Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 10 June 2022
Pope Francis calls pornography a ‘threat to public health’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italy: Amid national synod, Italian Church faces challenges on multiple fronts
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Two Ivy League presidents are stepping down. They leave different legacies on campus Israel speech and antisemitism.
(Andrew Lapin and Caleb Guedes-Reed , Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German government reports startling 29% increase in antisemitic crimes
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German leader warns ‘Jewish life under massive threat’ amid antisemitic crime spike
(Toby Porter, Jewish News)
Lea Schlenker reflects on a Europe where young, religious people want to live
(Susan Kim, Conference of European Churches)
Churches, pro-life centers attacked as Supreme Court abortion ruling looms
(Sean Salai, The Washington Times)
Mother Church will not recognize any self-proclaimed autocephaly in Ukraine, - Hierarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Podcast: So many questions after that symbolic Tampa Bay Rays conflict over 'Pride' logos
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Vatican game that never ends: Knowns and unknowns with covering next papal election
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Rejecting all things Christian in America
(Eric Patterson, World)
State Department releases 2021 International Religious Freedom Report
(YouTube Video, EWTN)
Is Qatar trying to eradicate the Baha’i community?
(The European Times)
Prayer is everywhere
(Leslie Griffin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Constitutional recognition of religious exemptions to vaccination requirements
(James G. Hodge, Jr., Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Iraqi Christians not "infidels" or a "minority" in their country, says Chaldean patriarch
(La Croix International)
Workshop addresses urban challenges to integration ahead of European Policy Dialogue Forum
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Pro-abortion rights protesters interrupt Joel Osteen church service
(Anne Stych, Religion Unplugged)
Kenya: Poor election preparedness is high risk to country, Bishops caution
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Kenya: Fake miracle spree in Kenya leads to Pentecostal oversight
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)
Southern Baptist Leaders respond to Guidepost Solutions pride Tweet after abuse investigation
(Kim Roberts, Religion Unplugged)
Le pouvoir de la religion sur la scène internationale
(Agence de Presse Protestante)
The Second Interreligious Forum of the Americas
(FIDELA)
MRFF, CAIR call on Army Secretary to protect Muslim soldier facing discrimination
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Guns and the American soul
(Peter J. Leithart, First Things)
Baptist relief group pledges $4 million to implement abuse task force ideas, fund victims’ care
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Sri Lankan religious leaders bat for free and fair elections
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Nepal's new Christian leaders vow to protect community
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesia: Muslim, Catholic lay groups sign Indonesian pact
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Lithuania: Conscientious objection: JWs win a case in Strasbourg
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iran: A Tehran court sentences seven Christians, including a clergyman, to a total of 32 years in prison
(Asia News)
Polls & God’s elect
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Unlawful, the European Court of Human Rights says
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Russia: European court sides with Jehovah's Witnesses
(Moscow, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
All-Tatar Public Center designated as extremist organization, banned
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church concerned about prospects of ban on marches near clinics, religious sites
(Interfax-Religion)
Head of the UGCC calls on the international community not to buy the goods Russia stole from Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Roundtable denounces military aggression against Ukraine, calls for ongoing open dialogue
(World Council of Churches)
Ukraine: The Russian Orthodox Church annexes Ukrainian dioceses
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
USCIRF welcomes release of religious prisoner of conscience Dennis Christensen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
China: UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’
(United Nations)
Turkey: Video of students kicking Quran in Turkey stirs outrage
(Sara Zouiten, Morocco World News)
Turkey's religious arm gears up for intensive campaign among the diaspora for Erdoğan's re-election bid
(Abdullah Bozkurt, Middle East Forum)
Azerbaijan: Direct regime employing and firing imams is "role of a religious organisation"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 9 June 2022
EVENT, 9-10 June 2022 (in-person and live stream): J. Reuben Clark Law Society Annual Conference and Thomas L. Kane Award Ceremony, Salt Lake City, UT
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
PRESS CONFERENCE, 9 June 2022 (7PM in Vienna): New Report on Self-Censorship
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 June 2022 (9:30AM ET): Gathering The Evidence of Persecution: The Importance of Documentation and Launch of the “International Protocol On Documenting Violations Of Religious Freedom”
(Open Doors International (ODI) and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI))
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
SCOTUS religion cases: A new online database for scholars of law and religion
(Justin Latterell and Rachel Kennedy, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
European Court issues landmark judgment against Russia for persecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Russia: Strasbourg rules Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 is unlawful
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia ordered to pay $67 million to Jehovah’s Witnesses over illegal ban, human rights court says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Russia: Draft bill stipulating fines up to 10 mln rubles for propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations submitted to State Duma
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
(Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters)
Russian court gives four Jehovah's Witnesses real jail time, suspended sentences in Trans-Baikal Territory
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia pressured Moscow chief rabbi to publicly support Ukraine war — He refused - report
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Monks have their own way of viewing conditions of war
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian army averted damage to Sviatogorsk Lavra's historical and Orthodox monuments
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Recent cases of persecution of Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Cruz, Lee lead over 50 lawmakers urging Supreme Court to reaffirm religious liberty in artistic freedom case
(Kelly Laco, Fox News)
‘Life and Dignity for All’ is theme of USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week
(Catholic News Service)
America has the wrong approach to religious freedom in the Middle East
(Robert Nicholson, National Review)
India tightens security after militants threaten attacks over anti-Muslim remarks
(Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain, Reuters)
India’s insult of the Prophet Muhammad is a sign of deeper Islamophobia
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
India: Kanpur BJP leader arrested for derogatory tweets against Prophet
(Ranjai Singh, India Today)
India’s BJP asks members to be cautious after prophet remarks row
(Al Jazeera)
India comes closer to outlawing Christian conversions
(Tim Dustin, Open Doors)
China: Letters from lockdown: A Shanghai pastor on pandemics and persecutions
(Zhang San, The Gospel Coalition)
Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he ‘insulted’ Islam
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Top German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
What is Christian politics? Insights from Sergius Bulgakov
(YouTube Video, Volos Academy for Theological Studies)
The current state of ecumenism in Europe
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
Weekly Highlight #208: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Finance, exemptions, conspiracies, and future uncertainties
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
New global study shows journalists need more religious literacy
(Alessio Atria, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Spain: First international congress on religious freedom in Catalonia
(Evangelical Focus)
Vietnam: 15 Hmong religious believers sentenced to total 38 years in prison after police raid on funeral
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Finland: Hate speech case re-opened against Christian MP in Finland
(Christian Today)
Muslim prison guard fired for allegedly filing false report
(Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press)
US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
(Eric Tucker, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 7 June 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NY school districts not required to provide bussing for religious schools on days public schools are closed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York court reaffirms its decision upholding required coverage for medically necessary abortions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court resolves details of last rites during inmate's execution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: No interlocutory appeal of ministerial exception determination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Universal Life Church prevails in Pennsylvania settlement over conducting marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC condemns congresswoman’s embrace of Christian nationalism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Buddhists
(Dhruba Das, Jonathan S. Coley, Gary John Adler Jr., Religion News Service)
The Catholic bishops support gun control. Why don’t we hear more about it?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Religious leaders in Los Angeles talk abortion rights with Vice President Kamala Harris
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Guatemala: Faith groups call on US to pressure Guatemala on democracy, human rights
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
White Churches, it’s time to go pro-life on guns
(Charlie Dates, Christianity Today)
Belarus: "A Christian cannot say that what's going on in Ukraine is good"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Latest massacre of Nigerian Christians? It would help to know this was the Feast of Pentecost
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The New Yorker profiles a pro-life ob-gyn student and the Twitter mobs descend
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Anti-Muslim behavior rising in UK: Poll
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
UK: MPs debate violence in Nigeria following church massacre on Pentecost Sunday
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
Should the Church of England be disestablished?
(Jonathan Chaplin, Law & Religion UK)
Minimum age for marriage – Faculty Office advice
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Declaration of the General Secretary of COMECE on the EP discussion on “Global threats to abortion rights”
(Alessandro Di Maio, The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Explainer: State Department releases 2021 International Religious Freedom Report
(Daniel Hostetter, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
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