Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 7 October 2022
The never-ending persecution of Jack Phillips
(David Harsanyi, The Federalist)
Jack Phillips asks CO Court of Appeals to protect his right to create freely
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
The Persecution of Ex-Muslim Christians in France and in Europe
(European Centre for Law and Justice)
Supreme Court to hear case of designer who won’t create websites for same-sex weddings
(Edie Heipel, Catholic News Agency)
Religious Pro-Life Americans Under Attack: A Threat Assessment of Post-Dobbs America
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Photos of the week: Durga Puja, Sukkot preparations
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Orthodox Church leads protest against Montenegro pride
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
Jewish women cite faith in contesting Kentucky abortion ban
(Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press)
Pope Bahrain trip blends Muslim outreach, Catholic ministry
(Associated Press)
5th Circuit: Confiscation of prisoner's religious material upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Revival sought for pastor’s lawsuit over COVID restrictions
(Kevin McGill, Associated Press)
School counselor's employment agreement sufficient to invoke ministerial exception doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Alternatives for employees with religious exemptions from vaccination are not discriminatory
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attacks on worshippers in Nigeria lead to calls for higher U.S. priority on religious freedom in Nigeria policy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
“Insulting or ridiculing church” to be jailable crime under bill supported by Polish justice minister
(Notes from Poland)
Half of pupils opt out of Catholic catechism classes in Polish city
(Notes from Poland)
Appeals court affirms chaplain-led courtroom invocations
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
In the news: Breaking religious freedom stories across the country
(First Liberty)
EU Bishops empower young people and launch the COMECE Youth Net
(The Catholic Church in the European Union)
WCC welcomes Nobel Peace Prize award to human rights advocates from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
(World Council of Churches)
No implicit requirement of sharia mediation or arbitration
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)
Australia: A statement from the Archbishop of Melbourne (on Essendon FC)
(Peter Andrew Comensoli, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne)
In landmark ruling, Spanish top court says Israel boycotts are always discriminatory
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US Air Force Academy pledges to ‘correct’ process that scheduled key training day for Yom Kippur
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Once again, New York is sticking it to religious schools
(Ian Kingsbury, Real Clear Policy)
Latvian Church could follow the path of Estonia, - OCU spokesman
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Occupied Ukraine: Masked soldiers seize Mariupol pastor and wife
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Texas executes John Ramirez, whose pastor was allowed by SCOTUS to touch him and pray aloud as he died
(Dakin Andone, CNN)
CAR: Cardinal denounces "poisonous" climate in Central African Republic
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)
Journalists from the Arab world receive dialogue training in Lisbon
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Federal gov. aims to stop violence at houses of worship with faith-based council
(Tom Campisi, Religion Unplugged)
Iranian women have been rebelling since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
(Pardis Mahdavi, Religion Unplugged)
India police flogging Muslims ‘serious rights violation’: Amnesty
(Al Jazeera)
CAIR files brief before 5th Circuit in Muslim discrimination lawsuit against Mesa Airlines
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
The persecution of Cardinal Zen
(Sean Nelson, First Things)
Let Yeshiva be Yeshiva
(Mark Gottlieb, First Things)
The Decline of Natural Law: How American Lawyers Once Used Natural Law and Why They Stopped
(Stuart Banner, Oxford University Press)
West Virginia’s top court upholds private school scholarships in victory for parents, advocates say
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Remedial peoplehood: Russia’s new theory on self-determination in international law and its ramifications beyond Ukraine
(Loqman Radpey, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Church-led political watchdog launched in Philippines
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Ethiopian bishop urges action to save millions in Tigray
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Anti-Muslim attitudes prevalent in Germany, research says
(Anadolu Agency)
Churches’ fight over Santa Clara County Covid restrictions on thin ice
(Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service)
Evangelicals reflect on the effects of blasphemy laws on religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)
Türkiye to form institutional body to address Alevi citizens' problems
(Daily Sabah)
Euthanasia and the right to life under Article 2 ECHR: Mortier
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
USCIRF chair rebukes Azerbaijan for imprisoned Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
WEBINAR, 5 October 2022 (10AM ET): Exploring the Role of Religious Actors in Diplomatic Processes
(Alliance for Peacebuilding and the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy)
Iran: Will protests in Iran end the Islamic Republic?
(Suzanne Maloney and David Dollar, Brookings Institution)
Iran: News digest about Baha’is and religious issues in Iran
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
How Iran’s hijab protest movement became so powerful
(Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker)
Rights court OKs Belgium euthanasia law but faults review of depressed woman’s death
(Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
European Court of Human Rights rules that Belgium failed to conduct proper investigation into circumstances of the 2012 euthanasia of Godelieva de Troyer
(ADF International)
Belgium violated right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rules
(AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency)
The way to come together in an age of polarization
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
October 2022 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Weekly Highlight #224: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Nairobi Indaba on child protection; terrorism and extremism during COVID-19 emergencies
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Turkey: Hate crimes targeting religious minorities on the rise
(Uzay Bulut, Providence Mag)
Erdogan calls for hijab rights to be made constitutional
(Middle East Monitor)
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber strikes at a center of Taliban power, kills 4
(Associated Press)
The religion cases to watch in the Supreme Court’s new term
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Across Ukraine, a somber High Holiday season captures how war has ravaged a growing Jewish community
(David Saveliev and Nicholas Bennett, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Vice President Harris claims Americans don’t need to ‘abandon their faith’ to be pro-abortion
(Caroline Downey, National Review)
The Russian Church says its relations with Vatican actually frozen
(Interfax-Religion)
Putin officially embraces theories accusing the West of “Satanism”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Russia: Four-year jail term if Russia gets back exiled Muslim?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Church of England issues Past Cases Review 2
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The Bible and the Constitution: Of monkeys, babies and original intent
(Larry W. Caldwell, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
What conservatives have forgotten about subsidiarity and the common good
(Andy Smarick, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Berit Hagen Agøy: “Together our voices become louder”
(Susan Kim, Conference of European Churches)
Women of the Tokyo Peace Roundtable, an interview series
(Religions for Peace)
At a Crossroads: An intergenerational and multireligious response to the social and environmental crisis press release
(Religions for Peace)
AOC, five other N.Y. Dems call on Orthodox Jewish university to recognize gay student group
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Bangladeshi Hindus celebrate Durga Puja fest in fear
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
PA presidency: 'Islamic and Christian holy sites are a red line'
(Middle East Monitor)
France's far-right leader demands more mosque closures
(Middle East Monitor)
Religious leaders in Zimbabwe participate in male engagement workshop
(World Council of Churches)
New book: To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II
(George Weigel, Basic Books)
Weigel on the Second Vatican Council
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Vatican presents accession to UN and Paris Climate Agreements
(Salvatore Cernuzio, Vatican News)
Vatican seeks ways to restore dialogue with Nicaragua
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)
Nigeria: Bishop warn leaders against ignoring plight of citizens at campaigns kick-off
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Supreme Court's 'history-and-tradition' test corrodes church-state barrier
(Hassan Kanu, Reuters)
"Careers in Religious Liberty" panelists explore the intersection of law and faith
(Arienne Calingo, University of Notre Dame Law School)
India: Law preventing free religious conversion in Karnataka is "contrary to the Constitution and human dignity"
(Agenzia Fides)
India: Students harassed by Hindu nationalists on way to Catholic school event in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pro-Hindu Indian government eyes Church properties
(Ben Joseph, La Croix International)
Modi government’s ban of controversial Muslim organization Popular Front of India worries critics
(Shadab Farooq, Religion Unplugged)
Church opposes gambling law in India’s northeast state
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Germans no longer able to register their religious affiliation
(Evangelical Focus)
'Pro-religion'? Conservative Supreme Court abandons long-standing religious liberty principles.
(Amanda Tyler and Holly Hollman, USA Today)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation should support Xinjiang’s Muslims
(Lama Fakih, Human Rights Watch)
Open letter to the Foreign Ministers of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss human rights situation in Xinjiang
(Human Rights Watch)
Australia: Islamic leaders question why police didn’t lay more serious charges after Brisbane mosque threat
(Eden Gillespie, The Guardian)
Andrew Thorburn, Essendon and the toleration of religion
(Michael F. Bird, Eternity)
Australia: Football CEO dismissed for religious beliefs
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The politics-religion overlap is murkier than Kellyanne Conway suggests
(Philip Bump, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
EVENT, 2-4 October 2022: 29th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
WEBINAR, 2-4 October 2022: International Day of Nonviolence Event
(The International Center for Religion & Diplomacy)
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