Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 11 January 2020
'Nothing has changed': Five years after the killings of Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher, France has learned to live with the Islamist threat
(Yves Thréard, FigaroVox)
In Jerusalem, thousands of Israeli women mark the end of 7 years of daily Talmud study
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Why Jewish mediator Kenneth Feinberg wants to save the United Methodist Church
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Lebanon reacts following Nasrallah speech
(Nicholas Frakes, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
What’s next for Oman following Sultan Qaboos’ death?
(Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Al-Monitor)
Friday, 10 January 2020
EVENT, 10 January 2020: Interfaith & LGBT Summit on Religious Liberty and Public Accommodations
(Idaho State Capitol Building, Lincoln Auditorium)
Brazilian judge rules Netflix must remove comedy depicting Jesus as gay
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)
Four European countries might be added to anti-Semitism watchlist
(Josh Christenson, Washington Free Beacon)
Protect journalists against religious intolerance – RSF and UN rapporteurs
(The Shift)
Teacher can pursue Title VII claims in dispute over transgender student policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jehovah's Witness practices are within confidentiality exception to mandatory abuse reporting
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Retaliation suit over nursing school hiring decision moves ahead in part
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wife of sex offender sues church for reporting confessed abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish neighborhoods in NYC to get 100 new security cameras
(Associated Press)
White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban
(Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro and Jill Colvin, Associated Press)
Egyptian restores historic synagogue, but few Jews remain
(Ahmed Hatem, Associated Press)
Lawyers in religious tuition case readying for Supreme Court
(Patrick Whittle, Associated Press)
Pakistan mosque blast kills senior police officer, 13 others
(Abdul Satar, Associated Press)
India’s Church leaders warn against dividing country with new citizenship law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spanish Church leaders concerned about government secularization
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Judge won’t compel Catholic health system to fund doctor’s defense
(Kantele Franko, Associated Press)
American Catholics welcome Trump’s readiness to ’embrace peace’
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jehovah's Witnesses trial to go on in Far East
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Kkazakhstan: 151 administrative prosecutions in 2019
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Paula White to head Trump's faith office
(Jack Jenkins, Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter)
The long history of Blaine Amendment bigotry
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
Students expelled over same-sex marriages sue Fuller for discrimination
(Emily McFarlan Miller and Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
“China’s War on Faith:” Human rights abuses in Xinjiang and what we can do about it
(Alexandra Greenley, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
China in Hong Kong: Why 'the First Freedom' will be the first to disappear
(Thomas F. Farr, National Catholic Register)
Religious Freedom in David McCullough's "The Pioneers"
(Eric Patterson, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Are we all Hasidim?
(George E. Johnson, Moment Magazine)
New documents show government targeted NYC pastor for officiating immigrant weddings
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
10 religious influencers who died in the decade: 2010-2019
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Marianne Williamson ends presidential bid, says campaign tried her faith
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 9 January 2020
Learning from integralism
(Gerard V. Bradley, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Faith Matters - The Female Peacemakers - 50 Years of "Religions for Peace"
(Religion for Peace, Deutsche Welle - Faith Matters)
Challenge to hospital's reliance on church plan exemption from ERISA dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Brazil’s Supreme Court allows gay Jesus film on Netflix
(Diane Jeantet, Associated Press)
Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Matt Volz, Associated Press)
Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in huge gathering
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Military chaplain to become a bishop of RCC in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Is our approach to poverty all wrong? Measuring input and not outcomes will never solve the problem.
(Thomas S. Hibbs, Dallas News Opinion / Commentary)
About Todd Bentley and 2020 prophecies: How are reporters supposed to cover this stuff?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bible trivia time for hard-working religion scribes: What is a cubit? A shekel? An ephah?
(Richard Ostling, Patheos Blog: Public Square)
'Uncle Ted' McCarrick is on the move again: Is this a major Catholic news story or not?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Theodore McCarrick has moved from Kansas friary
(JD Flynn and Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
In praise of tabloid Catholic journalism
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)
New Year's resolutions for concerned Catholics: A few suggestions
(George Weigel, First Things)
J.K. Rowling is taking heat from the LGBT left. The reason should concern us all
(Nicole Russell, The Daily Signal)
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Articles of Interest - 6 January 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In UK, Christian doctor talking faith with patients draws new scrutiny
(Catholic News Agency)
Religions for Peace Calls on World Leaders to Exercise Restraint and Labor for Peace
(Official Statement, Religions for Peace)
12 major religious newsmakers — and stories — from the past decade
(Yonat Shimron, The Washington Post)
Atheists prefer cats, Christians love dogs, study shows
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)
Archbishop calls for prayer, solidarity after Puerto Rico earthquakes
(Catholic News Agency)
The battle for India's founding ideals
(Madhav Khosla, TIME)
Stateless and hyperlegalized: The Indian state weaponizes paperwork
(Mohsin Alam Bhat, The Baffler)
Indian MP: Our nation's glorious tradition of religious tolerance is being shredded (Opinion)
(Manish Tewari, CNN International)
India SC upholds law on appointment of teachers in Madrasas
(Times of India)
Muslims in fear as police crack down in India’s heartland
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
India Supreme Court: State commission can choose teachers for madrassas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 8 January 2020: Congressional hearing on global efforts to counter anti-Semitism
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Will Chinese house churches survive the latest government crackdown?
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Indian Govt reaches out to interfaith delegation on CAA
(Deccan Herald)
Masked assailants attack students at prestigious Indian university in New Delhi
(Joanna Slater and Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
India SC to examine Dalit Christians’ plea that reservation should be “religion neutral”
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)
Kerala mosque hosts and pays for Hindu wedding
(Asia News)
A thought about motive in the law (Blaine Amdendment case)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
How anti-Semitism rises on the left and right
(Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker)
UK court to decide whether children, teens can consent to taking puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Stage set for Punjab Interfaith Harmony Policy
(Pakistan Today)
More on motive in law (on the Blaine Amendment case)
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Espinoza School Choice Case and discrimination against religion
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Religious intolerance still ‘shackles’ press freedoms, warns Reporters Without Borders
(Gabriela Galindo, The Brussels Times)
State Senator's threats were not religious speech
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Five years after Charlie, "fear prevailed"
(Riol Malone, OBN)
Sen. Brian Boquist used ‘fighting words,’ judge says as he dismisses suit against Democrats over access to Capitol, fines
(Maxine Bernstein, Oregon Live)
Serbian church protests ‘suffering’ of Serbs in the Balkans
(Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)
Stabbings, shootings, assaults weigh on US Jewish youth
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court to decide ministerial exception cases involving religious school teachers
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
As village churches close, Dutch Catholics leave faith rather than worship elsewhere
(Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brazilian priest suspended after blessing same-sex union
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
As violence escalates in Myanmar, bishop calls for dialogue
(Catholic News Service)
Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed
(Cathrine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
The great religious wall of China
(Sam Field, World Religion News)
China's new measures for religious groups 2019: From bad to worse
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Catholic persecution worse after Vatican-China deal, Congress finds
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
New rules in China target unregistered Catholic, Protestant churches
(Michael Sainsbury, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Maltese archbishop urges collective ‘soul-searching’ as political unrest continues
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New law requires Chinese Christians fully submit to Communist party
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
NAACP suspends official who said ‘the Hasidics are generally not too friendly’
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China announces new crackdown on religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Monsey rabbi who survived stabbing attack gives invocation at New York State of the State address
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Criminalisation of same-sex relations in Belize unconstitutional: Orozco
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Belgrade protesters rally against Montenegro's new religion law
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition
(Reverend William Barber, The Guardian)
How war bypasses morality
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion)
Iranian missiles strike coalition installations in Iraq
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
Iranian nuncio appeals for negotiation, not revenge
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Amid US-Iran escalation, Pope Francis and Catholic leaders call for restraint, dialogue
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
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