Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Likud lawmaker seeks to ban Palestinian flag in Israel
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Iraqi Jews organizing to regain citizenship
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Bumpy road ahead for Egypt's first female Coptic governor
(Meena A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: Legalizing unlicensed churches: In 11 months: 220 approvals out of 3730 required
(Youssef Sidhom, Coptic Solidarity)
Egypt: Copts’ homes attacked despite advance notice to police of threats
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt: Coptic Christians 'pay the cost' during Islamic holiday
(One News Now)
Christianity crackdown: Violent mob ransacks and loots home church in Egypt - two stabbed
(Harvey Gavin, Express)
Christians in Egypt jailed for worshipping in unlicensed house
(Morning Star News)
Beijing targets independent religions as party control tightens
(Lucy Hornby, Financial Times)
No news of Chinese Catholic priest missing for 8 months
(World Watch Monitor)
Christian leaders in China slam govt. intervention
(NHK)
Protestant churches in China's Henan hit by dawn police raids
(Radio Free Asia)
Priest refuses to betray his faith despite rising persecution in China
(Fr Stanislaus, Asia News)
Persevering churches: Assessing the impact of China's growing religious restrictions
(June Cheng, World Magazine)
Philippines: internet café bomb attack kills two Christian teenagers
(World Watch Monitor)
One year later: Church in Zanzibar still fighting for the right to worship
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh discusses religious freedom in confirmation hearing day two
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
If confirmed, will Justice Kavanaugh help the pro-life cause?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
Kavanaugh hearing touches on abortion, religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)
Democrats are coming after Kavanaugh on abortion
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
BJC’s Jennifer Hawks to Kavanaugh: Reconsider your opposition to church-state separation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Government remains blind: Continued killings of Christians in Plateau, Nigeria
(The Punch)
Nigerian priest abducted while driving to Sunday mass; kidnappers demand ransom
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Parents seek global petitions to Nigerian President to ‘#BringBackOurLeah’
(World Watch Monitor)
As refugee camps close, Nigerian Christians fear being left to the mercy of Boko Haram
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram told to return to dangerous areas to vote
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Almost 50 troops killed in Boko Haram raid on army post
(CBS News)
Archbishop Chaput wants Pope to cancel youth conference
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Netanyahu welcomes "friend" Duterte to Jerusalem
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Indonesian province bans men and women from dining together
(AFP in Banda Aceh, The Guardian)
Indonesia: Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
(Associated Press)
The Guardian view on Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour: it must be an anti-racist party
(Editorial, The Guardian)
With Voting Rights Act weakened, black church networks seek more voters
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
The dream of a European Campus
(Javier Martín Merchán and María Verdugo Martín, JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Citizens’ control of finance
(Grégoire Niaudet, Advocacy Officer for Finance at Secours Catholique – Caritas France, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Towards a new demographic spring
(Antoine Renard, President of FAFCE, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
100th Year of Independence: The cost of freedom for the Baltic countries
(Gintaras Grušas Archbishop of Vilnius, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Controversy surrounding the House of European History
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Balancing mission, aesthetics and heritage of parish churches – Part III
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – August: links to cases
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 5-7 Septermber 2018: 2° Congreso en Estudios de la Religión - 2018: Diversidad de creencias y de sentido en una sociedad plural
(Centro UC Derecho y Religión, Santiago, Chile)
Is 'The Wedding' a new beginning for LGBTQ cinema in Egypt?
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The secret wisdom of Rabbi Rachel Cowan
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Kavanaugh confirmation hearing turns into 'political brawl'
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Kavanaugh has a strong chance of confirmation -- and of becoming an election rallying cry
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Aretha Franklin’s family says eulogy was offensive
(David Bauder, Religion News Service)
Bishop accused of inappropriately touching Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin service
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Ukrainian city remembers Jews on Holocaust anniversary
(Randy Herschaft and Yevhaniy Kravs, Religion News Service)
The redress scheme for child sex abuse victims is unjust and damaging
(Judy Courtin and Chris Atmore, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on the Catholic crisis in the US: out in the open
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Belgian minister calls for religious TV ban after reading on female submission
(Daniel Boffey, The Guardian)
Labour adopts IHRA antisemitism definition in full
(Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian)
Faith & Spirituality of black millennial's explored in upcoming documentary 'God-Talk'
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
“Are Markets Moral?” (Melzer & Kautz, eds.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Almost everyone polled in Pew Research survey has "new age" beliefs
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
San Francisco's De Young Museum set to exhibit contemporary Muslim fashion
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Nebraska Catholic diocese rocked by old abuse allegations
(Grant Schulte, Religion News Service)
Why Putin is an ally for American evangelicals
(Melani McAlister, Religion News Service)
McCain’s civil religion versus Trump’s
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
Israel should have barred Duterte
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)
Study silenced for suggesting kids become transgender due to social influence
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Democrats call for In-N-Out boycott over donation to GOP
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Franklin Graham calls America's STD problem a 'moral and spiritual crisis'
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
How would Brett Kavanaugh rule in Supreme Court religion cases?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
A transgender priest finds a new life helping others on the margins
(Jane Roberts, Religion News Service)
South Africa court orders recognition of Muslim marriages
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
Guaranteeing freedom of religion
(Rebecca Linder Blachly, The New York Times Opinion)
Religion teacher gets job back, 17 years after losing it over “bad” marriage
(El País)
Controversy over public 40 days of prayer decree wages on
(Rachel Christian, Osceola News-Gazette)
Transforming Tajikistan: how the Rahmon regime turned religion into a site of struggle
(Edward Lemon, Open Democracy)
Bobi Wine case heightens tensions between Museveni and Uganda church leaders
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Earthly powers: A fillip for Ukrainian hopes of spiritual independence
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Efforts to make Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalous aimed at elevating Poroshenko's electoral ratings - Metropolitan Hilarion
(Interfax-Religion)
Analysis: International significance of Ukrainian issue
(Christopher Stroop, Moscow Times)
Ukrainian president weighs in on church question
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Why Trump will never lose Evangelical support
(Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone)
Britain’s Labour Party adopts full international anti-Semitism definition — and a free speech clause on Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kidnappers want ransom for priest abducted on Saturday in Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious leader advocacy for nuclear disarmament
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Russian Church must work for disarmament (Responding to: Religious leader advocacy for nuclear disarmament)
(Nicholas Sooy, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
I hope the Russians love their children too (Responding to: Religious leader advocacy for nuclear disarmament)
(Theodore Dedon, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Harnessing the power of faith to eliminate nuclear weapons (Responding to: Religious leader advocacy for nuclear disarmament)
(Marie Dennis, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Texas Supreme Court declines to take up cheerleader banner case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Former chief rabbi warns of ‘existential threat’ to UK Jews
(Associated Press)
Malaysian Muslim lesbian couple caned in public punishment
(Associated Press)
Pak army ad reserves sanitation jobs for ‘non-Muslims only’, sparks row
(Times of India)
'God punished you for eating beef': ugly responses to Kerala floods prove bigotry is alive and kicking
(Rakhi Bose, News 18)
To address religious persecution the Mechanism of the EU Special Envoy on FoRB needs more teeth
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
One in six Uyghurs held in political ‘re-education camps’ in Xinjiang’s Onsu county
(Radio Free Asia)
Chinese paper blames West for encouraging Xinjiang extremists
(Reuters)
China's crackdown on religion: Why religious freedom must be for all
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
China mistaken in curbing religious freedom of minors
(Peter Lui, La Croix)
Why the Muslim world isn't saying anything about China’s repression and 'cultural cleansing' of its downtrodden Muslim minority
(Alexandra Ma, Business Insider)
The party’s scourge: Falun Gong still worries China, despite efforts to crush the sect
(The Economist)
Tibetan pilgrim sees restrictions, heavy police presence in Lhasa
(Radio Free Asia)
Scottish Appeals Court says government did not adequately consider refugees' claim of conversion to Christianity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects claim that church board improperly appointed interim pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vendors, consultants, and school administrator charged in wide-ranging scheme to defraud federal “E Rate” subsidy program
(U.S. Department of Justice)
7 charged with stealing millions in school tech funds in Hasidic New York town
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
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