Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Orthodox Church of Albania celebrates last 25 years with Archbishop Anastasios after rejection of atheistic State
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Azerbaijan: Torture unpunished; compensation for imprisonment
(Forum 18 News Service)
Wearing of clothes of 'destructive ideological movements' in Kazakhstan may be punishable by nearly $700 fine – bill
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan planning to ban wearing clothing of 'destructive ideological movements'
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin to discuss bilateral agenda, Syria, Ukraine with Vatican secretary of state – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Important diplomatic visit in Russia by Catholic official
(Andrei Yashlavsky, Moskovskii Komsomolets)
Indian foreign minister: Priest kidnapped in Yemen could be freed soon
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Chilean bishops say new abortion bill ‘offends the conscience’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nicolas Maduro asks Pope Francis to help avert US invasion
(Deutsche Welle)
The richness of well wasted time
(Carl Hildebrand, Convivium)
Should New York City remove statues of its anti-Semitic Dutch governor?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chief Rabbinate challenges Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to rule on Western Wall egalitarian section
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
This fall, know your religious liberty rights in public schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Devil worshiper files lawsuit against Putnam City Schools
(Carla Hinton, News OK)
Suit says school personnel harassed children and family of devil-worship cult leader
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Women in small Muslim sect say they have had FGM in Canada
(Michele Henry and Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star)
Chile sect: German court jails fugitive doctor over child sex abuse
(BBC News)
Songs of Praise special on Princess Diana to suggest she had more of a Christian faith than was widely believed
(Hannah Furness, The Telegraph)
Polygamy support grows, despite court cases: Poll
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)
Muslim 'triple talaq' divorce law 'unconstitutional', rules Supreme Court
(Suchitra Mohanty and Rupam Jain, Reuters)
India court bans Islamic instant divorce in huge win for women's rights
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Triple talaq: 5 judges, 3 views, 1 order, but why no clarity?
(Aviral Virk, The Quint)
India's Supreme Court invalidates triple talaq divorces for Muslims (with summary of individual Justice conclusions)
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
India’s top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
(Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press)
Triple Talaq verdict: Deoband says 'stick to Shariat' for making any law
(Srawan Shukla, Daily News and Analysis)
Meet the triple talaq warriors
(NDTV)
Five Supreme Court judges who passed the verdict on triple talaq
(Hindustan Times)
Judgment: Shayara Bano versus Union of India and others
((On Triple Talaq), The Supreme Court of India)
SC declares instant triple talaq unconstitutional: Read the full judgment here
(Hindustan Times)
Kapil Sibal in court opposed ending triple talaq. His reaction to the ban
(Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy, NDTV)
PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi hail triple talaq verdict as empowerment
(The Quint)
Triple Talaq: What do Indian Muslim women really think? (Video)
(Rosheena Zehra, The Quint)
What is meaning of triple talaq? (a "totally unIslamic practice")
(Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Quora)
Triple talaq verdict: BJP looks set to reap electoral gains, Congress in damage-control mode
(DJ Singh, Hindustan Times)
MKs censure Ministry of Interior's attack on religious-Zionist community
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Former congressman Wolf predicts small window to act (Seven Policy Recommendations for Northern Iraq)
(Religion News Service)
Statue of limitations (We bring present concerns and values to how we see history.)
(Raymond J. De Souza, Convivium)
InterVarsity, Charlottesville, and racial reconciliation
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)
Can faith leaders help America heal after Charlottesville?
(Stephen Henderson, 1A)
#NewNationalism: 'Turn India into a Hindu state'
(Fanny Facsar, Deutsche Welle)
Op-ed: Religion's global voice gains a hearing
(Frederick W. Axelgard, Deseret News)
Christian Solidarity Worldwide "deeply concerned" over proposed anti-conversion law in Nepal
(David Adams, Sight)
Jains around the world celebrate Paryushan
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Free-speech protests in Boston: How many points of view, on left and right, made it into news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Supreme Court to hear appeal on opposite-sex civil partnerships
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Heterosexual couple take civil partnership case to Supreme Court
(BBC News)
York Minster bells to chime again next month after year's silence
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
In Barcelona, a heartening rejection of Islamophobia
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
Barcelona attack: Thousands of Muslims march against Isis chanting ‘Not in my name’
(The Independent, Mint Press News)
Islamic State’s Twitter network is decimated, but other extremists face much less disruption
(Suraj Lakhani and Maura Conway, The Conversation)
Barcelona attack: Catalan city's Muslim community march against Isis chanting 'Not in my name'
(Caroline Mortimer, The Independent)
Pope Francis: prioritise migrants' dignity over national security
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Pope: Rights of migrants trump national security concerns
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)
Associated Press repeats mantra: Gosh those 'evangelicals' are standing by their man Trump
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Trump's "alternative Christianity"
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
Jerry Lewis dies at 91 – "Religion is in the heart"
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Why Christians can stay hopeful in this time of political darkness
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)
Amid monument debate, statue of St. Junipero Serra defaced in L.A.
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saint’s statue defaced amid Confederate monuments debate
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)
If we're tearing down statues, let's be consistent
(Peter Heck, The Christian Post)
Brooklyn megachurch pastor explains why he left the president’s evangelical advisory board
(Chris Sagona, Religion News Service)
Moroccans shaken by links to extremist attacks in Europe
(Reda Zaireg, Associated Press)
EVENT, 22-24 August 2017: IRLA's 8th World Congress for Religious Freedom - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(International Religious Liberty Association)
Tunisian president calls for full gender equality
(Middle East Monitor)
Tunisian president calls for gender equality in inheritance law
(Ahmed Nadhif, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Tunisian Islamic scholars support president’s call for gender equality
(Al Arabiya)
Parolin in Russia: Vatican diplomacy has a key role in global debate
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Monday, 21 August 2017
Ongoing Myanmar clashes leave 96 dead, including 6 civilian
(Associated Press Religion)
Philippines drug campaign condemned by senior Catholics
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40992618, BBC News)
The unfinished Partition of India and Pakistan
(The Economist)
The online abuse hurled at Malaysia's Muslim women
(BBC News)
How should we protest neo-Nazis? Lessons from German history
(Laurie Marhoefer, The Conversation)
Trump steps up fight against Taliban, declares end to nation-building
(Mike Murphy, Market Watch)
Judge voices concern about Trump travel ban impact on visa lottery winners
(Josh Gerstein, Polito Column: Under the Radar, on the Courts, Transparency, & More)
Putin proposes creating 'Russian Mecca' in Khersones
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Scientologists appeal to federal officials
(Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible does not differ essentially from Orthodox Bible
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses Bible is "extremist" because Jehovah's Witnesses are "extremist"
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News)
August 20: Faith leaders react to Charlottesville and Trump’s response
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Despite growing secularism in UK, religious studies is popular subject for school leavers
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Religious Studies: a popular gateway to university and jobs
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)
Moroccan imam at centre of Spain terror cell had links with Madrid bombers and Belgium
(novinite.com)
Christianity and the bomb: How Christianity has dealt with nuclear weapons
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russia’s Jews will get their etrog fruits from Italy despite sanctions, says rabbi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Vandals scrawl anti-Israel graffiti on Bulgarian Jewish monument
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Orthodox leader calls Moscow and Rome to support persecuted Christians
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Head of Australia’s bishops: Employees entering same-sex marriages could be fired
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tolling provision applies while priest is outside state on orders of church superiors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Married Sunday, fired Monday: Churches threaten to dismiss staff who wed same-sex partners
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Australia's same-sex marriage mail-in survey faces high court challenge
(CBC News)
Australian Catholic bishops react to planned plebiscite on same-sex marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court dismisses church trustee challenges as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Immigration anxieties, then and now
(Walter Russell Mead, Hudson Institute)
Trump can save lives by stopping illegal opioids at their source
(John P. Walters & David W. Murray, Hudson Institute)
Charlie Gard, a parable of our age
(James Walters, Church Times)
Visit England report: sharp drop in visitor numbers to churches and cathedrals
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)
Act before racist violence spreads, US bishops urge
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)
Diocese in Europe ‘shocked and alarmed’ by terrorist attacks in Spain
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)
62 Nebraska pastors sign anti-racism statement calling White Supremacy 'blatantly sinful'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
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