Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Crowdfunding scores first mosque in Outer Hebrides, UK
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Greek town ritually burned Judas as Orthodox celebrated Easter
(Petros Giannakouris and Demetris Nellas, Religion News Service)
Crowds mark 50 years since MLK funeral
(Jonathan Landrum Jr., Religion News Service)
Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa naval hospital display
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
At ‘Red Letter Revival,’ leaders give voice to evangelicals on the margins
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
‘Doubting Thomas’ story is not actually about doubt
(Diana Butler Bass, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Legislating protection for faith spaces
(Andrew Bennett, Ottawa Life Magazine)
Pope Francis takes his critics to the woodshed
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
‘Rejoice and be glad’: Catholics respond to pope’s letter
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Italian-American church in Brooklyn’s ‘Little Guatemala’ gets new lease on life
(Katherine Fung, Religion News Service)
Why the label ‘cult’ gets in the way of understanding new religions
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)
Cultivating the connection between soil and the soul with ‘FaithLands’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
India Supreme Court affirms right to choose religion and marriage partner
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Choice of partner lies within individual’s zone of core privacy: SC in Hadiya case
(Vicky Nanjappa, One India)
Right to convert is part of fundamental right of choice: Supreme Court
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)
New book on Human Rights in CoE and EU
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)
T&T bogged down by religion vs ‘human rights’
(Guardian)
Outcry as religious leaders become state ministers in India
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)
India: major faiths reject use of religious identity for political gain
(World Watch Monitor)
'Two or three illegal' church crosses torn down in central China
(Reuters)
Muslim immigrants and the 50 year impact of fair housing in Wisconsin
(Wisconsin Muslim Journal)
Trump appointee at center of fight over religious freedom
(Jessie Hellmann, The Hill)
Trump administration's religious liberty guidance a 'license to discriminate,' report says
(Julie Moreau, NBC News)
No integrity for Trump’s evangelical disciples. Sad!
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
France's Macron sparks uproar by reaching out to Catholic Church
(France 24)
Latin America’s biggest airline to kick off direct flights to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Legalizing assisted suicide harms those with depression, Hawaii bishop says
(Catholic News Agency)
Ugandan Archbishop meets with president after accusing government of spying on him
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court upholds public school world religions curriculum against Establishment Clause challenge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
With nearly all ballots counted, ‘bathroom bill’ rejected by Anchorage voters
(Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News)
Anti-transgender bathroom initiative voted down in Anchorage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Pope Francis wants you to be holy online"
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice (A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory))
Who are the Yazidis?
(Stefan Dege, Deutsche Welle)
The UN belongs to all of us: Chinese prisoners of conscience speak out
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
Why are Christian women more religious than Christian men?
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Why ‘safe spaces’ at universities are a threat to free speech
(Suzanne Whitten, The Conversation)
Pope Benedict XVI and Europe's future: New data about fading faith in Christendom's old heart
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
New data tool scores Australia and other countries on their human rights performance
(K. Chad Clay, The Conversation)
Stats on future of faith in Europe: What happens when Christendom's heart weakens?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Hungary votes to keep prime minister and right wing in power
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
EVENT, 10 April 2018: Race, Religion, and Black Lives Matter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Many Christians in Egypt renew faith in Sisi
(Farah Tawfeek, Egypt Independent)
'Multitude' of Egyptians coming to Christ despite persecution from Muslim extremists, reveal church leaders
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Gospel Herald)
Texas church helps pay off $10 million medical debt for veterans
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Stunning HuffPost feature on Pulse massacre: Trial showed it was an ISIS attack, period
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Everyone got the Pulse massacre story completely wrong
(Melissa Jeltsen, Huffington Post)
Monday, 9 April 2018
Political Christianity in Orbán’s Hungary
(Geraldine Fagan, East-West Church Report, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2018)
What prayer is good for — and the evidence for it
(Clay Routledge, National Review)
Democracy in India Part 1: BJP, Congress prioritise community over individual, use caste and religion to enslave citizens
(Tufail Ahmad, FirstPost)
Democracy in India Part 2: Use of religion by ruling parties overwhelms secular character of Indian State
(Tufail Ahmad, First Post)
Indian faith leaders condemn exploitation of religion
(Vatican News)
Indian faith leaders condemn exploitation of religion
(Vatican News)
Indian faith leaders band together to condemn exploitation of religion
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Indian Christians endure at least 10 incidents of religious violence over Holy Week
(ICC's India Representative, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Hopeful signs for religious reform in the Arab world
(Edward Gabriel, The Hill)
Students, community take a stand for religious freedom
(Bossier Press)
Patriarch Kirill addresses Russian military in Syria on Orthodox Easter day
(Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan Hilarion calls 'Skripal affair' a provocation aimed at weakening Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Jews have ‘moral obligation’ to end Syrian ‘genocide,’ Israeli chief rabbi says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Northern Ireland Catholic and Anglican archbishops mark 20th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Upholding Islam, Brunei’s official religion
(Borneo Bulletin)
South Africa bishops say Zuma’s court appearance good for democracy
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gunmen kill parish priest in eastern Congo after Sunday Mass
(Associated Press)
France’s Macron asks Catholics to voice euthanasia concerns
(Associated Press)
Quid Est Veritas?
(Adrian Vermeule, Mirror of Justice (A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory))
Why the Christian right opposes pornography but still supports Trump
(Kelsy Burke, The Conversation)
Trump Cabinet has Bible study group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Inside the White House Bible study group
(Owen Amos, BBC News)
First Lutheran Church joins Listening House in suing St. Paul to lift restrictions
(Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities)
Suit challenges limits on homeless drop-in center
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mormonism’s newest apostles reflect growing global reach
(Matthew Bowman, The Conversation)
Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from human remains
(Chip Colwell, The Conversation)
Signs of struggles on big cases as Supreme Court pace slackens
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
'Violins of Hope' brings concerts, education, interfaith dialogue to Birmingham
(Birmingham Times)
UIPM to take religious scholars, human rights activists along
(The International News)
Fired magistrate has due process but not equal protection claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Challenge to teaching Islam in history curriculum is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Settlement reached with NYPD in Muslim surveillance case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeals court delivers victory for Episcopalians in decade-long church property dispute
(Mitch Mitchell, Star-Telegram)
Break-away Texas Anglican group loses in latest round of long-running case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fired Mormon city manager can move ahead under Title VII against some defendants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
WPost story on small-town gay activist vs. local Baptists raises more questions than answers
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
A Fellowship Programme for European Leaders
(Iciar Villacieros, JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
In the battle between equality and religion, must religion always lose?
(Charles Moore, The Telegraph)
Religion and human rights: A good Russian is vindicated on the Orthodox church's holy day
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Apr 8: Air Force penalty reversed, NYPD settlement with Muslim groups, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 8th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Defibrillators in churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Seeing the Pope help strangers made me tear up. Later I learned why
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Pope seeks ‘saints next door’ not doctrinaire perfectionists
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
China pledges to protect religious freedom, days after Bible ban
(World Watch Monitor)
Europe and Israel – exchanges between a rabbi and a diplomat
(Martin Maier SJ, JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
“I dream of a Europe that progresses, socially and in solidarity”
(Mgr Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, President of COMECE; interview by Johanna Touzel, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Update: Anti-homeschool bill delayed but still a threat
(Brad Dacus, Pacific Justice Institute)
Transgender individuals can compete as their preferred gender in Boston marathon
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Iraqi churches shoulder burden of reconstruction, for now
(Judit Neurink, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
The top four religions of the world
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Are Palestinians contemplating one-state solution?
(Uri Savir, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Saudi Crown Prince makes surprising statement that Jews have a right to Israel
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
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