Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 21 November 2016
Putin says most likely he was baptized by Patriarch Kirill's father
(Interfax-Religion)
Sailors bake prosphoras on the Admiral Kuznetsov cruiser
(Interfax-Religion)
Iranian film about Prophet Muhammad causes stir in Turkey
(Riada Asimovic Akyol, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Government rejects Archbishop's suggestion it thinks he's an extremist
(Antony Bushfield, Premier)
In the face of mounting criticism, Muslim personal law board sets up a women's wing
(Subrata Nagchoudhury, Scroll.in)
What Re JS (Disposal of Body) is not about
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Cryonics and the law: Re JS (Disposal of Body)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims.
(George Takei, The Washington Post)
Taking on the gun madness: it’s time to stop it, say faith leaders
(Norman Jameson, Baptist News)
Rwandan bishops apologize for Church’s role in genocide
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Now is a time of mercy: Pope issues new Apostolic Letter
(Vatican Radio)
Pope Francis extends priests' authority to forgive abortion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Liberty Counsel launches annual Christmas campaign
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Group launches annual "Friend or Foe" Christmas campaign
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minnesota mom sues her trans child over gender reassignment
(Mary Emily O'Hara, NBC News)
Minnesota mom sues for usurpation of parental rights over gender change
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)
Mother challenges state's law on emancipation of minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Installation of Ten Commandments on city hall lawn is government speech, violates First Amendment
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense/Rocky Mountain Sign Law)
Australians more alarmed about state of politics than impact of migration and minorities, survey finds
(Andrew Markus, The Conversation)
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Over 200 Iranians, Afghans baptised as Iranian Church sees 'spectacular' growth
(Mohabat News)
Post-election whiplash: 10 observations
(David Gushee, RNS Blog: Christians, Conflict, Change)
This post-election sermon is the one you wanted to hear
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: On the Corner of Church and State)
Law and religion round-up – 20th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Legal problems with Victoria’s new birth certificate gender laws
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 18 November 2016
Trump and Catholicism in the Americas: Tearing down the wall before it gets built
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Saudi representative stays in charge of Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(Interfax-Religion)
At the Tirupati temple, offerings in demonetised notes are pouring in
(GS Radhakrishna, Scroll.in)
Trial of New Testament begins
(Dmitry Marakulin, Kommersant, Russia Religion News)
Believers need no laws to protect feelings
(Rosbalt, Russia Religion News)
SCOTUS Friday round-up
(Edith Roberts, SCOTUSblog)
EEOC announces $260K settlement in religious discrimination suit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Missouri appeals court: Frozen embryos property, not people
(Jim Shur, Associated Press)
Missouri appeals court: Frozen pre-embryos are marital property, not children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sikh congregation, town settle lawsuit over stopped temple construction
(Chris Fuchs, NBC News)
NY town settles construction dispute with Sikh temple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Stealing hosts for anti-Catholic art? Not illegal, Spanish judge says.
(Catholic News Agency)
Spanish judge clears artist who used stolen consecrated hosts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
RFRA 'fix' lawsuit can proceed in court
(Stephanie Wang, Indianapolis Star)
Suit challenging Indiana anti-discrimination laws moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Facial RLUIPA claims against Mobile, AL dismissed
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)
Uzbekistan: More jailings, long-term prisoners' sentences increased
(Forum 18 News Service)
Protecting religious liberty
(Orrin Hatch, The Washington Times)
International law 'requires' marriage equality, human rights commissioner says
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Christian campaigner Simon Calvert calls for law change after Ashers gay cake case 'mistake'
(Claire McNeilly, Belfast Telegraph)
Canadian prime minister denounces anti-Semitic vandalism in Ottawa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chabad rabbi, followers ejected from prayer space in Lithuania
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic leader ready to help refugees settle in US despite Trump policy
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Christian colleges grapple with Trump’s election, views on women and minorities
(Kirkland An, Religion News Service)
Religious faith is no obstacle to support for marriage equality
(Tiernan Brady, The Guardian)
Pakistan bans all 11 Christian TV stations, arrests cable operators in crackdown
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Iraqi Christians reveal untold brutality of living under ISIS' rule
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
There are some 500 destructive sects in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
75,000 children in N. Nigeria risk 'dying of hunger'; 14 million need humanitarian aid, says UN
(World Watch Monitor)
Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar crackdown to Bangladesh
(Al Jazeera)
Quebec 'uproar' over proposed Muslim community
(BBC)
Iraqi children dump Islamic State's books of violence
(Isabel Coles, Reuters)
German Protestants officially renounce converting Jews to Christianity
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
US Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism
(Rachell Zoll, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Lawmaker to withdraw ‘anti-burqa’ bill after wave of criticism
(Aaron Gould Sheinin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A Muslim woman also got elected last week
(Rozina Ali, The New Yorker)
Brazil story tip: More than one recent election has some interesting religion angles
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
LaKira's twins: Does it matter that they were killed before they were born?
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Cheektowaga teacher loses appeal over religious expression
(Phil Fairbanks, Buffalo News)
Religious rift over plans to reform school admissions policies
(Patsy McGarry and Elaine Edwards, The Irish Times)
Hundreds watch state Supreme Court arguments in Arlene’s Flowers case
(Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald)
Arlene's Flowers vs. Washington State: This religious liberty battle goes on going
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Amazon TV ad features imam and vicar exchanging gifts
(The Guardian)
At AGM, interfaith group urges Malaysians to fight ‘cancerous’ corruption
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Is there a human right to cryogenically freeze your body?
(Adam Wagner, Human Rights Info)
Iraq’s ‘Good Sunni’
(Nour Samaha, Foreign Policy)
Why Europe’s ‘fortress’ approach to migration crisis won’t work
(Chris Changwe Nshimbi and Inocent Moyo, The Conversation)
Playoff or prayoff? Media still muddying matters over praying at a stadium
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Tampa Christian school goes to court over pregame prayer denial
(WGCU NPR News)
Making the Islamic case for religious liberty
(Abdullah Saeed, Hudson Institute)
Lucy Vickers: Religious Freedom, Religious Discrimination and the Workplace
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The legal protection of mass graves
(Melanie Klinkner & Alexandra Lily Kather, EJIL Talk!)
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Discrimination settlement reached with US Trucking Giant
(Mark Reading -Smith, The Sikh Coalition)
EVENT, 17 November 2016: U.S. Efforts to Promote International Religious Freedom
(Distinguished Lecture: Ambassador David Saperstein, The Wheatley Institution)
EVENT, 17 November 2016: U.S.-Iran Relations: A Way Forward Through Religious Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Religiously serious, thoughtfully secular
(Randy Boyagoda, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Pope Francis shaping a College of Cardinals that is less European
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center)
Bangladesh cardinal sees red hat as a megaphone for peace
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why tolerance has a place in Islam and the Middle East
(Yousef Al Otaiba, CNN)
FJCR recommends that social nets should follow Twitter example and block extremist accounts
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian peer and US bishop narrowly escape ambush by Islamist gunmen in Nigeria
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Renowned Russian film director believes Russia needs moral censorship
(Interfax-Religion)
The Nigerian school for orphans of jihadists – and their victims
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
New Zealand quake: Preacher under fire over homosexuals claim
(BBC)
Dalai Lama to visit Mongolia, possibly sparking China anger
(Ganbat Namjilsangarav, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Indonesia police to pursue blasphemy case against capital's Christian governor as tension simmers
(Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Bernadette Christina Munthe, Reuters)
Islamic State is driven from ancient Nimrud, where destruction is ‘worse than we thought’
(Kareem Fahim and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)
Why many Fallujah residents have yet to return home
(Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Churches, minsters and cathedrals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'God's plan will prevail': up to 50,000 Christians in Iraq to pray together for peace
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
As IS loses power, will group tap women jihadis to fight?
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
After fleeing ISIS, 7,000 Iraqi Christians to celebrate the hope of returning home
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
French presidential election turns on question of identity ahead of key primary
(William Horobin, The Wall Street Journal)
A Dallas church voted to perform gay marriages, and it’s getting kicked out of the Texas Baptists
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Colorado schools Guatemala trip
(Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post)
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