Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 14 October 2022
India’s top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Is religious freedom under attack in Nigeria? (video)
(BBC News)
Hasidic school is breaking state education law, N.Y. official rules
(Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal, The New York Times)
New York yeshivas sue over substantial equivalency guidelines
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8th Circuit: City food ordinance did not violate pastor's free speech rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court says no free lunch for homeless, Good Samaritans must register before sharing food
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Panel rules against church leaders who gave bologna sandwiches to homeless
(Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service)
At new Minnesota facility, Amazon takes small steps to welcome Muslim workers
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Utah's Ute Indian Tribe blasts Biden's Colorado national monument
(Kyle Dunphey, KSL)
Brazilian president makes controversial visit to Marian shrine during campaign
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nuncio urges more accountability by nations for ‘crimes against humanity’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel: They united to oppose an extremist party entering Israel’s government in 2019. This time, leading US Jewish groups are staying quiet.
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Confessions of a ‘Christian Nationalist’
(Rachel Lu, National Review)
Iran: Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides
(Eliz Sanasarian, The Conversation)
USCIRF calls for UN commission of inquiry on Iran after crackdowns on protests against mandatory
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Moscow hosts the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, where Kirill again brings up the issue of "canonical territories"
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Belarus: Mass banned at Minsk's iconic Red Church
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
The rise and fall of church-state separation
(Damon Mayrl, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Church leaders challenge French Government over euthanasia proposals
(The Christian Institute)
New archbishop of Paris urges lawmakers to "help people to live"
(La Croix International)
DRC: The "considerable support" religions offer in the fight against deforestation
(Prisca Materanya, La Croix International)
Switzerland proposes $1,000 fines for breaking ‘burqa ban’
(Al Jazeera)
How Indonesia coaxes jailed hardliners away from extreme views
(Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)
Video: CAIR defends Maryland Afghan Muslim students attacked at school
(Twitter, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Downstream from Dobbs
(Gerard V. Bradley, First Things)
Korean Church’s pro-life campaign tackles population decline
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Times are so bad, we need to create a 'Human Rights League'
(Nacho Sánchez Amor and Meglena Kuneva, EUobserver)
Turkish imam loses his job over lyrics criticizing government
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor)
“The demise of democracy”: Victims of Turkish religious oppression speak out
(ADF International)
“EU should pressure Turkey to respect freedom of religion”
(Christian Network Europe)
Equality and Human Rights Commission re-accredited as ‘A status’ organisation
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
Christian professor welcomes World Medical Association's decision to protect conscientious objection
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)
NSS calls for parliamentary committee to review collective worship
(National Secular Society)
Faith groups to Biden: Pursue diplomacy to avoid nuclear catastrophe
(The Friends Committee on National Legislation)
United Nations Human Rights Committee declares Tajikistan’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses unlawful
(JW.org)
Russian Orthodox Church gets warm welcome in Orban's Hungary
(Peter Murphy and Balazs Wizner, France 24)
EU top court: Employers banning religious signs at work is not discrimination
(Politico)
Bahrain activist group urges pope to speak out on human rights abuses
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Eritrea: Religious freedom watchdog seeks Eritrea’s release of 80-year-old Jehovah’s Witness
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Dr. Oz could make history as a Muslim senator, but his faith isn't a big part of his campaign
(Will McDuffie, ABC News)
Euthanasia is counterfeit compassion
(Robert Clarke, The European Conservative)
Thursday, 13 October 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 13 October 2022 (4PM UK): Why Our Religious Freedom Matters
(Facebook, MECC, Bible Society Lebanon, Bible Engagement Academy, Faculté des sciences religieuses - USJ)
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Religion and human rights: A conversation with Elisa Massimino
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 12 October 2022 (19:00 CET): Mass for Europe (Bruxelles)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
EVENT, 12 October 2022 (14:00 CET): Freedom of Religion in Türkiye. A focus on Christian minorities (Brussels)
(MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen and ADF International)
'They ripped away a part of my identity': In Sudan, the military junta is cutting protesters' hair
(Eliott Brachet, Le Monde)
Recent survey provides insight on scope and scale of Christian healthcare in Africa
(Religion News Service)
Christians in Burkina Faso face 'existential threat'
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)
Russians search for Jewish roots to flee Putin’s army draft for Israel
(Marina Lapenkova, The Times of Israel)
Russia: Two priests on trial for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian seminary students exempted from mandatory military service
(Christian Network Europe)
The destruction of churches and religious communities in Ukraine matters
(Mónika Palotai and Kristóf György Veres, Hudson Institute)
Catholic hospitals are growing — and banning treatments they see as ‘immoral’
(Frances Stead Sellers and Meena Venkataramanan, The Washington Post)
Concerns grow over the increasing ties between Christianity and right-wing nationalism
(Laura Barrón-López, PBS News Hour)
UN experts call on India to repeal legislation discriminating against religious minorities
(Religion News Service)
Commonwealth countries are the most likely to have blasphemy laws
(Humanists UK)
Charter re-released on world day against death penalty calls on the final 11 countries who continue to sanction the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy to repeal such laws
(Jubilee Campaign USA)
ReMinEm website
(Religious Minorities in the Euro-mediterranean Space)
Europe needs Morocco as an ally: how does it affect religious freedom?
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)
Spain: Alarm for the sexual education of children (Spanish)
(Alianza Evangélica Española)
Prof. Petr Kratochvíl reflects on universal hospitality and the commandment of love
(Conference of European Churches)
Declaration on the situation in Nicaragua
(Twitter, Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa)
Meet Rashad Hussain, the first Muslim to serve as America’s religious freedom ambassador
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Weekly Highlight #225: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Our updates
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Portugal’s president feels heat from church sex abuse remark
(Barry Hatton, Associated Press)
Protests galvanize Iranians abroad in hope, worry and unity
(Sylvia Hui, Associated Press)
Iran protests are proving a durable challenge to the Islamic republic
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Wall Street Journal)
Physician assistant files federal lawsuit against Michigan Health after she was fired for her beliefs about gender
(First Liberty)
Certiorari denied in fetal personhood case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Perspective: How Orthodox Jewish schools came to the front of the religious freedom conversation
(Samuel Goldman, Deseret News)
Poll: Latinos, including Christians, overwhelmingly support abortion access
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Report from the Capital - Fall 2022 issue
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Fiji archbishop warns against ‘new colonial forces’ in Pacific nation
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church leaders: Moving British Embassy to Jerusalem ‘counterproductive’
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brussels recommends granting Bosnia the status of EU candidate, but with conditions
(Jorge Liboreiro and Aleksandar Brezar, Euronews)
Book bans: Are these fights about a Christian nationalist plot or something else entirely?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Religious Rhetoric in US Right-Wing Politics: Donald Trump, Intergroup Threat, and Nationalism
(Chiara Migliori, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The seal of the confessional and the Church of England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Date of coronation of King Charles III
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Sikhs fight to be Marines without sacrificing faith
(Becket)
Sikhs’ appeal to start boot camp with beards, long hair, turbans gains sympathy at D.C. hearing
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Romania: COVID, restricting prisoners’ worship and Article 9 ECHR: Spînu
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ethics education the focus of KAICIID workshop in Indonesia
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Eboo Patel is leading Interfaith America into the new era of religious diversity
(Kimberly Winston, Religion Unplugged)
CAIR condemns vandalism targeting Wisconsin synagogue
(Ismail Allison, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Swedish Christians criticise democratic conditions proposal
(Christian Network Europe)
Vietnam: Commemoration Day of FORB Victims of Violence: 29 NGOs protest
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Catholic church in Brazil desecrated and 28 statues of saints destroyed
(Catholic News Agency)
Brazil: Freedom of worship relativized in the STF (Brazil's Supreme Court) (Portuguese)
(Gazeta do Povo)
Brazil: Manaus – “religious intolerance” – during procession of São Francisco das Chagas, man attacks image of saint and faithful were hit (Portuguese)
(Redação Portal Manaós)
Monday, 10 October 2022
How to make progress on gender equality without decreasing religious freedom: The OSCE context
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Brian Grim addresses JRCLS Religious Liberty Fellows
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Around the web - 10 October 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
An interfaith journey to forge ties between Israel and Pakistan
(BeLynn Hollers, Religion News Service)
Europe's top human rights court criticizes Belgium in euthanasia case
(Robert Clarke, Newsweek)
Satanists’ prayer stunt isn’t about free speech. It’s about silencing Christians
(Brett Harvey, Alliance Defending Freedom)
China: 'There is no longer a safe place to be a Christian in China' - report
(Mark King, Christian Today)
Turkey's 'disinformation' bill could harm freedom of expression: Europe watchdog
(The New Arab)
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