Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Cultural factors and political habits produced today’s Mormon-Republican alignment (Responding to: The evolution of Mormon political engagement)
(Russell Fox, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy
(Associated Press)
Ruling that favored but criticized gay-hating minister upheld
(Zack Huffman, Courthouse News Service)
1st Circuit refuses to change District Court's language criticizing anti-LGBT activist
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal contract compliance office issues directive on religious rights of contractors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church ministering to homeless secures preliminary injunction against St. Paul, Minn. for likely RLUIPA and free speech violations
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
Peter Ball – legislation, then and now (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians
(Hamza Hendawi and Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Fraudulent concealment claim against LDS Church can proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge won’t toss claim against Mormon church in rape case
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)
Report: Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 children
(Associated Press Top News)
Bosnian Serb leader denies genocide in Srebrenica massacre
(Associated Press)
Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places
(Religion News Service)
Monday, 13 August 2018
Seminary investigation to begin in wake of sexual misconduct allegations
(Eric Berger, Religion News Service)
Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the digital public square
(Steve Coll, The New Yorker)
Alex Jones loses his empire — but not because he’s a liar
(Molly Roberts, The Washington Post)
Audiences love the anger: Alex Jones, or someone like him, will be back
(Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation)
Apple, Facebook and other tech companies delete content from Alex Jones
(Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Hamza Shaban, The Washington Post)
Euthanasia, assisted suicide aren’t palliative care: Canadian bishops
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)
Law and religion round-up – 12th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Does Akhter v Khan mean that English Law now recognises Shariah marriages?
(Siddique Patel, Peter Morris, Shoosmiths)
Turkey’s lira crisis tests Erdogan’s authoritarian approach
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants
(Umar Farooq, Religion News Service)
Apatheism is more damaging to Christianity than atheism and antitheism
(Paul Rowan Brian and Rex Sixsmith, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Faith and the Faithful talks wrestle with religion and politics
(Julie Bourbon, National Catholic Register)
Politicians use religion to divide Nigerians – cleric
(Fred Ezeh, Sun News Online)
Sanusi warns politicians on exploitation of religion
(Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Danjuma Michael and Charles Ogugbuaja, The Guardian (Nigeria))
Maldives government sinks Fairmont’s ‘idols’ – and the mood to innovate?
(Raini Hamdi and Feizal Samath, TTG Asia)
New religion needed to address today’s issues
(Global Times)
Alabama public schools may soon add 'In God We Trust' displays
(Frank Miles, Fox News)
'In God We Trust': Florida public schools must now display religious motto and other states could soon follow
(Alexandra Hutzler, Newsweek)
August 12: Religious exemptions for discrimination, student group sues U of Iowa, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
New book examines Christian response to persecution
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Russia: Prosecutions for religious literature continue
(Forum 18 News Service)
Check of leader of Jewish movement Shahar for extremism might have to do with social media post - lawyer
(Interfax-Religion)
Judges countermand law enforcement against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Pro-Moscow Ukrainian church camp promotes Russian expansionist views
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Jews become target of antiextremism tactics
(Interfax.ru, Russia Religion News)
Pro-Moscow lawmaker tries to involve Turkish government in Ukrainian question
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Harassment of African students under anti-evangelism law continues
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Pentecostals enlist officials in honoring founder of Pentecostalism in Russia
(Website of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Burqa comments like Boris Johnson’s are pushing Muslims to reassert their identity
(Nilufar Ahmed, The Conversation)
Filipinos welcome U.S. vow to return historic Catholic church bells
(Catholic News Service)
Chaotic scenes as police arrive to interview Indian bishop accused of rape
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italian pol blasted by Church on immigration touts ‘life issues’
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China tries more members of banned religious group 'Almighty God'
(Reuters)
China’s campaign against Muslim minorities
(Marco Rubio, The Wall Street Journal)
China newspaper defends Xinjiang Muslim crackdown
(Associated Press)
China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region
(Associated Press)
Sudan court rules in favour of church in governance dispute
(World Watch Monitor)
Whitewashing India’s religious freedom
(Mike Ghouse, The Indian Panorama)
Lesbians want a church of their own and IRS approves
(Peter J Reilly, Forbes)
IRS grants non-profit church status to lesbian anti-trans organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No Free Exercise violation in teacher's support of transgender student
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
After 274 years, a historic Richland County church closed. In SC, it’s not alone
(Sarah Ellis, The State)
Church in a bar? SC churches are thinking outside the steeple to reach new members
(Sarah Ellis, David Weissman, and Kasia Kovacs, The State)
The (S.C.) State launches five-part series on why Bible Belt folks are quitting church
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
As Protestant churches in South Carolina dwindle, Catholic churches flourish. Here’s why
(Kasia Kovacs, The State)
A tale of 2 churches: As one clings to tradition, one sweetens the deal with cookies
(Sarah Ellis, The State)
Losing Faith: Why South Carolina is abandoning its churches
(Sarah Ellis, The State)
Why people of faith are speaking up about paid family leave
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
U.S. Labor Dept. moves to facilitate religious exemptions from employment nondiscrimination laws
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Labor Department bolsters religious exemptions from nondiscrimination laws
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Labor Department protects religious freedom
(Liberty Counsel)
Labor Department becomes latest Trump agency to take interest in ‘religious freedom’
(Casey Quinlan, Think Progress)
EVENT, 13 August 2018: Exploring religious identity and race through civil dialogue
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Evangelical U.S. Air Force general has secretly been running a Christian online ministry in possible violation of rules
(Nina Burleigh, Newsweek)
10 reasons Americans go to church -- and 9 reasons they don't
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Sunday, 12 August 2018
Students take to the streets in Lahore for Qutub Rind, killed for 'blasphemy'
(Kamran Chaudhry, Asia News)
What are the rules on burkas and niqabs in the UK?
(Full Fact)
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Nineveh Christians renewing their future after the Islamic State
(Asia News)
Restrictions lifted on Dartford nurse who gave Bible to patient
(BBC News)
SCOTUS asked to ignore circuit split on sexual orientation discrimination
(R. Robin McDonald, The National Law Journal (paywall))
Marsden, “Religion & American Culture”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Declaration at 70: Freedom of thought and religion
(Verena Borton, Enterprise)
Religion Watch, August 2018, Volume 33 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs?
(Simran Jeet Singh, The Conversation)
Labor Dept. wants religious freedom focus in bias probes
(Ben Penn, Bloomber BNA)
Religion in decline in Australian schools
(Pallavi Singhal, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Students at interreligious summer school say it 'breaks down prejudices about the other'
(Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis’s challenging lesson in mercy
(Edward T. Mechmann, National Review)
Court stops bureaucrats who tried to tax Christians for feeding poor children
(Jeremiah Galus, The Federalist)
Sessions’s (and my) remarks at the DOJ Religious Liberty Summit
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
India marks Prison Ministry Sunday
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic bishops urge Florida governor to spare death-row inmate
(Catholic News Service)
Bishops, faith leaders condemn Tennessee’s first execution in nine years
(Theresa Laurence, Catholic News Service)
Catholic leader calls on Togo politicians to be ‘patriots’ and end crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church in Italy protests deaths of exploited migrant workers
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UN condemns rising incitement to hatred in CAfrican Republic
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
New UN human rights expert on Iran seeks cooperation and dialogue with Government
(Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Modi’s party weighs expanding contentious Indian citizenship rules
(Iain Marlow, Bloomberg)
Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis
(Associated Press)
Willow Creek leadership summit goes on despite mass resignations
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Islam’s struggle with modernity
(History Extra)
Willow Creek elders and lead pastor resign in wake of Hybels revelations
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Catholic drama is epic tragedy: Why is Willow Creek meltdown so important?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Friday, 10 August 2018
IICSA Report into Ampleforth and Downside
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Archbishop makes plea to remember Ukraine’s ‘silent and forgotten war’
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
A down payment on making hajj easier for Muslim women
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
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