Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Maldives religious extremists disrupt Yoga Day event
(Associated Press)
Judgment: In the case of Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (no. 2)
(The European Court of Human Right)
The importance of water conservation
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Will La Luz Del Mundo persist with leader behind bars?
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Bhutan: Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition
(Haley Barker, Religion News Service)
Kenya: Tribal tensions challenge Christian unity during Kenyan elections
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)
Kenya: We are not electing saints or angels, bishops caution against careless voting
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
African bishops call on world leaders to protect biodiversity
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bill de Blasio seeks forgiveness in bid for Orthodox votes in Borough Park
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An elite Christian college has become the latest battleground in America’s culture wars
(Jonathan Cohn, The Huffington Post)
Uzbekistan: "The authorities do not want us to exist"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
The future of religious arbitration in the U.S.
(Lee Ann Bambach, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
ECEN Assembly highlights Christian perspectives in addressing environmental challenges
(Conference of European Churches)
Afghanistan: 'No future for us,' say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Afghanistan: KAICIID’s Board of Directors’ statement on Attack against Sikh Temple in Afghanistan
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Nigeria’s religious-cleansing crisis is not due to climate change
(Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)
Nigeria: KAICIID Board of Directors condemns church attacks in Nigeria
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Football coach Joseph Kennedy talks about life after the Supreme Court ruling
(Jovan Tripkovic, Religion Unplugged)
US ‘forced labour’ law bans goods from China’s Xinjiang region
(Al Jazeera)
Podcast: Vincent Phillip Muñoz on the establishment of religion
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
Korean archbishop seeks dialogue to ease border tensions
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Tunisia’s Saied confirms no state religion in new charter
(Arab News)
Syria: Islamic State group claims Syria bus attack that killed 13
(Associated Press)
U of T grad Mukti Patel on studying religion and its role ‘in the everyday’
(Rahul Kalvapalle, University of Toronto)
India: In the world’s largest democracy, people of faith aren’t free
(David Curry, Religion News Service)
India: OIC human rights body denounces discriminations, rights violations against Indian Muslims
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Mali: Islamist militants kill 132 villagers in Mali weekend attacks, government says
(Reuters)
Belgium: Ghent decision overturned on appeal: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ shunning can be freely taught and practiced in Belgium
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Uganda: Bishops decry high cost of living
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Why protect religious conscience?
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Religious liberty in Italy after World War II
(Providence Mag)
Religious conversion, asylum law and the ECtHR case-law: M.A.M. v. Switzerland
(Christos Tsevas, Electronic Immigration Network)
Has American conservatism abandoned the Christian right?
(Bradley Onishi, Religion Dispatches)
UK: Reform of the Human Rights Act – The government’s lack of humanity
(Sam Fowles, Politics)
UK: Crucifixes, neck-chains and food hygiene: Kovalkovs
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: The Lady of Heaven, blasphemy and free speech
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Islamic marriage and the English legal system: Nikkah
(Tahir Khan, Lexology)
Podcast: Episode 5 – You, Coach Kennedy, are no Tim Tebow
(We Dissent)
Canada: The Government of Canada calls for applications to fill the new position of Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia
(The Government of Canada)
Canada: Privatization of Canada’s part-time prison chaplains hurting inmates of minority faiths: Report
(Omar Mosleh, Toronto Star)
2022 Update: First Amendment sparks — and could bridge — divides
(Freedom Forum)
Podcast: Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage Protection: Synergistic not Competitive
(Knox Thames)
Lithuanian bishops call for scrapping of same-sex partnership bill
(Premier Christian News)
Vietnam: Draft decrees on religion provoke concern
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Nury Turkel elected as Chair of bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Abraham Cooper as Vice Chair
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Answering the refugee crisis as a matter of faith
(Waseem Ahmad, Anne Burghardt, Mark Hetfield, Religion News Service)
CEC participates in high-level Ukrainian interreligious delegation meeting
(Conference of European Churches)
Moscow church leader continues defense of Russian aggression
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jerusalem Patriarchate condemns Western rhetoric against Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
USCIRF welcomes European Court judgment against Russia on Jehovah’s Witnesses
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Ecodefence v Russia: The ECtHR’s stance on foreign funding of civil society
(Florian Kriener, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Patriarch Kirill says invaders in Ukraine "protect Russia on the battlefield"
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 June 2022 (7PM BST): Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
(European Network on Religion and Belief)
Monday, 20 June 2022
Recordings available: Religious Freedom Annual Review 2022: Living Peaceably: Religious Freedom as a Foundation for Civic Harmony
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review on building bridges with LGBTQ groups, religion’s role in criminal justice
(McKell Park and Andrea Zapata, The Daily Universe)
World Refugee Day - June 20
(UNHCR)
Summer 2022 issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs: Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right
(Institute for Global Engagement)
“The Bear and the Bees”: How religious freedom strengthened Ukrainian resiliency
(John Moroz Smith, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
A pioneering Shabbat service marks a new way to observe Jewish Juneteenth
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Jewish pitcher Sandy Koufax did more than miss one game
(Alden Tabac, The Jerusalem Post)
Pope makes unusual choice for new Indonesian bishop
(Katharina Reny Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)
One killed, many wounded in Afghan mosque bombing
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Afghanistan: Two killed as blast hits Sikh temple in Kabul
(Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan: Islamic State claims Sikh temple attack in Afghanistan
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Millions of Christians languish in refugee camps globally
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Nigerian priest says he shielded parishioners like chicks during massacre
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Iran hangs man convicted of killing clerics in April attack
(Associated Press)
Kashmir: Rohingya families in Kashmir fear separation as India cracks down
(Al Jazeera)
Indian Catholics slam silence over Nigerian massacre
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: The vulnerability of Catholic leaders
(John Dayal, Eurasia Review)
Indian Christians fret over declining population growth
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Canada: Mounties arrest priest for assault at school
(Associated Press)
Articles and reports of interest - 20 June 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7 USCIRF commissioners appointed in recent weeks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How Elder Quentin L. Cook, Robert Abrams model interfaith friendships for Jews and Latter-day Saints
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
After 10 years of DACA, religious leaders call for permanent solutions and immigration reform
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Why these Christian leaders want churches to celebrate Juneteenth
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Grappling with the sacred in Juneteenth’s celebration of freedom
(Haley Barker, Riley Farrell, Marika Proctor, Paul O'Donnell, Religion News Service)
Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate
(Ray Minniecon, Religion News Service)
Belgian lawmakers scrap bill to ban kosher, halal slaughter in Brussels
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pentecostals’ political warfare
(Miguel Petrosky, The Revealer)
Number of Americans who believe in God dips to new low: Gallup
(Chloe Folmar, The Hill)
Concerning 'good' faith and the Christian/pagan priest who believes Google AI is sentient
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Plug-In: Sexual-abuse reforms top Southern Baptist actions in dramatic annual meeting
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief with Religious Freedom Institute to protect the rights of prisoners
(Kevin Allen, University of Notre Dame Law School)
UK: Islamophobia has intensified since 2017 attack, London mosque chairman says
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
UK: European court backs Jewish housing charity in discrimination case
(Jewish News)
UK: Prime Minister's Special Envoy: importance of the international Freedom of Religion or Belief conference in London
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, GOV.UK)
Law and religion round-up – 19th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
South African theologian to take helm of World Council of Churches in 2023
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Reflections on abortion, President Biden, Catholic politicians, and church teachings redux: The truth will set you free
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Book review: Liberalism's Recovery of Religion
(Aaron Alexander Zubia, Law & Liberty)
The Democratic Soul: Spinoza, Tocqueville, and Enlightenment Theology
(Aaron L. Herold, Penn Press)
Book review: Athens and Jerusalem Revisited
(Juliana Geran Pilon, Law & Liberty)
Malaysia: UN experts welcome announcement to abolish mandatory death penalty
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Malaysia: Analysts warn about rising intolerance in Malaysia
(Muzliza Mustafa, Benar News)
Religions for Peace signs Framework of Cooperation agreement with SRSG-SVC
(Religions for Peace)
Palestinians call for ban on concert in historic Negev mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Tentative thoughts on the Jewish claim to a "religious abortion"
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The case for expanding the legal definition of "refugee"
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)
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