Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
AP Poll: Voters open to candidates who aren’t very religious
(David Crary, Associated Press)
India: 2 years after Supreme Court order, no investigation into ‘shocking’ number of Kandhamal acquittals
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
Thai police shut down journalists’ discussion about Rohingya
(Associated Press)
Nepal’s Communist government tightens its grip on civil society
(Arun Budhathoki, The Diplomat)
Azerbaijan: Heavy fines for selling unapproved literature
(Forum 18 News Service)
U.S. religious freedom envoy traveling to Ukraine, Poland, Uzbekistan
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
EVENT, 11 September 2018: Difficult Dialogue: Lowering the Heat to Engage in Meaningful Conversations
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
USCIRF highly concerned by latest Chinese government abuses against religious communities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 10 September 2018
Foster-care, “the religious background of the child” and inaccurate reporting: a postscript
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Kavanaugh's birth control comments spur controversy- What did he say?
(Catholic News Agency)
As US closes Palestinian office, Catholics urge that Palestinian voices be heard in peace process
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
The chief rabbi’s LGBT report shows that culture wars can be overcome
(Naomi Alderman, The Guardian)
It’s Jewish new year, a time to eat and talk – and there’ll only be one topic at the table
(Hadley Freeman, The Guardian)
Pope Francis orders new bishops to 'just say no to abuse'
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
Argentinians formally leave Catholic church over stance on abortion
(Uki Goni, The Guardian)
Muslim group calls for preacher linked to Trump to be denied UK visa
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
'I want to be a doctor, not a rabbi': how Israeli ultra-Orthodox are being drawn into work
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Indian Catholic nuns protest against bishop accused of rape
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
'You didn't get our message': key Trump aide Stephen Miller condemned by childhood rabbi
(Andrew Gumbel, The Guardian)
China cracks down on 'chaotic' religious information online
(Reuters, The Guardian)
Church of England affiliation hits record low
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Rubio calls out China for 'burning Bibles'
(Emily Birnbaum, The Hill)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison flags law change to ‘protect religious freedom’
(Jordan Hirst, Q News)
Corrections trainee's religious discrimination suit over shaving mandate remanded for hearing
(Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal)
Religion Watch, September 2018, Volume 33 No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
September 9: Donald Trump asks for evangelical support and is charged with breaking the law
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Archbishop of Canterbury addresses UN Security Council on uses of mediation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
In God some trust: The role of religion in Anglophone democracies
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russian Orthodox Church urges Constantinople not to substitute canonical logic with political one
(Interfax-Religion)
Greece refuses visa to Moscow Patriarchate chancellor
(Interfax-Religion)
Will Saudi Arabia cease to be the center of Islam?
(Faisal Devji, The New York Times)
Life in 70-years-old North Korea ‘is like living in Orwell’s 1984’, says escapee
(World Watch Monitor)
Turkey replaces prosecutor who indicted US pastor Brunson
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Pastor John Macarthur's anti-social justice proclamation
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Call for atheism to be included in religious education
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
'Reversing Roe' documentary explores women's rights and abortion laws in the U.S.
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The Salem sisters dolls inspired by real-life Hijabi women
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
New study finds God makes religious people less depressed
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Catholic church has lost more members than any other religion in the U.S.
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis publishes a guide to support LGBT students
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Coptic abbot’s murder points to strains over ecumenism in Egypt
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
How Willow Creek exposed our sins
(Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin, Religion News Service)
Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Why the Catholic Church can’t move on from the sex abuse crisis
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
U.S. Congressman says religious diversity important for Iraq
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Dignity & the death penalty
(Commonweal)
Jewish group in Germany condemns ‘strongly rooted’ extremism
(David Rising, Associated Press)
Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning bibles in China
(Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press)
Soccer fans clash with church members over stadium plaza
(Associated Press)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
NY clergy sex abuse may be sweeping but legal cases few
(Jennifer Peltz and David Klepper, Religion News Service)
Uzbek imam fired after 'deviating from the script'
(Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
For black women at church, it’s more than the Aretha eulogy
(Corey Williams, Religion News Service)
China is detaining Muslims in vast numbers. The goal: ‘Transformation.’
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)
Phoenix defends anti-discrimination law against challenge to high court
(Howard Fischer, Tucson.com)
Presidential message on Rosh Hashanah
(The White House)
Trump holds pre-Rosh Hashanah conference call with rabbis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenges to pension plan's ERISA exemption move on
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
11th Circuit affirms order to remove cross from park, but expresses disagreement precedent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit hears arguments on cross in county seal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 10-11 September 2018: "Pueblos originarios, cultura y libertad religiosa"
(XVIII Coloquio del Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa, Rio de Janiero, Brazil)
Sunday, 9 September 2018
Law and religion round-up – 9th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 8 September 2018
EU report highlights religious freedom threats across the globe
(Catholic News Agency)
Government to re-examine the case for “no-fault” divorce
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Public perception of Church is predictable – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Religion and literature in a secular age
(Mark Knight, OUPblog)
Friday, 7 September 2018
US lawmakers urge new Pakistan's government to treat minorities with equality
(The Economic Times)
Pakistan removes minority Ahmadi from economic council
(Associated Press)
Lesbian couple denied housing by senior living community files suit
(Angela D. Giampolo, The Legal Intelligencer)
Religious-based financial fraud is rampant. Here's how to fight it
(Scott Cohn, CNBC)
India: Law Commission for religion-wise amendments to address issues like ‘triple talaq’
(Rasheed Kidwai, Observer Research Foundation)
Scott Morrison vows to change laws on religious freedom but won't be a 'culture warrior' PM
(David Crowe, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Margolis, “From Politics to the Pews”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Judge Kavanaugh would vote to expand religious exemptions from general laws
(Nelson Tebbe, The Washington Post)
The exodus from the church
(Andie Fontaine, Reykjavík Grapevine)
Can the wall between church and state survive Brett Kavanaugh?
(Heather L. Weaver, American Civil Liberties Union)
More than half of Ukrainians have an opinion on autocephaly
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Emmanuel Macron becomes first sitting French president to attend pre-Rosh Hashanah ceremony
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religiosity reigns in US, on the wane in Western Europe
(Timothy Jones, Deutsche Welle)
Indian Church displeased with ruling legalizing same-sex relationships
(Catholic News Service)
Hearing Day 3: Kavanaugh discusses Priests for Life, RFRA, school prayer, and the role of faith in judging
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
County says cross on county seal is historical not religious
(Associated Press)
How reformed churches are growing on the Arabian Peninsula
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition)
Kyrgyz sect members face prison for not sending kids to school
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
China's religious crackdown takes aim at Daoists, Buddhists
(Michael Sainsbury, UCA News)
Pakistan fires top Ahmadi economist after backlash
(Zahid Hussain, UCA News)
‘Harshest levels’ of religious repression across 16 nations
(Catholic Herald)
Group lacks standing to challenge charter school act on Establishment Clause grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York attorney general’s office has issued subpoenas to every Catholic diocese in the state
(Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
New York state moves on clergy sex abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In DR Congo, bishops still concerned about election process
(Lucie Sarr, Law & Religion UK)
Religious Freedom in Focus, volume 76 – September 2018
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
Anglican official condemns purveyors of ‘fake news’
(La Croix International)
Watch these movies before Yom Kippur!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
On being a special needs parent on the High Holy Days
(Zohar Luria, Religion News Service)
Swiss bishops to work more closely with legal system to combat sex abuse
(Malo Tresca, La Croix International)
Asian bishops pool wisdom to support peace on Korean Peninsula
(La Croix International)
In defense of Pope Francis
(Father Michel-Marie Zanotti-Sorkine, La Croix International)
Strong backing for Francis from an unexpected quarter
(Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, La Croix International)
Sex, Lies & Viganò takes
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
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