Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Where will the next decade take religion? Experts predict the future of faith
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
New church rules for 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious harmony exists in Pakistan
(Zamir Ahmed Awan, Modern Diplomacy)
Denial of name change did not burden inmate's free exercise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects sex offender's attempted name change to 'Better Off Dead'
(Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune)
Hate crime charges filed in Hanukkah stabbing spree
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orange County man charged with federal hate crimes for December 28, 2019, machete attack at rabbi’s home
(United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice)
Sex abuse suit transferred to state supreme court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
(Gary Fields, Associated Press)
New Mexico AG seeks meeting with faith leaders over violence
(Associated Press)
Christmas season a challenge in majority-Buddhist Bhutan
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
English cardinal condemns anti-Semitic graffiti in London
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Windows smashed at renowned Bach church in Leipzig
(Richard Connor, Deutsche Welle)
Kabardino-Balkaria civil authorities seek information identifying religious affiliation
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The Washington Post analyzes an assumed hate crime that became something else
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
Religious people think Democrats will strip our rights because it’s true
(Casey Chalk, The Federalist)
First person to legally obtain 'nonbinary' gender status now calls it ‘psychologically harmful’
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Religious freedom in Sudan: Christmas now an official holiday
(Al Jazeera)
Sudan’s minister of religion orders graft probe in his ministry
(Zdravko Ljubas, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)
Reform US rabbi in Dresden explains ultra-Orthodox traditions to German Jews
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Israel: Religious freedom important in next election for 63% of Jewish voters - survey
(Rossella Tercatin, The Jerusalem Post)
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Montenegro passes controversial religion law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious freedom in 2020 — three key challenges and how to fight back
(Joseph D'Souza, Fox News Opinion)
Montenegro church property law passes after Parliament chaos
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, Due 31 December 2019: Distance Learning Fellowship
(Center for Women, Faith & Leadership (CWFL), Institute for Global Engagement)
Montenegro adopts law that could curb ties with neighbor Serbia
(Misha Savic, Hartford Courant)
Hundreds protest in Serbia against new Montenegro church law
(Daniel Bellamy, EuroNews)
Montenegro opposition leaders urges more protests over religion law
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
This Roman church was a gift from Catholics around the world to Leo XIII
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Diocese of Providence challenges RI statute of limitations expansion
(Catholic News Agency)
Pro-Iranian militias behind US Embassy attack in Baghdad
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Monday, 30 December 2019
Hate crimes charges against man accused in Hanukkah stabbing
(Ryan Tarinelli, Jim Mustian, and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – December (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
MAS-ICNA Convention Turned to the largest Islamic Convention.
(Syed Khalil Ullah, Patch)
Big news in 2020? Thinking about the religious left, Mayor Pete and black churchgoers
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Ex-judicial candidate disciplined for anti-Muslim comments
(Associated Press)
Australian Jews decry Israeli health minister’s appointment
(Associated Press)
Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack
(Gary Fields, Luis Andres Henao and Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press)
China sentences Protestant pastor to 9 years for subversion
(Associated Press)
Reparations and religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’
(Matthew J. Cressler and Adelle M. Banks, Associated Press)
Nevada Guard soldier receives OK to sport Norse pagan beard
(Associated Press)
Police: Parishioners kill man who fatally shoots 2 at church
(Associated Press)
State department designates religious freedom violators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Montenegro's parliament approves religion law despite protests
(Reuters)
Suit challenges postal service's rules on content of customized stamps
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
U.S. Postal Service discriminates against religious speech on personalized stamps
(First Liberty)
A harmful doctrine: The Catholic Church is wrong about gay people
(Mollie Wilson O'Reilly, Commonweal)
Nigerian diocesan spokesman: Bridal party beheaded en route to wedding
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic, Christian, Muslim voices condemn knife attack on N.Y. rabbi
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)
Jewish cemetery vandalized in Germany, suspects investigated
(Deutsche Welle)
Persecution, true and false
(Luma Simms, Law & Liberty)
ROC calls for protection of rights of Orthodox Christians in Montenegro
(Interfax-Religion)
Serbian Church expels Montenegro govt officials and MPs
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
Pro-Serbs rally in Montenegro against religious law
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
Serbian Church clergy to protest before Montenegro parliament
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
When religious freedom is not enough
(Robert Nicholson, Providence Mag)
Montenegro: Pro-Serb lawmakers released from detention
(Associated Press)
Anti-Jehovah's Witnesses action in Russian Arctic region
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Putin sends Christmas, New Year's greetings to European leaders
(Interfax-Religion)
What U.S. presidential candidates will be doing to court religious voters in 2020
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
The European Parliament found human rights breaches in Russia, Afghanistan and Burkina Faso
(novinite.com)
After attacks in Nigeria, Syria, Somalia and United States, world churches' leader calls for end to violence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China: "Appalling" jail sentence for outspoken pastor makes mockery of religious freedoms
(Amnesty International)
'Fox & Friends' host claims Christians are 'most persecuted religion on the planet' after New York Hanukkah stabbing
(Aila Slisco, Newsweek)
China in Hong Kong: Why ‘the First Freedom’ will be the first to disappear
(National Catholic Register)
Stateless Jerusalemites call on Jordan to restore their citizenship
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Sunday, 29 December 2019
Knife-wielding man shattered night of celebration, witnesses say, renewing fears of violence against Jews
(Kevin Armstrong, Katie Mettler, Marisa Iati, and Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post)
Boxing Day Quiz 2019
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 28 December 2019
UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
At Gallaudet University, deaf culture and faith mix
(Jack Jenkins, Associated Press)
Nigeria condemns executions of captives held by extremists
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)
NYC ups policing in Jewish areas after spate of attacks
(Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)
Indonesian Muslims protest China’s treatment of Uighurs
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Pakistan blasphemy death sentence for Junaid Hafeez is “travesty of justice”- UN experts
(Yuba Net)
Suit filed against synagogue picketers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal lawsuit filed over anti-Israel protests in Ann Arbor
(Ryan Stanton, M Live)
Suit over Unification Church leadership is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cameroon bishops visit prisons on Christmas, as Church prays for peace
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop praises congressional reauthorization of scholarship program
(Catholic News Service)
Gold Mass helps spread message that faith and science are compatible
(Natalie Hoefer, Catholic News Service)
Indian cardinal says religion should never be basis for citizenship
(Anto Akkara, Catholic News Service)
De Blasio is sending cops to curb anti-Semitism. Will it work?
(Zaid Jilani, Forward Opinion)
(Final) Friday Five: 2019 top posts, Galli vs. Trump, 'Olive, come out,' casino priest, holy crop duster
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
India: Tribal animists burn Bibles, church, threaten to 'chop' Christians 'to pieces'
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post)
Politico: Why Orthodox Christians are losing faith in Putin
(UNIAN)
‘Block the impact of religion’: China sends Muslim children to boarding schools
(Amy Qin, The New York Times)
A decade of upheaval in Quebec politics: Religion, corruption, the CAQ, activist youth
(Andy Riga, Montreal Gazette)
Indonesia denies being quiet on Uighur persecution
(Erric Permana, Muhammad Nazarudin Latief and Nicky Aulia Widadio, Anadolu Agency)
Religious traditions and our common humanity
(Richard Harries, Barbara Borts, Donald W Norwood, Paul Nicolson, Andrew Copson, John Dillon and Barbara Thompson, The Guardian)
Friday, 27 December 2019
Ethnic Kazakh refugee from China allowed to remain in Kazakhstan
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
India’s Muslims and activists face mass arrests, beatings amid citizenship-law unrest
(Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Thursday, 26 December 2019
Pakistan rejects US designation on religious freedom as arbitrary
(Mohammad Ali, Urdu Point)
Merry Christmas: Interfaith tolerance colors joyful celebration in Indonesia's regions
(Suherdjoko, Asip Hasani, and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post)
Mexican Mennonites combat fears of violence with a new Christmas tradition
(The Conversation)
At least 60 Catholic venues shut down in Fuzhou Archdiocese
(An Xin, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Christian groups divided on Fairness for All Act
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Ukrainian region bans Baptist books, including Gospel of John
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appellate court narrows ruling allowing clearing of homeless encampments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Portion of Cincinnati homeless camp ban overturned by appeals court
(City Beat)
New HHS Obamacare rule requires separate bill for abortion services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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