Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Pounding George Pell in the press: The cardinal takes a hit from the Gray Lady
(George Conger, GetReligion)
Why you should watch Cobra Kai instead of The Last Jedi
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)
Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Mormon church to cut ties with Boy Scouts and start its own gospel-driven youth program
(Paighten Harkins and Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Two African-American women elected as bishops for the first in ECLA history
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Henan suppression is 'systematic and planned'
(UCANews.com reporters, La Croix International)
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Coalition and partner forces look to deal final blow to ISIS in Syria
(Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of Defense)
Empirical SCOTUS: Slicing and dicing the court’s 2017 oral arguments (Corrected)
(Adam Feldman, SCOTUSblog)
Paris archbishop opposes medically assisted procreation for female couples
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)
Generic God brings 'miracle' boy to life, after medical authorities called him a goner
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Beware: Middle East freelancing isn't just dangerous – it may also leave you broke
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Thousands of Southern Baptist women sign petition against Paige Patterson
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
This is ironic: Paige Patterson is front-page news in Houston, too, but not for controversial comments
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Southern Baptists and domestic violence: It's a tough issue to cover after Twitter explosion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
A court evangelical says what he really thinks
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
The death of the greatest religious teacher you never heard of
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Originalism’s legal turn as a libertarian turn
(Jesse Merriam, Law and Liberty)
A Court that dare not speak its name: human rights at the Court of Justice
(Daniel Sarmiento, EJIL: Talk!)
FSB starts detaining Jehovah’s Witnesses on Kola, dozens flee to Finland
(Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer)
Stay tuned: Mosul is being set up by media as a world Islamic capital
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bridge science, religion to care for the mentally ill, say California bishops
(Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Register)
Opinion: By emasculating High Court, religious minority exposes itself to tyranny of Israel’s secular majority
(Chemi Shalev, Haaretz)
ACLU, others urge appeals court to force cross off Lehigh County seal
(Tom Shortell, The Morning Call)
Contraception, unions, Title IX — Catholic colleges push back on government rules
(Mark Dent, National Catholic Reporter)
Ukrainian question concerns other Orthodox countries
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
St. Petersburg government refuses to restore Lutheran property rights
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Political support for Ukrainian president's project
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Christian leaders in Jerusalem respond to vandalism by settlers
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Service)
Family’s tragedy of dead baby girl ‘who doesn’t officially exist’
(Aaron Rogan, The Times)
Bogus Vatican deal confirms Saudis’ religious freedom headache
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Met exhibit makes a case for bridge between faith and fashion
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Dispute over grants for churches headed to US Supreme Court
(Associated Press)
Ryan meets with House chaplain he ousted, then reinstated
(Andrew Taylor, Associated Press)
Muslim minority communities meet in UAE to talk challenges
(Aya Batrawy and Fay Abuelgasim, Associated Press)
Groundbreaking ADL analysis estimates 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets in one-year period
(Howard Friedman, Anti-Defamation League)
Quantifying hate: A year of anti-Semitism on Twitter
(Anti-Defamation League)
New report quantifies anti-Semitism on Twitter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Raelian seeking US citizenship sues to remove 'So Help Me God' from oath
(Raelian Movement)
Suit seeks to remove "so help me God" from citizenship oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
United Methodist bishops want to let pastors, conferences decide on LGBT clergy
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
How the USSR turned houses of worship into museums of atheism
(Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura)
European Court of Justice limits employment policies of religious organisations
(Evangelical Focus)
Whitefish Jews fight neo-Nazis with faith, peace and interfaith allies
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Muslim woman sues Ventura County Sheriff's Department, says deputies forced her to remove hijab while jailed
(James Queally, Los Angeles Times)
Two Islamists ordered hanged for machete murder of Bangladesh professor
(AFP, MSN)
New Mexico reconsiders funding textbooks at private schools
(Morgan Lee, Associated Press)
Ten people were killed in Kashmir over the weekend, including a professor-turned-militant
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)
Facebook bans foreign ads in Ireland abortion referendum
(Associated Press)
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
(Associated Press Religion)
EVENT, 8 May 2018: Mohammed Aziz – British Muslim Communities
(Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit)
A Presbyterian pastor languishes in a Turkish prison
(Sandra Jolley and Kristina Arriaga, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 8 May 2018: The Temple Islands: A Window into China's Religious Landscape, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 8 May, 2018: The Global Crisis in Religious Freedom: State of Play and Recommendations, Washington, D.C.
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Monday, 7 May 2018
‘Mormon Women for Ethical Government’ is growing fast and standing firm
(Mette Harrison, Guest Post, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)
Nothing but net: Boston Globe nails story of faith and prayer guiding a Celtics rookie
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
May 6: Oklahoma and Kansas pass adoption legislation, Trump creates org for faith-based coordination, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
On the National Day of Prayer, there's faith-based news from the White House — and an RNS scoop
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Trump’s faith-based initiative removes a barrier to proselytizing, and some Jews are worried
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Will Trump’s new faith-based initiative increase services or discrimination?
(Martin Levine, Nonprofit Quarterly)
Trump's faith initiative Executive Order has rescinded protections for clients objecting to religious provider
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Maharashtra to enact law to encourage inter-caste and inter-religion marriages
(Chaitanya Mangure, News 18)
Supreme Court correctly balanced Constitutional provisions in Morris County church case
(New Jersey Law Journal)
Target 'gay conversion therapy,' not religion
(Los Angeles Times)
Jehovah's Witnesses view options in wake of lost appeal
(Dmitry Marakulin, Kommersant)
Muslims are internalizing Islamophobia, and negative media coverage is to blame
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)
We asked American Muslims to name the most influential people in their fields. Here's what they said
(CNN)
Orthodoxy and capitalism: In religion and economics, cause and effect are very hard to prove
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Metropolitan Onufry: setting up a united local Church in Ukraine will make us second-rate people
(Interfax-Religion)
First time in the new history six Jewish couples got married simultaneously (Russia)
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill wishes Putin health, strength to fulfill presidential tasks
(Interfax-Religion)
Ecumenical delegation of world church leaders visits North Korea
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Christians in Hong Kong pray for religious freedom in China
(Ecumenical News)
Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)
Denmark’s ruling party is split over whether to ban circumcision
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Can the Catholic Church mediate in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis?
(Adrian Kriesch, Deutsche Welle)
Prominent Christian college in India vandalized with Hindu nationalist slogan
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jesuitgate, Trumpian hypocrisy & the flight from religion
(E. J. Dionne Jr., Commonweal)
How religion got Trump: Faith in the 2016 election
(Kenneth L. Woodward, Commonweal)
Your weekend think piece: David French's painful letter to Trump's evangelical defenders
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
An open letter to Trump's Evangelical defenders
(David French, National Review)
BJC’s Amanda Tyler on new Presidential order: Religious liberty requires more than ceremony
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions
(Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press)
Kansas, Oklahoma pass bills protecting religious beliefs of adoption agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oklahoma expands ‘stand your ground’ law to churches
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Oklahoma Legislature sends Ten Commandments bill to governor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Oklahoma legislature passes 10 Commandments and "stand your ground" in church laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Afghanistan government air raid in April killed 30 children, UN says
(Deutsche Welle)
Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
(Associated Press)
Secret witness testifies against US pastor in Turkey
(Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Kansas bill allowing religious adoption groups to refuse LGBT couples will become law
(Jonathan Shorman, Kansas.com)
Church testimony to liquor board did not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
On the governor's desk: Constitutional carry bill, adoption measure, stand your ground in church
(Tulsa World)
Prayer rattles Speaker Ryan, but House Chaplain gets to stay in politics
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Online divorce applications rolled out across England & Wales
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 6th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 7 May 2018: Religion and Climate Change: A Conversation with Karenna Gore
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 33
(Associated Press)
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Paskistan: National commission needed to review discriminatory laws
(The Express Tribune)
Seventh Indian state enacts anti-conversion law
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)
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