Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Religious sisters at forefront of fight against human trafficking, slavery
(Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)
Polish church leader condemns ‘worsening attacks’ on clergy, churches
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Throne & altar: ‘Liberty in the things of God’
(Francis Oakley, Commonweal)
Judge blocks Arkansas abortion regulations
(Catholic News Agency)
TRO issued against Arkansas abortion restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canadian court says West Bank wines cannot be labeled "Products of Israel"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Prison systems can respect the religious rights of Muslims. State government should ensure they do.
(Vaidya Gullapalli, The Appeal)
New report offers comprehensive view of America’s Muslim prison population
(Press Release, Muslim Advocates)
New report on Muslim inmates in state prisons in U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court refuses to order return of WWII remains to supposed next-of-kin
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Medical center's retirement plan is a "church plan" exempt from ERISA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Is Iraq set to follow Iran and curb religious freedom?
(Nina Shea, Real Clear Politics)
USCIRF Vice Chair Nadine Maenza calls for release of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
Cyprus criticizes Orthodox bishop for insulting gays
(Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: nine years' jail for online discussion group?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Federal Court orders removal of ‘Product of Israel’ labels from West Bank wines
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)
Religion is being misused in Pakistan to hunt for political power and electoral hegemony
(Mehr Tarar, Gulf News)
Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
(Huizhong Wu, Reuters)
Monday, 29 July 2019
Grouse goes global: NRC process discriminatory and deviation from India’s track record, say UN agencies
(Rabi Banerjee, The Week)
Legal Spirits Episode 012: Is Satanism a religion?
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Anti-gay DA claims his religious rights are being violated after attempt to have him disqualified
(David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement)
Europe experienced a surge in government restrictions on religious activity over the last decade
(Jeff Diama, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Secularism: Yesterday, today and tomorrow – analysis
(Rajkumar Singh, Eurasia Review)
Law and religion round-up – 28th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – July (Part 1)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Jehovah's Witness' property taken to cover fine
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religious liberty...Who needs it? A comic treatment of a serious subject
(Karl Zinmeiester, Philanthropy Roundtable)
In slums of Buenos Aires, separation of church and state is a sham
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gay counselor sues Indianapolis archdiocese over her firing
(Associated Press)
UN envoy calls for truce in Libyan war for Muslim holiday
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Right-wing alliance, Arab bloc formed ahead of Israeli vote
(Associated Press)
Nigerian court bars Shiite group as terrorists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FG finally obtains court order to declare Shiites as terrorist group in Nigeria
(Wale Akinola, Legit)
Celebrating new religious freedom law, Bolivian evangelicals push for more
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religion and the protection and integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Stephanie J. Nawyn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Helping the hosts: In Uganda religious groups connect support for local communities with refugee response (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Tessa Coggio, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith and displacement: The role of refugee churches in Uganda (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Karen Lauterbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pope to nations: Act fast to stop more migrant deaths at sea
(Associated Press)
Saturday, 27 July 2019
Waytha Moorthy: Orang Asli must be given freedom to choose their own religion, not forced into social norms
(Yiswaree Palansamy, Malay Mail)
Religious favoritism alleged as Lancaster suburb considers letting Amish house 2 horses on half-acre lots
(Jeff Hawkes, Lancaster Online)
No court can stop us from practising our religion, says IMN
(The Cable)
UP police arrests 4 for uploading hate song 'Jo Na Bole Jai Shri Ram' after it went viral
(Aishwarya Dharni, Scoop Whoop)
A brave soldier in the fight for minority rights in Bangladesh
(Janet Levy, American Thinker)
Religious communities consider how much faith to put in marijuana
(Kristin E. Holmes, Star Tribune)
India: Basava Dharma is an independent religion: Siddaramaiah
(Jagadish Angadi, Deccan Herald)
Italian town to issue fines for blasphemy, cursing in public
(Donica Phifer, Newsweek)
Mass. Medical Society backs end to religious exemption for vaccines
(Alexi Cohan, Boston Herald)
Boris Johnson’s religion: Boris Johnson’s confusing and contradictory religious history
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religious groups react to rumors the U.S. will stop admitting refugees. What would it mean for U.S. values?
(Sofia Jeremias, Deseret News Faith)
AP Interview: Indonesia leader to speed reform in final term
(Stephen WRight and Karin Laub, Associated Press)
Friday, 26 July 2019
Demolitions in East Jerusalem set a 'dangerous precedent,' says World Council of Churches head
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Death penalty decision answers lingering questions about how Barr’s faith affects his politics
(Charles C. Camosy, Religion News Service)
Yes, American religious liberty is in peril
(David French, The Wall Street Journal)
No, American religious liberty is not in peril
(Marci Hamilton, The Wall Street Journal)
Friday Five: RNA lifetime winner, new Forward editor, funny obit, Jeffrey Epstein, Rob Moll tribute
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Crimea: Prisoner sent to Russia, more awaiting trial
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Court of Appeal recognized illegal the Ukrainian state’s attempt to rename the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church hopes Zelensky's anti-raiding decree will affect religious sphere
(Interfax-Religion)
Dispute arises over how "Orthodox" Russia is
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
U.S.A. sides with new Ukrainian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Two years of persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religious liberty shouldn’t come at the expense of human rights
(Amy Fallas, Sojourners)
Puerto Rican bishops call for peace, harmony after governor’s resignation
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)
Rwanda church seeks agreement with state on contraception, abortion
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Boris Johnson gives British Church Trump-like conundrum
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders condemn Trump administration’s move to execute inmates
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Teenager pleads guilty in plot to attack Muslim community
(Associated Press)
Same-sex couple sues State Department for denying daughter's citizenship
(Rebekah Riess and Jay Croft, CNN)
Gay couple sue over citizenship of child born through surrogacy abroad
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canadian court orders reconsideration of election date that conflicts with Jewish holiday
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to attempted search of church is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ACLJ files new lawsuit to defend religious organization against discrimination
(American Center for Law and Justice)
County sued over zoning denial to faith-based recovery program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Minnesota mom seeks U.S. Supreme Court ruling in minor son’s illegal sex change nightmare
(Thomas More Society)
Cert. filed: Do parents have due process rights in emancipation of teen?
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge urges plaintiffs to file new religious discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USCIRF statement on introduction of House Resolution 512 on blasphemy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF statement on the 2nd Annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF Vice Chair Nadine Maenza calls for release of Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
What does extremism mean? The British public aren’t sure
(Julian Hargreaves, The Conversation)
In the face of fear and loathing, British Muslims must play hide and seek with their identity to succeed
(Sham Qayyum, The Conversation)
6th Circuit: Street near Planned Parenthood clinic is traditional public forum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim activists continue to push against Quebec secularism law
(Religion News Service)
Japan holds ritual to build shrines for Naruhito ceremonies
(Associated Press)
Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
(The Canadian Press)
China: Asylum Seekers from The Church of Almighty God (CAG)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Thursday, 25 July 2019
Without school, a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future
(Rubayat Jesmin, The Conversation)
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Why Shiite Muslim protesters and Nigeria’s security forces keep clashing
(Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post)
When religion meets secularism in urban planning
(Daysia Tolentino, MIT News)
Lebanese police to probe rock band for 'insulting religion': lawyer
(Reuters)
Atheists cheer resolution to combat international blasphemy laws
(Jonathan MS Pearce, Patheos Blog: A Tippling Philosopher)
Faith groups urge State Department to abolish new ‘unalienable rights’ commission
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Singapore to update law on religious harmony to address spread of hate speech, identity politics
(Tham Yuen-C, Straits Times)
Singapore’s religious harmony law to be updated: Shanmugam
(Kevin Kwang, Channel News Asia)
What the Pew report got wrong about religious restrictions in Israel
(Avi Shafran, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The latest blast to blasphemy laws: H.R. 512
(The Humanist)
The Latter-day Saints: Overcoming the Mormon legacy on race
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religion section editor of Dagestani newspaper charged with financing terrorism
(Interfax-Religion)
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