Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Major Christian charity is closing India operations amid a crackdown
(Ellen Barry and Suhasni Raj, The New York Times)
Separate religion and state, urges UN Special Rapporteur
(National Secular Society)
Argument: Welcome to the post-human rights world
(Sebastian Strangio, Foreign Policy)
Supreme Court punts on first major transgender case, but religion angle merits ongoing coverage
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Comments policy
(Frank Cranmer & David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Islamic State leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders, U.S. and Iraqi sources say
(Isabel Coles, John Walcott and Maher Chmaytelli, Reuters)
Islam is a tolerant, compassionate religion, says Muslim World League chief
(Khalid Hameed Farooqi, Geo News)
Holy See calls for respect of religious freedom
(Vatican Radio)
WCC general secretary joins UN dialogue on interreligious peace
(World Council of Churches)
Isolated, female and vulnerable to abuse: Christian nannies in the Gulf
(World Watch Monitor)
MP train blast points to rise in radicalisation of Muslim youth
(Editorial, Hindustan Times)
Hindu Americans furious at ‘negative portrayal’ in Reza Aslan’s new CNN show
(PTI, Hindustan Times)
Outlaw street preachers says Archdeacon Martin
(Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
Canada's new blasphemy laws
(Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute)
Inside the ghost city of Qaraqosh – The Christian city in Iraq liberated from ISIS
(Marco Gombacci, The European Post)
Turkey's Cavusoglu accuses Germany of 'systematic antagonism'
(Deutsche Welle)
France's Marine Le Pen says she's not waging a religious war
(Anderson Cooper, CBS 60 Minutes)
Kurdistan deserves an amicable divorce from Baghdad
(Masrour Barzani, Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, The European Post)
Church liability: fall from ladder
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Europe starts to think the unthinkable: breaking up, Financial Times writes
(The European Post)
Discrimination of Egyptian Copts, the result of fanaticism in education system
(Fathia Al-Dakhakhni, The Middle East Media Research Institute)
Why is IS targeting Copts in Sinai?
(Muhammed Magdy, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
France: Teacher suspended after reading Bible verses at school
(Carl Dechâtre and others, Frace Bleu and La Croix via European Post)
Christians warn Pope Francis: making deal with China is big mistake, would worsen persecution
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Nike to launch ‘Pro Hijab’ for Muslim women athletes
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Senators decry 'accelerating' anti-Semitic threats in bipartisan plea
(Elana Schor, Politico)
Conservative synagogues can now officially accept non-Jews as members
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
ISIS’ ‘business model’ struggles as group loses territory and resources
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Pakistan considers tribal merger
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
What does the laying on of hands say about human freedom?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Going to church and wearing a cross around your neck make you seem more trustworthy
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Second Brexit referendum would be dangerous, warns archbishop of Canterbury
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Has science confirmed Genesis? Study proves rainfall over Africa thousands of years ago, pointing to great flood
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Salvation Army condemns defeat of latest move to help child refugees
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Famine stalks Somalia again
(African Media Agency)
Trump signs new Muslim travel ban excluding Iraq
(Alan Fisher, African Media Agency)
Turkey, US, Russia military chiefs meet to discuss anti-IS strategy
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’
(Stephen Kalin, Religion News Service)
How are displaced Iraqis faring in Syria’s camps?
(Khaled al-Khateb, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Can international force save Gaza?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
HRC 34: Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Religion or Belief and on Truth and Justice
(Knox Thames, Mission of the United States, Geneva, Switzerland)
FFRF scores big win in Indiana nativity lawsuit
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Court awards nominal damages over school's live nativity scene show
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Immigration EO, round 2: Maybe Christians merely 'claim' to be persecuted by Islamic State?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Scare quotes and factual journalism in Florida: This here is what they call a 'religious liberties' bill
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
What do Mormons and Muslims have in common? In casting doubt on whether Islam is a religion, Trump’s team puts a new spin on an old playbook
(Stephen Prothero, Politico)
Bills to expand birth control coverage to all health plans in Nevada spurs contentious testimony
(Blake Apgar, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Toughest church-states battles: When faith-healing doctrines lead to children dying
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools
(Kristen M. Clark, Miami Herald)
Muhammad Ali's son launching religious freedom campaign
(Errin Haines Whack, Chicago Tribune)
Trump’s revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
(Steven Mulroy, The Conversation)
As immigration crackdown intensifies, churches embrace refugees
(Holly Bailey, Yahoo! News)
Experts differ on whether Trump's new travel ban makes America safer
(Josh Siegel, The Daily Signal)
No Freedom of Religion at our holiest site
(Alyse Lichtenfeld, Arutz Sheva 7)
Episcopal, Chinese church relationship strengthened through visit
(Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service)
Czech man ready to resume African mission after Sudanese ordeal
(Prague Daily Monitor)
Hezbollah, Israel brace for all-out conflict
(Nicholas Blanford, Middle East Online)
Europe’s Muslims form own political parties amid rising populism, Islamophobia
(Daily Sabah with Andalou Agency, Daily Sabah Europe)
Top EU court rules member states not obliged to grant humanitarian visas
(AFP, Daily Sabah Europe)
EU court says member states not obliged to grant asylum
(Middle East Online)
May a parish council grant-aid a place of worship?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Christians who refused to bake cake for gay wedding appeal $135,000 fine
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Republicans release 'American Health Care Act'
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Church should lead fight against anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish bigotry
(John Stonestreet, Christian Post)
Anti-apartheid priest advises Sri Lankans on healing after war
(UCAN)
Australia: Hindus seen doubling in numbers
(Eurasia Review)
Turkey’s critical constitutional referendum
(Ilke Toygur, Elcano Royal Institute)
Missing 400-year-old Jewish manuscript to return to Mexico
(The Guardian)
Would Jesus be a gentrifier? How Christianity is embracing urban renewal
(Joel Duddell, The Guardian)
Vatican & Rome's Jewish community team up for first art exhibit together
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
How resilient will the Muslim-Jewish alliance in America be?
(Haroon Moghul, Haaretz)
Nearly entire U.S. Senate calls on Trump to increase support for Jewish communities
(Amir Tibon, Haaretez)
India ignores China, Dalai Lama will visit Arunachal Pradesh
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Dozens say Christian leader made British boys 'bleed for Jesus'
(Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)
German school bans Muslim children from 'provocative' prayer
(Kate Brady, Deutsche Welle)
Trump issues more focused travel ban and refugee restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
'Just wait for the magic man': Modi's Hindutva pitch in UP finds many fans in Varanasi
(Anita Katyal, Scroll.in)
Donald Trump's travel ban: President facing new legal threat as FBI investigate 300 refugees for links to Isil
(Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph)
Israel's ugly new travel ban tells the world: stay away if you don't agree with us
(Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz)
Monday, 6 March 2017
‘False prophet’: Duterte, the Catholic Church and the fight for the soul of the Philippines
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)
India’s religious minorities have been more likely to migrate internationally
(Philiip Connor, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Islam, Muslims, and the Trump world order
(Abdullah Al-Arian, Jadaliyya)
LE6 million allocated to help fleeing Christian families
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)
Muslim students asked 'Do you beat your wife?' by Oklahoma lawmaker
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Frank McGurty and Mary Milliken, Reuters)
Freedom of religion guaranteed in Kazakhstan but religious extremism should be sorted out – Nazarbayev
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope Francis supports having fewer kids to save the planet? Claims are misleading, scholars say
(Brandon Showalter, Christian Post)
Civil war in the Vatican as conservatives battle Francis for the soul of Catholicism
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
What Trump changed in the new travel ban
(Kim Soffen and Darla Cameron, The Washington Post)
Protecting the Nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States
(Executive Order, The White House Office of the Press Secretary)
Trump's new travel ban doesn't give priority to persecuted religious minorities
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Trump's revised immigration executive order is constitutional, legal, and common sense
(Hans von Spakovsky, The Daily Signal)
Angela Merkel calls for calm after Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 'Nazi practices' accusation
(Justin Huggler, The Telegraph)
Ukraine asks U.N. judges to order Russia to stop aiding rebels
(Stephanie van den Berg, Reuters)
Brexit, Shakespeare, and international law
(Gary Watt, OUPblog)
UK will have to give up all EU perks after Brexit, François Hollande warns
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Catholic school goes to court to defend its right to choose its religious leaders
(Melinda Skea, Becket Law)
Satanists seeking religious rights
(Steve Jordahl, One News Now)
Is Christianity central to American identity? Most believe US is losing its identity
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
Russia might ban 'Beauty and the Beast' over 'gay propaganda, sin and perverted sexual relations'
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)
GOP lawmakers planning to reveal Obamacare replacement bill this week
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
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