Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Got it covered: fashion wakes up to Muslim women’s style
(Remona Aly, The Guardian)
The Stirrings in Sheffield
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
What I’m really thinking: the gay Christian
(anonymous, The Guardian)
Black Southern Baptists not on board with efforts to defund Russell Moore
(Brandon Showalter, Christian Post)
Friday, 10 March 2017
Bears Ears National Monument, sacred to native tribes, faces a challenge to its status
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Czech heroes and a fight for freedom
(Faith J.H. McDonnell, Patheos Blog: Faith & Freedom, Tackling Tough Topics in Church & Culture)
Keep your eye on the Balkans
(Col. Robert E. Hamilton, Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Poll: UK public oppose exiting EU without deal
(With AFP, EurActiv)
Violence against Jehovah’s Witnesses on the rise in Georgia
(OC Media)
The Israeli anti-BDS travel ban in (legal) context
(Elena Chachko, Lawfare)
Ex-radical Islamists says jihadists are sending students to top colleges in America
(Jeannie Law, Christian Post)
Dangerous pushing of the ethical boundaries
(Robin Gill, Church Times)
Islam is changing Russia rapidly and profoundly – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Online Christian programs get deleted in China
(UCA News)
Archbishop insists dialogue on way religion is taught in schools must continue
(Kathimerini)
Migrants, Italians and the Church: Faced with exploitation of migrants, the flock, not the church, looks away
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Hungary allotted about €134,000 for restoring three Russian churches and building a new one
(Interfax-Religion)
Mormon congregation exonerated of migration charge
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian Orthodox promote European cooperation
(Mikhail Omelian, Press Service of Chernigov diocese of UPTsKP)
Still no time off for religious observance: Gareddu in the EAT
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Catholic leaders react to House bill to repeal, replace health care law
(Catholic News Service)
Moscow cozies up to the Right
(Alex Altman and Elizabeth Dias, Time)
Vatican Ambassador to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, transferred to Albania
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S.-Vatican ties won’t change with Trump, diplomat says
(Keanine Griggs, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis will visit Colombia in September
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hawaii mounts legal challenge to President's revised travel ban
(Laurel Wamsley, National Public Radio)
Hawaii files amended complaint to challenge Trump's new travel ban executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church may move ahead with RLUIPA objections to denial of demolition permit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan church demands humane treatment of Afghans
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)
Photographer challenges public accommodation law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amy Lynn Photography Studio v. City of Madison
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
China rewards 'patriotic' Tibetan monks
(UCA News)
On 6th anniversary of Syrian war, education remains a casualty
(Tara Kangarlou, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Syrian children suffering 'toxic stress'
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Relationship and sex education to be mandatory in schools
(Margaret Holness, Church Times)
Despite massive setbacks, IS still bares its fangs in Iraq
(Hamdi Malik, Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Iraq's 'Awakening' vets cautious about post-IS period
(Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Christian bakers, gay weddings, and a question for the Supreme Court
(Roger Parloff, The New Yorker)
With The New Yorker, you can have your cake and gain insight into flowers and same-sex weddings, too
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Now that Turkey's kicking out Mercy Corps, is there a God connection to it all?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Egypt's religious institutions to offer couples premarital sex ed
(Khalid Hassan, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
What is happening in the Turkish military?
(Ali Bayramoglu, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Texas Bathroom Bill intended to be 'model for other states'
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
Lost voices in the transgender debate: liberals and conservatives unite
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
Feminists and conservatives link arms to confront tansgender ideology
(Andrea Jones / Melody Wood, The Daily Signal)
The boys made to fight for IS
(Naomi Grimley, BBC News)
South Dakota governor mum on religious adoption protections
(Hannah Weikel, AP News)
China kicking out dozens of South Korean missionaries
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Over 80 Christians arrested in China for worshiping at "illegal" house churches
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Refugees head home as missionaries
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
World Vision warns of millions at risk in east Africa, launches hunger crisis appeal
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Bishops behind blocked sexuality report: No Biblical mandate for gay marriage
(Harry Farley, Christian Science Monitor)
Why the future of the Church of England is in the balance after the Sheffield debacle
(Andy Walton, Christian Today)
Ethiopia: religious wisdom for maintaining peaceful co-existence
(The Ethiopian Herald via All Africa)
Nigeria: treat kidnapping like Boko Haram — Catholic bishops
(Abbas Jimoh, Daily Trust)
Kentucky passes bill to protect religious expression in public schools
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
South Carolina takes first step toward banning dismemberment abortions
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Arab fight for equal rights is only being won on the battlefield
(Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz)
For first time, Hamas prepared to accept pre-1967 borders for Palestinian State
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)
Israel wants to completely criminalize paying for sex
(Sharon Pulwer, Haaretz)
Uniting church has faced 2,500 reports of child sexual abuse, royal commission hears
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)
Pope Francis: married men could be ordained to ease priest shortages
(The Guardian)
The legacy of Savitri Bai: why thousands of women are marching near the RSS headquarters in India
(Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri, Scroll.In)
Israeli lawmakers aim to silence Muslim call to prayer
(Deutsche Welle)
Central Asia and Islamic State: the Russian connection
(Iris Oppelaar, The Diplomat)
The coming Islamic culture war
(Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Nathaniel Barr, Foreign Affairs)
EVENT, 10-11 March 2017, Foucault & Religion
(The Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Convocatoria de Trabajos / Call for Papers (Fecha límite 10 de marzo de 2017)
(Para El Tema Monográfico del 4° Número, "Acomodaciones por motivos religiosos", La Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho y Religión)
10 things you may not know about the making of the OED (Part 1)
(Peter Gilliver, OUPblog)
Applications due 10 March 2017: Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for promoting FoRB
(International Cooperation and Development, The European Commission)
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Proposed Nevada bills would scrap religious exemption for birth control coverage
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Sudan: Starvation ‘imminent’ as conflicts stop deliveries
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Bishops are divided on amendments to the Brexit Bill
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
"Court strikes blow against discrimination of Separdic haradi girls
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Study: Many physicians don't keep faith in their doctor's bag
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA): Ahead of the Trend)
Peruvian marches against gender ideology attract 1.5 million
(David Ramos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kazakhstan: A 'controversial' imam in prison. The case of Imam Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov in the light of ICCPR Article 5
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Abortion stops a beating heart: The Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017
(Arthur Goldberg, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)
Will Turkey be added to European list of undemocratic countries?
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
What the US bishops want to see in health care reform
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Can anti-Trump U.S. Jews and Muslims put aside historic differences to work together over time?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
UK child deportations of 50s: 'most catastrophic child abuse' in memory
(Sandra Laville, The Guardian)
Compassion International and India: The New York Times leaves a UN-shaped hole
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Civil Liability for injury in church hall
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
In Russia, the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses begins all over again
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Gorsuch on abortion, religion and reproductive rights
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Why we support Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court
(Harvard Law classmates of Neil Gorsuch, Real Clear Politics)
Arizona State University to hold first Pregnant on Campus Week
(Catholic News Agency)
Mississippi pro-choice activist fired on International Women’s Day
(Matt Kessler, The Guardian)
Israeli premier fears Sunni terrorism in Middle East will be replaced by Shia
(Interfax-Religion)
When Israel's Court has to prevent Palestinian land theft
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Will massive trench keep Iraqi holy cities safe from terror?
(Omar al-Jaffal, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Is an 'Arab NATO' in the works?
(Ahmed Fouad, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
How culture could help end Palestinian divisions
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Look for the Jews
(Erika Tritle, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Reflections on the ‘Three Knights Opinion’ and Article 50 TEU
(Rosie Stowe, UK Human Rights Blog)
States weigh curbing marriage for minors
(Joseph De Avila and Melanie Grace West, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))
US: In New York, children as young as 14 can marry
(Human Rights Watch)
The women of Boko Haram: Driven to extremism
(Muhammad Al-Amin, Deutsche Welle)
Lines at 'visa wale' Hanumanji temples go up in Trump era
(Divya Kaushik, The Times of India)
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