Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Fired ethics lawyer’s Islam tweets land employer in hot water: Potential damages at stake
(JD Journal)
WCC delivers messages to 3rd World Forum on Human Rights in Argentina
(World Council of Churches)
Argentina: The wounds of drug trafficking (Spanish)
(Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Social (CEPAS))
Brazil: “Stay with God”: City Hall of Taubaté denies having banned religious demonstrations in schools (Portuguese)
(Gazeta do Povo)
Brazil: The Parliamentary Front in Defense of Religious Freedom was launched at CLDF (Portuguese)
(Francisco Espínola, A Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal (CLDF))
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
EVENT, 21 March 2023 (10AM): Others in Their Own Land: The Baha'is in Iran (Geneva)
(Bahá’í International Community)
Monday, 20 March 2023
Special Rapporteur's digest on freedom of religion or belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Human Dignity: A Lecture by Brett Scharffs (podcast)
(Currents in Religion, Baylor University Religion Department and Baylor University Press)
CALL FOR PAPERS, proposals due 20 March 2023: Interdisciplinary Conference on Islamic Law in the Crucible of the Modern State: Problems and Perspectives
(University of Münster)
WEBINAR, 20 March 2023 (1PM ET): Religious Dimensions of Forced Migration
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Has Myanmar had a change of heart on Rohingya repatriation?
(Sufian Siddique, South Asia Monitor)
Church in Ireland aims to boost priestly vocations with new program
(Sarah Mac Donald, National Catholic Reporter)
EVENT, 24 March 2023: Rescuing Democracy in Myanmar
(The United States Institute of Peace)
French church vandalized with satanic and anarchist graffiti
(Diego Lopez Marina, Catholic News Agency)
Apache Stronghold back in court fighting for Oak Flat
(Ryan Colby, Becket Law)
Indigenous populations treated as ‘second-class citizens’ say Christian Solidarity Worldwide
(Rebecca Paveley, Church Times)
Discussion on FoRB, Jerusalem, and the OPTs
(Twitter, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon)
A Human Rights Charter for Australia?
(Paul M Taylor, Law and Religion Australia)
Around the web - 20 March 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Vatican geopolitics
(Karl-Peter Schwarz, Geopolitical Intelligence Services)
How an LGBTQ court ruling sent Kenya into a moral panic
(Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera)
March/April 2023 issue
(Liberty Magazine)
Commemoration of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia (video)
(United Nations)
46 million US adults seen by a chaplain
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Going QAnon: religion, digitization and the challenge of security
(Annalisa Armani, Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Gender and forced displacement: Time to integrate religion into humanitarian responses to violence against women
(Sandra Iman Pertek, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
China's plan to assimilate Tibet
(John Feng, Newsweek)
Religion and foreign policy webinar: The dynamics of the European Union
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Pope promotes ‘humanitarian corridors’ for asylum-seekers
(Gianfranco Stara, Associated Press)
Italy leaves children of same-sex parents in limbo
(Davide Ghiglione, BBC News)
Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua after Ortega’s crackdown
(Nicole Winfield and Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)
Certiorari denied in challenge by preacher to university's speaker permit rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 20 March 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Perspective: The dream of a religiously diverse democracy is ours to achieve
(Eboo Patel, Deseret News)
US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal
(Thomas Peipert and Matthew Brown, Religion News Service)
Sikh community organizer says he was denied entry to NBA game for wearing religious article
(Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News)
Address of the Hiero-Archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Holy Dormition Lavra, Epiphaniy, To the brothers of the Lavra and the public
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Haaland v. Brackeen and the logic of discovery
(Dana Lloyd, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
KAICIID launches Fellows Institutional Network
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
India arrests more than 100 people in manhunt for Sikh separatist
(Al Jazeera)
India: SC grants states three weeks time to respond on religious conversion laws
(Abraham Thomas, Hindustan Times)
Why Hinduism is being molded into a monotheistic religion like Islam and Christianity
(Riyaz Wani, Religion Unplugged)
A secular marriage law comes to the rescue of Indian Muslim parents
(Arshad Alam, SabRang)
Analysis: Iran’s influence prevents Iraq’s Arab reintegration
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al Jazeera)
Iran court sentences two to death over deadly shrine attack
(Reuters)
Time of prophecy: Walking in the prayers of our ancestors
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem decries attack on Church of Gethsemane
(Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News)
Russia: 500 religious buildings damaged and over 20 clerics murdered in Ukr.
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
How religious freedom is eroding amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
(Samantha Kamman, The Christian Post)
ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for crimes against children
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Russia: Two criminal trials to resume in April
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia: The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit for the liquidation of SOVA Center
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
WCC expresses solidarity with Patriarchate of Jerusalem in call for protection of holy sites
(World Council of Churches)
WCC shares Week of Prayer for overcoming racism and xenophobia
(World Council of Churches)
Bishop’s drive to abolish two-child limit on benefits approaches final House of Lords stage
(The Church of England)
The UK in the World Values Survey (PDF)
(King's College London)
Christian lecturer sacked over 'homosexuality is invading the church' tweet
(Louisa Clarence-Smith, The Telegraph)
UK: Church agencies criticize increased military expenditure and and aid cuts
(Vatican News)
Britain denies entry to far-right Paludan for plans to burn Quran
(Daily Sabah)
Law and religion round-up – 19th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
EX-NUS president fights sacking over antisemitism
(Jewish News)
Being pro-life in Britain today
(YouTube Video, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
The overlooked meaning of "undue hardship" in Title VII
(James Phillips, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Families and Bishops together in Europe | COMECE and FAFCE sign memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation on family policies
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
New York City’s Mayor Adams responds to critics of his faith-based comments
(Tina Dennelly, Catholic News Agency)
Israel’s Reform rabbi and legislator on judicial overhaul: ‘It doesn’t look good.’
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Friday, 17 March 2023
Jews popular in U.S. despite increase in antisemitic attacks
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Türkiye mourns Christchurch victims on day against Islamophobia
(Daily Sabah)
'Intercommunal dialogue crucial to fight Islamophobia'
(Daily Sabah)
Muslims block Christians’ construction in Indonesia
(Morning Star News)
Waves of attacks displace Catholic natives in central Nigeria
(Douglas Burton, Catholic News Agency)
How Americans feel about Latter-day Saints and other faith groups, according to a new Pew survey
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Burkina Faso acts to tackle armed forces abuses
(Carine Kaneza Nantulya, Human Rights Watch)
Forced from home for protesting Indonesia’s mandatory hijab rules
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
'Plurality, dialogue and collaboration' can combat Islamophobia
(Daily Sabah)
Police investigate after man allegedly pulls knife on Muslim woman on Toronto subway
(CBC News)
In the name of religion: vandalism of a Christian stall at Delhi book fair
(Sharmila Kar, Outlook)
India: Conversion and superstition: Blackmagic of proselytisation
(Shrutikar Abhijit, Organiser)
Rep. Roy urges United Kingdom to stop harassment of Christians
(Chip Roy, Member of Congress)
We must stand with India's persecuted Christians
(Sam Brownback, Real Clear Religion)
Powerful Indian Hindu group backs government's opposition to same-sex marriage recognition
(Reuters)
Canada: Toward a hopeful future: Facing down religious hate
(Andrew Bennett and Johanna Lewis, Cardus)
Islamophobia: Survey suggests highest in Quebec
(Felisha Adam, City News)
Hate crimes a growing problem for Canada's religious communities
(Cardus)
New book: The Struggle for Supremacy in the Middle East
(Simon Mabon, Cambridge University Press)
Iran's Supreme Court agrees to retrial of Iranian-Armenian pastor serving 10-year sentence
(Article 18)
UAE launches Manara Center to promote regional co-existence
(Anti-Defamation League)
Strengthening the capacity of religious leaders on early childhood development advocacy in Kenya
(Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK))
Bhutan: Sale of meat items at annual Tshechu and religious events banned
(The Print)
Church files lawsuit against Connecticut's preschool vaccine mandate, cites 1 Timothy 5:22
(Nicole Alcindor, The Christian Post)
Across the country, a push to observe Muslim holidays in school calendars
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
The Republic of Moldova is not Ukraine: Addressing the question of autocephaly in Moldova
(Tatiana Cojocari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Vatican-Nicaragua relations: Strained or broken?
(Gabriel Gonzalez, Deutsche Welle)
A Florida bill banning ‘ethnic intimidation’ flyers aims to stop the state’s neo-Nazi rise
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Cameroon priest said clergy targeted by security forces during recent election
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christian school renews effort to expand religious freedom over employment
(Kalvis Golde, SCOTUSblog)
Perilous times ahead for religious freedom on public college and university campuses?
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Muslim group fights to remove "secularism" from Mali's draft constitution
(Boubacar Sidiki Haidara, La Croix International)
KAICIID Fellows 2023 Programme kicks off with trainings in Nairobi, Strasbourg, and Tunis
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Group of Jewish parents sue state of California for equal access to special needs education
(Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency)
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