Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
US asks India to check ‘continued targeted attacks’ on minorities
(Al Jazeera)
Experts say Pope, British King share interest in inter-faith ties
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Grieve review of Christ Church Oxford completed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge – Assessment of data
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pembrokeshire: James Allchurch jailed for racist podcasts
(BBC News)
ADF rates 75 major US corporations on respect for free speech, religious freedom in second annual Business Index
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
The Dalai Lama’s succession: Strategic realities of the Tibet question
(Jagannath P. Panda and Eerishika Pankaj, Institute for Security & Development Policy)
Mindanao: Sustaining the gains of peace at the ground level
(United Religions Initiative)
Native American former student sues Oklahoma school for removing feather at graduation
(Associated Press)
Air Force announces portal to process religious exemption requests
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ninth Circuit renews San Francisco employees’ lawsuit over vaccine mandates
(Candace Cheung, Courthouse News Service)
Days after synagogue attack, Tunisian president criticizes Israel and says his country saved Jews in WWII
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Texas wants the Ten Commandments in each public school classroom. This is a blatant assault on religious liberty
(Marc Zvi Brettler and Mark Chancey)
The religious landscape is undergoing massive change. It could decide the 2024 election.
(Ryan Burge, Politico)
Martin Luther King, Christian radical: A demand for justice inspired by faith
(Jonathan Eig, The Wall Street Journal)
View from Rome: Italian press aims to inform, but loves tabloid-style Vatican scandals
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Faith based affordable housing development and religious land: Examining successful practices
(Catherine Fisher, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
(Michael Hendricks, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Sustaining the public value of sacred places
(A. Robert Jaeger and Rochelle A. Stackhouse, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Sensible politics can’t ignore religion
(Elayne Allen, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Avoiding the perpetuation of discrimination in education: Individual positive measures versus broad anti-segregation policy in Szolcsán v. Hungary
(Patrick Leisure, Strasbourg Observers)
Record number of antisemitic attacks in Austria in 2022
(Christian Network Europe)
Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest May 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia advances 'persecution campaign' against Evangelicals in Ukraine: ISW
(Aila Slisco, Newsweek)
Russian authorities in Crimea to transfer OCU's Cathedral in Simferopol for free use
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
WCC general secretary visits Moscow and Patriarch Kirill
(World Council of Churches)
Yes, what about that meeting between Pope Francis and an exiled Russian Orthodox leader?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Nigerian Bishop Mgr. Kukah in Brussels to dialogue with EU and Church representatives
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 May 2023 (11:00 CET): Exploring the nexus between racism, xenophobia and the AfCTA, and AU free movement protocol
(World Council of Churches)
Monday, 15 May 2023
Secretary Antony J. Blinken on the 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
Iran: Alarming surge in executions
(Human Rights Watch)
USCIRF welcomes the release of State Department’s 2022 International Religious Freedom Report
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Guidance on Constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression in public elementary and secondary schools
(U.S. Department of Education)
What the Biden administration just said about school prayer
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Forcing churches to pay for abortion coverage, violate conscience costs California $1.4M
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
USCIRF commemorates Leah Sharibu’s 20th birthday and calls for her rescue
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Jewish students with disabilities shouldn’t be shut out
(Laura Wolk Slavis, Real Clear Politics)
The Influence of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on the Common Law
(Samuel L. Bray, SSRN)
Photos of the week - 12 May 2023
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
The Coronation was not a multifaith service for sound interfaith reasons
(James Walters, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Law and religion round-up – 14th May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religion Watch, Volume 38 No. 6
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Toward a gender-attentive religious freedom advocacy: An interview with Elisa Chavez and Vija Herefoss
(Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
UCCRO statement on the initiatives to bring the Russian authorities to justice and restore fairness
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 11
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Historic moment: Gov. Phil Murphy declares Muslim Heritage Month in New Jersey
(Hannan Adely, North Jersey)
Michigan Dem attempts to resurrect ‘Democrats don’t get religion’ trope — the real question is: do Dems get nonreligion?
(Chrissy Stroop, Religion Dispatches)
Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican and seeks backing for Ukraine’s peace plan
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 15 May 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Co-workers could bear costs of accommodating religious employees in the workplace if Supreme Court tosses out 46-year-old precedent
(Debbie Kaminer, The Conversation)
DeSantis’ lack of God-talk signals a shift in Republican politics
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest May 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Hong Kong prelate says Vatican-China deal ‘not dead’ despite disputes over bishops
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams praises yeshiva education, pushes back on criticism
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Blasphemy: Cries for help in Nigeria
(Hulda Fahmi, FoRB Women’s Alliance)
The dog whistle of “Christian Nationalism”
(Gillian Richards, The Heritage Foundation)
India: Thousands rally in Kerala to protest rising Islamophobia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: Bnei Menashe community member killed, 2 synagogues torched in India violence
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
The Broken: ‘Dalit’ Sikhs fight back against land discrimination in Punjab
(Surabhi Singh, Religion Unplugged)
Council of Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem reiterate calls to strive for a just, lasting peace
(World Council of Churches)
Santa Marta Group presents its strategic plan to enhance the fight against human trafficking
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Execution of the ECTHR’S judgments against Russia: Some legal (and political) aspects
(Ausra Padskocimaite, Strasbourg Observers)
Putin orders Moscow arts museum to hand over ancient icon to Orthodox Church
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
In U.S. and elsewhere, most say their country will be better off embracing changes over sticking to traditions
(Richard Wike and Sarah Austin, Pew Research Center)
Envisioning a federal family-formation policy framework for Canada
(Cardus)
Religious scholar: Canada becoming ‘post-secular’ society
(Matthew Puddister, Anglican News Canada)
The transgender Indonesian Muslims trying to secure their future
(Trisha Husada and Silvano Hajid Maulana, BBC News)
The last Ismaili khalifa in the mountains of Tajikistan
(Bruce Pannier and Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, OpenDemocracy)
The Navy needs more chaplains
(Gregory N. Todd, Religion News Service)
The Brazil riots, Bolsonaro, and spiritual warfare
(Miguel Petrosky, Center for Religion and Media at NYU)
Brazil: Reading the Bible in City Hall violates state secularism, says TJ-SP (Portuguese)
(Tábata Viapiana, Conjur)
Brazil: The secularization of the theological and the formation of the western legal tradition (Portuguese)
(Danilo Pereira Lima, Conjur)
Brazil: Human dignity and religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Reis Friede, Conjur)
Friday, 12 May 2023
Defining religion in the court
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious minorities
(International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF))
2023 May Newsletter
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
The radical regime transformation in Israel marks the start of an intra-Jewish religious war
(Gila Stopler, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religious leaders march in the face of violence
(The Jerusalem Post)
Jerusalem's role in FoRB promotion
(Twitter, Fiona Bruce)
154 soccer fans arrested in Netherlands over antisemitic chants, slurs
(Danielle Greyman-Kennard, The Jerusalem Post)
Dialogue between Islam, Assyrian Church of East planned in Tehran
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back
(Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)
Government fails to bring Australians from Syrian camps home
(Daniela Gavshon, Human Rights Watch)
No school left behind: Why all education is public
(Ray Pennings, Christianity Today)
Muslim NGOs criticize 'racist' study on Muslim students in Austria
(Daily Sabah)
Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide if Catholic ministry is religious
(Becket)
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Timothy Suh | An Interview with Jim Bennett | IRF Summit RFI Profiles
(YouTube Video, Religious Freedom Institute)
Open letter from the Permanent Council to the Government of Canada on permitting persons living with mental illness to access euthanasia/assisted suicide (PDF)
(Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)
New book: A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities: Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination
(Alex Deagon, Bloomsbury Publishing)
Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate
(Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: ‘We are still the Grand Canyon’
(Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press)
8th Circuit upholds constitutionality of federal ban on damaging religious real property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
S4, Ep. 21: 613 Commandments: James Talarico on his defense of church-state separation as a Christian (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule
(Yonat Shimron and Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
American Catholics shouldn’t abandon religious freedom
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
Belarus: Seven fined for talking about Easter in street
(Olga Glace and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Indian Christians demand independent panel to quell attacks
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Our government does not look at religion or caste while delivering benefits, this is real secularism: PM Modi.
(Devdiscourse)
Third blast in a week near India’s Golden Temple, five arrested
(Al Jazeera)
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