Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 5 May 2018
Instant triple talaq will go as ordained – OpEd
(Gajanan Khergamker, Eurasia Review)
Public diplomacy of USA and its relationship with Israel – OpEd
(Rabiya Shamsheer, Eurasia Review)
Recent queries and comments – early May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 5 May 2018: Conference - Religions, Scriptures and Interreligious Dialogue - Brussels
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – EIFRF)
Friday, 4 May 2018
Exeter Diocese CDM complaint not proved
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Stornoway, Sabbatarianism and Star Wars
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Mental health and faith: how churches can help to lift the lid and relieve the pressure
(Johanna Derry, Church Times)
Fundamentalists feel the Force of Star Wars
(Megan Manson, National Secular Society)
Fundamentalist religious discourse in process of radicalization to violence – Analysis
(Éloi Gunn, Canadian Military Journal)
Asia Bibi’s appeal finally will be heard in Pakistan’s Supreme Court
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
SC to take up Aasia Bibi case soon, says CJP
(Hasnaat Malik, The Express Tribune)
Alfie Evans and our moral crossroads
(Charles C. Camosy, First Things)
Alfie Evans: who gets to decide which lives have value?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
The death of Alfie Evans, and the death of natural rights
(Titus Techera, Law and Liberty)
The face of Christ in Alfie Evans: An interview with Charles C. Camosy
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)
On National Day of Prayer, Trump establishes new faith-based initiative
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
White House marks National Day of Prayer with Executive Order on new faith initiative
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Donald J. Trump stands up for religious freedom in the United States
(The White House)
Trump issues statement on National Day of Prayer: 'Let us come together to thank God'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
New executive order aims to protect religious liberty from government overreach
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Trump signs order to give faith groups stronger voice in government
(Carol Zimmerman, Catholic News Service)
Trump creates new White House faith-based initiative office
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Trump creates a not-so-new faith office in the White House
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Trump’s faith-based initiative guts key protection
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Amid Stormy Daniels news, Trump announces faith-based effort on National Day of Prayer
(Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
The powerful headwinds confronting religious freedom
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Liberty)
The Daily 202: The Supreme Court has a blockbuster season
(James Hohmann, The Washington Post)
Native American feather dancer asks feds to end criminal ban on religious use of eagle feathers
(Press Release, Becket)
Religion News Service – irreplaceable and rocked by turmoil – faces key journalistic issues
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Gayle Conelly Manchin appointed to USCIRF
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Rulemaking petition seeks changes in eagle feather restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit: Religious symbol unwelcome at luxury Philly condo
(Mensah M. Dean, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Fair housing suit filed over condo rule barring toran
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nicaragua calms down after week of violent protests
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
White House expresses concern over religious violence in Central African Republic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement from the Press Secretary on Religious Violence in the Central African Republic
(The White House)
Bethlehem emigrants open shop to support Christian artisans in Holy Land
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
Can you be a Muslim if you're an atheist?
(Shuja Haider, The Guardian)
Egyptian Copts face Muslim mobs protesting against legalisation of churches
(World Watch Monitor)
Prison sentences may be growing for Christians in Iran
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
North Korea: US citizens set for release ahead of Trump-Kim talks
(World Watch Monitor)
Focus on human rights fades as US, South Korea pursue North Korea deal
(Channel News Asia)
North Korean Christians on summit peace talks: “This is not what we’ve been praying for”
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Three US Christians held in North Korea could be released
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Trump, Giuliani hint at possible release of US Christian prisoners in North Korea
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Vietnam: "These bombs led me to Christ"
(Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Christianity Today)
‘Lost generation’ of Syrian children left without an education
(Madeleine Davis, Church Times)
Monsoons threaten thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)
BJP and RSS caused the biggest damage to Hinduism in recent times, says Hindu cleric
(Siraj Qureshi, India Today)
Turkey: Upcoming second hearing for Andrew Brunson
(Middle East Concern)
There is more to being Jewish than fighting anti-Semitism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Lebanon: No choice left for a girl but to marry
(SB Overseas, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Why we should have prayer in school
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Oklahoma bill supports religious objections to same-sex adoptions
(Mitchell Willetts, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [due 4 May 2018]: Religious freedom research project graduate summer research fellowship
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
What makes a belief or practice religious under the law?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
CONFERENCE, 4 May 2018: Between state and citizen: religion at the ECtHR
(Effie Fokas et al., Grassrootsmobilise Public Event & Conference – Athens, Greece (Acropolis Museum))
Thursday, 3 May 2018
US officials return thousands of ancient artefacts seized from Hobby Lobby back to Iraq
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
L.A. Antifa group hangs Trump in effigy, calls for 'revolutionary violence' against 'the capitalist state'
(Debra Heine, PJ Media)
Turkey’s snap elections: Erdogan’s improvised gambit
(Aykan Erdemir, War on the Rocks)
US State Department Report exposes Turkey’s human rights abuses
(Aykan Erdemir and Deniz Yuksel, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy)
Human Rights Situation in Turkey
(Aykan Erdemir, Report to the Parliament of Canada, House of Commons)
Turkey: Erdoğan's world of terrorists includes everyone but terrorists
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)
Turkish prosecutor seeks life sentence for U.S. pastor
(Aykan Erdemir, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies)
Sincerity, ‘religiosity’ challenged in ongoing cannabis church lawsuit
(Drew Daudelin, Indiana Public Media)
In Indonesia, interfaith marriage is legal - but with many obstacles
(Krithika Varagur, Voice of America)
Alarm grows in France over anti-Semitic violence
(Eleanor Beardsley, National Public Radio)
Role of churches in Colombia's peace process praised at Global Christian Forum gathering
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jehovah's Witnesses lose major appeal in Russian court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Russian court allows seizure of Jehovah's Witness property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia have property seized by the government amid ongoing crackdown
(Cristina Maza, Newsweek)
Campaign of terror begins for Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)
Appeals court denies Jehovah's Witnesses' property claim
(Mikhail Telekhov, RAPSI)
Russia: Five Jehovah's Witnesses behind bars
(JW.org, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Jehovah's Witnesses losing hope for their property
(Delovoi Peterburg, Russia Religion News)
Israel told its citizens not to light bonfires on Lag b’Omer. They did it anyway.
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German man ordered to pay child support after ex-wife forges signature for IVF pregnancy
(Alexander Pearson, Deutsche Welle)
At the White House, Sister Bingham of LDS Church prays for a 'land of Good Samaritans'
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Philippine cardinal urges daily bell tolling to call attention to murders
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Minnesota charity cuts refugee program amid slowdown
(Associated Press)
Transgender anti-discrimination bill sent to governor
(Holly Ramer, Associated Press)
Federal judge re-affirms sentence in Amish hair-cutting case
(Associated Press)
Oklahoma lawmakers pass religious veto on same-sex adoptions
(Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press)
House chaplain rescinds resignation, Ryan agrees to let him stay
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
House chaplain wins job back after scalding letter to Ryan
(Andrew Taylor, Associated Press)
House chaplain rescinds his resignation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
House Chaplain Pat Conroy rescinds his resignation, to sit down with Paul Ryan next week
(Daniella Diaz and Lauren Fox, CNN)
South Carolina senate approves bill banning 97 percent of abortions
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Iowa legislature passes heartbeat abortion bill
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Iowa legislature passes strictest in nation abortion bill, would ban when heartbeat detected
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Iowa legislators just passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the U.S.
(Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post)
Bishop praises ‘life-giving intent’ of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat bill
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
New Jersey Supreme Court says more facts needed to decide religious capital grants challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court restores damages claim by Muslims on no-fly list
(Nick Rummell, Courthouse News Service)
2nd Circuit: damages available in individual capacity suits under RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada's House of Commons calls on Pope and Church to respond to residential schools settlement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Analysis: Who misinformed Pope Francis about Bishop Barros?
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)
Chabad and Toms River settle RLUIPA suit
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)
Why clashes are on the rise between farmers and herdsmen in the Sahel
(Olayinka Ajala, The Conversation)
Israel deports Palestinians from Jerusalem for not showing 'loyalty'
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
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