Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Jewish groups condemn new US travel ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'No way back' in Myanmar's crucible of communal hate
(Agence-France Press)
Pastor's suit against VA over prayer content dismissed for lack of standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Today is Alabama Senate Primary runoff between Moore and Strange
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Harvey, Irma, Jose... and Noah
(David Brooks, The New York Times)
Labour to adopt new antisemitism rules after conference row
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)
Labour is 'lukewarm' to Christians, admits party's faith envoy
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Religious leaders speak out in horror at far right gains in German election
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
London mayor: Terror threat 'keeps me awake at night'
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Labour's 'shame': Party eight times worst than others for antisemitism
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Christianity is dying out in Europe, claims Russian Orthodox Church leader
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Tolerance online: those with diverging opinions need not apply
(Florence Gildea, Christian Today)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confiscates Christian literature as ‘publicity stunt’
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious discrimination is on the rise and more pervasive than you'd think
(Nicole Russell, The Washington Examiner)
37% of Americans can't name a right guaranteed by first amendment
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Russian human rights activist asks Putin to reverse arrest of Scientologists
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
High security on Jewish high holidays
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Orthodox rabbi to host ‘alternative Yom Kippur’ service in beer garden
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
Religious cyber-vigilantism on the rise
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Remember when liberals wanted evangelicals to be more political?
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)
Kneeling at NFL liturgies
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)
First Muslim college in US buys Lutheran seminary campus in Berkeley
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Church used unemployment scam to stoke funds, ex-members say
(Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, Religion News Service)
Witch doctors are sacrificing children in drought-stricken Uganda
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)
Iraqi Kurds voted in their independence referendum. Now what?
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)
Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Federal judge permanently blocks Indiana abortion limits
(Rick Callahan, Associated Press)
Should states ban abortions when Down syndrome diagnosed?
(Julie Carr Smyth and David Crary, Associated Press)
Will outlawing ‘instant divorce’ advance justice for Muslim women in India?
(Z. Fareen Parvez, The Conversation)
Divine to divided: How Occupy Central split Hong Kong's Christian leaders
(Jayson Albano, Marta Colombo, and Maria Christhin Kuiper, South China Morning Post)
How did marriage become a mark of privilege?
(Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times)
Bangladesh: On marriage, convenience, rights, and politics
(Arpeeta Shams Mizan, The Daily Star)
Book of Mormon sets new record for most expensive manuscript ever sold
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
Monday, 25 September 2017
September 24: States grapple with religious liberty and adoption, reproductive rights and wedding services
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Europe’s religious history: Lessons for Theresa May and the EU from 15th-century Florence
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Sectarianism in Iraq peaks ahead of Kurdistan referendum
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Refugees’ fate in limbo as Iraqi Kurdistan referendum nears
(Dilshad Hama Khidhir, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
As Iraqi Kurds vote for independence, Turkey dials up hostility
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Why is Turkey so disjointed over the Iraqi Kurds?
(Merve Tahiroglu and Aykan Erdemir, The Washington Post)
'Miracle of the Kurds' author shares why he supports a forgotten people
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
Turkey trumps up the charges against the imprisoned U.S. pastor
(Aykan Erdemir, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Policy Brief)
Holy Russia leader under prosecution for pressuring cinemas due to Matilda, detained
(Interfax-Religion)
European Jews concerned about far-right party's Bundestag election results
(Interfax-Religion)
Pope and Peruvian president discuss Venezuela, upcoming papal visit
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Egypt’s Christian, Muslim institutions join efforts to advance women’s issues
(Ahmed Aleem, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: Copts face arrest after Facebook post leads Muslims to riot
(World Watch Monitor)
Will Egyptian government embrace the Muslim Brotherhood?
(Amr Mostafa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Leader of far-right German party says Jews have nothing to fear
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Swedish court moves neo-Nazi march on Yom Kippur away from synagogue
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. bishops seek to fight racism at both national and local levels
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Female envoys to Vatican say it’s past time for Church to empower women
(Inés San Martín and Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump issues new, more targeted version of travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues Texas doctor for religious discrimination
(David Lee, Courthouse News Service)
EEOC sues doctor over required Bible sessions for employees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Albany Lions Club sues city, officials over Albany Hill cross
(Damin Esper, East Bay Times)
Body of rabbi in Mexico pulled from earthquake rubble
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
California Lions Club sues to control cross in park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court says private investigator invaded privacy of Buddhist temple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church stoked tithing with unemployment scam, ex-members say
(Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press)
How a sweet Jewish New Year tradition causes a bitter fight in Israel
(Mordechai Goldman, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Turkey to toughen laws on surrogacy
(Riada Asimovic Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Court upholds anti-discrimination law over wedding videographer's challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church loses RLUIPA equal terms challenge to parking requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tennessee Supreme Court clarifies the law in church property disputes
(Press Release, TNCourts.gov)
Is Iran seeking to impose its influence in Iraq's liberated Sunni areas?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Tehran's Sunnis still waiting for their own mosque
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Tennessee Supreme Court: Resolves approach in church property dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lebanese president calls for safe return of Syrian refugees
(Week in Review, Al Monitor)
Latest Syria peace talks solidify final de-escalation zone
(Anton Mardasov, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)
On God, providence, and natural disasters
(Steve Hays, Mongerism)
Waterborne diseases a concern in Haiti following Hurricane Irma
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Earthquake in Mexico hits churches hard in Puebla state
(Carrie Kahn, NPR)
When Israelis and Palestinians both love Jesus
(Lusanne Movement)
UN event exposes online child pornography and sex trafficking
(Lisa Correnti, Christian News Wire)
Stabbing of surgeon at Manchester mosque treated as hate crime
(Mattha Busby, Mattha Busby)
The Guardian view on heresy: is the Pope Catholic?
(The Guardian)
Conservatives accuse the Pope of spreading heresy
(Delia Gallagher and Daniel Burke, CNN)
Conservative theologians accuse pope of spreading heresy
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Why Buddhist ‘fangsheng’ mercy release rituals can be more cruel than kind
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Girls' school head stops calling students 'girls', fearful of offending transgender students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
(Ben White, Andrew McGee, and Lindy Willmott, The Conversation)
Paraguay's government rejects gender ideology
(Catholic News Agency)
Michigan lawsuit could imperil religious adoption agencies
(Catholic News Agency)
Orthodox leaders call for boycott of Lidle, Nestle for airbrushing out Christians symbols on products
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
University bans research into transgender surgery regrets
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
The big issue: it’s no mystery – science and religion cannot be reconciled
(David Malcolm Connah, The Guardian)
Why it’s offensive to offer a lamb dinner to the Hindu god Ganesha
(Jeffery D. Long, Religion News Service)
‘Jesus People’ – a movement born from the ‘Summer of Love’
(Larry Eskridge, Religion News Service)
Jews will not replace us! (And you will not replace Judaism!)
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
First beatification Mass for U.S.-born priest and martyr draws thousands
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Officials: 1 dead, 7 victims hurt in church shooting
(Kristin Hall, Religion News Service)
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Law and religion round-up – 24th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Mosque's property tax challenge barred by tax injunction act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Homosexuality and Catholic evangelization: “The Dorothy Day Way”
(Charles D. Beard, Aleteia)
Religious freedom bill is a tool of oppression, an attempt to restore privilege
(Dan Barker, philly.com)
2015 incident led to Davenport police religious accommodation process
(Devan Patel, Quad-City Times)
Pakistan plans to regulate weekly sermons to prevent extremism
(Madeeha Anwar, Voice of America)
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