Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Religious freedom in the Muslim world: A nuanced appraisal
(Daniel Philpott, The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse)
The Guardian view on fear of Islam: terrorism is not a religion
(The Guardian)
Beautifying Baghdad: Colouring in a city of walls
(Faisal Irshaid, BBC News)
With Morocco's return, African Union now complete
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)
Gender dysphoria, family breakdown and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pregnant people? Why can't we just call a mother by her rightful name?
(Allison Pearson, The Telegraph)
Severe drought brings starving Kenyans to church doorsteps
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
UK's new aid plan: to increase employment and trade for world's poorest
(Majalla)
Religious freedom becomes political correctness
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Video: Religious freedom and human flourishing
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A former Buddhist kingdom reckons with modernization
(Tom Downey, Wall Street Journal)
Why Evangelicals are speaking out against Betsy DeVos
(Laura Turner, Politico)
Liberal religious-Zionist group calls on Bennett to speak out against Western Wall deal repeal
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Singapore's plea to its people: Won’t you please have more children?
(Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor)
Poland posts detailed list of former Auschwitz guards online
(Mengqi Sun, The Christian Science Monitor)
Is Putin stepping up the violence in eastern Ukraine?
(Gretel Kauffman, The Christian Science Monitor)
Dress codes in the workplace: Avoiding potential discrimination claims
(McDowell Purcell, Lexicology)
Why Austria joins other European nations in bannning the full-face veil
(Weston Williams, The Christian Science Monitor)
Muslim full face veil to be banned in public places in Austria
(Samuel Osborne, The Independent)
In SC, Centre defends Tamil Nadu law allowing Jallikattu
(Satya Prakash, Tribune India)
Why Supreme Court nominee may not spark political nuclear war
(Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor)
Bomb threats called into at least 11 JCCs nationwide
(Josephine Dolsten, Forward)
PM says UK leads world in tackling non-violent extremism
(The Christian Institute)
British taxpayers funding illegal abortions in Africa
(The Christian Institute)
Canadian parents told to accept gender ideology or be refused adoption
(The Christian Institute)
Teaching American Catholicism on a green card
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
UK doctors told not to call pregnant women mothers in case they upset transsexual people
(The Christian Institute)
Kirovo-Chepetsk Jehovah's Witnesses face liquidation
(Chepetsk.ru, Russia Religion News)
Boy Scouts allows transgender kids into boys-only programs
(Claudia Lauer, Associated Press- The Big Story)
BSA addresses gender identity
(Press Release, Boy Scouts of America)
Boy Scouts will admit transgender males
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Advancing God's kingdom: Calvinism, Calvin College, and Betsy DeVos
(Abram Van Engen, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)
Puerto Rico federal district court rules says Catholic school pension plan is covered by ERISA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Transgender woman denied contact with her ultra-Orthodox Jewish children
(Holly Watt, The Guardian)
Pakistan court acquits all suspects in 2013 arson of Christian neighbourhood
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan PM premature in saying country will soon be ‘minority-friendly’
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistani court sentences last of hajj corruption defendants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump says he'll keep LGBT protections for federal workers
(Amanda Hoover, The Christian Science Monitor)
White House says it won't roll back LGBTQ protections
(Associated Press, KSL)
British court denies transgender parent contact with children because of religious community's reaction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face relocation to island
(BBC News)
Some thoughtful guidance for reporters interpreting era of the religious 'nones'
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
A fire destroyed this Texas mosque. Thousands have chipped in to help rebuild it.
(Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)
On boycotting radical Islamic nations
(Nonie Darwish, Gatestone Institute)
If the US won’t take refugees, where do they go?
(Katharine Jones and Esra Kaytaz, The Conversation)
Why Trump's refugee policy divides religious leaders
(Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor)
138 years ago, the controversy over travel bans and religion was about Mormons from Europe
(Hunter Schwarz, CNN)
Iranians react harshly to US visa ban
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Jews across America are rising up against Trump's refugee ban: 'we haven't forgotten our history'
(Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz)
The lessons of Roosevelt's failures
(Caroline B. Glick, The Jerusalem Post)
The executive order: refugees, national security, and a Biblical worldview
(John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee introduces USA values act to protect religious liberty and stop Trump administration from denying humanitarian relief to refugees lawfully entitled to enter the United States
(United States Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee)
CAIR files federal suit challenging constitutionality of Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ executive order
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Muslim advocacy group files challenge to Trump immigration order
(Madeline Conway, Politico)
Dutch anti-Islam pol calls ‘Muslim ban’ critics ‘hypocrites’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Forward)
CAIR sues over Trump executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian leaders denounce Trump's plan to favor Christian refugees
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)
Executive disorder about Islam
(Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
Why ISIS is celebrating Trump's immigration ban
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Trump faces blowback from Cabinet, diplomats for refugee ban
(Julie Pace, Deseret News)
Four federal judges issue orders blocking parts of Trump’s executive order on immigration
(Orin Kerr, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
900 churches in Nigeria destroyed by Boko Haram
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Quebec cardinal pledges solidarity, prayer for victims of mosque attack
(Catholic News Agency)
Quebec mosque attack forces Canada to confront some ugly problems
(Steve Hewitt, The Conversation)
Christians not welcome in India
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post)
In India, a group defends wrongly accused Muslim terror suspects
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court refuses to stay new Tamil Nadu law that allows Jallikattu
(Hindustan Times)
Boy Scouts of America announces that it will allow transgender youth in boys-only program
(Scott Taylor and Ben Lockhart, Deseret News)
BJP to election commission: Samajwadi Party manifesto seeks votes on caste, religion basis
(The Indian Express)
People of all faiths reject refugee ban
(Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
Advocates hope new film 'Silence' will raise awareness of religious persecution
(Chandra Johnson, Deseret News InDepth)
Does Syria really want to reconcile with Kurds?
(Fehim Taştekin, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Concern about Trump's presidency echo fears from woeful 1930's
(Anita Mishook, World Religion News)
Modi seeks to woo Muslim women
(Hugh Tomlinson, The Times)
Is ‘religious liberty’ back at the Georgia Legislature?
(Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
State religious freedom legislation updates: CO, VA, KY, WY
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Turkish education system: Darwin out, jihad in
(Yavuz Baydar, Middle East Online)
Mexico's bishops respond to Trump's border wall
(CNA, Eurasia Review)
Beatifuication of 'Samurai of Christ' to be held Feb. 7th
(UCAN, Eurasia Review)
Pre-existing conditions and high-risk pools
(John R. Graham, Independent Institute)
Calexit 2018? The movement is beginning
(William Watkins, Independent Institute)
US-India ties were impeded by the Raj
(Aparna Pande, Hudson Institute)
The distribution of wealth in America, 1983-2013
(John C. Weicher, Hudson Institute)
A lack of compassion in India: 'World's largest democracy' clamps down on Christians
(Eric Metaxas, Christian Headlines)
Seattle Seahawks assistant coach leaving job to pursue full-time ministry
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Evangelical Christian leaders: travel ban violates religious beliefs on refugees
(Lois Beckett, The Guardian)
CONFERENCE CALL, 31 January 2017: What President Trump should—and shouldn’t—do about International Religious Freedom
(Featuring Thomas F. Farr, Institute for Global Engagement / Faith & International Affairs)
Quebec mosque saw itself ‘in harmony’ with Canadian society
(Travis M. Andrews and Katie Mettler, The Washington Post)
Mosque shooting suspect in Canada known for extreme views
(Tracey Lindeman and Rob Gillies, Associated Press- The Big Story)
Statement issued by Canadian leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Press Release, Newsroom Canada)
Why people are calling the acting attorney general's firing the 'Monday Night Massacre'
(Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times)
Monday, 30 January 2017
Montreal Holocaust Museum issues statement of solidarity after Quebec mosque shooting
(Jake Romm, Forward)
Egypt condemns Québec mosque shooting
(Aswat Masriya, Asat Masriya)
There has never been an America without Muslims
(Amir Hussain, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)
Lawsuit challenges Trump executive order as Establishment Clause violation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CAIR to announce constitutional challenge to Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ executive order
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Broad lawsuit challenges Trump immigration order
(Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Trump's immigration executive order faces 1st Amendment challenges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious leaders condemn Trump's immigration order. But who's listening?
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Newark’s Archbishop assails Trump immigration orders
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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