Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Why are we surprised when Buddhists are violent?
(Dan Arnold and Alicia Turner, The New York Times)
Russian company names an ice cream ‘Poor Jews’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Some Montreal residents wear yellow badges to protest Hasidic school buses
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German court allows courtroom headscarf ban
(Alex Pearson, Deutsche Welle)
Indian court asks police to investigate allegations against cardinal
(Catholic News Service)
A bishop against border fences
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Is God in this picture? [Regarding Donald Trump and religion]
(Commonweal)
Is anti-Semitism a problem in international affairs?
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Is anti-Israel anti-Semitic? (Responding to: Is anti-Semitism a problem in international affairs?)
(Ira Forman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Critics of Israel must reject anti-Semitism (Responding to: Is anti-Semitism a problem in international affairs?)
(Chloé Valdary, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The charge of anti-Semitism (Responding to: Is anti-Semitism a problem in international affairs?)
(Holly Huffnagle, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Argentine church says it will hand over baptism certificates
(Associated Press)
Gunmen kill police officer guarding Shiites in Pakistan
(Associated Press)
Feud over fortune embroils Michigan religious group
(Mike Martindale, The Detroit News)
Suit filed over assets of Michigan-based communal sect
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mother banned from taking baby to India for 'utterly unacceptable' genital mutilation
(Brian Farmer, Manchester Evening News)
British court issues FGM protection order to protect 1-year old
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department files lawsuit against Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
Justice Department sues over county nursing home's procedure for obtaining flu shot exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A locked and loaded covenant: The religious roots of America's gun culture
(Peter Laarman, Religion Dispatches)
Upcoming presidential elections in Egypt needs Christian support
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Christians are key to support for el-Sissi in upcoming Egypt election
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)
Will 'marriage loans' boost Egyptian nuptials?
(Hani Semeer, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Assassinations mount as Iranian Kurdish militants clash with Tehran
(Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Remnants of defeated Islamist group plan new Philippine attacks - army
(Manuel Mogato, Martin Petty, Robert Birsel, Channel News Asia)
Iran: appeal hearing for Christian converts in Shiraz
(Middle East Concern)
As more Christians are killed in Somalia, number of orphans grows
(Morning Star News)
Boko Haram no longer a serious fighting force, says Nigerian President
(Olalekan Adetayo, Punch)
Nigeria's middle belt report: Fulani militants continue attacks into February 2018
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)
Atheist group takes issue with Texas sheriff's quotation of Romans 13:4 in memo
(Heather Clark, Christian News)
Supreme Court to prioritize for Jakarta governor Ahok blasphemy case review: Official
(The Jakarta Post)
Vatican hosts first hackathon to tackle global issues
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Kyrgyzstan Baptists repair church after arson attack
(World Watch Monitor)
Colombia: the #OfCourseMeToo of Christian women and girls
(World Watch Monitor)
Christian women at double risk of persecution – because of gender as well as religion
(Helene Fischer, Elizabeth Miller, World Watch Monitor)
How “The Big Lebowski” taught Judaism
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Rwanda closes hundreds of churches and arrests pastors
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Holocaust Museum revokes Suu Kyi’s human rights award
(Ashraf Khalil, Religion News Service)
New light of the anti-abortion movement — an accomplished woman with Down syndrome
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)
How to overcome religious prejudice among refugees
(Kat Eghdamian, The Conversation)
Publisher declares this news story on Johnson Amendment 'accurate and complete,' but is it really?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Wheaton College gets big religious liberty win, which inspires a case of news-media crickets
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Poland’s nationalists are burying their antisemitic past – this is dangerous
(Przemyslaw Wielgosz, The Guardian)
Lessons from Egypt on the role of women in fighting for democracy
(Anwar Mhajne and Crystal M. Whetstone, The Conversation)
Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus
(Reuters)
Commentary: A regretful piece to have written - on the state of religious discourse at Haverford
(David King, Clerk)
Utah House OKs bill banning abortions based on Down syndrome
(Michelle L. Price, Associated Press)
Outlawing Down syndrome abortions: Isn't religion always part of this news story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Gambia gov't under pressure over religious minority's TV bid
(Abdoulie John, Freedom Newspaper)
Exploring religious diversity in higher education
(Bradley Nystrom and Jeffrey Brodd, OUPblog | Religion)
Peace delegation has high-level meetings at Presidential Blure House and Korean Parliament
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 7-8 March 2016: Business & Peace Symposium
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
A gathering storm: on engaging with human rights laws
(Priya Pillai, The Hindu)
WJP Rule of Law Index 2017–2018
(World Justice Project)
EVENT 7-8 March 2018: Ban Ki-Moon to give keynote at Global Business & Peace Symposium
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
"A quantum leap for human rights education on freedom of religion or belief"
(on the launch of the FORB Learning Platform, NORFORB (Nordic Ecumenical Network on International Freedom of Religion or Belief))
Babies with Down syndrome are put on center stage in the U.S. abortion fight
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)
Saudi women take the wheel, test-driving a new freedom
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Macron meets French Jewish group amid anti-Semitism concerns
(Philippe Sotto, Associated Press)
Sri Lanka blocks social media as anti-Muslim rioting flares
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press Religion)
At new health office, 'civil rights' means doctors' right to say no to patients
(Emmarie Huetteman, The Washington Post)
Sri Lanka blocks social media as deadly violence continues
(Michael Safi and Amantha Perera, The Guardian)
Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press Religion)
Sri Lanka deploys police, military after Buddhist-Muslim clash
(Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters)
Pope Francis still highly regarded in U.S., but signs of disenchantment emerge
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)
Murdered Salvadoran priest Óscar Romero to be made a saint
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Murdered Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero to be canonized
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Pope approves sainthood for slain Salvadoran Archbishop Romero
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Chaos
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
In 2018, the CJEU will determine the future of the Internet
(OUPblog)
The three Hebrew words that describe our times
(Martin E. Marty, RNS Column: Sightings)
Vatican indicts ex-bank head, says embezzlement loss is $62M
(Associated Press Religion)
Poland’s Holocaust law upends one activist’s decade of progress in interfaith relations
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bishops call for ‘common-sense gun measures’ after Florida school shooting
(Catholic News Agency)
Bishops ask faithful to flood Congress with calls for Conscience Protection Act
(Catholic News Agency)
With lifelong rule by Xi Jinping, how will Christians fare in China?
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
British court denies parents' appeal to save toddler's life support
(Catholic News Agency)
UN warned of religious animosity by Vatican official
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Greek priests protest new religious textbooks
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
(Maha Elgenaidi, Religion News Service)
Muslim women get $60,000 after being forced to remove hijab for mugshot
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
The critical role of Jews in defining modernity
(Chad Alan Goldberg, Religion Dispatches)
Pro-born: A former evangelical on the single-issue politics of white Christians
(Bradley Onishi, Religion Dispatches)
Satanic Temple again challenges Missouri abortion law on religious grounds
(Matt Campbell, Kansas City Star)
Tagging refugees by religion: Does it matter whether they're Muslims or Christians?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Does a memorial to fallen soldiers breach the church-state wall?
(The Economist)
Oklahoma school bans pastor from leading team prayer after atheist group complains
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Six pastors arrested in Rwanda for opposing shutdown of churches
(Edmund Kagire, The East Arican)
Understanding religion in the workplace
(Justin Walker, business.com)
Why religion failed to win the battle for Congress
(Times of India)
Ultra-Orthodox legislators are weaponizing Torah study
(Elhanan Miller, Forward)
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman decries J Street’s motto as ‘blasphemous’
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Why Christians support Israel
(Dennis Prager, National Review)
Netanyahu defends embrace of Trump and record on religious pluralism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arizona State University sued over enforcement of state anti-BDS law
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious 'nones' could shake up American politics — but many roadblocks stand in their way
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Irish bishops urge voters to keep constitutional ban on abortion
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Irish official warns against LGBT exclusion at World Meeting of Families
(Catholic News Agency)
Explosive devices detonated in Mexican border churches
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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