Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Fighting intolerance, Ahmadi Muslims have won unlikely allies
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Who are Pakistan’s Ahmadis and why haven’t they voted in 30 years
(Peter Gottschalk, The Conversation)
Race or religion: Louisiana judge looks to history on Jewish discrimination in the workplace
(Isaiah Affron, Human Rights First)
Bullying, death threats and violence: German schools grapple with a string of anti-Semitic incidents
(Rick Noack and Luisa Beck, The Conversation)
From denominations to pews, why the death penalty divides many Christians
(Holly Meyer, Tennessean)
Adoption Provider Act is about religious freedom — not same-sex adoption
(Matt Sharp, The Hill)
In Russia coverage, the National Prayer Breakfast is a convenient whipping boy
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Conservative Christians and LGBTQ people don’t have to be enemies
(Julie Rodgers, The Washington Post)
HRC sends FOIA request to Justice Department regarding creation of "Religious LIberty Task Force"
(Charlotte Clymer, Human Rights Campaign)
Danish designer uses runway to make statement on burqa ban
(Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press)
How religious freedom erodes, one step at a time
(Emilie Kao, The Daily Signal)
Newport tour highlights R.I.’s long commitment to freedom of religion
(Ellen Albanese, Boston Globe)
Feeling sidelined, Israel’s Druze protest Jewish nation bill
(Ilan Ben Zion, Religion News Service)
Druze who served faithfully in Israeli army join protest against Nation-State Law
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Donbas: Luhansk: Armed raids, worship bans, fines
(Forum 18 News Service)
Activists set up organization to protect rights of Orthodox believers in Eastern Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Greece not issuing long-term visas to Russian priests - Russian patriarch's ex-spokesman
(Interfax-Religion)
Judge Kavanaugh and freedom of expression
(Timothy Zick, SCOTUSblog)
Eilappell an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Catholic Church offers to mediate Zimbabwe election dispute
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Australian unions seek limits on religious groups’ hiring freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Gunshots at parish latest sign of Italy’s immigration tensions
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Faith, finance and the future of humanity: Remembering Tessa Tennant, giant of green finance
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Study: most wealthy countries aren’t religious. Then there’s the US.
(Tara Isabella Burton, Vox)
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Amicus briefs in Bladensburg Cross cert petitions now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian student group fights religious purge
(Press Release, Becket)
Christian student group sues University of Iowa
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Facing a groundswell of support for legal abortion, Argentina’s Catholic Church moderates its tone
(Veronica Gimenez Beliveau, The Conversation)
Fighting violent extremism by teaching tolerance
(Doug Bandow, The American Spectator)
Iowa Christian groups challenge university's delisting
(Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service)
Iran arrests central bank's top foreign exchange official
(Al Jazeera)
Jehovah's Witnesses: Why some persecuted faiths grab consistent headlines and others don't
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Lawsuit challenges use of Lord’s Prayer before West Virginia city’s council meetings
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association
(SCOTUSblog)
New survey on religious refusals to provide service and more
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opinion: Children are being euthanized in Belgium
(Charles Lane, The Washington Post)
People-trafficking: A build-up of traffic
(Pat Ashworth, Church Times)
Political speeches? Hey AP! NFL This Hall of Fame class stopped just short of giving an altar call
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Religious identity and conflict in the Middle East
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Saudi Arabia assails Canada over rights criticism, sending message to West
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian envoy for urging activists' release
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
Scottish independence as a protected philosophical belief? McEleny
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why in the world is Saudi Arabia sanctioning Canada?
(Daniel W. Drezner, The Washington Post)
Kavanaugh (and Kennedy) on Church and State
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Monday, 6 August 2018
Banning Muslim veils tends to backfire -- why do countries keep doing it?
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
Parents sue judge after he declines transgender teen's name change
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Canadian liberals protest opening new Chick-Fil-A restaurants in Toronto
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
High-profile Chinese monk accused of sexually harassing nuns
(Staff and agencies, The Guardian)
I will root antisemites out of Labour – they do not speak for me
(Jeremy Corbyn, The Guardian)
Antisemitism row adds strength to growing sense of Jewish identity
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Populist Jeremy Corbyn is riding the tiger of antisemitism
(Letters, The Guardian)
Yuval Noah Harari extract: ‘Humans are a post-truth species’
(Yuval Noah Harari, The Guardian)
Boris Johnson's burqa remarks 'fan flames of Islamophobia', says MP
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Indonesian imam continues prayers in Bali during earthquake – video
(Musholla As-Syuhada, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on Muslim marriage: one way forward
(Editorial, The Guardian)
British court recognizes Sharia law in historic ruling
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
20,000 Israelis march in Jerusalem Pride parade
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Court battle in West Virginia over council prayer
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Retired Pope Benedict accused of anti-Semitism after article on Christians and Jews
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Pope Benedict XVI accused of anti-Semitism
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Hindu extremist violence on the rise in southern Indian states
(Tejaswi Ravinder, World Watch Monitor)
Religious minorities fear backlash as Sunni Islam declared state religion of Comoros
(World Watch Monitor)
‘Only jihadists want to see Christians leave the Middle East’
(World Watch Monitor)
We’ll close one church every week, Indian Christians told
(World Watch Monitor)
Duke Divinity School dean steps down as diversity struggle continues
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order
(Carina Julig, Religion News Service)
Houses of worship mobilize for back-to-school time
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Willow Creek investigates Hybels as pastor quits over new allegations
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
International conference on media and religion brings scholars from across the globe to Boulder
(University of Colorado Boulder, College of Media, Communication and Information)
Why religion won’t help the Republicans in the midterms
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
UK: Discrimination against Christian refugees
(Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute)
Nationalism is like a religion, judge rules
(Hamish Macdonell, The Times)
Should this UK court rule according to Sharia law?
(Meira Svirsky, Clarion Project)
Russian woman faces five years of jail for posting memes 'insulting' religion
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)
Poll suggests religious freedom push is having an effect
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Repression of Alternative Orthodoxy in Russia
(Alexander Soldatov, Novaia Gazeta)
Pentecostal believer wins appeal of fine for personal testimony
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Religion News Service)
Rights advocates identify Jehovah's Witnesses as political prisoners
(Novaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)
Department of Justice steps up to protect religious liberty
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Real Clear Religion)
How Mormon pop stars are using their music to support LGBT issues
(Hunter Schwarz, CNN)
Pope Innocent III and papal power in the church and politics
(William Hamblin & Daniel Peterson, Deseret News Faith)
Use internet to promote tourism that respects environment, Vatican says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Tennessee students will see “In God We Trust” signs upon returning to school
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tap and pray: Churches using card readers for donations
(James Brooks, Associated Press)
Police investigate Sikh beating, racist scrawl as hate crime
(Associated Press)
So how much do you trust Pope Francis? Here's why death penalty debate is heating up
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Is the Pope right about the death penalty?
(Rev. Mark H. Creech, The Christian Post)
The pope is right: the death penalty has no place in Catholicism
(Austen Ivereigh, The Guardian)
5 facts about the death penalty
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
The Guardian view on the pope and the death penalty: a welcome hardening of the line
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Catholic Church teaching saying death penalty is 'inadmissible' has little initial reaction, but...
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Shane Claiborne: Christians are why the death penalty lives on
(Shane Claiborne, Religion News Service)
Doing some thinking, with the Catholic left, about Pope Francis, death penalty and LGBTQ future
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Death penalty decree could be quandary for US politicians
(Amy Forliti, Associated Press)
Can you be Christian and support the death penalty?
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)
Connecticut RFRA does not immunize against employment discrimination suits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
4 questions: Sam Brownback on international religious freedom
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
An online church for gamers: Va. pastor draws thousands to worship on Twitch
(Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post)
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