Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 26 May 2017
4th Circuit upholds decision halting revised executive order
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Utah: Mormon wards to host Ramadan meals for Muslim neighbors
(Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Thursday, 25 May 2017
G7 must address famine, say world churches and church aid groups
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Newsflash: Church of Scotland votes on same-sex marriage
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Putin presents icon to Sretensky Monastery church
(Interfax-Religion)
Unity of Russian nation should be preserved – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Lutheran songs: a musical gift for all Christians
(Chiara Bertoglio, MercatorNet)
‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school defends decision to deny pregnant teen graduation ‘walk’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Female genital mutilation protected by the Constitution? These lawyers say so.
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)
Chileans stand up for abortion rights
(Sophia Boddenberg, Deutsche Welle)
Stronger religious freedoms in Texas could boost Catholic foster care
(Catholic News Agency)
Dolan presses White House on relief for persecuted Christians
(John Allen, Inés San Martín and Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith in a glass of water (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Susan Barnett, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Telling the story (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Jonathan Trapp, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
New Jersey township’s recently enacted ordinances alleged to violate RLUIPA
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)
Manchester by the Sea (a post-Christian film) and the decline of the working class
(John O. McGinnis, Library of Law and Liberty)
Federal appeals court largely maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban
(Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Travel ban remains on hold following 4th Circuit ruling
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
4th Circuit en banc upholds preliminary injunction against Trump's second travel ban executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents sue San Diego school district over "anti-Islamophobia" campaign
(Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund)
Suit challenges school district's anti-Islamophobia program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Prof gave 'F' to student because she's Muslim, lawsuit alleges
(Tom Haydon, NJ Advance Media)
Muslim student sues claiming grade was result of religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orthodox Jewish paramedic sues NY hospital over its no-skirts policy
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Lucille Roberts’ ban on working out in skirts is not religious discrimination, says judge
(Chris Morran, Consumerist)
Long skirts, Title II vs. Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The New York Times flies the flag for ‘open’ marriage
(Nicole M. King, MercatorNet)
On abortion: If we trust women, we should listen to them
(Philippa Taylor, MercatorNet)
Contesting the re-primitivism of the West (a review of John M. Rist, What is Truth? From the Academy to the Vatican)
(Graham McAleer, Library of Law and Liberty)
Obama in Berlin for landmark church assembly
(Astrid Prange, Deutsche Welle)
After the atrocity, the investigation: The hunt is on for the Manchester bomber’s accomplices
(The Economist)
Down but not out: How Islamic State clings on in Libya
(The Economist)
Public consultation for 133rd Bishop of London
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Parish Music Guidance: Ministers and organists
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Kansas governor Sam Brownback rumored to be a pick for U.S. Religious Freedom Ambassador
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)
Six questions on Ramadan answered
(Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
In asking Trump to be peacemaker, Pope Francis' meeting is not all smiles
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
China’s population may be smaller than official data suggests
(Shannon Roberts, MercatorNet)
The Economist’s free market ideology fails vulnerable women
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)
Is religious liberty in the West an historical accident?
(Bugra Kalkan, Istanbul Network for Liberty)
Religious liberty debate: People 'in the middle' need to speak up, panelists say
(Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter)
Asking Gandhi tough questions
(Sarah Azaransky, OUPblog)
Azerbaijanis fined and detained for selling religious books
(World Watch Monitor)
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor drops blasphemy appeal ‘for sake of the people’
(World Watch Monitor)
Blasphemy law has no place in a 'tolerant nation' like Indonesia, say UN experts
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ukraine: Donbas militants 'sentence' 63-year-old Ukrainian religious scholar on insane charges
(Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)
Religious Freedom and Muslim Terrorism: A Rights-Based Approach
(Augusto Zimmermann, Quadrant Magazine LX (10) October 2016, 63-68)
Teacher fired for giving student a Bible is back in classroom
(Steve Novak, Lehigh Valley Live)
2 Texas men get 3 years in prison for beating Sikh man and cutting off his hair
(Veronica, Los Angeles Times)
Puerto Rico employers brace for new right to religious freedom accommodation requests
(Ana Beatriz Rivera-Beltrán, Lexology)
Putin meets with Coptic patriarch Tawadros II
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin expresses gratitude to pope for permission to bring St. Nicholas' relics to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin, Medvedev visit Patriarch Kirill to offer name day congratulations
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill to visit Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax-Religion)
The Federation of Jewish Community of Russia criticizes Ukrainian political circles for heroizing Nazi symbols
(Interfax-Religion)
A Vatican meeting, and a clash of moral visions
(Matthew Sitman, Bloomberg)
Donald Trump hails Vatican meeting with Pope Francis as 'an honour'
(Stephanie Kirchgaessnar, The Guardian)
A fantastic meeting: Donald Trump meets Pope Francis
(MSR, The Economist: Democracy in America)
The Pope gives Trump something to remember, and a little homework
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Trump in Israel calls for end to sectarian conflict in Middle East
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope Francis gives President Trump some homework at their first meeting
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Pope and Trump focused on life, religious freedom and conscience, Vatican says
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Remarks by President Trump at the Israel Museum
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)
Why Melania Trump wore a head covering in Rome but not in Saudi Arabia
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)
Taiwan's high court rules same-sex marriage is legal, in a first for Asia
(Bill Chappell, National Public Radio)
Following sixth journalist murder this year, Mexican bishops speak up
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Gunmen take Catholic hostages; Philippines’ Duterte imposes martial law
(Catholic News Service)
Duterte declares martial law in Philippine island of Mindanao in response to militant attacks
(Jonathan Kaiman, The Los Angeles Times)
Chaos in the Philippines as Islamist group storms city, abducts Christians and sets church on fire
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious liberty updates from Texas, Indiana, Florida, West Virginia
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Latest sex abuse victim: "I forgive you"
(Janela Carrera, Pacific News Center)
Maine: US School Department reprimands, threatens to dismiss employee for telling colleague, "I will pray for you"
(Jay Gotera, The Christian Post)
'I will pray for you,' draws personnel warning
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
Priest sex abuse suit filed against Guam Archdiocese
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church awarded $1.35m for loss stemming from overbroad zoning restriction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Standing united after the attack in Manchester
(Letters, The Guardian)
Muslims in Manchester fear reprisals as ISIS claims Ariana Grande concert attack
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)
Manchester attack: more terrorism tied to a radical Muslim, more fears of an anti-Muslim backlash
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Texas: Senate adds voucher provision to public school finance bill
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Religious intolerance tarnishes Pakistan's image: minister
(Sehrish Wasif, The Express Tribune)
Interfaith activists among released convicts in prisoner amnesty
(Hein Ko Soe and Sean Gleeson, Frontier Myanmar)
What is terrorism? What do terrorists want?
(Frederic Lemieux, The Conversation)
What is the Shia-Sunni divide?
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
The Islamic State and the end of lone-wolf terrorism
(Jen Easterly and Joshua A. Geltzer, Foreign Policy)
Religion good for the body as well as the soul - report
(Stephen Gadd, CPH Post Online)
Iraqi president calling Yezidis ‘remnants of Zoroastrianism’ sparks anger
(Rudaw)
'Plan B' for Turks: move abroad
(Zulfigar Dogan, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Report from meeting of House of Bishops in May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Austalia: Muslim leaders clash in fiery debate on Sunrise
(Debra Killalea, News.com.au)
Church "champing" for Scottish pilgrims
(Hugh Lockhart, The Guardian)
Pope Francis names new cardinals from El Salvador, Laos, Mali, Spain and Sweden
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)
VW’s ‘dieselgate’ poses ethical challenge for German Protestants
(Tom Henegan, Religion News Service)
EVENT, 24-27 May 2017: Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag - Wittenberg
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Iran's conservatives question election results
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Muslims mark the 1,095th anniversary of Islam in Russia
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)
Manchester bombing suspect identified; Islamic State claims responsibility
(Griff Wittte and Karla Adam, The Washington Post)
Terrorism in Britain: Lone wolf or complex plot? Analysing the Manchester bombing
(The Economist)
‘Safe return’ plan for refugees after five years undermines the idea of integration
(Ulrike M Vietan and Fiona Murphy, The Conversation)
Why Ramadan is called Ramadan: 6 questions answered
(Mahammad Hassan Khalil, The Conversation)
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