Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 14 December 2019
Symbols, speech, and security
(Elizabeth Clark, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
(Anti)Religious speech and state security: a blog series
(Dmytro Vovk, Eilzabeth Clark, Jane Wise, Elizaveta Gaufman, Maria Kravchenko, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Modern book-burning: Protected speech?
(Jane Wise, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Newseum closing but Religious Freedom Center programs to continue elsewhere
(Adelle M. Banks, Word & Way)
More than a feeling ("offending religious feelings" in Russia)
(Elizaveta Gaufman, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Johns Hopkins to buy Newseum building in D.C. as journalism museum plans to relocate
(Nick Anderson and Peggy McGlone, The Washington Post)
Disproportionality of anti-extremist measures: The case of Faizrakhamanists in Russia
(Maria Kravchenko, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Rohingya Muslims: The name that Aung San Suu Kyi did not want to say
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Aung San Suu Kyi, former democracy icon, defends Myanmar against genocide allegations
(Michael Birnbaum and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)
Rohingya refugees reject Aung San Suu Kyi’s genocide denial
(Associated Press)
USCIRF applauds sanctions against senior Burmese military officials
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Malta bishops urge calm amid anti-corruption protests
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Netflix satire about gay Jesus infuriates thousands of Brazilians
(Lisa Alves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholics offer lots of advocacy, get few results on Capitol Hill
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)
How the left can lead the fight against anti-Semitism on college campuses
(James Loeffler, Forward)
Do the Orthodox feel adequately supported by other Jews after a violent attack?
(Aiden Pink, Forward)
Severe sentence for Penza Jehovah's Witness
(TASS, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukraine church leader Epifaniy: Zelensky must find "formula or recipe" for ending Donbas war
(UNIAN)
City sparks outrage after voting to remove 'controversial' veterans memorial from park
(Opposing Views)
The Arab world in transition
(The Arab Weekly)
Religious harmony index up but intolerance remains
(The Jakarta Post)
View: India has a moral responsibility towards religious minorities
(The Economic Times India)
Protests rage in India for fourth day over citizenship law
(Al Jazeera)
Suu Kyi arrives at The Hague to defend Myanmar of genocide, rights group calls for country boycott
(France 24)
Gabon bans gay sex as global pace of reform falters
(Rachel Savage, Reuters)
Argentina: New government publishes new guidelines for non-punishable abortions
(Buenos Aires Times)
Friday, 13 December 2019
India passes controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims
(Helen Regan, Swati Gupta and Omar Khan, CNN International)
New citizenship law in India ‘fundamentally discriminatory’: UN human rights office
(UN News)
Pakistani Hindus in India welcome new citizenship act
(Amir Ansari, Zain Salah Uddin, Deutsche Welle)
India’s top court rejects pleas for review of temple verdict
(Associated Press)
Friday Five: Terrified Jews, pastor's tired soul, stressed priests, tmatt's move, generic tithing
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Church of Atheism not a charity under Canadian tax law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ayodhya land ruling has thrust history into the centre of Indian politics – what this means for the future
(Isha Dueby, The Conversation)
American Jews are terrified
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Why 'American Jews are terrified': Three responses to the scourge of anti-semitism
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
Trump signs Executive Order on Title VI and anti-Semitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Executive Order on combating anti-Semitism
(The White House)
Why Trump’s new executive order on anti-Semitism is controversial
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Trump’s executive order on anti-Semitism plunges into the fierce campus conflicts about Israel and Palestinian rights
(Julie Zauzmer and Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post)
Anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Trump signs order recognizing Jewish university students as a protected class
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Trump's effort to fight campus anti-semitism is no war on free speech
(Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review)
Cameroon bishop attacks country’s human rights record, calls for election reform
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump introduces Robert Jeffress, pastor who says Jews are going to hell, at White House Hanukkah party
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Greta Thunberg is the perfect hero for an unserious time
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Faith groups praise Australia’s religious discrimination legislation
(Catholic News Service)
USCIRF condemns Egypt’s arrest of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF calls for immediate release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Soros attacks in impeachment saga spark anti-Semitism debate
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Polish far-right leader arrested for inciting anti-Semitism
(a, Associated Press)
After British election, bishop urges vigilance on issues
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
The decline of religion in American family life
(Daniel A. Cox, Jacqueline Clemence, Eleanor O’Neil, American Enterprise Institute)
Rights defender urges caution on domestic violence (Russia)
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian officials spread radical accusations against Baptist leader
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Six Jehovah's Witnesses convicted in Penza
(Interfax-Religion)
Rosobrnadzor bans acceptance of students to seminary of Evangelical-Lutheran church
(Interfax-Religion)
There's no way around it, saith Ryan Burge: Gray hair in the pews is an important story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Neo-Pentecostal gangs on the rampage? That's a big story in Brazil, they say
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Brexit: conclusions of the European Council, 13 December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Dear Democrats: Four religion requests from non-religious Americans
(Hemant Mehta, Religion News Service)
As protests continue in Hong Kong, Beijing’s criticism of churches grows louder
(Verna Yu, America Magazine)
Nigeria: Use religion to crush corruption, cleric tells govt
(Shina Abubakar, All Africa)
Right to freedom of religion becomes human beings' fundamental right (Indonesia)
(Azis Kurmala, Antara News)
Pakistan needs to honor spirit of 1973 constitution
(Ali Changezi Sandhu, Asia Times)
Turkey says Europe headed for ‘religion of wars‘
(Stock Daily Dish)
Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?
(Paul Karp, Guardian (Australia))
Cotler urges Trudeau to name anti-Semitism envoy
(Janice Arnold, The Canadian Jewish News)
Keeping the mystic, messianic faith of Star Wars' Skywalkers
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Who are Black Hebrew Israelites?
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Reform Jews call for reparations for slavery
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
‘You’ve got to call out evil,’ says pastor of church with Nativity scene separated in cages
(Alejandra Molina and Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Canada: Secularism's anti-Charter ugliness
(Ray Pennings, Convivium)
Desperately seeking civility
(Josh Nadeau, Convivium)
White House provides lifeline to US ties with Turkey and Saudi Arabia
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
For Gambian Christians, there’s a lot to like — and one big worry — in the proposed constitution
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations could end in New Jersey
(Rita Giordano, The Baltimore Sun)
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Quebec leader causes controversy by saying all French Canadians are Catholic
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Appeals court refuses temporary injunction against Quebec's secularism act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Quebec’s Court of Appeal rejects bid to suspend Bill 21
(Jesse Feith, Montreal Gazette)
Quebec religious symbols law causes harm but shouldn’t be suspended: Appeal Court
(Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press)
One law, many challenges: How lawyers are trying to overturn Quebec's religious symbols ban
(Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News)
Jersey City shooting is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism, authorities say
(Shayna Jacobs, Kevin Armstrong, Deanna Paul, and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
Republicans think they can court Hispanic votes with their position on abortion, but data tells a different story
(Stella Rouse and Janelle Wong, Morning Consult)
Catholic school principal's retaliatory discharge claim dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court dismisses suit to enforce board's suspension of church pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court review sought in city council speech limits at meeting on mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tennessee school board votes down Bible Release Time policy
(Associated Press)
Pope presses anti-nuke, environment call in peace message
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Baby Jesus wasn’t a patriotic American
(Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
The ‘Christian doomsayers’ are right
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
Kamala Harris learns the hard way: Lay off the Knights of Columbus
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
If the byline says Sarah Pulliam Bailey, go ahead and count on an interesting, enlightening religion story
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Here we go again (again): RNS/AP offers doctrine-free take on George Fox LGBTQ battles
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The New York Times offers massive 'special report' on euthanasia – that's full of holes
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Faculty Jurisdiction – further amendments, April 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'We're the black restorers': Meet the volunteers saving the wooden churches in northern Russia
(Andrey Borodulin, Naira Davlashyan, Euronews)
Pope warned Montenegro over religion law, Serbian church claims
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
Religion allows it: Ma’ruf believes death penalty could deter corruption (Indonesia)
(The Jakarta Post)
Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back
(Daniel Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Five Thirty Eight)
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