Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Sikhs imprisoned in Oregon: How a national scandal hit a small farming town
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Jehovah's Witness' detention slightly mitigated
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Christians, Hindus can unite to defend poor, marginalized, Vatican says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hawaiian Supreme Court approves giant telescope on Mauna Kea
(The New York Times)
Hawaii Supreme Court approves Manua Kea telescope
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal lawsuit in Maine challenges law barring state aid to religious schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Canada's last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft
(Robin Levinson-King, BBC News)
On signs of religion, CAQ targets imaginary problem
(Martin Patriquin, Montreal Gazette)
From Silicon Valley elite to social media hate: The radicalization that led to Gab
(Craig Timberg , Drew Harwell , Elizabeth Dwoskin, and Emma Brown, The Washington Post)
Can artificial intelligence help stop religious violence?
(Mark Easton, BBC News)
Top 10 best, worst countries for atheists ranked: USA among best, Islamic regimes the worst
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Saudi Arabia is the worst country in the world for atheists
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Anti-Semitic attacks are rare in Russia but the sentiment is rife, studies suggest
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French Catholic bishops chart pedophile cases
(Deutsche Welle)
Ortega targets Nicaraguan bishop for allegedly backing a coup
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Burma not safe for returning Rohingyas, warns USCIRF
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Center for Law and Religion at Notre Dame this week
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
EVENT, 31 October 2018: Russia-Ukrainian Conflict: The Religious Dimension, Washington, DC
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Trump Administration to revise birth control exemptions in hopes of saving them
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)
A flawed European ruling on free speech
(Simon Cottee, The Atlantic)
Australia: Anglican church told to apologise for marriage vote conduct rather than 'legalise bullying'
(Paul Karp, The Guardian (Australia))
Victorian Coalition to bring back special religious instruction in state schools if elected
(ABC Net)
Hate speech tied to suspect in synagogue massacre rekindles calls for regulating social media
(Tony Romm, The Washington Post)
East Timor government blocks president’s planned visit to Vatican
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)
Does Trump encourage white supremacists? Faith groups divided in survey
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Muslims’ right to not be offended trumps free speech in Austria, says European Court of Human Rights
(james Risdon, LifeSite News)
Europe’s bad faith: A terrible terrible ruling effectively outlawing blasphemy
(New York Daily News)
European Human Rights Court backs sharia blasphemy law
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
American pundits think Europe has just introduced a blasphemy law through the back door. They’re wrong.
(Erik Voeten, The Washington Post)
Why the relationship between religion and politics is more complicated than you think
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Marriage law, civil partnership – and Budget 2018
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Same-sex dating on evangelical campus: Are there two sides of this hot-button story?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Forget politics and focus on faith: Thinking about that 'evangelical' puzzle again
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
When covering Nigeria and Boko Haram, BBC consistently nails the crucial details
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Look for a story here: Catholic parents may be worrying about 'religious formation' classes
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Will the 'God gap' persist on Nov. 6? What else should religion-news pros look for?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Bitter news with roots 1,000 years old: Russian Orthodox Church cuts Istanbul ties
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
NPR sort of dives into a case involving immigration, religious freedom and a vague faith
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Neutral or slanted coverage: Texas newspaper reports on pastors group's lawsuit over LGBT hiring
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Atlanta fire chief gets $1.2 million settlement: Journalists still avoid all Bible references
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
This weekend's think piece? It has to be Khashoggi defense of freedom of expression
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Christian baker Jack Phillips asks court to halt new civil rights prosecution
(Kevin Daley, The Daily Signal)
Massachusetts law on transgender protections draws strong support ahead of vote
(Karen Weintraub, The Washington Post)
As religion wanes, ‘religious’ hatred grows
(Michael Graham, Boston Herald)
In Colombia, the Avivamiento megachurch hopes former FARC rebels will get religion
(Julia Friedmann, Religion News Service)
Fox and Friends claims Muslims are using 'enclaves' to advance sharia law plot in the West
(David Brennan, Newsweek)
UPS Ground accused of race, religious bias by Haitian mechanic
(Porter Wells, Bloomberg Law)
Anti-religious freedom grants target Georgia, Florida, N.M., Texas
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Arkansas casino bid opposed by faith group
(John Moritz, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Tsipras reiterates plan to change Church-state relations
(ekathimerini.com)
Civil liberties groups ask to join legal fight and oppose public funding for religious schools in Maine
(Megan Doyle, Press Herald)
Vatican cites immunity in refusal to send French court summons to CDF prefect
(Hannah Brockhaus, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cameroon archbishop: Murdered seminarian ‘martyr of Anglophone crisis’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
AG Jeff Sessions orders review of faith-based funding practices in light of Trinity Lutheran Church
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Nigerian group says troops shot, killed 27 Shiite Muslims
(Associated Press)
Spain and the Vatican at odds on possible reburial of Franco
(Aritz Parra, Associated Press)
Rights group says 9 Christians detained, abused in Sudan
(Associated Press)
US group denounces Yemeni rebels’ prosecution of Baha’is
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Mexican legislators introduce bills to legalize abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Milton et al., “Toward a Westphalia for the Middle East”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Three Church Mother bodies condemn Zambia Police for taking their brutality to defenseless Church gatherings
(Lusaka Times)
Buhari meets Kaduna religious leaders amidst uneasy calm
(Terhemba Daka, The Guardian (Nigeria))
Nigerian army fire live rounds to disperse Shiite protesters
(Isaac Abrak and Bukola Adebayo, CNN)
Female genital mutilation practised in Iran, study reveals
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)
Blast kills three Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
(Reuters)
Indonesian Christians oppose religious education bill
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)
Gloves off: India's ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
(Krishna N. Das, Reuters)
VHP to intensify Mandir agitation, to meet all MPs
(Vasudha Venugopal, The Economic Times)
The Dalai Lama and China’s quest for Buddhist soft power
(Rinzin Dorjee, The Diplomat)
China: New political requirements for Tibetan monastics
(Human Rights Watch)
EC issues gazette finally cancelling Jamaat’s registration as a political party
(Dhaka Tribune)
Justice Department releases update on hate crimes prosecutions and announces launch of new hate crimes website
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
DOJ expands hate crime resources
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Backlash and Judicial Restraint: Evidence From the European Court of Human Rights
(Øyvind Stiansen and Erik Voeten, SSRN)
Michel Houellebecq: The perils of secular atheistic materialism through the eyes of a French ‘Islamophobic’ intellectual
(K Bhattacharjee, Opindia)
Anti-Semitic incidents are surging across the U.S. Here are the numbers
(Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times)
Catholic bishops end synod with controversy and compromise
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Dawn-to-dusk hunger strike by BJP over arrest of Sabarimala protesters in Kerala
(Opindia)
Girls in West Africa offered into sexual slavery as ‘wives of gods’
(Wisdom Mensah, The Conversation)
Annual International Day Commemorating the Victims and Survivors of Religious Persecution
(Early day motion 1478: Primary Sponsor, Fiona Bruce, UK Parliament)
Kazakhstan: Ever harsher jailings for religious talks
(Forum 18 News Service)
What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments
(Ingrid Anderson, The Conversation)
Monday, 29 October 2018
IICSA: Further hearings into Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religion in Europe: Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Austria: Subjugating free speech to blasphemy laws? (ECHR upholds ruling that ciminalizes Islam-critique)
(Press Release, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Irish voters approve elimination of Blasphemy as a crime
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Irish vote to scrap offence of blasphemy
(BBC News)
Ireland votes to oust ‘medieval’ blasphemy law
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)
How a comedian pushed Ireland into a referendum on blasphemy
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)
Monday Mix: Pittsburgh shooting, hate that kills, Sutherland Springs, white nationalism, 'double lives'
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
The Pittsburgh attack affects Jews worldwide – we need more than your silent support
(Michael Segalov, The Guardian)
Israeli PM, chief rabbi at odds over Pittsburgh synagogue
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
A broken Jewish community
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting shakes the city’s iconic Jewish neighborhood
(Ben Sales, Religion News Service)
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Portraits of the 11 victims
(Emil Shapiro, ABC News)
Thousands attend vigil to support, foster healing after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
(Jason Cato, Trib Live)
After synagogue shooting, Bishop Zubik pleads for prayer, end to anti-Jewish bigotry
(Catholic News Agency)
US Muslims raise more than $120,000 for families of Pittsburgh shooting victims
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Religious leaders respond to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Pope Francis condemns ‘inhuman’ attack on Pittsburgh synagogue
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
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