Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 8 October 2018
High hopes for Asia Bibi in her death sentence appeal
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)
Vietnam deal points way for China-Vatican progress
(Michael Sainsbury, UCANews)
Pakistani Christians caught up in Thai immigration crackdown
(UCANews)
Hard-line Hindu's anti-Christian threat seen as poll ploy
(Sji Thomas, UCANews)
Boko Haram deadline for Leah Sharibu a week away
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Myanmar's ethnic army releases 100 detained Wa Christians
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Vatican defends pope amid cover-up accusations
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Letter from Rome
(Robert Mickens, UCANews)
Indonesia: Three churches closed in permits dispute
(World Watch Monitor)
Ten years after arrest of their illiterate husbands, Indian wives wait for justice
(World Watch Monitor)
Pakistan delays ruling on blasphemy death sentence case
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court hears Asia Bibi’s ‘blasphemy’ appeal but delays ruling
(World Watch Monitor)
Brett Kavanaugh confirmation: Hello Christian theocracy; goodbye church-state separation
(Michael Stone, Patheos)
Wyoming reopens Catholic sex abuse case
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
BJP does not have distributorship of Hindu religion: Kamal Nath fights off Congress’ soft Hindutva image
(Marya Shakil, News 18)
Proposed law puts Syria's religious diversity at risk
(Sami Moubayed, Assyrian International News Agency)
Don’t let ‘extreme ideas’ of LGBT dictate Malaysian life, Mujahid warns
(Yiswaree Palansamy, Malay Mail)
Religious leader offers important advice to Muslim women
(Pulse)
Italy’s religious symbols in secular spaces
(Thomas J. Puleo, Italics Mag)
Government and the church reach consensus over the Religious Denomination Act
(novinite.com)
Bulgarian PM meets church leaders, pledges pay rise for clerics of all religions
(Sofia Globe)
Evangelicals come out against Donald Trump and the alt-right
(Hannah Preston, Newsweek)
Susan Collins gambles with the future of Roe v. Wade
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Jewish community, Malmo officials working to resume kosher meat sales in Swedish city
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Romanians vote on putting gay marriage ban in constitution
(Alison Mutler, Associated Press)
Romanians back marriage redefinition, but referendum voided
(Associated Press)
CBN launches 24-hour Christian news channel
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Senate hearing on international religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Threats to Religious Liberty Around the World
(Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate)
Einstein's anti-religion letter goes to auction with an expected $1 million price tag
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Pastor convicted of sex assault during exorcism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The LGBT church: a shelter from the storm – The Story podcast
(Lucia Scazzocchio with Max Sanderson, The Guardian)
Church and state – an unhappy union?
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
‘The Trump Prophecy’ includes troubling parallels for American democracy
(Joel Baden, Religion News Service)
As Senate nears Kavanaugh confirmation vote, faith voices speak out
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Muslims pray for strength in quake-hit Indonesian city
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir changing its name but not its tune
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Church backs deal to legalize medical marijuana in Utah
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
The Vatican’s China deal is medieval (and that’s a good thing)
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Surgeon who recites Bible and Quran to patients wins UN award
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Over 80 delegations to attend Astana congress of religious leaders - Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope OKs study of Vatican archives into McCarrick scandal
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Church near border plans welcome statue to immigrants
(Associated Press)
Tucker Carlson claims the Kavanaugh reaction is due to Democrats creating a "theocracy run by atheists"
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Sunday, 7 October 2018
Brazil election: Jair Bolsonaro heads to runoff after missing outright win
(Ernesto Londoño and Manuela Andreoni, The New York Times)
Brazil's evangelical Christians could swing election
(R.T. Watson, David Biller and Samy Adghirni Bloomberg, Longview News-Journal)
Saturday, 6 October 2018
Work with government to combat extremism, says Juhar
(Malay Mail)
Islam and western democracy: Anglophones and Francophones still approach Islam differently
(The Economist)
Implementation of Sharia laws guarantee to progress: cleric
(Daily Times)
Still no churches in Saudi Arabia, but small steps toward religious freedom
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Trump White House faith outreach a picture of selective access
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Russian justice ministry acknowledges Jehovah's Witnesses' claims
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
In rare rebuke, a Russian chief rabbi slams missile transfer to Syria as ‘mistake’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
No shortage of issues piquing voter interest in midterm elections
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)
EEOC sues Walmart for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
EEOC files religious discrimination suit against Walmart
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pakistani court to hear appeal of Christian on death row
(Associated Press)
Protestants denied burial rights for refusing to contribute to Catholic festival
(CSW)
Tajikistan: Hijab-wearing and beards ban continues
(Forum 18 News Service)
Dean's contract claim not barred by ministerial exception
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California man sues Vatican for names of abusers worldwide
(Amanda Lee Myers and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Suit against Vatican seeks release of names of sex offenders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit: Nation of Gods and Earths prevails on prison treatment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge finds St. Louis “abortion ordinance” discriminatory and unconstitutional
(Thomas More Society)
Ban against reproductive choice discrimination enjoined as to defendants with religious objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 5 October 2018
At long last, Muslim high fashion catapults into the mainstream
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
When rape is not a criminal offence
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Déjà vu in Quebec: Politics and religion are at odds once again
(The Globe and Mail)
Quebec public workers face religious clothing ban under secularism law
(Christopher Guly, The Telegraph)
Toronto doctors lay out procedures for euthanasia for children
(Michael Swan, Catholic News Service)
Churches in Hurricane Florence’s path look to FEMA for a helping hand
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Today is "Bring your Bible to school" day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
U.S. students urged to take Bibles to school Oct. 4
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
Law, religion and the secularisation of Nigeria
(Leo Igwe, Sahara Reporters)
Russian parliament to consider changes in law often used against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Russian president proposes softer punishment for incitement to hatred – bill
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian intelligence claims Russian interference in church crisis
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president may face prison
(Anton Skripunov, RIA Novosti)
Swedish far-right party submits motion calling for circumcision ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
These non-Jews are fighting Labour anti-Semitism from the inside
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Jerusalem, Angela Merkel emphasizes Germany’s obligation to fight anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Northern Ireland, another challenge to pro-life law
(Catholic News Agency)
What would Madison do? Would the Founders endorse government funding of religion?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
India deports Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar
(Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press)
University-affiliated hotel to remove religious books
(Associated Press)
Ruling strikes down parts of St. Louis ‘abortion ordinance’
(Jim Salter, Associated Press)
Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)
Freedom From Religion Foundation seeks removal of ‘Our Daily Bread’ sign in elementary school cafeteria
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Jewish group supports Christian artists suing Ariz. city forcing them to make gay wedding invitations
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
What is Tashkent’s tolerance for conservative Islam?
(Umida Hashimova, The Diplomat)
Pope's Nuncio in Iraq: Half of Christians have been able to return home
(Rome Reports)
U.S. delegation is first ever to meet with “religious police” in Saudi Arabia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
ESL teacher at Christian college loses suit because of Ministerial Exception doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ERISA church plan exemption held constitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Buddhist center can proceed on some challenges to zoning denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ministerial Exception in hostile work environment cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The parallels between Karamazov and Kavanaugh
(Randall Smith, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Trump signs bill expanding criminal code on church vandalism to protect religious nonprofits
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Christians oppose allowing pharmacists to refuse contraceptives; white Evangelicals divided
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
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