Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Unidentified criminals committed an arson at the territory of a Moscow Patriarchate church
(Interfax-Religion)
European sympathy for Russian Jehovah's Witnesses
(Lenta.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters reacts to Supreme Court ban
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Check out South China Morning Post: a good source for all things religious in Asia
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Dispute between two priests leads to physical violence
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Thatcher, May and God: Theresa May’s faith is of a more malleable sort than the Iron Lady’s
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Open letter from USCIRF Commissioner Tenzin Dorjee to the Panchen Lama on his Birthday (April 25)
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religion, veils, and equality law
(Kingsley Napley, Lexology)
Protecting and promoting freedom of religion in Pakistan
(Minority Rights Group International)
Why does the Left have a religion problem?
(Boll McCormick, The Jesuit Post)
Interfaith groups start initiative against hate crimes
(Adam Sacasa, Sun-Sentinel)
‘Govt taking necessary steps to promote Islamic teachings and interfaith harmony,’ says minister
(The Nation)
A school prayer bill is headed to the Indiana governor. The question: What does it do?
(Robert King, Indy Star)
Republicans in Congress push for religious liberty executive order
(Eliza Collins, USA Today)
Ireland paves way for referendum on allowing abortions at 12 weeks
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Stability vs. Flexibility: Can the European Union find the balance?
(EJIL:Talk!)
Ukraine’s dashed high hopes: Predictable and sober decision of the ICJ on indication of provisional measures in Ukraine v Russia
(Iryna Marchuk, EJIL:Talk!)
Religious vigilantism might hurt India's global stature
(Aparna Pande, Hudson Institute)
CONFERENCE CALL, 25 April 2017: 'Developments in Muslim support for religious freedom'
(Dr. Jennifer Bryson, Faith & International Affairs Conference Call Series)
Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission
(Mallory Shelbourne, The Hill)
Pew study: Global hostility to religion grew in 2015
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 24 April 2017
Rethinking religion in Germany ("Further thoughts on Religious Pluralism")
(Bahá’í World News Service)
What Trinity Lutheran v. Comer could mean for school choice
(Anne Ryland, The Daily Signal)
Editorial: Let us never forget during Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Editorial, Aiken Standard)
Siren wails as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Aron Heller, Associated Press News)
On Holocaust day, Netanyahu says its lessons guide him
(Ian Deitch, Associated Press News)
Thousands gather at Auschwitz for Holocaust memorial march
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press News)
Trump condemns anti-Semitism on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Julia Edwards Ainsley, Reuters)
US Holocaust Museum opens conservation and research center
(Brian Witte, Associated Press, The Seattle Times)
Holocaust records project launched at FDR Library and Museum
(Associated Press News)
Germany pays too little attention to current anti-Semitism, report says
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
‘Interfaith dialogue necessary for harmony’
(The News International)
Remarks by the (US) Vice President and Indonesian President Widodo to the Press
(Office of the Vice President, The White House)
Islam and Muslims: is there a difference?
(Shaykh Husayn El-Mekki, Islamic Insights)
Baptist preacher convicted in Siberia
(Transbaikal Territory Prosecutor, Russia Religion News)
Religio-secular... again
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
U.S. Foreign Policy and International Religious Freedom: Recommendations for the Trump Administration and the U.S. Congress
(Thomas F. Farr and Dennis R. Hoover, Religious Freedom Institute & Center for Faith & International Affairs (IGE))
U.S. federal prosecutors charge Israeli man with JCC bomb threats
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
Criminal complaints filed against JCC bomb threat perpetrator
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abortion should be legal for all women, says citizens’ assembly
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Insult to religion made ‘carelessly’ without malice is not an offence: SC
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)
A new Republic: Macron and Le Pen advance to the second round of the French election
(The Economist)
Anti-Christianity in France
(Jean Duchesne, First Things)
Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?
(Fatima Khemilat, Religion News Service)
French bishops offer divided voters guidelines on presidential runoff
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Q&A: What role has the fight against terror played in the French election?
(Eglantine Staunton, The Conversation)
Unconventional Macron faces unprecedented challenge
(Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press News)
Analysis: A Le Pen wins more acceptance than ever in France
(John Leicester, Associated Press News)
Macron vs. Le Pen: Opposing styles and visions for France
(Sylve Corbet, Associated Press News)
Old-guard rallies around newcomer Macron for French runoff
(Angela Charlton and Elaine Ganley, Associated Press News)
Lawmaker’s invocation reignites dispute over prayer in AZ House
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
French Election: Fillon may have lost in France, but he won in Israel
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
How Marine Le Pen relies on dividing French Jews and Muslims
(Ethan B. Katz, The Atlantic)
French Jews worried over Marine Le Pen’s success in presidential vote’s 1st round
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
European Jewish leader: Le Pen 'no less dangerous than her Holocaust-denying father'
(Haaretz)
French election: the tragic reason an 8-year-old Jewish girl hopes Le Pen wins
(Shirli Sitbon, Haaretz)
America is abandoning independent Christians in China
(Chloë Starr, Religion News Service)
In China, unregistered churches are driving a religious revolution
(Ian Johnson, The Atlantic)
Law and religion round-up – 23rd April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Buddhist says meditation is scientifically proven to make your life better
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
What's in Palestine's first ever education law?
(Ahmad Melhem, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Jehovah's Witness charged on basis of anti-evangelism law
(News Agency Dostup, Russia Religion News)
The gay, conservative Christian who might be Trump's NATO ambassador
(Jonathan Merritt, The Atlantic)
‘Greedy Jewish landlords’ are problem: New York Council candidate
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Anti-Semitic incidents have reached levels unseen in recent years, Anti-Defamation League report says
(Jaweed Kaleem, The Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds of thousands take to the street worldwide for the Global March for Science
(Democracy Now!)
Israeli president says plight of Christians in Middle East is a 'stain on humanity'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Lesbian Methodist bishop faces challenge to her election
(Rachell Zoll, Associated Press News)
After court ruling, Tennessee to stop enforcing two pro-life laws
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
More thinking about the old religious left and its muddled future in America's public square
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Don’t bet on the emergence of a ‘religious left’
(Daniel Cox, Five Thirty Eight)
A popular public school Bible class in West Virginia faces legal challenge
(Joe Heim, The Washington Post)
Almost heaven, West Virginia: How to cover dispute over Bible classes in public schools the right way
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
The separation of church and state in the US
(Derek H. Davis, OUPblog)
UKIP, niqabs, burqas – and bans
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US general in Afghanistan suggests Russia arming the Taliban
(Robert Burns, Associated Press News)
Feminists and pro-lifers can join forces – and why they should
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Christians are the most widely targeted religious group in the world
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Black-Jewish relations intensified and tested by current political climate
(Akinyi Ochieng, NPR)
Millions of South Sudanese face famine in ‘lean season’
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Has Turkey's referendum emboldened hate?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Did Kurds determine outcome of Turkey's referendum?
(Mahmut Bozarslan, translated by Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
It’s time for Francis and the Vatican to get tough on Venezuela
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Syrian rebel group just trying to get home
(Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Chemical attacks and narrow streets complicate fight for Mosul’s Old City
(Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Syria chemical attack unsettles Iran's chemical weapons survivors
(Narges Bajoghli, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Does Erdogan expect Trump to ditch Syrian Kurds?
(Week in Review, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Cathedrals in crisis: fears of closure as half face big cash problems
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
The U.S.-Syrian rapper who hits back at those who would tell her to take off her hijab
(Tsafi Saar, Haaretz)
French-Israelis turn out in huge numbers- to vote against presidential candidates
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Is there room in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims?
(Haroon Moghul, Haaretz)
Wounded but alive: It's not yet game over for Turkey's democracy- or its resistance
(Louis Fishman, Haaretz)
One way to prevent peace between Pakistan and India
(Husain Haqqani, Hudson)
Ethiopian state considers restricting ‘Christian activity’ to church buildings
(World Watch Monitor)
American atheists file charges after an autistic boy is baptized
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
California’s ‘weed nuns’ on a mission to heal with cannabis
(Omar Younis, Religion News Service)
Why Native Americans do not separate religion from science
(Rosalyn R. LaPier, Religion News Service)
Bernie’s anti-abortion candidate
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pope likens migrant holding centers to ‘concentration camps’
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 24-28 April, Conference on Law and Religion: The Role of the State
(University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Sponsors: National Judicial Institute Nigeria; Faculties of Law & Arts University of Ibadan; Faculty of Law, University of Lagos; West African Center for Law and Religion Studies; International Center for Law and Religion Studies (USA))
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