Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 8 December 2017
Should Egypt arm Sinai tribes to confront extremists?
(A correspondent in Egypt, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The Jerusalem announcement won't really hurt America's Arab alliances
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)
The RNS gift guide: The good, the bad and the weird
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
Trump did not bring Jerusalem crashing down
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Trump flouts warnings, declares Jerusalem Israel’s capital
(Matthew Lee, Religion News Service)
Trump is trying to create religious conflict
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Trump's Jerusalem plan is a deadly provocation
(Peter Beinhart, The Atlantic)
US evangelical preacher should be banned from entering UK, critics say
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Vatican prosecutors urged to go after money laundering
(Associated Press)
White House Hanukkah celebration
(Donald Trump, Instagram)
Why I decline to sign ‘prophetic’ declarations
(Richard Mouw, RNS: Civil Evangelicalism)
Why Trump’s evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem
(Julie Ingersoll, Religion News Service)
You can be an Evangelical and reject Trump's Jerusalem decision
(Gary M. Burge, The Atlantic)
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Patriarch Kirill pays special attention to inter-church relations between Russia and the USA on the background of complicated relations between the countries
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia may attend urgent OIC summit on Jerusalem as observer
(Interfax-Religion)
Chief rabbi of Russia calls Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital the restoration of justice
(Interfax-Religion)
World Council of Churches has 'grave concern' over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
It’s time to repeal the Johnson Amendment and let pastors talk politics
(John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist)
What does Catholic social teaching tell us about sexual harassment?
(Brianne Jacobs, America Magazine)
Pope Francis’s bad advice on free markets
(Robert P. Murpy, National Review)
ACLU: It’s still a Muslim ban and we’re still challenging it in court
(Cody Wofsy, The Hill)
How religious groups are responding to the Masterpiece Bakeshop Supreme Court case
(Tara Isabella Burton, Vox)
Amsterdam politician blames Trump for kosher eatery attack
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Archdiocese of New York pays $40 Million to sexual abuse victims
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)
More than the Billy Graham rule: What faith groups can offer to the sexual assault debate
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Truth will lead to African peace, Nigerian bishops say
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
English-speaking and French-speaking bishops divided over Cameroon crisis
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Not worth a cake? Finding a Christian response to a complex case
(John Gehring, Commonweal)
Koppelman: Let’s make religious liberty great again
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
When can same-sex couples lodge their Notice for Intended Marriage forms?
(Jessica Haynes, ABC News)
Australia approves same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Convicting a witness of contempt of court for refusing to remove his skullcap was not justified
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
European Court: Muslim witness should be allowed to wear skullcap while testifying
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Around the Web: important law-and-religion news stories from around the web
(Law and Religion Forum)
Australia adopts same sex marriage: law and religion implications
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Elder Cook meets with president of Dominican Republic, speaks at religious freedom symposium during visit to Caribbean island nations
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)
Sweden's Catholic minority shows church can thrive in secular society
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brexit: Britain must stay in European Court of Human Rights if it wants a trade deal, Brussels to insist
(Jon Stone, Independent)
ECHR Grand Chamber judgments due in cases concerning Karabakh refugees
(Public Radio of Armenia)
Religious freedom, civility, are at the heart of struggle for democracy in Asia
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Lawyers call Canadian court case turning point for religious freedom
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic News Service)
Greece: As winter nears, asylum seekers stuck in tents on islands
(Human Rights Watch)
Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Religion)
Flood of same-sex weddings in January, after historic parliamentary vote
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
No law that says woman loses religion after interfaith marriage: SC
(Swarajya)
‘Acceptance vital to ensure there is unity’
(Conny Banji, Borneo Post Online)
Two wrongs do not make a 'right' — but they can misuse one
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)
Faith in humanity: Three religious schools to participate in pilot Interfaith program
(Andrea Cantor, Philadelphia Weekly)
Lovers win, as love loses: Changes to interfaith marriage law in Tunisia
(Seda Demiralp, Hurriyet Daily News)
Court to hear Christian report on key Sharia case
(Alex Williams, Premier)
Senate passes tax bill, Johnson Amendment repeal uncertain
(Camille Baker, The Daily Universe)
Report: Malaysia scraping the bottom in rights of non-religious
(Free Malaysia Today)
Religious freedom, civility, are at heart of struggle for democracy in Asia
(David Briggs, Huffington Post)
Repeal the Eighth, says committee on abortion
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Next up: Look past terrorism to probe Europe's deeper changes tied to its Muslim influx
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Motives in Egypt's deadliest terrorist attack: religion and revenge
(Nour Youssef, The New York Times)
Bedside blessings: Uzbek hotels ordered to provide holy books
(Barno Anvar and Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe)
Historical Justice in an era of #MeToo: legacies of John Howard Yoder
(Rachel Waltner Goossen, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
No law provides change of woman’s religion after marriage: SC
(The Indian Express)
Catholic Church, state clash on law barring headstone sales
(Associated Press U.S. News)
Hard drive full of death: Secret chronicles of Islamic State
(Lori Hinnant and Maggie Michael, Associated Press International News)
Jewish cemetery dug up to make way for supermarket in Poland
(Associated Press International News)
AMiE ordinations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is not a disaster
(Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, Foreign Policy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: beards and police officers
(Emir Kovačević, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Supreme Court rules on time limitation for claims under the Human Rights Act
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
The Christian baker need not have ended up at the Supreme Court
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review)
Phillips likely to win Masterpiece Cakeshop Case, five votes to four
(Mark David Hall, Law and Liberty)
Jerusalem for dummies: Why the world doesn’t recognize it as Israel’s capital
(David B. Green, Haaretz)
U.S. allies reject Trump’s Jerusalem pronouncement as ‘very dangerous’ and ’catastrophic’
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)
The real Palestinian response to Trump's Jerusalem speech
(Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute)
Hamas chief calls to 'ignite new intifada' after U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital
(Jack Khoury, Yaniv Kubovich and Reuters, Haaretz)
Palestinians burn US and Israeli flags in riots over Jerusalem
(JTA)
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers over Trump's Jerusalem decision
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)
Trump’s Jerusalem announcement is a big deal that may not actually change much
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)
Austria's supreme court paves way for same-sex marriage from 2019
(Reuters)
Austrian cardinal criticizes court ruling on same-sex marriage
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Yes, radical Muslims massacre Muslims: A crucial theme in persecution of religious minorities
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
We’re lawyers who support same-sex marriage. We also support the Masterpiece Cakeshop baker
(Douglas Laycock and Thomas C. Berg, Vox)
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al., Petitioners v. Colorado Civil Rights Commissioners, et al., Respondents
(Thomas C. Berg and Douglas Laycock, Brief of Christian Legal Society, Center of National Association of Evangelicals, Queens Federation of Churches, Rabbinical Council of America, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners)
Reporters and the Supreme Court cake bake-off: Was religious freedom the guiding issue?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Masterpiece Cakeshop and how “religious liberty” became so toxic
(Andrew Koppelman, Vox)
A Muslim perspective on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case
(Ilhan Cagri, Religion News Service)
Bowman, “Christian: The Politics of a Word in America”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's University)
Anthony Kennedy legacy again at play in same-sex marriage case
(Joan Biskupic, CNN)
Supreme Court same-sex wedding cake case reflects split among American public
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Free speech takes the cake: Can states compel speech?
(The Heritage Foundation)
U.S. Supreme Court considers religious liberty impact of Masterpiece Cakeshop dispute
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Outside the Supreme Court, demonstrators on both sides of cake case fear for their freedoms
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
What supporters, opponents of Christian baker had to say outside of Supreme Court
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Court seems divided in cake case examining religious rights, expression
(Carol Zimmerman, Catholic News Service)
Supreme Court seems split in case of baker vs. same-sex couple; eyes now on Kennedy
(Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Catholic Church, state clash on law barring headstone sales
(Associated Press)
Buglaria: The Cabinet has allocated BGN 940,000 to repair the Zograf Monastery
(novinite.com)
Trial of the Bible put off again
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
Most Russians approve Supreme Court's ruling on parental rights
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Belarus: Maltreated, fined for offering religious literature
(Forum 18 News Service)
What Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel means for the Middle East
(Spyros Sofos and Vittorio Felci, The Conversation)
Why it's pecisely the right time for Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
(Dovid Efune, The Algemeiner)
How Jewish groups are reacting to Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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