Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
As Taiwan debates gay marriage, advocates eye influence abroad
(Ralph Jennings, The Christian Science Monitor)
Taiwan and gay marriage: Can journalists face the fact that there are two sides to the story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
The rising homegrown terror threat on the right
(Arie Perliger, The Conversation)
Freedom of Belief: Countering Religious Violence
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives)
Aleppo after the fall
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)
New York Times Magazine tells dramatic story of Aleppo, minus all that tricky religion stuff
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Reformation is ‘GPS’ for next 500 years, says S. African Anglican leader in Luther’s town
((Archbishop Thabo Makgoba), World Council of Churches)
South African archbishop preaches for a world of one humanity at Reformation ceremony
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)
Message of reconciliation, truth and justice highlighted at German protestant gathering
(Rev. Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel, World Council of Churches)
A non-believer's day at the Protestant Kirchentag congress in Wittenberg
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)
White House acts to roll back birth-control mandate for religious employers
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)
Rule under review to modify contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim scholars are target of Taliban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Taliban target: Scholars of Islam
(Mujib Mashal and Jawad Sukhanyar, The New York Times)
What gun control and refugee admissions policies have in common
(Jamres R. Rogers, Library of Law and Liberty)
Monday, 29 May 2017
Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
May 28: Donald Trump’s tour of world religions, wave of religious freedom legislation in Texas
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)
Law and religion round-up – 28th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Emperor of Japan, Prince Philip and the ‘a’ word
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Lavrov offers condolences to Egypt on terrorist attack on Coptic Christians
(Interfax-Religion)
Kyrgyz president promises to help build new Orthodox churches in republic
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill thanks Kyrgyz mufti for kind attitude towards Orthodox believers
(Interfax-Religion)
Indiana court rules that religious freedom law is not a free pass for tax evasion
(Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes)
Faith, secularism and freedom: A pastor and a secularist publisher stand together for freedom
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Petition of the day (including A Woman’s Friend Pregnancy Resource Clinic v. Becerra)
(Aurora Barnes, SCOTUSblog)
Orthodox church leadership sitting on information about tsar's bones
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)
Arab League not to take special measures to protect Christians in its member countries
(Interfax-Religion)
Severe treatment of foreign Jehovah's Witness in heart of Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Wave of vandalism against Jehovah's Witnesses continues
(Russia Religion News)
Eight-year-old Jehovah's Witness chided for singing songs for classmates
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Supreme Court turns down local Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)
Long waits for visas a problem for Mormon missionaries entering the U.S.
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Jehovah Witnesses file appeal against court judgment outlawing organization in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Danish citizen arrested in connection with raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Salvation Army appeals local court decision to high court
(Elena Mukhametshina, Vedomosti)
In Jefferson's Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university?
(Nichole M. Flores, American Magazine)
Lithuanian Jewish leader sorry for insulting Russian-speaking Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canadian premier Trudeau meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Archdiocese tells workers to ask ICE agents for warrants
(Associated Press)
Bishop commends Ghana’s plan to hand back management of mission schools
(Damian Avevor, Catholic News Service)
Mourning in Manchester, religious and secular traditions meet and meld
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Congressional commission holds hearings on countering religious violence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Palestinian judge bans divorce during Ramadan
(Al Jazeera)
No Ramadan divorces in Palestinian territories
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rex Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department, breaking 18 years of tradition
(Reuters)
Saturday, 27 May 2017
CAIR calls on Trump to denounce growing bigotry after two people stabbed to death in Oregon while defending Muslim train passengers
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
High Court bid to stop nuns owning maternity hospital
(Eilish O'Regan, Independent.ie)
African court rules Kenya violates forest people's land rights
(Katy Migiro, All Africa)
Take steps to prevent and report arson this Ramadan season
(MuslimAdvocates.org)
Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Ramadan
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
EVENT 27-29 May 2017: The Kokkinakis Papers: Taking Stock of 25 years of ECHR Jurisprudence on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Convenors: W. Cole Durham, Jr., Jeroen Temperman,T. Jeremy Gunn, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University)
Friday, 26 May 2017
Ramadan begins tonight--Trump issues greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
German Protestant Kirchentag opens to call for renewal of global order
(World Council of Churches)
Tens of thousands visit Protestant congress in Berlin
(Deutsche Welle)
WCC moderator calls for foreign policy rethink to promote “peace with justice”
(World Council of Churches)
A battle for hearts and minds: How the non-violent can fight violence against religion
(Paul Strand, CBN News)
Fears for imprisoned Algerian Christian as Ramadan begins
(World Watch Monitor)
Church leader among dead in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)
Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack
(BBC News)
Attack on bus carrying Christians in Egypt may negatively impact resumption of flights between Russia, Egypt - source
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church mourns victims of terror attack against Copts in Egypt
(Interfax-Religion)
Gunmen kill 35 Egyptian Christians in Ascension Day bus attack
(World Watch Monitor)
World Council of Churches condemns attack in Egypt on Coptic Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis calls Egypt attack on Christians, killing 28, “barbaric”
(Associated Press)
Indonesia’s social and political fabric stretched as bombs hit Jakarta
(World Watch Monitor)
Putin to visit Russian cultural spiritual center after talks with Macron - Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)
Unknown individuals wreak havoc on church of Moscow Patriarchate in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Sunnis, Shias and America: Why Trump’s pro-Sunni tilt worries human-rights campaigners
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Why Reinhold Niebuhr still haunts American politics
(Christianity Today)
Estonian Jewry celebrates revival 75 years after Nazis declared it extinct
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Islamization of Kashmir's separatist movement
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
As major cities crack down on panhandling, people of faith wrestle with their consciences
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
100 Christians detained, 10 years after Eritrea put Patriarch under house arrest
(World Watch Monitor)
Arrests made after attack on Catholic prayer hall in south India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
After years of cramped spaces, Ukrainian Catholics bless chapel in Odessa
(Mariana Karapinka, Catholic News Service)
Church leaders urge calm in Venezuela, Brazil
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
One pleads guilty to voter fraud in attempt to get approval for townhouses for Hasidic Jews
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan: 3 months in prison for eating, drinking in public during Ramadan, $250 for providing food
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Real estate developer pleads guilty in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process in Bloomingburg
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)
New York developer pleaded guilty in voter-fraud conspiracy
(Joseph De Avila and Corinne Ramey, Wall Street Journal)
Muslim man sues Little Caesars, claiming 'halal' was a lie in Dearborn
(Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press)
Suit charges Dearborn pizza store with serving pepperoni as halal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit clarifies burden of proof for preliminary injunction in 1st Amendment cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Bayonne Muslims file federal lawsuit against city after mosque plan voted down
(Corey McDonald, The Jersey Journal)
Suit challenges zoning denial for mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Burma: Interfaith prisoners of conscience Pwint Phyu Latt & Zaw Zaw Latt released
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Iran: Release Maryam Naghash Zargaran
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Can they dig it? Big-time journalists balk at multiple views of Grand Canyon's origins
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
Political chaos in Libya makes it a haven for radical terrorist groups
(Natasha Ezrow, The Conversation)
Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here’s why he’s wrong
(Philip Hackney, The Conversation)
Muslim Imam consoles Jewish woman — and melts the heart of mourning Manchester
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Indonesian president threatens to ‘clobber’ those who threaten pluralism
(Ed Davies, Religion News Service)
Islamic terrorists have no knowledge of religion, says Zahid
(Muzliza Mustafa, The Malaysian Insight)
Indonesian Embassy in Vatican holds interfaith dialogue
(The Jakarta Post)
Indonesia: National mosque imam calls for interfaith dialogue, tolerance
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)
San Diego Unified School District sued over Islamic indoctrination
(Linda Bentley, Sonoran News)
Former Catholic priest does euthanasia (in numbing detail) recorded by the New York Times
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Fighting for your knife: law, religion and Parmesan in multicultural Italy
(Marco Antonsich, The Conversation)
Russia: Fines, vandalism follow Jehovah's Witness liquidation
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Church of Scotland votes on same-sex marriage: updated and corrected
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
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