Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 9 June 2017
Wilting in the Kurdish Sun: The Hopes and Fears of Religious Minorities in Northern Iraq
(Crispin M.I. Smith and Vartan Shadarevian, Report prepared for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Politics, culture or theology? Why evangelicals back Trump on global warming
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)
Church says Papua riot sparked by military burning Bibles
(Associated Press)
Delaware legislature votes to drop restrictions on abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican, Georgetown provide resources on interreligious dialogue
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Italian atheists vow to fight pro-crucifix court ruling
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pro-life Facebook video of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens
(Facebook)
Governor Greitens announces pro-life special session
(Press Release, Office of Missouri Governor)
Missouri governor calls special legislative session to enact pro-life bills
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor Lively files challenge to judge’s prejudicial language
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
Commentary: How anti-Shariah marches mistake Muslim concepts of state and religious law
(ASifa Quraishi-Landes, Religion News Service)
Turkey's 'American Idol' of Quran recitation backfires
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Jewish groups join call to mayors to denounce ‘anti-sharia’ marches
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Anti-LGBT activist appeals ATS lawsuit that he won
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
USCIRF commends House passage of Genocide Accountability Act, urges Senate action
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Syria, Christians, and Pluralism in the Middle East
(Most. Rev. Jean Clément Jeanbart & Carl Anderson, Real Clear Religion)
Bernie Sanders's religious test for Christians in public office
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Two U.S. Senators apply an anti-Christian religious test for government officials
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Henan, Protestant church destroyed, 40 Christians arrested
(AsiaNews.it)
Argument: What the Islamic State wants in attacking Iran
(Will McCants, Foreign Policy)
Fallout from Iran attacks spells trouble to come in wider Middle East
(Maziyar Ghiabi, The Conversation)
Can the world ever really keep terrorists off the internet?
(Shontavia Johnson, The Conversation)
Court enjoins Montana rule excluding religious schools from tax credit program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Montana court halts state exclusion of religious schools from tax credit program
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Trinity Lutheran: The church-state case looms at the Supreme Court
(Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Thursday, 8 June 2017
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion responds to Scottish Episcopal Church vote to allow same-sex marriage
(Episcopal News Service)
SEC approval of same-sex marriage; reaction in Anglican churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
(BBC News)
SEC approves same-sex marriage
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Fellowship impaired by Scottish vote
(Scottish Anglican Network Press Statement, GAFCON)
GAFCON Press Conference announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Changing marriage doctrine in the SEC – voting procedures
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Another registration case: National Turkish Union v Bulgaria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Refusal of Bulgarian authorities to register an association promoting the rights of the Muslim minority was not “necessary in a democratic society”
(Press Release, Office of the Registrar, European Court of Human Rights)
Trump: ‘It’s time to put a stop to attacks on religion’
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)
Interfaith coalition launches ‘Know Your Neighbor’ campaign
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)
After rushing to Qatar's aid, Turkey may have to rethink its Mideast ties
(Fehim Tastekin, trans. Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
After the ban of Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of Scientology seems to be the next priority target
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russian authorities raid Church of Scientology in St. Petersburg
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
St. Petersburg’s Church of Scientology is charged with illegal revenue of $4.8 mln
(TASS)
St. Petersburg Church of Scientology founders arrested
(Interfax-Religion)
Refugees and Ramadan in Sicily (Slideshow)
(Diego Cupolo, Deutsche Welle)
In the shadow of St. Peter’s, a Mormon temple rises
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Video: First Amendment courses
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)
Rethinking blasphemy in Indonesia and the fiqh tradition
(Timonthy Gutmann, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
Zhejiang Catholic Bishop - Appointed by Vatican, Not Recognized by China - Missing for Half Month [Simplified Chinese]
(Zhu Zhou, Radio Free Asia)
Some 500,000 pilgrims bow to St. Nicholas remains as 3 km line forms outside the Moscow cathedral
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church's relations with Catholics intensify after meeting with Pope - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Fingerprints, mugshots, fines follow worship raid
(Forum 18 News Service)
The man behind Trump's religious-freedom agenda for health care
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
What do Islam and restorative justice have in common? This Ramadan panel explains
(Holly Meyer, USA Today)
In Israel, fighting for women’s political representation
(Josie Glausiusz, Forward)
What was this Orthodox rabbi doing in front row at Comey hearing?
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)
Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council pushes bill aimed at curbing hate crimes
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French-German TV channel under fire for canceling anti-Semitism documentary
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Germany grants first visa to protect Chechen gays
(Deutsche Welle)
House OKs bill to aid genocide victims; Senate urged to act quickly on it
(Catholic News Service)
Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $125,000
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
How the Muslim world was invented
(Anver M. Emon and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Foreign Affairs)
Irish bishops praise court ruling recognizing the dignity of work
(Catholic News Agency)
Venezuela cardinal says Socialist regime leaves people ‘cruelly repressed’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Venezuela’s bishops say Pope has their backs in tensions with Maduro
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The war against just war: Enough already
(Peter Steinfels, Commonweal)
Doctor, wife in genital cutting case win bond, placed on house arrest, with tethers
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press)
Two FGM defendants released on bond
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Prayer over football game loudspeaker may be banned
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The necessity of bridge-building
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)
British people 'will not want to carry on as before'
(Richard Connor, Deutsche Welle)
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Alternative treatment for seriously ill child not in his best interests (Charlie Gard)
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)
Yates and Anor v Great Ormond Street for Children (Charlie Gard)
(England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions)
London attacker's mother blames internet for son's radicalization
(Reuters)
Attackers bomb Ayatollah Khomeini tomb and Parliament; Saudis blamed
(Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Religion News Service)
The ’Splainer: What is the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum and why was it attacked?
(Shenaz Kermalli, Religion News Service)
Anti-Muslim hate crimes increase fivefold since London Bridge attacks
(Vikram Dodd and Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)
Islam is Ireland's third largest religion
(Joyce Fegan, Irish Examiner)
How the Six-Day War transformed religion: Six perspectives on how the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict changed Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Mormonism
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)
How a growing number of Muslim women clerics are challenging traditional narratives
(The Conversation)
The great Sunni-Shia conflict is getting ever closer to the surface
(Douglas Murray, Spectator)
Christian preachers' disappearance in Malaysia stokes fears of crackdown on religious minorities
(Vincent Bevins, The Guardian)
To escape abusive marriages, many Christians in Pakistan convert to Islam
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)
Zimbabwe bishops urge violence free 2018 polls, as Mugabe likened to 'God' by youth leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
This Vatican adviser is moving Catholics toward LGBT inclusion
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)
Majority in US still say religion can answer most problems
(Art Swift, Gallup)
Mexico City mayor trumpets country’s Sephardic heritage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
England’s top Sephardi rabbi said acceptance of homosexuality is ‘fantastic’ — controversy ensued
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kapparot can continue in NY, appeals court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Senate bill would elevate role of anti-Semitism envoy
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'Hitler bell' in German village sparks controversy
(Rebecca Staudenmaier, Deutsche Welle)
Questions surround Cameroonian bishop’s reported suicide
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Muslims and Christians unite to rebuild Mosul monastery
(Catholic News Agency)
Filipino Catholics plead for non-military solution to Islamic violence
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
DeVos: Federally funded schools must follow federal law, wouldn’t say what that means
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Pence speaks to National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by the Vice President at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
(Office of the Vice President, The White House)
“Life is winning in America,” Pence encourages Catholic prayer breakfast
(Matt Hadro and Adelaide Mena, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Judge OKs using state tax credits for religious schools
(Sam Wilson, Daily Inter Lake)
Illinois city settles DOJ's suit over mosque rezoning
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York appeals court dismisses suit opposing kaporos ritual
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Victory for American pastor falsely accused of ‘crimes against humanity’
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)
No jurisdiction under ATS over anti-gay pastor's activity in Uganda
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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