Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Jewish school’s RLUIPA claims are ripe for adjudication
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)
Terrorist in London followed Sharia law
(Letters, Christian News Wire)
Muslims, Christians and Jesus: A building and a book highlight an odd symbiosis between monotheistic faiths
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why the UK had to crack down on the UN's anti-Israel hypocrisy, duplicity, and dishonesty
(Ron Prosor, Hudson)
How to defeat ISIS
(Lee Smith, Hudson)
Nepal’s Christians have to trek into mountains to bury their dead
(Vishal Arora, World Watch Monitor)
Northeast Nigeria ‘greatest crisis on the African continent’, says UN
(World Watch Monitor)
Why we invited Rasmea Odeh to our conference
(Alisa Wise, Religion News Service)
Pope backs nuclear weapons ban treaty
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Palestinian government hopes ancient shrine can lure in tourists
(Entsar Abu Jahal, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Will Hamas respond to assassination of military leader?
(Sholomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Assassination of Hamas senior operative won't ensure Passover calm
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Muslim family holds the key to Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
(Ahmed el-Komi, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Arizona strengthens conscience protections for health care workers
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Eliminating nuclear weapons is a moral imperative
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Christian ministry working to combat child bride epidemic in US
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
(Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on religion and violence: context is everything
(The Guardian)
'Their message is urgent': the Holocaust survivor and his 7,000 pieces of antisemitic propaganda
(William Echikson, The Guardian)
Church of England to create bishop for minority ethnic community
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Should we blame Islam for terrorism?
(David Shariatmadari, The Guardian)
Exploring the links between religion and violence
(Letters, The Guardian)
Chance the Rapper is redefining what it means to be a Christian rapper
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman confirmed by senate committee
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Florida senate votes to allow students to express religion on school grounds
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
L.A. church cafes are providing a welcome pick-me-up to accompany the word of God
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Moroni tops LDS Rome Italy temple
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Why do all the Jihadis come to Birmingham?
(Katrin Bennhold and Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times)
Indigenous, accompanied by church, fight for rights in Amazon rainforest
(Barbara Fraser, Crux)
Hey Ram: Within days of reviving the Ayodhya temple debate, the Ram Setu too is back in news
(Sruthisagar Yamaunan, Scroll.In)
Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
EVENT, 27-28 March 2017: Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State
(Buies Creek, North Carolina, Campbell University)
Monday round-up (Oral arguments heard in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton)
(Edith Roberts, SCOTUSblog)
Monday, 27 March 2017
Abortion, obscenity and free speech
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religiously affiliated hospital pensions at the center of Supreme Court case
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Respected lawyer reflects on history of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Christianity in Iraq is finished, says Canon Andrew White, 'vicar of Baghdad'
(Hollie McKay, Fox News)
Origins of West's hatred of Russia lie in split of Christianity - Zyuganov
(Interfax-Religion)
Enormous attention to Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
First Russian church opened in Cyprus
(Interfax-Religion)
Rights advocate fears criminalization of tens of thousands believers
(Echo of Moscow, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses foresee appealing Supreme Court's decision
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
International attention to plight of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Radio Svoboda, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses employ modern technology in their defense
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Another rights advocate speaks out for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Blog of Oleg Kozyrev, Russia Religion News)
Baptist clergyman speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Keep religious conservatives involved in American life
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Protestant attorney speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Vladimir Riakhovsky, Religiia i Pravo)
Mother’s fight to stop Bible class in public school resurrects a troubled history with religion
(Linda K. Wertheimer, Religion News Service)
Egyptian Copts finally fulfilling ‘dream’ of traveling to Jerusalem
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Why abortion doesn’t resonate in European politics
(Francis X. Rocca, Wall Street Journal)
Seeking redemption behind bars
(Tanya Erzen, Literary Hub)
Religious community helps combat opioid epidemic
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)
This is so not good for the Jews
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
Pope’s sex abuse panel to carry on its work without victims — for now
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Wonderfully made: How churches are seizing on gallery spaces for art
(G. Jeffery MacDonald, Religion News Service)
Ukrainian war hero and lawmaker slurs Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Rajasthan, a sadhvi and her cow vigilante group are slowly gaining popularity
(Abhishek Dey, Scroll.In)
Swastikas, racist graffiti discovered at Phoenix high school
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arizona teen apologizes for twisting menorah into swastika
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Muslim prayers in schools get provincial endorsement following intense meeting
(Kristin Rushowy, The Star)
Denmark already had a Muslim ban. It was just called something else.
(Samantha Ruth Brown, The Washington Post)
Report: nearly one in two Muslims in Germany engaged in aiding refugees
(Deutsche Welle)
Patriarch election saga drags on for Turkey's Armenians
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Shi'ite aid convoys enter Mosul, bringing relief and suspicion
(John Davison, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Ex-priest gets 9 months in prison in guns-explosives case
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Detroit to turn former Catholic school into housing
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mexico archdiocese says work on Trump wall is treason
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
5th Circuit upholds student invocations at school board meetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
American Humanist Association seeks rehearing in case challenging Texas school prayers
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)
Mar 26: Teenager charged with anti-Semitic robocalls, Gorsuch hearings, and other stories
(Religious Freedom Review)
For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis
(Leanne Italie, Associated Press: The Big Story)
In London’s wake, Africans ask: ‘Where’s the outrage for us?’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Crux listens as Africans ask: Why isn't it big news when terrorists slaughter our people?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
'Released Time' religious education: High school's Muslim prayer room raises constitutional questions
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Prayer rooms just one way public schools allow for religious freedom
(Stella M. Chavez, Fort Worth Star Telegram)
On Muslims' agenda: Fight anti-Sharia proposals in US states
(Philip Marcelo, Associated Press: The Big Story)
Can religious charities take the place of the welfare state?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era
(Scott Malone, Reuters)
Pakistani man wins right to change religion from Islam to Judaism
(Danish Hussain, The Express Tribune)
Religious ministry active only in Hajj season?
(Obaid Abbasi, Pakistan Today)
Despite some tensions, evangelical churches booming in Cuba
(Andrea Rodriguez, The Republic)
What makes difference desirable? "I have realized that some seek to foster an appreciation of diversity by insisting that people from one culture appreciate the promoted stereotypes of another.”
(Terrance D. Olson, The Wheatley Institution)
Law and religion round-up – 26th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Lords Select Committee on Charities publishes its report
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Select Committee on Charities Stronger charities for a stronger society
(House of Lords, Parliament.uk)
European Court of Justice keeps the door to religious discrimination in the private workplace opened. The European Court of Human Rights could close it
(Saïla Ouald-Chaib and Valeska David, Strasbourg Observers)
Survey shows more Muslims than Christians help refugees in Germany
(the Local DE)
What is social justice?
(Janet L. Finn and Maxine Jacobson, OUPblog)
Canadians adopted refugee families for a year. Then came 'Month 13'
(Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times)
The evacuation of Eastern Aleppo: Humanitarian obligation or warcrime?: A Reply
(Matt Brown, EJIL:Talk!)
From a Palace of democracy to an Abbey of prayer, the best and worst of humanity
(Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Leeds, The Yorkshire Post)
Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists
(Catholic News Agency)
Saturday, 25 March 2017
EPRID urges EU to continue and strengthen the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
OIC supports the outcomes of the Muslim World League Conference
(Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)
Myanmar rebuffs UN probe of crimes against Rohingya
(The Straits Times)
The U.N. has agreed to investigate Myanmar's alleged abuse of Rohingya
(Feliz Solomon, Time)
Court rules nature preserve at Catholic shrine is not religious and eligible for taxation
(Michael J. O'Loughlin, America: The Jesuit Review)
IDSA Comment: Was there ever an Arab Spring?
(K.P. Fabian, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
UK chief rabbi holds vigil for terror victims along with Christian and Muslim leaders
(Jerusalem Post)
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