Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 11 September 2017
Manila cardinal asks churches to ring bells to remember drug-war deaths
(Catholic News Service)
British MP lambasted for defending Church teaching on abortion and gay marriage
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nigeria’s bishops take sides in country’s decentralization debate
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Supreme Court orders government to appoint police to stop attacks over cows
(Suchitra Mohanty, Mohi Narayan, Reuters)
India's Chief Justice tells authorities to rein in cow protection vigilantes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
South Africa: Married transgender people can change their official sex, court finds
(Safura Abdool Karim, Ground Up)
South African court reconciles marriage law with gender identity change statute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Despite protests, State Department says it will return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
U.S. plans to return retrieved Jewish archive to Iraq
(Religion Clause)
Australia: National party votes against banning burqa in government buildings
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)
A Sinner in Mecca review – Islam, homosexuality and the hope of tolerance
(Charles Kaiser, The Guardian)
Hundreds of Scottish orphanage children allegedly buried in mass grave
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)
Antisemitic robbers target Jewish family near Paris, officials say
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)
Eat, pray, live: the Lagos megachurches building their very own cities
(Ruth Maclean and Andrew Esiebo, The Guardian)
Gypsies make annual pilgrimage in Hungary - in pictures
(Zoltan Balogh, The Guardian)
Pilgrims flock to Bavarian village for 'second apparition of Virgin Mary'
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)
‘There will never be peace for Nigeria’s Middle Belt unless there’s equality and justice’
(World Watch Monitor)
‘The Vietnam Years’: How the conflict ripped the nation’s religious fabric
(Don Lattin, Religion News Services)
Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
(Thomas Reese, RNS: American Catholic)
Choosing ethical medical treatments as the options narrow
(Jeffrey Weiss, RNS: My Way to the Egress)
Stop the presses! There’s a next generation for mainline Protestantism
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)
Myanmar a 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing', warns UN
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Desmond Tutu deals withering critique of Myanmar's Aung San Su Kyi over Rohingyas
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Bangladesh offers land to shelter Rohingya fleeing Myanmar
(Al0Emrun Garjon and Julhas Alam, Associated Press International News)
Erdogan urges Islamic countries to show determination in resolving Myanmar conflict
(Interfax-Religion)
No more need for rallies supporting Myanmar Muslims – Kadyrov
(Interfax-Religion)
Over 100 people rallying in support for Myanmar's Muslims detained on Palace Square in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)
Pakistani Bishops tell Aung San Suu Kyi to protect Rohingya Muslims
(UCANews Reporter, La Croix International)
Film about Russia's 'holy tsar' premieres after threats and violence
(Marc Bennetts, The Guardian)
Outbreak of violence over movie stuns Russian observers
(Andrei Melnikov, Nezavisimaia Gazeta—Religii)
Religion Watch, September 2017, Volume 32 No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
More on hijabs in primary schools
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Religion News Association names winners of 2017 Awards for Excellence in Religion Reporting
(Religion News Association)
3 Texas churches sue FEMA over policy banning churches from receiving Harvey disaster relief
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
Trump takes churches' side in financial debate after Hurricane Harvey
(Jacob Goff Klein, Jerusalem Post)
Faith: The Jews’ improbable divider
(Amotz Asa-el, Jerusalem Post)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses arrested for taking a walk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Catholic bishops strike back at Bannon
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
New York court delivers big win to foes of physician-assisted suicide
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The liberty files: The return of the religious test
(David French, National Review)
Senators under scrutiny for questioning judicial nominee on role of faith
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
DOJ supports Christian baker in amicus brief filed with Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sen. Mike Lee: Christian baker case about First Amendment, 'compelled speech'
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
No RLUIPA violations in denial of variance for personal chapel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Eruv dispute prompts claims of religious discrimination against New Jersey township
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA Defense)
Motu proprio “Magnum Principium”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Vatican publishes Magnum Principium giving bishops’ conferences greater control over liturgical translations
(Catholic Herald)
Is Pope Francis wearing down Vatican bureaucracy?
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
Recent queries and comments – 9th September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Beijing takes next step in revising regulations on religions
(UCANews)
Friday, 8 September 2017
Finland's Lutheran pastors petition government over deported Christian convert
(Harry Farley, Christian Today World)
China passes new religious regulations ‘to prevent extremism’
(World Watch Monitor)
China amps up war against religion
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
China bans children – and their teachers – from churches
(World Watch Monitor)
Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Foreign law profs warn of TWU case’s international fallout
(Cristin Schmitz, The Lawyer's Daily: Civil Litigation)
Chief rabbi rage: A toxic clash of religion and politics
(Jerusalem Post)
Studies in contrast: Abraham's story shows the similarities and the differences between faiths
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Ukrainian president again raises church questions
(Anton Skripunov, RIA Novosti)
Orthodox activists petition regional officials to ban controversial movie
(Weekend, Russia Religion News)
Morocco’s Muslim monarch is trying to preserve the country’s Jewish history—before it’s too late
(Yardena Schwartz, Newsweek)
Can anyone stop Burma’s hardline Buddhist monks?
(Joe Freeman, The Atlantic)
Democrats are increasingly comfortable with religious tests
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Principal in France says he warned Jews not to attend his school because they’d be harassed
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Qatar pays for outreach to US Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rising anti-Semitism in Germany is work of the far right, says government tally
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jews fleeing Irma may travel on Shabbat: Ultra-orthodox rabbi
(Forward)
Bishop sheltering Muslims in CAR says fear of death is real
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Does condemning Islamic State jihadis constitute "hate speech"?
(Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute)
Pope Francis sends condolences to victims of Hurricane Harvey
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
After meeting pope, Venezuelan cardinal says anti-Maduro protests must continue
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope calls out Colombians, Latin Americans on bias against women
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
EPRID and VCHR organise a Conference on “Religion, Business and Human Rights” at the European Parliament
(European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
Hasidic mother who came out as lesbian regains custody of her children
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
NY appeals court rules on custody after divorce of Hasdic Jewish couple
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit affirms enforceable scope of travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump nominates two religious freedom champions for Texas judge posts
(Nicole Cobler, Dallas News)
Nominees for federal bench in Texas have religious liberty defense background
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia's top court upholds planned mail survey of voters on same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Middle schoolers told that God is a lie through poem
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
We might be destroying this religious practice ("sky burial")
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Canada should be asked about reports on plans to take gays from Chechnya - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax Religion)
Pressure on Myanmar leadership only to escalate tensions - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax Religion)
Jamaat-ud-Dawa: Converting Kuffar at home, killing them abroad
(C. Christine Fair, Hudson Institute)
Human sexuality and the spirit of the age: A statement abandoning the faith
(John Stonestreet, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)
Mass evacuation in Florida as catastrophic hurricane Irma approaches
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Texas churches challenge FEMA’s denial of disaster-relief funds to houses of worship
(Hannah C. Smith & Diana Verm, NRO Bench Memos)
Lack of public schools in Palestine fuels boom in private education
(Aziza Nofalq, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Poem: Even the Gods
(Nicole Sealey, The New York Times)
Cathedral dean on decision to remove Confederate stained-glass windows
(Morning Edition, NPR)
Christianity in a new global era
(Lausanne Movement)
Christianity in Iraq: Here are some signs of hope
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
German evangelicals urge face-to-face meetings with election candidates
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)
White Christians in America are a declining and ageing minority, new survey finds
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Church of England bishops join calls for end to indefinite migrant detention
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Christian children 'forced to recite Islamic prayers' in order to receive food in Sudan refugee camps
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)
Most Americans think sex ed should promote abstinence, study says
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Donald Trump's administration backs Christian baker in gay-cake case
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
'Outrageous and insulting' – US bishops reject Bannon's immigration remarks
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
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