Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 9 June 2022
PRESS CONFERENCE, 9 June 2022 (7PM in Vienna): New Report on Self-Censorship
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 June 2022 (9:30AM ET): Gathering The Evidence of Persecution: The Importance of Documentation and Launch of the “International Protocol On Documenting Violations Of Religious Freedom”
(Open Doors International (ODI) and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI))
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
SCOTUS religion cases: A new online database for scholars of law and religion
(Justin Latterell and Rachel Kennedy, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
European Court issues landmark judgment against Russia for persecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Russia: Strasbourg rules Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 is unlawful
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia ordered to pay $67 million to Jehovah’s Witnesses over illegal ban, human rights court says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Russia: Draft bill stipulating fines up to 10 mln rubles for propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations submitted to State Duma
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
(Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters)
Russian court gives four Jehovah's Witnesses real jail time, suspended sentences in Trans-Baikal Territory
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia pressured Moscow chief rabbi to publicly support Ukraine war — He refused - report
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Monks have their own way of viewing conditions of war
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian army averted damage to Sviatogorsk Lavra's historical and Orthodox monuments
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Recent cases of persecution of Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Cruz, Lee lead over 50 lawmakers urging Supreme Court to reaffirm religious liberty in artistic freedom case
(Kelly Laco, Fox News)
‘Life and Dignity for All’ is theme of USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week
(Catholic News Service)
America has the wrong approach to religious freedom in the Middle East
(Robert Nicholson, National Review)
India tightens security after militants threaten attacks over anti-Muslim remarks
(Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain, Reuters)
India’s insult of the Prophet Muhammad is a sign of deeper Islamophobia
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
India: Kanpur BJP leader arrested for derogatory tweets against Prophet
(Ranjai Singh, India Today)
India’s BJP asks members to be cautious after prophet remarks row
(Al Jazeera)
India comes closer to outlawing Christian conversions
(Tim Dustin, Open Doors)
China: Letters from lockdown: A Shanghai pastor on pandemics and persecutions
(Zhang San, The Gospel Coalition)
Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he ‘insulted’ Islam
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Top German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
What is Christian politics? Insights from Sergius Bulgakov
(YouTube Video, Volos Academy for Theological Studies)
The current state of ecumenism in Europe
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
Weekly Highlight #208: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Finance, exemptions, conspiracies, and future uncertainties
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
New global study shows journalists need more religious literacy
(Alessio Atria, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Spain: First international congress on religious freedom in Catalonia
(Evangelical Focus)
Vietnam: 15 Hmong religious believers sentenced to total 38 years in prison after police raid on funeral
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Finland: Hate speech case re-opened against Christian MP in Finland
(Christian Today)
Muslim prison guard fired for allegedly filing false report
(Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press)
US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
(Eric Tucker, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 7 June 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NY school districts not required to provide bussing for religious schools on days public schools are closed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York court reaffirms its decision upholding required coverage for medically necessary abortions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court resolves details of last rites during inmate's execution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: No interlocutory appeal of ministerial exception determination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Universal Life Church prevails in Pennsylvania settlement over conducting marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC condemns congresswoman’s embrace of Christian nationalism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Buddhists
(Dhruba Das, Jonathan S. Coley, Gary John Adler Jr., Religion News Service)
The Catholic bishops support gun control. Why don’t we hear more about it?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Religious leaders in Los Angeles talk abortion rights with Vice President Kamala Harris
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Guatemala: Faith groups call on US to pressure Guatemala on democracy, human rights
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
White Churches, it’s time to go pro-life on guns
(Charlie Dates, Christianity Today)
Belarus: "A Christian cannot say that what's going on in Ukraine is good"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Latest massacre of Nigerian Christians? It would help to know this was the Feast of Pentecost
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The New Yorker profiles a pro-life ob-gyn student and the Twitter mobs descend
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Anti-Muslim behavior rising in UK: Poll
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
UK: MPs debate violence in Nigeria following church massacre on Pentecost Sunday
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
Should the Church of England be disestablished?
(Jonathan Chaplin, Law & Religion UK)
Minimum age for marriage – Faculty Office advice
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Declaration of the General Secretary of COMECE on the EP discussion on “Global threats to abortion rights”
(Alessandro Di Maio, The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Explainer: State Department releases 2021 International Religious Freedom Report
(Daniel Hostetter, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
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)
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