Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Coming of age in the 9/11 era (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Claudia Winkler, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
“United we stand, divided we fall”: One foe, two countries, two responses (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Rafael Escobedo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A challenging point of entry: Beginning to study Islam after 9/11 (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Henry Brill, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
9/11: Keeping vigil (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Amelia Uelmen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Building Muslim-Christian relationships in a world transformed: Impacts of the attacks of 9/11 (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Leo Lefebure, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
9/11 as political trauma (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Jocelyne Cesari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
An unsung hero of the 9/11 recovery: The Muslim engineer who rebuilt the Pentagon crash site as a chapel
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
How 9/11 changed the government’s relationship to American Muslims
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
9/11 timeline project traces ‘underlying Islamophobia’ in war on terror
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
The American veteran experience and the Post-9/11 Generation
(Kim Parker, Ruth Igielnik, Amanda Barroso, and Anthony Cilliuffo, Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends)
How does being in combat affect religious faith (The American veteran experience and the post-9/11 generation)
(Kim Parker, Ruth Igielnik, Amanda Barroso, Anthony Cilluffo, Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends)
4 ways to use government to make America more friendly to Christians
(Lyman Stone, The Federalist)
A school where Muslims and Hindus pray together stirs strife in divided India
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
Business fears Israel Folau religious freedom law
(John Kehoe, Financial Review)
'Ultraman Buddha' art in Thailand prompts police complaint
(Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat, KFGO)
Facing Jewish protest, ICE detention center where guard drove into protesters reschedules public meeting to shortly before Shabbat
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Catholic Church hasn’t gone away you know
(Ivana Bacik, The Irish Times)
Atheist group: ABC won’t air our ads during the Democratic presidential debate
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
IA Senate candidate: Atheists, “I See You” and I support church/state separation
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Israeli elections, religion, state and American Jewry
(Stanley P. Gold and Rabbi Uri Regev, Jewish Journal)
Interfaith marriages still a rarity in the Muslim world
(Kersten Knipp, Maram Salim, Deutsche Welle)
Trump religion envoy blames 'guilt complex' for Western reluctance to protect Christians
(Jeffrey Cimmino, Washington Examiner)
Trump asserts new win for religious HBCUs
(Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed)
Cameroon diocese facing ‘severe consequences’ of ongoing rebellion
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christians in Burkina Faso face options: ‘Flee, convert or die’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ready for the worst: ‘The 21: A journey into the land of Coptic martyrs’
(Daniel Philpott, Commonweal)
Ep. 07: Christian nationalism, race and white supremacy (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State Department supports Jehovah's Witnesses in torture claim
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
Web of prosecutions of Jehovah's Witnesses expands in Russian northwest
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Guilt of men charged with attempted murder of Imam Chumakov unproven - Ingushetia jury
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajikistan: Pensioner jailed until August 2026
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Iraqi Shiite holy city mourns stampede deaths of 31 pilgrims
(Associated Press)
Egypt sentences 11 Islamist leaders to life for spying
(Associated Press)
UN: Reconstruction of landmark Mosul mosque to begin in 2020
(Thomas Adamson, Associated Press)
Trump announces help for certain historically black colleges
(Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
Tribal council says Alamo Management violated religious freedom
(Daniel Conrad, Courthouse News Service)
Indian tribe sues over exclusion from committee dealing with ancestors' remains
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saudi Arabia's MBS Hosts Delegation of U.S. Evangelical Leaders on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary
(Amir Tibon, Haaretz)
Religion enters Salt Lake City politics as mayoral candidates face both criticism and support
(Katie McKellar, Deseret News)
Brexit: Court of Session declares advice to prorogue Parliament unlawful
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
CEC Peace Conference begins, learning from the past, envisioning future
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Documents from 2019 CEC Peace Conference
(Dr Johnston McMaster and Rev. Christian Krieger, Conference of European Churches)
In Los Angeles, a synagogue opens its parking lot to people living in cars
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Émigré Russian Orthodox inch toward a return to Moscow Patriarchate
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
For younger Americans, 9/11 is little more than a cause for cynicism (Responding to: Reflecting on 9/11 across generations)
(Micah Musser, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Speaker at 9/11 ceremony in New York calls out Ilhan Omar
(Courtney O'Brien, Townhall)
The religious activists waging a ‘holy war’ against Israel’s arms exports
(Patty Nieberg, Haaretz)
For the Vatican, grasping the universal often rests on the (Italian) local
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
On 9/11, pope greets Vatican, Muslim leaders promoting world peace
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Where freedom of conscience over abortion is conditional upon gestational age (The NSW abortion bill may be unique)
(Sean Murphy, MercatorNet)
USCIRF statement in response to White House plans to reduce refugee ceiling to zero
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Gallery and video: Large crowds take part in annual Ashura parade in Bradford
(Yusef Alam, Asian Image)
What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions
(Noorzehra Zaidi, The Conversation)
EU launches initiative on inter-religious engagement
(New Europe)
European Union launches interreligious initiative
(Céline Schoen, La Croix International)
Conference Towards Global Exchange on Religion in Society
(Conference of European Churches)
Russian Orthodox churches in Europe on path to rejoining Moscow
(Augustine Passilly, La Croix International)
[Exclusif] Quand la Ligue islamique mondiale tente de manipuler Emmanuel Macron
(Barbara Lefebvre, Valeurs Actuelles)
Colorado leads the nation in complaints based on religious discrimination, study finds
(Marianne Goodland, The Gazette)
A dark cloud hovers over religious freedom in Europe
(Isaac Herzog, Times of Israel)
No one needs religion to live a moral life
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
Churchwardens, pine cones and a cheeky squirrel
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
In ELLE, Jehovah's Witnesses + Sunni Jihadists = a non-religion story
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)
US State Dept. announces sanctions against 2 high-ranking Surgut investigators over Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox and Muslims both face public opposition to building
(Federal Press, Russia Religion News)
Interview: When Islam is not a religion in America
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Viewpoint neutrality protects both drag queens and millions of American Christians
(David French, National Review)
French and Ahmari enter the ring
(First Things)
Cultural Conservatives: Two Visions Resonding to the Post-Liberal Left ( Video)
(Ross Douthat, moderator, with David French and Sohrab Ahmari, The Catholic University of America)
Welby calls for respect for religious freedom during visit to India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest, catechist accused of ‘forced conversion’ in eastern India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rome half-marathon an exercise in religious tolerance
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
10 things you didn't know about the Christ the Redeemer statue
(Vanessa Elle, The Travel)
Teachers quit in protest over what they consider anti-gay policy at Christian school in Shoreline
(Neal Morton, Seattle Times)
Federal court orders Texas school district to accommodate students’ religious braids
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Officials: 31 Iraqi pilgrims die in stampede during holiday
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
Teacher fired after becoming pregnant while unwed testifies
(Associated Press)
US Christian evangelical delegation meets Saudi crown prince
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Ann Arbor won’t use law to force citizens to promote political views they oppose
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Ann Arbor concedes narrow view of public accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
We are American evangelicals raising our family in England. Here’s what we saw when we drove across the U.S.
(Judd Birdsall, The Washington Post)
When faith comes up, students avert their eyes
(Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic)
UN watchdog finds uranium ‘traces’ at Iran facility
(PanARMENIAN, Eurasia Review)
Trump fires National Security Adviser John Bolton
(Eurasia Review)
Analysis / How Israel, Hezbollah and Iran almost went to war last week
(Amos Harel, Haaretz)
Russian Orthodox Church to continue reunification consultations with "Russian exarchate"
(Interfax Religion)
Young people march for change in Angola
(Orlando da Cruz, UM News)
Churchwide mailing offers congregations resources to respond to gun violence
(Scott O'Neill, Presbyterian News Service)
Trump to lift ban on federal funding for faith-based historically black colleges and universities
(Jeffrey Cimmino, The Washington Examiner)
Hundreds of Christians in India’s Jharkhand state march in protest
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Increased UN sanctions on Al-Shabaab denied
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Eritrea closes religious schools following June closures of Catholic health facilities
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
For anxious young adults, religion can be a wellness tool, says new study
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Prosperity gospel’s false promises aren’t always about money
(Alan Cross, Religion News Service)
Bahamas: Christian groups bring relief as Hurricane Dorian death toll rises
(Melissa Barnhart, The Christian Post)
Over 120 churches attacked since start of Syria's civil war: report
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Magistrate recommends dismissal of evangelical prof.'s transgender pronoun lawsuit
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
NC school pulls 'diversity inventory' asking students about gender, sexuality, religion
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Tulsi Gabbard supports late-term abortion ban
(Catholic News Agency)
Syrian churches targeted by Assad forces, new report claims
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
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