Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Reports about Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses go to trial after more than a year in pretrial custody
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
It's time to fight for global religious freedom
(Jacek Czaputowicz, National Interest)
Religious Education: Lessons from the United Kingdom
(Clayton Van Woerkom, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy)
Why do terrorists attack places of worship?
(Deutsche Welle)
Cameroon bishop: ‘I am not safe’ after speaking out against conflict
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rosary emerges as political football in Italy’s latest meltdown
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Suit: Catholic school fired unwed teacher for being pregnant
(Associated Press)
Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal
(Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
How to avoid religious crisis, by experts
(Omolara Akintoye, The Nation)
Neighbors on the Southern Border: Republican refugee policy the Eisenhower way
(Megan Brand, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – July/August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 18th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ukraine has made a great contribution to combating antisemitism - Netanyahu
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian customs finds Jehovah's Witnesses' literature on traveler
(Yaromir Romanov, Znak)
Half dozen Jehovah's Witnesses confined while awaiting trial in Smolensk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Russia: Pentecostals complain of national campaign against them
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal turned down by Supreme Court of Dagestan
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)
Greek Orthodox bishop convicted of hate speech resigns
(Demetris Nellas, Associated Press)
Jordan summons Israeli envoy over holy site clashes
(Associated Press)
California priest sues accusers in defamation lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church’s lawsuit prompts SC town to lift ban on worship services at civic center
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Suit over use of civic center for religious worship is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Garden plaza of Greenbriar Cove to pay $92,000 to settle EEOC religious bias lawsuit
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
EEOC wins settlement of suit brought on behalf of Seventh Day Adventists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas limit on marriage officiants upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious exemptions to vaccines is bad religion: Op-ed
(The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Doolittle, The Middletown Press)
Kazakhstan: Years of intrusive questioning
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
A look at the Islamic State affiliate’s rise in Afghanistan
(Associated Press)
Feds make it easier for Native Americans to collect eagle feathers, but Utes fear change could go too far
(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune)
New York: State, anti-vaxxers square off in court over vaccine law
(Yancey Roy, Newsday)
Florida governor asked for no storms in Western Wall prayer
(Associated Press)
How Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists fell from power to persecution
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Religion News Service Opinion (the Conversation))
Australia: Religion 'shield' laws to be revealed soon
(Paul Osborne, 7 News)
Coalition stops short of 'licence to discriminate' in religious freedom bill
(Sarah Martin and Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
Churches, same-sex ministries and the law
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Churches, same-sex ministries and the law: discrimination and religious freedom (full text)
(Neil Foster, Associate Professor, Newcastle Law School, Liberty Christian Ministries Inc, Elective Seminar)
Bibles are excluded from tariffs on Chinese goods
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bibles escape Trump’s tariff fight with China
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
Monday, 19 August 2019
The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there
(Hadeel Al-Alosi, The Conversation)
What is white nationalism? And what does it have to do with religion?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Kazakhstan: Serikzhan Bilash free but silenced
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Indonesian students seek govt OK to fight extremism
(UCA News)
Planned Parenthood refused federal funds over abortion restrictions
(Pam Belluck, The New York Times)
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Church sells properties as Ireland turns away from religion
(Arthur Beesley, Financial Times)
Four million Indians in one state risk being denied citizenship. Most are Muslims
(Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar, The New York Times)
Religion versus science on Mauna Kea
(Kathleen Sands, Honolulu Civil Beat)
Debate on religious displays continues in Claremont
(Patrick O'Grady, Valley News)
Mistrial declared in case of anti-abortion Christian who refuses to pay taxes
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)
CofE Treaty with Republic of Italy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Here's an unusual story: Moderate French Muslims vs. the radical Islamists
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Friday Five: Racist Trump, Mayor Pete, clumsy Oregonian, sex and consent, Sarah's new boss
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Spire straits: English cathedrals attract the devout, the dotty and darker forces
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
How Pete Buttigieg found God
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Jehovah's Witnesses get official audience for their torture claims
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
God save the cathedral? In England, some offer mini golf or giant slide
(Megan Specia, The New York Times)
Labor Department says new proposal protects civil rights, but critics say it allows religious discrimination
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholic schools in Scottish capital face ‘serious threat to identity’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Illinois bishop decries ‘crisis of gun violence,’ asks for solutions
(Catholic News Service)
David Brooks is wrong: On the politics of help & succor
(Paul Baumann, Commonweal)
Ep. 03: Were we founded as a Christian nation? (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Proposed Labor Department rule would expand right of federally funded contractors to discriminate based on religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Court rules in favor of city allowing mosque to be built
(Associated Press)
Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings
(Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press)
‘A heavy lift’: Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg’s bid
(Meg Kinnard, Associated Press)
Minor league owner says he’ll meet with religious leaders
(Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press)
2 men sentenced for plotting to attack Muslim community
(Associated Press)
USCIRF applauds sanctions on Salah Gosh for gross human rights violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UN envoy appreciates govt’s efforts to guarantee safety following Easter attacks
(Ada Derana)
Judge puts New Jersey's medically assisted suicide law on hold
(Fox 29 News)
Court temporarily enjoins New Jersey's assisted suicide law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court sides with Sterling Hts. in appeal of mosque challenge
(Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News)
6th Circuit: City did not ban all mention of religion at council meeting on mosque construction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Donald J. Trump announces judicial nominees...
(The White House)
Trump to nominate anti-abortion, religious rights lawyer for next federal judgeship in St. Louis
(Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Pro-life advocate nominated for Missouri federal district judgeship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Money damages unavailable under RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police: Mosque bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 4 people
(Abdul Sattar, Associated Press)
Friday, 16 August 2019
Religious questions: How did the GOP get the God vote?
(Wyatt Massey, Times Free Press)
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
(Laura E. Alexander, The Conversation)
What’s behind the protests in Kashmir?
(Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation)
Christian campaigners disappointed as Ashers ‘gay cake’ case goes to European court
(Aine Fox, PA, Belfast Telegraph)
Argument: A generation of girls is missing in India
(Ira Trivedi, Foreign Policy)
Nigeria's child veterans are still living a nightmare
(Audu Bulama Bukarti, Foreign Policy)
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Sikhs participate in law enforcement annual national night out
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Malaysia to question Indian Islamic preacher over remarks on religion
(Reuters)
Young voters care about abortion policy. Argentine politicians are ignoring them.
(Ana Ionova, Foreign Policy)
Georgia: Who needs a religion law?
(Mariam Gavtadze, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witness awaits verdict in Khabarovsk court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
A domestic role for the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Turkish government clamps down on liberal imams
(Burcu Karakas, Deutsche Welle)
Church-backed petition has 1 million-plus names seeking elections in Congo
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Christian women's shelter doesn't need to admit trans woman, court rules
(Kevin Daley, The Daily Signal)
Labor Department rule broadens religious protections in federal contracting
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
Berlin police investigating attack on rabbi, 2nd in 2 weeks
(Associated Press)
Israel bars entry to outspoken US congresswomen
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Proposed labor rule would exempt religious contractors from bias regulations
(Rashaan Ayesh, Axios)
Labor Department proposes religious exemption clarification for government contractors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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