Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 7 September 2018
Home churches mushrooming in China amid crackdown
(Peter Liu, La Croix International)
Réforme de l'islam : un rapport va être remis à Macron
(Le Républic Lorrain)
Official's testimony sheds new light on Chinese 'reeducation camps' for Muslims
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Pope sends ice cream to immigrants at center of Italian political debate
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thursday, 6 September 2018
'Don't worry about being perfect': Faith leaders will address suicide and mental health during the national weekend of prayer
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Paris archbishop sets new pastoral priorities to include lay people
(Julien Tranié, La Croix International)
Why the Catholic Church is still a force for good
(Dawn Foster, The Guardian)
One Day in the Haram review – a fascinating glimpse inside Islam's holiest site
(Leslie Felperin, The Guardian)
Six new churches in five years: Portland's growing Catholic community
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
Could Israeli-Palestinian confederation bring peace?
(Yossi Beilin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli women can now command IAF squadrons, but are they equal?
(Debra Kamin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli Arabs campaign in Europe against Nationality Law
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Study finds religious people less likely than atheists to be depressed when lonely
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Malaysia: Right to freedom of religion
(Tan Sri Razali Ismail, The Sun Daily)
Malaysian PM says public caning of lesbians tarnishes Islam
(Associated Press)
EU should ‘put people of the world’ first in quest for religious freedom – report
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious leaders' opposition to banning 'gay conversion therapy' gets CA bill shelved
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Texas High School cheerleaders win case for Bible cheer banners
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Chief rabbi calls on Jewish schools to tackle homophobia
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Review brings misogyny as a hate crime a step closer
(Libby Brooks, The Guardian)
New York, New Jersey investigating Church response to abuse claims
(Catholic News Agency)
New York to investigate child sexual abuse claims in Catholic dioceses
(Staff and agencies, Religion News Service)
Church in crisis as only 2% of young adults identify as Church of England
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Black bishop, suspended for ‘hateful conduct,’ is reinstated by Twitter
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Battle lines form over social justice: Is it gospel or heresy?
(Jemar Tisby, Religion News Service)
Conservative religious bloggers detained in Uzbekistan
(Catherine Putz, The Diplomat)
Banned from meeting in church, Rwandan worshippers gather at home
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
Is Punjab’s proposed blasphemy law retrograde?
(Sanjay Hegde, Harcharan Bains & Ashutosh Kumar, The Hindu)
Indian Christians refuse to deny Christ despite persecution from Hindu radicals
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
India: 271 charged in UP for promoting Christian conversions, vilifying Hinduism
(NDTV)
India's radical Hindu nationalists gather in Chicago
(Matias Perttula, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Indian government responds to congressional letter
(Matias Perttula, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Manto: the writer who felt the pain of India's partition
(Joseph Walsh, The Guardian)
India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
India's top court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling
(Manveena Suri, CNN)
India's move to end religion-based laws 'not desirable'
(UCA News)
Christian couple tied and beaten by Indian mob for ditching 'old Gods' for Jesus
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Indian Catholic bishops unhappy with legalization of homosexuality
(Law & Religion UK)
Trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness drags on and on
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Who gets to define American Muslim identity?
(Eboo Patel, The Christian Century)
New York AG subpoenas state’s dioceses in sex-abuse probe
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Online hate makes up most of rising anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Britain’s chief rabbi publishes guide for Orthodox schools on providing support for LGBT students
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israelis want American Jewish help in promoting religious pluralism, study finds
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Wisconsin student sues college over valentine distribution
(Associated Press)
India's Supreme Court legalizes consensual homosexual relations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court upholds Pittsburgh church's firing of pastor
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh church wins right to choose its pastor
(Press Release, Becket)
3rd Circuit will not adjudicate pastor's breach of contract claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A new Israeli law is making this fiercely loyal sect question what it has fought for
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post)
Turkmenistan: Ninth jailed conscientious objector in 2018
(Forum 18 News Service)
Syrian archbishop: There are plans to oust Christians from the region
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier)
Mindanao Christians press for inclusive policies in new autonomous political entity
(UCANews)
Nicaragua: Christians attacked, detained and killed as ‘enemies of the regime’
(World Watch Monitor)
Bible reading about female submission prompts calls for ban on religious public broadcasting
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
After bombshell Pennsylvania Catholic sex abuse report, which state is next?
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
US cardinal, critic of pope, still waiting for answers
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Twin bombings in Afghanistan hit Shiite enclave
(Twin Bombings in Afghanistan Hit Shiite Enclave, The Wall Street Journal)
Kazakh students defy head-scarf ban
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
New Mexico wants to review church files for sex abuse
(Associated Press)
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Tens of thousands march for life and family in Guatemala
(Catholic News Agency)
Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Status of Syrian refugees in Lebanon remains largely unchanged
(Doreen Abi Raad, National Catholic Reporter)
Pakistani Christian lawmaker raises issue of ‘controversial’ job advertisement with authorities
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Christians still fearful in Imran Khan's Pakistan
(Staff writer, Christian Today)
One Pakistani family's search for God in the slums
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCANews)
Pakistani Christians petition government for compensation for demolished homes
(Dawn)
Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies
(John Irish, Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
Dramatic slowdown in approval of refugee status for Iranian Christians
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attack on Rouhani exposes deep crack among Iranian conservatives
(Ehsan Bodaghi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Female Reformist MP raises eyebrows with fiery speech in Iranian parliament
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Shiite split heats up as Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect speaker
(Hamdi Malik, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Meet the Iraqi Christians trapped in immigration limbo
(Matthew Petti, Reason)
C. African Republic: as Sudan hosts peace talks, Russia offers to get more involved
(World Watch Monitor)
Tamil Nadu, music too loud at a festival: Christian mission damaged
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Netflix to air 'Reversing Roe', abortion debate film featuring pro-life, pro-choice views
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Australian Christians choose homeschooling in droves amid religiously targeted bullying
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Should we live to be 500? Christians and secularists come together over transhumanism
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Meet the worshipers who believe they’re aliens in human form
(Ye Charlotte Ming, National Geographic)
Unprecedented mass denials from a U.S. asylum program leave Christians from Iran stranded in Vienna
(Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times)
The ‘Anti-Catholic’ playbook
(Sarah Posner, The Nation)
The neverending war on Jack Phillips [Masterpiece Cakeshop]
(Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard)
Catholic schools warn Minister that religion opt-out may breach law
(Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)
“I have lost everything”: In central Mali, rising extremism stirs inter-communal conflict
(Philip Kleinfeld, IRIN News)
Under Imran Khan govt, religious minorities remain discriminated against
(Omer Farooq Khan, Times of India)
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty in trial of outspoken cleric
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Church has key role in quest for Colombian reconciliation to keep peace
(Barbar Fraser, Catholic News Service)
Cuban bishop calls for rejecting redefinition of marriage
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Liberty University cut from years-long same-sex custody case
(Associated Press)
Amish couple sues 2 agencies over photos their faith forbids
(Associated Press)
Amish couple sue seeking exemption from photo requirement to get permanent U.S. residency
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
AJC praises U.S. Senate adoption of Bill to protect religious institutions
(American Jewish Committee)
Senate passes Act protecting religiously affiliated community centers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents charged with starving their 15-year-old to death, severely injuring another child
(Rob Schultz and Shelley K. Mesch, Wisconsin State Journal)
Parents charged in death of son from forced religious fast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Spanish actor faces arrest after ignoring court summons over religious offense claim
(El País)
Spanish case charges actor's Facebook post violated blasphemy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Homeless people may not be prosecuted for sleeping outdoors when only option is religious shelter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court: Cities can’t prosecute people for sleeping on streets
(Rebecca Boone, Associated Press)
Turkish military’s tradition of secularism facing tough test
(Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
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