Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
What the ‘Government Schools’ critics really mean
(Katherine Stewart, The New York Times)
‘We can change the meaning’: Trademarks filed for n-word after Supreme Court decision
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Qatar’s support of Islamists leads to global terrorism
(Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post)
Does The White House really need a Jewish liaison?
(Nathan Guttman, Forward)
Russia, West must put peace before partisan interests – Cardinal Parolin
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Islamic State: the West must embrace local state ownership of the region’s conflicts
(Peter Hain, The Conversation)
Diocese in Philippines will “fully cooperate” after priest arrested for child prostitution
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuela’s bishops reject vote to rewrite national constitution
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Rastafari prisoner in religious liberty dispute over dreadlocks
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Russia: Misuse of the anti-extremism legislation against religious minorities
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Tynwald and the Bishop of Sodor & Man – Part II
(Peter Edge, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Houston soccer team brings identity and community to young refugees
(Kevin Thompson, Episcopal News Service)
Infant’s death cause for grief, work, ethicists say
(tom Strode, Baptist Press, BR Now.org)
VPNs are a vital defence against censorship - but they're under attack
(Joshua Franco, Amnesty International)
Nearly 100 evangelical leaders met with White House staff for 'listening sessions' last week
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
White House meets with evangelical leaders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tax Court: State can’t require SSNs to claim dependent children
(Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer)
State tax deduction available to father who objected to social security numbers for his children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Are State Department cuts a major setback for genocide prevention?
(Nadia Rubaii and Max Pensky, The Conversation)
What does the international religious freedom ambassador do?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Brownback has critics and supporters: All these voices matter in religious freedom debates
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Islam and America: Trump’s religious freedom ambassador should be ‘disqualified,’ says biggest Muslim group
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo metro stir debate
(Menna Zaki, KSL)
Indonesia: Draft law to ensure rights for religious minorities met with skepticism
(Jakarta Globe)
Sudan sticks to clear religious freedom policy
(Xinhuanet)
ECHR launches work on lawsuit over Azerbaijan hostages' appeal
(AzerNews)
Monday, 31 July 2017
The Kingdom in a war zone
(Hannah Marazzi with Emily Way, Convivium)
Sadiq Khan takes on Brexit and terror
(Sam Knight, The New Yorker)
Why exorcisms are on the rise in France
(The Economist Explains)
Sam Brownback elected ambassador of religious freedom
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Sudan’s president, head of Anglican Church discuss religious freedom
(Sudan Tribune)
Amid persecution, Sudan becomes Anglican Communion's newest province
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks ‘strongly’ to Sudan President of religious freedom for Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
July 30: No transgender military after evangelical visit; Brownback for Ambassador
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Remembering Peter Berger
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Canadian Council of Christian Charities granted intervener status in TWU Case: The Supreme Court changes course on TWU interveners
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House communications director
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Religious groups join suit against ‘sanctuary cities’ law
(Philip Jankowski, Austin American-Statesman)
Religious literacy popular topic with Prospect High students, parents
(Eileen O. Daday, Chicago Daily Herald)
Eight churches in Baghdad close their doors forever as Christians continue to flee Iraq
(Sandra Elliot, Christian Headlines)
Iraq must now rebuild itself – and that means fixing its dreadful governance
(Pamela Abbott, Andrea Teti, and Kevin M. DeJesus, The Conversation)
The way out of partisan gerrymandering
(The Christian Century)
Controlled drugs, religion and Article 9: Beneficent Spiritist Center União Do Vegetal
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why churches still matter for immigration reform
(Amy Frykholm, The Christian Century)
What the 'government schools' critics really mean
(Katherine Stewart, New York Times)
Aesthetics, culture key to understanding Jihadists
(NPR)
Prime Minister of Pakistan steps down
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Myanmar journalist detained for 'defaming' anti-Muslim monk
(Joseph Hincks, TIME)
Myanmar police detain journalist ahead of defamation trial
(Esther Htusan, KSL)
Mystery shrouds disappearance of first female mayor in Egypt’s Sharqiyah
(N.A. Hussein, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Cert. petition filed in school board prayer case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Humanists seek Supreme Court review of school board prayer case
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)
The U.S. Government's fight against violent extremism loses its leader
(Peter Beinart, The Atlantic)
As Trump debases the presidency, the religious right looks away
(Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)
Are Christian conservatives the new media bogeymen for all Donald Trump policies?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Trump’s plan for Mideast peace fades
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
What the Holy See told the UN about Middle East Christians
(Catholic News Agency)
As Senate health care bill fails, pro-lifers vow to continue fighting
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Texas Senate passes bill banning general insurance plans from covering abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders are protesting a coal mine in Australia
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
The El Salvadoran who helped rescue 40,000 Jews from the Holocaust
(Catholic News Agency)
Unborn babies can detect different languages, new study says
(Catholic News Agency)
Huge protests all over India about Muslim violence, both Christians and Hindus get involved
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
India: Ministry combats trafficking through victim rescue and community transformation
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Pope calls for greater commitment to fight human trafficking
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Kentucky public schools will now have Bible literacy classes
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Dalai Lama says caste system is against religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Yes, you can be a gay Christian
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
What can you wear to the beach if your religion insists on modesty?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
New art exhibit explores religious roots of slavery
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Muslim cemetery latest ban disappoints and angers
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
A ban on Muslim cemeteries is an attack on us all
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
Controversial Christian plaque removed in Tennesse
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Archbishop of Canterbury: my heart breaks for Charlie Gard's family
(Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)
Selfies in church? It’s not really the end of the world
(Barbara Ellen, The Guardian)
The article that changed my view … of how to tackle extremism
(Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill, The Guardian)
Orange Order: Protestants told not to use ‘RIP’ as it is Catholic superstition
(Pádraig Collins, The Guardian)
A battle for the souls of refugees
(Jenn Lindsay, Religion News Service)
Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
(David W. Stowe, Religion News Service)
Yes, I kissed the Western Wall
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
A Bible study led by 92-year-old Jimmy Carter is a sight to behold
(Dave Schechter, Religion News Service)
‘Father Stan’s Our Man’: Okla. farm town honors hometown hero on path to sainthood
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)
Prominent Russian punk-rocker defects to U.S. over Jehovah's Witnesses ban
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
Millennials approve of religious freedom as a choice, but don't know what it means
(Scott Taylor, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
'God's ACLU' seeks freedom for the faithful
(Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal)
To understand how religion shapes America, look to its early days
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Bible studies at the White House: Who's inside this spiritual awakening?
(Jennifer Wishon, CBN News)
Vietnam: Religious prisoner of conscience pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh released
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Duterte's plan to scrap Philippine rights body angers some Catholic bishops
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Istanbul to host meeting of ministers on Al-Aqsa crisis
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Jehovah's Witness musician seeks refuge in West
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses tolerated in eastern Ukraine
(Official website of Donetsk People's Republic, Russia Religion News)
Nondiscrimination for all
(Jonathan Rauch, National Affairs)
Australian state Labor Party votes to recognize a Palestinian state
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
26 Venezuelan Jews flee social chaos, immigrate to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judge axes order reducing jail time for sterilized inmates
(Joe Slama, Catholic News Agency)
When religion is prophetic
(E. J. Dionne Jr., Commonweal)
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