Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 15 September 2017
Nearly 3 weeks into Rohingya crisis, refugees still fleeing
(Julhas Alam and Dar Yasin, Religion News Service)
Catholic Church in Asia responds to Rohingya refugee crisis
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Turkey's Erdogan defends Rohingya to enhance image
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Podcast thinker: Bannon attack on Catholic bishops was news, while 'loud dogma' wasn't?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Yes, the 'faith-based FEMA' is crucial to the recovery effort after disasters such as Harvey, Irma
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
More than one million refugees in Uganda need support, says Lutheran World Federation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
4 synagogues open in former Soviet Union ahead of Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Top European court rules in favor of church autonomy
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)
European court affirms jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michael Cromartie: Former USCIRF Chair and religious scholar dies
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Former USCIRF commissioner Cromartie dies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Divisions in Orthodox church over response to controversial movie
(Pravmir, Russia Religion News)
How Trump’s presidency reveals the true nature of Christian nationalism
(Jack Jenkins, Think Progress)
Mayim Bialik, Michael Douglas join Jewish leaders’ call for religious freedom in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
New Church of England poll confirms image of inactive Christians
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Montreal imam who asked Allah to ‘destroy the Jews’ will not be prosecuted
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
European Court of Justice to rule on legality of Sharia divorce
(Mariel Müller, Deutsche Welle)
House-passed appropriations bill includes provision weakening protections for houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
President holds high holiday teleconference with Jewish leaders, absent many who boycotted the annual event
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by President Trump and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner on a call to Jewish leaders
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Hundreds of rabbis boycotted Trump’s High Holy Day call, but some called in. Here’s what he said.
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
La. attorney general objects to anti-discrimination proposal
(Associated Press)
9th Circuit: Facebook is immune from liability for blocking access to Sikh group's page
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Facebook enabled advertisers to reach ‘Jew haters’
(Julia Angwin, Madeleine Varner, and Ariana Tobin, Religion News Service)
Facebook allowed advertisers to target 'Jew haters'
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)
Louisiana AG opinion says ABA model rule barring discrimination is unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit accuses Irvine, LA police of ignoring animal-cruelty laws in connection to Jewish ritual
(Sean Emery, Orange County Register)
Animal rights group sues police over lax enforcement against kapparot ritual
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How the US needs to stick up for the Middle East's Christians
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
US bishops urge care of refugees as Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Why are Turks flocking to Greece?
(Zülfikar Doğan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
200,000 Jewish Kurds headed for Iraqi Kurdistan, howls Turkish press
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Congress fuels Christian rivalries with bid to arm Iraqi militias
(Bryant Harris, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Two pastors in love, and only God knows
(Vincent M. Mallozzi, The New York Times)
Don't shun conservative professors
(Arther C. Brooks, The New York Times)
The invisible Christians of North Korea: Surviving by God's grace alone
(Eric Metaxas, Stan Guthrie, Christian Headlines)
Your tithe doesn't have to go to your church, say evangelical leaders
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Survey: white evangelicals most likely to forgive politicians' immorality
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
London: 22 wounded in subway explosion, terrorism suspected
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
World powers deliberate on how to handle North Korea after latest missile test
(Danika Delello, Christian Headlines)
Jews, Christians, Muslim work together after hurricane to provide Kosher meals for Orthodox Jews
(Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein, The Christian Post)
Asia Bibi nominated for EU’s Sakharov Prize
(Maheeda Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)
Jailed Pakistan Christian Bibi nominated for EU's Sakharov Prize
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife)
Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to death, nominated for prestigious religious freedom prize
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Tunisia ends ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
(France 24)
Vatican recalls priest from US as child porn investigation opens
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Official at Vatican embassy to United States removed over child porn allegations
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican diplomat recalled amid child porn investigation
(Nicole Winfield and Matthew Lee, AP News)
Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
(Bouazza ben Bouazza, Religion News Service)
Some Americans don’t believe Muslims, atheists have First Amendment rights
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
So, how Jewish was Modigliani?
(David Van Biema, Religion News Service)
The things they carried: the Iraqis who fled Mosul
(Cengiz Yar, Foreign Policy)
Rescuing migrants fro a couch in Galicia
(Gregory Beals, Foreign Policy)
Muslim fostering row: Careless press must be held to account
(Tay Jiva, The Guardian)
Christians are divided over Australian gay marriage debate
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Australian bishops call for month of prayer ahead of same-sex marriage vote
(Catholic News Agency)
Egyptians make their way to Mecca by many means
(Rami Galal, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Controversy erupts over women's role in political life in Egypt
(N.A. Hussein, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt: ex-kidnapper admits ‘they get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in’
(World Watch Monitor)
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Q&A: Rev. James Martin contemplates reaction to his book on LGBT Catholics
(Charles Camosy, Religion News Service)
Israel eats up more Palestinian land rights in Hebron
(Mohammed Othman, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Bishop urges prayer for victims of Washington school shooting
(Catholic News Agency)
Season of culture unites Jerusalem
(Debra Kamin, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
The rise and fall of Israel's ultra-Orthodox party
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israeli legislator quits in dispute over nephew's gay wedding
(Reuters Staff, Reuters)
Assisted dying laws to be debated in New South Wales and Victoria
(Gay Alcorn and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)
DACA to end March 2018
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Hurricane Irma reminds a confused nation of human worth
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)
New film about the Apostle Paul will star James Faulkner and Jim Caviezel
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Conservative Christians’ anti-marriage equality lines ‘betray gospel of grace’, says reverend
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
We need more analysis and less emotion in the marriage equality debate
(Bede Harris, The Guardian)
Fr Tom: Jesus was with me every day I was held captive
(World Watch Monitor)
Over 1,700 meals donated by Scientology volunteer ministers in Florida
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Singapore's first female president will be Muslim
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Stunning destruction of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious rights in Russia
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Most US Jews oppose Trump but the Orthodox stick with him
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Bahrain and Jewish rights group lead effort to call out extremist clergy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
“Paths of peace”: The Sant’Egidio interreligious gathering in Münster and Osnabrück, Germany
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary, without pope
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Trump to hold conference call despite boycott by many Jewish leaders
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Services)
Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
College of Bishops residential meeting
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UN experts urge India to act after slaying of journalist who fought Hindu extremism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
CSLR Fellow Berner discusses educational pluralism on podcast
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)
Fire at Malaysian boarding school kills 24, mostly students
(Russell Goldman, The New York Times)
German police: Antisemitism is possible cause for attacks on synagogue
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post)
Russian movie chain won't show Tsar 'affair' film after threats from Christian hardliners
(James Macintyre, Christian Today World)
Russian police ready to curb provocations, ensure security of Matilda film viewers
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses ask presidium of Supreme Court to void liquidation
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)
The Senate must act now to save Christianity in Iraq
(Carl Anderson, The Hill)
When the U.S. Government tried to fight Communism with Buddhism
(Joe Freeman, Politico Magazine)
A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Animal rights group sues police for not stopping Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Leftist Jewish youth groups in Rio boycott Israeli folk dance festival
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Trump invites Orthodox, but not Jewish groups who snubbed him, to High Holidays conference call
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Netanyahu to meet with US Jewish leaders
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Muslim group honors Jews for empowering Muslims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cardinal Dieudonne Nzapalainga: Religion is misused in Central African Republic conflict
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
What's the right way to ask a political candidate about his or her faith?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Discussion focuses on civility, tolerance as key to religious freedom
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
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