Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 7 January 2017
Rabbi Lazar condemns Soviet past, calls to bury body of Lenin
(Interfax-Religion)
Lenin should be buried, but the most important is not to inflict harm, the Russian church official believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Few Americans look to the President or preachers to solve the nation’s challenges
(Life Way Research)
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel calls for ban on Islamist mosques
(Deutsche Welle)
Feds to hold sessions on church security in Maine
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops’ task force urges prayer, dialogue to meet racial challenges
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
Bishop says Turkish Catholics fearful, but government supportive
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Infant safe after being found abandoned at Minnesota cathedral
(Maria Wiering, Catholic News Service)
Bill introduced to prevent federal religious registry
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Six FLDS members plead guilty to a misdemeanor in food-stamp fraud case
(Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Pakistan arrests 150 Islamists trying to rally in support of blasphemy law
(Reuters)
Christmas message leads to death threats, police case in Pakistan
(Reuters)
NGO law shows China’s ‘challenging environment’
(World Watch Monitor)
Venezuelan Jews barred from immigrating to Israel because 'they don't belong to a Jewish community'
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)
Bill criminalizing progressive prayer at Kotel ‘hard to stop’
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
As Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the '70s, they took part in genocide. Now, as Christians, they ask for forgiveness
(Dene-Hern Chen, Los Angeles Times)
“Make the mass Latin again”: the Pope Francis backlash comes home
(Kaya Oakes, Religion Dispatches)
Rohingya plight making Myanmar a target for Isis, Malaysia warns
(Reuters, The Guardian)
10 stunning photos of Christians celebrating the feast of the epiphany around the world
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Friday, 6 January 2017
VIrginia governor bans state contracts with firms engaged in anti-LGBT discrimination
(Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post)
Religious bills aren’t on Georgia GOP leaders’ priority list
(Kathleen Foody, Gainesville Times)
Another therapy organization opposes counseling bill
(Hally Meyer, The Tennessean)
Hate crimes could include political beliefs under proposed legislation
(Howard Fischer, Prescott Daily Courier)
Should doctors be allowed to reject patients on religious grounds?
(ABC News)
Religious liberty? It's simple, a Hasidic woman explains
(Evan Derkacz, Religion Dispatches)
IRB: New tax law on religious bodies to clear up previous ‘confusion
(Malaysian Christian News)
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) calls for further clarification on tax law amendment for religious bodies
(Avila Geraldine, New Straits Times Online)
French supermarket apologizes for ‘made in Israeli settlement’ labels
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Polish Jewish museum, Warsaw community bury hatchet in bid for unity
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Spanish region reportedly adopts Israel boycott
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Church will release results of the Yekaterinburg relics expertise by the second quarter of 2017
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow Center of Tolerance carries out international children action to back up migrants
(Interfax-Religion)
Nightclub attack brings Turkey's IS battle to domestic soil
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
How Israel's populist politicians campaigned for Hebron shooter
(Mazal Mualem trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Are ultra-Orthodox taking over this secular Israeli city?
(Mordechai Goldman trans. Aviva Arad, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Amona settlement first test of UN resolution
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Faith and military service: Why aren’t there more Sikhs in the military?
(Press Release, Becket Law)
Sued hospital says it follows religious guide
(Associated Press)
Lambda Legal files federal lawsuit against NJ Catholic hospital that denied care to transgender man
(Press Release, Lambda Legal)
Catholic hospital sued over refusal of sex reassignment surgery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why is Baghdad removing checkpoints during security crisis?
(Omar Sattar trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Federal employee fired for conducting baptism must rely on Title VII, not 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Smell of death fills Mosul
(Suha Oda trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
What has King Salman achieved in his two-year reign?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Why Israel and Russia remain chums
(Dmitry Maryasis, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
Three reasons the Islamic State is focused on Turkey
(Ali Bayramoglu trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The religious sources for modern human rights
(David E. Anderson, PBS: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)
Austrian minister calls for headscarf ban for public servants
(Shadia Nasralla, Religion News Service)
New head of Catholic Relief Services wants to be a beacon of light in dark places
(Kim Lawton, Religion News Service)
New Jersey’s first cardinal evokes Pope Francis as he takes helm in Newark
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Evangelical pastor sentenced to over two years in prison in China
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Day in Manchester – in pictures
(Christopher Thomond, The Guardian)
Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy after ripped Qur’an found outside home
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
1,000 days: 24th Chibok girl to be freed leaves 195 of 276 still missing
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian soldiers find Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014
(Lanre Ola, Alexis Akwagyiram, Ulf Laessing, Angus MacSwan, and Dominic Evans, Reuters)
The erasure of Islam from the poetry of Rumi
(Rozina Ali, The New Yorker)
Pope treats homeless to lunch as he marks Epiphany
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press)
The three wise men parade Madrid's streets amid tightened security
(Jesús Aguado, Angus Berwick, and Richard Lough, Reuters)
Jewish art challenges the taboo of Jesus
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
House condemns U.N. over Israel settlement vote
(Nahal Toosi, Politico)
Bangladesh police say leader of cafe attack has been killed
(The Associated Press)
Mosul battle: Iraqi troops 'take key district' from IS
(BBC)
South Carolina church gunman objects to tearful testimony
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)
Army: Soldiers can wear turbans, beards, hijabs
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Transgender man: Catholic hospital denied my hysterectomy
(Josh Cornfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Planned Parenthood would lose funding as part of Obamacare repeal, Ryan says
(Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post)
Bishop's Visitation Charge: Peterborough Cathedral
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
New law in Slovakia adds to hostile environment for Muslims in central Europe
(Maroslava Hukelova, EconoTimes)
The fine line for police between a ‘hate crime’ and a ‘hate incident’
(Los Angeles Times)
Opinion: Understanding religion is required to discuss religious freedom
(Greg Bell, Deseret News)
Bill introduced to prevent federal religious registry
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Yogi Adityanath hails SC decision on no vote for religion, demands more explanation
(Ani, The New Indian Express)
Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
(Saskia Sassen, The Guardian)
Heeding pope's call, Saigon Catholics renew interfaith dialogue
(Herald Malaysia Online)
Ahsan emphasizes promotion of interfaith harmony for peace
(Radio Pakistan)
Taking a knee as critical civil religion
(Brian Britt, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Just in time for new year, one state debates ending government-sanctioned marriage
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Washington Post Catholics vs. trans rights story summons up whopping sense of, yep, Deja Vu
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
In real-life Mayberry, what makes Trump supporters tick: Religion? Race? Economics?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 115th Congress
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Italian priest who faced backlash over 'Muslim' nativity scene backs down
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Charity helps thousands of Iraqi Christians going hungry, displaced or bereaved
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Pastor from Pakistan arrested for allegedly vandalising the Quran
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)
Nigeria's veteran leaders sing hymn of peace – but for some it strikes a sour note
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
The three wise men parade Madrid’s streets amid tightened security
(Jesús Aguado, Religion News Service)
A partnership with Martin Scorsese gives this openly evangelical artist a wider exposure
(David Van Biema, Religion News Service)
How women of the Central African Republic overcome trauma by trading
(Helene Fisher, World Watch Monitor)
Copt killed in Alexandria ‘for selling alcohol,’ says son
(World Watch Monitor)
Nigerian Human Rights Commission calls on President to stop ‘callous’ Kaduna killings
(World Watch Monitor)
How the USSR’s effort to destroy Islam created a generation of radicals
(Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post)
Violence at Pakistan rally in support of blasphemy laws
(The Associated Press)
Search for next bishop of London raises prospect of female appointment
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Turkey nightclub attack: Police 'detain several Uighurs' in raids
(BBC)
Desmond Tutu joins advocates to call for right to assisted death
(Peter Granitz, NPR)
Norway and its national church part ways
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Can Virginia’s only Muslim legislator help Democrats connect with Trump voters?
(Gregory S. Schneider, The Washington Post)
House panel recommends cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, reigniting old debate
(Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post)
Kentucky might have more restrictive abortion laws by this weekend
(Jack Brammer, Lexington Herald Leader)
U.S. judge extends order halting Texas fetal remains regulation
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)
As Inauguration Day nears, Muslims wonder whether Trump's tough talk will turn into action
(Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times)
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