Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Germany arrests 'Islamist' suspect over Dortmund bus attack
(Deutsche Welle)
Next few months will decide Christians’ fate in scarred Iraq, says official
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Texas Senate advances religious refusal bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Highest restrictions on religion: India in top of the list globally
(Daily News and Analysis)
Why care that Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses face persecution – but get scant coverage?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Bangladeshi interfaith group creates charter of minority rights
(Stephan Uttom and Rock Rozario, UCA News)
Texas Senate OKs bill setting new rules when clerks refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Mike Ward, Chron)
Swedish midwife loses fight to be exempt from performing abortions
(Fox News World)
Follow the case of Swedish midwife Ellinor Grimmark
(Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers)
Swedish court rules against midwife in abortion case
(The Associated Press, ABC News)
I roar if someone threatens me: Mamata vows to protect religious freedom in Bengal
(Money Control)
Nigerian Senate won’t interfere with any religion – Saraki
(Wale Odunsi, Daily Post Nigeria)
Displaced Raqqa teachers prepare for rebuilding education post-IS
(Kamal Sheikho, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Israel's 'slow' plan for peace
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraq's Shiite clerics show no love for Assad
(Ali Mamouri, translated by Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Cairo takes urgent measures to combat terrorism after church bombings
(Walaa Hussein, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
'Anti-Romeo' vigilante squads target men suspected of being gay; more in the global LGBT recap
(Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches)
Hillary Clinton won the Catholic vote after all, so Dems should stay pro-choice, right?
(Patricia Miller, Religion Dispatches)
Church of pain: religion, ritual, and the body in the new Serial spin-off, "S-Town"
(Spencer Dew, Religion Dispatches)
A pair of courts issue revolutionary rulings on LGBT equality: one scathing, one beautiful
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)
Online directory connects the Deaf with accessible churches
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Bible scholar gives inside look at Vatican's Stations of the Cross
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
West African bishops highlight challenges facing their nations
(Catholic News Agency)
South Sudanese bishop: It takes unity to achieve peace
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Proposed Texas budget would defund abortion providers
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Kentucky judge signs order to keep state's last abortion clinic open
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Uttar Pradesh: Hindu Yuva Vahini harasses interfaith couple in Meerut
(The Indian Express)
Atheist group says it's unconstitutional for college football coach to tweet about God
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
New Mexico bans therapy for minors who don't want same-sex attraction
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
UK church encourages worshipers to send prayers by text message
(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post)
Atheists tell Americans to 'forget your guilt,' forget about Easter in Wisconsin display
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Catholic school students: bringing Chick-fil-A to campus poses 'risk' to LGBTQ people
(Brandon Showalter, Christian Post)
Louisiana church offering drive-thru Good Friday prayers
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Dean of Liverpool named as the next Bishop of Sheffield
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)
Air strikes on Syria ‘pour gasoline on to a fire’
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Why women clergy lead so few large churches
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Israeli official accepts Spicer’s apology over Hitler remarks
(Jeffrey Heller, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Brexit: why did the ECJ become a UK ‘red line’?
(David Allen Green, Financial TImes)
Indonesia govt under fire for not enforcing migrant ban
(UCA News)
I was a stranger: New York activists stage a Lenten action for sanctuary
(Kaya Oakes, Religion Dispatches)
Christians team up with Jews to rebuild Detroit synagogue
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Trump, Syria and just war theory
(Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Religion News Service)
European Court demands end to forced sterilization of transgender people
(John Riley, Metro Weekly)
One million Christians prepare for pilgrimage to Rome for Easter
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Restored Tomb of Christ ready for Easter pilgrims
(Michele Chabin, National Catholic Register)
This Easter, it's the Catholic Church that needs redemption
(Kristina Keneally, The Guardian)
Hard Texts and Interfaith Peace: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s *Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence*
(Daniel Ross Goodman, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)
Interfaith initiative to ‘invest in peace’ over Israel-Palestine
(Jewish News)
The Luther effect: How Protestantism went global
(Stefan Dege, Deutsche Welle)
Muslim leaders offer dinner to Christian delegation in Lent
(Pakistan Christian Post)
Age, ethnicity examined in survey on U.S. Catholics’ views of Muslims
(Carol Zimmerman, CatholicPhilly.com)
Hungary’s assault on academic freedom is a threat to European principles
(Kirsten Roberts Lyer, The Conversation)
Vote on changes to Dáil prayer deferred until after Easter
(Fiach Kelly and Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
God talk and Americans’ belief in inalienable rights
(James R. Rogers, Library of Law and Liberty)
Islamists term PM’s SC idol remark victory
(Manik Miazee, Dhaka Tribune)
US Copts pray, raise money for victims of Egypt church bombings
(Chris Sagona, Religion News Service)
When the national courts fail (Can we [ in Bangladesh] have a regional court of human rights?)
(Umran Chowdhury, Dhaka Tribune)
NSW government rejects findings of independent review into scripture in schools
(Kelsy Munro, Sydney Morning Herald)
Religious education in NSW schools 'inappropriate' but government vows support
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)
Leonen: Catholic Mass in courts violates Constitution, promotes discrimination
(GMA News)
Toronto-area Peel District School Board in Muslim prayer row
(Jessica Murphy, BBC News)
Professor examines religious practices of the Soviet Union
(Marissa Merkt, Slate Online)
Bill would let N.H. parents use state funds for private or home schools
(Rick Ganley & Michael Brindley, New Hampshire Public Radio)
Making faith-based institutions inclusive
(Michael A. Helfand, Inside Higher Ed)
Kazakhstan: Eight Muslim prisoners of conscience sentenced
(Forum 18 News Service)
China punishes Xinjiang official for refusing to smoke near Muslim elders
(Associated Press, South China Morning Post)
Over 50% of Bulgarians say they are religious
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
How Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church against anti-migrant populism
(Anthony Faiola and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
ADL: Jared Kushner a growing target of online anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rent a Jew brings real, live Jews to German students
(Don Snyder, Forward)
Francis faces a high-wire act in Egypt, and not just on Islam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Egyptian Catholic says Muslim ‘establishment’ not serious about tolerance
(Inés San Martín and John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fading echoes: East Germany is running out of people
(The Economist)
Christian parents to challenge Germany's homeschool ban in European Court of Human Rights
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)
DC Circuit Judge Cites Neil Gorsuch for a Judicial 'Renaissance'
(Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
Expect Justice Gorsuch to protect religious minorities against government overreach (Responding to: What does Neil Gorsuch mean for civil liberties?)
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Are religious schools shielded from state nondiscrimination laws?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
New Egyptian anti-sexual harassment campaign challenges passive bystanders
(Amira Sayed Ahmed, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Why Palestinians have lost faith in Iran
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Is Iran the real winner in US-Russia spat?
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Russia 'furious' with Assad over gas attack
(Laura Rozen, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
Catholics shouldn't totally reject human gene editing – but it still has ethical problems
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Words of Jesus feature on London buses
(The Christian Institute)
Alabama governor, a former Baptist deacon, resigns amid scandal
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
In choosing Christianity, Mexican tribals risk alienation, eviction from their communities
(World Watch Monitor)
Obama to give speech in Berlin to mark Reformation anniversary
(Deutsche Welle)
Why were Pakistani politicians considering giving higher marks to veiled female students?
(World Watch Monitor)
Do journalists know the details? Egypt's ancient Coptic community is used to being attacked
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
5 things you should know about Coptic Christians
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
The ’Splainer: Who are the Copts and why are they persecuted?
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)
Egypt’s Christians mourn 49 killed in Palm Sunday church bombings
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings
(Joe Sterling, Sarah Sirgany and Ian Lee, CNN World)
Egypt's parliament approves three-month state of emergency
(Deutsche Welle)
Church bombings leave many Egyptians questioning Sisi's 'war on terror'
(Aya Nader, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The FAQs: Islamic State bombs two Egyptian churches on Palm Sunday
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
India’s churches also targeted on Palm Sunday, but Modi stays silent
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Are attacks on DRC churches religiously motivated?
(World Watch Monitor)
As a Christian woman in Yemen, life is about survival
(World Watch Monitor)
Churches evacuate and shelter migrants after fire devastates Dunkirk camp
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)
Indonesia: gay men facing 100 lashes for having sex
(Vincent Bevins, The Guardian)
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