Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Macau Church struggles to protect life against secularist wave
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Is American conservatism de-Christianizing?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Religion is not overpowering our politics
(Hugh Hewitt, The Washington Post)
Ankara rejects European Parliament’s ‘biased, unrealistic’ report on Turkey
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Surrey students bring in £2,000 to support inter-faith retreat in Ukraine
(Toby Porter, Jewish News)
Sheikh Murat Suleymanov appointed as acting Mufti of RAMU UMMA
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Metropolitan Epifaniy meets with the commander of Ukrainian Ground Forces
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
June 2022 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Thoughts and prayers: As inhabitants of the only country in the world where school shootings are routine, the American faithful must not pray for serenity, but for courage.
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 June 2022 (5:30PM): Diversity Dialogue: Dr. Javeed Sukhera on Healing from Islamophobia
(Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto)
Monday, 6 June 2022
Nigerian forces hunt for gunmen who killed 50 at church
(Chinedu Asadu and Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Over 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Bishops lament that Nigerians are not safe anywhere after church attack
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)
Religion Watch, Volume 37 No. 7
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
EVENTS, 4-6 June 2022: Commemorate the Passing of Our London Family
(Twitter, National Council of Canadian Muslims)
We must dare to overcome incivility
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says
(John Blake, CNN)
2021 Report on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
LGBTQ people urge Democrats to forcefully reject GOP attacks
(Jeff McMillan, Associated Press)
Timor-Leste: US report questions Timor-Leste's funding of non-Catholics
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
HK hits back at US criticism of 'shrinking space' in religious freedom report
(The Standard)
Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
(Zen Soo, Associated Press)
US report marks out India, Pakistan for restricting religious freedom
(Anwar Iqbal, Dawn)
The good, the bad and the ugly in the State Department’s new religious freedom report
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
State Department officials report religious freedom woes, wins across the globe
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
US report faults Nicaragua for severe violations of religious freedom
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenyan bishops urge free, fair and peaceful elections Aug. 9
(Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service)
Pro-abortion protesters mob Catholic pro-life procession
(Arjun Singh, National Review)
Kashmir: Religious radicalization in Kashmir: ‘Death’ of a society – OpEd
(Nilesh Kunwar, Eurasia Review)
Saudi Arabia receives 1st foreign Hajj pilgrims since COVID began
(Al Jazeera)
Blinken calls respect for religious freedom ‘vital foreign policy priority’
(Catholic News Service)
Legal Docket on Dobbs
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Around the web - 6 June 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
New book: Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, The University of Chicago Press)
Religious freedom at the Founding
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
UK: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK awarded honours by Her Majesty The Queen
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK Newsletter - June 2022
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
‘Theocratic’ US abortion bans will violate religious liberty, faith leaders say
(Melody Schreiber, The Guardian)
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage Protection: Synergistic not Competitive
(Knox Thames and Emily Scolaro, Taylor & Francis Online)
The (downplayed) story of female scholars, teachers and leaders in Islam
(Mohamad Jebara, New Lines)
As Iranians show disgust with their rulers, many are finding a new way in Christ
(Steve Little, CBN News)
UK rights groups calls for boycotting controversial movie
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
UK: Truro Conference to highlight growing Christian persecution
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
Israeli nationalists wage battle against Palestinian flag
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press)
Vaccine case roundup: Mandates across country largely upheld in recent court decisions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tampa Bay Rays players cite faith to explain concerns about ‘Pride Night’
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
New book: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States
(Gene Zubovich, University of Pennsylvania Press)
Interview: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the U.S.
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Iran: Monthly FORB News Digest about Baha’is and Christians in May 2022
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Uganda: Bishops to discuss controversial EACOP project in June Plenary
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 5th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistan court grants bail to mentally ill Christian in blasphemy case
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Asian Church leaders call for 'ecological conversion'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Two weeks in review, 23 May – 5 June 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Abuse survivors call for more action than proposed by Southern Baptists’ task force
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Faith leaders, labor advocates push for White House meeting on poverty
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religion and the American constitutional experiment
(John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Colombia: Bishops in Colombia urge voters to choose wisely in polls for new president
(La Croix International)
Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel: In a first, Israeli government to pay Orthodox women to advise on Jewish law
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What comes after the Religious Right?
(Nate Hochman, The New York Times)
The ‘dangerous inversion’
(Kevin D. Williamson, National Review)
Tel Aviv study claims antisemitism in Black Lives Matter movement being ignored
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
Belarus: Patriarch Kirill calls Belarus a truly sovereign state
(Interfax-Religion)
Thinking about that 'Define evangelical' thing, with Andrew Walker, Ryan Burge (and Mark Noll)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
War: what is it that religions really say about peace?
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Bulgaria: The Supreme Court of Cassation in Bulgaria returned “Islamic case” back to square one
(Petar Gramatikov, The European Times)
Human rights, the China challenge, and American foreign policy: A conversation with Peter Berkowitz
(Peter Berkowitz and Daniel E. Burns, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
US Catholic churches suffer rash of thefts and vandalism, but cause remains a mystery
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
EEOC sues Del Frisco’s of Georgia for firing employee because of her religion
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
India faces diplomatic backlash in Muslim countries for remarks about Islam
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)
India: Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Iran summons Indian Ambassador over insult to Prophet Muhammad
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: Diplomatic storm over BJP staff insult of Prophet Muhammad
(Al Jazeera)
Qatar, other Muslim nations condemn India over anti-Islam remarks
(Al Jazeera)
India: 30 Christians jailed in India as persecution in the country escalates
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
India: At least 22 dead after Indian pilgrim bus falls into gorge
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Why Trump’s MAGA resonates with White Christian nationalism
(Eric C. Miller, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
US with a Report on Religious Freedom in Bulgaria: Mosques are not built or repaired
(Sofia News Agency)
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program
(Amy McCaig, Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP))
Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)
Finland: Helsinki Court of Appeals announces Päivi Räsänen case will be reopened
(Evangelical Focus)
Historic wooden Orthodox church burns down in Donetsk monastic complex
(Euronews)
Pope to government leaders: ‘Please seek a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine and do not lead humanity to ruin'
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Saturday, 4 June 2022
The China shock: Germany turns away from its biggest trading partner
(Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Germany: A forum of European military rabbis has been established in Germany
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Germany: Emotional Dachau ceremony acknowledges ‘the slow repair of Jewish life in Germany’
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
Russian artillery hits monastery in Ukraine's east, says Zelenskiy
(Reuters)
Ukraine blames Russia for blaze at revered Orthodox church in east
(Al Arabiya News)
UK: Would the Church of England survive under a new monarch? Its prospects are bleak
(Eliot Wilson, i news)
Friday, 3 June 2022
On the nomination of Nazila Ghanea as FoRB Special Rapporteur
(Twitter, Ahmed Shaheed)
UK: Orthodox rabbis don’t enter churches. So why was Britain’s chief rabbi at St. Paul’s Cathedral?
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UK: Freedom of Religion or Belief: 2022 International Ministerial Conference
(YouTube Video, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Exhumation and judicial review in Northern Ireland: McGuigan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
WCC urges reconsideration of UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
(World Council of Churches)
UK: Platinum Jubilee: Queen pulls out of St Paul's Cathedral service
(Dulcie Lee ad Hamzah Abbas, BBC News)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, deadline 3 June 2022: The Value(s) of the European Convention on Human Rights
(University of Oslo)
CAR: Missionary priest praises Central African Republic for abolishing death penalty
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux)
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