Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 21 May 2018
North Carolina becomes the latest state to consider “In God We Trust” in schools legislation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
NC public schools would have to post 'In God We Trust' signs under proposed bill
(Will Doran and T. Keung Hui, News Observer)
Police kill 4 gunmen who raided Orthodox church in Chechnya
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Iran’s transgender people face discrimination despite fatwa
(Mehdi Fattahi and Nasser Karimi, Associated Press)
Pope laments ‘hemorrhaging’ of priests and nuns in Europe
(Associated Press)
Having their cake and eating it too: The fight for civil rights and religious liberty are one
(Rachel Cooley, The Media Project)
CNN interviews 100 Muslims for its '25 most influential' list, and takes a few hits from critics
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Too many liberals int he liberal arts?
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
The Role of Religion and Religious Freedom in Responding to Violent Extremism
(Brett Scharffs, Religion, Law and Security in Africa, M. Christian Green, T. Jeremy Gunn, and Mark Hill, eds.)
Adoption law: In battle over gay rights vs. religious freedom, one side draws way more news ink
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Transgender Filipinos and playing journalism's conflict card when the conflict's largely settled
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
That wave of attacks on churches in Indonesia: Is the 'moderate' Muslim news hook gone?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
If parents want to decline cancer treatment for their child in favor of herbs, is that religion news?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Yes, numbers make news. But how can careful journalists find and evaluate them?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Follow the money: Does old United Methodist left really want a smashing LGBTQ win in 2019?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
This 400-year-old church is older than almost any institution in America
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
The very definition of old news, and what a joy to read: A feature on a 400-year-old church
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Gay students forced to read Bible verses, which offers media chance to bash town in Oregon
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Keeping Catholic foster care in Philly
(National Review)
Court: Inmate can sue state for being forced to work religious holiday
(Pat Poblete, Cronkite News)
'Historic' cross that stood on Michigan State land for decades is removed
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
2016 was the year queer and trans Muslims entered the public consciousness: Mahdia Lynn on this new era
(The Editors, Religion Dispatches)
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a religion?
(Galen Watts, Religion News Service)
French group's manifesto against Quran draws rebuttals in Egypt
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Israel’s policies threaten to spark religious war
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
In US evangelical capital, a new progressiveness and differing views on Israel
(Josiah Hesse, The Guardian)
Church of Scotland to draft new same-sex marriage laws
(Press Association, The Guardian)
The Vatican in Venice (and a cardinal who walks on the wild side)
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
Will evangelicals come out for Trump's Republican party in November?
(Ben Jacobs, The Guardian)
‘Hearts without God’: Santa Fe shooting leaves reformers facing a religious wall
(Tom Dart, The Guardian)
Far-right activists who invaded mass would be charged with terrorism if Muslim, rector says
(Merran Hitchick, The Guardian)
Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
The pope says God made gay people just as we should be – here’s why his comments matter
(Ruth Hunt, The Guardian)
LGBT community cheers pope’s ‘God made you like this’ remark
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Priest and Nun twins - consecrated to Mary as infants in near-death
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Aura light show at Notre-Dame basilica amazes visitors
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
First black catholic priest on path to Sainthood
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Christian universities engaging in censorship of newspapers
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Despite fears, Christians should be practicing meditation
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
What are halal foods?
(Myriam Renaud, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis tells gay man God loves him just the way he made them
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Sunday, 20 May 2018
May 20: Anti-semitism, adoption via Catholic services, USCIRF appointment and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 20th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
What's Missing in the New CDF Document: Critique of corrupting, inequality-increasing monopolies
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
CALL FOR PAPERS [due 20 May 2018]: State Responses to Security Threats and Religious Diversity: What Future for Europe in the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium?
(Conference in Prague, 26-28 November 2018:, Pardubice University Department for the Study of Religion / Brigham Young University International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Photos: Across the Muslim world, the holy month of Ramadan begins
(Associated Press)
Saturday, 19 May 2018
EVENT, 18-19 May 2018: Taking the Measure of Where We Are Today
(Princeton University)
Royal Wedding – some legal links
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“The Power of Love”— Bishop Michael Curry's sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
(The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby)
Friday, 18 May 2018
ISIS recruiter's wife Moutiaa El-Zahed found guilty of refusing to stand for judge
(Brooke Wylie, ABC News Australia)
Why would Philadelphia harm children by excluding Catholic foster-care services?
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)
Guernsey rejects assisted dying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Presidential Message on Ramadan
(The White House)
Face-coverings and testimony in court
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Woman loses appeal over nijab ban in court
(Australian Associated Press)
Australian appeals court upholds refusal to allow testimony from plaintiff wearing Niqab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia needs a better conversation about religious freedom
(Scott Kirkland, The Conversation)
Key arrests tighten noose around Islamic State's Baghdadi
(Shelly Kittleston, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Where have those displaced from Syria's Douma gone?
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Why China may not come to Iran’s rescue
(Mohsen Shariatinia, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Can Al-Azhar persuade Egyptians to stay married?
(N.A. Hussein, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Celebration in Jerusalem, bloodshed in Gaza
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Israel must answer for the deaths in Gaza. But it is time for Palestinians to take up genuine non-violence
(The Economist)
Gaza border protests resume as UN calls for inquiry
(Ashraf Sweilam and Fares Akram, Religion News Service)
Dignity and death on Gaza's border
(Hana Salah, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Gaza response shows Israel hasn’t learned from the past
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Pope warns bloodshed in Gaza hurts peace: ‘War begets war’
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
The peace of Jerusalem: Followers of Jesus fail to agree about his homeland
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Headscarves still rare sight in Egypt's Foreign Ministry
(Ahmed Mattarek, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Assad in surprise Sochi visit as Russia continues Iran-Israel mediation
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)
As Hawaii volcano rumbles, Catholic agencies help those in need
(Michelle La Rosa, Catholic News Agency)
Empty cradle, empty pews? What the low birth rate means for Catholics
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Chile’s bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
All Chilean bishops present resignation, await decision from pope
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Jerusalem's Ramadan is different this year
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Religious schools should be free to follow beliefs, Dutton says
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
The US-Israeli relationship faces a storm on the horizon
(Michael H Fuchs, The Guardian)
Pope gets an unprecedented close-up, courtesy of Wim Wenders
(Jack Coyle, Religion News Service)
What the church can do to help opioid addicts: A Q&A with Raymond Barfield
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Godless choir mixes fellowship with a full-throated defense of atheism
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
Murderer makes repentance in new role as prison imam
(Tracy Simmons, Religion News Service)
How to tell when criticism of Israel is actually anti-Semitism
(Jill Jacobs, The Washington Post)
Jehovah's Witness in Birobidzhan target of criminal case
(TASS, Russia Religion News)
The best Vatican document on economics for some time
(Philip Booth, Catholic Herald)
British Muslim group denounces anti-Semitism in full page newspaper ad
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Archbishop warns legalizing abortion ‘point of no return’ for Ireland
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Justin Welby: separation of church and state not a disaster
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Justin Welby: ‘I’m nervous about dropping the rings at the royal wedding’
(Justin Welby, The Guardian)
Citing Supreme Court’s playground ruling, Education Dept. eases religious funding rules
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indonesia seeks death for cleric accused of ordering attacks
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
ACLU to New Mexico prisons: Allow inmates to honor Ramadan
(Associated Press)
Bias fears justified; Wilders gets new appeals judges
(Associated Press)
At OIC, Turkey urges Muslim nations to support Palestinians
(Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press)
New Kansas law allows agencies to refuse LGBT adoptions
(John Hanna, Associated Press)
Chief Coroner’s Guidance: Decision making and expedited guidance
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Chief coroner issues new religious guidance following High Court decision against Mary Hassell
(Daniel Sugarman, The Jewish Chronicle)
England's chief coroner gives guidance on rapid release of bodies for religious reasons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pensacola Bayview Park cross: Appeals court hears arguments, ruling may come in summer
(Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal)
11th Circuit hears arguments in challenge to cross in city park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic social services sues Philadelphia over end to foster care referrals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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