Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 2 November 2018
Republicans more likely to view Muslim Americans negatively, study finds
(Victoria Bekiempis, The Guardian)
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Conspiracy and cronyism: Turkey’s economic spiral
(Aykan Erdemir and John Lechner, The Interpreter)
How conspiracies sustain one-man rule in Turkey and beyond
(Aykan Erdemir, The Brief)
Law Commission to conduct a full review of wedding law in England & Wales
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious freedom: A strategy for security
(Daniel Philpott, Religious Freedom Institute)
The religious freedom dilemma and the journey ahead for Malaysians
(Eugene Yapp, Religious Freedom Institute)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – October 2018
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Christian organizations and churches defend asylum seekers amid deployment of 5,200 troops to border
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Why political silence is not an option for Christians
(Shane Idelman, Christian Headlines)
The rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S.: despicable, deadly and un-Christian
(Chuck Colson, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Are women real?: The impending clash between feminism and transgenderism
(John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris, Christian Headlines)
Pastor Francis Chan warns Christians not to fall into habit of church consumerism
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
'No right to abortion' West Virginia amendment gets $500,000 campaign boost
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
On religious liberty, we're all Protestants now
(Korey D. Maas, The Christian Post)
Border dioceses prepare to aid migrants heading to U.S. in caravans
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican denies Spain's claims of deal over Franco's reburial
(Sam Jones, The Guardian)
The Church of England should learn from Harry Potter this Halloween
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
UK confirms reports of Chinese mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims
(Lily Kuo, The Guardian)
After Pittsburgh, the left must face down all forms of racism
(Rachel Shabi, The Guardian)
Anglican school students ask principals to give up right to sack gay teachers
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)
Christian traditional ruler in Nigeria executed despite ransom
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pakistani asylum seekers to be deported from Thailand
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Iranians celebrate country's pre-Islamic history
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Indonesian church fears draft bill seeking to regulate religious education
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
ICC commemorates anniversary of 2010 church bombing in Iraq
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Former Imam turns into advocate for Muslim-background believers in Uganda
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Iraq launches campaign to rebuild Mosul churches
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Mob attacks village prayer meeting in attempt to kill Indian pastor
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Islamists protest for second day in Pakistan following Asia Bibi's acquittal
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pakistani Christians fear extremists' hostility following Asia Bibi's aquittal
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Pakistani Christians ask for prayer as violence breaks out following Asia Bibi's release
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
How Asia Bibi went from being the first woman in Pakistan on death row for blasphemy to freedom
(The Indian Express)
Asia Bibi: Pakistan Supreme Court's 'historic' ruling
(M Ilyas Khan, BBC News)
Pakistani Supreme Court clears Catholic woman of blasphemy charges
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Asia Bibi: Pakistan court overturns blasphemy death sentence
(Memphis Barker, The Guardian)
Asia Bibi acquittal: Opposition criticises PM Imran Khan
(The News, Pakistan)
EVENT, 6-7 March 2019 [DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION 1 November 2018]: European Academy of Religion Moot Court Competition
(European Academy of Religion, Bologna, Italy)
EVENT, 1-7 November 2018: The Promise of Inclusion, the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation, and Change
(The 7th Parliament of the World's Religions)
On the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War
(Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
1918, a phony end to the war
(Xavier Boniface, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
The disruptions of 1918 for the populations of Eastern Europe
(Antoine Arjakovsky, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Teilhard de Chardin: God in war
(François Euvé sj, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
The humanitarian consequences of War
(Daniel Palmieri, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
'I’m not anti-Trump, I’m just pro-Jesus': the evangelicals stumping for the Democrats
(Bryan Mealer, The Guardian)
A hint of hope for a ceasefire in Yemen: The Americans call for a truce
(The Economist)
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Don’t let India’s upper-caste men dictate tradition
(Vinita Damodaran, The Guardian)
Church-run credit unions keep the faith despite challenges
(Katelyn Ferral, Religion News Service)
In the wake of tragedy, make a difference where you are
(Elisa Wiesel, Religion News Service)
Trumps pay tribute at synagogue where 11 were fatally shot
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Eastern Orthodoxy risks split over independence for Ukraine’s church
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
How pro-lifers can save the Senate and the Supreme Court
(Charles C. Camosy, Religion News Service)
A tale of two synagogues
(Jennifer Butler, Religion News Service)
He’s not a rabbi, and it’s not Judaism
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Jewish groups decry Messianic Jewish rabbi’s prayer at Pence rally
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Christian rock band retells story of Reformation in ‘Luther: The Rock Opera’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Standing up to bigotry: Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquits a woman accused of blasphemy
(The Economist)
The FAQs: What Christians should know about antisemitism
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Wilken, “Liberty in the Things of God”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Pakistani mother Asia Bibi wins appeal against death sentence for blasphemy
(World Watch Monitor)
Asia Bibi: Pakistan court overturns blasphemy death sentence
(Memphis Barker, The Guardian)
Pakistan court acquits Christian on death row for blasphemy
(Zarar Khan and Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi has death penalty conviction overturned
(Sophia Saifi and James Griffiths, CNN Islamabad)
Supporters hail Asia Bibi acquittal as ‘great day’ for religious freedom
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistani Supreme Court clears Catholic woman of blasphemy charges
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Asia Bibi acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan, freed from death row
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)
Pakistan's High Court acquits Asia Bibi, Christian woman on death row for blasphemy
(Diaa Hadid and Emily Sullivan, NPR)
Christian woman Asia Bibi spared death sentence in Pakistan after blasphemy conviction overturned Save
(Ben Farmer and Colin Freeman, The Telegraph)
Asia Bibi: protests erupt in Pakistan after blasphemy conviction overturned - video
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
Asia Bibi acquitted, but is she safe? Fighting over blasphemy in Pakistan is far from over
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Pakistan PM appeals for calm after Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy
(World Watch Monitor)
Asia Bibi: Imran Khan attacks hardliners over court case
(BBC News)
Asia Bibi: Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row
(BBC News)
‘A victory for Pakistan and millions of its marginalised people’ – son of governor who was killed for defence of innocent Asia Bibi
(World Watch Monitor)
USCIRF welcomes Pakistani Supreme Court’s decision to overturn death sentence against Asia Bibi
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A look at Pakistan’s blasphemy law over the years
(Associated Press)
Pakistan's blasphemy law and Asia Bibi: Why does religion go bad?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Blasphemy is a crime not only in Pakistan, but Europe too
(Sophie Gorman, France 24 Internaitonal)
National hate crime awareness campaign
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
MPs debate additional religious holidays
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Oxford Diocese LGBTI+ Ad Clerum
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religion in Europe: East Europeans see faith as a gateway to nationality
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Greek attitudes toward religion, minorities align more with Central and Eastern Europe than West
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Anti-Semitism suit against San Francisco State dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Candidate apologizes for mailer criticized as anti-Semitic
(Associated Press)
How “religious freedom” laws became a flash point in the Georgia governor’s race
(Charles Bethea, The New Yorker)
Judge dismisses suit accusing San Francisco State of anti-Semitism
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
“To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”
(Charles C. Haynes, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
At a Pittsburgh crime scene, Jewish volunteers guard the ‘bodies of holy martyrs’
(The New York Times)
Anger, grief and inspiration as Pittsburgh prepares to lay more synagogue victims to rest
(Faith Karimi, Steve Almasy and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN)
France’s Jews look to Pittsburgh ‘across a narrow bridge’
(Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic)
Mauitius: Bishop cautions against ethnic and religious census and emphasises “common humanity”
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Trump pays tribute at Pittsburgh synagogue
(Associated Press)
Pittsburgh’s lesson: Hatred does not emerge in a vacuum
(Leonard Saxe, The Conversation)
Suspect in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is charged in 44-count hate-crime indictment
(Matt Zapotosky,Devlin Barrett, and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)
In Europe, synagogues are protected like fortresses. It took decades to get there.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious leaders fear armed guards must now become the norm after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
(Katie Reilly, TIME)
Bodies of Pittsburgh shooting victims handled according to religious law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Charleston. Sutherland Springs. Pittsburgh. Why local reporters are crucial in a 'national' tragedy
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Under Trump, federal death penalty cases are ticking up
(Jim Mustian, Associated Press)
Russian president backs up Moscow patriarch
(Ukrainskaia Pravda, Russia Religion News)
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