Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 19 March 2018
Karnataka to recommend separate religion status for Lingayats, Veerashaivas
(The Hindu)
Mar 18: South Carolina gives religious exemption to foster agencies, the history of evangelical politics, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Justices decline to weigh in on constitutionality of death penalty
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
This map shows all of Europe’s remaining synagogues
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Consummation and the validity of marriage: X (A Child: foreign surrogacy)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 18th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The way Trump treats the press puts the country’s democracy at risk, say University of Utah and BYU professors
(Sara Weber, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Can the ECtHR provide an effective remedy following the coup d’état and declaration of emergency in Turkey?
(MIchael O'Boyle, EJIL: Talk!)
The Round-Up: Government wins benefits cap appeal, the scope of employee misconduct, and international crimes against humanity
(Eleanor Leydon, UK Human Rights Blog)
The remarkable story of China’s ‘Bible Women’
(Alexander Chow, Christianity Today)
Conviction for performance-art protest at war memorial did not violate Article 10 (Sinkova v. Ukraine)
(Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
Two Dead Sea scrolls never before seen in public are on display in Denver
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Politics not to blame for people leaving churches, study finds
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Surrogacy: Babies as merchandise
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, The Christian Post)
Kazakh woman on trial for downloading Bible is acquitted
(Radio Free Europe)
Myanmar forces Burman culture on minorities, erases identity
(The Associated Press, The New York Times)
Christian retreat center seized in favour of "executive headquarters of Imam's directive"
(Mohabat News)
North Korea 'in talks to free US detainees' as diplomacy escalates
(Channel News Asia)
Mob attacks 4 Christian families in Vietnam for refusing to renounce their faith
(Jardine Malado, Christian Today)
Religious minorities apprehensive about IHC’s ruling on declaring faith
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Asia Bibi allowed to keep the rosary sent to her by Pope Francis
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope’s letter
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Secretive religious charity run by top US housing officials raises questions
(Jon Swaine, The Guardian)
'There is no kosher meat': the Israelis full of zeal for going vegan
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)
A third of UK Muslims report abuse or crime while studying
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)
Nigeria: Unexploded Air Force bombs found in shelled Christian village
(World Watch Monitor)
LDS missionaries using the internet to expand teachings
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Jainist monk gives support for India's landmark euthanasia legalization
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
'Pope Francis: A man of his word' documentary coming May 18
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Bizarre and terrifying video of mom and children attacking Mosque and chanting hate
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Oklahoma becomes new battleground for same-sex adoption
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Streets deserted, airport closes for Bali’s Day of Silence
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Francis Derangement Syndrome (FDS)
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Trump inauguration Bible heads to museum
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)
I’m a millennial Catholic activist — that shouldn’t sound strange
(Jason L. Miller, Religion News Service)
Calling out "Kennedy Catholicism"
(John M. Breen, Mirror of Justice blog)
A new streetwear line for Muslim women takes the frills out of modest fashion
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Protesting children
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Saturday, 17 March 2018
IICSA: Statement from Archbishop of Canterbury
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Judge suspended, in part for refusal to conduct same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 17 March 2018: Gospel and Law in Theological Education
(Day Conference, St Bride Foundation, London, Ecclesiastical Law Society)
Friday, 16 March 2018
Interfaith leaders, youths to push for assault rifle ban
(Andrew Selsky, Associated Press)
Pope Francis issued a controversial document on the family. The D.C. archbishop has a pioneering plan to implement it.
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Federal judge blocks Ohio's down-syndrome abortion ban
(Jurist)
Ohio's law banning abortion because of Down's Syndrome is enjoined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In reporting on ruling against Down syndrome abortion law, this pesky detail seems important
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Opinion: The real Down symdrome problem: Accepting genocide
(George F. Will, The Washington Post)
A rabbi in King Hamad’s court preaches Torah of interfaith tolerance
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Times of Israel)
Saudi Arabia can win Islam's war of ideas
(John Hannah, Foreign Policy)
Orthodoxy, homosexuality and hate: Gay-rights activists lament the acquittal of a homophobic Greek bishop
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
I am not your Muslim
(Nesrine Malik, National Public Radio)
Congolese church commission welcomes new mining code, higher taxes
(Catholic News Service)
Polish bishops condemn new wave of anti-Semitism
(Catholic News Service)
Peruvian bishops: Welcome Venezuelan migrants with solidarity
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic leaders criticize Duterte’s withdrawal of Philippines from ICC
(Catholic News Service)
Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
How and why do local governments continue to pile up legal bills defending church-state lawsuits?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
New China ‘crime’ crackdown targets threats to party rule
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Myanmar forces Burman culture on minorities, erases identity
(Denis D. Gray, Associated Press)
Hawaii candidate fights off ‘anti-LGBT preacher’ claims
(Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press)
Lawsuit: NYPD forced Muslim women to remove head coverings
(Associated Press)
Vatican convicts ex-Guam archbishop accused of abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
No Bivens claim for interference with religious exercise in Puerto Rican forest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit over news photo of Arabic-speaking school child may continue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attorney General DeWine statement on preterm-Cleveland v. Himes
(Ohio Attorney General, Mike DeWine)
CCEE-CEC Joint Committee ask for the respect of the Status Quo in Jerusalem
(Joint Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE))
Rwanda bans Kigali mosques from using loudspeakers
(BBC News)
Ecclesiastical Law, Fourth Edition (discount offer through 31 March)
(Mark Hill QC, Oxford University Press)
Scottish minister demands Labour expel councillor over racist remark
(Libby Brooks, The Guardian)
Anti-Muslim letters to MPs bear hallmarks of earlier hate campaign
(Nick Dowson, The Guardian)
Don’t make Muslims solely responsible for integration in the UK
(Miqdadda Versi, The Guardian)
India: Church leaders deplore bulldozing of hospital premises in BJP-ruled state
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
UN ‘failing’ Eritrea’s detained Christians
(World Watch Monitor)
How Stephen Hawking fought God
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
A brief history of Stephen Hawking’s atheism
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Memories and recollections of the late, great Stephen Hawking
(Letters, The Guardian)
‘Rethinking Incarceration’ author on justice, race and the fact Jesus was incarcerated
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why did former sheriff’s deputy allegedly try to bomb a Minnesota mosque?
(Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti and Teresa Crawford, Religion News Service)
San Diego bishop calls border wall prototypes ‘grotesque’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Young people to talk with Pope Francis about future of the Church
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Am I not a theologian too?
(F Romall Small, Religion News Service)
Vatican removes from office and exiles Guam archbishop accused of sexual abuse
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
John Pavlovitz, digital pastor of the resistance, pitches a bigger Christian tent
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
The new Palestinian jihad to obliterate Israel
(Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute)
Two Muslim women sue New York after police make them remove hijabs
(Associated Press, The Guardian)
EVENT, 16 March 2018: California, Coerced Speech and the Court: A Panel Discussion on NIFLA v Becerra
(Newseum Institute Religious Freedom Center)
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Turkish-Arab ties marked by fear and loathing
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
“Arusha Call to Discipleship” issued
(World Council of Churches)
“Sending service” closes Arusha conference
(World Council of Churches)
Seek religion tag for us or face protest: Lingayat seers to government
(Vittal Shastri, Deccan Chronicle)
Reuters misses some key players in news package about Hindu radicalization of India
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Another state in India brings anti-conversion bill to assembly
(Deep Joshi, Hindustan Times)
Jain team invites Pope to India
(Suresh Shah, India Post)
After gov't broken promises, thousands of Indian farmers march again for agrarian reform
(Telesur TV)
Eritrean authorities arrest funeral-goers, says UN rapporteur, government denies
(Daniel Finnan, RFI)
New commandments: As China tightens rules on religion, unregistered churches wince
(The Economist)
Religious liberties bill likely dead in Iowa Legislature
(William Petroski, Des Moines Register)
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh taking fire for role in rally
(Tom Zytaruk, North Delta Reporter)
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