Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 18 September 2017
Cider and religious freedom: Can a Catholic couple live their faith and still sell apples at a farmer’s market?fr
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)
Christians in India warn of 'spiraling hatred' in letter to PM Modi with photos of Hindus burning cross
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Same-sex marriage: many synagogues reject rabbinical council's 'no'
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Pakistan man sentenced to death for ridiculing Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
The yoga industry is booming – but does it make you a better person?
(Brigid Delaney, The Guardian)
Trojan horse: the real story behind the fake 'Islamic plot' to take over schools – podcast
(Written by Samira Shackle, read by Alice Arnold and produced by SImon Barnard, The Guardian)
Historic Armenian Cathedral desecrated in southeast Turkey
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Catholic priets ordered to stop euthanizing patients in Belgium
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses victims of gas attack in Angola
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Netanyahu's son criticized after posting anti-Semitic cartoon
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
German nationalist party presents anti-Islam platform
(David Rising, AP News Religion)
Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm
(AP News)
Myanmar disaster another case of civilizational climate change
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
21 boys who died in Islamic school fire buried in Malaysia
(Eileen Ng, Religion News Services)
Seminary cancels talk by priest who urges dialogue with gays
(Rachel Zoll, Religion News Services)
Sunday, 17 September 2017
Sep 17: Congress calls for Trump to denounce hate groups, Facebook advertises to anti-Semites
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 17th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
After 30 years, a farewell column
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, Conflict & Change)
Farmer's market must issue vendor's permit to orchard that refuses to host same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's objections to zoning conditions dismissed on ripeness grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michael Gerson sends message to senators (and journalists?) about faith, law, public life
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia decide to cooperate to promote tolerance, counterterrorism
(Interfax-Religion)
The best weapon to de-radicalise Isis returnees? Our own humanity
(Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, The Guardian)
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders join together to advocate for religious tolerance
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Francis in Colombia: Reconciliation beyond the peace agreement
(Iván Garzón Vallejo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Has Apple become a kind of secular faith? Maybe someone should write a story about that
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How Pope Francis reframes the politics of being ‘pro-life’
(John Gehring, La Croix International)
Kenya: Ban on registration of churches (from March 2017)
(Melissa Lukulu, East African Centrereg for Law & Justice (EACLJ))
The remarkable diplomacy of the Institute for Global Engagement
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Károly Nagy v Hungary: the Grand Chamber judgment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Responses of WATCH and FiF to Independent Reviewer’s Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 15 September 2017
'Irrefutable' evidence of massive scorched-earth campaign in Rakhine
(La Croix International)
An informal concordat: Culture wars in modern Russia
(Boris Falikov, Eurozine)
Multifaith Prayer for Rohingya
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Nearly 400,000 of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya seek asylum in Bangladesh
(Kelly McEvers and Zafar Sobhan, NPR)
Nearly 3 weeks into Rohingya crisis, refugees still fleeing
(Julhas Alam and Dar Yasin, Religion News Service)
Catholic Church in Asia responds to Rohingya refugee crisis
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Turkey's Erdogan defends Rohingya to enhance image
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Podcast thinker: Bannon attack on Catholic bishops was news, while 'loud dogma' wasn't?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Yes, the 'faith-based FEMA' is crucial to the recovery effort after disasters such as Harvey, Irma
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
More than one million refugees in Uganda need support, says Lutheran World Federation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
4 synagogues open in former Soviet Union ahead of Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Top European court rules in favor of church autonomy
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
European court affirms jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michael Cromartie: Former USCIRF Chair and religious scholar dies
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Former USCIRF commissioner Cromartie dies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Divisions in Orthodox church over response to controversial movie
(Pravmir, Russia Religion News)
How Trump’s presidency reveals the true nature of Christian nationalism
(Jack Jenkins, Think Progress)
Mayim Bialik, Michael Douglas join Jewish leaders’ call for religious freedom in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New Church of England poll confirms image of inactive Christians
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Montreal imam who asked Allah to ‘destroy the Jews’ will not be prosecuted
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
European Court of Justice to rule on legality of Sharia divorce
(Mariel Müller, Deutsche Welle)
House-passed appropriations bill includes provision weakening protections for houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
President holds high holiday teleconference with Jewish leaders, absent many who boycotted the annual event
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by President Trump and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner on a call to Jewish leaders
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Hundreds of rabbis boycotted Trump’s High Holy Day call, but some called in. Here’s what he said.
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
La. attorney general objects to anti-discrimination proposal
(Associated Press)
9th Circuit: Facebook is immune from liability for blocking access to Sikh group's page
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Facebook enabled advertisers to reach ‘Jew haters’
(Julia Angwin, Madeleine Varner, and Ariana Tobin, Religion News Service)
Facebook allowed advertisers to target 'Jew haters'
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)
Louisiana AG opinion says ABA model rule barring discrimination is unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit accuses Irvine, LA police of ignoring animal-cruelty laws in connection to Jewish ritual
(Sean Emery, Orange County Register)
Animal rights group sues police over lax enforcement against kapparot ritual
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the US needs to stick up for the Middle East's Christians
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
US bishops urge care of refugees as Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Why are Turks flocking to Greece?
(Zülfikar Doğan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
200,000 Jewish Kurds headed for Iraqi Kurdistan, howls Turkish press
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Congress fuels Christian rivalries with bid to arm Iraqi militias
(Bryant Harris, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Two pastors in love, and only God knows
(Vincent M. Mallozzi, The New York Times)
Don't shun conservative professors
(Arther C. Brooks, The New York Times)
The invisible Christians of North Korea: Surviving by God's grace alone
(Eric Metaxas, Stan Guthrie, Christian Headlines)
Your tithe doesn't have to go to your church, say evangelical leaders
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Survey: white evangelicals most likely to forgive politicians' immorality
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
London: 22 wounded in subway explosion, terrorism suspected
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
World powers deliberate on how to handle North Korea after latest missile test
(Danika Delello, Christian Headlines)
Jews, Christians, Muslim work together after hurricane to provide Kosher meals for Orthodox Jews
(Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein, The Christian Post)
Asia Bibi nominated for EU’s Sakharov Prize
(Maheeda Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Jailed Pakistan Christian Bibi nominated for EU's Sakharov Prize
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife)
Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to death, nominated for prestigious religious freedom prize
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Tunisia ends ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
(France 24)
Vatican recalls priest from US as child porn investigation opens
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Official at Vatican embassy to United States removed over child porn allegations
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican diplomat recalled amid child porn investigation
(Nicole Winfield and Matthew Lee, AP News)
Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
(Bouazza ben Bouazza, Religion News Service)
Some Americans don’t believe Muslims, atheists have First Amendment rights
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
So, how Jewish was Modigliani?
(David Van Biema, Religion News Service)
The things they carried: the Iraqis who fled Mosul
(Cengiz Yar, Foreign Policy)
Rescuing migrants fro a couch in Galicia
(Gregory Beals, Foreign Policy)
Muslim fostering row: Careless press must be held to account
(Tay Jiva, The Guardian)
Christians are divided over Australian gay marriage debate
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Australian bishops call for month of prayer ahead of same-sex marriage vote
(Catholic News Agency)
Egyptians make their way to Mecca by many means
(Rami Galal, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Controversy erupts over women's role in political life in Egypt
(N.A. Hussein, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: ex-kidnapper admits ‘they get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in’
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Q&A: Rev. James Martin contemplates reaction to his book on LGBT Catholics
(Charles Camosy, Religion News Service)
Israel eats up more Palestinian land rights in Hebron
(Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Bishop urges prayer for victims of Washington school shooting
(Catholic News Agency)
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