Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Foreign Minister highlights Bahrain's deep commitment to freedom of religion and belief
(News of Bahrain)
Myanmar: Freedom of belief and religion – What does it mean for them?
(Shan Herald Agency for News)
Religious leaders must inspire humanity to renounce violence, pope says
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Moscow suffers its most high profile defection yet
(Katherine Kelaidis, Religion Dispatches)
China continues religious repression in Tibet
(The Print)
NC parents’ bill with LGBTQ limits going to Senate floor
(Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Abducted prelate of Nigerian Methodist church regains freedom
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Asian American Christians see more work for the church to do to stop AAPI hate
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Ukrainian Orthodox primate: ‘We are called to stop this evil’
(Lew Nescott Jr., Religion News Service)
Episode 86: Sister Carol F. McConkie, a former member of the Young Women general presidency, on building bridges through service, advocacy and education
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News)
In defence of Catholic healthcare
(YouTube Video, The Iona Institute)
Australia: Forcing religious-run health centres to allow assisted suicide
(Angelo Bottone, The Iona Institute)
Ireland: The poor state of marriage across the EU
(Angelo Bottone, The Iona Institute)
The culture of encounter: An imperative for a divided world
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Reflections on the Culture of Encounter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Scholars and practitioners focused on women and peacebuilding need to take religion more seriously
(Katherine Marshall, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)
CEC seminar highlights Ukrainian church voices
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
German minister not guilty of anti-LGBT hate speech
(Ken Chitwood, Christianity Today)
Spain: Religious discrimination in the workplace, a silenced reality in Spain
(Evangelical Focus)
Russia: Five years after Jehovah's Witness ban, jailings continue
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
New book: Law and Religion in the Commonwealth
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Law and Religion in the Commonwealth: The Evolution of Case Law
(Renae Barker (Anthology Editor), Paul Babie (Anthology Editor), Neil Foster (Anthology Editor), Bloomsbury)
Snead book recognized in New York Times as one of “Ten Books to Understand Abortion Debate in US”
(Kenneth Hallenius, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture)
How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century
(Wendy Cadge and, The Conversation)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate: Split or maneuver?
(Willy Fautré, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Nicaragua: Persecution of Bishops and silencing of Catholic media
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Three Austrian churches vandalized in two weeks
(Pierluigi Zoccatelli, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Modest Warming in U.S. Views on Israel and Palestinians: Young Americans’ attitudes are as favorable toward the Palestinian people and government as toward Israel
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center)
Like Americans overall, Catholics vary in their abortion views, with regular Mass attenders most opposed
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)
What the data says about abortion in the U.S.
(Jeff Diamant and Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center)
Air Force members file lawsuit to stop punishment and separation after religious accommodations from vaccine denied
(First Liberty)
Monday, 30 May 2022
Eid-al-Fitr celebration at the State Department
(Twitter, Antony Blinken)
A Proclamation: Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day 2022
(The White House)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due by 30 May 2022: Freedom of religion or belief in times of migration
(Observatory on Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR)
UK: Policing laws place Christian freedoms at greater risk, warns legal group
(Christian Today)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 29th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Ecclesiastical court judgments – May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Never again should British Jews feel conflict between religion and politics
(Shabina Asad Qayyum, Jewish News)
UK: Gove discusses housing and planning issues with Charedi leaders
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Procurement Bill – procurement of goods made in states credibly accused of genocide and states using slave labour
(David Alton, Lord Alton of Liverpool)
Israel-Palestine news: Chaos as Israelis rally in East Jerusalem
(Virginia Pietromarchi and Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Jerusalem: Gulf and Arab condemnation as extremists, Israeli Knesset member storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Arab News)
Jerusalem: 50% Jewish Israelis support Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount
(Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, The Israel Democracy Institute)
Jerusalem: Yossi Klein Halevi on the convergence of politics and religion at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
(American Jewish Committee)
Middle East: Unholy politics and a Christian exodus
(Gerard Russell, The Critic)
AJC welcomes UN expert Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s action plan on combating antisemitism
(American Jewish Committee)
Canada: Eradicating doctrinally orthodox chaplains in the Canadian military
(Eric Patterson, World)
Canada: CAI and NCCM call on NHL to implement a lifelong ban of racist fans in aftermath of attacks on Nazem Kadri
(Canadian Arab Institute)
A tale of two genocide cases: International justice in Ukraine and Myanmar
(Juliette McIntyre and Adam Simpson, East Asia Forum)
$2M relic stolen, angel statue beheaded at Brooklyn church
(Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press)
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
(Associated Press)
Nigeria: Don’t vote based on religion, ethnicity, group urges Nigerians
(Godwin Isenyo, Punch)
Nigeria: Prelate of Nigeria Methodist church abducted in southeast
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Egypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years
(Associated Press)
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
(Peter Smith and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Tunisian court bans travel for Islamist party chief, others
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
China: UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)
US slams China’s effort to ‘manipulate’ UN envoy’s Xinjiang visit
(Al Jazeera)
Pope, Anglican, Scottish church leaders to pray in Africa
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
Virginia governor signs act broadly defining "religion" in civil rights laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
VA Gov. Youngkin signs bill enhancing religious freedom protections
(Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Washington's state employee vaccine mandate upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 30 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Does corporate America hold the keys to religious inclusion?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
The Nancy Pelosi communion conflict, explained
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Who’s winning the war for American public opinion: Israelis or Palestinians?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Modest warming in U.S. views on Israel and Palestinians
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center)
Mexico: Bishops in violence-wracked Mexico prioritize quest for peace
(La Croix International)
Mexico: Elder Gerrit W. Gong addresses an Inter-American interfaith forum in Mexico’s Senate Chambers
(Gustavo Ramos, Church News)
Nicaragua: The ways new donations from the Church will help health care in Nicaragua
(Mary Richards, Church News)
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media — 2 political scientists reviewed over 250,000 articles to find conclusive evidence
(Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen, Religion News Service)
Rabbi James Rudin’s memoir recounts the interfaith movement’s hits and misses
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Interfaith leaders join protest outside NRA meeting in Houston
(Katherine Keenan, Religion News Service)
Catholic-Jewish dialogue group visits Georgia, Alabama civil rights sites
(Samantha Smith, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When your job fills in for your faith, that’s a problem
(Carolyn Chen, The New York Times)
Russian Church calls the appointment of an LGBTQ+ representative as White House speaker a moral degradation
(Interfax-Religion)
Indian Muslim union ratifies several resolutions
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: When matters of faith are part of political agendas
(Kapil Sibal, The New Indian Express)
India: The truth behind Indian extremists’ anti-Muslim ‘great replacement theory’
(Charu Sudan Kasturi, The Guardian)
Facing a rise in religous repression in India and elsewhere in South Asia (Season 4 — Ep. 3)
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register)
Book review: Free Speech in a Divided Society
(Mark Movsesian, Law & Liberty)
New book: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
(Jacob Mchangama, Basic Books)
In Lisbon, KAICIID’s latest fellows cohorts graduate, join growing alumni network
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Christianity is not merely another identity
(Ismail Royer, First Things)
Caritas Philippines condemns bid to call off local polls
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong: Masses axed as Tiananmen memorials erased in Hong Kong
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Salt & Light in the Public Square: Summer, 2022. Volume 8, Issue 1.
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Kuyperianism for a New Age (with Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk)
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Sweden: Religious freedom deficit in Sweden
(Xin Ping, China Daily)
Asia and the making of modern American Evangelicalism: An interview with Helen Jin Kim
(Melissa Borja, Patheos)
Malaysia: Religious Minister warns TikTokers to stop dressing up their stand fans in prayer clothes
(Yap Wan Xiang, Says)
Fighting White Christian nationalism at #AHACON22
(Nicole Carr, The Humanist)
Pakistan: Another merciless killing of Ahmadi
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)
Bulgaria: The Pope to Bulgaria’s PM: Corruption is a disease and you can eradicate it
(Sofia News Agency)
Experts put the world on notice: There is a risk of genocide in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Orthodox Church of Lithuania seeks greater independence from Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's oldest Orthodox Church seeks independence, while the Lavra monastery is at risk
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mass intervention?: The joint statement of 41 states on Ukraine v. Russia
(Brian McGarry, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Russia has immunity against any military adventurism - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
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