Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
EVENT, 14 September 2022 (9:30 ET): Addressing Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws in Muslim Societies Workshop
(Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV))
EVENT, 9-11 November 2022 (registration deadline 14 Sept): Moot Court Interamericano de Derecho y Religión, Brasil
(Centro Brasileiro de Estudos em Direito e Religião, Brasil)
Ten ways the AP abuse article misrepresented the evidence
(Jacob Z. Hess, Public Square Magazine)
Modeling the future of religion in America
(Pew Research Center)
Zeldin: Antisemitism 'has to be found, confronted and crushed'
(Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post)
Volume 20, Issue 3 (2022)
(The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Volume 20, 2022 - Issue 3 - Introduction
(Elizabeth A. Clark and Dmytro Vovk, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Piecing the Puzzle—Women and Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Nazila Ghanea, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Advancing Gender Equality Without Forfeiting Religious Autonomy: Squaring the Circle?
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Church-State Cooperation and its Impact on Freedom of Religion or Belief and on Gender Issues in Russia
(Mikhail Antonov, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
International Obligations and Internal Tensions: Individual Religious Autonomy and Gender Equality in Russia and Central Asia
(Merilin Kiviorg, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Ukrainian Churches and the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine: Being Europe Without Accepting “Gender”
(Regina Elsner, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in the Netherlands: Between Pillars, Polders, and Principles
(Jeroen Temperman, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Becoming Through Belonging: Women of Faith and Global Leadership
(Margaret J. Weber, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Book review: Rethinking Religion and Politics in a Plural World: The Bahá’í International Community and the United Nations
(Geoffrey Cameron, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Vietnamese authorities call 'Jesus Church' in northern provinces an 'evil religion'
(Radio Free Asia)
Libyan convert sentenced to death under controversial apostasy law
(International Christian Concern)
Calling the shots: Multistage challenges to federal vaccine mandates
(Elysa Dishman, SSRN)
Don't forget to aid predominantly diverse countries when giving
(Syed M. Hassan, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
We don’t believe religious rights and LGBTQ+ rights have to be in conflict | Opinion
(various, Miami Herald)
How teaching tolerance can promote peace
(Knox Thames, The United States Institute of Peace)
How religious actors can help address the Western Hemisphere’s biggest challenges
(Andrés Martínez and Melissa Nozell, The United States Institute of Peace)
China’s atrocities against Uyghurs demand a response
(Ewelina U. Ochab and Knox Thames, The Hill)
Weekly Highlight #221: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: COVID-19 addressed in various global events, emerging research
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Saudi Arabia arrests man over pilgrimage for Queen Elizabeth
(Associated Press)
Christian university trustees sued over LGBTQ hiring policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Serbian police ban EuroPride march, citing security concerns
(Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)
NY private schools must show they’re teaching the basics
(Associated Press)
Mask mandate did not violate free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court protects Air Force class from shot mandate
(Liberty Counsel)
Blowing shofars, Jewish lawmakers, rabbis hold abortion rights ‘sho-test’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Czech Republic: Prague’s Jews build monument out of headstones plundered under communism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russian Supreme Court brands as terrorist, bans Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill: attempts to build world order without relying on moral values led to fierce confrontation
(Interfax-Religion)
The diversity of the Ukrainian religious landscape scares Russia, - religious scholar
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Cornerstone Forum: Implications of Tunisia’s new constitution on religious freedom and associated rights, governance, and national and regional stability
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Tunisia: The evolution of individual rights and religious freedom following the Arab Spring movement in Tunisia
(Mehdi Mejri, Religious Freedom Institute)
Tunisia: Guests call out burkini ban at Tunisian hotels as discriminatory
(Layli Foroudi, Reuters)
Russia’s war in Ukraine the backdrop to Pope’s Kazakh visit
(Nicole Winfield and Kostya Manenkov, The Diplomat)
Explore the Religious Liberty in the States rankings
(Religious Liberty in the States)
Mississippi first, New York last in ranking of religious liberty in the states
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Nigerian President says government “will continue to support Church in freedom of worship”
(Jude Atemanke, ACI Africa)
Nigeria: Bishops call for good governance, assert Nigeria going through its darkest history
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Canada: Alberta in showdown with human rights chief in Islamophobia controversy
(The Canadian Press)
Korean archbishop calls for equality, consensus in education
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Myanmar junta desecrates another Catholic church
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesia: Bishop slams ‘intolerant policies’ in Indonesia’s Maluku
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Arrested Muslim boy, 8, gets bail a week after India violence
(Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)
India: Conflict of law and religion in Indian context
(Shekher Hattangadi, FB Independent)
Panel: Preventing genocide of Indian Muslims
(YouTube Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Mississippi and Illinois rank highest in nation’s religious liberty, new study shows
(Jovan Tripkovic, Religion Unplugged)
Cuban bishops decry "gender ideology" ahead of referendum on family
(La Croix International)
Faith chaplains to comfort mourners queuing for Queen’s Lying-In-State
(The Church of England)
Queen helped strengthen Britain’s relationship with the church, ambassador says
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Oaths of allegiance: Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious objections to COVID vaccine: Wierowska
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church and state
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
FFRF launches ‘We’re atheists and we vote’ national campaign
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace
(Benedict Mayaki and Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
Pope, China’s Xi in Kazakhstan ahead of Xi-Putin meeting
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Pourquoi se dirige-t-on vers une légalisation de l’euthanasie en France ?
(Emmanuel Hirsch, The Conversation)
Switzerland: Smearing freedom of expression with paint (German)
(Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz SEA)
Brazil: Court orders Christian channels to be deleted from YouTube for religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Duda Monteiro de Barros, Veja)
Brazil: 78.4% have already been victims of religious intolerance in terreiros, research shows (Portuguese)
(Tainá Andrade, Correio Braziliense)
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
EVENT, 13 September 2022 (4PM MST): The Constitution Under Pressure: Lessons From Abraham Lincoln, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
(Wheatley Institute)
Monday, 12 September 2022
Photos of the week: The life and death of Queen Elizabeth II
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Queen Elizabeth: A friend to all faiths
(The European Times)
King Charles: What are his views on Islam?
(Al Jazeera)
MPs including Keir Starmer chose a secular oath to the King. Should Christians be concerned?
(John Stevens, Premier Christianity)
Edinburgh’s historic cathedral will hold Scotland’s farewell to The Queen
(The Church of Scotland)
British Muslims reflect on late Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s monarchy
(Umar Lateef Misgar, Al Jazeera)
Queen Elizabeth, servant of God
(Rowan Williams, First Things)
UK: Citizenship: from right to privilege
(Institute of Race Relations)
Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – this time with a wedding website designer, not a baker
(Charles J. Russo, The Conversation)
Around the web - 12 September 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Barclay on religious exemptions and hate speech
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Will modern Ireland tolerate Catholic schools?’ A new paper from The Iona Institute
(The Iona Institute)
Religion Watch, Volume 38 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Southern Africa Regional Forum on Religion and Covid-19
(Eve de la Mothe Karoubi, Sustainable Development Solutions Network)
Canada, not U.S., to resettle some Afghan religious minorities
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
New York poised to strengthen oversight of nonpublic schools
(Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press)
Faculty, students sue Christian school over LGBTQ hiring ban
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Mozambique’s jihadis spread into most populous province
(Alexandre Nhampossa, Associated Press)
Bangladesh leader: Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Pope heads to Kazakh interfaith congress, without patriarch
(Nicole Winfield and Kostya Manenkov, Associated Press)
Serbia: Thousands protest planned Pride gathering in Serbia
(Associated Press)
Nearly 200 religious colleges deemed ‘unsafe’ for LGBTQ students by Campus Pride
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton talk faith, marriage as ‘Gutsy’ series premieres
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Abortion in Italy: Can Legge 194 serve as a model for the United States?
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
China slams Italian media over article denouncing organ harvesting
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)
Latvian Orthodox Church chooses not to argue with govt about its status
(Interfax-Religion)
Citing state’s RFRA and Free Speech principles, federal court sides with wedding photographer in dispute over same-sex wedding objection
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
What the church says about increased vandalism
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
The geopolitics of Pope Francis’ trip to Kazakhstan – analysis
(Courtney Mares, Eurasia Review)
Denmark: Hijab ban proposal sparks debate, protests in Denmark
(Anna Gudmann Hansen, Al Jazeera)
As September 11 looms, honor those lost and remember another 9/11
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Decades after 9/11, Muslims battle plague of Islamophobia in US
(Darren Lyn, Anadolu Agency)
Two weeks in review, 29 August – 11 September
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
India: Places of Worship Act: Scales tilt in favour of claimant seeking change
(Apurva Vishwanath, The Indian Express)
Karnataka: 4 held for throwing slippers at mosque during Ganesh festival procession
(The Indian Express)
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