Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Trump's EEOC continues to fight transgender employment discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Syrian refugee in Wisconsin files federal lawsuit over immigration order
(Andrew Beckett, WRN News)
New suit challenges Syrian refugee ban in Trump executive order; Hawaii suit moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Algeria: Religious minorities under oppression
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iraqi Christian refugees protest against UNHCR resettlement delays
(World Watch Monitor)
‘UN failing religious minorities and Christian converts’
(World Watch Monitor)
The UN’s Failure to Promote and Protect Religious Freedom
(Meghan Grizzle Fischer, White Paper: ADF International)
Israel's right-wing revolutionaries
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)
'Disgraceful' Church of England leaves persecuted Nigerians to their fate
(Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)
This lawmaker faults GOP leadership for not blocking DC assisted suicide law
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)
The options for Kenya as an impending election fuels fear of hate speech
(Mercy Muendo, The Conversation)
Iceland’s unruly terrain and hidden inhabitants
(Corinne G. Dempsey, OUPblog Religion)
Valentine’s Day survey: Most Jewish Israelis support civil marriage and divorce
(JTA)
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
EVENT, 14-16 February 2018: Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms
(BYU Law School and University of Notre Dame Australia)
These incredible photos show members of an Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ moving to Israel
(Josefin Dolsten, JTA: Telegraph Blog)
An interview with the Ethiopian Patriarch, Abune Matthias
(J. Michael West, World Council of Churches)
WCC general secretary speaks on religion and discrimination
((Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit), World Council of Churches)
For religious conservatives, success and access at the Trump White House
(Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times)
Another parliamentary foray against "sects"
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
Charity, certainty, and transparency: What the world can learn from Islamic finance
(Aneesa Bodiat, Quartz)
Indonesia cracks down on condom sales on Valentine's Day
(Deutsche Welle)
French court allows dating website to continue promoting affairs
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Historic Israeli church reopens in Galilee 20 months after arson attack
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kentucky Senate passes religious expression in schools bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge in Virginia lawsuit rules Trump's travel ban violates Constitution
(NBC Washington)
Virginia federal judge says Trump travel ban likely violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Did Jehovah's Witness elders fail to report sexual abuse? Trial starts Tuesday
(Steve Marroni, Penn Live)
Settlement reached in suit against Jehovah's Witness congregation over sex abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work
(Sam Hananel and Blake Nicholson, Associated Press)
Court denies preliminary injunction in tribal challenge to Dakota pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigeria: Trump calls Buhari, signifies readiness to help Nigeria with weapons to combat terrorism
(Tobi Soniyi, This Day via AllAfrica)
Remembering Lennart Nilsson: unsung hero of the unborn
(Richard Land, Christian Post)
This woman’s abortion story will challenge your beliefs – no matter what they are
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)
St. Louis passes bill to become abortion sanctuary city
(Bill McMorris, The Washington Free Beacon)
Attemps to silence Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians won't work
(Manar Waheed, Religion News Service)
In France, some Muslims seek to 'adapt' Islam to secular culture
(Eleanor Beardsley, NPR)
Monday round-up (Gorsuch, LGBT rights)
(Edith Roberts, SCOTUSblog)
Here's story of a saintly Muslim immigrant – with very few details about his faith
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Texas: Religious leaders enter both sides of fight over transgender bathrooms
(Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman)
Eyes of Texas are on religious leaders — pro and con — as state debates transgender-friendly bathrooms
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
(And now, for something to depress EVERYONE) Dear outraged liberals: Trump’s just taking over where Obama left off
(Mnar Muhawesh, Mint Press News)
Refugees: Is there room for a middle ground?
(Juliette Tolay, The Conversation)
Pakistani Catholics on alert after new suicide bombing
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lahore attack death toll rises to 13. The archdiocese closes schools and cathedral
(Kamran Chaudhry, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan court bans Valentine’s Day in capital
(Asif Shazad, Associated Press)
Pakistani court bans public Valentine's Day celebrations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan soon to outlaw mob violence and forced conversions of minorities
(Kamran Chaudhry, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistani judge bans Valentine's Day celebrations in the capital
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)
Synod rejects ban on banns
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ahok's case: Indonesia's pluralism is still in peril
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Fully-grown pig chimeras are only a few years away – we need to understand where they stand now
(Joshua Shepherd, The Conversation)
Vietnam: USCIRF assesses State Department’s CPC removal
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF issues new report on Vietnam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Marriage and same sex relationships after the Shared Conversations: A report from the House of Bishops
(Church of England)
Teaching of religion a feature of primary education in future
(RTE)
Freedom of religion according to Thomas Jefferson
(Christopher Rollston, The Huffington Post)
Second year in row, data on suicide by caste and religion is not disclosed
(Deeptiman Tiwary, The Indian Express)
New Florida bill would allow religion in the classroom
(Mike Vasilinda, WCTV)
Restored Church of Loaves and Fishes reopened in interfaith ceremony after arson
(Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News)
Interfaith group asks Idaho governor to retract refugee statement
(Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Reporter)
Stalled action on proposed religious freedom order raises concerns
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
The FAQs: Federal Courts block Trump's refugee ban
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Seattle Seahawks player refuses to join other athletes on Israel trip
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
The Catholic wrap-up at the Australian government's abuse inquiry
(Frank Brennan, La Croix International)
Iraqi Christian couple despair at sight of house IS destroyed
(World Watch Monitor)
An Oregon bill could allow mentally ill patients to be starved
(Catholic News Agency)
Workers decry dismissal from Catholic university in Manila
(UCA News)
Catholics to hold peace conference in Myanmar
(UCA News)
King installs new top Buddhist monk in Thailand
(UCA News)
Recruitment of Head of Bell Tower – York Minster
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Swastika and 'Rights for Whites' sign found in Britain university's halls of residence
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
Archbishop of Canterbury suggests Brexit 'in fascist tradition'
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
'We must discriminate': pre-wedding passport checks cause stress, say clergy
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Jakarta governor election a 'litmus test' of Indonesian Islam
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
'Gender began punching me in the face': How a Hasidic rabbi came out as trans woman
(Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz)
Russian Orthodox Church welcomes measures on banning state funding of abortions in the USA
(Interfax Religion)
The darkness of Valentine's Day and its Pagan origins
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
What is the importance of love in world religions?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Christian food aid could be excluding those from other religions in need of help
(Maddy Power, Bob Doherty, The Conversation)
Hundreds protest cathedral transfer in St. Petersburg
(Radio Free Europe)
Hong Kong cardinal: Consensus on bishops helps solve other issues in China
(Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Card. Tong’s article on China-Holy See dialogue, arouses joy and dismay
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)
Doubts and indifference among Chinese Catholics toward Card Tong’s article
(Taxiang Lüren (他乡旅人), AsiaNews.it)
The Belgian ‘burqa ban’: Legal aspects of local and general prohibitions on covering and concealing one’s face in Belgium
(Jogchum Vrielink, Saïla Ouald Chaib and Eva Brems, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
The constitutionality of the Belgian burqa ban
(Jello Flor and Jogchum Vrielink, Open Democracy)
Christian militia group warns Sunnis living in Christian Iraqi town: get out or face massacre
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Islamic radicals who massacred Christians on Easter Sunday kill 14 in Lahore bombing
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Monday, 13 February 2017
A new saffron bloom in the Valley: The other Shiv Sena is making its presence felt in Kashmir
(Rayan Naqash, Scroll.in)
Trump’s vow to ‘destroy’ Johnson Amendment could wreak havoc on charitable world
(Philip Hackney and Brian Mittendorf, Religion News Service)
The problem conservative religious people should have with Trump
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
First Muslim is elected president of college chaplain association
(Antonia Blumberg, The Huffington Post)
Pakistan coercion, UN complicity: The mass forced return of Afghan refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
Pakistani boy refused bail in Kaaba ‘blasphemy’ case
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Indonesian Catholics to take part in local elections amid tensions and threats
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
Cross missing at the Moldavian flag during its president's visit to Iran resulted in a scandal
(Interfax-Religion)
McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message
(JTA)
Pilots from Admiral Kuznetsov prayed and took blessing before combat missions – priest
(Interfax-Religion)
High-ranking clergyman arrested in Tbilisi on attempted murder charge
(Interfax-Religion)
Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia urges to settle the question with St. Isaac Cathedral in compliance with the law
(Interfax-Religion)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church compares persecutions of Orthodox believers in Ukraine to Soviet atheist era
(Interfax-Religion)
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