Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 26 June 2017
PHOTOS: Here's how Muslims worldwide are celebrating Ramadan's end
(Colin Dwyer, NPR)
When is Eid al-Fitr, and why do Muslims celebrate it?
(Waseem Abbasi, Religion News Service)
On Eid 2017, a peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
Thousands of Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr in Moscow Cathedral Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin in congratulation on Eid al-Fitr speaks of Muslims' role in maintaining civil peace, accord
(Interfax-Religion)
Third time, no charm: Eid proves unlucky for Istanbul Pride
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Donald Trump abandons traditional White House Ramadan celebration
(Elle Hunt and David Smith, The Guardian)
Inside French prisons, a struggle to combat radicalization
(Eleanor Beardsley, NPR)
In northeast Nigeria, displaced families celebrate Ramadan's end in style
(Ofebea Quist-Arcton, NPR)
Vatican announces pope will attend reconciliation events in Colombia
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Reform movement launching first rabbinical school for Latin America, Spain and Portugal
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Supreme Court holds denial of playground resurfacing grant to church violates Free Exercise clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church-state decision
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court rules for Missouri church in ‘playground’ case
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer: Slip Opinion
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Opinion analysis: Church prevails in funding dispute
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court settles schoolyard scuffle: Government can’t blacklist Lutheran preschool from playground improvement program
(Press Release, Becket Law)
The Supreme Court’s religious-freedom message: There are no second-class citizens
(David French, National Review)
Supreme Court sides with religious school in church-state case
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
BJC: Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church “upends precedent and adds confusion”
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Symposium: Court ruling bolsters religious liberty… beyond the playground
(Nathan Diamant, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Putting some limits on the “play in the joints”
(Erin Morrow Hawley, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Bad news from Trinity Lutheran – Only two justices support the Establishment Clause
(Leslie Griffin, SCOTUSblog)
Cert. granted in dispute over refusal to create cake for same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court to take case on baker who refused to sell wedding cake to gay couple
(Bill Mears and The Associated Press, Fox News)
Supreme Court will hear religious liberty challenge to gay weddings
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court takes case on religious freedom vs. LGBT couple
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
U.S. Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to take effect pending appeals in October
(The Associated Press, CBC News | World)
Supreme Court grants review and partially lifts injunctions against Trump's travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court travel ban ruling: What it means
(Alan Gomez, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump’s travel ban to take effect and will consider case in fall
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press News)
On deporting Christians to Iraq
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Trump travel ban takes effect Thursday
(Associated Press Top News)
BJC responds to Supreme Court decision to review travel ban, cakeshop cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court: Same-sex spouses must get equal treatment in birth certificates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Karen Handel and the spurious Christian case against LGBT adoption
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
Who is Karen Handel, winner of that big Georgia race? Surprise! Press ignored a key angle
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Pavan v. Smith (same-sex couples adoption case)
(Per Curiam Opinion, The Supreme Court of the United States)
Can yoga be Christian?
(Andrea Jain, The Conversation)
Australian census map: the results, region by region
(The Guardian)
Australian census: religious affiliation falls as population changes rapidly
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)
Census 2016: 39% increase in same-sex couples since 2011 – live
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)
Church and states braced for biggest battle on euthanasia
(Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt
(Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)
China: Vatican gravely concerned for bishop 'forcibly removed' from diocese
(The Guardian)
Tensions flare between IDF, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
(Ben Caspit, translated Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Gay activist is calling out churches for spiritual abuse
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Can InterVarsity leaders seek doctrinal unity with staff and volunteers? On sex, CBC says 'no'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bomber planning to attack Mecca’s Grand Mosque blows himself up
(Reuters, Religion News Service)
What do Christian protests about Harry Potter books teach us?
(Trisha Tucker, Religion News Service)
Analysis: Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Whose heritage? UNESCO’s tricky balancing act between religious and secular forces
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pastors and political choice
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Are pastors particularly partisan?
(Joe Carter, Acton Institute Power Blog)
Joe Carter takes closer look at that New York Times coverage of partisan pastors
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Law and religion round-up – 25th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Lord Carey resigns as honorary assistant bishop
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia accuses mufti Gainutdin of spreading anti-Semite myths
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Allied with Muslim bloc, but great friend of Israel
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)
Orthodox Church proposes more religion in schools
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
The Democrats’ religion problem
(Daniel K. Williams, The New York Times)
Former anti-Semitism envoys call on Congress to fund the office
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Opinion: Liberal Islam is a chimera
(Loay Mudhoon, Deutsche Welle)
Liberal mosque debate turns political in Germany
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Christian leaders concerned over talks to form new Executive in Northern Ireland
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israeli government suspends mixed-prayer plan at the Western Wall
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Giving in to ultra-Orthodox, Cabinet drops compromise on mixed prayer space at Western Wall
(Barak Ravid, Haaretz)
Jewish groups furious at Israeli government block of men, women praying together at Western Wall
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jewish diaspora angry as Netanyahu scraps Western Wall mixed prayer plan
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Israeli government's reversal on egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel in Jerusalem is "an unconscionable insult"
(Press Release, The Union for Reform Judaism)
Israel's cabinet suspends agreement on egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The holy alliance between Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox
(Danny Zaken, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
I love Israel. Her government: not so much
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
3d Circuit: Dismissal of prisoner's RLUIPA suit at pleading stage was improper
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
People keep voting in support of the death penalty. So how can we end it?
(Austin Sarat, The Conversation)
Why cash remains sacred in American churches
(James Hudnut-Beumler, The Conversation)
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a fundamental right
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
5th Circuit reinstates controversial Mississippi HB 1523
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Russia: Prison, trials, investigations for religious meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)
Israeli airline can't force women to move for ultra-orthodox men who don't want to sit next to women
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
June 25: Mississippi allows denial of services to LGBT people, Ramadan goes unmarked at White House
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Why creationism lingers in public schools
(John E. Taylor, The Conversation)
Saturday, 24 June 2017
ADF International’s Kelsey Zorzi Elected President of the UN’s NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(News Release, ADF International)
Does traditional faith equal hate? Southern Poverty Law Center coverage raises unasked questions
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Bracing for the next news story: Was Bernie Sanders actually pushing 'secular humanism'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
General Pharmaceutical Council guidance on religion, personal values & beliefs
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Court temporarily halts deportation of 100 Iraqi Chaldeans and minority Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court blocks immediate deportation of Iraqi nationals
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
Win for 1st Amendment
(Editorial, Boston Herald Radio)
Iranian protesters chant 'Death to Israel and Death to America' and burn ISIS flags in Tehran
(Jack Moore, Newsweek World)
Turkey removes evolution from high school curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 23 June 2017
Turkey drops evolution from curriculum, angering secularists
(Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times)
Religion in schools: Turkey has a problem with evolution so has banned teaching Darwin's theory until college
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Education for all? Not in Iran
(Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Scotland, Northern Ireland and humanist weddings: Humanist nuptials are popular in Scotland but only beginning in Ulster
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Court refuses to grant habeas corpus to Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Otkrytaya Rossia, Russia Religion News)
Polish human rights official under fire for saying his ‘nation’ took part in the Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Lawmakers urge Trump to appoint White House Jewish liaison
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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