Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Role of religion
(Religions for Peace)
EVENT, 19-20 April 2022: A Quarter Century of Public Religions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Canada: Security funding at a ‘standstill’ for mosques who urgently need support from Ottawa
(Olivia Bowden, Toronto Star)
Weekly Highlight #202: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Major holidays; translating localization into practice
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Suzanne Scholte full interview (on rights in North Korea)
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)
Russia: 5th anniversary of the ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Statistics about the repression
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
The war in Ukraine: History of relationship between religious and civil powers
(Giovanni Codevilla, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Sudan: Church leader and members attacked during service
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Bermuda: Banning same-sex marriage for religious reasons not contrary to Bermuda constitution
(The Times)
Malaysia: Over 500 Rohingya flee Malaysian detention, 6 die on highway
(Associated Press)
Pakistan: U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar meets with Pakistani leaders
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
UN chief urges 4-day Easter ‘pause’ in fighting in Ukraine
(Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)
Supreme Court refuses interim relief in airman's religious challenge to covid vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rules against Air Force officer who refused vaccine
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Supreme Court preview: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
(Jeff Neal, Harvard Law Today)
A praying football coach makes his case
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Coach prayer case raises big free speech, religious rights questions for schools
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)
S3, Ep. 14: #NoPrayToPlay: Previewing the Kennedy v. Bremerton case (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Is there a bold religious movement for access to abortion?
(Candice Watters, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
She’s a mom, Sunday school teacher — and prominent religious freedom attorney
(Bobby Ross Jr., The Christian Chronicle)
Michigan lawmaker’s forceful speech rebuts ‘grooming’ attack
(David Eggert, Associated Press)
With the pandemic coming to an end, we should reflect on our religious liberty
(Katie Geary, Daily Caller)
A bipartisan win for religious freedom
(Sean Nelson, Newsweek)
NJ diocese agrees to $87.5M deal to settle sex abuse suits
(Mike Catalini, Associated Press)
3 Black churches rebuilding in Louisiana after 2019 arson
(Associated Press)
Filipino clergymen defend outspoken support for Robredo
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel: Timeline: Al-Aqsa raids, closures and restrictions
(Dalia Hatuqa and Alia Chughtai, Al Jazeera)
Israel: Even Israeli secularists don't want a separation of religion and state
(Antwane Shulhut, Middle East Eye)
Jerusalem's Christian churches resist Israeli settlers
(AFP, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Explore the exhibitor & sponsorship opportunities at the 2023 Parliament
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Sikhs, Muslims, Jews sue Marine Corps, Navy over restrictions on beards, hair
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Recordings available: Religious actors & humanitarian norms compliance in armed conflict: Roles, influence, engagement
(The Generating Respect Project)
India top court halts demolition drive in violence-hit Delhi area
(Al Jazeera)
India: Religious clashes across India spark fears of further violence
(Gerry Shih and Anant Gupta, The Washington Post)
India: Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin demands Jerusalem church as Israel promised
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
Jewish groups assess Georgia's failure to add state definition of antisemitism
(Dave Schechter, Religion Unplugged)
The Catholic controversy over conscience in the 20th century
(David Cloutier, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Locke’s radical claims for conscience
(Joseph Loconte, The Heritage Foundation)
Judge will likely stay out of money dispute between Catholic Church and LA Unified
(Courthouse News Service)
Pro-lifers aren’t ‘imposing their religious views’
(Alexandra Desanctis, National Review)
Finding hope — and faith — in the climate change debate
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Vietnam: Amnesty International blasts new proposed social media regulations in Vietnam
(Radio Free Asia)
Here’s an Earth Day project: Save the sacred Apache lands
(The Hill)
Anti-death penalty experts address over 250 people of faith as four executions loom
(Religion News Service)
Religion is central in film depicting last abortion clinic along Texas’ southern border
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Moscow Patriarch, who backs Putin, gets another plea from World Council of Churches to intervene for a ceasefire in Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Liberal religion's sharp decline closes Reform Jewish seminary. How about some elite news ink?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
This religious season reminds us of faith’s liberating promise
(E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post)
Renovations complete, Washington’s LDS temple provides rare public glimpse inside
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Hollywood is using Orthodox Jews as a cudgel to bash all people of faith
(Yaakov Menken and Jonathan Bronitsky, Washington Examiner)
African bishops call for world leaders to reject ‘unequal and unsustainable’ economic model
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Australian bishops to voters: Remember the most vulnerable
(Catholic News Service)
‘No schools, no churches!’: Black sisters and the fight for Black Catholic education
(Shannen Dee Williams, Commonweal)
Atheists, spurred by growing ranks, gather for first time since start of pandemic
(Heather Greene, Religion News Service)
How should Christians think about the war in Ukraine?
(Collin Bastian, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Sweden riots over Quran burning: What is happening?
(Al Jazeera)
Turkey’s long-standing freedom of religion or belief issues remain unresolved: report
(Turkish Minute)
UK: Harassment in employment?: Ali v Heathrow Express
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: We need more religion in politics, not less
(David Aaronovitch, The Times)
UK: The Church shouldn’t have a privileged platform in political debate
(National Secular Society)
German intel: Known antisemitism cases ‘tip of the iceberg’
(Associated Press)
Spain: Burger King draws criticism for ‘blasphemous’ ad in Spain
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spain: Masks no longer necessary inside churches in Spain
(Catholic News Agency)
France: Man plants explosive device during mass in Toulouse
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
UK: Repeated vandalism to Hartlepool church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Spain: Pro-abortion and disrespectful tags found on Sarriá church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Italy: Priest and parish people attacked in Rome
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Germany: Church in Halstenbek ransacked
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Saudi Arabia: As COVID-19 shutdown lifts, Mecca’s pilgrims bring Islam’s holiest city back to life
(Rabiya Jaffery, Religion News Service)
Biden to propose removing conscience protections for health care professionals
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Mental health of Muslim healthcare workers during COVID-19
(Dr. Rania Awaad, Kamal Suleiman, Dalia Mogahed, Dr. Lana Abdole, Alizah Ali, and Nour Hammami, nstitute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) and Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab)
Monday, 18 April 2022
Sweden: Several dozen hurt in days of unrest in Sweden
(Agence France-Presse, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Sweden links riots to criminal gangs that target police
(Jari Tanner, Associated Press)
Sweden: European Organization of Islamic Centers denounces Quran desecration in Sweden
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Sweden: Middle East denounces Sweden as riots break out over Quran burning
(Adam Lucente, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
“Friends of the court” making the most of Amicus Curiae with UN Treaty Bodies
(Vincent Ploton, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
President of North Macedonia: Bulgaria offers us a Hitlerite and a Nazi for Rapprochement
(Sofia News Agency)
UK: Archbishop says UK’s Rwanda migrants plan goes against God
(Jill Lawless, Associated Press)
UK: Britain’s Trojan Horse: A hoax that still harms Muslims
(Tahir Mahmood Alam, Al Jazeera)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 17th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Blasphemy laws are bad for security
(Elizabeth O’Casey, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Freedom of Religion or Belief is for EVERYONE
(Joelle Fiss, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Freedom of religion or belief fosters peaceful coexistence
(Mariam Gavtadze, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
The COVID-19 pandemic and freedom of religion or belief
(Merilin Kiviorg, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Freedom of religion or belief builds security
(Dmytro Vovk, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Secularism – is it good or bad for freedom of religion or belief?
(Marco Ventura, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Women need greater freedom of religion or belief
(Emir Kovacevic, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Turkey: Ramadan becomes political battleground in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 April 2022 (8AM MST): The Role of Peace Education in the Covid-19 Recovery
(Religions for Peace)
Centered on compassion and justice, leaders hold interfaith dinners at mosques
(Sarah McCammon, NPR)
Holy days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
The DEA v. religion v. psychedelics
(Dave Hodes, Green Market Report)
Kenya: Atheism in Kenya: Why accurate numbers are hard to come by
(P. Pratap Kumar, The Conversation)
Decades of church-military 'symbiosis' behind pro-Ukraine war stance of Russian Orthodox
(Mark Kellner, The Washington Times)
Cornell University, Chinese students, and the Uyghur Genocide: They tried to silence their Uyghur classmate Rizwangul Nurmuhammad, whose story was told in Bitter Winter. Incredibly, the university tried to appease them.
(Kok Bayraq, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
4 interesting facts about Easter: Disputed origins, different dates, religious significance of the egg
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Wearing black, hot cross buns: 7 Good Friday traditions
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Israel: Reeling from Friday’s clashes, Israel braces for more violence in Jerusalem
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Israel coalition faces new split over Jerusalem violence
(Guillaume Lavallee and Alexandra Vardi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
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