Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 18 September 2017
New California regulation protects transgender employees
(Amy Patton, Lexology)
On Constitution Day, remember our fundamental religious liberty principles
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Interfaith summit vs religious extremism to start October
(Manila Times)
This Rosh Hashanah, a passionate call to action
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Services)
State hostility to religious movements of foreign origin in Kazakhstan
(HRWF statement at the OSCE/ODIHR HDIM in Warsaw, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
John Wamwara named first Dooyeweerd Fellow in Law and Religion
(Press Release, Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
The enduring power of Mosul’s rich and diverse past
(Stephennie Mulder, The Conversation)
Blogger Sokolovsky's lawyer contests sentence in Sverdlovsk region court
(Interfax-Religion)
Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?
(Thomas Holt, Joshua D. Freilich, and Steven Chermak, The Conversation)
Navalny's volunteer gets 2 years for religious affiliation
(Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov publishes address by Chechen man imprisoned in Iraq calling on Muslims not to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkish terrorists lived in house of Georgian patriarch for several months - Rustavi 2
(Interfax-Religion)
The politics of martyrdom: In Latin America and Russia, the spiritual status of the slain is a minefield
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
In defense of the tragic, impotent silence of Aung San Suu Kyi
(Michael Sainsbury, La Croix International)
‘Error has no rights’: Religious coercion persists, from Russia to America
(L. Martin Nussbaum and John N. Thorpe, National Review)
Belgium seeks to strengthen control over mosques
(Delphine Allarie, La Croix International)
Leaders mark bicentenary in Pakistan
(Baha'i World News Service)
5 French teens get suspended sentences for vandalizing Jewish gravestones
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China: New regulations on religions: Annihilate underground communities, suffocate official communities
(Bernado Cervellera, AsisNew.it)
Total control is behind China’s revised religious regulations
(La Croix International)
Neo-Nazi group marches through Swedish city in run-up to planned Yom Kippur demonstration
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Liberal Jews picket Paris synagogue hosting Jerusalem chief rabbi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Interfaith seeks peace among Muslims, Christians in Nigeria
(Christiana T. Alabi, Daily Trust)
Philosophy, Descartes and the dance of life
(Joseph Cocker, The Guardian)
Israeli government to amend adoption law to give same-sex couples equal rights
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis.
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US-Muslim interfaith dialogue conference unites 450 scholars
(Al Arabiya)
Jewish Agency volunteers help Mexico recover from earthquake
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tamar, Muhammad top baby names in Israel for third straight year
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judicial Crisis Network launches ad against Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ‘religious litmus test’
(Casey Ryan, The Daily Signal)
Malaysia nixes beer festival after Islamist protest
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
Governing requires prayer, wisdom, counsel, pope says
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope praises Rome’s first interreligious half-marathon
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Christian children face pressure to convert to Islam in refugee camps in Sudan
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Air Force chaplain is wrong to oppose religious liberty rights for all
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Archbishop Justin Welby joins new UN advisory board on mediation
(Anglican News Service)
Supreme Court: Restaurants can say they serve kosher food
(Arutz Sheva 7)
High Court ruling may put an end to the Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly
(Aaron Rabinowitz, Haaretz)
Israel's High Court erodes rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Pope, the Mafia, and the rest of us
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Department of Justice and Bensalem Township, PA settle lawsuit over mosque denial
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)
Indigenous ministry mobilizing emergency hurricane aid in Cuba
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
Senator defends 'religious test' questioning of Trump's catholic judicial nominee
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Christians with Muslim or Buddhist backgrounds most persecuted in China; leader pleads for Bibles
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
ISIS calls for attacks on hurricane relief shelters
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Dozens arrested after St. Louis protests turn violent
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)
Labour conundrum on rules to combat antisemitism
(Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi and Lynette Gribble, The Guardian)
We should end the suffering of patients who know they are dying and want to do so peacefully
(Peter Singer, The Guardian)
EU recognition of sharia divorce decrees: Sahyouni
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
From 'Building Bridges' to 'Building a Bridge' – About the roots of wars over Father James Martin
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Rescued Filipino priest talks of need for religious harmony
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
Polish party leader denounces anti-Semitism, praises Israel
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)
Why Myanmar hates the Rohingya
(Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek)
Thousands protest in Bangladesh as Rohingya flee Myanmar
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
The road from Paris might lead to lower emissions
(Irwini M. Stelzer, Hudson Institute)
Regional war and the Middle East
(HIllel Fradkin & Lewis Libby, Hudson Institute)
The overcommitted church
(Thom S. Rainer, The Christian Post)
Mike Huckabee and the rise of Christian media under Trump
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Australia's Prime Minister vows churches won't be forced to marry same-sex couples
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Take in more refugees, not fewer, bishops urge White House
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Children starting gender transition using hormones at early age is okay, medical org. claims
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Judge stoped city's ban on Christian-owned business at farmer's market over gay marriage opposition
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Cider and religious freedom: Can a Catholic couple live their faith and still sell apples at a farmer’s market?fr
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)
Christians in India warn of 'spiraling hatred' in letter to PM Modi with photos of Hindus burning cross
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Same-sex marriage: many synagogues reject rabbinical council's 'no'
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Pakistan man sentenced to death for ridiculing Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
Hardline Israeli rabbis use tough checks on Jewish identity to block marriages
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
The yoga industry is booming – but does it make you a better person?
(Brigid Delaney, The Guardian)
Trojan horse: the real story behind the fake 'Islamic plot' to take over schools – podcast
(Written by Samira Shackle, read by Alice Arnold and produced by SImon Barnard, The Guardian)
Historic Armenian Cathedral desecrated in southeast Turkey
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
Catholic priets ordered to stop euthanizing patients in Belgium
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses victims of gas attack in Angola
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Netanyahu's son criticized after posting anti-Semitic cartoon
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
German nationalist party presents anti-Islam platform
(David Rising, AP News Religion)
Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm
(AP News)
Myanmar disaster another case of civilizational climate change
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
21 boys who died in Islamic school fire buried in Malaysia
(Eileen Ng, Religion News Services)
Seminary cancels talk by priest who urges dialogue with gays
(Rachel Zoll, Religion News Services)
Sunday, 17 September 2017
Sep 17: Congress calls for Trump to denounce hate groups, Facebook advertises to anti-Semites
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 17th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
After 30 years, a farewell column
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, Conflict & Change)
Farmer's market must issue vendor's permit to orchard that refuses to host same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's objections to zoning conditions dismissed on ripeness grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michael Gerson sends message to senators (and journalists?) about faith, law, public life
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia decide to cooperate to promote tolerance, counterterrorism
(Interfax-Religion)
The best weapon to de-radicalise Isis returnees? Our own humanity
(Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, The Guardian)
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders join together to advocate for religious tolerance
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Francis in Colombia: Reconciliation beyond the peace agreement
(Iván Garzón Vallejo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Saturday, 16 September 2017
Has Apple become a kind of secular faith? Maybe someone should write a story about that
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How Pope Francis reframes the politics of being ‘pro-life’
(John Gehring, La Croix International)
Kenya: Ban on registration of churches (from March 2017)
(Melissa Lukulu, East African Centrereg for Law & Justice (EACLJ))
The remarkable diplomacy of the Institute for Global Engagement
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Károly Nagy v Hungary: the Grand Chamber judgment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Responses of WATCH and FiF to Independent Reviewer’s Report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 15 September 2017
'Irrefutable' evidence of massive scorched-earth campaign in Rakhine
(La Croix International)
An informal concordat: Culture wars in modern Russia
(Boris Falikov, Eurozine)
Multifaith Prayer for Rohingya
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Nearly 400,000 of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya seek asylum in Bangladesh
(Kelly McEvers and Zafar Sobhan, NPR)
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