Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 February 2017
High court renders significant decision against Jehovah's Witnesses
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Threat to national office of Jehovah's Witnesses grows
(Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Saransk Jehovah's Witnesses lose in Supreme Court of Mordovia
(Press Service of the Supreme Court of republic of Mordovia, Russia Religion News)
Cherkessk Jehovah's Witnesses congregation abolished
(Regnum, Russia Religion News)
Kremlin joins noisy dispute over St. Petersburg cathedral
(Eurasia Daily, Russia Religion News)
Thousands demonstrate in St. Petersburg dispute
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Blogger who was catching pokemons in Orthodox church appeals his detention in ECHR
(Lyudmila Klenko, RAPSI - Russian Legal Information Agency)
Fresh wave of bomb threats hits 10 more JCC’s on Presidents Day
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Islamic State threatens to wipe out Egypt’s Copts
(World Watch Monitor)
Islamic State extremists threaten to eliminate Egypt’s Christians
(ARA News)
Priest who denied a duty to report abuse faces abuse charges
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New Mexico’s bishops: Trump immigration draft act of ‘war’
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hollman report: Religious liberty on the political horizon
(Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
BJC stands against politicization of churches
(Cherilyn Crowe, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Gratitude for what we’re fighting for
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
How a right-wing Ferndale fringe group is building a multimedia empire
(Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press)
Catholic fringe group pushes right-wing agenda
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
House hearing on state of religious liberty in U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court of Justice Advocate's opinion on tax exemption for Catholic Church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ikea apologises for women-free catalogue for strictly-Orthodox Jews
(Times of Israel)
Ikea aims to reach Israel’s ultra-Orthodox with a female-free catalog
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)
In Israel, retailer takes criticism for catalog aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jews
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How much does the Johnson Amendment curtail church freedom?
(Elizabeth Schmidt, The Conversation)
God is in the faith details? The messy, complicated lives of Norma 'Jane Roe' McCorvey
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Your weekend think piece: Darth Bannon making earth move inside Vatican? Crux says look again
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
America's most and least religious states: How could this shape Democrats’ future strategy?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
The Christian migrants building Qatar’s football stadiums
(World Watch Monitor)
Myanmar: Tensions ahead over changes to 'race and religion' laws
(Nyan Hlaing Lynn, Frontier Myanmar)
Florida: Proposed law intended to protect religious expression in public schools
(Deborah Strange and Jim Ross, The Gainesville Sun)
Bill would allow religion in Indiana schools
(Tristate)
Loudspeakers at religious places irk students preparing for examination
(The Tribune India)
Eduating religious leaders improves uptake of male circumcision in Tanzania
(Jennifer A. Downs, MedicalResearch.com)
Pakistan: ‘Interfaith harmony key to isolating terrorism’
(The News International)
Inter-faith harmony need of the hour: Khatoo Mal
(Pakistan Observer)
Kinnaird College adopts project to engage Pakistani interfaith communities
(Pakistan Today)
A Jehovah’s Witness in Surskoe not able to avoid army by alternative service
(L. Naumova, Ulyanovsk Press via Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Protest as you like it: time, place & manner restrictions under scrutiny in Lashmankin v. Russia
(Daniel Simon, Strasbourg Observers)
'Blind Sheik', spiritual leader for generation of Islamic militants, dies in American prison
(The Associated Press, Haaretz)
How to think about discrimination: race, sex, and SOGI
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Report: How to think about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) policies and religious freedom
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Heritage Foundation)
The Kyrgyz Baptists: A case study in religious persecution in Central Asia
(Uran Botobekov, The Diplomat)
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Law and religion round-up – 19th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Melania Trump vows to "stay true" to herself
(Reuters)
Melania Trump attacked for reciting 'The Lord's Prayer' at campaign rally
(Fox News)
Explained: Did Melania Trump’s Lord’s Prayer violate church-state separation?
(Alexander Griffing, Haaretz)
Saturday, 18 February 2017
Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
One LDS woman's take on Beyonce's odd but inspiring Grammy performance
(Carmen Rasmusen Herbert, Deseret News Faith)
The myth of white male supremacy
(Augusto Zimmermann, The Spectator Australia)
WA Supreme Court rejects florist’s religious freedom defense of same-sex wedding refusal
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State of Washington v. Arlene's Flowers
(Opinion in the Case, Washington Supreme Court)
Washington floral artist to ask US Supreme Court to protect her freedom
(Kristen Waggoner, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Friday, 17 February 2017
Muslims, Mormons viewed more favorably in America today than in 2014, survey finds
(Mariah Noble, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Will Bulgarian courts uphold religious freedom?
(Jehovah's Witnesses)
Interfaith dialogues are built on trust
(Herald Malaysia Online)
A Bridge Between the Strong and the Weak — Second in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)
Vatican's top legal aide says divorced-and-remarried may receive Communion
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Short film competition: Religious freedom is good for business
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Many countries make it hard to marry someone from another religion
(The Economist)
Tolerating Blasphemy: Lessons from an Indonesian election
(Paul Marshall, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Race and religion to continue influencing Jakarta election: Teneo
(Cheang Ming, CNBC)
Jakarta election: Can we leave religion, race out of runoff?
(The Star Online)
Jakarta election: Vote for Governor comes after fierce campaign around religion and race
(Samantha Hawley, ABC News)
Jakarta governor’s race a litmus test for Indonesia
(Tobias Basuki, The Conversation)
Report of the Select Committee on Same-Sex Marriage Bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The problem with “liberalizing” Islam
(Z. Fareen Parvez, OUPblog Religion)
Michael Novak, theologian who made a spiritual case for capitalism, dies at 83
(Emily Langer, The Washington Post)
Russian Muslims to take care of Syrian refugees and their school in Lebanon
(Interfax Religion)
Kindness inspired by great American religious leaders
(Ben Davis, World Religion News)
How to curb HIV? Educate religious leaders - researchers
(Magdalena Mis, Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Sacred sites violated
(Martin E. Marty, RNS Blog: Sightings)
Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State
(Syed Raza Hassan, Religion News Service)
Pakistan says kills 100 'terrorists' after suicide shrine attack
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)
Romania: a nation in protest, a Church in prayer
(Lindsey Koh, Mission Network Newsvio)
House defunds Planned Parenthood
(Liberty Counsel, Christian News Wire)
What do we know about refugees?
(Lisa Jones, Christian News Wire)
Bishops' statement on religious liberty misses the mark
(Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
What makes a mountain, hill or prairie a ‘sacred’ place for Native Americans?
(Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation)
Kolkata shopkeepers urge Shahi Imam to 'talk religion, not politics'
(Prema Rajaram, News 18.com)
Boy Scouts Christian alternative sees ‘tremendous response’ after transgender decision
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Interfaith Alliance responds to President Trump on anti-Semitism
(Interfaith Alliance)
Interfaith activists to descend on Times Square in solidarity with Muslims
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffpost Politics)
Restaurants show diners what a day without immigrants tastes like — or doesn’t
(Maura Judkis, The Washington Post)
Surprise! New York Times zooms past hyper-obvious religion angle in Gorsuch-and-gay-rights story
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Washington Supreme Court says florist's refusal to sell for same-sex wedding violated State Law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Washington Supreme Court says flower shop guilty of discriminating against gay couple
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Islamist extremists spill more Christian blood in Egypt amid fears that more attacks are forthcoming
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Back to the Washington state florist: Was Stutzman seeking right to shun all gay customers?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
New Pew study: Are Americans feeling warm and fuzzy when they think about religious believers?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Special Report: The plight of Christians in the Middle East
(The Catholic Telegraph)
Shifting alliances in northwest Syria make a political solution more remote
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Legislation would curb restrictions on political speech in churches
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
The EU, tax exemptions for Church schools and the prohibition on State aid
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Danish opposition party demands immigrants celebrate Christmas 'if they want to be Danish'
(Lizzie Dearden, The Independent)
Europe’s policy on Iran is misguided
(The Media Express)
Jewish groups, lawmakers berate Trump for blasting reporter who asked about anti-Semitism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish groups criticize Trump's response to questions about anti-Semitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish school's challenge to zoning decision is ripe for litigation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State Supreme Court rules Richland flower shop discriminated against gay couple by refusing wedding service
(Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald)
Religious movements of the Great Migration: an interview with Judith Weisenfeld
(Vaughn A. Booker, Religion & Politics)
Americans warm slightly toward Mormons, other religions
(Jana Riess, Religion News Service)
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