Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 4 October 2019
Amazonia: Under the forest, a people
(Isabelle de Gaulmyn, La Croix International)
Synod of Bishops meet for the Pan-Amazon region: Challenges
(Nicolas Senèze (in Rome) and Claire Lesegretain, La Croix International)
What a Washington Post op-ed writer got wrong about Brigham Young
(Boyd Matheson, Deseret News Opinion)
Exposing the disproportionate amount of Black babies destroyed by the abortion industry
(blackgenocide.org)
A young couple’s gamble: The gates are slamming shut to refugees from Syria's brutal war. Farrah and Besher would risk it all to reach the West.
(Kareem Fahim and Zakaria Zakaria, The Washington Post)
Islam and Institutional Religious Freedom
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Religious Freedom Institute)
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Cambridge University Press)
Supreme Court to review ruling on Louisiana abortion law
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Christians leaders send statement of solidarity to people of Hong Kong
(Christian Today)
Iraq cleric Sadr demands government resign as deadly protests spike
(AFP Worldwide Network)
‘Planned Parenthood’s Secret Weapon' in Hollywood
(Nora Caplan-Bricker, The Washington Post Magazine)
'Planned Parenthood's secret weapon' profile in WPost magazine needs a counterpoint
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Gandhi’s 150th birthday: A little-remembered philosopher translated the Mahatma’s ideas of nonviolence for Americans
(John Charles Wooding, The Conversation)
Institutional Religious Freedom: Negotiating Diverse Convictions and Societal Harms
(Stanley Carlson-Thies, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
Pope picks anti-mafia judge for Vatican
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)
Carrie Lam invokes emergency laws in Hong Kong: The law will restrict the wearing of face masks by protesters
(The Economist)
Hong Kong mask ban has precedent in France – but not Europe as a whole
(Suart Lau, South China Morning Post)
Thursday, 3 October 2019
The Catholic Church and Boy Scouts are lobbying against child abuse statutes. This is their playbook
(Marisa Kwiatkowski, and John Kelly, USA Today)
USA Today buries lede (here we go again) in big report on sexual-abuse 'window' laws
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Three decades ago, America lost its religion. Why?
(Derek Thompson, The Atlantic)
That question again: Why did America 'lose its religion' around 1990? Or did it?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Ending statelessness is easy, says Kyrgyz winner of top U.N. prize
(Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'New church in town' causes quite a stir in French archdiocese
(Guillemette de Préval, La Croix International)
KAICIID expands integration tools to new communities in Austria
(KAIICID Dialogue Centre)
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Boko Haram executes two Christian aid workers in Nigeria
(Morning Star News, Christian Today)
Hail Mary passes and Lombardi in daily Mass: Catholicism ignored in NFL 100 coverage
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
In its struggle to subdue Kashmir, India is stripping it of liberties
(The Economist)
Sudan's persecuted Christians eye long-sought freedom
(France 24 International)
The dark side of the Dallas Charter (Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People)
(Thomas G. Guarino, First Things)
Congress: Respect Jamal Khashoggi’s legacy by ending support for the Saudi war in Yemen
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings)
Ep. 10: Embracing civic pluralism (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Will religious freedom play on the world stage?
(Jeremy Barker, The Hill)
Climate action for peace – faith-based perspectives
(United Nations Environment Programme)
Evangelicals see the light on climate change
(James Osborne, Houston Chronicle)
Sikh group reaches out to Instagram user who made insensitive post
(Clement Yong, Straits Times)
We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
(Daniel Gordis, HarperCollins Publishers)
The author & the expert: ‘How Jews practice their religion today’
(Tzvi Novick, Commonweal)
The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
(Jack Wertheimer, Princeton University Press)
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder rejects LGBT anti-discrimination protections for staff
(Jeremy Pelzer, Cleveland.com)
Muslim woman says in lawsuit that Falls Church company wouldn’t hire her because she wanted to pray at work
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Ballot drive to ban abortion procedure in Michigan hits 200k signatures
(Lauren Gibbons, Mlive Michigan)
The Hill interview: Buttigieg opens up about faith
(Reid Wilson, The Hill)
New CofE guidance on partial burial of remains &c
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CJEU declares pre-checked boxes for cookie consent illegal: Planet49
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) in a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesgerichtshof
(InfoCuria, Case-law of the Court of Justide of the European Union)
Will religious freedom play on the world stage?
(Jeremy P. Barker, The Hill)
In Iowa, a federal judge fines university officials for anti-religious discrimination. So where's the coverage?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
From persecution to desperation – fact finding mission to Thailand and Malaysia: Special report
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
In Belgium, Jewish leaders worry that anti-Semitism has become kosher
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cert. filed by Little Sisters of the Poor over contraceptive mandate exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal court blocks Georgia's abortion ban from taking effect
(Center for Reproductive Rights)
Courts rule on Virginia and Georgia abortion statutes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Antiabortion law spreads in East Texas as ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ movement expands
(Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, The Washington Post)
House committee holds oversight hearing on travel ban, No Ban Act
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indian home minister promises non-Muslim citizenship bill
(Krithika Varagur, Associated Press)
European Court orders Bosnia to remove Orthodox church
(Associated Press)
Bosnia and Herzegovina must enforce decisions ordering removal of church built on Srebrenica genocide survivors’ land
(Court Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Spain’s window for Sephardic Jews to seek nationality closes
(Associated Press)
U Iowa officials personally liable for religious discrimination
(Becket)
Christian student group can retain selective leadership requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Virginia teacher was fired for refusing to use a trans student’s pronouns. Now, he’s suing his school district.
(Teo Armus, The Washington Post)
Fired teacher sues saying requirements on pronouns for transgender students violated his rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Between two promised lands (the growing rift between American and Israeli Jews)
(Ari Blaff, Tablet)
The fight to make meaning out of a massacre (Pittsburgh’s synagogue shooting)
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
How religious groups are working to attract young New Yorkers
(Maya Rajamani, AMNewYork)
Pakistan PM warns of 'bloodbath' in Kashmir, India's Modi silent
(Al Jazeera)
Pope’s right-hand man works bureaucratic miracle for refugees
(Paulina Guzik, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nuclear weapons, interfaith ties top pope’s agenda in Asia
(Associated Press)
Australia isn’t taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough
(Greg Barton, The Conversation)
Australia: Muslims want protection in religion bill
(Geoff Chambes and Joe Kelly, The Australian (paywall))
Chasids leave Uman, Russia: Chasidic pilgrims, who celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman are leaving the town in organized manner
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian court finally agrees with Jehovah's Witnesses' claims
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Abu Dhabi sets the bar for tolerance and interfaith harmony with this project
(About Her)
At Vatican, Pompeo says authoritarian regimes see God as a threat
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian government claims American interference in Ukrainian church dispute
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The pope is making a statement about immigration with this new statue at the Vatican
(Erica Evans, Deseret News InDepth)
Global China: Assessing China’s growing role in the world
(Brookings)
On China’s National Day, USCIRF urges U.S. Government to take action on religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Clampdowns on house churches continue across China
(Li Guang, Bitter Winter)
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
The global gag on free speech is tightening: In both democracies and dictatorships, it is getting harder to speak up
(The Economist)
Why the Arizona Supreme Court ruling in favor of our art studio is a win for everyone
(Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, Religion News Service)
The dueling US foreign policy approaches to Ukraine pose a risk for Kyiv
(Steven Pifer, Brookings)
Law and religion round-up – 29th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Mother” defined in common law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Italy's bishops: Society loses 'light of reason' with legalization of euthanasia
(Catholic News Agency)
New book on Islam and human rights
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Human Rights
(Edited by Marie Juul Petersen and Turan Kayaoglu, University of Pennsylvania Press: Pennsylania Studies in Human Rights)
Nigerian government accuses NGOs of aiding Boko Haram
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Violent riots at al-Hol camp
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Sudan continues steps to democracy
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Hindu radicals livestream attack on Christians to 'make area free of Christianity'
(Leah MarieAnn Kleet, The Christian Post)
Virginia teacher fired for not using trans student's preferred pronouns sues school district
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Imprisoned Iranian pastor's kids denied school certificates for refusing to study Islam
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Pennsylvania bill will allow schools to display ‘In God We Trust’
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
LGBT lobby group proposes the United Methodist Church be separated into 4 denominations
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)
Congress passes resolution against border emergency
(Catholic News Agency)
Bishops and Catholic Charities condemn new federal refugee limits
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
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