Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
New rules for faith groups, FFRF and others urge Biden
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Church status: Can (and should) your religious nonprofit seek church status with the IRS?
(Cory Halliburton, Mondaq)
Libya: Restoring Libya’s ancient Jewish community
(Samuel Zarrugh, Algemeiner)
The challenge of being an agnostic chaplain in the US government
(Anonymous, Only Sky)
Nigeria: The politics of religion in a transitional society
(Rotimi Akeredolu, Premium Times)
Faith-based answers to substance abuse and addiction
(World Religion News)
Philippines: Seizing the opportunity offered by the Bangsamoro Transition extension
(Mary Ann M. Arnado, The United States Institute of Peace)
Iran's morality police warn clothesmakers to avoid 'loud colors or face closure
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Never underestimate the potential of young European Adventists
(Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review)
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022: implementation
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 7th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
English club opens prayer rooms for Muslim fans
(About Islam)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 August 2022 (6:30PM ET): Speaking of Humanism | Humanizing Religious Freedom For All
(American Humanist Association)
Monday, 8 August 2022
Nicaragua police investigating bishop critical of government
(Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)
Nicaragua bishops rally to support prelate detained by Ortega’s forces
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South Korea: Church seeks help for families of Korean suicide victims
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Global prayer for peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula will call for healing grace
(World Council of Churches)
Statement by President Joe Biden marking ten years since the attack on the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin
(The White House)
Statement by the President following the deaths of four Muslim men
(Twitter, Joseph R. Biden Jr.)
Afghanistan: Taliban: Bomb blast kills 2 people in Shiite area of Kabul
(Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Top Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan; Shiites targeted in Kabul
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)
Albuquerque killings send fear through Islamic communities
(Stefanie Dazio and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
Video: CAIR Deputy Director says American Muslims will respond to serial shootings with ‘vigilance, increased caution, resilience’
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Around the web - 8 August 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Grim speaks to Salt Lake Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Nigeria: State and non-state violations of religious freedom and implications for national unity in Nigeria
(Dodeye Uduak Williams, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nigeria: A religious dilemma
(Ebenezer Obadare, Council on Foreign Relations)
Nigeria Catholic Archbishop decries country’s “subtle persecution” sidelining Christians
(Agnes Aineah, ACI Africa)
Tunisia: New constitution in Tunisia could add to the vulnerability of its Christians
(Open Doors)
Iraq: Hundreds of thousands gather for mass prayer in Baghdad
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Photos of the week: Iraqi unrest, Indian wrestlers
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Yezidi genocide: Remembrance is essential but not enough
(Knox Thames)
Iran: FCDO Minister statement on treatment of Baha'i in Iran
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon)
Iran: Special monthly FORB digest about Baha’is and Christians in July
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iran: UN should condemn renewed crackdown on persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran
(Center for Human Rights in Iran)
Religion Watch, Volume 37 No. 9
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
UK: Low employment rate of UK Muslims due to ‘Muslim penalty’: Study
(Daily Sabah)
France violated rights treaty by banning headscarf in school: UN
(Daily Sabah)
People, Progress, Provision: IGE 2021 Annual Report
(Institute for Global Engagement)
India: Study finds Muslim woman in India face discrimination when it comes to hiring
(Naila Khan and Uzair Usmani, Religion Unplugged)
India: Police break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir, dozens detained
(Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 8 August 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
No church autonomy defense to Catholic organization's sexual orientation discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church offers statement on help line and abuse
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Perspective: After a half-century, the Supreme Court is getting religious liberty right again
(Will Haun, Deseret News)
Religious liberty is at the core of what it means to be human
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)
Croatia bus crash: 12 killed as coach carrying Polish Catholics to Bosnian shrine skids off road
(Euronews)
The Supreme Court punts on religious liberty
(E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post)
Belarus: Fined for river baptisms, fined for private garden baptisms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Religious Left returns to RFRA: Washington Post explores a crucial Florida abortion showdown
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Illegal dissolution of religious organisation: Bryansk-Tula Diocese v Russia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Indonesia: Hijab rules are raising rights concerns
(UCA News, Eurasia Review)
Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Myanmar: Global coalition of religions assures solidarity with people of Myanmar in wake of executions
(Jose Torres Jr., Licas News)
Florida Christian school exempted from Biden LGBTQ rules, will keep federal lunch funding
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
WCC condemns escalation of violence in Gaza
(World Council of Churches)
Germany: Anniversary gives German Jews "new self-awareness"
(Christian Network Europe)
Baptist churches in war-torn Mariupol fuller than ever
(Christian Network Europe)
A kosher home for Jewish-Ukrainian refugees in Hungary
(Tal Spungin, The Jerusalem Post)
Ukrainian Churches in dispute with state over ‘gender ideology’ Convention
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Church Times)
Pope meets Russia envoy; decrees Ukraine-based priest martyr
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Religious communities in Ukraine meet with World Council of Churches, call to stop the war
(World Council of Churches)
Remembering and aiding the victims of Communism
(Eric Patterson, World)
Professor Steven Smith receives 2022 Religious Liberty Initiative Scholarship Award
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
The case for religious education for incarcerated Muslims
(Rodaina El-Haj-Ibrahim, Muslim Matters)
Pakistan: USCIRF releases new report highlighting religious freedom in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Pakistani Church continues struggle against blasphemy laws, abductions
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Mohammedan law
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Fight over Resolution Copper Mine drags on
(Elsa Hortareas, Arizona Public Media)
Canada: Hate crimes surge in Canada during pandemic
(Shreya Jain, Reuters)
Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet amid Taiwan, Unification Church issues
(Kantaro Komiya, Reuters)
August 2022 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment
(Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton and Douglas Hedley, Cambridge University Press)
Saturday, 6 August 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT: 6 August 2022: Nuclear Prayer Day 2022
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Friday, 5 August 2022
The ACLU says Border Patrol agents are confiscating Sikh men’s turbans
(Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN)
Oglala Sioux ban missionary, require ministries to register
(Associated Press)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly newsletter (16-31.07.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: Intensifying religious persecution in China
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
When religious liberty is personalized
(Cooper Shull, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
WEBINAR, 5 August 2022 (12PM ET): Religious Freedom Webinar (AAR members only)
(American Academy of Religion)
Australia: Victorian crossbench MP launches bid to compel religious hospitals to provide abortions
(ABC News Australia)
Australia: Social media, free speech, and religious freedom in Australia
(Colette Langos and Paul Babie, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Iran: USCIRF condemns crackdown on religious minorities in Iran
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Iraqi cleric calls for dissolution of parliament, early vote
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
Iraq: What’s behind Moqtada al-Sadr’s bid to shake up Iraq’s politics?
(Sarhang Hamasaeed, The United States Institute of Peace)
USCIRF commemorates the eighth anniversary of the Yazidi genocide
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Best practices to prevent religious discrimination and promote religious inclusion
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Israel: Lapid demands UN head disband commission of inquiry against Israel
(Mike Wagenheim, Jewish News Syndicate)
America’s original sin must be addressed, not ignored
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)
Pakistan Church welcomes remission for minority inmates
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan: The illusion of equal citizenship in Pakistan
(Knox Thames)
4 takeaways from AP’s Mormon church sex abuse investigation
(Michael Rezendes, Associated Press)
Mali’s capital Bamako boosts security fearing jihadi attacks
(Baba Ahmed, Associated Press)
Christian flag in speech battle flies, briefly, over Boston
(Mark Pratt, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: 2 police killed in clash with IS gunmen in Afghan capital
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Lebanon: Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon
(Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press)
Street preacher gets injunction against ordinance limiting microphones
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5th Circuit upholds qualified immunity defense of prison officials who confiscated hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Massachusetts grants absolution to its last remaining witch
(Thomas F. Harrison, Courthouse News Service)
Why does religious liberty matter? ‘Consider where society would be … if we did not have religious freedom,’ says President Oaks
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)
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