Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Five years on, Central African Republic crisis deepens
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)
Iraq’s Assyrian Christians: persecution and resurgence
(Zara Sarvarian, World Watch Monitor)
Gay Kenyans sense they may be on the brink of a historic legal triumph
(Max Bearak and Rael Ombuor, The Washington Post)
Landmark case: Indian cow vigilantes get life for lynching
(Saji Thomas, UCANews)
Riots over religious court ruling in India
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
India introduces, then quickly cancels, a plan to blacklist reporters for spreading 'fake news'
(Shashank Bengali and Parth M.N., Los Angeles Times)
Churches vandalized in India on Easter Sunday
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis seems to show support for Palestinians
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
In Mexico, donning chains to recall Christ’s pain on the cross
(Irving Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)
Faith-based education group is calling out Betsy DeVos
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Mother allegedly used stun gun to wake son for church
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Right of Access to a Court in Civil Claims for Torture Committed Abroad: The European Court Grand Chamber Decision in Naït-Liman
(Charlie Loudon, EJIL: Talk!)
Pakistan parliamentary body rejects bill seeking quota for religious minorities in universities
(Monitoring Report, Pakistan Today)
Ministry of Religious Affairs to finalize ‘National Commission for Non-Muslim Pakistani’s Rights’ bill
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Vatican deal would keep China in charge of church, Beijing says
(Eva Dou, The Wall Street Journal)
Religions must be 'subordinate' to Communist party, says China
(Radio Free Asia)
China insists on control of religion, dimming hope of imminent Vatican deal
(Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times)
Foreigners' religious activities protected in China according to law: white paper
(Xinhua)
China says bishop selection does not breach religious rights
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press Religion)
George Washington University to host workshop on 'Christian privilege'
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)
Legal scholar Khaled Beydoun says it’s time to finally define Islamophobia
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Breaking news: Charity Commission appoints interim manager to Ampleforth Abbey charities
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Jehovah's Witness to go on trial in Russia on extremism charges
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Judge: Atheist’s lawsuit to keep his “IM GOD” license plate in KY can proceed
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist)
Healing Church believers flout federal law as they smoke cannabis in Providence park
(Rebecca Ellis, Providence Journal)
N.J. may make it tougher for kids to skip vaccines for religious reasons
(Susan K. Livio, NJ Advance Media)
Moderator of World Council of Churches to greet Washington DC marchers raising awareness on US racism
(Ecumenical News)
Extremist ultra-Orthodox group organizes honor event for 'Torah prisoners'
(Ilanit Chernick, The Jerusalem Post)
Russia: Abuse of anti-evangelism law curtailed by high court
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)
Russian muftis have different opinions on Wahhabism ban
(Interfax-Religion)
Another extension of trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Orlovskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Ultra-Orthodox rejoice after lawmaker forces New York to relax yeshiva rules
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
State Department’s anti-Semitism monitor position remains empty
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Brexit could complicate Good Friday Agreement, says Irish bishop
(Sarah MacDonald, Catholic News Service)
Islamic State claims it killed four Catholics in southern Pakistan
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Australian premier calls for national discussion on confessional seal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC’s Hollman joins other scholars in Supreme Court brief arguing ‘travel ban’ is unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pakistan: Use of religion for legitimization
(Iqra Riaz, Dunya News)
Pakistani's top judge sets up complaint offices for minorities
(UCA News)
Pakistan's Chief Justice sets up offices to receive minority group and human rights complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US Supreme Court rejects cross appeal
(Grand Haven Tribune)
Cert. denied in challenge to city's removal of cross
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
First Liberty files lawsuit against U.S. Air Force officials for assault at retirement ceremony
(Press Release, First Liberty)
Suit challenges Air Force's ban on religious flag-folding script at retirement ceremony
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Meet the first female evangelical presidential candidate of Colombia
(Deann Alford, Christianity Today)
Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition
(John Davison, Ahmed Tolba, Reuters)
Abiy Ahmed sworn in as Ethiopia's prime minister
(Al Jazeera)
Religious totalitarianism, secular totalitarianism, and other threats to international religious freedom
(Daniel Mark, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Domestic challenges to religious liberty—from left and right
(Daniel Mark, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
Three years after the Garissa University attack, trauma still lingers
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)
The devil's music: How Christians inspired, condemned, and embraced rock n' roll
(Eric C. Miller, Religion Dispatches)
Proselytising in the workplace: Mrs S Powell
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Prager: Trump, adultery, morality
(Dennis Prager, The Daily Wire)
Adultery, character, and leadership: A response to Dennis Prager
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
The climate change trial: A case pitting reason against extremism
(Ken Blackwell, The Christian Post)
The shifts behind the shootings
(J. Warner Wallace, The Christian Post)
Researcher create life-sized replica of Jesus based on shroud of Turin
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Netanyahu's incredible flip-flop on African migrants
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
UK communities take action against 'Punish a Muslim Day' letter
(Martin Belam, The Guardian)
Shame of Labour party antisemitism
(Giles Oakley, Martin Weitz, and Jeremy Connick, The Guardian)
Easter in Qaraqosh – for many their first since returning home
(World Watch Monitor)
Persecuted Christians celebrate Easter with mixed emotions
(World Watch Monitor)
North Carolina prisons must recognize humanism as a faith group
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Church of England goes cashless for worshippers’ contributions
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Parades, peeps and paradoxes
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
During Lent, a Christian tries praying 5 times a day
(Kate Chance, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 3 April 2018: International Religious Freedom in an Age of Nationalism
(Mustafa Akyol, Brian Grim, Daniel Mark, Catholic Law Students Associatio, Harvard Law School)
Monday, 2 April 2018
Law and Freedom of Belief in Europe, a difficult journey
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – EIFRF)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Easter celebrations around the world - in pictures
(Arnel Hecimovic, The Guardian)
Assyrian observe Easter midnight mass in north Iraq
(A.C. Robinson, AINA)
‘Hope and dignity:’ Pope calls for peace in Easter message
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
In Easter Urbi et Orbi, Pope Francis prays for 'swift end' to bloody war in Syria, peace in Holy Land
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis delivers Easter plea for peace after Gaza deaths
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)
The convergence of Passover and Easter can leaven (or unleaven) the interfaith family's holiday
(Samira K. Mehta, Religion Dispatches)
Who separated Passover from Easter?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
Atheists who bring logic to the Easter story are missing the point
(Julian Baggini, The Guardian)
The Guardian view on Easter: it would take a miracle
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Easter a reminder of the role religious belief plays in Sydney
(The Sydney Morning Herald)
Prince Charles delivers Easter message on persecution
(Associated Press)
First Lady Melania Trump unveils 2018 White House Easter egg festivities
(The White House)
Trump on Easter: No more DACA deal
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Easter is different here in New York, as I think back to my Australian childhood
(Jillian Abbott, The Guardian)
Happy Easter to you. Now let’s nationalise our churches
(Simon Jenkins, The Guardian)
Why isn’t there a ‘War on Easter’ like Christmas?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
MLK’s last Sunday sermon is as relevant today as it was in 1968
(Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Religion News Service)
This week in Christian history: MLK, Charlemagne, 'Chariots of Fire'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Don’t domesticate MLK
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)
Martin Luther King Jr., by the book
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
King convinced me to give my whole life to the church and his dream
(Malcolm Clemens Young, Religion News Service)
Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
When Martin Luther King Jr. broke his silence on Vietnam
(Amy Butler, Religion News Service)
Why I wrote the freedom seder and why it's still necessary 50 years after Dr. King's assassination
(Arthur Waskow, Religion Dispatches)
From the black church to India: The theology of Martin Luther King Jr.
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
As King anniversary nears, 3 Memphis sites key to his legacy draw visitors
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
MLK50 Archives (Articles about Martin Luther King)
(Religion News Service)
Law and religion round-up – 1st April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Is it a crime to worship God? According to Russia, yes.
(The Washington Post)
Idaho AG supports religious protections for health workers
(Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press)
Has the Free Exercise Clause become a free pass to discriminate?
(Joshua Z. Rokach, Forward)
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