Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 15 July 2022
Reforming clergy discipline in the Church of England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Analysis of changes to COVID-19 legislation in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
India: Interfaith coalition wants prayer in nation’s schools, but rotating among religions
(Madhu Patel, India Post)
Perspective: Court sets new rules for funding religious schoos
(Kevin Goldberg, Freedom Forum)
Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights often stops with transgender rights
(Natalie Jackson, FiveThirtyEight)
Facing lawsuit, Catholic bishops allow lesbian to foster child
(Marisa Iati, The Washington Post)
Weekly Highlight #213: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Religious celebrations and pilgrimages; legal action on vaccinations
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Texas sues Feds over emergency abortion care guidance
(Britain Eakin, Law360)
Reinvigorating calls for religious freedom
(Marianne Rozario, Theos)
UN point man on anti-Semitism
(Mike Wagenheim, Intermountain Jewish News)
Biden should use Middle East trip to push religious tolerance
(John Azumah, Real Clear Policy)
Israeli policy on ‘kosher cellphones’ outrages Haredi rabbis
(Eetta Prince-Gibson, Associated Press)
Why I oppose the Abraham Accords
(Omar Suleiman, RNS Column: Islam Beyond Phobia)
How to understand Israel and Saudi Arabia’s secretive relationship
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institution)
Iran: USCIRF releases new report on religious repression in Iran
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Safety and security of communities discussed at EPP dialogue meeting in Strasbourg
(Conference of European Churches)
Report on “Conversion in the asylum procedure: new developments, old challenges” is online
(Conference of European Churches)
Spain ombudsman 'concerned' that most doctors refuse to perform abortions
(Catholic News Agency)
Switzerland: Raising the voice for persecuted Christians in the Swiss Parliament square
(Evangelical Focus)
Continuing challenges to religious freedom in Europe and America
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Australians reject discrimination that is based on religious belief: new research
(Kate Gleeson, Robert Ross, Shaun Wilson, The Conversation)
Australia: Christian college tells staff to sign ‘gender identity’ document
(Madeleine Heffernan, The Age)
Americans believe religious liberty is declining, more believe Christians face intolerance
(Marissa Postell, Baptist Press)
Dalai Lama travels to remote Ladakh region bordering China
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
China: How documentation is critical to exposing China’s abuses of the Uyghurs
(Lauren Baillie and Rachel Vandenbrink, The United States Institute of Peace)
China’s Xi, in Xinjiang, signals no change to Uyghur policy
(Associated Press)
London Ministerial: What we have learned about China, Pakistan, and the world
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter)
Judge rules against Wisconsin prisons over visitation policy
(Scott Bauer, Associated Press)
Explainer: The Unification Church’s ties to Japan’s politics
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
New York Times report says the Unification Church is a 'church' and it's as simple as that
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Iceland: Jewish group asks Iceland to act on pro-Palestine website
(Associated Press)
National class action and TRO approved for Air Force members with religious objections to COVID vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit: Policy change did not moot prisoner's suit seeking congregate services for NOGE
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Jewish school lacks standing in suit claiming religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Baptist scholars urge more education on Baptist history to combat allure of Christian nationalism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Church-run public schools? Idaho advocate argues for state-sponsored Christian education
(Carlene Coombs, Deseret News)
France: Cannabis prohibition in France over the past 50 years has disproportionately punished its Muslim minority
(David A. Guba, Jr., The Conversation)
Gen Z mixes abortion politics — like all their politics — with spirituality
(Josh Packard, Religion News Service)
As politics poison churches, a nonprofit is teaching a new skill: Deep listening
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
A saint-soldier defending Sikhs and reviving the American melting pot
(Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt, Religion News Service)
Panama hopes Church can help with social unrest, avoid Nicaraguan example
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Eastern Africa bishops explore consequences of climate change on daily life
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
New Zealand bishops urge action to end Palestinian suffering in Holy Land
(Catholic News Service)
President Biden, don’t forget to tell the Saudis to protect religious minorities
(David Curry, Religion News Service)
Indonesian criminal code changes 'put key freedoms at risk'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Is Indonesia’s “Civil Islam” a model for the Muslim world?
(Farah Adeed, Acton Institute)
Kyrgyz special services claim to have prevented terrorist on Eid al-Adha in Bishkek
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia to crack down on foreign radical religious organizations
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Administrative prosecutions for opposing Ukraine war
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Fringe Trump-style conservatives propose a HUGE legal rewrite on religion in public life
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Purity culture and the overturn of Roe: Understanding Christian nationalistic ideology and its impact
(Jenny McGrath, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Parliament statement on shooting in Highland Park, USA
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Bangladeshi university introduces prayer rooms for minority students
(Stephan Uttom Rozario, Union of Catholic Asian News)
WCC, ACT Alliance in letter to President Biden: Don’t sacrifice human dignity in Syria for political purposes
(World Council of Churches)
Syria: WCC delegation visits Syria, expresses solidarity with those who “remain steadfast in their land”
(World Council of Churches)
Bridging economics and theology, GEM School promotes Economy of Life
(World Council of Churches)
A rare example of statesmanship--and courage--by an academic administrator
(Robert George, Mirror of Justice)
DRC: Church troubled by instability causing mass immigration in Central Africa
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Bimonthly newsletter (1-15.07.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Should Ukraine have rejected the Istanbul Convention?
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
“It is with your blessing that the churches are being destroyed,” - Poroshenko addresses Kirill in a ruined church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Bishop Victor: The RF attack cannot be justified by anything
(Taisia Lazarenko, Union of Orthodox Journalists)
Churches highlight their humanitarian response to Ukraine at European Parliament
(Conference of European Churches)
California school district cancels Fellowship of Christian Athletes
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
RFI’s Eric Patterson interviewed on “Ed Stetzer Live” on state of religious freedom in U.S.
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Vietnamese police try to stamp out religious sect
(Radio Free Asia)
Panel discussion: Realising human rights to end inequalities and end AIDS by 2030
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Rabbis forge special bond in Islamic world
(Susanne Güsten, Al-Monitor)
Muslim Jewish Leadership Council Europe sends message of interfaith unity at Srebrenica commemoration service
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
"This case involves a religious psychic trying to break a family curse by 'cleaning' 'dirty' money"
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Thursday, 14 July 2022
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, due 14 July 2022 by 12PM EDT: Examination of Anti-Muslim Bias in Europe (PDF)
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
WEBINAR, 13 July 2022 (2PM in Zurich): WHO and RFP EPI-WIN webinar: What we need to know about Monkeypox
(Religions for Peace)
When Americans think about Israel, what do they have in mind?
(Laura Silver, Pew Research Center)
Religious freedom in civic society (podcast)
(Elizabeth Clark and Michael La Civita, Just Love)
Oxford Journal of Law and Religion: Advance Articles Alert
(Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Iranian President orders enforcement of hijab and chastity law for women
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Spain: Catalan Government promotes agreement “Religions for the language”
(The European Times)
Libro nuevo: Eutanasia y objeción de conciencia
(Rafael Navarro-Valls, Javier Martínez-Torrón, María José Valero Estarellas, Palabra)
Nigeria: Lawyers advise judiciary on decisions on religious issues
(The Sun)
The UK’s new “Bill of Rights” and the implementation of ECtHR judgments
(Lucy Moxham, Strasbourg Observers)
R v. Bissonnette: Supreme Court of Canada builds on ECtHR precedents to outlaw whole life imprisonment, and develops principles applicable also to extradition that may lead to such sentences
(Dirk van Zyl Smit, Strasbourg Observers)
Russia and the Strasbourg Court: evidentiary challenges arising from Russia’s expulsion from the Council of Europe
(Anne-Katrin Speck, DISSECT: Evidence in International Human Rights Adjudication)
Manannikov v. Russia: The final nail in the coffin of political dissent?
(Valentina Golunova, Strasbourg Observers)
Breaking the ‘circle of marginalisation’ through desegregation measures: X and Others v. Albania
(Merel Vrancken, Strasbourg Observers)
Belgium reprimanded in Assemblée chrétienne des Témoins de Jéhovah d’Anderlecht and Others: the procedure for recognition of a religion lacks minimum guarantees of fairness
(Cathérine Van de Graaf, Strasbourg Observers)
Sabani v. Belgium: on handcuffs and home intrusions
(Nona De Dier, Strasbourg Observers)
Church Reporter, Vol. 7/6, 25 June 2022 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
Church Reporter, Vol. 7/5, 23 May 2022 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
Pakistan: Ashfaq Masih: Another Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
(Daniela Bovolenta, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Proving minority: the Human Rights Centre and CESSMIR submit a third party intervention regarding age assessment of unaccompanied minors
(Mathilde Brackx and Laura Cools, Strasbourg Observers)
Discrimination based on trade union membership: Zakharova and others v. Russia
(Frederick De Cock, Strasbourg Observers)
Nicaragua expels Mother Teresa's nuns in latest crackdown
(Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News)
Conscientious objection to abortion revisited
(Rex Ahdar, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Syria: Key Islamic State figure killed in Syria drone strike, U.S. says
(Karoun Demirjian and Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
Japanese say final goodbye to assassinated former leader Abe
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
Japan branch of ‘Moonies’ church confirms mother of Abe suspect is member
(France 24)
Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. It should be taught in schools
(Mervyn Thomas, Premier Christianity)
Germany: 2,000 euros of property damage in St. Pantaleon church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
France: Anti-Christian tags on church, statue of the Virgin and war memorial
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
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