Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 18 May 2018
The Arab world’s star student: What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)
The religious coalition blessing abortion clinics across America
(Caroline Kent, Broadly)
I teach refugees to map their world
(Brian Tomaszewski, The Conversation)
Muslim group buys newspaper adverts in new campaign to combat antisemitism
(Daniel Sugarman, The JC)
Saudi Arabia’s interfaith dialogue a welcome move
(Nathalie Goulet, Arab News)
Trump to deny funds to clinics that refer for abortion
(Jill Colvin and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
Reconsideration of pews vs upholstered chairs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Some Christians and Jews hail embassy move to Jerusalem as key to a Biblical plan
(Michele Chabin, Christian Headlines)
Indonesia’s pluralism in ‘grave peril’ after attacks on churches
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indonesia: Death toll ‘unimaginable’ if bomb had exploded inside church
(World Watch Monitor)
Jesus rode a dinosaur: Conference looks at what churches tell teens about science
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Pence meets leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim group days after ISIS church bombings
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Purge against Christians' in Eastern China: Religious meetings banned, parents told to renounce Jesus
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Title X restrictions on Planned Parenthood a 'major victory'
(Catholic News Agency)
Kazakhstan: Why were prisoner's conditions made harsher?
(Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Christians and cinema, a long companionship in Europe
(Magali Van Reeth, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Chinese mass-indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution
(Gerry Shih, Associated Press)
Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
'Constitution allows' cross in public park, city says
(Baptist Press)
China escalates nationwide crackdown on Protestant churches
(Radio Free Asia)
ACLU notifies Mew Mexico detention facilities of inmates’ religious liberties during Ramadan
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
How an Irish-American woman’s legal case helped spur Ireland’s abortion referendum
(Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post)
Report into religious freedom due
(Northern Daily Leader)
Ukrainian mayor and diplomat caught engaging in anti-Semitic rhetoric
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
World Council of Churches worried that some Christians celebrating move of US embassy to Jerusalem
(Ecumenical News)
Christianity is world's most persecuted religion - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Operation "Judgment Day" against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
‘Thank the Party!’ China tries to brainwash Muslims in camps
(Gerry Shih, Religion News Service)
Former inmates of China’s Muslim ‘reeducation’ camps tell of brainwashing, torture
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)
Housekeeper fired for being Jehovah's Witness (Christensen trial)
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Anti-evangelism case against Pentecostal pastor falls apart
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
African Pentecostal student sentenced for illegal evangelism
(Press Service of ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)
Most U.S. Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours
(Dalia Fahmy and Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center Factank)
Vatican sees risk of ‘social collapse’ in global economic order
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church mediates Nicaraguan talks; bishop urges Ortega to change tactics
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Church pleads for prayers ahead of Ireland’s abortion referendum
(Catholic News Agency)
Pilgrims brave dangerous neighborhoods to pray at Trinidad shrine
(Laura Ann Phillips, Catholic News Service)
Moral and Constitutional dimensions of Trump v. Hawaii (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Davis Brown, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Guardian view on US religion: the Christian right is breaking up
(The Guardian)
Is the religion-line the problem of the Twenty-First century? (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Farid Hafez, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Is Trump v. Hawaii about religious liberty? An international perspective (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Peter Henne, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
President as Theologian-in-Chief, for better or worse? (Responding to: Trump v. Hawaii: Constitutional, moral, and ethical dimensions)
(Jonathan Teubner, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
NAACP and Mormons call for racial harmony, civility
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
India’s Hindu nationalists defeat Congress in state election
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Doctor barred from seeing protester sues, citing religion
(Associated Press)
Dutch anti-Islam firebrand Wilders: Appeals hearing not fair
(Associated Press)
Abortion-pill mandate for Christian colleges ruled illegal
(The College Fix)
Injunction entered against Obama-era contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ACLU of Oklahoma, CAIR OK file suit on behalf of Muslim woman barred from courthouse over hijab
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)
Suit filed by Muslim woman forced to remove hijab for courthouse security inspection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rutherford Institute sues Forest Service for denying medical care to pipeline protester, asks court to let medical doctor access tree sitter
(The Rutherford Institute)
Doctor says his Free Exercise rights are infringed by blocking him from assisting protester
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims and what Ramadan means post Hurricane Maria
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
KAICIID, Austrian Mofa and Ö1 Radio feature at Vienna's Radiokulturhaus
(KAICIID)
Women ready to run for office in Egypt
(Nadia Mabrouk, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Photographing Faith
(Lauren Pond, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Must we burn something to get attention? 50 years after the Catonsville nine
(Jason C. Bivins, Religion Dispatches)
Faith-baiting in Minnesota and elsewhere follows the "project blitz" playbook
(Fredrick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches)
Why has the critique of hypocrisy run out of steam?
(Christopher Douglas, Religion Dispatches)
Trump will be keynote speaker at major pro-life group's event
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
The end of Trump won't be the end of Trumpism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
To my fellow evangelicals: What you’re cheering in Jerusalem is shameful
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
All hail Ms Marvel, a young, female Muslim superhero for our times
(Coco Khan, The Guardian)
Marvel 'has plans' for first Muslim American superhero character
(Andrew Pulver, The Guardian)
What do you say to a four-year-old white supremacist?
(Lamees El-sadek, The Guardian)
Doctor barred from seeing protester sues, citing religion
(Associated Press)
Christian-only town must now allow non-Christians to buy homes
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Man found guilty of vandalizing Islamic center with bacon
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
BYU AdLab takes a unique approach to religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Education Secretary Devos takes aim at laws barring taxpayer money from aiding religion
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Betsy DeVos visits 2 Orthodox schools on New York City trip
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian and Irish bishops issue separate statements on same-sex relationships
(Anglican Communion News Service)
FFRF condemns the appointment of Tony Perkins to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Michele Bachmann apologizes to the Jewish community
(JM, World Religion News)
Sudan: ‘Put brakes on’ normalising relations, rights groups tell US
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt: Families of beheaded Copts finally reunited with remains of loved ones
(World Watch Monitor)
Can the Scouts help safeguard the future of the Church in Syria?
(World Watch Monitor)
The ’Splainer: The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis on the Beatitudes
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
As US cities re-examine bail, Muslims launch a fund at Ramadan to pay it
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Museum of the Bible visitors top half a million in first six months
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Tom Wolfe’s message to the Jews
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
The Anglican politics of Prince Harry’s wedding
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Vatican denounces offshore tax havens as harming the poor
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Training manuals in the Grand Mosque of Brussels advocating jihad, anti-semitism, and stoning of homosexuals
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Interfaith leaders join Jews in call for new envoy to fight anti-Semitism
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
How smaller congregations are challenging the system to ‘go solar’
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Episcopalians scramble to capitalize on royal wedding opportunity
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
My daughter’s imaginary Colonial town has a mosque. It led to an unexpected discussion.
(Cynthia Miller-Idriss, The Washington Post)
Defeated in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is rebuilding in countries like Indonesia
(Greg Barton, The Conversation)
Reflections on my visit with Rohingya refugees
(Samuel D. Brownback, US Department of State)
Philly foster families ask court to stop City from shutting down critical foster care services
(Becket Law)
Q&A: Why is the Golan Heights so important?
(Abdulaziz Alghasian, The Conversation)
Max. £2 stake: Fixed Odds Betting Terminals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
You may have never heard of Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, but eventually you will. Here's why
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
LDS Church, NAACP jointly call for racial harmony, end to prejudice
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
The Covenant and the courts: Inside a Christian university's law school crusade
(Chris Selley, National Post)
EVENT, 17-18 May 2018: Digital Religion & New Media – Workshop
(Center for Religious Studies of Foundazione Bruno Kesler, Trento)
Trump to cut millions in funding for Planned Parenthood, abortion providers
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Judge says Ohio can’t cut off convicted killer’s dreadlocks
(Associated Press)
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