Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 18 December 2017
Faith and planning in the Sahel: Tensions and cooperation
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Final tax bill leaves Johnson Amendment intact
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Federal court halts expansion of religious exemption from contraceptive coverage mandate
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Nigerian law graduate denied call to bar over hijab
(Al Jazeera)
Nigerian lawyer's group denies law school grad bar admission because of hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim advocacy group files complaint against racist sign-displaying store in NM
(Joy Wang, KOB4 News)
CAIR files human rights complaint over New Mexico store’s denial of service to Muslims
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Complaint filed against convenience store for its anti-Muslim signs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious worker visa rule requiring compensation violates sect's RFRA rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Final tax bill extends 529 plans to elementary and secondary school tuition
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court temporarily blocks Trump order against contraceptive coverage
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)
Statement of Attorney General Shapiro on federal judge’s ruling granting preliminary nationwide injunction in contraceptive care lawsuit against President Trump and the Trump Administration
(Office of the Attorney General (Pennsylvania))
Court issues nationwide injunction against expanded ACA contraceptive mandate exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Former chief nurse Sarah Mullally named as next Bishop of London
(Anglican Communion News Service)
CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity
(Lena H. Sun and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)
Charities' fear under tax bill: less money to help the needy
(Ann Carrns, The New York Times)
Charities feel Christmas fear
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
He survived a stabbing. Now this German mayor is defiantly refusing to back down on refugees.
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)
These are the real people who follow the Jedi religions
(Andy McDonald, Huffington Post)
Interfaith urge Nigerians to engage gov't in constructive criticism
(Olayemi John-Mensah, Daily Trust Nigeria)
Government upholds religious freedom in schools
(The Zimbabwe Mail)
Evangelicals, Pope Francis pledge to work together on religious freedom despite differences
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the importance of religious freedom
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Russia fines pastor for holding Bible study
(Worldnetdaily.com)
Muslim lawyer should be praised for exercising her religious rights
(Inemesit Udodiong, Pulse.ng)
Hijab: What Nigerians are saying about Law graduate denied call to bar
(Fikayo Olowolagba, Daily Post Nigeria)
Law School vs hijab controversy: You can’t wear religious garb during secular ceremony – Fani-Kayode
(The News Guru)
Oral arguments heard in states’ suits on religious exemption to mandate
(Crux)
Baptist Joint Committee exec says saving Johnson Amendment a win for religious liberty
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)
Now notifying govt prior to interfaith marriage, religious conversion mandatory in Rajasthan
(Zee News)
Eboo Patel speaks about his work as founder of Interfaith Youth Core
(Linda Hubbard Gulker, InMenlo)
Down syndrome abortion ban: Lawmakers send bill to Ohio Gov. John Kasich
(Jessie Blamert, Cincinnati Enquirer)
Holy ghosts in Ohio: Cincinnati Enquirer reports on debate over aborting Down syndrome babies
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
CNN visits eastern Kentucky women, but ignores how majority feels about abortion, etc.
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Bolivian president visits pope ahead of papal trip to Chile
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 15 December 2017
Bishop George Bell: findings of independent review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mubin Shaikh: Why did a former extremist go undercover to fight terrorism?
(Mubin Shaikh, NPR)
Catholic church singled out in Australian sex abuse report
(Scott Neuman, NPR)
How Oriana Fallaci's writings on Islamism are remembered - and reviled
(Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic)
Jerusalem – for Christians, Jews and Muslims – is both a city and an idea
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Ofsted, faith schools and ‘British values’
(Letters, The Guardian)
Catholic church dismisses key recommendations from landmark inquiry into child abuse
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission
(David Marr, The Guardian)
Child sexual abuse royal commission delivers final report – as it happened
(Helen Davidson, The Guardian)
The child abuse commission didn't flinch. Can Australia show the same courage?
(David Marr, The Guardian)
The days of rightwing evangelicals swaying politics are numbered
(Daniel José Camacho, The Guardian)
Canada's spy agency settles lawsuit over alleged racist and homophobic bullying
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)
British PM Theresa May hears about plight of Christians in Middle East
(World Watch Monitor)
Indonesian children still in recovery mode one year after church bombing
(World Watch Monitor)
Two renaissance art exhibitions exploring religion at the getty
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Mormon bishop interviews with teen about sex are being scrutinized by parents
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Satan is real and really polite says Pope
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Lady of Guadalupe celebrations and background
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
A path towards peace or provocation?
(Nusrat Qadir, World Religion News)
Everything you didn’t know about Christmas
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
It’s time for a sexual counterrevolution
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)
Church-politics provision removed from tax bill
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy
(Rod McGuirk, Religion News Service)
A rediscovered latke recipe links generations beyond the grave
(Lindsey Rose Weiss, Religion News Service)
A dark horse emerges victorious in Alabama’s election: the black voter
(Larycia Hawkins, Religion News Service)
The Bill of Rights, Thomas Jefferson, and the danger of ‘God-given rights’
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion News Service)
‘Trumpvangelicals’ top religion journalists’ poll
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
2017: In a less religious America, conservative Christians got the president’s ear, a museum and a day in court
(Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)
Most voters say no to politics of religion in Times Group's mega online poll
(Times of India)
Rajasthan HC sets guidelines to check ‘forced conversion of religion’
(Hindustan Times)
Azerbaijan: Fines follow police raids on worship
(Forum 18 News Service)
Church-politics provision removed from tax bill
(Associated Press)
White House signals Western Wall has to be part of Israel
(Ken Thomas, Associated Press)
Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Prince Charles honors LDS Charities, AMAR Foundation at London event
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
In small win for Democrats, the final tax bill will not include a provision allowing churches to endorse political candidates
(Heather Long, The Washington Post)
Federal judge blocks Trump rollback of ObamaCare birth control mandate
(Jessie Hellmann and Avery Anapol, The Hill)
Why Muslims see the Crusades so differently from Christians
(Missy Sullivan, History)
Delicate art of diplomacy needed to build peaceful future, pope says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lebanon’s religious oppose Trump’s Jerusalem move; Jordanians march
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)
‘Outcry and uproar’: Congo’s bishops urge noise protest until election
(Catholic News Service)
Italy deals Church third big political loss, this time on right-to-die
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Has Australian commission weakened the reformers on sex abuse?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Johnson amendment banning politicking by houses of worship survives repeal bid
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In small win for Democrats, the final tax bill will not include a provision allowing churches to endorse political candidates
(Heather Long, The Washington Post)
No Johnson Amendment repeal in conference version of tax bill
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump nominates Feldblum for additional term on EEOC
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says countries must recognize same-sex unions entered abroad
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judgment Orlandi and Others v. Italy - Legal recognition of same-sex marriages contracted abroad
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Indonesia court rejects petition to bar consensual sex outside marriage
(Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters)
Indonesia's Constitutional Court refuses to criminalize all sex outside of marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Parsi woman who married outside religion can enter fire temple, says Supreme Court in major ruling
(Dev Goswami, India Today)
3rd Circ. upholds dismissal of religious discrimination case over flu shot refusal
(P.J. Dannunzio, law.com)
Religious freedom review appointee has argued for limited sharia law in Australia
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Atheist group drops fight over religious-freedom order
(Zantow, Courthouse News Service)
How the elimination of net neutrality will hurt religion
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Lutherans offer replica of 'Christ of Bojayá,' Colombian symbol of hope, to Pope Francis
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russian law enforcement descends on Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Exploring the bonds of Judaism and Conservatism
(Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics)
Nobody is laughing at the Religious Left in 2017
(Jack Jenkins, Think Progress)
Anti-Semitism rampant among Muslim refugees in Germany, study finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Anti-terror raids in Berlin linked to Anis Amri
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
Peruvian prosecutor requests jail for Sodalitium founder
(Catholic News Agency)
Bishops condemn selling of Nigerians into slavery in Libya
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)
Catholic priest and activist points finger at government in peacekeeper attack in Congo
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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