Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Ilhan Omar will be nation's first Somali-American legislator
(Faiza Mahamud and J. Patrick Coolican, Star Tribune)
Red counties and blue collars: As it turns out, folks in America's heartland still exist
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Trump won because college-educated Americans are out of touch
(Charles Camosy, The Washington Post)
Muslim and Arab-Americans fearful as Trump presidency becomes a reality
(Jesse Yomtov, USA Today)
Farmers, religion led to Tuesday elections
(Brian Tynes, Tucson News Now)
How to live beyond this election
(Religion & Politics Fit for Society)
Trump’s victory has enormous consequences for the Supreme Court
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Why Christians should not succumb to the apocalyptic language of the election
(Russell Moore, The Washington Post)
This Orthodox Jewish immigrant dedicated his vote to a slain Muslim American soldier
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
California voters reject measure to repeal death penalty
(Jazmine Ulloa, The Los Angeles Times)
Don't write off capital punishment just yet — Tuesday's elections gave death penalty a boost
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Oklahoma: Voters reject ‘religious liberty’ question
(News OK)
Oklahoma: All but one precinct reporting: SQ 776 (constitutional amendment on the death penalty) overwhelmingly supported by voters
(Kyle Schwab, The Oklahoman)
Colorado passes medical aid in dying, joining five other states
(Jennifer Brown, The Denver Post)
Nebraskans vote overwhelmingly to restore death penalty, nullify historic 2015 vote by state Legislature
(Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald)
Moving to Canada? What Jews need to know
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch anti-Israel group holding Kristallnacht event in synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
As Christians flee the Middle East, the church is full of new believers
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Attackers of elderly Christian woman beaten to death are acquitted of charges, set free by Nigerian court
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Iraqi priests celebrate mass in destroyed church for first time since ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Syrian Christian pastor -"I don’t feel ‘seduced’ to leave Aleppo"
(World Watch Monitor)
Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria's Boko Haram: source
(Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Reuters)
Belgian jihadist Atar 'co-ordinated' Paris and Brussels attacks
(BBC)
Nigerian Shiites say army plans attacks on holy day
(Godwin Isenyo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In a remote settlement high on Tibetan plateau, Buddhist spirituality soars
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)
Group asks for lawsuit against evangelist to go to trial
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Why hundreds of thousands of Muslims rallied against the Jakarta governor
(Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, The Conversation)
Faith leaders petition Michelle Guthrie over ABC religious programming cuts
(Amanda Meade, The Guardian)
'Considerably reduced' ABC religious programming contravenes charter, church leaders say
(Brendan Trembath, ABC News)
ABC vows no more cuts to religion
(Greg Brown, The Australian)
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
The Tennessean surveys a deep-red state: Might religion play big role in its political divides?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
CAIR joins National Interfaith, civic leaders in calling on all Americans to pledge to work together #OnNovember9
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
The story behind a massive Muslim protest against a Christian governor
(Zhai Yun Tan, The Christian Science Monitor)
As demand for secularism grows in France, believers push back at work
(Sara Miller Llana and Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor)
The 2016 Chichester Visitation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Christian nationalism—both gaining and losing ground?, Volume 32 No. 1
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
RFC’s Rev. Nathan Walker presents at IDLO’s conference on freedom of religion in Rome
(Religious Freedom Center)
Tunisian minister ousted for criticizing Saudi Arabia
(Wesley Dockery, Deutsche Welle)
Catholic priest: Here’s an actual dead fetus, now go vote for Donald Trump
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist)
A political desecration
(Ed Mechmann, Archdiocese of New York)
A Catholic priest put an aborted fetus on the altar in an appeal for Donald Trump
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post)
Priest's anti-abortion video raises questions on limits for advocacy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
State, hospitals, and nuns challenge new transgender regulation
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
Another court challenge to HHS rules on medical services for transgender individuals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Syrian Christian spearheads ‘one million voices’ petition to support Church to stay in ME
(World Watch Monitor)
The plebiscite is dead, but the quest for marriage equality lives on
(Paula Gerber, The Conversation)
Islamic Jamaat ex-leader, aka 'Grandpa Nafis', arrested in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)
Hizb ut-Tahrir members detained in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Pastor among 9 killed in attack by 2 female Boko Haram suicide bombers in Nigeria
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Fears for millions of Iraqis living in tents as temperatures expected to plummet
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
A liberal mother of six jailed for challenging Saudi taboos
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Restoration of revered Cyprus monastery 'symbol of unity'
(Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Secular groups fight exclusion from AA: 'The best support system in the world'
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: U.N.
(Tom Miles, Reuters)
Inside Aleppo’s medical nightmare, and why we must act
(M. Zaher Sahloul, The Conversation)
She’s one of the new faces of CoverGirl. And she’s wearing a hijab.
(Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post)
California city hosts biggest Sikh event outside India
(Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee)
Scientists at work: meeting the Syrian refugee women of Beirut
(Sarah Linn, The Conversation)
Dakota access pipeline protest is a fight for religious freedom
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Can the U.S. be a model of state-religion relations for the Arab world?
(Ellen Laipson, World Politics Review)
Citizenship Act: BJP's religion-based amendment threatens the secular fabric of India
(Garga Chatterjee, First Post India)
Exploring interfaith dialogue for lasting peace
(Lt. Gen Jaime S. de los Santos, Business World)
Monday, 7 November 2016
Euthanasia deaths hit record high in Belgium. Why that matters for the US
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)
New UN Special Rapporteur on FORB begins work
(Freedom Declared)
More than one headline – this week's human rights news
(Katie Jukes, RightsInfo)
Law and religion round-up – 6th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Watching tomorrow's presidential election results through denominational lenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Some issues of religion in tomorrow's down-ballot contests
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Could Missouri election impact Supreme Court’s Trinity Lutheran case?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Christians packing churches in India as Christianity sees surprising growth despite rising persecution cases
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
The religious right starts to look past election day
(Elizabeth Dias, TIME)
The union flag, waved by Brexiteers, could lose its saintly rationale
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Germans consider two Protestant bishops and a Muslim writer for their next president
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
'Molotov cocktail' thrown at church of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Prince Vladimir's spiritual covenants are important for modern Russia - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Anti-Sikh riots, an election issue in Punjab again
(The Hindu)
Law Deans, Legal Coercion and the Freedoms of Association and Religion in Canada
(Iain T. Benson, The Advocate via SSRN)
Scottish Government to re-examine obligatory collective worship in schools
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
ACLU's war on Catholic hospitals continues
(Gracie Pozo Christie, The Detroit News)
Prison Radicalisation: Dealing with Muslim inmates with terror convictions
(Tam Hussein, Syria Comment)
Marriage equality plebiscite bill voted down in Australia Senate
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Slovakia: Religious freedom only for the big and mighty?
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
In majority-Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina, a small Jewish community still thrives
(Maya Shwayder, Deutsche Welle)
Not just a piece of cake
(Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights Blog)
French bishops hold day of prayers for victims of sex abuse
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In letter to Oklahoma supporters, BJC’s Hollman urges no vote on SQ 790
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Embattled school board in CA votes to limit role of religion in meetings
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
#WarOnChristmas: RNS, other media jump on (nonexistent) controversy over Starbucks cups
(Bobby Ross, Jr., GetReligion)
EEOC files religious discrimination lawsuit against Akebono Brake Corporation
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
EEOC sues over job denial to Pentecostal who rejected dress code mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Five Nigerian men set free after killing Christian woman for 'blasphemy'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The Sharia law debate in Nigeria
(Shola Oyeyipo, This Day)
German politician loses appeal on Nazi-themed tattoo, now going to jail
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The feminist trying to change Saudi Arabia’s strict Islamic law
(New York Post)
And now, this just in from The New York Times: The tomb of Jesus remains empty
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Iraqi journalists join hands under National Media Alliance
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
FBI questioned American Muslims in 8 states over weekend about possible pre-election terrorism, says civil rights group
(Katie Mettler, The Washington Post)
Can Egypt's Brotherhood restore ties with Cairo?
(Amr Mostafa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Vatican condemns self-ordination of Chinese priests as illegal
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
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