Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
China deports hundreds of South Korean Christians for helping persecuted North Koreans
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Light breaking through the darkness in Nicaragua
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Polygamist sect could lose its grip on tiny Utah community in landmark vote
(Joanna Walters, The Guardian)
The costume institute takes on Catholicism
(Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times)
What to do when racists try to hijack your religion
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
There are more black Catholics in the US than members of the AME church
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Trump’s white evangelical strategy backfires in Virginia
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Notre Dame, in about face, will continue contraceptive coverage under accommodation rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Notre Dame to keep third-party contraceptive coverage
(Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter)
Why Notre Dame reversed course on contraception
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)
Religious Practice around the World: Photos of the week 10/27-11/02
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Oxford University places Tariq Ramadan on leave amid rape claims
(Richard Adams and Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Tariq Ramadan takes leave from Oxford amid rape allegations
(The Associated Press, Religion News)
Boredom in the Court (sex, politics, and legal tedium)
(Méadhbh McIvor, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Indonesia ruling lifts blasphemy prosecution threat to religious minorities
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
Indonesian court recognizes native religions in landmark ruling
(Tom Allard and Jessica Damiana, Reuters)
For the first time in Saudi Arabia, women authorized to issue fatwas
(Arab News)
Women will soon be issuing fatwas in Saudi Arabia. This isn’t as groundbreaking as you’d think.
(Richard A. Nielsen, The Washington Post)
An Iraqi town where Muslims, Jews, and Christians coexist, in theory
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)
'Terrorist rehab' opens its doors in northern Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Is the left eating itself on college campuses?
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Most who identify as 'spiritual but not religious' are religiously affiliated: PRRI poll
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Millennials and the church, part 2: What is your role in passing the baton?
(Danita Bye, The Christian Post)
Survey: 1 in 5 Jewish millennials believes Jesus is the Son of God
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Christian leaders respond to the deadliest church shooting in American history
(Debbie McDaniel, Christian Headlines)
Pastor whose 14-y-o daughter died in Texas church shooting: 'I don't understand, but I know my God does'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Wycliffe Bible translators turns 75
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Living With Gods review – 40,000 years of religious art, and this is it?
(Jonathan Jones, The Guardian)
Bishops urge Church of England to divest from ExxonMobil over climate change
(Damian Carrington, The Guardian)
Church of England should lead on climate change by divesting from ExxonMobil
(Richard Coles and Olivia Graham, The Guardian)
Is the celibacy of Catholic priests coming to an end?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Some Islamic schools in England still segregating children
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
US announces funding to promote religious freedom in Sri Lanka
(Colombo Gazette)
Facial challenge to Chicago parking standard fails
(Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA-Defense)
Wealthy foundation aims to redefine religious freedom—and Christianity, too
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Misplaced faith: Examining evangelical voter support for Donald Trump
(William Grundy, World Religion News)
Russia: Muslim prisoner of conscience tortured
(Forum 18 News Service)
3 prominent British authors say Labour Party is ‘now closer to anti-Semitism’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
European Court of Human Rights hears challenge to UK mass surveillance
(Ekklesia)
UPR side event: The denial of religious freedom in Pakistan
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Casualties in religious attacks in Afghanistan rise steeply: U.N.
(Reuters)
For Afghan farmers, climate change is 'god's will'
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)
Pope makes emotional plea against war
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Italian city welcomes 'Islamic Center' after banning mosque
(Fabio Poletti, Worldcrunch)
Kerala high scout orders police protection for interfaith couple wanting to get married
(Neethu Reghukumar, News 18.com)
When you attack a church, you attack God
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Churches look to tighten security, even arm congregants, after Texas shooting
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Canada's Supreme Court hears arguments in ecclesiastical abstention case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Canada's high court to decide whether courts can hear church membership cases
(ReligiousLiberty.TV)
Constitutionally irrelevant. Does Islam have to be compatible with the German constitution, as the AfD is demanding? The question is pointless: the constitution requires nothing of the sort – from either Muslims or Christians.
(Dieter Grimm, Qantara.de)
How do you have faith after Sutherland Springs, Texas?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Billy Graham at 99: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
(RNS Staff, Religion News Service)
Texas authorities: We won’t mention shooter’s name again
(Andrew Dalton, Religion News Service)
Texas churches weigh putting armed volunteers in the pews
(Matthew Choi, Religion News Service)
Local Christians, and some Muslims, surround a grieving town with love
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis meets with Kofi Annan, other members of “The Elders”
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Panel looks at future of religious minorities victimized by IS militants
(Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)
FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
(David A. Lieb, Associated Press)
Christian-Muslim dialogue depends upon knowledge and trust
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How the Islamic State uses ‘virtual lessons’ to build loyalty
(André Gagné and Marc-André Argentino, The Conversation)
Trafficking expert tells Vatican summit, ‘Slavery was never abolished’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Most Americans support mandate for employer-covered contraception
(Daniel Cox, PhD and Molly Fisch-Friedman, PRRI)
Judge halts California law forcing pro-lifers to advertise abortions
(Jay Hobbs, The Daily Signal)
First Amendment and religious beliefs: questions and answers
(United States Department of Agriculture)
USDA memo gives meat packing plants broad religious speech protection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USDA beefs up protections for free speech, religious freedom
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Retaliation is not a right: Indiana appeals court sides with Purdue Calumet in professor’s free speech lawsuit
(Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed)
University's anti-harassment policy upheld over prof's free speech claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Quebec's face-covering law heads for constitutional challenge
(Benjamin Shingler, CBC News)
Has Uzbekistan’s repressive government helped radicalise its emigrants and exiles?
(John Heathershaw, The Conversation)
EVENT, 7-11 November 2017: Religion in the Public Sphere, Third Biennial Wheatley Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
(The Wheatley Institution)
EVENT, 7 November 2017: Interfaith Religious Freedom Conference, Detroit, MI
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society Detroit Chapter and Michigan Catholic Conference)
EVENT, 7 November 2017: Legislative & Legal Challenges to Religious Freedom
(Khaled Beydoun, Elizabeth Clark, Christopher Lund, Frank Ravitch, Reuben Clark Law Society Detroit Chapter & Michigan Catholic Conference)
Monday, 6 November 2017
Spiritual but not religious: Tingles of the transcendent don’t always prompt people to go to church
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
The quiet religious freedom fight that is remaking America
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Connecticut Chabad wins 10-year legal fight to open Chabad House
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chabad gets partial win under RLUIPA in long-running suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
November 5: Bears Ears National Monument shrunk, Justice nominee litigated religious freedom, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Global churches act together calling COP 23 to deliver climate justice
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
The truth about church shootings
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Trump sends holiday greetings to Sikhs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement by the Press Secretary on the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Devji
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
The birth of an American Christian Democratic Party
(Hunter Baker, Modern Age)
A Buddhist’s call for a middle way in politics
(Dick Allen, Tricycle)
Are Christians supposed to be communists?
(Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
When the ‘dogma lives loudly’ within one — what Judge Amy Barrett can teach us
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
World Jewry more worried by Haredi than Arab growth in Jerusalem, study finds
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)
Preserving Jewish history in Mexico City
(Alan Grabinsky, The Tablet)
What was the Jewish role in 1917 Russian Revolution? This Moscow museum gives a full picture.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Court: Muslim boy must attend NRW school's Catholic service
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
How social workers can advance Catholic social teaching
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
U.S. bishop: Congo tensions high; church teaches democratic practices
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Catholic U offers free tuition to displaced Puerto Rican students
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Happy are the spiritual
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)
Luther goes global
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Adventists mark Reformation’s 500th anniversary with launch of new book
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)
Critics fear for Turkey’s secular foundations as religious marriage law passes
(Fulya Ozerkan, The Times of Israel)
Law conference highlights atrocities against religious minorities
(Baha'i World News Service)
The U.S. citizenship oath includes 'so help me God' — so a French woman is suing
(Josh Magness, The Sacramento Bee)
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