Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Suicide prevention month and a resource for veterans
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Constitutional law scholars’ amicus brief in the travel ban case explains why the Bill of Rights limits federal power over immigration
(Ilya Somin, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
On legal position of triple talaq in Bangladesh
(Shirin Sultana, The Daily Star)
So two female pastors get married, but The New York Times avoids deeper theological details
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Has British government decided not to tag terror with religion?
(Sajeda Momin, Al Arabiya)
Will the Supreme Court abandon true government neutrality toward religion?
(Elliot Mincberg, The American Prospect)
Nigeria: The Catholic Bishops’ statement on the issues affecting the Church and their country
(Vatican Radio)
Faith communities mobilize around HIV and AIDS at UN in New York
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jehovah's Witness loses appeal of conviction for evangelism
(MediaZavod, Russia Religion News)
European court takes up Jehovah's Witnesses' case
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
In unusual move, 7 Jewish senators urge Netanyahu to protect pluralism in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jews find their voice ahead of German elections
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German election: AfD Islamophobia could help get out the Muslim vote
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Pope trip to Congo won’t happen until after elections, says Vatican ambassador
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Up and down Latin America, it’s been a busy week in Catholic news
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Boston mayor faces threat of legal action for disallowing Christian flag at city hall
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State may require inspection of release time school buses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump issues Jewish High Holy Day greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
500,000 Ukrainians gather to celebrate reformation and God’s faithfulness
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Kazakhstan plans to set up own school of Islamic studies
(Interfax Religion)
How Lebanese are countering racist attacks
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Prospect of Kurdish independence raises talk of war
(Hamdi Malik, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Nearly one-third of Brits still hold antisemitic ideas, study claims
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Thousands of kids missing out on vital religious education
(Staff Writer, Christian Today)
Deadly issue of witchcraft to be tackled at UN human rights gathering
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
You are not a bigot if you vote 'No' to same-sex marriage, Sydney Archbishop says
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Ban conservative bishops until we have gender equality, Church told
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Nuns and refugees run through Rome for 'multi-religious' half-marathon praised by Pope Francis
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Nigeria: Profligacy in the name of religion
(This Day)
Human rights are the key to confronting Iran
(Ken Blackwell, The Christian Post)
Should church worship spaces be used for yoga?
(Mark D. Tooley, The Christian Post)
Google responds to report claiming search results are biased against conservative sites
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Let's preach the whole gospel': Q&A with Jemar Tisby on bridging the racial divide
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
Vanderbilt ties racial justice to religion in new program
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Services)
Where's the biff? Free speech has won every round in the marriage equality debate
(David Marr, The Guardian)
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
(Amy Taxin, Religion News Services)
CofE clergy over 70 – changes to terms of service
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 19 September 2017: Charlottesville and Beyond: Bending Toward Justice
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 18 September 2017
New California regulation protects transgender employees
(Amy Patton, Lexology)
On Constitution Day, remember our fundamental religious liberty principles
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Interfaith summit vs religious extremism to start October
(Manila Times)
This Rosh Hashanah, a passionate call to action
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Services)
State hostility to religious movements of foreign origin in Kazakhstan
(HRWF statement at the OSCE/ODIHR HDIM in Warsaw, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
John Wamwara named first Dooyeweerd Fellow in Law and Religion
(Press Release, Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
The enduring power of Mosul’s rich and diverse past
(Stephennie Mulder, The Conversation)
Blogger Sokolovsky's lawyer contests sentence in Sverdlovsk region court
(Interfax-Religion)
Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?
(Thomas Holt, Joshua D. Freilich, and Steven Chermak, The Conversation)
Navalny's volunteer gets 2 years for religious affiliation
(Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov publishes address by Chechen man imprisoned in Iraq calling on Muslims not to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkish terrorists lived in house of Georgian patriarch for several months - Rustavi 2
(Interfax-Religion)
The politics of martyrdom: In Latin America and Russia, the spiritual status of the slain is a minefield
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In defense of the tragic, impotent silence of Aung San Suu Kyi
(Michael Sainsbury, La Croix International)
‘Error has no rights’: Religious coercion persists, from Russia to America
(L. Martin Nussbaum and John N. Thorpe, National Review)
Belgium seeks to strengthen control over mosques
(Delphine Allarie, La Croix International)
Leaders mark bicentenary in Pakistan
(Baha'i World News Service)
5 French teens get suspended sentences for vandalizing Jewish gravestones
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China: New regulations on religions: Annihilate underground communities, suffocate official communities
(Bernado Cervellera, AsisNew.it)
Total control is behind China’s revised religious regulations
(La Croix International)
Neo-Nazi group marches through Swedish city in run-up to planned Yom Kippur demonstration
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Liberal Jews picket Paris synagogue hosting Jerusalem chief rabbi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Interfaith seeks peace among Muslims, Christians in Nigeria
(Christiana T. Alabi, Daily Trust)
Philosophy, Descartes and the dance of life
(Joseph Cocker, The Guardian)
Israeli government to amend adoption law to give same-sex couples equal rights
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis.
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US-Muslim interfaith dialogue conference unites 450 scholars
(Al Arabiya)
Jewish Agency volunteers help Mexico recover from earthquake
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tamar, Muhammad top baby names in Israel for third straight year
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judicial Crisis Network launches ad against Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ‘religious litmus test’
(Casey Ryan, The Daily Signal)
Malaysia nixes beer festival after Islamist protest
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
Governing requires prayer, wisdom, counsel, pope says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope praises Rome’s first interreligious half-marathon
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Christian children face pressure to convert to Islam in refugee camps in Sudan
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Air Force chaplain is wrong to oppose religious liberty rights for all
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Archbishop Justin Welby joins new UN advisory board on mediation
(Anglican News Service)
Supreme Court: Restaurants can say they serve kosher food
(Arutz Sheva 7)
High Court ruling may put an end to the Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly
(Aaron Rabinowitz, Haaretz)
Israel's High Court erodes rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Pope, the Mafia, and the rest of us
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Department of Justice and Bensalem Township, PA settle lawsuit over mosque denial
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)
Indigenous ministry mobilizing emergency hurricane aid in Cuba
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Senator defends 'religious test' questioning of Trump's catholic judicial nominee
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Christians with Muslim or Buddhist backgrounds most persecuted in China; leader pleads for Bibles
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS calls for attacks on hurricane relief shelters
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Dozens arrested after St. Louis protests turn violent
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
Labour conundrum on rules to combat antisemitism
(Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi and Lynette Gribble, The Guardian)
We should end the suffering of patients who know they are dying and want to do so peacefully
(Peter Singer, The Guardian)
EU recognition of sharia divorce decrees: Sahyouni
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
From 'Building Bridges' to 'Building a Bridge' – About the roots of wars over Father James Martin
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Rescued Filipino priest talks of need for religious harmony
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Polish party leader denounces anti-Semitism, praises Israel
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)
Why Myanmar hates the Rohingya
(Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek)
Thousands protest in Bangladesh as Rohingya flee Myanmar
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
The road from Paris might lead to lower emissions
(Irwini M. Stelzer, Hudson Institute)
Regional war and the Middle East
(HIllel Fradkin & Lewis Libby, Hudson Institute)
The overcommitted church
(Thom S. Rainer, The Christian Post)
Mike Huckabee and the rise of Christian media under Trump
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Australia's Prime Minister vows churches won't be forced to marry same-sex couples
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Take in more refugees, not fewer, bishops urge White House
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Children starting gender transition using hormones at early age is okay, medical org. claims
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Judge stoped city's ban on Christian-owned business at farmer's market over gay marriage opposition
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
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