Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 25 March 2017
We don’t discriminate over religion, says Mamata Banerjee
(Indian Express)
What a Buddhist monk taught Xi Jinping
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Gorsuch likely to side with church over state if confirmed
(Steven K. Green, Newsweek)
Why religious freedom is important to both Democrats and Republicans in Gorsuch hearings
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Supreme Court nominee praised for record of building unity on religious freedom
(Matt Hadro, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Supreme Court nominee drilled on abortion, religious freedom at hearings
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Catholic diocese warns churches to be ready for ICE searching for immigrants, refugees
(Deepa Bharath, Orange County Register)
Promised Land: Venezuelan Jewish converts reach Israel
(Daniel Estrin and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press)
Move to devise Muslim world plan against blasphemous content
(Iftikhar A. Khan, Dawn.com)
Distortion of religious beliefs intolerable: Nisar
(APP, Geo.TV)
Jaipur meat assaults: Victims of cow vigilante attack were prosecuted – but not mob members
(Abhishek Dey, Scroll.in)
Catholic priest in Bulgaria gets death threat for helping Syrian refugee family
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Push to name Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group worries U.S. offshoots
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Trump’s new drone strike policy might violate centuries of Christian ethics
(Jacob Marthaller, The Washington Post)
Trump’s new Israel envoy gets a mixed welcome from Jewish groups
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Financial advisers put faith in religion-based investing
(Anne Tergesen, Wall Street Journal)
Islam and the Jihad in London
(Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review)
Eight young people answer eight tough questions about Muslims in Germany
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Singapore teen blogger granted US asylum over fears of political persecution
(Deutsche Welle)
Pope Francis urges EU leaders to fight populism with solidarity
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In talk with top diplomat, bishop stresses church concern for common good
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
5th Circuit upholds student-led prayer opening school board meetings
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Are women the solution to Egypt’s economic problems?
(N.A. Hussein, trans. by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Friday, 24 March 2017
Free speech in Europe isn't what Americans think
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View)
Prayer vigil held in Trafalgar Square after terror attack
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
After London, Nice, and Berlin, what can cities do to prevent more?
(Jack Moore, Newsweek)
Is the new travel ban unconstitutional? It may come down to whether courts can take campaign statements seriously
(Lata Natt, Newseum Institute: First Amendment News)
Vandals spray-paint LGBT slogans on marriage groups' tour bus near UN
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
Criticisms of the Vatican’s sexual abuse commission need to be taken seriously, not written off as clichés
(The Editors, America: The Jesuit Review)
Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists remain defiant ahead of election under China's influence
(Eleanor Ross, Newsweek)
Aleppo's displaced face another crisis in Idlib
(Tamer Osman, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Uganda: Pastor teams up with law enforcement to stop brutal child sacrifices
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
London isn't burning: How Britain's history with the IRA made it resilient in the face of attack
(Josh Lowe, Newsweek)
Bishops in Parliament respond to Westminster attack
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)
German press told to censor religion, ethnicity
(Associated Press, WND)
Nigeria: Christian's denied aid in refugee camps
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Glass houses, religious garb, a crucial Middle East sidebar and, of course, Donald Trump
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Mosul: 400,000 people still trapped in city by ISIS
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
The 10 most pro-life U.S. States: did your state make the list?
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
March for life, peace and migrants in Tijuana draws 30,000
(Catholic News Agency)
Don't lose your humanity in refugee debate, US bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican abuse prevention event 'extremely important' for Church
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Americans agree: Moms and dads should have paid parental leave
(Catholic News Agency)
Rising with Standing Rock: a Muslim's perspective on the struggle of indigenous people
(Mohammed Cherri, Islamic Insights)
Islamic State claims it was behind Westminster terror attack
(Sky News)
Battle continues against Jacksonville LGBT law
(Liberty Counsel, Christian News Wire)
65 years later, fight to get female judges on Egypt's State Council continues
(George Mikhail, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Anti-racism coalition claims Israeli extreme-right groups getting state funds
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
What does it mean to be a Jerusalemite?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
How Egypt's religious institutions are trying to curb atheism
(N.A. Hussein, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Free Syrian Army getting backup from Turkish-trained police
(Khaled al-Khateb, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Bishop Greg Thompson on being a sexual abuse survivor and the threats that made him resign
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Photo of woman in hijab passing attack victim on bridge 'misappropriated'
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)
Sixty-eight percent of citizens oppose monarchy in Russia - poll
(Interfax Religion)
Russia, France need to pool efforts to protect world from dangers of globalism, Islamic fundamentalism - Le Pen
(Interfax Religion)
The Bible tells us so: Concern for immigrants is at the heart of faith
(Roger Vermalen Karban, Religion News Service)
Religion emerges in secular French politics as presidential campaign heats up
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Israeli cyber crime police arrest Israeli-American teen for 'hundreds' of bomb threats against Jewish centers worldwide
(Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz)
India priests, decorators in child marriage crackdown: No proof of age? No wedding
(Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Will Bahrain use military trials against Shiite leader's supporters?
(Ibrahim al-Hatlani, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
The Treaty of Rome: 60 years for the promotion of peace, solidarity and cooperation
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Archbishops write to Independent Reviewer re: Sheffield See
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
US Holocaust Museum to award Angela Merkel with top honor named for Elie Wiesel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Funeral fees pursued in Crown Court
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Responding to terror
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
In modern dictatorships, Communism’s legacy lingers on
(Arch Puddington, Freedom House)
Bandi's 'The Accusation', smuggled out of North Korea, is a victory for world literature
(Michael Barron, The Culture Trip [with thanks to HRWF])
Religious dress and the legitimacy of religious neutrality
(Leigh Day, Lexology)
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Steve Bannon's would-be coalition of Christian traditionalists
(Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Brittany Pheiffer Noble, The Atlantic)
Religious freedom under attack in Europe, PACE Turkish Delegation head says
(Daily Sabah EU Affairs)
Jehovah's Witnesses moblize global response to threat of ban in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses)
Head of Russian Jehovah's Witnesses cries for help
(Russia Religion News)
Leader of Jehovah's Witnesses reviews case against them
(Portal-Credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Registering religious groups: Genov v Bulgaria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
How we can do more with less foreign aid
(Tina Ramirez, Real Clear World)
We can't resettle millions of refugees, but President Trump can and should help them
(Tina Ramirez, Forbes)
Changing hearts and minds iIn the Middle East one at a time
(Doug Bandow, The World Post)
India’s religious freedom falls short
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
New poll: what Americans really think about Roe v. Wade
(Denise Mackura, Christian News Wire)
Concerns about tolerant Indonesia: three more churches closed
(World Watch Monitor)
Parents and pastors aren't in sync on youth ministry goals
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Some rabbis fear expanding women’s roles in the Israeli army could lead to sin
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis ranks third among Fortune’s ‘greatest leaders’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis may shine a light on famine and genocide in South Sudan
(National Review Online)
US cardinal: Pope committed to ending ‘scourge of sex abuse’ despite setbacks
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
A Catholic farewell: A funeral in Northern Ireland recalls religion's power to divide and unite
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
I am not at peace with Jewish Voice for Peace
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)
In rural Canada, churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
The battle for China’s spirit: Religious revival, repression, and resistance under Xi Jinping
(Freedom House)
In conflicts, faith leaders must often stay above
(Christian Science Monitor)
Rabbi Lazar urges to legalize circumcision in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Netflix's upcoming biopic of America's most-hated atheist, Madalyn Murray O’Hair
(Emine Saner, The Guardian)
Watch: Religious liberty discussion during day three of Gorsuch hearing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court, and religious freedom
(Richard W. Garnett, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)
UN secretary-general reaffirms ancient Jewish ties to Jerusalem
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
On World Water Day, African church leaders highlight shortages
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Nairobi Catholics deliver aid to fellow Kenyans in drought areas
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Population control in Africa risks ‘new colonization,’ say church leaders
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UK Muslim leaders condemn 'cowardly' London attack
(Harriet Sherwood and Helen Pidd, The Guardian)
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