Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 10 February 2023
In synagogues and on the streets, Israel’s new ‘faithful left’ is making itself felt
(Deborah Danan, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Social media restricted in Ethiopia after church rift turns violent
(Reuters)
Nicaraguan Catholic bishop sentenced to decades in prison, citizenship stripped
(Ismael Lopez, Reuters)
Parliament of the World’s Religions welcomes faith leaders to Board of Trustees
(Religion News Service)
Fordham hosts civil religion lecture with Pulitzer prize-winning author Ian Johnson
(Tony Wu, The Observer)
Pandora’s Box of Religious Exemptions
(Harvard Law Review)
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in Central Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
China: An idolatrous state tries to smother the church
(Eric Patterson, World)
Do Australian churches require buffer zones against protests?
(Madeleine Rose Jones, Spectator Australia)
The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center)
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
U.S. national statement for the OSCE Conference on Addressing Antisemitism in the OSCE Region
(U.S. Mission to the OSCE)
HYBRID EVENT, 8 February 2023 (7PM ET): The Politics of Forgiveness
(Baylor in Washington, Faith & Law)
WEBINAR, 8 February 2023 (10:30AM ET): Two Years after the Coup: Religious Freedom in a Contested Burma
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Faith leaders urge independent review of Alabama executions
(Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
EVENT (VIRTUAL OR LIVE), 8 February 2023 (10AM EST): Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today: Findings from the PRRI and Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey
(Brookings Institution)
International lawmakers call on social media giants to act against online antisemitism
(Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post)
Interview: Religion & DEI by Colleen Frye
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EU bishops demand release of clergy detained in Nicaragua
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Catholic priests in Nicaragua sentenced to decade behind bars
(Reuters)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 8
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Sweden issues rare ban over Quran burning rally
(Deutsche Welle)
Sweden: Anti-Turkish protests have increased attack threat
(Associated Press)
Holy See upholds OSCE efforts to combat rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe
(Vatican News)
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in the Horn of Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Supreme Court review sought in ministerial exception case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Case page: Gregory Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel
(Becket)
Court tells city to negotiate damages after its wrongful arrest of "psalm sing" protesters against covid restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The canary in the coalmine: The IRF Summit and protecting religious freedom in our world today
(Andrew Likoudis, Patheos)
In fresh move in tax dispute with Vatican, Israel freezes Notre Dame hotel accounts
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
FBI internal memo warns against ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology’
(Brittany Bernstein, National Review)
Ukrainian ambassador condemns the congratulations of the head of the Polish Orthodox Church to Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Occupation "police officers" brag about "exposing" the Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kherson region
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Many Ukrainians are fleeing to the Greek Catholic Church in Lviv, which has a long and complex history in the Orthodox faith
(J. Eugene Clay, The Conversation)
Death of old-school journalism may be why Catholic church vandalism isn't a big story
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Progress Pride flag as altar frontal
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Tibetan political prisoner and monk dies in Chinese custody
(Radio Free Asia)
Irreconcilable differences: Law, Religion, and Taiwan’s relationship with China
(André Laliberté, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
400 KAICIID-supported journalists promote peace in CAR
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Indonesia: Who are genuine Muslim moderates? Separating the wheat from the chaff – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Pakistan’s top rights group raises ‘alarm’ on religious freedom
(Al Jazeera)
German party wants ban on ritual slaughter
(Christian Network Europe)
Basu v. Germany and Muhammad v. Spain: Why the first European Court of Human Rights’ judgments on racial profiling in identity checks are disappointing
(Julie Ringelheim, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Cardinal Hollerich demands the release of Bishop Rolando and the other detainees in Nicaragua
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Kenya: In new interview, Archbishop Muheria berates persistent political bickering, calls on government, opposition to deliver
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Cuba: Documented religious freedom violations more than double in 2022
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
General Synod: Archbishop delivers Loyal Address to The King
(The Church of England)
Suspected ISIS members arrested in Turkey - report
(The Jerusalem Post)
Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon
(Al Jazeera)
Court won't revisit ruling allowing priest to sue church for defamation
(Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
U.S. court leery of blocking LGBT bias claims against religious employers
(Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
A new lens into the overlap of religion and right-wing politics
(Philip Bump, The Washington Post)
Democrats pass resolution condemning ‘white religious nationalism’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
More states are paying to send children to private and religious schools
(Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post)
Nicolás Maduro places his faith in the evangelical churches
(Florantonia Singer, El País)
The Illinois voucher law is about to ride into the sunset. will lawmakers rescue it, or just wave goodbye?
(Peter Greene, Forbes)
Brazilian bishops' "holy indignation" over violence against Indigenous people
(Ivan Fernandes, La Croix International)
Brazil: Babalorixá assumes coordination of religious freedom in the ministry of Silvio de Almeida (Portuguese)
(Monica Bergamo, Politica Livre)
Brazil: Legal implications of the exercise of faith in Brazil (Portuguese)
(Gilberto Garcia, Migalhas)
Brazil: Government ordinance prohibiting religious contact with Yanomamis is unconstitutional (Portuguese)
(Leonardo Desideri, Gazeta do Povo)
Minister of Justice highlights Portugal's role in protecting religious minorities (Portuguese)
(República Portuguesa)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
EVENT, 7 February 2023 (8:30AM in New York): Multi-Religious Prayer for Peace and Compassion
(Religions for Peace and the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 February 2023 (11AM EST): Virtual IRF Roundtable with Civil Society and USCIRF Chairman Nury Turkel
(International Religious Freedom Roundtable)
Spain's Catholic Church 'soul-searching' after 3 years under progressive government
(Jonathan Luxmoore, National Catholic Reporter)
Monday, 6 February 2023
What is religious freedom, and what is it not?
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
You’ve heard of ‘spiritual but not religious.’ What about ‘religious but not spiritual’?
(Matthew Bowman, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Psychedelic churches in US pushing boundaries of religion
(Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
Two more mosques were vandalised and set ablaze in a wave of Anti-Ahmadiyya hatred in Pakistan
(The European Times)
Hazara Committee in UK releases report on situation of community in Pakistan
(Myind.net)
The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws
(Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation)
Rights of transgender students and their parents are a challenge for schools, courts
(Charles J. Russon, Maggie Paine, Suzanne Eckes, The Conversation)
How evangelicals moved from supporting environmental stewardship to climate skepticism
(Neal Pogue, The Conversation)
A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital role in American political history
(Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation)
How trade can be leveraged as a foreign policy tool to press for human rights improvements
(Jonathan de Leyser, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions
(Nitya Rao, The Conversation)
India: Supreme Court seeks replies from 7 states on anti-conversion law
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)
Mumbai: Undeterred by Court, 'suspended' BJP MLA Raja Singh again calls for violence against Muslims
(Sukanya Shantha, The Wire)
India: Supreme Court issues notice on another petition filed by Teesta Setalvad's NGO CJP challenging anti-conversion laws of 5 more states
(Padmakshi Sharma, Livelaw.in)
Religious freedom ‘under assault’ across the world, leaders testify at summit
(Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency)
Report: Big Tech, hate, and religious freedom online
(Interfaith Alliance)
Myanmar: Two years after the Tatmadaw’s coup
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
German Federal Court Of Justice confirms the first-ever confiction of a Daesh member for genocide
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)
The Muslim hijab: A tale of two moralities
(Ayesha Mahmood Malik, The Review of Religions)
Around the web - 6 February 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
New book: The Disintegrating Conscience and the Decline of Modernity
(Steven D. Smith, Notre Dame Press)
Conclusion of the Religious Expert Examination of the Statute on Governance of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for the presence of ecclesiastical and canonical ties with the Moscow Patriarchate
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Almost 500 religious sites were destroyed in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
On religion and immigration in “Defeating the Dictators”
(Charles Dunst, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
United Nations: Men and boys to play active role to end FGM
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Substitute meals for religion not against secularism: French court
(Anadolu Agency)
Norway cancels Quran burning after reaction from Türkiye
(Daily Sabah)
Mandatory Vaccinations, Religious Freedom, and Discrimination
(Ilias Trispiotis, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
State Neutrality and Religious Diversity in Europe
(Stijn Smet, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Global Law and Christianity: Discussion with the book Christianity and Global Law, by eds Rafael Domingo and John Witte, Jr
(Grzegorz J Blicharz, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty. by Edward A. David
(Michael Bradley, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Swedish Religion Education in Public Schools—Objective and Neutral or a Marination into Lutheran Protestantism?
(Jenny Berglund, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Countering the Fiction of Neutrality: Pushing for Transparency?
(Cathérine Van de Graaf and Angelika Nußberger, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Church Reporter, Vol. 8/1, 23 January 2023 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
TPNRD releases new report on Chinese religious diplomacy
(Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
Antisemitic flyers could spur action on proposed Georgia law
(Jeff Amy, Associated Press)
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