Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Bangladesh: Religious freedom is dead
(Zarif Ahmed, International Policy Digest)
Efforts on to float Lingayat Mahasabha seeking separate religion status
(The Hindu)
Imam knocked back on interfaith efforts
(Cayman News Service)
US backing for 'nontraditional' families at UN conference raises eyebrowns
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
Growing herdsmen militancy is adding to West Africa’s security threats
(Chukwuma Al Okoli, The Conversation)
Baggage-handling, pastoring and sexual orientation: Houston
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why are there no new major religions?
(Jon Emont, The Atlantic)
Monday, 7 August 2017
In many ways, Muslim men and women see life in America differently
(Claire Gecewicz, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Grants for Church Buildings: Securing the Future
(CofE vie David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
How Buddhist mindfulness can awaken the church
(Daniel P. Coleman, Religion News Service)
New debate swirls on Church class divide in UK where clergy prefer 'trendy areas'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Uzbekistan: Short prison terms, fines after "show trial"
(Forum 18 News Service)
Over 100 Georgian prisoners imprisoned in Istanbul demand to set up a corner for prayers
(Interfax-Religion)
Korean church in Tajikistan called illegal
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Does religion matter in Corporate America?
(Kenneth Kim, Forbes)
Muslims must ostracize anti-Semitic imams
(Farahnaz Ispahani, Huffington Post)
In Texas, everything is bigger — Except the separation of Church and State
(Ari Feldman, Forward)
FBI: Islamic Center blast caused by improvised explosive device
(Peter Cox, MPR News)
Trump advisor seeks meeting with Pope Francis after “incendiary” article in Jesuit journal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump’s evangelical advisers request papal meeting after critique from Francis’ friends
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Trump’s evangelical advisers want a meeting with Pope Francis over controversial article
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Bishop in violence-torn Congo appeals to youth: ‘Keep your priests alive’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
BJC’s Hollman: Church-state separation is “vital to the preservation of true religion”
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religious Freedom protections in new same sex marriage proposals: too few, too narrow
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Aspects of Islam in Asia – Analysis
(Dr. Mohamed Chtatou, Eurasia Review)
Myanmar: It’s high time for stopping the slow-burning genocide – OpEd
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)
Law and religion round-up – 6th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Nepal: Rising uncertainty over Constitution implementation – OpEd
(Hari Prasad Shrestha, Eurasia Review)
Makkah governor rejects Qatar’s attempt to reduce Saudi role in Hajj
(Mohammed Al-Sulami, Arab News)
Al-Aqsa focus of Abdallah-Abbas summit in Ramallah
(David Kuttaab, Arab News)
Saudi Arabia: Our position on Syria’s future is firm, no place for Assad
(Arab News)
Asian Youth Day: Cardinals, Bishops and Muslim leaders meet in dialogue
(Mathias Hariyadi, Herald Malaysia Online)
Retaliation suit by dismissed nursing student moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Limits on preaching in a prison chapel: Trayhorn
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Liberal partyroom slaps down same-sex marriage rebels
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Sikhs urging UN to support turbans as religious symbol
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
Federal court judge halts enforcement of Illinois abortion notification law
(Steve Schmadeke, The Chicago Tribune)
Draft law allowing religious servants to solemnize marriage stirs debate in Turkey
(Xinhuanet)
Seminal Egyptian thinker and interfaith dialogue champion Ali El-Samman dies at age 88
(Majalla)
Government withdraws amendments to Marriage and Divorce Act
(Minderjeet Kaur, Free Malaysia Today)
Interfaith dialogue for peace, harmony and security of the world held in Yangon
(Mizzima)
Did Putrajaya cave in to Muslims on child’s faith clause, asks Indira Gandhi’s lawyer
(Melati A. Jalil, The Malaysian Insight)
Colombo Caritas promotes interfaith coexistence
(Melani Manel Perera, Herald Malaysia Online)
AK Party spokesman Mahir Ünal: Everyone's lifestyle, beliefs under state assurance
(Ali Unal, Daily Sabah)
Assisted suicide in Canada: what doctors think
(The Times)
Poroshenko asks Constantinople to recognize autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Tunisia tells ports to deny anti-migrant ship entry
(Associated Press, KSL)
In Zimbabwe, businessman sues church leader for false prophecies of a debt cancellation miracle
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Prophet Makandiwa sued for 'fake prophecies'
(Bulawayo 24 News)
EVENT, 7 August 2017: Effectively Countering Extremism: A Comprehensive Grassroots Approach
(The TAM Group, Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Taliban, Daesh jointly massacred 50 civilians: Afghan officials
(Reuters, Arab News)
Sunday, 6 August 2017
August 6: Hillary to preach, the rise of Christian litigation
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Saturday, 5 August 2017
Why this Catholic priest objects to the 'private exorcist' trend
(Joe Slama, Catholic News Agency)
OIC Secretary General strongly condemns Galgadud Region, Central Somalia, governor’s murder
(Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
Religion Watch, August 2017, Volume 32 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Vatican calls on Venezuela to suspend constitutional assembly
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuela’s Maduro says line of Vatican’s top diplomat is ‘regrettable’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Priest accused of embezzlement seeks $800K seized by police
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican’s strong Venezuela stand gives backing to bishops
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Friday, 4 August 2017
Maduro snubs Vatican's call for suspension of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Philippines: Are priests Duterte’s fiercest foes?
(Shelia S. Coronel, The New York Times)
Trump moves forward with religious freedom priorities
(Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner)
Russian MP congratulates Georgian patriarch on his name day in Tbilisi – media
(Interfax-Religion)
National Service Authority discourages religious girls from IDF service
(Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post)
Former head of Turkey’s top religious body to become a university rector
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Kazakhstan: Six fines, one deportation for baptism
(Forum 18 News Service)
Divergent reports on Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal in Kazakhstan
(InformBiuro, Russia Religion News)
Derry and forgiveness: In Ireland’s Jerusalem, calls to forgive are more than a platitude
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Georgian religious minorities fear intolerance
(Gruziia OnLine, Russia Religion News)
In first, Senegal and Guinea send ambassadors to Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Britain's first Anglican same-sex marriage celebrated in a Scottish church
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)
Chinese state media highlights Vatican official at organ trafficking conference in Beijing
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China bans Christian summer camps and Sunday schools
(Evangelical Focus)
China tears down the Tibetan City in the Sky
(Steve Shaw, The Diplomat)
Courts grapple with judicial restraint in resolving property disputes in religious splits
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Secular anti-abortion groups must provide contraceptive coverage, split Third Circuit rules
(P.J. D'Annunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)
3rd Circuit rejects secular anti-abortion group's challenge to ACA contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wyoming judge punished for marriage beliefs takes her case to US Supreme Court
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Cert. filed in Wyoming's disciplining of judge for refusing to perform same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German court says Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster is not a religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court extends detention for members of St. Petersburg Church of Scientology
(TASS)
LifeWay research: 1 in 10 churches has had funds stolen
(Bob Smietana, Life Way Research)
The No. 1 reason churches end up in court is no longer child abuse; it's property disputes
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Christians are more than twice as likely to blame a person's poverty on lack of effort
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Why Afghan women are campaigning for their names to be heard
(Patrick Evans, BBC News)
Buddhist nationalists raise new fears among Myanmar's Muslims
(Reuters)
Burma told by World Islamic body to protect rights of Rohingya Muslim minority
(Serajul Quadir, The Independent)
Report: 479 women accused of 'witchcraft' killed in Tanzania
(TeleSurTV)
European citizens want information on migration – not higher walls
(Nick Vaughn-Williams and Georg Lofflmann, The Conversation)
A case of judicial overreach
(Faizan Mustafa, The Tribune India)
On Religion: Rabbi: Believers face sobering choices in these tense times
(Terry Mattingly, Herald and News)
Catholic voices to be heard at Supreme Court in religious freedom case
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic Register)
Court signals religious freedom victory for artist
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
More Americans 'accept' polygamy as legit, news media report, skipping faith voices
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Study finds more Americans are approving of polygamy
(Catholic News Agency)
Christian legal organizations get the editorial shaft from The Deseret News
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Australian court upholds decision to ban building of synagogue over possible terror threats
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australian municipality: Don’t blame us for banning synagogue on terror grounds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Serving God by suing others: Inside the Christian conservative legal movement
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
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