Law and Religion Headlines
Sunday, 13 November 2016
Christian bakers in gay cake row to elevate case to highest U.K. court after losing appeal
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)
Saturday, 12 November 2016
EVENT, 12 November 2016: Promotiong Religious Freedom - Learn what you can do
(S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT, J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
Prison conditions, religious observance and Article 9 ECHR: Berghea and Turan v Romania
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Brexit Article 50 ruling in Plain English
(Daniel Charity, RightsInfo)
Europe's planned migrant revolution
(Yves Mamou, Gatestone Institute)
No religion teaches violence, says Rajnath Singh
(India.com)
Friday, 11 November 2016
Russian anti-liberals love Donald Trump but it may not be entirely mutual
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
From Sinjar to Mosul
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Vietnam: At a crossroads, 10 years after CPC designation removed
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Graves of Muslim sailors who joined allies in WWII are rediscovered
(Nazia Parveen, The Guardian)
Muslim Americans reassure their children and prepare for a new day
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Christian and Muslim leaders condemn use of holy books to justify terror
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Christians from Pakistan refused visas to visit UK church – because they are too poor
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
'We're keeping our spirits high': Indonesian Christians still worshiping a year after churches destroyed by Islamic extremists
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Russian Church to open the first Orthodox kindergarten in Berlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia to give funds for renovation of Bethlehem's historic center – Medvedev
(Interfax-Religion)
“So afraid I almost fainted” - Iran Christian on brother's arrest
(World Watch Monitor)
Bishop's wife saved husband from Iranian extremists, but lost her only son
(World Watch Monitor)
6 steps to being a 'refugee' in your own country
(World Watch Monitor)
The Jewish struggle to understand Trump's election
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Afghanistan: Fatal attack on German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif
(BBC)
Louisiana student ‘fabricated’ story of hijab attack, police say
(Derek Hawkins and Fred Barbash, The Washington Post)
Gay rights looms as hurdle to passing defense policy bill
(Richard Lardner, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Death penalty foes are 'abolitionists,' says the Los Angeles Times – but does the name fit?
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Kyrgyzstan: State permission to exist still denied
(Forum 18 News Service)
Islamist sentenced to 8 years in Saratov Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Sarawakian Christian Roneey Rebit finally gets new IC without ‘Islam’
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail Online)
Nine years after Taliban defaced a historic Buddha statue in Pakistan, it has been restored
(Fazal Khaliq, Scroll.in)
India's ex-Muslims shedding traditional Islam for science
(Tufail Ahmad, First Post)
Renewal and reform – open letter from Secretary General
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Meeting of the autocrats: Lukashenko hosts Erdogan
(Roman Goncharenko, Deutsche Welle)
Lukashenko, Erdogan open Cathedral Mosque in Minsk
(Interfax-Religion)
Kyrgyzstan: State permission to exist still denied
(Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Muslim jailed and fined, books banned
(Forum 18 News Service)
Religion, the Catholic church, and peace in Colombia (Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes)
(Matthew Carnes, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
CAIR community alert: Khatibs urged to address post-election concerns in Muslim community during jummah prayers
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
UW–Eau Claire to religious students: ‘Your service doesn’t count’
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Suit challenges university's service learning requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Where could President Trump and Pope Francis do business?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian church praises Donald Trump
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Mike Pence trumps his boss on religious questions, but he also raises some
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
U.S. Muslim leaders urge messages of hope at Friday prayers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Post election: Can divided religious leaders heal a divided nation?
(Tom Gjelton, NPR)
What to avoid in religious engagement (Diplomacy and religion in a new administration)
(Azza Karam, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious freedom in the age of Trump
(Charles C. Haynes, Religious Freedom Center)
Diplomacy and religion in a new administration
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Election night recap and thoughts on protecting our first freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Working-class folks: What Bill Clinton knew, and Hillary Rodham failed to learn
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Trump campaign staff redirects, then restores, mention of Muslim ban from website
(Jose A. DelReal, The Washington Post)
Rights group monitoring reports of attacks on U.S. minorities since Trump win
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)
Iraqis have Mosul airport in their sights as advance continues
(Reuters)
Islamic State executes scores, stockpiles chemicals in Mosul: U.N.
(Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters)
Another case of banned literature planted on Jehovah's Witnesses
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Thursday, 10 November 2016
I’m a black Christian, and guess what? Donald Trump’s America is my America, too.
(Thabiti Anyabwile, The Washington Post)
Some early press reactions to Trump's surprise victory
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious Trump reaction: RNS struggles to find a range of actual human voices
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Jehovah's Witnesses fined in Stavropol
(Vitaly Klimov, Komsomolskaia Pravda, Russia Religion News)
Frank Pavone: Do media really get this radical Catholic priest?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Down-ballot results of interest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why some fear this election’s lasting damage to American Christianity
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
For American Muslims: Shock, fear and resolve
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Make religious freedom great again
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)
China cracks down on children attending church
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Man admits his lie about Jakarta's Christian leader led to blasphemy protest
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
7 Iraqi Christian girls miraculously rescued from ISIS in Kirkuk
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Dutch mark Kristallnacht as Europe, US confront a wave of right-wing populism
(Cnaan Lipshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How the faithful voted: A preliminary 2016 analysis
(Gregory A. Smith and Jessica Martinez, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Dealt a body blow, atheists and humanists regroup
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Why is Jordan preventing Gazan refugees from doing their jobs?
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Tennessee mother calls for removal of school history book 'promoting Islamic propaganda'
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Trial resumes of Christian pastors in Sudan facing death penalty
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
‘Worship in the woods' a year after Islamic extremists destroy Aceh churches
(World Watch Monitor)
Six suspects in Hizb ut-Tahrir St. Petersburg cell case remanded in custody
(Interfax-Religion)
Islamist sentenced to 8 years in Saratov Region
(Interfax-Religion)
Will Mosul remain under military rule after liberation from IS?
(Hassan al-Shanoun trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
In once-tolerant Mosul, a social unraveling that feels permanent
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)
How IS is trying to thwart progress in Mosul operation
(Muhannad Al-Ghazi trans. Rani Geha, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Crucifixions and vice patrols show Islamic State maintains Mosul grip
(Reuters)
Mexican congressional committee rejects Pena Nieto's bid to legalize gay marriage
(Dave Graham, Alexandra Alper, and Christian Schmollinger, Reuters)
Taiwan set to legalize same-sex marriages, a first in Asia
(Ralph Jennings, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims crashes in Iran, 26 dead
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
'Tombs of saints' inspire and divide in northern Nigeria
(Aminu Abubakar, Agence France-Presse)
A push to reform Islamic divorce could make Sharia councils redundant in Britain
(Shaheen Sardar Ali, The Conversation)
Report: North Korea continues to persecute citizens for practicing religion
(Elizabeth Shim, UPI)
Court sets aside Christian defamation suit judgment against Hadi
(Julia Chan, Malay Mail Online)
Religious liberty after John Locke
(Francis J. Beckwith, Library of Law and Liberty)
Alcohol will be banned in streets, public places at 2022 football World Cup: Qatar
(AFP, Indian Express)
Chabad files RLUIPA lawsuit in New Jersey town
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: Ten Commandments monument violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada: Parliament condemns free speech
(Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute)
EVENT, 11-12 November 2016: The New Normal: A two-day conference examining society's shifting attitudes to gender and sexuality
(Christian Concern)
EVENT,10 November 2016: Religious Liberty and the Black Church: A Baptist Joint Committee Symposium
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
B.C. Law Society seeks to appeal decision allowing Christian law school
(Geordon Omand, Toronto Star)
Rio de Janeiro: A Pentecostal’s progress (Sin city elects a preacher as mayor)
(The Economist)
Launch of new Oslo principles on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(UiO: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights)
Oslo Principles on Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB)
(University of Oslo Faculty of Law/ Norwegian Centre for Human Rights)
Scientologist punished for violating anti-evangelism law
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Minster designation for Holy Trinity, Hull
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Evangelical Christians celebrate and urge unity; others wary
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Former Navy SEAL becomes first Jewish governor of Missouri
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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