Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Henri Nouwen on celebrating the holidays — and every day
(Henri Nouwen, Religion News Service)
Foreword to Rabbi Dovid Cohen's book of Jewish Wisdom: *We're Almost There*
(Robert George, Mirror of Justice)
Despite stepped-up military actions, Turkey still faces jihadi threats
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
IS designates Turkey as its next base
(Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings
(Gregory Katz, Associated Press)
Questioning the outrage-apology cycle
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
The light in John Henry Newman's darkness
(Gillian Bouras, La Croix International)
Presidential proclamation on Thanksgiving issued
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Presidential proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2019
(The White House)
Thanksgiving: Behind the Pilgrim Myth
(OUPblog)
Politicians want Thanksgiving to be political. Ignore them
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Wire)
The Dalai Lama teaches a lesson on rethinking our faith traditions
(Ira Rifkin, Religion News Service)
550 years after his birth, a reflection on the life of Guru Nanak
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)
Friday Five: Thanksgiving, God and Trump, LATimes vs. Fuller, Jimmy Carter, Satan
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Separating church and state: B.C. Legislative Assembly daily prayers receive minor tweak
(Karin Larsen, CBC News)
Let's give thanks that it's Dolly time, even if New York folks don't get all that faith stuff
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Big-think story: What does religion have to do with slumping global birth rates?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
The end of babies
(Anna Louie Sussman, The New York Times Opinion)
The gift of children
(A Statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together, First Things)
Deprivation of Bihari Muslims
(Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Daily Times - Pakistan)
Muslim woman sues theater over pepperoni pizza
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim woman served pepperoni pizza in dark theater: lawsuit
(Emily Holland, Redondo Beach Patch)
Court dismisses challenges to Indiana's RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Hindu nationalism reigns supreme in India, where even large groups are minorities
(Raymond J. de Souza, National Post)
British court enjoins protests against school's LGBT curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A dark day for free speech as judge bans parents’ LGBT protests
(Will Jones, The Conservative Woman)
State insurance regulators target Trinity health-care sharing ministry
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious Freedom in Australia – a new Terra Nullius?
(Edited by Iain T. Benson, Michael Quinlan and A. Keith Thompson, Connorcourt Publications)
Australia: Religious discrimination bill due for 2020
(Colin Brinsden, Australian Associated Press)
Australia moves closer to compulsory child abuse reporting by priests
(Lidia Kelly, Reuters)
Religious Australians 'fear showing faith'
(Heather McNab, Australian Associated Press)
Australia: 'This bill is friendless': Chris Bowen signals Labor could vote against religious freedom bill
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)
Regulators allege Christian-based health care provider broke state, federal rules
(Todd Bookman, National Public Radio)
Sabbath buses barrel through Israel’s religious-secular rift
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press)
The Trump Administration is using accusations of anti-Semitism to silence criticism of Israel
(Ian Lustick, Forward)
Abortion rate in Russia declines considerably in past 18 years
(Interfax-Religion)
Archdiocese in India marks 100th anniversary of serving poor and marginalized
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Togo bishops call for reform of electoral system ahead of presidential vote
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Another Jehovah's Witnesses case sent back to prosecutor
(Daniil Liapunov, KazanFirst)
Putin notes importance of coordination with OIC in countering threats
(Interfax-Religion)
Evidence of national coordination of anti-Jehovah's Witnesses activity
(SocialMediaNews, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Moscow court arrests U.S. rabbi in absentia in Schneerson library case
(Interfax-Religion)
Thinking along with Stephen L. Carter: What's at stake in Salvation Army culture wars?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Thoughts and prayers: Religion stays in B.C. legislature, now joined by ‘reflections’
(Simon Little, Global News.ca)
As Americans become less religious, the role of chaplains may grow
(Alejandra Molina, The Washington Post)
Universalism, means-testing, the "Nordic model" . . . and school choice
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
The Nordic Welfare Model: Equality isn't cheap
(Max Foley-Keene, Commonweal)
Why the LDS Church joined LGBTQ advocates in supporting Utah's conversion therapy ban
(Tara Law, Time)
Manitoba had a cheeky response to Quebec’s ban on religious symbols
(Lila MacLellan, Quartz)
Canada: Speak up to protect conscience rights
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities)
Trinidad And Tobago government to legalize cannabis for medical and religious use
(Desmond O'Flynn, Born2Invest)
Is Leeds losing its religion? Exploring the importance of faith in a modern day city
(Emma Ryan, Yorkshire Evening Post)
Iran opposition leader compares supreme leader to shah
(Jon Gambrell)
Iraqi PM formally submits resignation amid more violence
(Samya Kullab and Murtada Faraj, Associated Press)
For the first time, most Americans prefer life imprisonment to death penalty
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious discrimination bill: faith-based groups and equality advocates welcome delay
(Sarah Martin, The Guardian)
Friday, 29 November 2019
Human Rights breaches in Haiti, Algeria and Cuba
(Press Release, The Eurpean Parliament)
Why some Swiss parents are choosing to homeschool
(MENAFN -Swissinfo)
France debates single women's and lesbians' access to IVF
(Isabel Kaplan, The Nation)
The decriminalisation of abortion is one step closer in Belgium
(The Brussels Times)
Slovakia set to pass law forcing women to view images of embryo or foetus before abortion
(Jon Stone, The Independent)
New Zealand: Referendum question is too vague and misleading, says ethicist
China's oppression of the Uighurs: 'The equivalent of social genocide'
(Bernhard Zand interview of German anthropologist Adrian Zenz)
Reading the Bible in China: Tough times for religious publications
(Sun Kairui, Bitter Winter)
As the Chick-fil-A flap shows, the brands we buy are increasingly a values proposition
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
My friendship with Peter Singer 10 years on
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
Was Mister Rogers the messiah?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
(India) Opinion | BHU protests are misguided in the name of religion
(Shashi Shekhar, Live Mint)
South Africa: Protecting the ANC has become a religion
(Mamphela Ramphele., New 24 and City Press)
Supreme Court to consider whether FBI agents can be sued for money damages for religious freedom violation
(Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal)
The History of Thanksgiving
(Editors, History.com)
Thanksgiving prayers 2019: Prayers from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions
(Hunter Moyler, Newsweek)
Why God continues to have a place at Thanksgiving tables and in Thanksgiving stories
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Americans are still most thankful to God at Thanksgiving, according to new study
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)
Why we celebrate Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday of November
(Tanya Ballard Brown, NPR)
Despite violence, Asian Catholic leaders promote interfaith dialogue
(Sarah Salvadore, National Catholic Reporter)
The Construction of Fatherhood: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
(Alice Margaria, Cambridge University Press)
Church of England statement on abortion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Egypt: Christian activist's arrest prompts warnings on dissent
(Catholic News Agency)
Iran: Training centers for terrorism and fundamentalism set on fire - OpED
(Hassan Mahmoudi, Eurasia Review)
The Last Shakers? Keeping the faith in a community facing extinction
(Katherine Lucky, La Croix International)
Two-state solution is dead
(Viewpoint by Jonathan Power, In-Depth News Analysis)
Assyrian Patriarchs address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
(Bar Daisan, AINA (Assyrian International News Agency))
Abortion ‘logic’: Kill Kenyan children in the womb to prevent killing outside the womb
(Laura Nicole, LIve Action)
Reaffirming human dignity and its relationship to religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Reuniting faith and reason
(Rachel Lu, Law & Liberty)
Kazakhstan: Imminent prison trial for ailing prisoner
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Appeals rejected in absentia
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
EVENT, 29 November 2019: Religious Liberty Lecture and Conference: Religious freedom and inclusivity - compatibility, conflict and the future
(The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney)
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese official arrested on wire fraud charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Some factional church claims subject to Ecclesiastical Abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Utah set to become 19th state banning ‘conversion therapy’
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
Do calls for animal rights interfere with religious freedoms?
(Krista Kihlander, Sentient Media)
Religious Freedom In Focus, Volume 83 – November/2019
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
Dimitriou arrested and charged with two embezzlement schemes
(The National Herald)
RFI FORIS scholar discusses new book on government discrimination against religious minorities and their institutions
((Dr. Jonathan Fox), Religious Freedom Institute)
Disabled veteran sues over personalized license plate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Give thanks for the humanitarian habits of religious people
(Karl Zinsmeister, Real Clear Politics)
Pompeo assails China for rights abuses after document leak
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
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