Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 29 July 2017
USCIRF praises nomination of a new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
RFI welcomes nomination of Governor Sam Brownback as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
(Press Release, Religious Freedom Institute)
As ambassador, Sam Brownback will defend religious freedom
(Jeff Cimmino, National Review)
Greek Foreign Ministry condemns Turkish attempts to convert UNESCO World Heritage Site Hagia Sophia to a mosque
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)
Further evidence needed to rule on ministerial exception defense
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Missionary bishop’s PTO withdrawn
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Southwark diocese signals opposition to rebel Bishop Andy Lines by withdrawing permission to officiate
(Christian Today Church)
New-old habits of the postmodern heart: 'When people choose not to believe in God, they do not ... '
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Don't believe in God? Maybe you'll try U.F.O.s
(Clay Routledge, The New York Times)
FJCR President welcomes law on the Victory Day adopted by the knesset
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses' translation of Bible goes to court
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
New Jersey men sentenced for firebombing synagogues, rabbi’s home
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Indian Muslims who support Hindu nationalism
(Abhimanyu Kumar, Aletta André, Deutsche Welle)
Venezuela’s bishops blast referendum, call on military to defend the people
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Justice Department just argued against gay rights in a major federal case
(Dominic Holden, BuzzFeed News)
DOJ, EEOC file opposing briefs on Title VII and LGBT discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 28 July 2017
Judge upholds ruling barring state money for private schools
(Lori Higgins, Detroit Free Press)
Trinity Lutheran decision does not apply to neutral ban on funds to private schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Charlie Gard has died, his parents say
(The Guardian)
Charlie Gard: the wider implications
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Why Charlie Gard’s life was worth fighting for
(Brad Wenstrup, National Review)
The end of a chapter: Charlie Gard
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Four reflections on the Charlie Gard case
(Sir Henry Brooke, Henry Brooke: Musings, Memories and Miscellania)
Great Ormond Street Hospital -v- Yates and Gard – 24 July 2017
(The Honourable Mr Justice Francis, Courts and Tribunals Judiciary)
Charlie Gard’s parents show the strength of human love
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Charlie Gard shows the cost of using law to settle 'human' questions: View
(Revd Dr Mark Bratton, Associate Fellow, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, EuroNews)
Kremlin receives no notice from Kadyrov on readiness to resign as Chechnya head to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov suggests holy sites on Temple Mount be returned under Jordan's control
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president gets into church affairs
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Trump and transgender military: The real problem for conservative Christians
(Mark Woods, Christianity Today Comment)
Muslim workers say company made them choose their job or religion
(Erika Erickson, Fox News)
Indian tribals demand ban on religious conversions
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)
Religious activism: Faith grows greener in the era of Donald Trump
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
UN challenges Ireland on human rights before Eighth Amendment abortion vote
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Emmanuel Macron was wrong on Africa - as were most of his critics
(Mathew Otieno, MercatorNet)
Did a California imam call for violence against Jews? Faith leaders meet to calm tensions
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
California Imam: ‘annihilate’ filthy Jews
(Elliot Kaufman, National Review: The Corner)
‘Annihilate them down to the very last one.’ Davis imam is accused of being anti-Semitic
(Anita Chabria, The Sacramento Bee)
If it's an imam trashing Jews, not all editors agree that his words are hate speech
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Imam apologizes for sermon attacking Jews for ‘desecrating’ Al Aqsa
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Muslims say misconceptions, links to terrorism are top concerns for their community
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
Palestinian Christians, Muslims come together over Al-Aqsa protests
(Ahmed el-Komi, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Palestinians cheer Israel's removal of security measures at historic mosque
(Bill Chappell, NPR)
Palestinians: The metal detector scam
(Khadija Khan, Gatestone Institute)
Fatah leverages Temple Mount crisis to confront Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Clashes erupt at Jerusalem shrine as Muslims return to pray
(Ian Deitch and Mohammed Daraghmeh, Religion News Service)
In apparent de-escalation, Abbas calls for return to prayer at Al-Aqsa mosque
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Great Ormond Street wants Charlie Gard moved to hospice to die by Friday, court hears
(Robert Mendick, The Telegraph)
Charlie Gard: judge to decide on parent's 'last wish' that son can die at home
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
Tajikistan: three-year sentence for pastor for ‘singing extremist songs’
(World Watch Monitor)
'Woman Jesus' believers held in China for connection to murderous, banned cult
(Sofia Lotto Persio, Newsweek)
Myanmar Baptists face eight years in prison for helping journalist to photograph bombed church
(World Watch Monitor)
Court supports Muslims' opposition to construction of church in Zanzibar
(Evangelical Focus)
Transgender military ban applauded for respecting biology, the common good
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
It's not about cake: anti-gay vendors want a constitutional right to discriminate
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)
Jesus said punch up, not down: Why William Barber's attack on the religious right may not be what it seems
(Daniel Schultz, Religion Dispatches)
Al-Qaeda strikes back (attack on the Saudi royal family's legitimacy)
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Yazidi boys forced to fight for IS still need psychological help
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Suicide bomber kills 26 in Pakistan
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)
Crimea also affected in first year of Russia’s ‘anti-missionary law’
(World Watch Monitor)
Iranian Christian released on bail after 3 weeks on hunger strike
(World Watch Monitor)
Almost 500 Nigerian community leaders meet to resolve conflict, but Kaduna attacks continue
(World Watch Monitor)
Trump says America worships God, not Government; violates First Amendment
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Two-thirds of evangelicals think that Muslims don't belong in America
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Trump axing law in move to allow churches to support political candidates
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)
Trump’s evangelical advisors reportedly discussed transgender ban at White House meeting
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
7 problems with Trump's hastily-tweeted trans military ban
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)
Holy Land bishop receives Niwano Peace Prize in Tokyo with call to confront extremism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
North and South Korean church councils urge world to pray for reunification
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
ECHR confronts Russian anti-evangelism law
(Anastasia Kurilova, Viktor Khamraev, Pavel Korobov, Kommersant)
A movement with a theology: Churches take many paths to address Black Lives Matter
(Adelle M. Banks, Harvard Divinity School)
The patient body: The politics of healthcare sharing ministries
(Ann Neumann, Center for Religion and Media at NYU)
Dutch party distances itself from call by young leaders for circumcision ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dresden church attacked with Molotov cocktails
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)
U.S. Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House
(Associated Press)
Statement says feminist group behind Mexico bishops bombing
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic bishop in Central African Republic sheltering Muslims in cathedral
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
COA rules against mother who used religious exemption to not vaccinate child
(Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer)
Court interprets vaccination provision in custody decree
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic school teacher stripped of tenure may sue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Feminist founder of 'liberal' mosque defies death threats and hopes to open one in Britain
(Kim Sengupta, The Independent)
Faith groups launch major push to stop GOP health care repeal
(Jack Jenkins and Addy Baird, ThinkProgress)
Alabama Senate candidate calls Islam 'false religion' then advocates religious union
(Daniel Gil, Arab America)
IICSA Child Migration – Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Turkey's top religious official slams Gülenists for exploiting religion
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Siddaramaiah says no plea yet for separate religion status of Veerashaiva- Lingayat community
(Suraj Radhakrishnan, FirstPost)
Interfaith Solidarity with the victims of Bomb Blast at Kot Lakhpat Lahore
(Pakistan Christian Post)
In Jerusalem, an interfaith effort at addressing climate change
(Isabel Feinstein, The Jerusalem Post)
Mormon leader tells Black Leadership Summit that religious liberty means 'fairness for all'
(Scott Taylor, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)
Foundations that support faith are being marginalized in a secular world, Elder Cook tells Seymour Institute
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)
Michigan FGM case could test bounds of religious liberty
(Trevor Bach, Christian Science Monitor)
Baptist-backed ‘bathroom bill’ advances in Texas
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)
Pensacola has spent more than $130,000 to defend Bayview Park cross
(Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal)
CAIR loses San Diego schools partnership
(John Rossomando, The Algemeiner)
Richard Dawkins event cancelled over his 'abusive speech against Islam'
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)
How much discrimination do Muslims face in America?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
School uniform policies need to accommodate students’ cultural practices
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)
Pakistani girl raped in ‘revenge’ for a rape her brother committed, police say. 29 relatives arrested
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)
Religion, 'honor' and Pakistan's 'revenge rape'
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
Trump administration, intervening in major LGBT case, says job bias law does not cover sexual orientation
(Fred Barbash, The Washington Post)
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