Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 3 July 2017
Are the Democrats too secular?
(Letter to the Editor, The New York Times)
New rules against animal cruelty raise the stake for India's beef wars
(Sandip Roy, NPR)
Cardinal to defend himself against sexual abuse charges in Australia
(Steve Inskeep, NPR)
Venezuela: protests increasing, food and medicine dwindling
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)
‘I was sold seven times': the Yazidi women welcomed back into the faith
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)
Doctors seek to provide womb transplants for transgender women
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
Al-Jazeera, insurgent TV station that divides the Arab world, faces closure
(Hugh Miles, The Guardian)
Prevent strategy stigmatising Muslim pupils, say teachers
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)
British Christians overwhelmingly backed Tories in general election, figures reveal
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
Stand up to everyday racism and hate crimes, Labour party leader urges
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Abortions for Northern Irish women free on NHS, MPs told
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
ISIS under pressure in Iraqi and Syrian strongholds, launches counter-attack
(Reuters, Christian Today)
Muslims urged to take 'stronger stance' against extremism and appoint British-born Imams
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)
President Trump promises support to military, evangelicals at Fourth of July event
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis shakes up Vatican: replaces conservative doctrinal chief Cardinal Mueller
(Reuters, Christian Today)
Pope replaces top rival in latest move to make church more inclusive
(Reuters, The Guardian)
Facebook rejects call for a 'crucifix' emoji from Christian protesting LGBTQ Pride flag
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)
Facebook upsets some Christians by refusing to introduce a crucifix button
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
How did we ever make Holy Communion so complicated?
(David Baker, Christian Today)
Despite taboo, Hebrew classes open doors for young Egyptians
(Amira Sayed Ahmed, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Turkey’s main opposition changes focus from ‘secularism’ to ‘justice’
(Mustafa Akyol, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
How Turkey fits into the Qatar puzzle
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
New political alliance unites Iraqi religious and secular parties
(Hassan al-Shanoun, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Netanyahu must choose between ultra-Orthodox and US Jews
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)
At large Muslim-American convention, a mix of frustration, hope
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Obama urges end to division in childhood home Indonesia
(Fransiska Nangoy, Religion News Service)
Want Jewish pluralism? Get political
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))
United Church of Christ resolution decries Israel’s treatment of underage prisoners
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
‘Portrait of a Bride’ tells the story of a market in Jewish art
(David Van Biema, Religion News Service)
Elderly Jehovah's Witness convicted of illegal evangelism
(Jw-ru.blogspot.com, Russia Religion News)
Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea continue to meet despite ban
(Krym.Realii, Russia Religion News)
Court bans a Jehovah's Witnesses work-around to access literature on Internet
(Website of Northwestern Transport Prosecutor's Office, Russia Religion News)
Trump promised to destroy the Johnson Amendment. Congress is targeting it now
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
22-year-old Israeli convicted of arson at historic Galilee church
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkey's President seizes control of 50 more churches
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
German bishop condemns Turkey church confiscations
(Deutsche Welle)
India archbishop warns about harassing Christians with anti-conversion accusations
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New spending bill takes aim at IRS protections for houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Dutch doctors killed 431 without request 2015
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review: The Corner)
Your weekend think piece: Is it really time to say 'Goodbye Nonpartisan Journalism'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How to stop the scales of justice being loaded against women and girls in Africa
(Teddy Atim, The Conversation)
DHS shifts focus of funding to counter violent extremism
(Jennifer Hansler, CNN)
Trump administration modifies list of grants for combating violent extremism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Gov. Snyder vetoes anti-abortion license plate
(Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press)
Michigan governor vetoes bill requiring pro-life license plate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas Supreme Court rules against benefits for same-sex couples
(Amita Kelly, National Public Radio)
Texas Supreme Court keeps life in challenge to city's same-sex couple benefits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nominees submitted for head of Civil Rights Division and for EEOC seat
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Defense Department delays costly transgender policy, for now
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)
She watched her ex-husband end his life under California's new right-to-die law. 'I felt proud'
(Soumya Karlamangla, The Los Angeles Times)
Major news events among Episcopalians and American Anglicans: Still worth covering?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
The precarious vision of Peter Berger
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
ISIS close to defeat in Mosul; Female suicide bombers attack troops
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
‘Pope’s hospital’ put children at risk as it chased profits
(Nicole Winfield and Maria Cheng, AP News)
Sunday, 2 July 2017
Consecration of Missionary Bishop
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 2nd July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Netanyahu risks religious ire to take part in Shabbat memorial to German leader
(Times of Israel)
New Florida laws on murder witnesses, miscarriages, religion
(Joe Reedy, Associated Press, Miami Herald)
Trump immigration ban meets law of unintended consequences
(Nick Wadhams, Kartikay Mehrota, Bob Van Voris, and Erik Larson, BloombergPolitics)
Saturday, 1 July 2017
Why Michigan's Iraqi Christians thought Trump would spare their loved ones
(Trevor Bach, The Christian Science Monitor)
Filipino Muslims are victims of ISIS: no war of religion
(Agenzia Fides)
Bill targets law aimed at keeping politics out of churches
(Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press, ABC News (US))
University in Oklahoma removing Bibles and crosses from chapel after complaint
(Theresa Seiger, Atlanta Constitution-Journal)
Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
In Russia, nostalgia for Soviet Union and positive feelings about Stalin
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Most Americans say the U.S. is among the greatest countries in the world
(Laura Thorsett and Jocelyn Kiley, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Top Muslim scholars seek new law saying violence in God's name is 'incompatible with Islam'
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)
Why Christian scholars loved Peter Berger
(D. Michael Lindsay, Christianity Today)
The essence of an accidental sociologist: An appreciation of Peter Berger
(David Martin, Springer Science+Business Media,)
A Conversation with Peter L. Berger "How my views have changed"
(Gregor Thuswaldner, The Crest: A review of literature, the arts, and public affairs)
Peter Berger, Sociology's defender of God (1929-2017)
(Mark Juergensmeyer, Religion Dispatches)
Anglicans, Methodists in UK consider sharing ministers
(Catholic News Agency)
'Extreme' abortion push in UK prompts outcry from doctors
(Catholic News Agency)
German bishops criticize parliament's approval of gay marriage
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Why this priest isn't afraid of Christianity's waning influence
(Marianne Medlin and Perry West, Catholic News Agency)
EVENT, 23 July - 3 August 2017, Elijah Interfaith School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar
(Jerusalem)
Canada celebrates 150 years, a separation from Christianity
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)
Trinity Lutheran Church case may have swift impact
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
CONTEST, Deadline 1 July 2017: The Eighth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition
(District of Columbia Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Friday, 30 June 2017
Diplomacy and religious freedom: An American agency denounces the treatment of Muslims in China
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Facebook pushes to crack down on hate speech
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
The Erie Canal and the birth of American religion
(S. Brent Rodriquez Plate, Religion News Service)
“Misconduct in Public Office” revisited
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
80% of Canadians would choose an atheist Prime Minister
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
A battle over prayer in schools tests Canada's multiculturalism
(Dan Levin, The New York Times)
Ukraine: the Forgotten War
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)
1,66 year old basilica of ancient Nicaea found underwater to become a museum
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
Trump travel ban guideline incorrectly interprets Supreme Court order, refugee advocates say
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Arkansas Ten Commandments monument destroyed hours after installation
(The Guardian)
Mark Zuckerberg, the Church of Facebook can never be. Here’s why
(Peter Ormerod, The Guardian)
Modi condemns rise in mob violence against beef-eaters in India
(The Guardian)
Rejoice! Centrism in British politics is dead and big ideas are back
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)
Destruction of Mosul's Great Mosque holds a heritage lesson for Australia
(Dale Stephens and Tara Gutman, The Guardian)
U.S. about to eliminate antisemitism monitor in the State Department
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Regional developments accelerate Hamas-Hezbollah reconciliation
(Adnan Abu Amer, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
As Mosul battle nears end, Iraqi Christians wary of return
(Wassim Bassem, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
The reason Erdogan champions press freedom abroad
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Iran cracks down on Salafists in wake of Tehran attacks
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)
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