Law and Religion Headlines

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Kenya: Statement on the recent Supreme Court judgment
(Twitter, Kenya Christian Professionals' Forum (KCPF))

Opinion: Slattery v. Hochul (religious mission / freedom of association) (PDF)
(The Second Circuit Court of Appeals)

Does the First Amendment bar public schools from removing school library books based on their viewpoints?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Malaysia: Domestic halal market value to hit RM400bil by 2030, says Zahid
(Junaid Ibrahim, The Star)

Major Indian broadcaster fined by regulator over ‘anti-Muslim content’
(Sravasti Dasgupta, Independent)

Spanish church vows to resist new 'anti-life laws'
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Angelus)

Texas Attorney General Paxton joins letter blasting FBI over ‘radical Catholic’ memo
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Keynote fireside conversation with Dr. Azza Karam
(YouTube Video, Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law & Diplomacy)

Formula One drivers urged to speak up for human rights in Bahrain
(Al Jazeera)

Chief Rabbi and Archbishop of Canterbury lament ‘vanishing of religion from public square’
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)

Economic, social and cultural rights in Great Britain
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Church of England Parochial Fees: from March 2023
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – February (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – February (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Greetings from world leaders to Tibetans on the occasion of Losar, the Tibetan New Year
(Yangchen Dolma, Tibet Post International)

Respecting religious freedom - Vietnam's constant policy: Deputy PM
(Vietnam Plus)

Australia: Sydney Anglican church accuses law reform commission of double standard over religious school hiring
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

The employment law review: Religious discrimination in international employment law (paywall)
(Erika C Collins, Lexology)

Religious freedom in Timor-Leste (Portuguese)
(Neolanda Márvia Homa Ramos Fernandes, Diligente)

I was Moscow's Chief Rabbi. Russia forced me to flee.
(Pinchas Goldschmidt, Foreign Policy)

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

WEBINAR, 28 February to 2 March, 2023: 2023 Celebration of the World Interfaith Harmony Week
(G20 Interfaith Forum)

Monday, 27 February 2023

Iran: Respect for ‘human rights’ is our core value, Abdollahian tells Human Rights Council
(Tehran Times)

Iran's religious freedom worsened last year: An IranWire special report
(Iran Wire)

Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest February
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

WEBINAR, 27 February 2023 (7PM ET): Religion and the Legacies of Slavery | A Series of Public Online Conversations: Memory, History, and the Ethics of Reparations
(Harvard Divinity School)

IRFBA Chair’s statement on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
(International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), U.S. Department of State)

DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships resources
(U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

‘Christian patriots’ are flocking from blue states to Idaho
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)

Norway: Why the European Court of Human Rights rejected a complaint from a disfellowshipped former Jehovah’s Witness
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Around the web - 27 February 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

New book: Faith in Courts: Human Rights Advocacy and the Transnational Regulation of Religion
(Lisa Harms, Bloomsbury Publishing)

Congo bishops warn against ‘balkanization’ of central African nation
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman denounces proposed limits on asylum access
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Church Reporter, Vol. 8/2, 22 February 2023 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society (PDF)
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)

Posthumous award of the "Jean Nussbaum & Eleanor Roosevelt Award" to H.E. Dr. Jorge Sampaio
(International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty)

Meeting of the AIDLR EU Country Chapter Directors
(International Association for the Defence of Religious Liberty)

‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future
(Krutika Pathi and Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)

India: I am Christian but still fond of Hinduism: Supreme Court judge KM Joseph
(Press Trust of India, India Today)

22,000 Indian Christians peacefully protest rising persecution at historic Delhi gathering
(Surinder Kaur, Christianity Today)

West Virginia GOP majority House OKs religious freedom bill
(Leah Willingham, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 27 February 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nuns' hostile work environment and retaliation claims can move forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A gap between policy and practice: In Vietnam, many indigenous communities are forbidden to use their own language
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

The fight over two freedoms
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Hate is alive in Canada — and is growing
(Andrew Mitrovica, Al Jazeera)

Canada: Statement on Islamophobia
(Twitter, Justin Trudeau)

A brief history of the Black church’s vital role in American political history
(Jason Oliver Evans, Religion News Service)

Four Wakefield pupils suspended after Quran damaged at school
(BBC News)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – February (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 26th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Scottish Catholic Church warns against anti-Christian bias in public life
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious scholar explains why Ukrainians began to turn more to religion
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine: Conscientious objector now jailed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

The challenge of the irreligious state
(Tanvi Mishra, Law & Liberty)

Christian college asks Supreme Court to hear case on ‘gender identity’ dorm rules
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Two weeks in review, 13 February – 26 February
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Nicaragua: Expatriation as an aggravated form of political persecution
(Kai Ambos, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Malaysia’s new Vatican envoy to promote interfaith dialogue
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Turkish Christians: Don't distribute Bibles during relief aid
(Christian Network Europe)

Lithuania: Orthodoxy on the eve of a split or secession from Moscow?
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings
(The European Times)

The angry divide in Israel over the rule of law and religion
(Andrew England and James Shotter, The Financial Times)

Bahrain: 3 on trial for religious dialogue
(Human Rights Watch)

Human Rights Council hears from 28 dignitaries as it continues its high-level segment
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

“The most important feature of Chinese Communism is atheism”
(Zhou Kexin, Bitter Winter)

What the opening of the Abrahamic Family House Synagogue in the UAE means for the Jewish community and the rest of the world
(Marcy Grossman, Atlantic Council)

Declaration of the OAS General Secretariat on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Organization of American States)

Brazil: Respect for plurality as a way to combat intolerance and religious racism and in building a culture of peace (Portuguese)
(Regina Negreiros, Política por Elas)

Brazil: Attacks and humiliations: religious leaders in MG report cases of intolerance (Portuguese)
(Juliana Siqueira and Vitor Fórneas, O Tempo)

International Court Of Justice orders Azerbaijan to end Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Saturday, 25 February 2023

Series: The Russia-Ukraine war and religion: One year after the beginning of the invasion
(Jerry Pankhurst, Robert C. Blitt, Alar Kilp, Regina Elsner, Catherine Wanner, Andriy Fert, Stanislav Panin, Dmytro Vovk, and Michelle Coleman, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations addressed the Eleventh Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

WCC denounces ongoing invasion of Ukraine, prays for peace, and calls for accountability
(World Council of Churches)

UOC priests visit Ukrainian military on the front line
(Union of Orthodox Journalists)

Statement of solidarity with the people of Ukraine
(Twitter, European Network on Religion & Belief)

A US rabbi bears witness to the trauma in Ukraine one year after Russian invasion
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Whose conscience deserves protection in Australia?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

USCIRF concerned by religious freedom implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

China ramping up persecution of Christians as it demands 'worship and allegiance' of Xi Jinping: watchdog
(Jon Brown, Fox News)

The latest @ USIP: Religious inclusion in Afghanistan
(Charles Ramsey, The Olive Branch, USIP Blog)

New generation of MBAs take up Faith@Work cause
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Constitutional Identity in Europe
(Petra Bard, Nora Chronowski, and Zoltan Fleck, Central European University)

New book: Religion's Power: What Makes It Work
(Robert Wuthnow, Oxford University Press)

Egyptian Christians in Libya face ‘toxic mix of racism and religious hostility’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jacksonville law would censor Catholic bookstore
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Tibet: Interview: ‘They are away from their families, language, religion and culture.’
(Radio Free Asia)

West Virginians clash over religious freedom bill at hearing
(Leah Willingham, Associated Press)

FBI agents have qualified immunity in suit by Muslims placed on no-fly list for refusing to spy on their communities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian teacher did not show that her removal was retaliation for protected speech or beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Alaska Supreme Court reverses dismissal of Muslim inmate's RLUIPA claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Drummond withdraws opinion enabling state-funded religious schools
(Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General)

S4, Ep. 13: White supremacy and Christian nationalism: A conversation with the Rev. Dr. Jay Augustine (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

As Nigerians vote, Catholics warn of push to ‘Islamize’ the country
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican establishes diplomatic ties with Oman, widening outreach to Islam
(Middle East Monitor)

I worked for Jimmy Carter at the White House. He should be remembered as a champion of the Jewish people
(Stuart Eizenstat, Forward)

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