Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 June 2017
Car-care ministries a growing niche in midsize cities
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)
Half sib? Welcome. Fiance? Not so fast. New travel ban rules decried as illogical
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Is the Bible more pro-woman than you assume?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
A time of judgment: The prosecution of an Australian cardinal puts Pope Francis on the spot
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Pope Francis may be about to dismiss Vatican’s doctrinal chief
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Cardinal’s sex abuse charges raise questions about pope’s record
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Pensacola fights to preserve historic cross
(Press Release, Becket Law)
The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church sets up its first community in Pakistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Watch: Secret illegal Jewish wedding on Temple Mount
(Ariane Mandell and Eytan Halon, Jerusalem Post)
Top Catholic cleric in Palermo honored for returning ancient synagogue land to Jews
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)
Has the religious minority taken over Israel?
(Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll, Jerusalem Post)
Kazakhstan: Six jailed for sharing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)
Jehovah's Witnesses are accommodated by countries neighboring Russia
(KrynitsaInfo, Russia Religion News)
Controversial Israeli conversion bill delayed for 6 months
(Cnaan Liphshiz and Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Appealing to the umpire: The infant Islamic-bond industry faces a crisis
(The Economist)
Pastors in Texas find new ways to serve fearful immigrants
(Associated Press)
Religious freedom and discrimination: Why the debate continues
(Albert Mohler, The Gospel Coalition)
How Supreme Court may redefine 'wall of separation' on religion
(Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor)
Canada offers a better model on religious freedom
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New hate crime data released by DOJ
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Majority of hate crime victimizations go unreported to police
(Press Release, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Church sues over zoning ruling on use of building for Christian school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Preliminary injunction refused: Settlement in mosque zoning dispute stands
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Harassment suit to proceed against Erie Catholic Diocese
(Ed Palattella, Go Erie)
Diocese and parishes may be single employer for purposes of Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
God and Grime – The Religious Literacy of British Hip Hop
(Abdul-Azim Ahmed, On Religion)
Algeria: Wave of arrests and prosecutions of hundreds of Ahmadis
(Amnesty International)
Bearing witness from a prison in Indonesia
(Bob Osburn, First Things)
Separating the Inseparable: Technology’s Sexual Nihilism
(Bethany Wall, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)
The need of a shared understanding of freedom in the OSCE Region
(Commentary by Dominic Zoehrer, HRWF consultant, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
A Necessary Step? Examining Religious Freedom and Counterterrorism
(NIlay Saiya, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Germany's Bundestag passes bill on same-sex marriage
(Timothy Jones, Deutsche Welle)
Germany approves same-sex marriage, bringing it in line with much of Western Europe
(Isaac Stanley-Becker and Stephanie Kirchner, The Washington Post)
A progressive German mosque draws condemnation at home and abroad
(Austin Davis, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 30 June 2017: "A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine"
(Professor William Toffler, Right to Life New South Wales)
EVENT, 30 June 2017: Rabbi David Saperstein to speak at Religious Liberty Council Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))
What the European Academy of Religion says about religion
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
This week in Christian history: Julian the Apostate, Geronimo and John Wesley
(The Christian Post)
Cornerstone: Religious Freedom and Counterterrorism - A blog series
(Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Thursday, 29 June 2017
The continuing triumph of faith: The world is becoming more religious
(Eric Metaxas, The Christian Post)
Al-Azhar says Islam ‘totally incompatible’ with violence, as IS shifts focus to Upper Egypt
(World Watch Monitor)
As ISIL's 'caliphate' crumbles, its ideology remains
(Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Jehovah's Witnesses seek ways to operate in Uzbekistan
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Kentucky-fried Christianity: Governor Matt Bevin wants to pray away violence in Louisville
(Spencer Dew, Religion Dispatches)
Chief Justice Roberts quoted this little-known 19th-century lawmaker in siding with religious institutions in church-state decision
(Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Ahead of the G20 Interfaith Summit. Religion, Development and the Refugee Crisis in the EU Agenda
(Food for Thought, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Office)
Netanyahu claims he didn't kill Western Wall prayer deal — he's saving it
(Ben Sales, Forward)
Israel's controversial conversion bill, explained
(Ben Sales, Times of Israel)
Lawyers, activists gear up for travel ban airport issues
(Abigail Williams and Adam Edelman, NBC News)
Tajikistan: Trial imminent for arrested pastor
(Forum 18 News Service)
Adherents of Muslim sect sentenced in St. Petersburg
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
The need of a shared understanding of freedom in the OSCE region
(HRWF/FOREF Europe)
Britain forces secular orthodoxy on religious Jewish girls
(Elliot Kaufman, National Review)
Union official must apologize to South African Jews for hate speech, court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope: Society needs labor unions and needs them to be inclusive
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court denies lawsuit challenging NC law excusing magistrates from marriage duties
(Mark Barrett, Asheville Citizen-Times)
Movement toward Dalit emancipation in India can't be halted, Bishop D'Souza says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Survey: Most Israelis favor religious pluralism
(Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post)
No taxpayer standing to challenge North Carolina conscience law excusing magistrates from performing marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan Supreme Court holds ecclesiastical abstention doctrine is not jurisdictional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abortion and human rights in Northern Ireland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tynwald and the Bishop of Sodor & Man
(Peter Edge, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
EU Court says tax exemptions for the Catholic Church in Spain may constitute unlawful State aid
(Dan Alexe, New Europe)
NJ court: beis din can enforce religious law
(The Jewish Star)
Vatican's Cardinal George Pell charged with historical sex offences in Australia
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
State Dept. refuses to staff Anti-Semitism Office
(George Thomas, interview with Katrina Lantos Swett, CBN News)
First Church Estates Commissioner announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Refusal to teach LGBT issues could fail a Jewish school in Britain
(Catholic News Agency)
Enforcement is key in fight against human trafficking, report says
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Why choose celibacy? A gay Catholic speaks out
(Kerri Lenartowick, Catholic News Agency)
Republicans delay healthcare vote to attempt to gain more support
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Israeli flags expelled from gay pride parade
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)
White House warns Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Derek Car, NFL's highest-paid player, says he'll tithe, buy Chick-fil-A, help people worldwide
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Do California pregnancy centers have freedom of speech? Supreme Court may take up challenge
(Jay Hobbs, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court travel ban decision bad for persecuted, child refugees, bishop says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Canada 'covfefe' on terrorism: time to tweak Trump's travel ban
(Susan Stamper Brown, The Christian Post)
Gay marriage support among white evangelicals has doubled, but 59 percent still oppose: Pew
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)
A survivalist guide to Christianity's new dark age
(Greg Gordon, The Christian Post)
What do Hispanic-American Christians think about Israel?
(Paul De Vries, The Christian Post)
News Corp's Miranda Devine says police are 'hunting Catholics' after George Pell charges
(Amanda Meade, The Guardian)
The census shows there’s a gap in the spirituality market. Is yoga filling it?
(Brigid Delaney, The Guardian)
Xiahe, China's Tibetan monastery town – in pictures
(Roman Pilipey, The Guardian)
Council refuses to back down after Sikh couple denied chance to adopt white child
(Matthew Weaver and Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)
Christianity on the wane in Australia, but Pentecostal church bucks trend
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)
Seven interesting things we learned from the Australian census
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)
'No religion' tops religious affiliation poll in Australia
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Western Wall plan for mixed-gender prayer space put on hold
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Why does China have women-only mosques?
(Michael Wood, World Religion News)
Unitarian Universalists elect first woman president
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)
As Anglicans point fingers in sex abuse scandal, George Carey quits honorary role
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Baylor’s first woman president brings fresh start to Baptist university
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
On Java, a sultan blesses his people with alms
(Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service)
Nabra Hassanen’s death offers lessons on how Muslim communities can respond
(Afeefa Syeed, Religion News Service)
Last-ditch effort aims to fill State Department job combating anti-Semitism
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Ten Commandments installed at Arkansas State Capitol; ACLU plans lawsuit
(Laurel Wamsley, National Public Radio)
Ten Commandments monument installed on Arkansas Capitol grounds
(N'dea Yancy-Bragg, Religion News Service)
Arkansas' Ten Commandments monument destroyed live on Facebook
(Tina Burnside and Paul LeBlanc, CNN)
Ten Commandments monument erected on Arkansas Statehouse grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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