Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Removing hurdles for religious college athletes
(Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed)
President Dallin H. Oaks: ‘We have got to think about religious freedom for all the children of God’
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)
Tampa religious school to receive federal lunch funds after all
(Divya Kumar, Tampa Bay Times)
Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds
(Homa Hosseinmardi, The Conversation)
American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance
(Simran Jeet Singh, The Conversation)
China: Two church leaders in China have their day in court
(International Christian Concern)
A call for sanctions to stop Anti-Uyghur brutality in Xinjiang
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Refusal to hate, engaging with others, drives Sikhs decade after shooting attack
(Mark Kellner, The Washington Times)
Weekly Highlight #216: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: COVID-19 in "normal times"; discrimination and hate crimes
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
How can we strengthen personal bonds in the workplace?
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Why Pew Research Center typically can’t report the views of smaller U.S. religious groups
(Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center)
Pakistan: Shiites killed in Gilgit-Baltistan
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter)
Preserving stories of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh relationships through India’s partition
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
India: Enforced Vegetarianism in India
(Kavita Chowdhury, The Diplomat)
India’s so-called secularism?
(Amjed Jaaved, Pakistan Today)
What Christians in Muslim lands must endure
(Alexandra Greeley, National Catholic Register)
Murder of Alika Ogorchukwu: Is Europe just as racist as America?
(Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera)
António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on World's Indigenous Peoples Day 2022
(United Nations)
Italy: 50 Muslim and Scientologists joined to clean up the main Street of the Great Mosque of Rome
(The European Times)
How should Christians approach political conversations on college campuses?
(Kadin Christian, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, WCC reiterates commitment to renewal of creation
(World Council of Churches)
What the Methodist split tells us about American political polarization
(Bonnie Kristian, Reason)
Zoning officials tell New Hampshire church it can't use living room to host prayer meetings
(Christian Britschgi, Reason)
Germany: Asylum application from convert increasingly rejected in Germany
(Christian Network Europe)
Iraq Shiite cleric behind parliament sit-in steps up demands
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
Japan PM purges Cabinet after support falls over church ties
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
Sri Lankans rally against crackdown on protesters
(Eranga Jayawardena, Associated Press)
Subsidized housing family size limit did not violate rights of Orthodox Jewish family
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cop's anti-Muslim Facebook posts were free speech, court rules
(Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
More courts are being asked to consider whether abortion restrictions violate religious freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Christianity’s postliberal critics: ‘A world after liberalism’
(Jeet Heer, Commonweal)
Argentine Church launches pilgrimage to draw attention to narcotics crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Haiti: Religious orders call for international intervention in Haiti
(Catholic News Service)
Polish church official: State commission can’t access abuse documents
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
100+ Jewish leaders & elected officials defend JFREJ from ADL's attacks
(Jews for Racial & Economic Justice)
There is a secular case for life
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Presidents of Russia, Israel agree to continue departmental contacts regarding Jewish Agency for Israel
(Interfax-Religion)
European Court of Justice upholds ban on Russia's RT France
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Russia’s religious freedom violations in Ukraine
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
"No jihad is possible in this war," - the Head of the Crimean Religious Administration appeals to Muslim POWs from Russia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A new Iron Curtain descends on Russia’s Jews
(Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Common Sense)
Speakers at CEC seminar highlight the role of religion in Ukraine conflict
(Conference of European Churches)
Justice Clarence Thomas' America: Straight, color-blind, religious, and heavily armed
(Eric Segall, Dorf on Law)
The best policy for supporting families is “Do No Harm”
(Clara E. Piano, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
The Supreme Court wants to end the separation of church and state
(Kimberly Wehle, Politico)
New rules for faith groups, FFRF and others urge Biden
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Church status: Can (and should) your religious nonprofit seek church status with the IRS?
(Cory Halliburton, Mondaq)
Libya: Restoring Libya’s ancient Jewish community
(Samuel Zarrugh, Algemeiner)
The challenge of being an agnostic chaplain in the US government
(Anonymous, Only Sky)
Nigeria: The politics of religion in a transitional society
(Rotimi Akeredolu, Premium Times)
Faith-based answers to substance abuse and addiction
(World Religion News)
Philippines: Seizing the opportunity offered by the Bangsamoro Transition extension
(Mary Ann M. Arnado, The United States Institute of Peace)
Iran's morality police warn clothesmakers to avoid 'loud colors or face closure
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Never underestimate the potential of young European Adventists
(Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review)
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022: implementation
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 7th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
English club opens prayer rooms for Muslim fans
(About Islam)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 August 2022 (6:30PM ET): Speaking of Humanism | Humanizing Religious Freedom For All
(American Humanist Association)
Monday, 8 August 2022
Nicaragua police investigating bishop critical of government
(Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)
Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South Korea: Church seeks help for families of Korean suicide victims
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Global prayer for peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula will call for healing grace
(World Council of Churches)
Statement by President Joe Biden marking ten years since the attack on the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin
(The White House)
Statement by the President following the deaths of four Muslim men
(Twitter, Joseph R. Biden Jr.)
Afghanistan: Taliban: Bomb blast kills 2 people in Shiite area of Kabul
(Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Top Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan; Shiites targeted in Kabul
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Albuquerque killings send fear through Islamic communities
(Stefanie Dazio and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
Video: CAIR Deputy Director says American Muslims will respond to serial shootings with ‘vigilance, increased caution, resilience’
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Around the web - 8 August 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Grim speaks to Salt Lake Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Nigeria: State and non-state violations of religious freedom and implications for national unity in Nigeria
(Dodeye Uduak Williams, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nigeria: A religious dilemma
(Ebenezer Obadare, Council on Foreign Relations)
Nigeria Catholic Archbishop decries country’s “subtle persecution” sidelining Christians
(Agnes Aineah, ACI Africa)
Tunisia: New constitution in Tunisia could add to the vulnerability of its Christians
(Open Doors)
Iraq: Hundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Photos of the week: Iraqi unrest, Indian wrestlers
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Yezidi genocide: Remembrance is essential but not enough
(Knox Thames)
Iran: FCDO Minister statement on treatment of Baha'i in Iran
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon)
Iran: Special monthly FORB digest about Baha’is and Christians in July
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iran: UN should condemn renewed crackdown on persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran
(Center for Human Rights in Iran)
Religion Watch, Volume 37 No. 9
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
UK: Low employment rate of UK Muslims due to ‘Muslim penalty’: Study
(Daily Sabah)
France violated rights treaty by banning headscarf in school: UN
(Daily Sabah)
People, Progress, Provision: IGE 2021 Annual Report
(Institute for Global Engagement)
India: Study finds Muslim woman in India face discrimination when it comes to hiring
(Naila Khan and Uzair Usmani, Religion Unplugged)
India: Police break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir, dozens detained
(Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 8 August 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No church autonomy defense to Catholic organization's sexual orientation discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church offers statement on help line and abuse
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Perspective: After a half-century, the Supreme Court is getting religious liberty right again
(Will Haun, Deseret News)
Religious liberty is at the core of what it means to be human
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)
Croatia bus crash: 12 killed as coach carrying Polish Catholics to Bosnian shrine skids off road
(Euronews)
The Supreme Court punts on religious liberty
(E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post)
Belarus: Fined for river baptisms, fined for private garden baptisms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Religious Left returns to RFRA: Washington Post explores a crucial Florida abortion showdown
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Illegal dissolution of religious organisation: Bryansk-Tula Diocese v Russia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Indonesia: Hijab rules are raising rights concerns
(UCA News, Eurasia Review)
Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Myanmar: Global coalition of religions assures solidarity with people of Myanmar in wake of executions
(Jose Torres Jr., Licas News)
Florida Christian school exempted from Biden LGBTQ rules, will keep federal lunch funding
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
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