Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 24 March 2018
Faith by the Numbers: The Socio-economic Impact of Religion in the U.S.
(Brian Grim / Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Faith Counts)
More than academic: Religious freedom is economic
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Friday, 23 March 2018
ECHR endorses German courts’ decisions to take Twelve Tribes Church children into care because of caning
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Friday Five: Sister Jean's rising celebrity, Bill Hybels' #ChurchToo accusers, Pence's bunny and more
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Sir Roger Bannister's "miracle" on the track
(Arthur Remillard, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
EVENT, 23 March 2018: ISIS's genocide of Christians – A step toward itscaliphate: The past, present, and future of Christians in the Middle East
(9:00 am - 12:00 noon, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC)
European court upholds German move to take kids from sect
(David Rising, Associated Press)
Same-sex marriage and C of E clergy: Pemberton v Inwood
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and Opportunities
(Report, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
Russian Jews hope there won't be precedents of extremism and hostility at FIFA World Cup
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkmenistan: Jailings of conscientious objectors resume
(Forum 18 News Service)
Prosecutor challenges alienation of Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
6 facts about Catholic and Protestant influence in Germany
(Kathleen Schuster, Deutsche Welle)
Cardinal Tong says opposing Vatican-China deal is 'unreasonable'
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
China expert says Vatican deal on bishops might really happen
(Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service)
Cross removal 'kingpin' gets key China post
(UCANews)
State Administration for Religious Affairs absorbed into United Front Work in China
(Sarah Zheng and Zhou Xin, South China Morning Post)
China’s Communist Party overhaul includes religious affairs control
(Catholic News Service)
New York Cardinal says Democratic party has ‘slammed the door’ on Catholics
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Polish archbishop condemns government stance on refugees
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
Protests erupt in Poland over plan to tighten abortion law
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)
Alabama legislature approves ballot issue on Ten Commandments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
4 nations sign statement on combating online hate speech
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
More than 70% of blasphemy cases spring up from Punjab recent report says
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Christian leaders and civil society groups have had enough with the abuses of the blasphemy law
(Kamran Chaudhry, Asia News)
Pakistan Christian escapes death for ‘clearly fabricated’ blasphemy
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Rabbi defends against zoning charges citing religious obligation of hospitality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal appeals court upholds public school's 'Christmas Spectacular'
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)
7th Circuit: School's Christmas pageant does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thomas More Society continues to defend the rights of sidewalk counselors
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)
Labour party leader in antisemitism row after backing artist behind 'offensive' mural
(Heather Stewart, Catholic News Agency)
Religious Freedom in Focus, volume 74 – March 2018
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
Where 'no religion' is default, a look at Europe's young Catholic minority
(Catholic News Agency)
Infographic: Generation groups and religion
(Robert David Sullivan, America Magazine)
Death penalty for drug dealers? Catholic group responds to federal memo
(Maggie Maslak, Catholic News Agency)
Abortion protester cleared of disorderly conduct charge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cardinal Dolan says Democrats have abandoned Catholics
(Catholic News Agency)
Video: The end of white Christian America: A conversation with E.J. Dionne and Robert P. Jones
(Harvard Divinity School)
Evangelical church angers a gay couple: In Knoxville, this is still a news story
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Hebrew prophet's tomb in Iraq saved from collapse
(Judit Neurink, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Re-Jew-venating Civilization
(Rabbi Michael Shevack, World Religion News)
Immigration, families, and Jesus: Do we want a decent society?
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, The Christian Post)
What was the 'crime' of Jesus that got him crucified?
(Dr. Jerry Newcombe, Christian Headlines)
SPRING SYMPOSIUM: 23 March 2018: "Religious Freedom and the Common Good"
(Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Co-Sponsored by Baylor University, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN)
EVENT, 23 March 2018: Religious Freedom in Danish asylum centers – between the law and the reality
(Briefing by Kareem Padraig A. McDonald, Moderator Jennifer Bryson, Religious Freedom Institute)
Religious freedom in Danish asylum centres
(Kareem Padraig A. McDonald, Religious Freedom Institute)
Egypt: Christian teacher charged with contempt after asking questions about Muhammad
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)
No faith to state
(Waqar Gillani, The News On Sunday)
Exponential increase in attacks against Christians in Telangana, India
(ICC"s Indian Correspondent, International Christian Concern)
Raising my kids to be unapologetic American Muslims
(Dil Shad D. Ali, The Atlantic)
The Vatican is wooing Silicon Valley
(Sigal Samuel and Josephine McKenna, The Atlantic)
Can America's worship of guns ever be changed?
(Christopher Morrissey, The Guardian)
Gay hospital chaplain loses discrimination appeal against Church of England
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
So Christianity is no longer the norm? Going underground will do it good
(Peter Ormerod, The Guardian)
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Indian state recognizes 800-year-old tradition as a separate religion
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)
US House passes spending bill which continues funding Planned Parenthood
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Thursday, 22 March 2018
As hate crime rises, young people perceive religious discrimination of Muslims and Jewish people differently
(Daniel Cox, PhD and Molly Fisch-Friedman, PRRI)
Disagreement is not always discrimination: On Masterpiece Cakeshop and the analogy to interracial marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy)
Jehovah's Witness gets a break in criminal case
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Religious Intolerance and America’s Image and Policies Abroad
(Institute for the Study of Diplomacy - Georgetown University)
Ethiopian Protestant loses appeal against prison sentence for ‘causing outrage to religious peace and feeling’
(World Watch Monitor)
Algeria closes fourth church in four months
(World Watch Monitor)
Coptic teacher charged with contempt of religion for questions about Muhammad
(World Watch Monitor)
What is the deal with Christian dating?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
My hijab is my identity and my own choice
(Anila Sadiq, World Religion News)
The truth about Hindus killing Muslims over beef
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
US Jewish-Muslim bond strengthened by interfaith activities
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The last male rhino of its kind dies. African religious leaders call it a spiritual loss
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Survey: Protestant church diversity ‘heading in the right direction’
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)
On Israeli posters, Paddington Bear gets kosher for Passover
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Evangelicals haven’t always cozied up to Russia
(Gregory Alan Thornbury, Religion News Service)
The Sephardic chief rabbi must go!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram
(Sam Olukoya and Bashir Adigun)
US pastor Andrew Brunson accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
The ’Splainer: Why do Jews eat gefilte fish at the Passover seder?
(Kimberly Winston and Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Young people in UK and Netherlands among Europe's least religious
(Chris Harris, euronews)
The Liberals don't get why religious Canadians refuse to submit to their political dictates
(Barry W. Bussey, National Post)
Circumcision laws can be drafted that don't infringe upon religious rights
(Farzana Hassan, Toronto Sun)
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops backs anti-gay marriage religious freedom bill
(Kashmira Gander, Newsweek)
Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act
(Catholic News Service)
Longstanding cross on state land should be removed, Michigan civil rights group says
(Leanne Smith, M Live)
U.S. Muslims more concerned than Jews about safety and religious freedom
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Opinion: We need a rabbinic resistance to the religious right
(Steven A. Fox, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ohio man charged with hate crime in beating of man he thought was Jewish
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Opinion: The eternal dispute between politics and religion
(Michel Friedman, Deutsche Welle)
Where ‘no religion’ is default, a look at Europe’s young Catholic minority
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican stages UN event to protest ‘genocide’ against Down Syndrome
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Aborting Down Syndrome babies isn't progress, it's eugenics
(Dr. Richard D. Land, The Christian Post)
Tennessee legislature passes law requiring “In God We Trust” in schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Boko Haram returns Nigeria girls, warns not to put in school
(Haruna Umar and Krista Larson, Associated Press)
Boko Haram frees most schoolgirls abducted last month
(Catholic News Agency)
Mother says Nigerian girl refused to convert
(Associated Press)
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims
(Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press)
Johnson Amendment remains intact in latest omnibus spending bill
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Omnibus spending bill does not contain Johnson Amendment repeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC: Churches can “breathe a sigh of relief” that omnibus bill does not repeal Johnson Amendment
(Press Release, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Navy rejects atheist chaplain after long fight, senator says
(Travis J. Tritten, Washington Examiner)
Navy again rejects application to become secular humanist chaplain
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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