leader released with travel restrictions
(Interfax-Religion)
Masterpiece Cakeshop and the effort to rewrite Smith and its progeny
(Jim Oleske, Take Care)
Non-Russian Jehovah's Witnesses appeal court decision about extremist literature
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
U.S. Bishops urge caution on Republican-backed healthcare bill
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ending human trafficking requires everyone’s efforts, archbishop says
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
Chinese Catholics fear new regulations will further suppress activities
(Catholic News Service)
RLUIPA suit against Colonie, NY dismissed as unripe
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA Defense)
Pope reiterates Church’s ‘zero tolerance’ on abuse of minors
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
'Zero tolerance' on child abuse must apply to laity too
(Ed Mechmann, Catholic News Agency)
The unseen culprits behind human trafficking
(Joseph D'Souza and Noel Yeatts, The Christian Post)
Inmate sues Kansas gov't over 'Christian propaganda' on prison grounds
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Christian filmmakers must work gay weddings despite religious beliefs, Minnesota court rules
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Genocide in Burma: Why a persecuted Muslim minority should matter to Christians
(John Stonestreet, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Hurricane Maria leaves all of Puerto Rico without power
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
Mexican workers race to find survivors after massive earthquake
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
Why religious belief isn't a delusion – in psychological terms, at least
(Dean Burnett, The Guardian)
Two in five European Muslims have felt discriminated against – survey
(Jon Henley, The Guardian)
Lift up your hearts for Hillsong, the church that’s made a believer out of Bieber
(Marina Hyde, The Guardian)
Hate crimes against Metropolitan police up 56% in two years
(Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)
Bahraini king positions as promoter of interfaith tolerance
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian government has failed to counteract violence of Fulani herdsmen – ICG report
(World Watch Monitor)
‘Milestone’ as UN votes to create team to collect evidence of IS’s crimes
(World Watch Monitor)
Teen gives birth after Christian school graduation controversy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty to escape, fraud
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Religion News Service)
Michigan doctor believes US ready for first Muslim governor
(David Eggert, Religion News Service)
In Greece, the evil eye is trending
(Jenny Lower, Religion News Service)
The history of the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Engy Abdelkader, Religion News Service)
Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish New Year service
(Jessica Gresko, Religion News Service)
Pope admits church realized sex abuse problem ‘a bit late’
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Services)
The enduring power of Mosul’s rich and diverse past
(Stephennie Mulder, Religion News Service)
Texas officials urge Trump to act on FEMA funding for houses of worship
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Caffeine starting to be sold in Brigham Young University’s cafeteria
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Brigham Young ends 60-year ban on sale of caffeinated drinks on campus
(The Guardian)
Travel ban revisions may add countries, alter court challenge
(Richard Wolf and Kevin Johnson, Religion News Service)
LDS church sets record price for a manuscript of the Book of Mormon
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Recent queries and comments – 22nd September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Police will cautiously but consistently implement facial delivery law " (Polizei wird Gesichtsverhüllungsgesetz "behutsam, aber konsequent umsetzen")
(Michael Simoner, derStandard.at)
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Strange, uh, Times: Praise for on-the-record Catholic quotes about a clergy sex case!
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The challenge of religious liberty in Russia: The need for a new approach
(Andrew Bennett, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Even grassroots anti-Semitism is minimal in Russia – FJCR
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian State - Holy Russia leader detained again
(Interfax-Religion)
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