Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 21 October 2022
Photos of the week: Lord of Miracles procession; Brazil elections
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Turkish singer appears in court over religious schools joke
(Associated Press)
Iranian Christians join protests over woman’s beating death: Reports
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Why is Iran’s secular shift so hard to believe?
(Dina Nayeri, Intelligencer)
Iran punishes Christians with harsh prison sentences
(Evangelical Focus)
Iran’s Olympic chief claims no punishment coming for climber
(Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press)
Profs sue university for including caste in antidiscrimination policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Professors at California State University take legal action against school’s unconstitutional caste policy
(Hindu American Foundation)
Nashville’s entangled ‘Prayer Trade’ is a warning to the rest of the country
(David Dark, Religion News Service)
Shuttered cannabis church takes fight to reopen to California Supreme Court
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Pope urges French politicians to reject euthanasia
(Catholic News Service)
In a first, EU invites Jews and Muslims to stand up for kosher and halal slaughter amid local bans
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Occupied Ukraine: Religious leaders seized, tortured; churches, mosques closed; no news of seized Baptist couple
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The failed theological-political dream of Orthodoxy
(Benoît Fauchet, La Croix International)
Russia creates the "Muftiate of Muslims of Little Russia" in the occupied territories
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
The Head of the UGCC calls on the academia of the Catholic Church to give a legal assessment of the modern neo-imperial geopolitics of Russia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Shechita UK chief warns of ‘threats’ to Jewish religious freedoms in Brussels speech
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK inquiry calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse, with no exceptions for sacramental confession
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
IICSA, sacramental confession and mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religion: Relevant to public policy but shielded from critical discussion?
(David A. Hollinger, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Aquinas’s theology of politics
(Theresa MacArt, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Portugal’s working group brings interreligious dialogue into the limelight
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Nevada nondiscrimination ballot measure alarms religious liberty lawyers
(Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner)
Religious liberty once again under attack by the cultural elites
(Salena Zito, Washington Examiner)
Portugal is a model for the meeting of cultures and the dialogue between religions (Portuguese)
(Aura Miguel, Renascença)
San Francisco pauses program forwarding city workers’ donations to Christian groups
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Database
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
G20: Ups and (mostly) downs in Washington during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Asian bishops urged to push dialogue for peace, reconciliation
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Religious leaders want end to Ghana's illegal mines
(Damian Avevor, Catholic News Service)
In the news: Breaking religious freedom stories across the country
(First Liberty)
WCC consultation in Dominican Republic helps strengthen church involvement in HIV response
(World Council of Churches)
Interreligious dialogue calling for participation and acting together
(Manda Andrian, World Council of Churches)
Pakistan wraps off its 1st Int'l conference on “Islamophobia”, hosts 1st meeting of religious leaders
(Egypt Today)
India secular character must be preserved, country's top court says
(Arpan Chaturvedi, Reuters)
India: Country secular, take suo motu action against hate speeches: SC tells 3 states
(The Indian Express)
UN Chief admonishes India to protect rights of minorities
(Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch)
Indonesia shamelessly abandons Uyghurs
(Yaqiu Wang, Human Rights Watch)
Brazil: Facts First: Lula is wrong about the creation of a law on religious freedom (Portuguese)
(Luana Cataldi, CNN Brasil)
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Paxton fights to protect religious freedom of couple being forced to participate in wedding that violates faith
(Texas Attorney General)
Message from the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus on the occasion of the feast of Deepavali 2022, 17.10.2022
(Holy See Press Office)
Urgent conference on religious slaughter to be held by European Commission
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
How corporate America is becoming faith-friendly
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Iran: Christian convert released from prison
(Middle East Concern)
Pakistan: Abducted, married and forced to convert to Islam - this human rights atrocity must be stopped
(Tehmina Arora, Premier Christianity)
Macron visits Paris mosque to mark its 100th anniversary
(Associated Press)
Hijabs in the CJEU again: SCRL
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Federal appeals courts rule on legislative, judicial prayers
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Church pressures Angolan government to regularize undocumented immigrants
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Human rights must remain the guiding light for our work at the UN: UK national statement at Third Committee
(James Kariuki, GOV.UK)
Government poised to drop Schools Bill which aimed to regulate yeshivot
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Irish soccer player calls on English authorities to tackle anti-Irish, anti-Catholic abuse
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman calls for immigration reform that recognizes the ‘inviolable dignity’ of all newcomers
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Some Jews ‘do not comply’ with New York gun laws to protect their synagogues
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
When curriculum standards and religion collide, students and faith traditions lose
(Neil Blumofe, Yahoo)
Same-sex marriage is a religious freedom
(Steven Paulikas, The New York Times)
Archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in Europe call on Patriarch Kirill to speak out against the war
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Pope prays for Ukraine as EU condemns attacks on civilian infrastructure
(Vatican News)
Catholic voters and the midterm elections: Mainstream news blitz ignores major voter bloc
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
The admissibility of Christial pro-life politics
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Regulating religion in Taiwan: Historical background, changes, and recent controversies
(Rung-Guang Lin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
American religions, Christian and civil
(Joshua Mitchell, Law & Liberty)
CEC’s role in European societies highlighted at church conference in Estonia
(Conference of European Churches)
Iraqi Christians face uncertain future after eviction from ‘Virgin Mary compound’ in Baghdad
(Rody Sher and Charlotte Evans, Catholic News Agency)
India: Government forms commission to review granting of Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Muslims
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Hindu nationalist surge in India creating fissures in diaspora
(Al Jazeera)
Q&A: Understanding India’s crackdown on Muslim groups
(Al Jazeera)
Vatican returns three ancient mummies to Peru
(Sebastián Sansón Ferrari, Vatican News)
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, WCC acting general secretary meet in Moscow, agreeing that war cannot be holy
(World Council of Churches)
Russia: First criminal conviction for opposing war in Ukraine on religious grounds
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Almost one third of Russians positively see Russian Church's relations with society and state, another third stands for lower activity – poll
(Interfax-Religion)
Nigeria: Church calls for withdrawal of controversial water bill, says it violates principle of common good
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
New book: Religion and World Politics: Connecting Theory with Practice
(Erin K. Wilson, Routledge)
Call to cut EU subsidies for anti-Semitic schoolbooks in Palestina
(Christian Network Europe)
Is there a lack of religious freedom in Spain? A reflection against victimisation
(Daniel Hofkamp, Evangelical Focus)
Religious groups to Supreme Court: Skirts-only decision imperils food pantries, hospitals
(Alison Frankel, Reuters)
Air Force urges panel to lift block on Covid vaccine mandate
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
Editorial: The problem with religious freedom
(Eric Black, Baptist Standard)
USCIRF releases new report on blasphemy in Southeast Asia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Brazil’s Lula issues letter to evangelicals to allay concern
(Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
Brazil: Worker forced to pray the “Our Father” before the work day will receive compensation (Portuguese)
(Bom Dia Advogado)
Brazil: Tax immunity of the temples of any worship and the principle of the secular state (Portuguese)
(Junior Lopes, Conjur)
Brazil: Cases of religious violence grow in the country and believers suffer intimidation (Portuguese)
(Tainá Andrade, Correio Braziliense)
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
WEBINAR, 18 October 2022 (3PM EDT): Religious Liberty: How Safe Is Religious Freedom in America?
(American Philanthropic)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 October 2022 (14:00 CEST): Women faith-based mediators: Innovation through tradition?
(Berghof Foundation and the the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers)
WEBINAR, 18 October 2022 (14:00 CEST): WHO Faith Network Webinar - The Importance of Language: Faith partner resources for health emergencies
(World Health Organization)
Monday, 17 October 2022
Can a public university advance religious freedom? ASU President Michael Crow’s tenacious take
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Why Stanford University apologized to the Jewish community
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic contests expansive interpretation of state-action doctrine that threatens religious organizations
(Anna Bradley, University of Notre Dame Law School)
Can faith-based schools retain their traditional religious values in a changing world?
(Charlie Russo and Keith Thompson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Australian football executive forced to resign, prompting debate about religious liberty
(Dave Crampton, Christianity Today)
Australia stock exchange gets Islamic ETFs
(Zawya)
P.H. v Slovakia: When the concept of discrimination goes out the window at the Strasbourg Court
(Emma Varnagy, Strasbourg Observers)
C.E. & al. v. France: Legal recognition of intended parenthood from previous same-sex relationships (between women)
(Charly Derave & Hania Ouhnaoui, Strasbourg Observers)
Age assessment and the presumption of minority as a prerequisite for effective human rights protection of asylum seekers: a discussion of Darboe and Camara v Italy
(Daniel Simon & Dr. Mark Klaassen, Strasbourg Observers)
Y.P. v Russia: Sterilisation Without Consent, Article 3, and Weak Reproductive Rights at the ECtHR
(Zoe L. Tongue and Lewis Graham, Strasbourg Observers)
Jewish women sue over Kentucky abortion laws, citing religious freedom
(Yonat Shimron, The Washington Post)
Maintaining international religious freedom as a central tenet of U.S. national security
(Knox Thames and Peter Mandaville, The United States Institute of Peace)
New book: Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers
(Charles McCrary, The University of Chicago Press)
Around the web - 17 October 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
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