Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 14 January 2017
No middle ground: Evangelical leaders reject compromise on LGBT and religious rights
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Religious freedom sees signs of hope
(Charles C. Haynes, Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Obamacare repeal effort sends jitters through Jewish service groups
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Trump’s rise and GOP economics may shift Catholic Church’s priorities
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Faith & Obama’s farewell
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Obama appoints two members to Holocaust Memorial Council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Obama announces more key administration posts
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Morocco implementing burqa ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Third Circuit upholds district court decision in Pennsylvania Baptist church sign case
(Evan Seeman and Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA Defense)
Missouri church wins digital sign appeal
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)
Friday, 13 January 2017
Happy New Year 2017!
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Some upset over National Cathedral's decision to participate in Trump's inauguration
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Syria's Catholic leader urges end to Western sanctions
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife)
Money-for-prayer: new Islamic State trick of financing
(Leyla Hemid, Basnews)
Can Rohingya refugees finally leave the shadows?
(Pretti Jha, Foreign Policy)
Ukraine: ban of independent Russian TV undermines media freedom
(Freedom House)
Religious freedom according to major world religions
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
World report 2017: demagogues threaten human rights
(Human Rights Watch)
Is the media really hostile to religion?
(Reut Hadar, Arutz Sheva)
2 Egyptian universities start religion-blind admission
(Jacob Wirtschafter, Al-Fanar Media)
The Urdu press: religion and politics
(The Indian Express)
Vietnam's religious law: testing the faithful
(Luke Hunt, The Diplomat)
Argument: We are on the verge of darkness. The global rise of populism is a dangerous threat to democracy and human rights.
(Kenneth Roth, Foreign Policy)
How swimming classes became an integration issue in Switzerland
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)
Religious persecution ‘central’ to refugee crisis
(World Watch Monitor)
Growing beef trade hits India's sacred cow
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)
Russia: Religious freedom survey, January 2017
(Forum 18 News Service)
York Minster Bells : “fundamentally flawed” application to consistory court
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Plan to hand control of St Petersburg cathedral to church sparks outcry
(Alec Luhn, The Guardian)
Is Turkey wiping out Kurdish institutions during lengthy state of emergency?
(Mahmut Bozarslan, Turkey Pulse)
Iran invited for this year’s Haj
(Talib Bin Mahfouz, Saudi Gazette)
Muslim woman founded the first university in the world
(Amal Al-Sibai, Saudi Gazette)
With his choice of inauguration prayer leaders, Trump shows his values
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)
Largest Muslim civil rights group says 'extremist' Franklin Graham must not pray at inauguration
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Women win landmark case on prayer at western wall
(Elise Meyer, World Religion News)
If we don’t tame religion, it’ll kill Nigeria
(Niyi Odebode and John Alechenu, Punch)
New York Times seeks another Godbeat scribe: How would Yogi Berra parse the job listing?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
'Real Housewives of ISIS' on BBC gets laughs from Muslims; who'd have thunk it?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Thursday, 12 January 2017
National sovereignty, political idea of the year
(Ben Peterson, Library of Law and Liberty)
Victim's blood-stained Bible 'reminds me of the blood Jesus shed for me and you, Dylann Roof'
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Cameroon has been using witchcraft to fight Boko Haram
(Christian Locka, Global Post)
With its foreign funding cancelled, can Gujarat's oldest Dalit NGO survive?
(Aarefa Johari, Scroll.in)
Opinion: Why we need the Interfaith Manifesto
(Rabbi Peter Berg, Atlanta Jewish Times)
Israel's education minister takes on role of political censor
(Akiva Eldar, Israel Pulse)
Why Saudi Arabia and Egypt are competing for influence in Africa
(Ayah Aman, Egypt Pulse)
In Lebanon, even private schools caught in education crisis
(Josephine Deeb, Lebanon Pulse)
U.S. states mull contraception coverage as Obamacare repeal looms
(Jilian Mincer, Reuters)
Obama rejects discrimination against Muslim Americans and urges faith in farewell speech
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Feminists march on DC with pro-life message: 'women and children first'
(Sarah Jimenez, Christian News Wire)
South Africa: attacks on mosques an attack on democracy
(FW De Klerk Foundation, News 24)
Saudi Arabia’s dream of becoming the dominant Arab and Muslim power in the world has gone down in flames
(Patrick Cockburn, The Independent)
Bosnian Serbs provoke Muslims, celebrate divisive ‘national holiday’
(Reuters)
German court calls synagogue torching an act to 'criticize Israel'
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post)
Church, state seeing eye to eye in Putin's Orthodox Russia
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press, Times Free Press)
Putin's Christmas message notes Russian Orthodox Church's role in preserving civil peace, accord
(Interfax-Religion)
Attempts to make Bible "extremist" stumble
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
The Obama presidency: ‘War on religion’ or ‘Amazing Grace’?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
In farewell address, President Obama emphasizes protection of fundamental values
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Bioethics in 2017
(Wesley J. Smith, First Things)
Israel’s Supreme Court stops top rabbinical court from overturning religious divorce
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reform movement ‘strongly opposes’ Trump’s attorney general pick
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel’s chief rabbis embrace friendlier approach to marriage, but is it enough?
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Austrian far-right party with Nazi roots tries charm offensive — on Jews
(Kirsti Knolle and Francois Murphy, Forward)
Religious freedom advocates are divided over how to address LGBT rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Resurgent Jewish community in Sicily to open first synagogue in 500 years
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
Mexico’s Catholic church calls for search for missing priest
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Secretary of State nominee Tillerson questioned on Muslim immigration ban, registry ideas
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Canada: "No core identity?"
(David T. Koyzis, First Things)
'We'll fight for our right to be Jews,' says Venezuelan group leader
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
How Martin Luther has shaped Germany for half a millennium
(The Economist)
Millennial Christians are redefining 'Bible Belt' values
(Jenna Giesow, Relevant Magazine)
How Donald Trump is bringing Billy Graham’s complicated family back into White House circles
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
The Islamic State is pulling Turkey into a vortex
(Asli Aydintasbas, The Washington Post)
Italy to train Muslim imams on constitution to 'create climate of tolerance' and fight radicalisation
(Lizzie Dearden, The Independent)
Le Pen slams rival Fillon over use of religion in politics
(Andrew Callus, Reuters)
Three new evangelical churches open in France every month
(Evangelical Focus)
Drawing inspiration from Trump, far-right Kahane movement seeks U.S. revival
(Taly Krupkin, Haaretz)
Archaeologists find vast pagan sanctuary outside Roman city in north Israel
(Ruth Schuster, Haaretz)
Jehovah’s Witnesses in India to sue for right to not stand for national anthem
(Rahul Kalvapalle, Global News)
High Court hints women should be allowed to read Torah at Western Wall
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Police rapes, acquittals and false accusations highlight Christians’ vulnerability in India
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
3rd Circuit: church welcome sign does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Priest sues diocese; alleges persecution for reporting abuse
(Associated Press, The Roanoke Times)
Priest sues diocese claiming retaliation for cooperating with law enforcement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gay high school teacher files suit against Charlotte Catholic over firing
(Nick de la Canal, WFAE)
Teacher fired for marrying same-sex partner sues Catholic high school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Former Charlotte teacher files discrimination lawsuit after being fired for announcing marriage to same-sex partner
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina)
Feds unable to find compromise on contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholics, DeVos, and teachers unions: A short reply to Michael Sean Winters
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
"Sobering Thoughts" and Catholic universities: A short reply to Mary Leary, Rob Vischer, and Timothy Snyder
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Oh no, not again: AP fails to ask school 'covenant' question in LGBTQ teacher case
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Gay teacher sues over firing by Catholic high school
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christianity not being forced on Muslim students – Vincent College
(Ghana Web)
Interfaith group lets student study the scriptures of different faiths together in Houston Hall
(Kelly Heinzerling, The Daily Pennsylvanian)
First Liberty Briefing: How should we balance religious liberty and health safety concerns?
(Jeremy Dys, Patheos (blog))
The rise of Reformed Christianity in the world's largest Muslim country
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition)
As Emanuel AME gunman gets death, looking for faith — and finding it — on victims' side
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
'Twas their gift to be simple (and celibate), but now the Shakers are all but gone
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Bishop’s Disciplinary Tribunal Decision: Re Gomes – penalty
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
January 10: Confirmation hearings, the Army and Religion
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
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