Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Will the Supreme Court nix Montana’s anti-Catholic ‘Blaine Amendment’?
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Hit by terror and a sluggish economy, Nice’s once-vibrant Jewish community faces uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim ban
(U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives)
Toxic religious liberty: President Trump takes the conservative religious agenda to the international stage
(Marci A. Hamilton, Justia)
Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
House holds hearing on Trump's "Muslim ban"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Church autonomy" requires dismissal of fired faculty member's claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim community center's claim of discrimination in permitting process must proceed to trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 26 September 2019: Religious Minorities’ Fight to Remain in Iraq
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Harry and Meghan visit South Africa’s oldest mosque on tour
(Associated Press)
President Trump tells businesses to protect religious freedom
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Trump State Dept official: No country is doing more for religious freedom than US
(Frank Suyak, Deutsche Welle)
Trump’s focus on religious freedom at the UN should lead the way
(Emilie Kao and Joel Griffith, The Daily Signal)
Donald Trump's flawed stat on threats to religious freedom
(Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact)
Speaking at United Nations, President Trump presses for global religious freedom, repeats false Johnson Amendment claim
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Veterans group pushes to dismiss suit over Bible on display
(Michael Casey, Associated Press)
Foundation says governor violated Constitution with prayers
(Associated Press)
Virginia woman sues, says prayer break request cost her job
(Matthew Barakat, Associated Press)
South Carolina GOP governor accused of violating First Amendment by leading prayers before press conferences
(Jessica Campisi, The Hill)
Australian states to have priests report abuse disclosed in confession
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
USCIRF urges U.S. policymakers to remain engaged on religious freedom in Turkey
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religious freedom envoy dismayed Islamic countries won’t condemn China’s abuse of Uighur Muslims
(Patrick Goodenough, CNS News)
China accused of harvesting organs of Uighurs, Falun Gong religious group
(Zachary Evans, National Review)
'Afraid we will become the next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims face crackdown
(Emily Feng, National Public Radio)
US steps up pressure on China over treatment of Muslims
(Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Belgium under fire over policy towards Israel
(Martin Banks, EU Today)
Buddhist group promotes youth action to tackle climate change
(Religion News Service)
Nuns hope to be disciples of hope in changing landscape of human trafficking
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Security Council debates closer links between multilateral organizations in Europe and Asia
(UN news)
French education minister reignites row over Muslim headscarf
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Group alleges Missouri school district forcing religion
(Marietta Daily Journal)
Two female Indian journalists were sacked after trashing Hinduism on Twitter
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Two more months of prison for Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses Bible leads to charges
(Social Media News, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Amy Coney Barrett is not a safe pick for the Supreme Court: Her writings on faith and jurisprudence should worry conservatives.
(John Zmirak, Human Events)
Utah faith leaders, police gather to discuss safety at places of worship
(Pat Reavy, Deseret News)
Cameroon’s cardinal: Anglophone independence must be on agenda
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest’s murder latest violent attack against Church personnel in Brazil’s capital
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The role of theology and organizational structure in addressing clergy sexual abuse (plus 14 responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ep. 09: Religious freedom, church-state law and Christian nationalism (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Judge: SPLC’s labeling of D. James Kennedy Ministries as a hate group is protected by the First Amendment
(Southern Povery Law Center)
SPLC's "hate group" designation for Christian ministry for LGBT views is protected by 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge finds breakaway diocese infringed Episcopal TMs
(Sarah Morgan, World IP Review)
Break-away Diocese cannot use former trademarked names
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish nursing home is exempt from Title VII's religious discrimination provision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christianity at the Supreme Court: From majority power to minority rights
(Morgan Marietta, The Conversation)
How traditional beliefs and systems are used to fight crime in parts of Lagos
(Oludayo Tade, The Conversation)
Opinion: Can Hindus be minority?
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune India)
The U.S. once forced this Native American tribe to move. Now they’re getting their land back
(Marisa Iati, The Washington Post)
‘The dominant theological issue’: Environmentalist Bill McKibben wants your pastor at the global climate strike
(Whitney Bauck, The Washington Post)
Poland's ruling party puts an extraordinary museum of Polish-Jewish history into limbo
(Masha Gessen, The New Yorker)
United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Abortion front and center as new U.S. Supreme Court term nears
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
The U.S. abortion rate falls to lowest level since Roe v. Wade
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)
Tens of thousands march for ban on abortions in Slovakia
(Reuters)
The circuit preacher was an idea of the frontier past. Now it’s the cutting-edge response to shrinking churches.
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
America has a crisis of trust and it’s more nuanced than you may think
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Interfaith leaders pay tribute to Gandhiji on his 150th birth anniversary
(Garavi Gujarat)
UAE's first official synagogue to open in multi-faith complex in 2022
(Reuters)
EVENT, 25 September 2019: Religious Liberty and Popular Culture: How Hollywood Shapes our Understanding of Religion and Liberty
(Fall Speaker Series: Dr. Thomas Hibbs, RFI’s Center for Religious Freedom Education (CRFE))
A New York diocese filed for bankruptcy. Will others follow?
(Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press)
Why American's don't fully trust many who hold positions of power and responsibility
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)
Long read: The forgotten faces and hidden history of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
"Freedom for Faith" submission on the draft Religious Discrimination Bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
I researched Uighur society in China for 8 years and watched how technology opened new opportunities – then became a trap
(Darren Byler, The Conversation)
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Supreme Court rules unanimously that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful
(Jonathan Metzer, UK Human Rights Blog)
Does the European Court of Human Rights Have to Decide on Sovereignty over Crimea? Part I: Jurisdiction in Article 1 ECHR
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk!)
Does the European Court of Human Rights Have to Decide on Sovereignty over Crimea? Part II: Issues Lurking on the Merits
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk!)
Ivanka praised Trump's U.N. meeting on religious freedom. Then Twitter reminded her of the Muslim ban
(Harriet Sinclair, Newsweek)
Saudi Arabia: Between religion, oil dependence and reforms
(Sabine Peschel, Deutsche Welle)
'No religion' officially overtakes Christianity in New Zealand Census stats
(TVNZ)
Illinois officials eye removing religious exemption for child vaccinations
(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square)
Do generic Scouts have a future? (Wait! What was that about Latter-day Saints cutting ties?)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mainline blues update: WPost offers sobering facts, lovely images about circuit-riding pastors
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Sports Illustrated reports on Freedom From Religion Foundation's complaints about Clemson football
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
No, Betsy DeVos’s trip to a Catholic elementary school is not a scandal
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
Breaking news: Supreme Court rules prorogation of Parliament unlawful
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Parliament update on Supreme Court judgment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Music and spirituality at the end of life
(Noah Potvin, OUPblog Religion)
Manila bishop urges Filipinos to have children vaccinated against polio
(Catholic News Service)
Indian prelate urges dialogue with Hindus over ‘forced conversion’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Death-qualifying jurors does not infringe their Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
At the United Nations: Trump's religious liberty forum; report on antisemitism; and abortion rights concerns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tech companies join Muslim groups in support of historic bill to end travel ban
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
For synagogues, High Holidays welcome is complicated by security needs
(Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Religion News Service)
'Big term' for religious liberty expected at US Supreme Court in 2020
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
8 religion-related cases to watch when the Supreme Court is back in session
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Facebook CEO admits to ‘clear bias’ in blocking pro-life videos
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Christian persecution on the rise in India with over 200 violent incidents this year, new report finds
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Md. conversion therapy ban
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
Maryland's conversion therapy ban upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Malaysia’s prime minister, who said he is proud to be called anti-Semitic, is speaking at Columbia University
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US to launch business coalition to protect workers of all faiths in the workplace
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Trump headlines religious freedom event at UN
(Morgan Chalfant, The Hill)
Trump stands up for religious freedom: He champions the issue at the U.N. more vigorously than any of his predecessors
(Kelsey Zorzi, The Wall Street Journal Opinion)
In U.N. remarks, Trump calls for more activism on behalf of persecuted people of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Attacks on religious communities 'a wound on all humanity' Trump tells UN
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Myanmar top general’s donations to non-Buddhist places raise questions
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Trump announces religious freedom initiatives during UN speech
(Maegan Vazquez, CNN)
Trump announces $25 million to protect religious freedom: ‘America stands with believers’
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
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