Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Australia: Sporting bodies lash government's proposed religious freedom bill
(Anthony Colangelo, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Major free speech case In Finland: MP interviewed by police for questioning church leadership
(Press Release: ADF International, Scoop World Independent News)
Utah faiths coming together for night of interfaith music, sharing talents
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
Buffalo Catholic Diocese files for bankruptcy reorganization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim Day at Oklahoma Capitol the first celebrated without protesters: 'Hate will eventually be extinguished'
(Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World)
Buffalo Diocese files for bankruptcy
(Jim Eckstrom, The Bradford Era)
Suit challenges Tennessee school voucher law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents sue Tennessee to block unconstitutional voucher law
(Press Release, ACLU Tennessee)
Conversion therapy for minors to be banned in Virginia
(Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post)
Evangelicals downplay religious expression when working with secular groups
(Brad R. Fulton, The Conversation)
About that rich young Seattle millionaire: Wasn't there some Bible in there somewhere?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
When saints fall
(Thomas Reese SJ, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Jean Vanier and the corrupting power of sexual sin
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
How can I reconcile the good and evil of Jean Vanier?
(Collenn Dulle, America: The Jesuit Review)
The startling prayer life of Søren Kierkegaard
(Karen Wright Marsh, America: The Jesuit Review)
Iran’s ID-card policy turns unrecognised religious minorities into ghosts
(Article 18)
Boy with autism denied First Communion at Catholic church: 'That is discrimination,' mom says
(Joe Strupp Asbury Park Press, USA Today)
Bishop proposes rotating presidency of German bishops' conference
(Catholic News Service, National Catholic Reporter)
Limburg Bishop Georg Batzing elected president of German bishops' conference
(CatholicNews Service, National Catholic Reporter)
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review child sex abuse time limits decision
(Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press, National Catholic Reporter)
2nd Circuit reverses finding that village school zoning laws were discriminatory
(John Peloso, RLUIPA-Defense)
UNHCR High Commissioner issues challenge to religious leadership on forced migration
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Togo puts archbishop under house arrest after he disputes election results
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A different way to do faith in the public square: An important reminder from Joe Biden.
(David French, The Dispatch)
Russian government bodies compete for Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Sakhalin.info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Reference to God in Constitution doesn't encroach on atheists' views - ombudsman
(Interfax-Religion)
Peskov on mention of God in Constitution: Russia will not stop being secular state
(Interfax-Religion)
Iranian dissident film clinches Berlinale Ecumenical Jury Prize
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)
Freedom of religion 'must be defended', UK tells UN
(Christian Today)
The psychology of riots: Communalism is the dark side of religious identity. Beware demagogues availing our group narcissism
(Sudhir Kakar, Times of India)
The religious beliefs of some are not a proper basis for denying government benefits to third parties
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
Monday, 2 March 2020
Law and religion round-up – 1st March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Finding hope in humanitarian crisis
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A return to the legal definition of religious freedom
(Ken Briggs, National Catholic Reporter)
A personal reflection on hope in a time of crisis (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Donald M. Kerwin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Standing up for welcome (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Nazanin Ash and Joshua Kurtz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Finding hope in welcoming communities (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Rachel Peric, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith communities on the front lines of refugee response (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hoping against hope (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Danielle Vella, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Finding hope in humanitarian crisis: A wonderful consequence of a recent executive order (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Ashley Feasley, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Remaining hopeful in humanitarian work (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Maryanne Loughry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Service learned at home, hope discovered in Africa (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Infectious religion: Religion and its surprising-but-not-unprecedented role in the spread of the coronavirus
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Hope realized in people: Muslim action on humanitarian crisis (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Keeping faith in humanitarian response (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Haroon Altaf, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Humanitarianism is not enough in an angry world (Responding to: Finding hope in humanitarian crisis)
(Serge Duss, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sinicization of Islam: Xi Jinping thought instead of Quran
(Li Mingxuan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)
Opinion: The Supreme Court faces a critical abortion case — and a test of its integrity
(The Editorial Board, The Washington Post)
Opening by Vatican of WWII archives of Pius XII, the pope who failed to condemn the Holocaust
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Will Pope Pius’ archives shed light on his silence during the Shoah?
(PJ Grisar, Forward Culture)
Opinion: How China corralled 1 million people into concentration camps
(The Editorial Board, The Washington Post)
Carrying forward Shahbaz Bhatti’s “unfinished business” to protect religious minorities in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
When is a girl ready for marriage? After her first period says High Court in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Is the ICC finally heading towards justice for Darfur, Sudan, at last?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Sighting (and citing) chaplains
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Marian Kotleba wants to make Slovakia Fascist again
(Michael Colborne, Foreign Policy)
South Korea: Coronavirus and Shincheonji: Stopping the Witch Hunt – Urgent Appeal from Human Rights Groups
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
USCIRF delegation travels to Sudan to assess post-revolution progress toward greater religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
House holds hearings on anti-Semitic domestic terrorism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Confronting the rise in anti-Semitic domestic terrorism, Part II
(U.S. House of Representatives)
In Israel, a radical textbook for asylum seekers teaches Hebrew — minus Zionism
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward Culture)
UN decries lack of reforms and widespread abuse in Eritrea
(Lisa Schlein, VOA)
Major free speech case in Finland: Long-serving MP interviewed today by police for questioning church leadership on Twitter
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Putin’s new amendments revere God, ban same sex marriages
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Man killed by police during incident at Catholic church
(Associated Press)
As India counts dead, brutality of Hindu-Muslim riot emerges
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Deep roots: Can the Orthodox Church defend Palestinians’ interests?
(John Colin Marston, Commonweal)
African bishops call for ‘binding’ international treaty on transnational corporations
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jews and abortion
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Q&A: The real objective of mob violence against Muslims in India
(Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker)
Death toll in Delhi violence mounts to 46
(India Today)
While Muslims are being murdered in India, the rest of the world is too slow to condemn
(Patrick Cockburn, Independent Opinion)
Q&A: Why India's Muslims are in grave danger
(Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy)
Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive (Violence in India’s capital has left more than 40 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage, stoked by the rhetoric of Narendra Modi’s populist government)
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)
Delhi Riots: PIL filed in Supreme Court for national guidelines on prevention and accountability of communal violence
(Shruti Mahajan, Bar and Bench (India))
Activism cuts into the political might of S.C. black church
(Jack Jenkins, Associated Press)
Putin grants church's requests for changes in constitution
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Letter from Africa: Ethiopia's lost Armenian community
(Ismail Einashe, BBC News)
Putin submits plans for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
(Andrew Roth, The Guardian)
Russia: Putin seeks constitutional ban on gay marriage
(Deutsche Welle)
Crimea: Six months in Russian prison punishment cell
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian government interferes in protestants' training of ministers
(Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill insists on inserting God reference in Russian constitution
(Interfax-Religion)
Constitutional God reference to bring about real change in Russians' lives - chief mufti
(Interfax-Religion)
“Ethical vegan” claim against League Against Cruel Sports settled: Casamitjana
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Americans embracing the alternatives of spiritual secularity and secular religiosity?
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Religious minority plays majority role in Romania
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Catholics protest increasing anti-Christian violence in Nigeria
(La Croix International)
New churches in Nigeria serve as haven from anti-gay society without embracing LGBTQ identity
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Hindu nationalism joining forces with European nationalists
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
When Salafists loot cultural assets, religious norms are also at stake
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Use of religious beliefs to justify rights violations must be outlawed says UN expert
(UN News)
Lanka says report of UN official on freedom of religion bristles with inaccuracies and biases
(Newsin.asia)
Singapore Parliament: Law protects both religious groups and LGBT community from threats, says Shanmugam
(Fabian Koh, Straits Times)
From job bans to child marriage, countries told to scrap sexist laws
(Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Frank Gaffney is wrong. Religious liberty is good for everyone, not a 'takeover'
(Asma T. Uddin, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court says it will once again consider the fate of the Affordable Care Act
(Robert Barnes, The Washinn Post)
German bishops must choose a new leader
(Delphine Nerbollier, La Croix International)
UK government to face legal challenge over Northern Ireland abortion law
(Gina Davidson, The Scotsman)
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