Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Gambia: Book on role of religion in national security launched
(Lobbeh Jallow, All Africa)
Satanic Temple can’t raise flag at Boston City Hall as program is suspended following Supreme Court ruling that city violated free speech rights
(Heather Morrison, Mass Live)
Supreme Court to weigh Christian web designer’s free speech argument against anti-discrimination law
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
Australia: Faith, politics and Australia’s ‘run of religious PMs’
(Jordan Baker, James Massola and Matthew Knott, The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Head of the UGCC and the Prime Minister of Ukraine agree to cooperate to support those in need
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Why it’s so difficult to figure out what the Vatican thinks about Ukraine
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Moscow church devises fanciful explanation for Ukraine war
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Vatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate line
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Ukrainian parliament will respond to Moscow church's outrageous charges
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill proposes stripping private clinics of right to receive female patients for abortions
(Interfax-Religion)
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
ELECTION, 17 May 2021 (16:30 Nairobi): 2022 Notice of Candidates
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 May 2022: 5th European Laudato Si’ Reflection Day
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Monday, 16 May 2022
Ukrainian monastery supports front line soldiers
(Deutsche Welle)
Russian experts record more than 70 attacks on churches of UOC by the Ukrainian side
(Interfax-Religion)
UOC-MP is unlikely to survive in prewar formats, - Cyril Hovorun
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
NSDC should ban the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine, - Yuriy Chornomorets
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief – Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.05.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Burkina Faso: armed Islamists kill, rape civilians
(Human Rights Watch)
Russian religious communities opposed to Ukraine war face pressure and censorship
(Victoria Arnold, Religion Unplugged)
‘No politics here’: The many faiths in Poland responding to the refugee crisis
(Kyle Dunphey, Deseret News)
Brazil’s Catholic bishops raise their voices against mining on Indigenous land
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Brazil: Muslim sheikh and Catholic priest join forces for São Paulo’s homeless
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
EVENT, 16 May 2022 (6PM ET): How Catholics Became American: 2022 Annual Penn Club Reception
(Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture)
If budgets are moral documents, what does the US budget say about ours?
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)
Lufthansa CEO apologizes for 'antisemitism' on his airline
(The Jerusalem Post)
Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, featured in African Catholic Voices podcast
(World Council of Churches)
African women church leaders to gather at WCC for dynamic dialogue
(World Council of Churches)
From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out: Buffalo reminds us: Jews and Blacks are allies.
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
What you need to know about the antisemitic ideology behind the Buffalo shooting
(Philissa Cramer and Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
'I wish all Jews to hell' — Buffalo shooter was a fascist white supremacist
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)
Black and Asian organizations gather together in "Faith Walk" in New York's Chinatown
(Alexandra Jane, The Root)
Churches are invited to commemorate refugees who died at the European borders
(Conference of European Churches)
Indian court bans large Muslim gathering at mosque after Hindu idols found
(The News International)
Indian authorities demand pastors cease religious activities
(International Christian Concern)
India: Christian leaders urge Governor not to give assent to anti-conversion Ordinance
(The Hindu)
Indian Christians smell political game behind anti-conversion move
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2022
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack
(Amy Taxin, Ken Ritter and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
China: Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
(Huizhong Wu and Dake Kang, Associated Press)
Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal
(Gosia Wozniacka, Associated Press)
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal
(Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 16 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Space Force captain with religious objections to vaccine mandate is denied injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholic doctrine has always rejected abortion: But what about Catholics in pews today?
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)
Does religious freedom law give you a right to abortion?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
How overturning Roe threatens LGBTQ+ rights — faith leaders need to defend them
(Serene Jones and Fred Davie, The Hill)
Will overturning Roe finally allow Catholics to pursue a consistent ethic of life?
(Steven P. Millies, Religion News Service)
After Christendom: Catholicism in a more secular future
(Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Commonweal)
New saints feature Muslim-Catholic pioneer, priest-journalist killed by Nazis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In tiny Malta, the Catholic Church still has a shot at getting secularism right
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Biden approves plan to redeploy US troops to Somalia
(Deutsche Welle)
Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts
(Odette Yousef, National Public Radio)
What Harvard taught us about how anti-Semitism can go unchallenged
(Jonathon S. Tobin, Jewish News Syndicate)
Patriarch Kirill calls Orban one of few European politicians who stands up for Christian values
(Interfax-Religion)
Concerning the new converts to Eastern Orthodoxy: Are they MAGA clones or worse?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
UK: The Schools Bill 2022: some initial observations
(Law & Religion UK)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 15th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Secular revolutions and religious counterrevolutions
(David P. Gushee, Baptist News Global)
Church leaders slam Israeli police attack on Abu Akleh’s funeral
(Al Jazeera)
Killing of Palestinian-American journalist sparks call for independent investigation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
UK: Government halts ALL contact with National Union of Students over antisemitism fears
(Jewish News)
Neither a flatterer nor a Lockean be: Peter Augustine Lawler as a Catholic political philosopher
(Daniel J. Mahoney, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Mauritania: The discreet witness of a tiny Catholic flock in an Islamic republic
(Clémence Cluzel, La Croix International)
Australia: A good Catholic meddles in politics
(Michael Dyer, La Croix International)
Qur’an and Torah on religious pluralism is God’s will – OpEd
(Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
Trio that defrauded churches with bogus building loans sentenced to years in prison
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
Urban ministry conference discusses pros and cons of federal and state funding
(Audrey Jackson, Religion Unplugged)
UK MPs call for independent probe into Abu Akleh killing
(Al Jazeera)
Bridging humanity – the notion of clash of civilisations to build alliances and strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations and people
(Religions for Peace)
How Mary Whitehouse waged war on pornography
(Jonathon Van Maren, First Things)
Catholic school asserts ‘ministerial exemption’ in lawsuit over firing of gay guidance counselor
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Catholic high school defends right to pass faith to next generation
(Becket)
Sri Lankans celebrate Buddhist festival at protest site
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Korean diocese launches restaurant to serve poor
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Vietnam bishops visit pagodas during vesak to promote harmony
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Nigeria: Religion and blasphemy: A critical perspective
(Toyyib Musa-Omoloja, The Niche)
Nigerian bishop urges calm after carnage over blasphemy case
(Justine John Dyikuk, Union of Catholic Asian News)
UK: Mosque for children, teenagers planned at Nelson Library in England
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Are Jews a race under U.S. law?
(Eugene Volokh, Tablet Magazine)
WCC Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly: “the call for unity, reconciliation, justice, and peace remains our mission today"
(World Council of Churches)
Pakistan: Sikh community on target in Peshawar, Pakistan
(Hindustan News Hub)
Religious liberty rights of students, teachers are not the same
(Holly Hollman, Bloomberg Law)
Afghanistan: Taliban say no Christians live in Afghanistan; US groups concerned
(Voice of America)
Open Doors’ CEO David Curry appointed to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Religion News Service)
‘Reprehensible’: Oz condemns GOP opponent’s tweet on Islam
(Steve Peoples, Associated Press)
American Muslim organizations unite to reject ADL’s ‘slander’ and support Palestinian human rights
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Sunday, 15 May 2022
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, due 15 May 2022: KAICIID Fellows Programme 2023
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Friday, 13 May 2022
Some Catholic abortion foes are uneasy about overturning Roe
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Overturning Roe is a huge win for evangelicals. It won’t end their political game.
(Marcia Pally, Religion News Service)
Podcast: A growing post-Roe divide between 'Jesusland' and the 'United States of Canada'?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
While polls show ambivalence, SCOTUS striking down Roe would let each state decide
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe
(Clyde McGrady and Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post)
What is 'personhood'? The ethics question that needs a closer look in abortion debates
(Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation)
New York bishops pledge support for mothers in statement on abortion
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
No more murder charge for women in Louisiana abortion bill
(Kevin McGill, Religion News Service)
Biden's abortion stance and Catholic faith have never been more at odds
(Brian Bennett , Time)
Anti-abortion groups warn lawmakers against criminalizing having an abortion
(Alison Durkee, Forbes)
Why pro-abortion activists desecrate churches
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)
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