Law and Religion Headlines

Friday, 20 April 2018

Israeli Arabs torn on country’s Independence Day
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Trump may be "a big fan of HIndu," but Hindus are running, and winning, as Democrats
(Murali Balaji, Religion Dispatches)

San Francisco church to hold 'Beyonce mass'
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

On 19th anniversary of shooting, Columbine high school principle recalls how God worked a miracle
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Young people more likely to shift toward supporting abortion rights, poll finds
(Sarah McCammon, NPR)

Syracuse suspends engineering fraternity for ‘racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic’ video
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)

Archbishop of Canterbury convenes high-level Commonwealth freedom of religion discussion
(Anglican Communion News Service)

New Jersey court rules churches can’t receive county’s historic preservation money
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Ontario Catholic schools refuse to revoke ban on donations
(La Croix International)

Chadian bishops call for referendum on new constitution
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)

Religion and the Genuine Occupational Requirement: Egenberger – the judgment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Salvation outside the church? CJEU rules on religious discrimination in employment
(Ronan McCrea, UK Human Rights Blog)

Vera Egenberger v Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung eV [2018]
((full text), Court of Justice of the European Union)

By hosting dialogues on religion and tolerance, these students are using free speech the right way
(Brian Miller, Forbes)

Argument preview: Travel-ban challenge returns
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Breaking good: How religion, science can work together
(David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA): Ahead of the Trend)

A theological perspective on what is actually said in the Quran
(Abdur Rab, World Religion News)

Lantos Foundation & Uyghur National Movement seek contact with disappeared Uyghurs

Good people are failing to tackle antisemitism, ex-chief rabbi says
(Ben Quinn, The Guardian)

Iran: do non-Muslims have the right to hold elected public office or not?
(World Watch Monitor)

Religion’s major influence in Saudi Arabia
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Palestinians skeptical about Arab League support for Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Australia: High Court upholds rejection of inter-state vilification orders
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Excavations start on Palestine’s oldest monastery
(Huda Baroud, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt church application triggers attack
(World Watch Monitor)

102 churches (and 54 church-associated buildings) to be legalised in Egypt
(Egyptian Streets)

102 unlicensed Egyptian churches granted legal status
(Ahram Online)

Egypt’s Protestant leader rejects community reconciliation
(World Watch Monitor)

Black network’s farm-to-church movement brings fresh food to Baltimore
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

How MLK was influenced by a black preacher you may have never heard of
(John Terrill, Religion News Service)

Interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
(Bhayva Dore, Religion News Service)

Case of Jewish boy taken by pope flares over doctored memoir
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Kazakhstan: Parents challenge schoolgirl headscarf ban
(Forum 18 News Service)

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Paul Ryan's departure and Catholic Social Teaching
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)

Paul Ryan’s curdled idealism
(Ed Dionne Jr., Commonweal)

Faith can help cleanse societal waters of racism, says Cardinal Wuerl
(Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)

Sri Lanka: Facebook told to block religious hate speech
(World Watch Monitor)

Myanmar leader says fleeing villagers can return home, while army says they must leave Tanaing
(Kyaw Myo Min, Khin Khin Ei, and Nay Rein Kyaw, Radio Free Asia)

Myanmar NGO asks state leader to help rescue villagers displaced by war
(Thet Su Aung, Radio Free Asia)

The Prosecutor’s request for a ruling on the ICC’s jurisdiction over the feportation of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh: A gender perspective
(Andrea Raab, EJIL: Talk!)

ICC jurisdiction and the Rohingya: Crisis in Myanmar
(Geoff Curfman, Just Security)

At 70, Israel sits atop a volcano
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Ultra-Orthodox join Israelis in national mourning on memorial days
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why Israel’s independence day should not be a religious holiday
(Michael Segalov, The Guardian)

Israeli independence day causes controversy
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Lay off the ADL!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Christians in south India protest against violence, harassment
(Tejaswi Ravinder, UCANews)

Nigerian journalist says new information from Boko Haram indicates 30 Chibok girls in custody still alive
(Ahmad Salkida, Sahara Reporters)

Hindu radicals force pastor to flee village after series of attacks
(ICC's India Representative, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pro-Israel Christian group condemns mainline Protestants' statement defending Palestinians
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Youth, schools, and violence: What's happening to our kids?
(CP Editors, The Christian Post)

Church partners with Facebook to further community outreach
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Prosecuting ‘The Beatles’ before the ICC: A gateway for the opening of an investigation in Syria?
(Alexandre Skander Galand, EJIL: Talk!)

On Syria: Trump may be right
(David W. Lesch, Syria Comment)

Why evangelical leaders opposed to Trump speak for more evangelicals than you think
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Still evangelical? Literary festival panelists question label after Trump, #MeToo
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

If major church leaders of Syria blast President Trump's missiles and tweets, is that news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Earth Days past and present
(Richard Mouw, Religion News Service)

Turkish conservatives are getting alarmed by the “plague” of deism and atheism
(Terry Firma, Friendly Atheist)

China targets Sydney radio host in war on religion
(Primrose Riordan, The Australian)

Wolves to lambs: Finding God behind bars in El Salvador
(Jose Cabezas and Nelson Renteria, Reuters)

Draconian blasphemy laws seen as holding Indonesia back
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)

Dozens of evangelical leaders meet to discuss how Trump era has unleashed ‘grotesque caricature’ of their faith
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)

Maybe it's time to admit that the "grotesque caricature" of white evangelicals is the reality
(Hollis Phelps, Religion Dispatches)

Fear, nostalgia, and power drove evangelicals to Trump: Interview with Evangelical scholar John Fea
(Eric C. Miller, Religion Dispatches)

Bossier school board to vote on religious expression policy
(Nick Wooten, Shreveport Times)

Is the right to bear arms 'God-given'?
(Erica Evans, Deseret News)

Ukraine moves to split church from Russia as elections approach
(Natalia Zinets, Reuters)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church's autocephaly is geopolitical issue – Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)

Transgender professor, denied reinstatement after jury win, plans to appeal
(Erin Mulvaney, National Law Journal)

Metropolitan Hilarion on situation in Ukraine: secular administration cannot initiate creation of autocephalous Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Catholicos of All Armenians urges protestors, police to exercise restraints
(Interfax-Religion)

Pastor jailed and tortured for preaching shares horrors Christians prisoners face in Vietnam
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Mormons plan to build temple in Russia
(Andrei Melnikov, Nezavisimaia Gazeta Religii)

East African Mormons look forward to a Nairobi temple
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

English bishop is concerned over abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’
(Catholic News Agency)

As nuns lead fight against trafficking, governments say they’re listening
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Mediterranean frontier: Letter from Italy
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)

New Jersey Supreme Court rules church restoration grants violate the state constitution
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Mexican priest stabbed to death in church
(Associated Press)

Indian police arrest 18 Rohingya Muslims
(Associated Press)

California lawmakers move to limit gay conversion therapy
(Sophia Bollag, Associated Press)

District judge grants motions to expand federal Anglican lawsuit
(Charleston Regional Business Journal)

More rulings in South Carolina Episcopal Church split
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FFRF win: N.J. Supreme Court upholds bar on funds to repair churches
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)

New Jersey Supreme Court says grants to churches violate state constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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