Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Asma Jahangir: Pakistan human rights champion dies
(BBC News)
Asma Jahangir obituary: Lawyer and human rights campaigner who fought for women, children and religious minorities in her native Pakistan
(Victoria Schofield, The Guardian)
Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy
(Amnesty International)
USCIRF mourns death of leading Pakistani human rights defender
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Podcast: Is God really dead? Why belief matters. (Celebrating the work of Eileen Barker)
(Professor Eileen Barker, Professor Conor Gentry, Professor Nigel Dodd, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
8 facts about love and marriage in America
(Abigail Geiger and Gretchen Livingston, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
7 interesting facts about Ash Wednesday, Lent
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
When Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, what’s a clergyperson to do?
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Ashes for Valentine's Day: The convergence of eros and agape
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
The Guardian view on a calendrical coincidence: ashes and chocolate
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Where do Ash Wednesday ashes come from?
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt’s love affair with Valentine’s Day
(Marwan Menawy, Arab News)
Say no to Valentine's: Islamic teacher ways women should not be referred to as 'girlfriends'
(Al Bawaba News)
No, the Catholic Church hasn't canceled Valentine's Day
(Brian Backe and Daniel Burke, CNN)
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
(Lisa Bitel, Religion News Service)
Valentine's Day remains controversial in some conservative Muslim and Hindu areas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The war on Valentine's Day in India
(Elizabeth Flock, The Atlantic)
Can't buy me love: Materialism in marriage linked to devaluation of marriage
(Brigham Young University, Science Daily)
This is how religious liberty really dies (Cultural pressures are a much greater threat to the faithful than the government)
(David French, National Review)
Religious freedom implications of same sex marriage in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
'Yes' victors seek abolition of all church exemptions to anti-discrimination laws
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Imagine if politicians took Lent seriously (giving up crisps doesn’t count)
(Jack Bernhardt, The Guardian)
Why buffer zones around abortion clinics do not threaten the right to protest
(Arianne Shahvisi, The Conversation)
Maldives crisis: a bitter religious divide comes to the fore
(Andreas Johansson, The Conversation)
“Regardless of religion”: Building a stronger Singaporean society
(Shashi Jayakumar, Nur Diyanah Binte Anwar, Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS))
Surrendering a Brussels mosque: Saudi break with ultra-conservatism? – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
New ‘Holocaust law’ highlights crisis in Polish identity
(Genevieve Zubrzycki, The Conversation)
Muslim leader urges Macron not to meddle too much in French Islam
(Julie Carriat, Reuters)
Macron under fire over plans to reform Islam in France
(Romina McGuinness, Express)
Interfaith survey shows first-year student approach to religious difference
(Katy Chappell, Technician Online)
Washington: Employer’s religious objections shouldn’t block birth control coverage, Senate says
(Jim Camden, The Spokesman-Review)
You can’t make state officials like me perform same-sex marriages. The Constitution accommodates religious objections
(Gayle Myrick, The Washington Post)
T-shirts now in religious liberty battle's spotlight
(Art Toalston, Baptist Press)
Testimony of Commissioner Thomas J. Reese, S.J. on mass atrocities prevention
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))
How World Hijab Day divided opinion in the West over religious freedoms
(Eve Dugdale, Al Arabiya)
Hijab saga: Muslims warn Nigerian Law School, say religious war looms
(Seun Opejobi, Daily Post Nigeria)
Religious freedom: Guests promised 'no record' of secret meetings with Ruddock's panel
(James Elton-Pym, SBS.com.au)
Hey reporters, wanna know what's taught in a public school's Bible class? Ask teachers, students
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
German cardinal urges pastoral care, but not 'blessing' of gay couples
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
What we've got here is failure to communicate – debates about Cardinal Marx and gay blessings
(George Conger, The Media Project)
Churches demand new 'religious freedom' law to combat era of 'hatred'
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Why are women jihadists fighting for Islamic State?
(Eleanor Beevor, Al Bawaba News (via Eurasia Review))
Islamic State’s Al-Baghdadi incapacitated In Russian airstrike – OpEd
(Nauman Sadiq, Eurasia Review)
“Genetic affinity” an actionable head of damage against IVF clinic
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Religious nationalism in India self-annihilation: bishops
(Bijay Kumar Ming, UCANews)
$88.2B price tag for rebuilding Iraq after Islamic State war
(Malak Harb and Jon Gambrell, Military Times)
Indonesian religious leaders call for government to end worship decree abuse
(Katharina R. Lestari and Konradus Epa, UCANews)
Catholic leaders voice concern over federal budget proposal
(Catholic News Agency)
Coptic Orthodox to dedicate church to New Martyrs of Libya
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)
Amidst the Pyeongchang Games, remembering Korea’s martyrs
(Catholic News Agency)
No chance for peace while settlers dream of holy war
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Iranian women steadfast in campaign to attend soccer matches
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Rights coalition takes on female genital mutilation in Egypt
(Rahma Diaa, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
We are misusing the word 'evangelical'
(Ron Henzel, The Christian Post)
Mental health and the Church: An interview with Stephen Grcevich, MD
(Corine Gatti, The Christian Post)
America's reversal on 'gay marriage': What really happened?
(John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post)
Marriage equality campaign seeks abolition of religious rights to discriminate
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Church built to honour beheaded Copts, but families still waiting for bodies’ return
(World Watch Monitor)
Connecting the 'Minecraft' video game to religion
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Veteran Team USA hockey player Gigi Marvin wants gold and God
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
At town hall, Labrador depicts a right to religion that’s ‘under constant attack’
(Gretel Kauffman, Idaho Statesman)
Xinjiang authorities launch anti-religion campaign through local police stations
(Radio Free Asia)
Students claiming religious bias urge further investigation
(Lorna Siggins, Irish Times)
China's Catholics rue church's slide as powers debate control
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)
State-run secondary school pupils may opt out of religion classes
(Carl O'Brien, Irish Times)
Dear President Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe needs science, not religion
(Tafi Mhaka, Huffington Post)
Haredi MKs advance legislation to expand rabbinical courts' jurisdiction
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Land for building a church in Portugal allotted to the Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Azerbaijani religious leaders to discuss Aliyev in sermons before election
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill meets with Abbas, favors preserving Jerusalem's special status
(Interfax-Religion)
The little big differences in Christian nationalism
(Craig M. Watts, Red Letter Christians)
Muslims like me don’t have theological beef with evangelicals. It’s the prejudice against us that’s the problem.
(Ismail Royer, The Washington Post)
Power and Faith: Law and Religion in a Jewish State [YouTube]
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Why Jewish leaders are fighting about Qatar
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian cardinal blames inquiry for sex allegations
(Associated Press)
Judge: Lawsuit claiming Montana priest sex abuse can proceed
(Associated Press)
School voucher programs get $1 billion boost in proposed Trump budget
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
7th Circuit: Hebrew teacher covered by "ministerial exception" doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Education Department says it is no longer investigating transgender bathroom complaints
(Juana Summers, CNN)
DOE no longer investigating transgender bathroom access complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Some allegations about CAIR stricken from complaint
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Limits on Krishna lunch program upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Girl, Planned Parenthood sticker stay at Catholic school
(Associated Press)
Submission to Religious Freedom Review until 14 February 2018
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
More on Tynwald and the Lord Bishop of Sodor & Man
(Cross Post by Peter Edge, Law & Religion UK)
Maldives: trouble in paradise
(The Japan Times)
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Dhaka police arrest sister of Bangladeshi woman facing terror charges in Australia
(Kamran Reza Chowdhury, Benar News)
Faith and enlightenment in dark times
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))
Why must ‘faith’ and ‘Enlightenment’ be seen as contradictions of each other?
(Martin E. Marty, Religion News Service)
US-educated Ghanaian to take the helm of the Global Christian Forum
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
John Wamwara: Christianity and Human Rights in Africa Lecture Series Part 1 [YouTube]
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
AIMPLB prefers ‘societal correction’ of triple talaq
Bermuda bends back the arc: The territory’s abrupt repeal of marriage equality proves there’s nothing inevitable about civil rights.
(Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
National Prayer Breakfast finally gets the intelligent coverage it has long deserved
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Here we go again: New York Times says White House door wide open for all 'evangelicals'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
‘Not the right kind of Catholic’: Private schoolteacher fired days after same-sex wedding
(Cleve R. Wootson Jr., and Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post)
Not the right kind of paper to report both sides? About that story on fired Catholic teacher
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
New York Times writer: The most sympathetic sources may lie – even Rohingya refugees
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Gender-neutral God story: Have we hit the point where wins on Episcopal left are not news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Is Israel about to go to war with Iran?
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
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