Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
France’s Le Pen vows to ban ‘all religious symbols’
(New Europe)
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Myanmar: cardinal sees religious intolerance as ‘poision’
(Catholic Culture)
Cardinal attacks religious intolerance
(Vatican Radio)
Le Pen says as French president she would ban all religious symbols, including kippot
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Reflections: The unique protections of our church-state separation
(Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Observations on religious liberty and the U.S. Supreme Court
(Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
New initiative aims to protect Palestinian working women
(Entsar Abu Jahal trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Largest Christian town In Iraq 'liberated from ISIS'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
UK's Prevent counter-radicalisation policy 'badly flawed'
(Ian Cobain, The Guardian)
The persistent myth that Islam was banned in Angola
(BBC)
Mexico arrests suspect in killings of 2 priests in Veracru
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
On the role of Chinese religion in environmental protection
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
Christian pastor accused of being a spy continues to suffer in jail in China
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)
After losses in Syria and Iraq, ISIS moves the goal posts
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)
French court lifts Salafist travel ban amid tensions with Islam
(Chine Labbé |, Reuters)
Mosul battle: EU 'should prepare for returning jihadists'
(BBC)
Louisiana attorney general wins court victory in fight against gay rights order
(Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters)
Most Americans trust the military and scientists to act in the public’s interest
(Brian Kennedy, Pew Research Center)
As Britain and Russia spar, their spiritual leaders confer
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
OIC calls for political solution to Syrian crisis, says Damascus responsible for conflict - secretary general
(Interfax-Religion)
Nigerian girls are released, news media say – but most reports keep their religion hidden
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)
Bhumibol Adulyadej and Buddhist kingship in Thailand
(Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat)
Syrian rebels seize "doomsday" village where Islamic State promised final battle
(Reuters)
India: Are Hindutva and Indianness the same thing? The Supreme Court will consider this today
(Shoaib Daniyal, Scroll.in)
Russia: Supreme Court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Oleg Sivozhelezov, RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
American flag desecrated with anti-Semitic messages left at Tampa synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
State of the art: A Q&A with the Smithsonian’s new religion curator
(S. Brent Plate, Religion News Service)
After school Satan? Church-state group plays devil’s advocate in public schools
(Sally Morrow, Religion News Service)
Vatican advances financial clean-up with Italian tax deal
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Mexico arrests suspect in latest killings of Catholic priests
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Can Catholic social teaching help address police brutality?
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)
Syrian priest who escaped ISIS says, ‘Boycott Saudi Arabia!’
(Berthold Pelster, Catholic News Agency)
Georgetown panel grapples with ugly legacy of slaveholding
(Mark Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Texas House committee considers new school voucher program
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Has Shabaab been weakened for good? The answer is ‘yes’ and ‘no’
(Stig Jarie Hansen, The Conversation)
India: Striving for Hindu rashtra at the expense of democracy
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
EVENT, 18 October 2016: Forum Address, Brett G. Scharffs, Marriott Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
(Brigham Young University)
EVENT: 18 October 2016, Our fractured republic, religious and political divides, and the role of pluralism
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
EVENT, 18 October 2016: The Nexus between Business and Religious Freedom
(Hannu Takkula MEP, Brian Grim, Jeffrey Franks, Cole Durham, Branislav Stanicek, Mr. Hannu Takkula MEP and the European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in cooperation with the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance,)
Bosnian Serb formally elected Srebrenica mayor
(Agence France-Presse)
Srebrenica gets a Serb mayor
(Valerie Hopkins, Politico.eu)
Monday, 17 October 2016
EVENT, 26-27 October 2016: The Politicisation of Forb for Better or Worse
(REGISTRATION DEADLINE 17 October, Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo)
Religious minorities find protection, support in southern Iraq
(Wassim Bassem trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
WCC general secretary on pilgrimage of unity, justice and peace to churches in Australia
(World Council of Churches)
Hungary to open office for persecuted Christians
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
21 Chibok schoolgirls, reuniting with parents, tell of Boko Haram slavery
(Chris Stein and Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)
What lies behind the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram?
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Boko Haram 'ready to release 83 more Chibok schoolgirls', government says
(James Macintyre, Christian Today World)
The end of Christendom
(Eamon Duffy, First Things)
The power pastor: How A.R. Bernard built a New York megachurch
(Penelope Green, The New York Times)
Militia members arrested in alleged plot targeting Muslims
(CBS News)
Are religious kids meaner or nicer?
(Melinda Lundquist Denton, Christianity Today)
Christian business owners take a different legal route in battle over serving gay marriages
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News InDepth)
Air Force squadron commander under fire for 'Jesus' comments
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News Faith)
European court rules on jurisdiction in annulment action by third party
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Head of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill begins UK trip
(BBC)
Christianity is urged to strengthen relations between Russia and Britain - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill urges Christians of England to develop together Russia-UK relations
(Interfax-Religion)
Wishes for long life were proclaimed to Elizabeth II at the patriarchal service in London
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses suffer setback in protecting their existence
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in far east dissolved
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses leader evades silly charge of crime
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Serov Jehovah's Witnesses sue justice ministry
(Kommersant.ru, Russia Religion News)
St. Petersburg Jehovah's Witnesses raided by investigators
(ntv.ru, Russia Religion News)
Utah Jehovah’s Witnesses church forced woman to listen to audio of her rape, lawsuit says
(Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Suit charges Jehovah's Witness congregation with negligence in employing sexual attacker
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Buddhist center can pursue misrepresentation and as applied, but not facial, RLUIPA, challenges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court upholds California's abortion education law
(Amy R. Connolly, United Press International)
9th Circuit upholds required disclosures by pregnancy clinics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – further update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why supporters of same-sex marriage call it ‘marriage equality’: Cloudy and ambiguous language can be ethically perilous
(Margaret Somerville, MercatorNet: Conjugality)
Interfaith group being unfair to Muslims, says Hadi
(Malaysiakini)
Kaufman Interfaith Institute receives grant to bridge gap between science and religion
(Dylan Grosser, Grand Valley Lanthorn)
Azerbaijan continues to promote interfaith tolerance
(Today.AZ)
Turkey: Freedom of belief and security threats
(Mine Yildirim, Forum 18 News Service)
Church of England could drop legal requirement for weekly Sunday services
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
PCCs and charitable status
(Catherine Shelley, cross-post from Ecclesiastical Law Society website, Law & Religion UK)
York Minster bell ringers
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Syrian rebels seize 'doomsday' village where Islamic State promised final battle
(Angus McDowall and Tom Perry, Reuters)
Game over for ISIS recruiters, predict US analysts
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)
Iraqi attack on Mosul begins as forces push toward Islamic State stronghold
(Loveday Morris and Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
The battle to retake Mosul: What will it mean for civilians?
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Car bomb explodes near Syria's holiest Shi'ite mosque
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Indonesia: Aceh flogs 13 young people for breaking its strict Islamic laws
(Agence France-Presse)
Malaysia: Interfaith group urges MPs to reject Hadi’s Bill, says will empower hudud
(Malay Mail Online)
Malaysia's troubled Muslim-Hindu ties
(Syed Farid Alatas, The Straits Times)
Religion and politics in Malaysia: A possible national destabilization?
(Brian Wood, The McGill International Review)
Open Doors: Religiously motivated attacks on 743 Christian refugees in Germany
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Life for some Christians in German refugee shelters ‘still unbearable’
(World Watch Monitor)
A new home and a new religion in Germany
(Laura Kasinof, The Atlantic)
Jordan tones down textbooks' Islamic content, and tempers rise
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)
Kazakhstan, Egypt intend to coop in promoting interfaith dialogue
(Kazakhstan 2050)
China bans parents from 'luring children into religion' in Muslim province
(Lizzie Dearden, The Independent)
Settlement debate flares again in Israel's quarrel with rights group
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
Islam is a problem, religion can be dangerous and there are too many migrants, French president says
(Lydia O'Neal, International Business Times)
Hate crime charges filed in attack on Sikh man
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)
‘It will be a bloodbath’: Inside the Kansas militia plot to ignite a religious war
(Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post)
What if nature, like corporations, had the rights and protections of a person?
(Chip Colwell, The Conversation)
Dangerous echoes of the past as church and state move closer in South Africa
(Dion Forster, The Conversation)
EVENT, 17 October 2017: Is the fear of Islam a threat to the First Amendment? A town hall meeting
(Newseum: Religious Freedom Center)
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