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Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus
(Associated Press)

Japan PM apologizes for party’s church links, will cut ties
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)

Iraqis heed cleric’s plea to leave streets after clashes
(Samya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)

Vatican: Pope clearly condemns Russia’s ‘repugnant’ war
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraq’s propensity for an intra-Shia conflict
(Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera)

Iraq: Explainer: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad?
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

St. Kitts law criminalizing gay sex found unconstitutional
(Dánica Coto, Associated Press)

Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory
(David Sharp, Associated Press)

Religious health care providers beat ACA restriction appeal
(Associated Press)

Religious discrimination claims against child protective services meet procedural hurdles
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

7th Circuit: Plaintiffs failed to show facts supporting free exercise objections to COVID vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Episode 99: Former federal Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the importance of religious liberty and political civility
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)

Comparing Biden’s student debt plan with God’s own loan forgiveness
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)

Erasing pro-life Christians of color
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)

New survey shows US Muslims have negative stereotypes about themselves
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Yeshiva University petitions Supreme Court to intervene in LGBTQ club dispute
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Eritrean government seizes church-owned technical school
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)

Iran: He captured rare images of Jewish life in Iran. Then he fled, fearing for his safety.
(Lauren Hakimi, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

NYPD to increase patrols in Williamsburg due to rise in antisemitic hate crimes
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mikhail Gorbachev dismantled the Iron Curtain — and allowed Russian Jews to live openly again
(Pinchas Goldschmidt, Forward)

Are Jewish colleges illegal in New York City?
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)

'Christian nationalism' didn't cause January 6
(Daniel Strand, The American Conservative)

Mr. Blinken, don’t abandon Afghan religious minorities
(Nina Shea, National Review)

Fellowship of Christian Athletes wins an 'equal access' case, even if LATimes missed that
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Photographer can’t be forced to shoot same-sex weddings, federal judge rules
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Germany: Silent prayer OK outside abortion counseling office, German court rules
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Germany: Verdict: Prayer at abortion organizations should not be banned (Germany)
(Johann R. Porter, International Family News)

German president extends wishes for fruitful WCC 11th Assembly characterised by hope
(World Council of Churches)

Iran: Monthly news about Baha’is and Christians in August (31.08.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

End it now: Rwanda-Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis
(Jacques Bahati, The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))

China: UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China’s Xinjiang
(Jamey Keaten and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)

Chinese Catholics warned over ‘foreign infiltration’
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Kenya: Clerics call for justice as court begins hearing of presidential petitions
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

US college launches centre to highlight Muslim American experience
(Middle East Eye)

Indian police hunt for culprits behind church vandalism
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

India: ‘Anti-Muslim in its soul’: A boycott hurts Bollywood’s Aamir Khan
(Suparna Sharma, Al Jazeera)

Salman Rushdie and the wider effects of blasphemy accusations
(Paul Marshall, Religion Unplugged)

Netherlands: Scientology obtains full public benefit recognition in the Netherlands
(The European Times)

6 months of Russia’s full-scale attack: 205 religious sites ruined in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine's ambassador to the Vatican praised today's Vatican statement on the war in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Mass events on Rosh Hashanah banned in Uman
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Cabinet of Ministers approves proposals on personal sanctions against Patriarch Kirill and several members of the Russian Orthodox Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

A Black pastor was watering his neighbor's flowers. Then the police showed up
(Jonathan Franklin, National Public Radio)

Australia: Victorian Liberal Party branch stacking claims as Pentecostal church 'infiltrates' branches
(Bec Symons, Charlotte King, Andy Burns, ABC News Australia)

Australia: Bid to change Queensland law that allows religious schools to discriminate against gay teachers
(Eden Gillespie, The Guardian)

Repeal resolution granting Muslim school holidays, FFRF urges San Francisco
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)

The link between Texas’ law requiring ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools and the January 6 insurrection
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion Dispatches)

Taiwan: Statement on Regional Religious Freedom Forum
(Twitter, Tsai Ing-wen)

Nicaraguans risk losing their last havens as regime targets their churches
(Christopher Hill, Freedom House)

Chile: Carmelite nuns show favor to the Chilean anti-Catholic constitution (Spanish)
(InfoCatólica)

International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearance: Stories from China (Chinese)
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Monday, 29 August 2022

ONLINE COURSE, 29 August - 7 October: Under Caesar's Sword: Christians in Response to Persecution
(Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame)

Christianity, Ethics and the Law: The Concept of Love in Christian Legal Thought (forthcoming)
(Zachary R. Calo, Joshua Neoh, A. Keith Thompson, eds, Routledge)

Landi v. Italy: Proving Discrimination with Statistics in Cases of Domestic Violence
(Stella Christoforidou, Strasbourg Observers)

Annual talk at Rimini Meeting in Italy, on Natural Disposition & Values; discussing Luigi Giussani's "Religious Sense"
(Twitter, Mohammed Al-Issa)

“Italy’s fragmentation is caused by individualism and a complex electoral system”
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)

EVENT, 29 August 2021: The London Interfaith Fun Run

Myanmar: No justice, no freedom for Rohingya 5 years on
(Human Rights Watch)

Australian Journal of Law and Religion - Volume 1
(Australian Journal of Law and Religion)

Australia: The Anglican split: why has sexuality become so important to conservative Christians?
(Mark Jennings, The Conversation)

Yoga versus democracy? What survey data says about spiritual Americans’ political behavior
(Evan Stewart and Jaime Kucinskas, The Conversation)

Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids
(Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press)

Why many Latinos are choosing Protestantism over Catholicism
(Marina E. Franco, Axios)

Americans Don’t want books banned, but they’re divided over what schools teach
(Zoha Qamar, FiveThirtyEight)

Why virtue signaling isn’t the same as virtue – it actually furthers the partisan divide
(Christopher Beem, The Conversation)

Yeshiva University seeks Supreme Court protection for religious identity
(Becket)

Yeshiva University asks Supreme Court to block forced recognition of LGBTQ club
(Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)

Federal court strikes down Transgender Mandate
(Becket)

Around the web - 29 August 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Public law and private law
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

WZO marks 125th anniversary of 1st Zionist Congress with lavish, costly Swiss affair
(Avner Hofstein and Judah Ari Gross, The Times of Israel)

Long overlooked, Oregon's Swastika Mountain may have a new name soon
(Dustin Jones, National Public Radio)

Weaponizing Water: Water Stress and Islamic Extremist Violence in Africa and the Middle East (forthcoming)
(Marcus D. King, Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Sounding the alarm on anti-Catholic violence
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register)

New Chinese Catholic leaders say they’ll follow Communist Party principles
(Catholic News Service)

Church of Almighty God: False demonstrations in Korea—again
(Liu Ya’nan, Bitter Winter)

China: Forced labor in Xinjiang, UN Rapporteur confirms: “It’s enslavement, a crime against humanity.”
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China: Directly urging the U.N. to press for release of Christian pastor John Cao from wrongful imprisonment in China
(CeCe Heil, American Center for Law and Justice)

Tokyo summit on freedom, peace & inclusion
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

VIRTUAL COURSE: Using Interreligious Dialogue (IRD) to Strengthen Peace, Reconciliation and Social Cohesion
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Christian medical ministry sues Michigan AG for discriminating against its religious views
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Serbia’s leader says EuroPride won’t happen due to threats
(Jovana Gec, Associated Press)

Serbia: People protest against the holding of European Pride in Belgrade
(Sofia News Agency)

Canada: Nazem Kadri proud to parade Stanley Cup through home town and into mosque where tragedy struck
(Lance Hornby, Toronto Sun)

Turkish pop star jailed over joke placed under house arrest
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor)

Attacked at home, Afghan Sikhs find community on Long Island
(Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)

Judge: Congregation at oldest US synagogue can stay, for now
(Mark Pratt, Associated Press)

Iraq: Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

RFRA defense cannot be decided on pre-trial motion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 29 August 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Texas law requires posting ‘In God We Trust’ in schools, others warn of brazen Christian environment as students return to public schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a biblical mandate for action
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Cardinal says tiny East Timor, in shadow of Muslim giant, is laboratory of tolerance
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Episode 419: Religious Liberty and the American Founding by Vincent Phillip Muñoz
(John J. Miller, National Review)

Ukraine: Independence Day celebrated by religious leaders in the Cathedral
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

UWC concerened the Pope’s recent disorienting statements regarding the war in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russia: Six who met to study their faith on trial in Moscow
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Fifth anniversary of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: UK statement
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, GOV.UK)

Employment, freedom of speech and Evangelical views on sexuality: Walters
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 28th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

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