Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 4 July 2022
Malaysia hosts the Southeast Asian Ulama Conference
(Twitter, Muslim World League)
Malaysia: Campaign launched to combat Islamophobia
(Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, Datuk Seri Ahmad Awang, and Datuk Wira Abdul Ghani Samsudin, New Straits Times)
Uganda: Muslim MPs, leaders condemn sale of pork near Muslim burials
(Godfrey Olukya, Anadolu Agency)
Forget Carson! Remember the Maine Human Rights Act.
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
No-contact order against law students (and professor) based on conversation about homosexuality and Bible likely unconstitutional, holds a federal district court.
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Churches in Africa, disability organizations condemn smuggling of disabled children for begging
(World Council of Churches)
Re-Post: Abortion, Religion, and the Accusation of Establishment
(John M. Breen, Mirror of Justice)
Podcast: Vouchers, prayers, and religion in American schools
(Michael Moreland, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center)
Tanzania: Government commits to cooperate with church in service delivery
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
The Egyptian initiative warns against deporting a Yemeni asylum seeker to his country because of his declaration of his conversion to Christianity, and expresses its fears that he will be in grave danger
(Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights)
Chinese government trains “auditors” to monitor online religious activity
(International Christian Concern)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly newsletter (16-30.06.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Coach Kennedy scores a win at the U.S. Supreme Court
(Ethan Tong and Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
What is the danger of religion to democracy?
(Moshe Taragin, The Jerusalem Post)
Nigerian Islamic court orders death by stoning for men convicted of homosexuality
(Ardo Hazzad, Reuters)
Syrian forces cracks down on Islamic State in Syrian desert
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor)
How the Catholic Church transformed American Jewish life
(Joshua Stanton, Religion News Service)
Pope toughens his tone on Ukraine war in speech to Orthodox delegation
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukrainian hackers attack website of Russian Orthodox Church's external relations dept
(Interfax-Religion)
CEC and COMECE presidents meet with EP President Metsola to discuss key European issues
(Conference of European Churches)
Norwegian anti-Islam extremist in car crash after burning Quran
(Voice of America)
EU Bishops: 'No such thing as a right to abortion'
(Vatican News)
Sunday, 3 July 2022
Friday, 1 July 2022
IRF Summit: Why it is the best of times and the worst of times for religious freedom
(Enes Kanter Freedom and Sam Brownback, The Hill)
IRF Summit: Swett: Religious freedom unifies parties (video)
(NTD)
IRF Summit: FRC's Center for Religious Liberty releases report on the extent of Western religious persecution
(Family Research Council)
IRF Summit: U.S. Secretary of State on religious freedom (video)
(Twitter, Antony Blinken)
IRF Summit: Religious freedom is the forgotten key to understanding the world’s human rights crises
(Katelynn Richardson, Washington Examiner)
IRF Summit: Religious freedom is ‘life or death’ in the trenches
(Jason Wright, Deseret News)
SEMINAR, 1-4 July 2022: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar: United Kingdom
(RFI's Center for Religious Freedom Education, Cumberland Lodge, and the Religious Liberty Initiative of Notre Dame University Law School)
Supreme Court lets vaccine mandate stand, tosses rulings on guns, abortion
(Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
U.S. Supreme Court nixes religious challenge to New York vaccine mandate
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia: Antisemitism largely eliminated from textbooks in Saudi Arabia - report
(The Jerusalem Post)
US officials led by antisemitism envoy briefed on Saudi efforts to promote tolerance
(Arab News)
Lawsuit against McLean Bible Church, David Platt dismissed
(Bob Smietana, The Washington Post)
Legal Spirits Episode 042: Two blockbuster decisions at SCOTUS
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Iraqi Christians deserve to be seen as more than “other,” says Cardinal Louis Sako
(The American Foundation for Relief & Reconciliation in the Middle East (American FRRME))
Iraq: New report shows Iraqi Christians are suffering
(International Christian Concern)
UK: World's oldest Methodist church to allow gay marriage
(BBC News)
UK: Islamophobia has grown since 2017 London mosque van attack
(Daily Sabah)
UK Muslim doctor singled out at airport amid rising Islamophobia
(Daily Sabah)
UK: Racial Justice First Report: consistory courts (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Healthcare-workers and transgender clients: Mackereth in the EAT
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Podcast: God on "Our" side?
(Ed Kessler, The Naked Scientists)
Scotland: Moderator has 'positive' meetings with Scotland's political leaders
(The Church of Scotland)
Churches in 7 states vandalized after Roe v. Wade ruling: Full list
(Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek)
Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are panicking.
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What has the demise of Roe v. Wade cost the Catholic Church?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Fallout from Supreme Court abortion decision: When reporters parrot partisan talking points
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
‘Dangerous times’: US Muslims mull implications after fall of Roe
(Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Al Jazeera)
Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing
(Peter Smith)
China: Religion and dissent excluded from live streaming
(Zhou Kexin, Bitter Winter)
Tibet: Religious persecution by China continues to deteriorate in Tibet
(Devdiscourse)
Americans’ complex views on gender identity and transgender issues
(Pew Research Center)
Weekly Highlight #210: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: New research on religion and Covid-19 emphasizes holistic approaches to care
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Movsesian on religious exemptions
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
WEBINAR, 1 July 2022 (12PM ET): An Examination of Religion and Addiction
(Tanenbaum's Conscientious Care Webinar Series)
Kigali Declaration on upholding human rights during a pandemic and other global crises
(The Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions)
Cuba: "Voces por la Libertad Religiosa en Cuba" en Cumbre de las Américas 2022
(YouTube Video, Outreach Aid to the Americas)
Nicaragua: Ortega regime expels Missionaries of Charity from Nicaragua
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nicaragua: sacerdote enfrenta cárcel por amenazar con arma a cinco personas
(Voz de América)
As the court forces Christianity on America, time for atheists to speak out
(Kate Cohen, The Washington Post)
Afghan Taliban hold clerics’ assembly, aiming to boost rule
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
India: Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
(Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)
India: Thousands protest in India’s Udaipur after Hindu tailor murdered
(Al Jazeera)
India Hindus begin pilgrimage in Kashmir amid heavy security
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
Pro-Palestine mapping website raises alarm in Jewish groups
(Philip Marcelo, Associated Press)
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
(Jim Mustian, Associated Press)
Portable sign ban violates First Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Blinken, Pompeo, Pelosi and Rubio display nonpartisan importance of religious freedom at D.C. summit
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Texas archdiocese calls for unity after what authorities call largest mass casualty event they've ever seen
(Emma Colton, Fox News)
Dialogue prevents religious extremism, pope tells Jewish group
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Central African Republic bishops warn of ‘convulsions’ from Ukraine war
(Catholic News Service)
German leaders see crisis as Catholics resign from the church
(Thomas Winkel and Joachim Heinz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mozambique: Relocating or expanding? Islamic State Mozambique’s reaction to foreign intervention
(Ryan O'Farrell, Long War Journal)
CUNY chancellor a no-show at City Council hearing on campus antisemitism
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Are religious charter schools coming soon?
(Nicole Garnett, New York Daily News)
Supreme Court school prayer ruling stirs debate over how far religion will seep into campus
(James Rainey, Mackenzie Mays, Hannah Fry and Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times)
Gender: Towards an Islamic paradigm
(Shaykh Furhan Zubairi, Muslim Matters)
Russia: Lavrov thanks the Jewish Museum of Moscow for carefully preserving the memory of important pages of history
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's Lviv symbolically votes to ban formerly Moscow-affiliated church
(Max Hunder, Reuters)
Ukraine: Council of Churches to be created in Ivano-Frankivsk to resolve conflict situations
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
What is this? Looking for real news coverage of crisis pregnancy centers? This isn't it ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Dear religion-beat pros: Sometimes small religious denominations merit a bit of attention
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Ukraine: Contesting reunification: Autocephaly and sovereignty in Ukraine
(Kathryn David, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland
(Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nigeria: Evangelical church in "forceful conversion" controversy in Nigeria
(Justine John Dyikuk, La Croix International)
Creativity builds social cohesion: How to turn art into a tool for coexistence
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Christian support for prison, police & policy reform under pressure amid crime surge
(Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged)
CAIR on AIR: Celebrating 28 years of service
(YouTube Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Anti-Catholic attacks after Dobbs
(Richard W. Garnett, First Things)
Sri Lankan leaders ignore us, says Buddhist chief
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
3 reasons Baptists should hold to religious liberty for all
(Nathan A. Finn, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
SBC President Bart Barber on why religious liberty is a Baptist distinctive
(Bart Barber and Lindsay Nicolet, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
WCC joins side event of the Human Rights Council on the intersectionality of human rights and climate justice
(World Council of Churches)
Belgium: The sect observatory has committed a fault against Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Separation of church and state has always been good for religion
(Ed Simon, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Azerbaijan: Bahá’í principle of unity inspires national conference on coexistence
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Fla. judge says 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
(Carolina Bolado, Law360)
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