Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses believe court decision is provoking violence
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Killing of Paris Jewish woman was anti-Semitic hate crime
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Abusive landlord gets prison reprieve for High Holidays
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
Rabbi to lead NYC’s annual Muslim Day Parade
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What this iconic Rosh Hashanah prayer means in Trump’s America
(Danya Ruttenberg, Forward)
Charleston murderer Dylann Roof can’t fire his Jewish and Indian attorneys, court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof asks to fire Jewish, Indian attorneys
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Can Egypt’s Al-Azhar fight extremism through 'e-fatwas'?
(Ahmed Fouad, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
5 things Christians should know about the Jewish New Year
(Danika Delello, Christian Headlines)
High Holy Days message from President Donald J. Trump
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
After Harvey criticism, Joel Osteen opens church to Jews for High Holy Days
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Services)
In Belarus, some Jews don’t mind a dictator
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'WhatsApp blasphemy' and the plight of Pakistani Christians
(Sattar Khan, Deutsche Welle)
#NewNationalism: Turkey takes its nationalism with a dose of Islam
(Fanny Facsar, Deutsche Welle)
Contractor dismissed due to views on same sex marriage
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
L.A. County to investigate public school system's enrollment of Catholic school students
(Anna M. Phillips, The Los Angeles Times)
German government adopts international anti-Semitism definition
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Bangladesh cardinal praises government response to Rohingya crisis, calls on Myanmar to take them back
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
D.C. summit to highlight hardships facing Middle East Christians
(James Martone, Catholic News Service)
Trump’s UN address reflects tensions of Catholic social teaching
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenya bishops defend Supreme Court, as protests continue against annulled election
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bad faith? The confused debates over religion’s role in politics
(Commonweal)
Michigan sued after gay couples are rejected for adoption
(Ed White, Associated Press)
Michigan Civil Rights Commission stymied in effort to issue interpretive opinion on law's coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge orders Michigan city to accept farmer’s market vendor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Lawsuit challenges adoption agencies' refusal to place children with same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Civil Rights Commission tables request to include LGBT community in anti-discrimination law
(Lauren Gibbons, M Live)
US, UK top 5 consumers of ISIS propaganda, report warns; terror group's decline 'grossly overstated'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
7 U.S. Senators write Netanyahu over Jewish pluralism in Israel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suits against Kim Davis move ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Putin congratulates Jews on Jewish New Year
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin expects that Jewish community will promote religious tolerance in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Reading the Bible through neuroscience
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
Korea exhibit at Vatican shares history, peace through art
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Togo's bishops call for peace while reform goes to public vote
(Catholic News Agency)
US Senate committee advances bill to aid Christians in Iraq
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Black, Jewish and avoiding the synagogue on the high holy days
(Leah Donnella, NPR)
Hurricane Maria strikes Caribbean Islands struggling to recover from previous storms
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Churches must not be excluded from FEMA relief, senators declare in bill tackling 'discrimination'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Nearly 220 dead in devastating Mexico earthquake; Donald Trump, Pope Francis call for God's help
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Religious researcher claims rapture begins on Saturday
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
5 Wheaton college students facing felony charges over hazing incident
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
California school board decides students will not be permitted to opt out of transgender lessons
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Legalising assisted dying would be a failure of collective human memory and imagination
(Margaret Somerville, The Guardian)
Caravan of Love takes its peace message to Indian families touched by hate
(Huizhong Wu, The Guardian)
We're at the end of white Christian America. What will that mean?
(Jason Wilson, The Guardian)
Film starring Pope Francis as himself gets first screening at Vatican
(Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)
Nigeria: calm returns to Jos after eruption of violence that threatened the nation
(World Watch Monitor)
The apotheosis of the religious right
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
College football players face felonies in attack on teammate
(Don Babwin, The Chicago Tribune)
Welcome to the Jewish Inquisition!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
Scandals in the Catholic Church: Bad news and good news
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)
Choristers and canon law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Dean of Exeter appointed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Swedish neo-Nazis plan march near synagogue on Yom Kippur: Is scant advance coverage a good thing?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Cake is his 'art.' So can he deny one to a gay couple?
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
In Supreme Court case of baker refusing to make same-sex wedding case, THIS is the question
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Persecution of Rohingya minority takes a bloody turn
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
The world knew ahead of time the Rohingya were facing genocide
(Kate Cronin-Furman, Foreign Policy)
Report claims DOJ was divided over whether to file amicus brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Masterpiece Cakeshop: Meet the Christian legal group behind the high-profile court case
(Daniel Bennett, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Suicide prevention month and a resource for veterans
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Constitutional law scholars’ amicus brief in the travel ban case explains why the Bill of Rights limits federal power over immigration
(Ilya Somin, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)
On legal position of triple talaq in Bangladesh
(Shirin Sultana, The Daily Star)
So two female pastors get married, but The New York Times avoids deeper theological details
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Has British government decided not to tag terror with religion?
(Sajeda Momin, Al Arabiya)
Will the Supreme Court abandon true government neutrality toward religion?
(Elliot Mincberg, The American Prospect)
Nigeria: The Catholic Bishops’ statement on the issues affecting the Church and their country
(Vatican Radio)
Faith communities mobilize around HIV and AIDS at UN in New York
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Jehovah's Witness loses appeal of conviction for evangelism
(MediaZavod, Russia Religion News)
European court takes up Jehovah's Witnesses' case
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
In unusual move, 7 Jewish senators urge Netanyahu to protect pluralism in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jews find their voice ahead of German elections
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German election: AfD Islamophobia could help get out the Muslim vote
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
Pope trip to Congo won’t happen until after elections, says Vatican ambassador
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Up and down Latin America, it’s been a busy week in Catholic news
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Boston mayor faces threat of legal action for disallowing Christian flag at city hall
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
State may require inspection of release time school buses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump issues Jewish High Holy Day greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
500,000 Ukrainians gather to celebrate reformation and God’s faithfulness
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Kazakhstan plans to set up own school of Islamic studies
(Interfax Religion)
How Lebanese are countering racist attacks
(Florence Massena, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Prospect of Kurdish independence raises talk of war
(Hamdi Malik, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Nearly one-third of Brits still hold antisemitic ideas, study claims
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Thousands of kids missing out on vital religious education
(Staff Writer, Christian Today)
Deadly issue of witchcraft to be tackled at UN human rights gathering
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
You are not a bigot if you vote 'No' to same-sex marriage, Sydney Archbishop says
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Ban conservative bishops until we have gender equality, Church told
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Nuns and refugees run through Rome for 'multi-religious' half-marathon praised by Pope Francis
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Nigeria: Profligacy in the name of religion
(This Day)
Human rights are the key to confronting Iran
(Ken Blackwell, The Christian Post)
Should church worship spaces be used for yoga?
(Mark D. Tooley, The Christian Post)
Google responds to report claiming search results are biased against conservative sites
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
'Let's preach the whole gospel': Q&A with Jemar Tisby on bridging the racial divide
(Josh M. Shepherd, Christian Headlines)
Vanderbilt ties racial justice to religion in new program
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Services)
Where's the biff? Free speech has won every round in the marriage equality debate
(David Marr, The Guardian)
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
(Amy Taxin, Religion News Services)
CofE clergy over 70 – changes to terms of service
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 19 September 2017: Charlottesville and Beyond: Bending Toward Justice
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
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