Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 4 August 2017
Russian MP congratulates Georgian patriarch on his name day in Tbilisi – media
(Interfax-Religion)
National Service Authority discourages religious girls from IDF service
(Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post)
Former head of Turkey’s top religious body to become a university rector
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Kazakhstan: Six fines, one deportation for baptism
(Forum 18 News Service)
Divergent reports on Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal in Kazakhstan
(InformBiuro, Russia Religion News)
Derry and forgiveness: In Ireland’s Jerusalem, calls to forgive are more than a platitude
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Georgian religious minorities fear intolerance
(Gruziia OnLine, Russia Religion News)
In first, Senegal and Guinea send ambassadors to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Britain's first Anglican same-sex marriage celebrated in a Scottish church
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Chinese state media highlights Vatican official at organ trafficking conference in Beijing
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China bans Christian summer camps and Sunday schools
(Evangelical Focus)
China tears down the Tibetan City in the Sky
(Steve Shaw, The Diplomat)
Courts grapple with judicial restraint in resolving property disputes in religious splits
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Secular anti-abortion groups must provide contraceptive coverage, split Third Circuit rules
(P.J. D'Annunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)
3rd Circuit rejects secular anti-abortion group's challenge to ACA contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wyoming judge punished for marriage beliefs takes her case to US Supreme Court
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cert. filed in Wyoming's disciplining of judge for refusing to perform same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German court says Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster is not a religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court extends detention for members of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology
(TASS)
LifeWay research: 1 in 10 churches has had funds stolen
(Bob Smietana, Life Way Research)
The No. 1 reason churches end up in court is no longer child abuse; it's property disputes
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Christians are more than twice as likely to blame a person's poverty on lack of effort
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Why Afghan women are campaigning for their names to be heard
(Patrick Evans, BBC News)
Buddhist nationalists raise new fears among Myanmar's Muslims
(Reuters)
Burma told by World Islamic body to protect rights of Rohingya Muslim minority
(Serajul Quadir, The Independent)
Report: 479 women accused of 'witchcraft' killed in Tanzania
(TeleSurTV)
European citizens want information on migration – not higher walls
(Nick Vaughn-Williams and Georg Lofflmann, The Conversation)
A case of judicial overreach
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune India)
On Religion: Rabbi: Believers face sobering choices in these tense times
(Terry Mattingly, Herald and News)
Catholic voices to be heard at Supreme Court in religious freedom case
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic Register)
Court signals religious freedom victory for artist
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
More Americans 'accept' polygamy as legit, news media report, skipping faith voices
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Study finds more Americans are approving of polygamy
(Catholic News Agency)
Christian legal organizations get the editorial shaft from The Deseret News
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Australian court upholds decision to ban building of synagogue over possible terror threats
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian municipality: Don’t blame us for banning synagogue on terror grounds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Serving God by suing others: Inside the Christian conservative legal movement
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Kazakhstan: Fines for offering religious literature
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan Jehovah's Witnesses assert their rights
(Radio Azattic, Russia Religion News)
Did International Law Kill Charlie Gard?
(LifeNews)
What the Charlie Gard controversy teaches us about parental rights
(Sherry f. Colb, Justicia: Verdict)
Learning from Charlie Gard
(Charles Camosy, First Things)
Keeping the faith: religious diversity in Australia – photo essay
(Michael Wickham, The Guardian)
USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s deportation of Uighur Muslims to China
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
$2M fundraiser launched to rebuild Christian town decimated by ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
God is banned in new 'Star Trek'
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
52% of American Muslims support homosexuality
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Increase in sanctuary churches popping up under Trump
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
'White queers are really good at erasing us': the lives of LGBTQ Somali-Americans
(Ryan Schuessler, The Guardian)
Seven fallacies in Victorian bishops' arguments against assisted dying
(Neil Francis, The Guardian)
Universities stop spying on their students? Now that’s a radical idea
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
India, 70 years on from independence: a painful history but a bright future?
(Nitin Mehta, Kartar Uppal, Jane Ghosh, The Guardian)
Appeals court decides fate of nation’s oldest synagogue
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Rastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate
(Kathleen Ronaye and Paul Elias, Religion News Service)
Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land, or key to Pandora’s box?
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Israeli soccer team attacked by Polish skinheads after game
(Allon Sinai, Jerusalem Post)
Jerusalem chief rabbi: Pride parade is causing more damage than benefit
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)
Kenya's churches seek peace in highly contested elections after official's murder
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Puerto Rico’s archbishop asks Congress for relief over debt crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Malawi’s government encourages local Catholic media
(Catholic News Agency)
Another state in India proposes anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
English-speaking bishops call for end of school boycott in Cameroon
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Will the U.S. Supreme Court take another government prayer case?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
France's 'deradicalisation gravy train' runs out of steam
(France 24)
Sicily's '12 apostles' religious sect abused girls to 'make them feel closer to God'
(Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times)
Muslim nations meet to discuss Jerusalem tensions
(EuroNews)
Islamic school seeks to steer sons of militants to new path
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
China targets Muslim Uighurs studying abroad
(Emily Feng, Financial Times)
'We really feel afraid': Indonesia's religious pluralism under threat – report
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)
Grattan on Friday: Marriage on the rocks in divided Liberal Party
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Friday essay: the photographer, the island and half a million lifejackets
(Cameron Muir, The Conversation)
1st Circuit: Historic Rhode Island synagogue owned by New York congregation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SC: Split Episcopal dioceses can’t take millions in property
(Meg Kinnard, Associated Press)
South Carolina Supreme Court resolves property dispute in Episcopal church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Major U.S. transgender case remanded after student graduates
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)
4th Circuit remands transgender bathroom case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Govt prioritizes stronger inter-ethnic, inter-religious accord – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
What ever happened to that Presbyterian church that split over gay clergy? Paper offers half the answer
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Temple Mount wrap up: Where religion, nationalism and politics keep colliding
(Ira Rifkin, The Conversation)
The Prevent Duty, free speech and privacy: Butt
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Correction: Netherlands – Euthanasia story
(Maria Cheng, KSL)
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
(Associated Press, KSL)
Music festival opens in Poland amid government pressure
(Vanessa Gera, KSL)
Pioneering scientists edit genes in embryos to stop inherited diseases
(Oliver Moody, The Times)
Scientists edit human embryos to safely remove disease for the first time – here’s how they did it
(Joyce Harper and Helen O'Neill, The Conversation)
Guilty by association: Increased targeting of family members in Cuba
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
In the revised history of Europe, “Religion does not exist…”
(Russell Shaw, Aleteia)
Pope Francis sends letter to interfaith prayer meeting in Japan
(Vatican Radio)
‘OIC favours interfaith dialogue to resolve Rohingya issue’
(Prothom Alo)
A new ‘religious liberty’ fight tests Georgia GOP again
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
The continuing threat to religious liberty
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review)
Langley’s private Christian university back in court this autumn over law school
(Heather Colpitts, Aldergrove Star)
French anti-terror bill threatens to extend state of emergency abuses
(Erika Asgeirsson, Just Security)
Globally, people point to ISIS and climate change as leading security threats
(Jacob Poushter and Dorothy Manevich, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes and Trends)
Same-sex marriage: 'Profound shift' in Australian views
(BBC News)
Entsch warns against ‘ambush’ meeting on marriage, amid speculation about postal ballot
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Case of Virginia transgender teen Gavin Grimm put off by appeals court
(Ann E Marimow, The Washington Post)
First human embryo editing experiment in U.S. ‘corrects’ gene for heart condition
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)
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