Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 30 May 2022
Moscow church denies that Ukrainian church broke away from it
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Vol. 13 No. 1/2 (2020): Responding to secularism
(The International Journal for Religious Freedom)
Myanmar military carries out atrocities in the east, too
(Mary Yang, Foreign Policy)
Sunday, 29 May 2022
State courts from Oregon to Georgia will now decide who – if anyone – can get an abortion under 50 different state constitutions
(Stefanie Lindquist, The Conversation)
Friday, 27 May 2022
Why freedom of thought matters - The Louder Than Words Podcast
(University of Essex)
Baha’i community in Qatar
(UK Parliament)
Australia: Religious leaders support constitutional referendum on Indigenous voice to parliament
(Paige Cockburn, ABC News Australia)
Egypt hosts major church conference – but its own Coptic community still faces persecution
(All Arab News)
Sudan: Evangelical church properties threatened with demolition
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Of Montaigne and liberal tolerance
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Perspective: Post-Roe predictions for religious freedom
(Asma Uddin, Freedom Forum Institute)
Photos of the week: Uvalde shooting; Dalai Lama
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Episcopal diocese awards $175K in reparations fund grants
(Associated Press)
Italy: New head of Italian bishops launches sex abuse query
(Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press)
Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list
(Holly Meyer and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul mosque, IS bombs in north Afghanistan kill 14
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: UN official expresses concern on rights in Afghanistan
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation
(Sam Metz and Rick Bowmer, Associated Press)
India: Gyanvapi mosque row; another attempt to push Muslims to the wall – OpEd
(Shahid Farooq Abbasi, Eurasia Review)
The Hinduization of India is nearly complete
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)
India: Law on places of worship in India comes under scrutiny
(Nirmala Ganapathy and Debarshi Dasgupta, The Straits Times)
India: Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
(Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)
Certiorari denied in synagogue picketers case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenging Bible in schools program is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
6th Circuit en banc dismisses mask mandate challenge as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit: Accommodation of Sabbath observer would create undue hardship for Postal Service
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian postal worker fighting for Sundays off loses appeal
(Emilee Larkin, Courthouse News Service)
CAIR-MI announces settlement on behalf of Muslim woman who had her hijab forcibly removed by Ferndale police in 2021
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does not apply to dispute over church's form of governance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Which people of faith are the most likely to own guns?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
At National Press Club, Elder Bednar responds to questions about church finances, portrayal of church in media
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Why an abortion rights group is taking credit for vandalizing a Latter-day Saint chapel, other Washington churches
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
South American bishops say countries must work together to face migrant crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In Israel, a Hasidic dynasty’s rivalry erupts into violence
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Council of Religious Leaders in Israel: “We are all one family”
(The European Times)
Israeli court upholds non-Muslim prayer ban at Al-Aqsa
(Al Jazeera)
Christians must be able to remain in Jerusalem, say bishops who visited
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
An interfaith coalition erased medical debts for over 2,000 people in the Chicago area, inspired by an ancient Jewish custom
(Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt talks Buffalo shooting in first NY speech
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Germany: 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized in Germany amid reported rise in antisemitic crimes
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A commitment to kindness does not mean surrendering your convictions
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Moldova: Gagauzia's authorities ban propaganda of same-sex love, LGBT marches
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: Two more prisoners of conscience jailed, one for 7 years
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Multiple long-term punishments for exercising freedom of religion or belief
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Top U.S. evangelical seminaries, and seminaries in general, face critical financial issues
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
UK: How Liz Truss can champion religious freedom at U.K. ministerial conference
(Miles P. J. Windsor, Newsweek)
UK: Gove: ‘Religious freedom and ethos’ of Stamford Hill schools must be ‘respected’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: NUS appoints discrimination specialist to probe antisemitism
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Christ Church Oxford safeguarding review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The role of lawyers in rabbinic arbitration
(Chaim Saiman, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Joe Biden ignores Asia's fading religious freedom
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)
MoU signed between Religions for Peace and the Islamic Fiqh Academy
(Twitter, Religions for Peace)
What is an establishment of religion?
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, First Things)
The children are the future – or not? Exploring the complexities of the relationship between the rights of children and future generations
(Aoife Nolan, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Indonesian Catholics mourn popular Islamic cleric
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: Punishment for selling Christian books devastates Chinese couple
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Chinese Christians denied passports amid pandemic
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lankan religious leaders want curbs on presidential powers
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Establishment of Union of Islamic countries possible: official
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
No religious freedom problem with court approving one parent's choice of religious school, so long as the court makes the decision for secular reasons.
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
No religious exemption from paying taxes
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Act on food crisis now, urges WHO special envoy at WCC-led meeting
(World Council of Churches)
Multiple levels in Common Good Constitutionalism
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)
Steve Smith, "The Church in the Twilight"
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)
Kenya: Biden Administration to work with global faith actors to protect vulnerable children
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Did the fundamentalists win?
(Mark Tooley, World)
Eritrea: 20 years without religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)
Tennessee officials dodge claims from internet-ordained ministers
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
Pakistan blasphemy law ‘costing lives’
(Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)
We couldn’t find religious bias in news coverage of the Supreme Court
(Hailey Womer and Mark Brockway, The Washington Post)
Canada: Quebec mosque gunman may seek parole in 25 years, top court rules
(Al Jazeera)
Canada: Albertans launch Dignity Forum in response to increase in racism, hatred
(Calgary Herald)
The president and the Patriarch: the significance of religion in the Ukrainian crisis
(Grace Davie, Oxford University Press)
War causing realignment of Orthodox affiliations
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council declares full independence
(Interfax-Religion)
Prime Minister of Finland visits Bucha’s church with a mass grave of civilians tortured by invaders
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, loyal to Russia since 2019 schism, now cuts ties over war
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Russia expels Jehovah's Witness prisoner to home country
(Kasparov.ru, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Authorities double down on persecuting 'undesirables'
(Human Rights Watch)
Denmark: interest in Scientology increases at 54th anniversary
(The European Times)
W.Va. school system and parent settle FFRF case over egregious bible classes
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
“The New Disestablishments”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Video: The Russian Orthodox Church and/in/after the War: Interview with Jerry Pankhurst and Alar Kilp
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Measuring the Fortune 500's Commitment to workplace religious inclusion - Third Annual Report
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)
Moroccan authorities restore ancient Jewish cemetery of Meknes
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
ONLINE SERIES, 13 April, 5 May, 25 May: Why Christians should speak up for all faiths
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 May 2022 (10AM CEST): The Local Changemakers Course
(Religions for Peace)
WEBINAR, 25 May 2022 (3:30PM in Zurich): Two years after the death of George Floyd: Antiracism, #BLM and the United Nations
(World Council of Churches)
WEBINAR, 24 May 2022 (2PM in Zurich): Pluralism, Racism and Xenophobia: The colonial and missionary legacy and conflict in post-colonial Africa
(World Council of Churches)
WEBINAR, 25 May 2022 (3PM): Countering Mosque Opposition
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))
Baby formula shortage: Pro-life pregnancy centers offer aid to moms
(Katie Yoder, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis’ health: Here's a timeline of his medical issues in recent years
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis calls for a Christian economy based on community
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Jewish groups condemn Texas elementary school shooting, but only some push for action
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Faith leaders and politicians ask for prayers for Texas shooting victims
(Kelsey Dallas, Religion News Service)
WCC on gun violence in the United States: “Our grief is deep, our prayers are strong”
(World Council of Churches)
Uvalde school shooting: Faith leaders offer comfort, call for reform of gun laws
(Religion News Service)
Pope prays for Texas shooting victims, calls for stricter gun laws
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
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