Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 25 August 2017
Muslims ′integrate′ well into Germany - but aren′t accepted
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
At least 20 people killed in mosque attack in Afghan capital
(Amit Shah, Associated Press Top News)
India faces spike in persecution
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
4 more religious sect members arrested in New Mexico
(Russell Contreas, Associated Press US News)
UN official: Half of trapped Raqqa population are children
(Associated Press International News)
Sect leader: Commune safe, child sexual abuse claims ‘fake
(Associated Press Religion)
Ex-members detail abuse claims against Christian sect
(Russell Contreas, Associated Press Top News)
Top notch New York Times who-done-it story comes up short on Hindu roots of India's caste system
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
How to get away with murder in small-town India
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)
28 dead after Indian guru’s rape conviction triggers riots
(Shonal Ganguly and Nirmala George, Associated Press International News)
Dera Sacha Sauda cult followers issue threats against India on eve of CBI court judgment of its guru in rape case
(Ushinor Majumdar, Outlook India)
Indian cities on lockdown before guru’s rape trial verdict
(Rishabh R. Jain and Muneeza Naqvi , Associated Press)
Southern Poverty Law Center gets sued by Christians and Muslims and hardly anyone covers it
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic Shahada
(World Watch Monitor)
UN troops ‘complicit’ in killing of civilians, says MP for Gambo, eastern C. African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
USA Today offers old news on Catholic priests and sexual abuse, missing some newer angles
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
White House to give Pentagon 6 months to implement new transgender ban, report says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
It's a culture war, stupid
(George Weigel, First Things)
College is 'not a day care': Christian Univ head talks postmodernism, lunacy on campuses (interview)
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
One person shot and killed by 'disgruntled employee' in Charleston hostage situation
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Atheist organization demands that Sen. Marco Rubio stop tweeting Bible verses
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Pastors launch Christian alternative to Facebook
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Egypt's Al-Azhar rejects Tunisia's calls for equal inheritance for women
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Irish bishops advise priests with children how to 'face up' to responsibilities
(Colin Dwyer, NPR)
What our monuments (don't) teach us about remembering the past
(Leah Donnella, Kat Chow, Gene Demby, NPR)
Rabbis boycott Trump after Charlottesville remarks
(All Things Considered, NPR)
Finding new missionaries in Christian professionals
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)
Egypt: Copts worship in streets after clashes over church permit
(World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Priest takes leave after disclosing he was part of KKK
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Justice or caution? The pros and cons of MKs on the Temple Mount
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Faith in recovery pt 5: Are there dangers in faith-based treatment?
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
In today's Europe Jews are a target like everyone else
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Zimbabwe's Catholic bishops say 'it's a sin not to vote,' urge people to eject ruling party
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
New title focuses on Christianity and family law
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses leaders again win in court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Groups: Justice court filings defy Trump promises on religious freedom
(John Solomon, The Hill)
U.S. bishops establish committee to tackle racism
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How religious freedom can bring common ground to common foes
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Spokesperson ‘unsure’ if Trump knows about mandate complaints
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian Catholics hope Parolin visit improves situation for local Church
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis: Prison without hope of reentering society is ‘torture’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church in India remembers 2008 anti-Christian riots on ‘Kandhamal Day’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Catholic sister who challenged Paul Ryan on CNN
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
New York Supreme Court holds by Rabbeinu Tam's time?
(Tal Polon, Israel National News)
NY court invalidates service of process on Sabbath, focusing on competing Sabbath times
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge won’t block polygamist leader from claiming food stamp benefits a donation to church
(Ben Winslow, Fox 13 Salt Lake City)
Court interprets scope of food stamp fraud for upcoming FLDS leader's trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ministry files lawsuit against Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling it a hate group
(Greg Garrison, AL.com)
Christian group sues Southern Poverty Law Center over "hate group" label
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the English far right co-opted Christianity – and why its ‘crusade’ shouldn’t be ignored
(Katie Edwards, The Conversation)
Appeals court panel rules against coach Kennedy in postgame prayer case
(Andrew Binion, Kitsap Sun)
Coach loses bid to pray on 50-yard line
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious order loses attempt to stop pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Putin supports recent dialogue between Vatican and Russian Orthodox church
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Spanish Scientologists condemn Barcelona and Cambrils terrorist attacks
(Ivan Arjona Pelado, World Religion News)
'The new Obama': will Abdul El-Sayed be America's first Muslim governor?
(Drew Philip, The Guardian)
The Adani coalmine will hasten a climate catastrophe. As faith leaders, we must act
(Jonathan Keren-Black and Tejopala Rawls, The Guardian)
UK's leading musicians fight church's ban on secular bookings
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Why is sexuality such a big deal for the church?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Enlisting SpongeBob and ‘Game of Thrones’ to counter anti-Sikh prejudice
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Justice Dept. fights suit over Trump religious liberty order
(Diamond Naga Siu, Politico)
Evangelical Trump adviser: Why I won’t bail on the White House
(Johnnie Moore, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals are bitterly split over advising Trump
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
US Jewish criticism of Trump expands to some supporters
(Rachel Zoll, Associated Press Top News)
‘Raised up by God’: Televangelist Paula White compares Trump to Queen Esther
(Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post)
Christian groups respond to growing Sudanese refugee crisis
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
In the South, a new helping hand: Muslim disaster relief teams
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Ethnic religious communities may be the ‘No’ campaign’s secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
(Andrew Jakubowicz, The Conversation)
EU’s failure over illegal migrants fuels crisis
(Bruno Waterfield, Catherine Philp, and Richard Ford, The Times)
Clear progress for integration of Muslims in western Europe
(Bertelsmann Stiftung)
Jury rejects former Kobach employee’s religious discrimination claim
(Hunter Woodall, The Wichita Eagle)
Only interfaith harmony can bring absolute peace in Pakistan: WCR
(Daily Pakistan)
All religions unite in one prayer in Barcelona
(Yamily Habib, Al Dia)
High court urged to accept florist's appeal
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)
Elder Cook addresses 'faith, family, religious freedom'
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Peter Dutton says religious schools must have right to teach own definition of marriage
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Refugees, migrants, and faith-based organizations: Expert panel discusses how religious freedom can benefit displaced people
(Libna Stevens, Adventist Review)
Threats to religious freedom call for doubling advocacy efforts
(Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review)
The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
(Michael Quinlan, The Conversation)
Charity Commission issues official warning to gurdwara
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Putting an end to government funding of Islamism
(Sam Westrop, National Review)
Migration to Britain is falling, especially from eastern Europe
(The Economist Daily Chart)
Religious rights threat in state discrimination laws
(Andrew Burrell, The Australian)
Why home, even when there’s war, is the most dangerous place for women
(Elisabet le Roux, The Conversation)
Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate
(Emma Rowe, The Conversation)
India bans [triple talaq] a Muslim practice of instant divorce
(The Economist)
Hey Washington Post: About Paula White and those 'bible-bleeding' Christians who support Trump
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Washington Post pays attention, as Episcopalians ponder the life and faith of Robert E. Lee
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How America botches executions using lethal injections
(N.L., The Economist Explains)
'No religion' and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity
(Gary D Bouma, The Conversation)
Why Roger Taney’s statue was removed from Maryland’s state house
(B.G., The Economist [Democracy in America])
With bathroom bill dead, Texas pastors' council looks to future fights
(Andy Duehren, Religion News Service)
Iran's clerics concerned by spread of Christianity among youth
(World Watch Monitor)
Christians clash with police over church in Egypt
(Patrick Werr and Dina Zayed, Reuters)
Vatican representative hopes for broader interaction with Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin sees humanitarian values as basis for Russia's and its Church's relations with Vatican
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia’s Putin says he values ‘trusting and constructive dialogue’ with Vatican
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Puzzling statistics on religion in Russia
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Why the Israeli government is courting Christian journalists
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Arab bus driver in Israel turns in $10,000 cash left by haredi Orthodox passenger
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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