Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 15 March 2018
No One Way to School: Educational Pluralism and Why it Matters
(Ashley Berner, TEDx, YouTube)
UN agencies, NGOs, and World Council of Churches join to end violence against children
(Ecumenical News)
Lambeth Conference 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
IICSA: Some legal views
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Kazakhstan: one church, two prosecutions
(Forum 18 News Service)
The whole world will lose from anti-Russian actions of the West, the Russian church official believes
(Interfax-Religion)
Siberian Jehovah's Witnesses try to shield property from confiscation
(RIA Tomsk, Russia Religion News)
All politics is religion
(Michael Warren Davis, The American Conservative)
EPRID partners with the FoRB learning platform
(European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
Mistrust and Islamophobia see dramatic rise in Germany's melting pot
(Elizabeth Schumacher, Deutsche Welle)
Berlin fights anti-Semitism with synagogue, Jewish secondary school
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Bishop proposing bill to include overseas Mormon missionaries in U.S. census
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News Faith)
China tells Vatican it’s fighting illegal organ transplants
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
American pro-life leaders urge Irish Prime Minister not to repeal abortion ban
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops urge federal protections for supporters of traditional marriage
(Catholic News Service)
Addressing climate change is top priority in Cardinal Ribat’s ministry
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
Where does Catholic thinking on “gender theory” go from here?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Sri Lanka: Buddhists again turn on Muslims. So where do Western Buddhists stand?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Sri Lanka lifts Facebook ban after anti-Muslim violence ends
(Associated Press)
School dance, anyone? Pakistan lawmakers in Punjab seek ban
(Zaheer Babar and Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Catholic, Jewish leaders in Poland seek to reduce tensions
(Associated Press)
Suit by "clock boy" is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge dismisses lawsuit of Muslim boy’s dad with prejudice
(Associated Press)
After the Rohingya crisis, Aung San Suu Kyi will come to the ASEAN summit with her reputation tarnished
(Nicholas Farrelly and Adam Simpson, The Conversation)
Karnataka cabinet meet to discuss Lingayat religion tag deferred
(The New Indian Express)
Seven families involved in religion lawsuit
(Amanda Simmons, Bossier Press)
Ethnic Uighurs protest Chinese security crackdown
(Associated Press)
Catholic, Jewish leaders in Poland seek to reduce tensions
(Associated Press)
Muslims lament lack of solidarity over German mosque attacks
(Associated Press)
Sweden seeks to ban all religious schools to combat 'segregation' amid increasing Muslim population
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Sweden aims to outlaw religious education, which is — already illegal
(Annika Henroth-Rothstein, National Review)
“Irrational and illogical” to believe that sexual orientation can never change: Federal judge
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Supreme Court should uphold free speech of pro-life pregnancy centers
(Elissa Graves, Sacramento Bee)
Anti-choice clinic claim their deceptive business practices are free speech. Will Justice Kennedy agree?
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire.News)
In China, government-appointed bishops support Xi, Vatican-China deal
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
HCM City leader welcomes Cambodian Minister of Cults and Religion
(Việt Nam News)
Poll blames culture, religion for low participation of women in Nigerian politics
(Journal du Cameroun)
Why Erdogan called for updating Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Religious conversion: Govt can't ask for certificate, says Kerala HC
(Mahir Haneef, Times of India)
'Time for a revolution in way religion is practised in SA'
(Katleho Sekhotho, Eyewitness News)
How religious marginalization shapes political life in the Philippines
(World Politics Review)
Hawaii Attorney General defends anti-discrimination laws
(Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Despite new law, some Irish pubs will remain closed on Good Friday
(Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service)
The value of French secularism
(Martin Gak, Politico.eu)
Minnesota archbishop: Catholics belong in the public square
(National Catholic Register)
In Vermont, the latest clash between public money and the Catholic Church
(Michael J. O’Loughlin, America Magazine)
Swiss neo-Nazi convicted of antisemitic assault on orthodox Jew
(Shoshana Kranish, The Jerusalem Post)
Can Israel balance being Jewish and democratic? The view from the bench
(Steve Linde, The Jerusalem Post)
Maple leaves and mezuzahs Understanding Canada’s Jews
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pro-Moscow Ukrainian church condemns state interference in its affairs
(RISU, Russia Religion News)
Once again, LDS First Presidency discredits belief that Mormons should be Republicans
(Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune)
‘God bless you’ listed among anti-Muslim ‘microaggressions’
(Katherine Timpf, National Review)
Research: The upsides of disclosing your religion, sexual orientation, or parental status at work
(Afra Ahmad, Isaac Sabat, and Eden King, Harvard Business Review)
Macedonia adopts definition of anti-Semitism that mentions Israel hatred
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Catholics, Muslims urged to look inward first in interreligious efforts
(Joyce Duriga, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
First Liberty encourages NY high court to protect ancient Jewish religious practice
(Globenewswire.com)
Cameroon cardinal accuses military of abuses in fight against Anglophone separatists
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Protest & protection: Preserving the Christian presence in Jerusalem’s Old City
(Santiago Ramos, Commonweal)
Utah Senator retools, reintroduces controversial First Amendment Defense Act
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Indonesia’s Aceh considers beheading as penalty for murder
(Associated Press)
Attention turns to affiliations of mosque-bombing suspects
(Michael Tarm and Amy Forliti, Religion News Service)
Alleged leader of mosque bombing drew others into conspiracy
(Michael Tarm and Amy Forliti, Associated Press)
Atheists challenge Kansas county over prayer before meetings
(Associated Press)
No wholly holy places: Public affairs and religious liberty leaders from the Trans-European region gather in Jerusalem to discuss religious liberty
(Victor Hulbert, Adventist News Network)
Pakistan to require all people to list religion on official documents
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Pakistan court orders citizens to declare religion
(World Watch Monitor)
Win for hardliners: Pak Court rules public office seekers must declare faith
(Deccan Chronicle)
Pakistani court says citizens must declare religion for identity documents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal judge dismisses AG Maura Healey's lawsuit challenging Trump administration's birth control policy
(Shira Schoenberg, Mass Live)
Massachusetts lacks standing to challenge expanded contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gov. Henry McMaster orders protection of religious freedoms to faith-based organizations
(Angelia Davis, Greenville News)
Government of Sudan grants religious freedom to Adventist Church
(Adventist News Network)
El Salvador court commutes 2nd woman’s abortion sentence
(Associated Press)
Women should be allowed to wear the niqab in court – here’s why
(Jeremy Robson, The Conversation)
Bal Vihar and interfaith teens build unique mural
(India Post)
Rohingya villages razed to make way for military bases
(Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times)
Myanmar says it’s ready for UN help with Rohingya return
(Associated Press)
UN genocide adviser: Indications Myanmar cleansing Rohingyas
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Justice delayed is justice denied
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))
To die or not to die: The New Yorker probes the case of a 13-year-old girl
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Gaps abound in articles on new female mayor in polygamous town
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Evangelicals face Trump-era exits by blacks: This may have something to do with religion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Technology and regulation must work in concert to combat hate speech online
(Andre Oboler, The Conversation)
Liverpool FC’s Mohamed Salah’s goal celebrations: a guide to British Muslimness
(Asif Majid, The Conversation)
Turkish prosecutor seeks life in jail for US pastor Andrew Brunson over 2016 coup attempt
(Daily News)
Turkey calls for life imprisonment of US pastor Andrew Brunson
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
USCIRF strongly condemns new indictment against pastor Andrew Brunson, including possible life sentence
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Life sentence hangs over US pastor as Washington sizes up Ankara
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
The strange, tragic story of wrongly imprisoned pastor, Andrew Brunson
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Jailed US pastor’s daughter addresses UN Human Rights Council
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Judge rules that spouse has authority to remove partner's life support if there's no directive
(Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times)
Antisemitism: how the origins of history’s oldest hatred still hold sway today
(Gervase Phillips, The Conversation)
White evangelical women reportedly tiptoeing away from Trump, but big questions remain
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Tunisian women fighting for equal inheritance rights
(Amel al-Hilali, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
The topsy-turvy world of Jewish-Arab relations
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
With Tillerson firing, Trump throws transatlantic Iran talks into disarray
(Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Why Christians should practice the principle of fasting
(Shane Idelman, The Christian Post)
Henan removes crosses from Chinese Catholic Church, reinstalls them day later
(International Christian Concern)
Chinese priest captures footage of officials tearing down church crosses
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Botched execution shows death penalty must end, Catholic group says
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
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