Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
'If You Want To Humble An Empire': A 9/11 story that got religion and shouldn't be forgotten
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
China's internet rules 'will strangle religion'
(UCA News)
Evangelicals, growing force in Brazil, to impact elections
(Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press)
Good news and bad news: The role of online journalism in the Catholic sex-abuse scandal
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
House passes bill raising level of anti-Semitism envoy position to ambassador
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkish court rejects bid to convert Hagia Sophia to mosque
(Associated Press)
Afghan Shi'ites brace for attacks ahead of Ashura celebration
(Abdul Qadir Sediqi, James Mackenzie, Reuters)
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Nigeria's undercover atheists: In their words
(Chika Oduah, Al Jazeera)
Kapparot: why thousands of chickens will die today in controversial ancient ritual
(David Brennan, Newsweek)
Modern religious liberty doctrine is grossly unbalanced
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
How we can all repent at Yom Kippur — even if it means losing an election
(Burton L. Visotzky, Religion News Service)
Thousands gather at Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur
(The Times of Israel)
Tifereth Israel Synagogue honors Yom Kippur, a day of repentance, forgiveness, and joy
(Lauren Phinney, KUSI News, San Diego)
4 things to know about Yom Kippur
(Rachel E. Greenspan, Time)
What the Yom Kippur fast means to a man who's known hunger
(Sara Toth Stub, NPR: Goats and Soda, Stories of Life in a Changing World)
Yom Kippur Scripture Meditations
(Jewish Voice)
Yom Kippur: A time for feasting as well as fasting
(Ted Merwin, The Conversation)
Presidential message on Yom Kippur
(The White House)
President sends Yom Kippur greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
At Yom Kippur, business leaders profit from reflecting on ethics
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Working Session 7: Fundamental freedoms 1, including: Freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Nigerian Pentecostal 'megachurches' a booming business
(Fanny Facsar, Deutsche Welle)
Prop. 2 'not the right answer,' but church leaders urge Utah Legislature to legalize medical marijuana by year's end
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Federal court allows lawsuit to proceed alleging religious discrimination by Michigan’s child placement agencies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Hijabs again: Lachiri v Belgium
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
European Court says hijab must be allowed in courtroom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Exclusion from a courtroom of a woman wearing the Islamic headscarf (hijab): violation of Article 9 of the Convention
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Lachiri c. Belgique - Arrêt d'une chambre de la deuxième section
(European Court of Human Rights)
Man accused of planning Florida mosque shooting gets 5 years
(Associated Press)
A new Torah scroll symbolizes a Liberal Jewish revival in the Czech Republic
(Margarita Gokun Silver, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Does Sri Lanka really need new hate speech legislation?
(Daily FT)
Beyond religious bigotry and secular freedom
(Sher Ali Tareen, The News on Sunday)
Jewish vote looms large in key Florida Congressional races
(Ben Fractenberg, Forward)
Slovakia's deplorable move to criminalise Islam
(CJ Werleman, The New Arab)
India's carnatic singers face backlash for performing non-Hindu songs
(Lauren Frayer, National Public Radio)
India: Religious Freedom Issues (PDF)
(K. Alan Kronstadt, Congressional Research Service)
Ethnic army targets Christian clergy, churches in Myanmar’s Shan state
(Radio Free Asia)
Azerbaijan: Second 2018 conscientious objector conviction
(Forum 18 News Service)
Why China is brutally suppressing Muslims
(Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal)
Chinese paper says Vatican may send delegation to China soon
(Reuters)
Religion News Service congratulates 2018 RNA award winners
(Religion News Service)
Amnesty decries Houthi prosecution of Bahais in Yemen
(Maggie Michael, Associated Press)
Pensacola to Supreme Court: Historic cross can fix First Amendment dross
(Press Release, Becket)
Cert. petition filed in case on cross in public park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
What one pastor’s anti-Nike protest says about religion and nationalism in America
(Tara Isabella Burton, Vox)
Hartford archbishop encourages participation in pastoral formation event on homosexuality, gender
(Religion News Service)
Town accused of 'hatred, bigotry' against Orthodox Jews settles lawsuit with state
(Allison Pries, NJ Advance Media)
Mahwah settles New Jersey's suit against it over anti-Jewish ordinances
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit seeks more information on clergy abuse in Pennsylvania
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sweden: Anti-immigration party becomes kingmaker
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)
New Eichmann film puts the lie to Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil"
(Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute)
Town accused of bias against Orthodox Jews settles lawsuit
(Associated Press)
Religion and the genuine occupational requirement: Schüth again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Chaim N. Saiman, Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Monday, 17 September 2018
Religion and the genuine occupational requirement: JQ v IR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
JQ v IR : Equal treatment — Occupational activities within churches and other organisations the ethos of which is based on religion or belief
(Judgment of the Court - Grand Chamber, Court of Justice of the European Union)
Religious Lawyering conference at Fordham
(Rob Vischer, Mirror of Justice blog)
“Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and the Prospects for Common Ground” (Wilson & Eskridge, eds.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Beth Moore tells The Atlantic the struggle women evangelists face
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
The tiny blond Bible teacher taking on the evangelical political machine
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
First independent chair for C of E National Safeguarding Panel
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Chief rabbi of France suggests special prayer for terrorist victims on Yom Kippur
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Sept 16: Kavanaugh hearings, discrimination lawsuit at Amazon and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Russia, Ukraine and Orthodoxy: Two Patriarchs clash, mirroring Russian-Ukrainian tensions
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Kremlin mouthpiece sees Ukrainian problem as clash of civilizations
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president rejects Moscow's aim of domination
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Metropolitan Hilarion accuses U.S. of deliberately destroying Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Government asks justices to act in document dispute in transgender-ban case
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Event announcements: Panels addressing the Supreme Court and religion
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Russia’s ongoing Persecution of the Jehovah Witnesses
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Congolese bishops seek help from regional bloc to ensure free, fair poll
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
(Associated Press)
Madhya Pradesh, Pentecostal pastor arrested on charges of 'forced conversions'
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Church officials, MPs refuse customary reconciliation sessions, assert rule of law
(Daily News Egypt)
Indonesian groups call for minority religious protections
(Max Walden, VOA)
Appeals court remands employment discrimination claim against NJ corrections department
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim inmate wins $25,000 damages against correctional officer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Raise Your Gaze: “Islamic feminism is overlooked in the mainstream’
(Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian)
Federal court allows ACLU challenge to discriminatory adoption placement practices to go forward
(American Civil Liberties Union)
Court refuses to dismiss challenge to Michigan's protection of Catholic adoption agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California to provide gender surgery, hormone treatment to foster children
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
U.S. slashes $10 million from Israeli-Palestinian peace program
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Penn. class action lawsuit seeks release of all sex abuse allegation records
(Catholic News Agency)
Judge rules lawsuit against faith-based adoption agencies can continue
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis warns priests against living a double life
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Yes, the church is hypocritical. But self-deception is far worse
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)
‘Schools give poor pupils easier texts’: Ofsted head’s list of areas to improve
(Michael Savage, The Guardian)
Pope tells Sicily's mafia 'You cannot believe in God and be mafiosi'
(Reuters, The Guardian)
Dutch Catholic church accused of widespread sexual abuse cover-up
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Half of Dutch bishops in late 20th century linked to abuse, report claims
(Catholic News Agency)
Leaked church report: Over 3,600 kids sexually abused by German Catholic priests
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Accused South Korean cult leader filmed beating her followers – video
(The Guardian)
'Sacrilege': Varanasi priests warn Ganges luxury cruises could contaminate river
(Amrit Dhillon, The Guardian)
Economic justice is the very bedrock of Christian faith
(Letters, The Guardian)
Why can’t England and Wales have humanist weddings, as Scotland has?
(Joan Bakewell, The Guardian)
C of E appoints first independent chair of safeguarding
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
‘Being Burmese means being Buddhist’ – pastor explains discrimination faced by Christians in Myanmar
(World Watch Monitor)
Sistine Chapel choir leaders under investigation by Vatican for fraud
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Dalai Lama suggests refugees return to their native countries
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
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