Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 6 July 2017
In the UK, exorcisms are becoming commonplace
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
'Spiritual abuse': Christian thinktank warns of sharp rise in UK exorcisms
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Security not only concern for Syrians returning home
(World Watch Monitor)
Iran sentences four more Christians to 10 years in jail for ‘missionary activities’
(World Watch Monitor)
Indian women wear cow masks to ask: are sacred cattle safer than us?
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
The Farm Belt führer: the making of a neo-Nazi
(Carson Vaughan, The Guardian)
Clerical abuse survivors step up call for accountability
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
I applaud British Islam’s refusal to bow to the establishment
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Vatican acknowledges past problems at ‘pope’s hospital’
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Auschwitz officials chastise US Rep. Clay Higgins for gas chamber video
(John Bacon, Religion News Service)
Can Facebook replace church?
(Andrea Syverson, Religion News Service)
In Myanmar, one girl’s plight epitomizes Rohingya struggle
(Todd Pitman, Religion News Service)
Hobby Lobby to forfeit ancient Iraqi artifacts in settlement with DOJ
(Dan Whitcomb, Religion News Service)
Hobby Lobby returns 'priceless' artifacts smuggled from Iraq
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
After DOJ sues, Hobby Lobby agrees to forfeit smuggled Iraqi artifacts
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Experts say Hobby Lobby must have known it was illegally importing artifacts
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
What the Catholic Church can learn from IBM
(Chris Lowney, Religion News Service)
Reformed churches endorse Catholic-Lutheran accord on key Reformation dispute
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Attending church is good for your health. Now what?
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Mennonite Church to divest in protest of Israeli policies
(AP staff, Religion News Service)
The Round-Up – free abortions, no adoption for Sikh couple, and school uniform headscarves
(Poppy Riminton-Pounder, UK Human Rights Blog)
Investigative Committee has not registered persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya yet – Moskalkova
(Interfax-Religion)
Four suspected religious extremists detained in Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkey says it cancelled decision to seize Assyrian churches and monasteries
(Assyrian International News Agency)
Moskalkova asks Turkish ombudsman to help exempt baptized children who live in Turkey from Islam lessons
(Interfax-Religion)
Azerbaijan: fined for home religious meetings, picnic
(Forum 18 News Service)
Russia replies to ECHR regarding appeal of Russian Evangelical
(Natalia Demchenko, RBK)
Religious freedom is for non-Christians too
(Russell Moore, The Gospel Coalition)
India has a religion problem
(Jeff Cimmino, National Review)
Canadian bishops: Abortion should not be ‘core’ of foreign policy
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic News Service)
Lori: After ‘Trinity Lutheran,’ all anti-Catholic ‘Blaine amendments’ should fall
(John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Perspectives on healthcare and the pro-life movement
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Removing support for women in need makes a mockery of the pro-life label (Responding to: Perspectives on healthcare and the pro-life movement)
(Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Social studies council issues guidance for teaching about religion in public schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
In 9th Circuit church loses suit against loud music festival
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘Orange is the New Black’ inspires Scottish prisoners to demand kosher food
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Scotland investigates upsurge in prisoner requests for kosher meals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trial 'imminent' for Tajikistan pastor, on unspecified charges
(World Watch Monitor)
A battle over authority and gender in conservative Christianity
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Fate of Quebec town's proposed Muslim cemetery rests in the hands of a few
(Ingrid Peritz, The Globe and Mail)
Trump can't reverse the decline of white Christian America
(Robert P. Jones, The Atlantic)
For Muslims looking to date, the Trump era sparks interest in matchmaking services
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
After backing Trump, Christians who fled Iraq fall into his dragnet
(Vivian Yee, The New York Times)
Early church discovered on UK Holy Island, may be linked to medieval saints
(James Rogers, Fox News)
Religion the most productive way to integrate Roma
(Helena Cazaerck, The Slovak Spectator)
Vatican acknowledges past problems at 'pope's hospital'
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Is Indonesia's 'pious democracy' safe from Islamic extremism?
(The Conversation)
Church denies ties to accused cult leader
(Bangkok Post)
Indian court rules sect can keep guru's body in freezer
(RTE)
Changes in society put religious groups on the defense
(Nicki Gorny, The Blade)
Religious liberty should unite us, not divide us
(John Gehring, National Catholic Reporter)
The new struggle: Religion, Morality, and American Law
(Jack H. Burke, American Thinker)
Bishop of Marawi: "Let us pray and hope that the war ends soon"
(Agenzia Fides)
Crisis in Marawi: Christian and Muslim leaders in Mindanao in favor of negotiations
(Agenzia Fides)
What Charlie Gard case teaches us about life and death
(Robert Klitzman, CNN)
On the Charlie Gard case, the Roman Catholic Church needs to be clear and prophetic
(Charles Camosy, Religion News Service)
In British baby's case, Catholic views aren't so clear-cut
(Dan Bilefsky and Sewell Chan, The New York Times)
The tragic case of Charlie Gard highlights the importance of parental rights
(Paul Diamond, The Daily Signal)
Spot the religion ghosts: Who loves Charlie Gard the most, his parents or state officials?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Charles Gard and Others v. United Kingdom (ECtHR decision)
(First Section Decision, European Court of Human Rights)
Dispute over British baby’s fate draws in Pope and U.S. President
(Dan Bilefsky and Sewell Chan, The New York Times)
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
British baby on life support draws in pope, Trump
(Danica Kirka and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Where Religious and Secular Meet — Seventh in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)
Swedish P.M. vows to force all priests to perform same-sex marriages even if their faith tells them not to
(Jay Gotera, The Christian Post World)
Islamist extremists in Sweden rise to 2,000: Intelligence
(AFP, Daily Pioneer)
Last days of the caliphate: Islamic State nears its end
(The Economist)
In Russia a group Bible study is the same as holding a political rally
(The Calvert Journal)
Botswana is not a Christian state Botswana is not a Christian state
(Owen Nsala, Mmegiblogs)
Al Azhar presents a bill against those who use religion to justify violence and hate campaigns
(Agenzia Fides)
Shaikh Mohammad issues new law on setting up civil organisations
(Gulf News: Government)
Chinese Autonomous Regions to strengthen oversight of religions affairs (Simplified Chinese)
(Sina News)
China detains 'more than 100' Uyghur Muslims returning from overseas pilgrimage
(Qiao Long, Radio Free Asia)
US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2017 report details a worsening situation for minorities worldwide
(USCIRF, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
UHRP calls on China to reveal the condition of Uyghurs disappeared after 2009 unrest in Xinjiang
(The Times of Central Asia)
Card readers in churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Key US donor suspends activities over Western Wall, conversion spat
(Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel)
Vietnamese Catholic blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison
(Catholic News Service)
ABC's unholy row: church leaders' fury over religion cuts
(Greg Brown, The Australian)
China: USCIRF condemns Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WCC hails Wittenberg declaration aiming to overcome Reformation divisions
(Stephen Brown, World Council of Churches)
Hunger is not just a natural event, but the result of selfishness and wars, says Pope Francis
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
World Council of Churches pleads for halt to military escalation in Korea
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
IDF chief says religious commanders satisfied with mixed-gender protocol
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Russia: Changing administrative punishments for public events
(Forum 18 News Service)
Lvov authorities demand to investigate an attack against synagogue as unidentified criminals threw 'Molotov cocktails' to it
(Interfax-Religion)
Years-long criminal case against Jehovah's Witnesses leaders ended with acquittal
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
London ultra-orthodox school cited for mixing boys and staff bathrooms
(Ari Feldman, Forward)
UK synagogue membership at lowest since ’90
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Islamist who planned to attack French synagogue jailed
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Auschwitz memorial denounces video posted by US congressman from inside former gas chamber
(Giovanna Paz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What the Supreme Court's latest actions tell us about the future of religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
In tough times, religion can offer a sturdy shelter
(Melvin Konner, The Wall Street Journal)
Dignitaries attend special tours of Tucson Arizona Temple
(Jill Adair, Deseret News Faith)
Canadian baby given health card without sex designation
(Zamira Rahim, CNN)
Some fear parish consolidation could affect soup kitchens
(Associated Press)
As Nevada embraces pot, priest makes Catholic case for legalization
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cardinal Tagle urges Muslim-Christian unity amid Marawi conflict
(Vatican Radio)
EU ban on state economic subsidies invalidates some applications of tax exemption treaty with Vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Grand Chamber judgment Medžlis Islamske Zajednice Brčko and Others v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
European Court upholds defamation judgment for false charges of anti-Muslim statements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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