Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 23 April 2018
State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Reports
(Jonathan Collett, Kerri Spindler-Ranta, DIP Note (U.S. Department of State Official Blog))
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017
(Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Deparment of State)
U.S. Human Rights Report labels Russia and China threats to global stability
(Gardiner Harris, The New York Times)
US calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea 'morally reprehensible' on human rights
(The Straits Times)
State Department strikes reproductive rights, ‘Occupied Territories’ from human rights report
(Carol Morello, The Washington Post)
State Department: Abortion ‘is not a human right’
(Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner)
Human Rights Report by U.S. singles out Russia, China and Iran
(Felicia Schwartz, The Wall Street Journal)
The stark differences in how the Trump and Obama administrations talk about human rights
(Annalisa Merelli, Quartz)
Human rights groups bristling at State Department Report
(Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)
Palace (Phlippines): US State Department report inconsistent with Trump's statements
(Patricia Lourdes Viray, The Philippine Star)
Media outlets report on release of, reactions to U.S. State Department Human Rights Report
(Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation)
Impact visualized: New video resources on business, freedom & faith
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute)
Youth, schools, and violence: What can churches do?
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Focus on legal questions, not politics, in Supreme Court travel ban case
(Mark Miller, The Hill)
‘This is my real life’: Where Trump’s travel ban hits home
(Jennifer Peltz, Religion News Service)
In travel ban case, Supreme Court considers ‘the president’ vs.‘this president’
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
The anti-democratic thinker inspiring America's Conservative elites
(Hugo Drochon, The Guardian)
Syria, Islam and Christianity: The West’s bombing of Syria meets some approval from Muslims
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
New study says government services and religiosity are inversely related
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Government vs. God? People are less religious when government is bigger, research says
(Jared Gilmour, Miami Herald)
The ascent of democracy in Ghana
(Brendan Wade, Borgen Magazine)
Judge sets stage for Falun Gong's religious bias case against 'anti-cult' group
(Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal)
Landmark mosque in Iraq’s Mosul to be rebuilt
(Associated Press)
'A vigilante state': Aceh's citizens take sharia law into their own hands
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)
Don’t block roads during prayers, Lagos Govt. tells religious bodies
(Vanguard)
Boko Haram: Leah’s father speaks on daughter’s release
(Fikayo Olowolagba, Daily Post)
Lebanon: Mass evictions of Syrian refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
Labour’s far left must tame itself to root out antisemitism
(Keith Kahn-Harris, The Guardian)
Labour antisemitism roundtable meeting postponed
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)
Erdogan demands Gulen extradition for US pastor’s release
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
GQ magazine says you don't have to read the Bible
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Should you sit with your family at church?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Megachurch partners with Facebook to expand outreach
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
The church should rethink its Sunday rituals
(Élodie Maurot, La Croix International)
New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol
(Andrew Meldrum, Religion News Service)
Church teaching leads Catholic entities to divest from fossil fuels
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Terrorist groups wreak havoc in Sahel despite presence of counter-terrorism forces
(North Africa Post)
Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days
(Zik Maulana and Andi Jatmiko, Religion News Service)
Shelling of village sends hundreds more fleeing in Myanmar
(Naw Noreen, DVB)
My open letter to Natalie Portman
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Willow Creek responds to new allegations against former pastor Hybels
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
No handshake, no citizenship, French court tells Algerian woman
(Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)
Church of Norway urges refugee welcome by Church and State
(Ekklesia)
Russia: Armed raids, criminal investigations, pre-trial detentions
(Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan Hilarion calls for Putin-Trump summit to promote world peace
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president reports response from Constantinople
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Moscow-oriented Ukrainian church calls out Ukrainian president
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian legislature moves closer to ecclesiastical independence
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president pushes for ecclesiastical independence
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Are ultra-Orthodox yeshivas bad for democracy?
(Jane Eisner, Forward)
In Krakow, Jews celebrate their community’s ‘revival’ amid rising xenophobia
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
English, Welsh bishops raise concerns over rise of gender ideology
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Spanish Catholic leaders welcome ETA statement on ending violence
(Catholic News Service)
Irish bishops speak out as government launches campaign to legalize abortion
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious leaders and the Northern Ireland peace process (Responding to: The future of the Good Friday Agreement)
(Nukhet Sandal, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pompeo questioned about past statements on American Muslims during Senate confirmation hearing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Redefining religious freedom as religious privilege
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion News Service)
A Cassandra cry (from Ross Douthat) against Pope Francis
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Military savings account bill would create sweeping school voucher system
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Israeli minister vows to help Ethiopian Jews move to Israel
(Michael Atsbeha, Associated Press)
Iran police’s assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
(Nasser Karimi and Mohammad Nasiri, Associated Press)
Pakistani arrested for burning Christian woman to death
(Associated Press)
Pakistan's first school for transgender students opens
(Shah Meer Baloch, Deutsche Welle)
Group blames Trump for jump in attacks on US Muslims
(Terry Spencer, Associated Press)
Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor’s appeal on noise
(Associated Press)
Cert. denied in abortion protester's case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bulgarian journalists say they self-censor while owners impose political policy – US report
(The Sofia Globe)
ECtHR rules application in Alfie Evans case inadmissible
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Assisted dying – Guernsey
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 22nd April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Mormonism’s global future
(John G. Turner, The Wall Street Journal)
Maldives: Religious freedom difficult to accept, Nasheed tells EU
(AVAS Online)
In ‘Wendy’s Shabbat,’ a group of octogenarians celebrate ritual over french fries and Frostys
(Kate Bratskeir, Mic)
How will Billy Graham be remembered?
(Elesha J. Coffman, OUPblog)
Senior Houthi official killed in coalition air raid last week, Yemen rebels say
(France 24 Internaitonal)
Five things Catholics can do to support international religious liberty
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Protestant five-year plan for Chinese Christianity
(UCANews)
European Court interprets provision allowing churches to hire on basis of religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian groups warn new 'conversion therapy' bill could suppress free speech
(Christian Headlines)
CA state assembly declares gay conversion therapy as fraud
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
'BJP is not playing politics of religion'
(Deccan Herald)
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Still thinking about Chick-fil-A, as well as the emerging face of world Christianity
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
InterFaith Forum in Iceland, on the circumcision of boys
(Fr. Heikki Huttunen, General Secretary of CEC (Conference of European Churches), InterFaith Forum in Iceland)
International seminar of representatives of religions and politicians discuss circumcision ban in Iceland
(Conference of European Churches)
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Can New York City survive Chick-fil-A invasion? Let's look at Manhattan history!
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
India's vicious patriarchy
(Supriya Nair, The Atlantic)
Spike in attacks in India may draw international focus
(Bill Bumpas, One News Now)
Indian nuns help indigenous women break free of shackles
(Saji Thomas, La Croix International)
French politicians, celebrities condemn 'new anti-Semitism'
(France 24 Internaitonal)
'Ethnic purging': French stars and dignitaries condemn antisemitism
(The Guardian)
Germany's Justice Minister Katarina Barley warns of rising anti-Semitism
(Deutsche Welle)
Priest shot dead marks 2nd clerical murder this week in Mexico
(Yucatan Times)
Building bridges and religious freedom
(Sam Clemence, Daily Herald)
Federal Court rejects church’s religious land use claims based on government’s legitimate zoning concerns
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA Defense)
Inflammatory speech by the Houthi leader targets Bahá'ís in Yemen with genocidal intent
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Friday, 20 April 2018
Teens apologize for threatening to bomb Swedish Jews at Malmo synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jehovah's Witnesses report widespread harassment and arrests
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses seek asylum in Europe
(Thomas Nilsen, Berents Observer)
Federal crime fighting bureau directed against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Website of Investigation Directorate for Ivanovo oblast, Russia Religion News)
Initiatives for dialogue between US and North Korea welcomed by World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
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