Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 15 April 2017
Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization?
(Shadl Hamid, Brookings)
NoRuz Celebrations usher in a new day for Zoroastrians at Spring Equinox (post from 20 March 2017)
(Dolly Dastoor, Parliament of the World's Religions: Parliament Blog)
Easter Greetings 2017 from the Conference of European Churches
Jerusalem's streets crowded on Good Friday with Christians, Jews and Muslims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
12 of the world's most impressive Easter services
(Miss Cellania, Mental Floss)
Uganda: Church leaders call for peace in Easter message
(Ephraim Kasozi, Daily Monitor)
Easter Sunday: Millions attend church as leaders spread celebration messages
(Dominica Sanda, The Sydney Morning Herald NSW)
Easter Messages 2017: National Council of Churches Australia
Symbols of faith: Church leaders join to bring readers this Easter message
(John Borren, NZ Herald)
In pictures: Easter celebrations from across the world
(Harley Tamplin, Metro.co.uk)
Easter week around the world – in pictures
(Joanna Ruck, The Guardian)
Easter and the ‘Panula Option’: A great Christian witness in Washington, D.C.
(George Weigel, National Review)
Pope’s Easter Vigil Homily
(Pope Francis, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
The Archbishop of Canterbury's Ecumenical Easter Letter
(Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury)
Anglican & World Church leaders’ Easter messages
(Episcopal Café)
Religious leaders deliver Easter messages
(Sky News Australia)
Indian leaders’ messages for Easter, Good Friday
(Vatican Radio)
First Presidency shares 2017 Easter message
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Learn Principles of Peace from the Prince of Peace
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The just shall live by faith
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
What Jesus' words in death reveal about His life
(Greg Laurie, The Christian Post Opinion)
A legal evaluation of the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass: Full text
(Vatican Radio)
The Archbishop's 1st Holy Week Lecture: 'Are we together for more than we can get out of it?'
(Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury)
The Archbishop's 2nd Holy Week Lecture: 'Have we lost our national nerve?'
(Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury)
The Archbishop's 3rd Holy Week lecture: 'Building Resilience'
(Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury)
Church leaders issue Easter messages of hope over darkness
(Alf McCreary, The Belfast Times)
On Maundy Thursday, Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 prisoners
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Thousands of Catholics pray with pope at Rome's Colosseum
(Deutsche Welle)
What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died?
(Dr. Simon Gathercole, The Guardian)
Good Friday: What was Jesus charged with that got Him crucified?
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Egypt's Christian minority in somber mood for Easter holiday
(Osama Naguib, Reuters)
Thousands of Iraqi Christians to celebrate another Easter away from home
(Chad Garland, Stars and Stripes)
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
(Ulf Laessing, Religion News Service)
Happy Vaisakhi! The history and celebration of the Khalsa Panth
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Can kids tell other kids about Jesus at school?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 14 April 2017
Seychellois mark Good Friday with Way of the Cross walks
(Sharon Meriton-Jean, Sharon Ernesta, Genevieve Rene and Betymie Bonnelame, Seychelles News Agency)
Filipinos nailed to crosses in Good Friday reenactment that church says corrupts Christian message
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Thousands of Christians expected for rapturous Holy Fire ceremony
(Michele Chabin, Christian Headlines)
Holy fire will be first delivered to the USA
(Interfax-Religion)
Organists declining but still in demand for Easter
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
iPhones and the risen Christ: What’s the connection?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
The National Trust's egg hunters crack on despite controversy
(Steven Morris, The Guardian)
Jesus was on the side of the poor and exploited. Christian politicians should remember that
(Brad Chilcott, The Guardian)
Christian diaspora fear their religion won't survive in its birthplace
(Hollie McKay, Fox News)
A statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (Pakistan: Stop crusade against Ahmadiyya community)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population
(Michael Lipka and David McClendon, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Ukrainian army, militia continue to exchange fire despite Easter truce agreement
(Interfax-Religion)
Michigan church giving free Good Friday gas, oil changes
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
OSCE info on possible persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya needs verification – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Missouri reverses course on aid to religious organizations
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
State-controlled TV gives negative coverage to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Rosssia 1 Yuzhnyi Ural, Russia Religion News)
The anti-Catholic Blaine amendments must go
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Real Clear Religion)
Religious groups help transform addiction from moral failure to treatable disease
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
Some arguments for Muslim religious liberty are more compelling than others
(David French, National Review)
Daily chart: Freedom of worship is on the decline in many countries
(The Economist)
Moscow Limmud sees record enrollment of 2,500
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Anti-Semitism envoy post to be filled, State Dept. says
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Activists use Passover to criticize Israel at Canadian university
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Ahmadinejad challenges Iran's power structures
(Deutsche Welle)
China's Uighur heartland turns into security state
(Deutsche Welle)
Kremlin doubts reports of Chechnya gay killings
(Nik Martin, Deutsche Welle)
Bishop: Central African Republic missions attacked for economic reasons
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Who is behind new round of violence in Lebanon refugee camp?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Hungarian Christians urge churches to end silence on refugees
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
It’s not Christians who are unwelcome in the UK – it’s refugees
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
BJC’s Tyler: Churches’ special status calls for sometimes favorable, other times limiting treatment
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The ADL offers Sean Spicer a personal Holocaust history lesson
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
5 facts about the first major case facing Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
Neil Gorsuch could be the decisive vote in these Supreme Court cases
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press, PBS: The Rundown)
Why you need to see “The Zoo Keeper’s Wife” for Passover
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
5 things we learned from the fight over Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation
(Daniel Bush and Lisa Desjardins, PBS: The Rundown)
How Erdogan uses Turkey's mosques to push 'yes' vote
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
A divided Turkey heads for historic referendum
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
A busy holiday season in Jerusalem’s Old City
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Why is this year different for Israeli civil society organizations?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli Arabs divided over Assad
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Sinai festival tackles Egyptian issues through theater
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Palestinians make peace process a group effort
(Ahmad Melhem, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Egypt's Al-Azhar to open classes for female students in branch campus
(Rami Galal, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Where is the religious left?
(Mark D. Tooley, The Christian Post)
Lal Kach festival in Bangladesh - in pictures
(Alam/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock, The Guardian)
Israel's Jewish marriage database is a red flag
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Evangelical college's entire faculty senate resigns after LGBT activist professor denied promotion
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
All seven members resign from Gordon College faculty Senate
(Michael Levenson, Boston Globe)
Banned in Boston? Globe story skirts key Gordon College issue, the faculty faith statement
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Alabama Senate gives megachurch the right to form its own police force
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Reza Aslan and the ‘pettiness of academia’
(Andrew Henry, Religion News Service)
Mood change The cooling of Donald Trump’s Islamo-scepticism
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Trump signs bill to let states redirect funds away from abortion clinics
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
EVENT 14 April 2017: Religious Freedom Center to host program on Chibok kidnapping
(Religious Freedom Center)
5 things to know about Passover
(On Faith)
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
(Brent Landau, Religion News Service)
What is Holy Week?
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Argument preview in Trinity Lutheran: More than just a playground dispute
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
A two-kingdom view of religious freedom: Trinity Lutheran v. Comer
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
BJC Supreme Court Preview: Trinity Lutheran v. Comer
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer: Government money should not fund churches
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer: Documents page
(Case files, SCOTUSblog)
Between limbo and hope: celebrating Easter with the exiles of northern Iraq
(World Watch Monitor)
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