Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 16 April 2018
Promise and failure in a postcolonial world: The Good Friday Agreement and South African democracy (Responding to: The future of the Good Friday Agreement)
(Cóilín Parsons, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Bye-Bye Britain: Brexit and the conflation of identities in Northern Ireland (Responding to: The future of the Good Friday Agreement)
(Chelsea Fuchs, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Pakistan Catholic group condemns attacks on Christians in Quetta
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistan watchdog says country failing on human rights
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
European human rights court can now issue advisory opinions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says Bektashi community should have been recognized
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USCIRF issues new report on religious freedom challenges in Burma
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Insights from USCIRF ’s visits to Burma and Bangladesh (PDF)
(Tina L. Mufford, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Germany’s (not so) grand coalition may cause ripple effects on European refugee policy
(Kelly Soderstrom and Philomena Murray, The Conversation)
In Michigan, battle over appropriations for state mandates on private schools, continues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit: State aid ban for private schools ‘anti-Catholic’
(Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News)
Rabbi lacks standing for some RLUIPA claims, says federal court
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
How Muslims, often misunderstood, are thriving in America
(Leila Fadel, National Geographic)
Burma says it has repatriated first Rohingya family but U.N. and Bangladesh skeptical
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)
Religion: Solution to the Commonwealth’s problems?
(The Times of India)
Pakistan: Call for setting up National Commission for Minorities Rights
(Sadia Abbas, Urdu Point)
Woman is Muslim, can be buried with her husband: Bangladesh court
(Gulf News)
Judge's lawsuit against Arkansas Supreme Court claiming religious liberty violations proceeds
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
Is Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng pitting Muslims against Christians?
(Charles Prempeh, Modern Ghana)
Despite a reduction in executions, progress towards the abolition of the death penalty is slow
(Amy Maguire, GetReligion)
The life of a hermit: A glimpse inside the little-known state of life
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Saudi leadership offers Israel a chance
(Uri Savir, Al- Monitor: Israel Pulse)
White lies: New book on Trump and Evangelicals gets it mostly right
(Greg Carey, Religion Dispatches)
Texas Sutherland Springs church families, donors raise questions over distribution of donations
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Pastors deliver petitions to lawmakers in support of church attacked for LGBT youth counseling
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Enlightenment now? The feel-good philosophy of Scientism
(Eric Metaxas, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Zuckerberg theater on Capitol Hill: Facebook and us
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years later, interest in David Koresh still strong
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have been avoided – so why didn’t anyone care?
(Catherine Wessinger, The Conversation)
Cathedral in Philippine city of Marawi to be demolished
(Joe Torres, UCANews)
North Korea commemorates birth of its founder
(Channel News Asia)
60 Christian candidates compete for 5 seats in Iraq’s parliament
(Rudaw)
Christian, Yazidi women still in ISIS captivity
(Sirwan Kajjo, Gatestone Institute)
The doctored 'memoir' of a Jewish boy kidnapped by the Vatican
(David I. Kertzer, The Atlantic)
States not recording complaints made about school chaplains
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
The race to get the Outer Hebrides’ first mosque ready for Ramadan
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Iranian Christian arrested 45 days ago tells family: ‘I’m in Evin Prison’
(World Watch Monitor)
97 missing Chibok girls feared dead
(World Watch Monitor)
Why do we believe in religion and the supernatural?
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Meet the black Muslim woman running for Congress
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
You need to know about the Hindu textbook controversy
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Southern Baptists, it is your last chance on LGBTQ acceptance
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Former FBI agent still haunted by Waco tragedy and David Koresh’s beliefs
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 16 April 2018 : The Advancement of Religion as Charitable Public Benefit
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Mormon Kenyans jubilantly await President Nelson, hope visit helps reduce persecution
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Recent queries and comments, mid-April
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
A global review of the intersection of law and religion: Interactive Map
(Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
EVENT, 14 April 2018: Conference on 21st Century RE for All
(National Secular Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London)
Indonesia's ancient beliefs win in court, but devotees still feel ostracized
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)
Marquette stands behind ‘Pride Prom’ organizers
(Gretchen Ehlke, Associated Press)
Judge to help diocese deal with sex abuse claims
(Associated Press)
Court sees if church solar panels break electricity monopoly
(Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press)
Friday, 13 April 2018
Tyndale sued by boy who didn't come back from heaven
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
The future of democracy in Central and South America
(Hudson)
To save Christian teen from Boko Haram, Nigerian president promises quiet action
(Catholic News Agency)
Study finds decline in global death penalty numbers
(Catholic News Agency)
A delicate anti-terror strategy for Egypt's Coptic churches
(Martin Roux and Mada Masr, World Crunch)
Trump issues proclamation on Holocaust remembrance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
President Donald J. Trump proclaims April 12 through April 19, 2018, as the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust
(The White House)
Wilson launches #ToleranceMeans Dialogues, a new lecture series that directly engages millennials
(Illinois College of Law)
Thinking like millennials (This generation can bring civility and tolerance back into American society)
(Mary Crossley, William Eskridge, and Robin Fretwell Wilson, Pittsburg Post-Gazette)
World Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
(CBS News)
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with solemn ceremony
(Associated Press)
In Media: Israel stands still for Holocaust Remembrance
(The Jerusalem Post)
Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 Theme Vision
(Holocaust Memorial Day Trust)
Lasting lessons from the Holocaust
(Alexandra S. Levine, The New York Times)
April 12: Post-Holocaust Remembrance Day thoughts
(Letters to the Editor, The Jerusalem Post)
ASEAN-Australia special summit has much work to do on women’s role in peace and security
(Susan Hutchinson, The Conversation)
Catholic agencies concerned by drastic drop in Syrian refugees admitted to US
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Navy investigating inclusion of Bible on POW/MIA table following complaint
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Parts of China's Henan enforce registration for all faiths
(UCANews)
At Auschwitz, thousands join the March of the Living to honor the dead
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
At Auschwitz, remembering the Holocaust after the passage of a contentious Polish law
(Michelle Chabin, Religion News Service)
Could armed Jews have prevented the Holocaust? (an obscene question)
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Lithuania’s museum of Holocaust denial
(Dovid Katz, Tablet)
With culture at boiling point, how should Christians respond?
(Carmen Fowler LaBerge, The Christian Post)
California bill threatens religious freedom of those who oppose homosexuality
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Jon Lansman tells Owen Jones: We have failed to deal sufficiently deeply with antisemitism
(Owen Jones, Adam Sich, and Josh Toussainit-Strauss, The Guardian)
Registration of religious organisations yet again: Bektashi Community
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The climate and the cross
(The Guardian)
Bektashi Community and Others v. Macedonia (FYROM)
(European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg Consortium)
US: No evidence Pastor Brunson guilty of any crime
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
The scars that don’t heal: Bangui pastor recalls church shelling
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Buffer zone around London abortion clinic is a first for Britain
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Jimmy Carter, 93, talks about his new book: ‘Faith’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Stop badging us by our religion, Chaldean patriarch tells Iraqi government
(Christian Today)
Will Iraq's new 'tribal court' undermine rule of law?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Charge dropped for man who won’t file taxes citing religion
(Associated Press)
Commonwealth heads of government must tackle freedom of religion, says persecution charity
(Christian Today)
Muslim groups call protest rally to ‘save religion, save country’
(Mohammed Wajihuddin, Times of India)
Danish political parties on collision course with religious groups over circumcision
(Stephen Gadd, The Copenhagen Post)
Church hosts barbecue to unite inmates’ families, law enforcement
(Cassie L. Smith, Waco Tribune-Herald)
Finding a balance between education and religious liberty
(Seth Lipsky, New York Post)
Berman Lecture: Tibet is successful exiled government, leader says
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Uzbekistan: Prisoners of conscience freed, others not
(Forum 18 News Service)
Protocol 16 Enters into Force on 1 August 2018
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
France ratifies Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR, triggering its entry into force
(Registrar of the Court, European Court of Human Rights)
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