Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Meet the Saudi woman who criticized the system through poetry on reality TV
(Philipp Jedicke, Deutsche Welle)
Newly named Spanish cardinal vows to promote religious life
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Students use bullhorn after church nixes graduation speeches
(Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press)
Argentine pol forced to apologize for sampling Jesus-shaped cake
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope scolds FIFA for slave labor in Qatar
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nobody is “godless” for disagreeing with you on a matter of public policy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Portugal considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide
(Barry Hatton, Associated Press)
Baker decision won’t be justices’ last word on LGBT rights
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Inside the newsroom: Putting away the lie that we are all divided
(Doug Wilks, Deseret News)
Gov. Ducey says evolution should remain part of science standards
(Howard Fischer, Havasu News)
Philadelphia wages unnecessary war on Catholics
(Kathleen Parker, The Herald-Dispatch)
Lebanon LGBT scene empowered despite crackdown
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Yee haw! Cowboy church’s religious rodeo clears some hurdles
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA Defense)
Supreme Court won’t take up challenge to restrictive Arkansas abortion law
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
US Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Arkansas abortion pill law
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Christians in Australia are not persecuted, and it is insulting to argue they are
(Robyn J. Whitaker, The Conversation)
What does a good death look like when you’re really old and ready to go?
(Naomi Richards, The Conversation)
Kern judge issues final judgment in Tastries case
(The Bakersfield Californian)
The defenestration of Prague 400 years on
(Brian Kenety, Radio Praha)
Love, violence and daily survival: inside Morocco’s LGBTIQ community
(Moha Ennaji, The Conversation)
Lingayat religion tag: Will move SC if needed, dares Mathe Mahadevi
(Deccan Herald)
Scientists create half chicken, half human embryos
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Indian secularism under threat: from Ahimsa to Himsa
(Kamran James, Daily Times)
Interfaith leaders pledge to back Myanmar peace efforts
(UCA News)
Pope Francis urges Chinese Catholics to make gestures of fraternity, reconciliation
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Various Christians, Tibetan Buddhists or Muslims. Pick your top China religion story
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
'She refused to convert to Islam,' 85 days on, kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu remains in captivity
(Chika Oduah, CNN)
Dapchi crisis: CNN is only US network to follow up on missing Leah Sharibu
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Data protection as a crucial human right
(Dr. Shahrul Mizan Ismail, New Straits Times)
Denial of parents’ right to bury their children: Özer
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Praying the pain away: Christianity’s presence at Santa Fe High grows after shooting
(Tim Craig and Brittney Martin, The Washington Post)
Unity in the Divided Church of the Holy Sepulchre
(Augusta Anthony, The Media Project)
Refusing to sell homes to gay people is okay, GOP congressman says. Realtors disagree
(Amy B. Wang, The Washington Post)
KSA, Vatican playing major role in defeating extremism: Interfaith official
(Noor Nugali, Arab News)
You can only protect campus speech if you acknowledge racism
(Suzanne Nossel, The Washington Post)
Irish vote highlights widespread popular support for legal abortion in Western Europe
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Ireland's health minister Simon Harris is ready to draft law after abortion referendum
(Stephen O'Brien, The Times)
Ireland and abortion vote: Guess which side the New York Times backed?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Why the Catholic Church lost in Ireland
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
After abortion vote, is Ireland still Catholic?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Some Irish Catholics worried, dismayed after abortion vote
(Gregory Katz, Religion News Service)
Irish bishop calls 'yes' voters on abortion referendum to come to confession
(Catholic News Agency)
Irish antiabortion campaign promises to ‘regroup’ as ban is overturned
(Siobhan O'Grady, The Washington Post)
Ireland votes to overturn its abortion ban, ‘culmination of a quiet revolution,’ prime minister says
(William Booth and Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post)
Why Japan wants its past persecution of Christians to be world renowned
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Monday, 28 May 2018
Gambia’s dictator ordered a witch hunt. This village is still haunted by it
(Sally Hayden, The Washington Post)
Muslims in Athens: Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Multi-religious delegation meets with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to deliver letter to the Peoples of Myanmar
(Press Release, Religions for Peace)
Where did Ireland go? Abortion vote stuns both sides
(Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times)
Law and religion round-up – 27th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
US liberal Islamophobia is rising – and more insidious than rightwing bigotry
(Khaled A Beydoun, The Guardian)
The Committee on Religious Liberty
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Ireland and abortion: The Irish have voted in favor of legalizing abortion
(Isabelle de Gaulmyn, La Croix International)
‘Quiet revolution’ leads to abortion rights win in Ireland
(Gregory Katz, Renata Brito, and Leo Enright, Associated Press)
The Latest: Irish PM plans to move quickly on legal abortion
(Associated Press)
Ireland quietly comes to terms with dramatic change after abortion vote
(Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries, Reuters)
The Guardian view on the Irish referendum: now for the North
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Irish archbishops say abortion vote shows church's waning influence
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Irish abortion vote puts pressure on UK government
(Hilary Clarke, CNN)
What will Irish writers talk about now we have lost our shame?
(Lisa McInerney, The Guardian)
Comparing the Irish abortion vote with the Brexit poll is disingenuous
(Brigid Laffan, The Guardian)
Gay marriage and the church
(Letters, The Guardian)
'It's brought us together': at Ramadan, American Muslims on life in the age of Trump
(Oliver Laughland, The Guardian)
A student leader is the latest victim of France’s obsession with the hijab
(Rokhaya Diallo, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on digitising culture: make manuscripts more illuminating
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Why are Christians now hesitant to share their faith?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Don't expect a religious left 'Great Awakening,' says researcher
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Searching for the Religious Left
(Ryan P. Burge, Eastern Illinois University, Religion in Public)
Church of England diocese encourages LGBT people to seek church leadership roles amid debate
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
India’s growing anti-conversion laws: perspectives from an Indian Christian
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Australia: Government has opened Pandora’s box on human rights, religious freedom
(Crispin Hull, The Canberra Times)
Religious Freedom amendments introduced in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The end of “Religion as a Good”: Thoughts on Movsesian and Garnett
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)
Some thoughts on our new religious politics
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
State-Religion Arrangements and Religious Freedom in Asia
(Jaclyn L. Neo, (prepared for the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (forthcoming))
Law & Religion UK Privacy Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'I pray for Donald Trump, I do': Bishop Michael Curry addresses US divisions
(Lauren Gambino, The Guardian)
Sunday, 27 May 2018
May 27: Muslim immigrants denied waivers, congressman endorses housing discrimination, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Readers’ recent queries and comments – late May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Freedom of speech and religion is not a licence to discriminate
(Ria Tabacco Mar, The Economist)
Religious Freedom Center experts featured in Times, Post
(Stephanie Castellano, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Friday, 25 May 2018
Egypt blocks YouTube over film denigrating prophet Muhammad
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Fearing extremist violence, Egypt silences 20,000 storefront mosques
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El Tohamy, Religion News Service)
Egypt: Coptic villagers persuaded to shut church to keep the peace
(World Watch Monitor)
Sant’Egidio France continues to grow
(Mélinée Le Priol, La Croix International)
Alexa, when did the Church of England become so tech-savvy?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Is Ramadan easier in Nigeria than New York?
(Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian)
Democrats introduce do no harm act to protect LGBTQ
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
How did this giant jade Buddha travel the world?
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Malaysia: inquiry into Pastor Koh, missing for 15 months, hears of police collusion
(World Watch Monitor)
Eritrea: Rights groups call for renewal of UN Special Rapporteur’s mandate
(World Watch Monitor)
Fulani violence against Nigeria Christians hits record high
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Appreciation: Philip Roth belongs in canon of greatest American authors
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptists see ‘judgment of God’ in #MeToo reckoning
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
A humiliating month
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
United Methodist court opens door to petitions for special session on sexuality
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Appellate clinic wins fifth case in a row before U.S. Court of Appeals
(Helen Clarke Ebert, Newsroom)
Millennials: get over your faith phobia
(Aamir Hussain, Religion News Service)
'Frankly, UK schools don't know what to do with religion education' - academic
(Sputnik News)
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