Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Virginia House approves religious liberty bill
(Associated Press, NBC News)
ISIL’s extremist rule in Mosul sparks backlash against religion
(Agence France-Presse, The National)
Saudis hopeful but wary about Trump
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Pagoda problems: the decline of Buddhism in Cambodia
(Euan Black, Sea Globe)
Nigeria: spate of attacks in southern Kaduna creates tension, as committee works for peace
(World Watch Monitor)
What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?
(Martin Pera and Megan Munsie, The Conversation)
How not to depose an Anglican bishop in Australia: Slater
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
‘EU Withdrawal Bill’ – Second Reading
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Church statement: safeguarding at Iwerne Trust
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Three men freed from false convictions for burning down Ethiopian Orthodox church
(World Watch Monitor)
Why Morocco’s burqa ban is more than just a security measure
(Moha Ennaji, The Conversation)
Austria’s full-face veil ban is a kneejerk reaction to the rise of the far right
(Julia Ebner, The Guardian)
Reports of antisemitic incidents increase to record levels in UK
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin
(Sam Jones, The Guardian)
Will Armenia’s tiny minorities get Soviet-style quota representation in Parliament?
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)
6th Circuit rules on qualified immunity in prisoner case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jerry Falwell Jr. says he will lead federal task force on higher-ed policy
(Goldie Blumenstyk, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Falwell to head new federal task force on Department of Education policies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Discrimination under the guise of ‘religious freedom’ is still discrimination, President Trump
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
Muslim Jewish Advisory Council meets members of Congress, discusses hate crimes
(AJC Global Jewish Advocacy)
5 facts about abortion
(Michael Lipka and John Gramlich, Pew Research Center Factank)
The other Muslim fringe: Muslim activism in Europe
(Nick Street, Center for Religion and Civic Culture)
Donald Trump declares a vision of religious nationalism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Trump vows to let tax-exempt churches engage in politics
(Kimberly Winston and jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
Ministry of Culture urges UOC (MP) leaders and their faithful to publicly condemn Russian military aggression against Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Catholics dismayed by acquittal of anti-Christian mob in Pakistan
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistani leaders deny review of blasphemy law
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Pakistan: No change in blasphemy law: Religious Minister
(Daily Times)
‘Muslim ban’ doesn’t apply to Israeli citizens born in affected countries
(Marcy Oster, Forward)
Trump travel ban will not apply to Israelis born in covered nations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump’s first Supreme Court pick – will he make it to the bench?
(Michael Patrick Cullinane, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Asian-American band takes on U.S. Supreme Court over 'Slanted' logic
(Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News)
German bishops say the divorced-and-remarried may receive Communion
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Mormons slandered on national Russian television
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Long-running cases against Muslims for meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)
Philippines Catholic bishops oppose bid for severe death penalty revival
(Catholic News Agency)
Intermarried, interfaith, intercultural, interschimter?
(Susan Katz Miller, On Being Both)
Britain's Brexit bill clears first legislative hurdle
(William James, Kylie MacLellan, and Elizabeth Piper, Reuters)
Brexit and Fundamental Rights
(RKING303, UK Human Rights Blog)
Bomb threats target US Jewish centers for third time in a month
(David Ingram, Curtis Skinner, Sandra Maler, and Dan Grebler, Reuters)
Few see Christianity as very important to be ‘truly American’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Homeless find rest in faith-based shelters more than others
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
An executive order on LGBT issues? Religious exemptions? Both?
(Walter Olson, Cato Institute)
Catholic bishops see trouble in Trump-backed LGBT executive order
(Catholic News Agency)
Trump’s move to protect LGBT workers unsettles religious conservatives
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Christianity: the new extremism?
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
Agatha Christie at mass
(David Grumett, OUPblog Religion)
Trump’s executive order – welcome news or harmful to Christians it seeks to protect?
(World Watch Monitor)
The world's biggest Muslim nation is telling its citizens to shut up about Trump
(Preeti Jha and Krithika Varagur, Foreign Policy)
Turkish Alevis release list of suggestions for ‘pluralistic’ religious education in new curriculum
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Trump and the art of the Syrian peace deal
(Editorial Board, Bloomberg View)
African leaders discuss 'collective' withdrawal from ICC
(News24Wire via AllAfrica)
Why Muslim pundits feel let down: How the travel crackdown is affecting North American debate on Islam
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Putin personally congratulates Patriarch Kirill on enthronization day
(Interfax-Religion)
Duterte’s free birth-control order is latest skirmish with Catholic Church
(Aurora Almendral, The New York Times)
The story behind the viral photo of Muslim and Jewish children protesting at O'Hare
(Vikki Ortiz Healy, Chicago Tribune)
78% of U.S. religious ‘nones’ were raised in religious homes
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Shock, despair, and outrage: Academics condemn Trump’s immigration crackdown
(Sarah Brown and Shannon Najmabadi, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Quebec mosque attack forces Canadians to confront a strain of intolerance
(Ian Austen and Craig S. Smith, The New York Times)
Satanic temple statue is one step closer to installation on AR Capitol ground
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Ultra-Orthodox MKs tell Netanyahu to cancel Western Wall compromise
(Times of Israel)
Jihadist rule in Mosul sparked backlash against religion
(Wilson Fache, Agence France-Presse)
41% of Israelis shop on Shabbat, survey finds
(Adi Dovrat-Meseritz, Haaretz)
Sex, murder, fraud: sham Indonesian cults in the spotlight after scandals
(Agence France-Presse)
Bare Amish horses? It depends.
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)
5Q+1 interview: Why this pastor believes media misinterpreted Trump's order on refugees
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Snip, snip? The symbolic clout of Sikh man nodding approval for (a) Trump or (b) Schumer
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Key facts about refugees to the US
(Jens Manuel Krogstad and Jynnah Radford, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think
(Drew Desilver and David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
The best legal arguments against Trump’s immigration ban
(Steven Mulroy, The Conversation)
In face of Trump’s order, some Muslim nations are conspicuously silent
(Declan Walsh, The New York Times)
Homeland security secretary: My staff was 'generally involved' in drafting 'extreme vetting' order, which is 'not a Muslim ban'
(Natasha Bertrand, Business Insider)
President Trump nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Supreme Court vacancy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
A closer look at Neil Gorsuch, an excellent choice for the Supreme Court
(John G. Malcolm, The Daily Signal)
Gorsuch, drawing Scalia comparisons, comes under microscope
(Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
Supreme Court pick wins applause from religious freedom advocates
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders weigh in on President Trump's Supreme Court pick
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Sojourners)
On Gorsuch, it's evangelicals vs. atheists
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Judge Gorsuch's record on religious liberty and church-state issues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gorsuch’s extra-judicial writing and speeches
(Edith Roberts, SCOTUSblog)
Hobby Lobby and executive power: Gorsuch’s key rulings
(Gant News)
Why liberals should back Neil Gorsuch
(Neal K. Katyal, The New York Times Opinion)
Why Democrats should oppose Neil Gorsuch
(David Leonhardt, The New York Times Opinion)
Pelosi rips Trump's SCOTUS pick, as Republicans weigh 'nuclear option'
(Adam Shaw, Fox News Politics)
Gorsuch and the big scare-quote religion stuff? So far, little light shed on Supreme Court pick
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
5 faith facts on Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Trump refugee ban bringing religious faiths together
(Bruce Feiler, CNN)
Rabbi Herman Schaalman, an interfaith pioneer, dies at 100
(Manya Brachear Pashman, The Chicago Tribune)
An interfaith embrace after a Texas mosque burns to the ground
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Writing competition asks law students to write model Supreme Court opinion in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley
(ReligiousLiberty.tv)
Prelate speaks at Yale Law School on religious liberty
(Catholic Culture)
Bishops say refugee ban raises deep concerns over religious freedom
(Catholic News Service)
Fears Christian state move in Samoa could threaten religious freedom
(Radio New Zealand)
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Jehovah’s Witnesses may challenge SC anthem order
(Maneesh Chhibber, The Indian Express)
The Islamic Veil across Europe
(BBC News Europe)
Christianity and Freedom volumes now available in paperback
(Timothy Shah and Allen Hertzke, Cambridge University Press)
Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court
(Matt Ford, Atlantic)
10 things you didn't know about Neil Gorsuch
(Sara Clarke, US News & World Report)
Neil Gorsuch: The case for and against Trump's Supreme Court nominee
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Neither Reformation nor Enlightenment: The seeds of religious freedom within Islam
(Daniel Philpott, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)
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