Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 10 July 2017
3rd Circuit rejects religious practice defenses by rabbis in divorce kidnapping prosecutions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EU parliament votes to halt accession talks with Turkey
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Euthanasia, dignity, and “spirituality lite”
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
At his own wake, celebrating life and the gift of death
(Catherine Porter, The New York Times)
Pathos, bathos, and euthanasia
(Gilbert Meilaender, Commonweal)
Neutrality Rejected! Religious discrimination and the European Court of Justice
(Chris Engels, Who'sWholegal)
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Charlie Gard: Supreme Court turns down appeal, now all depends on Strasbourg
(David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
Law and religion round-up – 9th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 8 July 2017
Turkey seizes 50 churches and monasteries from Syriac Orthodox communities
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Today)
Outrage after Turkey seizes ancient Assyrian religious buildings
(Andrea Nierhoff, SBS)
Mob justice reveals anti-Syrian sentiment in Turkey
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Here's how to respond to religious freedom crises around the world
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Archbishops’ Guidelines on “Choosing Bishops”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Why Southern Germany has declared war on burqas and muslims
(Josh Lowe, Newsweek)
Is Islam changing Germany?
(Deutsche Welle)
Pope Francis to G20 Summit: With great power comes great responsibility
(Catholic News Agency)
Economic solutions need broader vision, Pope tells G-20 leaders
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
At G20 summit protesters charge barricades; churches issue call to peace
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
35 years ago: When Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II met to defeat an evil empire
(Paul Kengor, The Stream)
Egypt reportedly spending $22 million to restore historic synagogue in Alexandria
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The rise (and fall?) of religious liberty
(William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson, Deseret News Faith)
Mexican priest found bound, stabbed to death in his room
(Catholic News Agency)
From Religion Dispatches: GOP isn't pro-life after all (Responding to: Perspectives on healthcare and the pro-life movement)
(Patricia Miller, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Friday, 7 July 2017
On abortion, persistent divides between – and within – the two parties
(Hannah Fingerhut, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Disability theology and the healthcare debate
(Courtney Wilder, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Trump is the first president to skip visiting Holocaust monument since 1989
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
As India and Israel embrace, talk about a "Zionist-Hindu" conspiracy is spiking in Pakistan
(Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Haaretz)
The true success story of Jews in the 20th century
(Ofri Llany, Haaretz)
No one actually knows where Israel ends and the Palestinian territories begin
(Shakked Auerbach, Haaretz)
How Israeli parents are fighting Jewish missionizing in secular schools
(Allision Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz)
Philippines police push for Muslim ID cards as counter-terrorism measure
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)
Creationist uses Trump order to get permission to take rocks from Grand Canyon
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
U.S. sends warning to North Korea following long-range missile test
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Eritrea: 160 Christians arrested in government crackdown
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Louisiana sued (again) for its pro-life laws
(Samantha Gobba, Christian Headlines)
Where have all the babies gone? Birth rate in US reaches record low
(Kiley Crossland, Christian Headlines)
Sweden: Pastors told they cannot refuse to marry same-sex couples
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
North Korea expert: time to be worried about long-range missle
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Vatican, al-Azhar focus on papal trip speeches in latest meeting
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
In the US South, the Catholic Church is in 'growth mode'
(Catholic News Agency)
New bill expands already-liberal abortion laws in Oregon
(Catholic News Agency)
Abortion bill passed in Oregon that requires insurers to cover abortion for any reason
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Author of 10th-century Hebrew biblical text is identified
(Medeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)
Kenya to add chaplains to public high schools to improve discipline
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Kentucky’s shrewd move to promote a Christian nationalist agenda
(John Fea, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 6-7 July 2017: Introducing the Religious Freedom Annual Review
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
EVENT, 6 July 2017: Advancing Religious Freedom through Business
(Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 6-7 July 2017: Religious Freedom Annual Review [Schedule at-a-glance]
(Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The clash of traditions
(Mark L. Movsesian, Library of Law and Liberty)
"Trust in Crisis – The Emergence of the Quiet Citizen"
(Dr Jan-Jonathan Bock & Dr Sami Everett; eds. Dr Julian Hargreaves, Asher Kessler & Austin Tiffany, Woolf Institute: Studying Relations between Jews, Christians & Muslims)
"The Missing Muslims – Unlocking British Muslim Potential for the Benefit of All"
(Citizens Commission on Islam, Participation & Public Life)
Religion Watch, July 2017, Volume 32 No. 9
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Reconsidering Religious Radicalism
(Volume 15, 2017, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
IGE to lead delegatioin to 4th Annual Sino-US Counterterrorism Dialogue
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Indians take to the streets in protest against religious violence
(World Watch Monitor)
Metropolitan Hilarion denies calling for restoration of monarchy
(Interfax-Religion)
Donald Trump visits Poland: Looking for religion (and old-school journalism) in the coverage
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Vatican, al-Azhar focus on papal trip speeches in latest meeting
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Faith in the classroom (Editorial)
(The Jerusalem Post)
Frank Wolf – Congressman, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative
(5 Minutes of Religious Freedom: A web series, Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Tanabata, the festival of the stars
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
The Maldives: Why does this exotic spot produce a disproportionate number of jihadi fighters?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Copts tired of ‘sacrificing willingly’ for Egypt’s unity
(World Watch Monitor)
Four more Copts killed in ‘most aggressive campaign in history of modern Egypt’
(World Watch Monitor)
Marc Chagall, religious artist
(Maya Balakirsky Katz, OUPblog Religion)
Third Iranian convert given lengthy sentence alongside pastor
(World Watch Monitor)
Amsterdam renames building that honored Nazi collaborator
(JTA, Forward)
A Pope and a President in Poland
(Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal)
London’s Muslim mayor calls for complete ban on Hezbollah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Are American Christians 'Gnostics' in disguise? Revisiting an odd old theory
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Sverdlovsk Region Court mitigates sentence for 'Pokemon catcher'
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious Freedom Center working to promote study of religion
(Religious Freedom Center)
Trump actions challenge religious freedom, Sen. Flake says at BYU
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Trump’s policies test religious freedom, GOP senator tells BYU audience
(Benjamin Wood, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Pews vs Chairs: Application of CBC Guidance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Jewish” by consent – or not? Perelman v Germany
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Perelman and Perelman v. Germany
(Fifth Section Decision, European Court of Human Rights)
U.S., European bishops call for a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
140 Jewish leaders vow to help US reach Paris climate accord goals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Whose womb is it anyway? NI Court shrinks from abortion law reform
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Church officials upset that Myanmar won’t allow UN fact-finders
(Catholic News Service)
NM town to US Supreme Court: Let Ten Commandments monument stand
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cert. petition filed in Ten Commandments case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamist recruiters in Germany 'go right for young people's hearts'
(Nina Haase and Sumi Somaskanda, Deutsche Welle)
UW–Eau Claire ends discrimination against faith-based community service
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Settlement reached in suit over university service learning credit for religious activity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tribes sue to stop end of protection for Yellowstone grizzly bears
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why progressivism and religion don’t go together
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Islamic State loses Mosul
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)
Muslims and Jews in Europe hammer out strategies for blocking bans on ritual slaughter, circumcision
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious folks opposed Oregon's ultra-liberal new abortion law, but who were they?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Oregon approves measure requiring insurers to cover abortion
(Associated Press)
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Michael Broyde writes about religious arbitration in WashPost
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Shechitah banned in two out of three Belgian regions
(Rafael Hoffman, Homodia: The Daily Newspaper of Torah Jewry)
Flanders bans religious slaughter
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
What a Mormon doing Buddhist meditation has to do with the future of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Mormon missionaries from U.S. return to Botswana after four-year absence
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Native Americans say grizzly bear decision violates religion
(Matt Volz, Religion News Service)
Turkey’s oldest indigenous culture fears extinction
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The other side of Bible distribution in China
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
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