Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 6 June 2022
Vaccine case roundup: Mandates across country largely upheld in recent court decisions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tampa Bay Rays players cite faith to explain concerns about ‘Pride Night’
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
New book: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States
(Gene Zubovich, University of Pennsylvania Press)
Interview: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the U.S.
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Iran: Monthly FORB News Digest about Baha’is and Christians in May 2022
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Uganda: Bishops to discuss controversial EACOP project in June Plenary
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 5th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistan court grants bail to mentally ill Christian in blasphemy case
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Asian Church leaders call for 'ecological conversion'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Two weeks in review, 23 May – 5 June 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Abuse survivors call for more action than proposed by Southern Baptists’ task force
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Faith leaders, labor advocates push for White House meeting on poverty
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religion and the American constitutional experiment
(John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Colombia: Bishops in Colombia urge voters to choose wisely in polls for new president
(La Croix International)
Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel: In a first, Israeli government to pay Orthodox women to advise on Jewish law
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What comes after the Religious Right?
(Nate Hochman, The New York Times)
The ‘dangerous inversion’
(Kevin D. Williamson, National Review)
Tel Aviv study claims antisemitism in Black Lives Matter movement being ignored
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
Belarus: Patriarch Kirill calls Belarus a truly sovereign state
(Interfax-Religion)
Thinking about that 'Define evangelical' thing, with Andrew Walker, Ryan Burge (and Mark Noll)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
War: what is it that religions really say about peace?
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Bulgaria: The Supreme Court of Cassation in Bulgaria returned “Islamic case” back to square one
(Petar Gramatikov, The European Times)
Human rights, the China challenge, and American foreign policy: A conversation with Peter Berkowitz
(Peter Berkowitz and Daniel E. Burns, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
US Catholic churches suffer rash of thefts and vandalism, but cause remains a mystery
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
EEOC sues Del Frisco’s of Georgia for firing employee because of her religion
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
India faces diplomatic backlash in Muslim countries for remarks about Islam
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)
India: Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Iran summons Indian Ambassador over insult to Prophet Muhammad
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: Diplomatic storm over BJP staff insult of Prophet Muhammad
(Al Jazeera)
Qatar, other Muslim nations condemn India over anti-Islam remarks
(Al Jazeera)
India: 30 Christians jailed in India as persecution in the country escalates
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
India: At least 22 dead after Indian pilgrim bus falls into gorge
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Why Trump’s MAGA resonates with White Christian nationalism
(Eric C. Miller, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
US with a Report on Religious Freedom in Bulgaria: Mosques are not built or repaired
(Sofia News Agency)
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program
(Amy McCaig, Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP))
Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)
Finland: Helsinki Court of Appeals announces Päivi Räsänen case will be reopened
(Evangelical Focus)
Historic wooden Orthodox church burns down in Donetsk monastic complex
(Euronews)
Pope to government leaders: ‘Please seek a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine and do not lead humanity to ruin'
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Saturday, 4 June 2022
The China shock: Germany turns away from its biggest trading partner
(Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Germany: A forum of European military rabbis has been established in Germany
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Germany: Emotional Dachau ceremony acknowledges ‘the slow repair of Jewish life in Germany’
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
Russian artillery hits monastery in Ukraine's east, says Zelenskiy
(Reuters)
Ukraine blames Russia for blaze at revered Orthodox church in east
(Al Arabiya News)
UK: Would the Church of England survive under a new monarch? Its prospects are bleak
(Eliot Wilson, i news)
Friday, 3 June 2022
On the nomination of Nazila Ghanea as FoRB Special Rapporteur
(Twitter, Ahmed Shaheed)
UK: Orthodox rabbis don’t enter churches. So why was Britain’s chief rabbi at St. Paul’s Cathedral?
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UK: Freedom of Religion or Belief: 2022 International Ministerial Conference
(YouTube Video, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Exhumation and judicial review in Northern Ireland: McGuigan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
WCC urges reconsideration of UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
(World Council of Churches)
UK: Platinum Jubilee: Queen pulls out of St Paul's Cathedral service
(Dulcie Lee ad Hamzah Abbas, BBC News)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, deadline 3 June 2022: The Value(s) of the European Convention on Human Rights
(University of Oslo)
CAR: Missionary priest praises Central African Republic for abolishing death penalty
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux)
CAIR-MA files claim against McDonald’s on behalf of Muslim woman intentionally served bacon
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Complaint: McDonald’s intentionally sold Muslim family bacon
(Mark Pratt, AP News)
Americans' erratic relationship with religion will be tested again after abortion ruling, experts say
(Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA Today)
St. Vincent workers who declined COVID-19 vaccine sue hospital for religious discrimination
(Johnny Magdaleno, Indy Star)
Australia: ‘A normalised culture of antisemitism’: students sue Melbourne school, alleging Jews were bullied
(Staff, Australian Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Preventing mass atrocities in Afghanistan
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Canada: Words aren't enough to stop hate crimes in N.L., says head of Muslim association
(CBC News)
Case page: 303 Creative v. Elenis
(Becket)
The Supreme Court still has to tackle religious rights: #CourtChatter
(Twitter, Bloomberg Politics)
Being able to express one’s faith at work is a shared American value
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Corporations are embracing religious diversity
(Kevin Stocklin, The American Conservative)
A summary of the conference that changed my perspective of religious freedom
(Killian Canto, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
When you are able to bring your whole self to work, expect greatness: An Intern story
(Sara Caycho, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
My research took on new meaning at Dare to Overcome
(Jane Sandberg, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Weekly Highlight #207: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Faith to action’s repository on children and covid-19; looming food crises and religious coping; vaccine requirements in schools
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Utah Interfaith Pride service celebrates the divine and LGBTQ lives and loves
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
China a ‘glaring example’ of religious repression, US says
(Al Jazeera)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: FORB Bimonthly (16-31.05.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Western consulates in Hong Kong ignore Beijing appeal not to openly comment on Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary
(Nadia Lam, Laura Westbrook, and Edith Lin, South China Morning Post)
Meet the first minister of gun violence prevention
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Report: Israel arrested no Jews over violent, racist march
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Jerusalem: Int’l union for Muslim scholars calls for defending Al-Aqsa
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Israel signs free trade deal with UAE, first-ever with an Arab state
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Instagram video: Public school graduation ceremonies and the Free Exercise clause
(Hannah Santos, Freedom Forum Institute)
A new history of the Transcendentalists
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
World Jewish Congress welcomes UN special rapporteur’s action plan against antisemitism
(World Jewish Congress)
Education is the key to further protecting religious practices in Europe, says EU official
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Humanitarian access in conflict zones: The role of faith-based actors
(YouTube Video, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
AP-NORC poll details rift between lay Catholics and bishops
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Kashmir: Hindu banker and a worker from India fatally shot in Kashmir
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
India decries ‘biased’ US report on religious freedom
(Al Jazeera)
Some India officials ignoring or supporting religious attacks: US
(Al Jazeera)
India: “Family a seedbed for change”: Fostering a new culture of equality in India
(Bahá’í World News Service)
India: A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Spain fires captain whose soldiers knelt at Franco memorial
(Ciarán Giles, Associated Press)
Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape
(Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press)
Campus ministries, counselors join to tackle mental health
(Giovanna Dell'Orto and Kathryn Post, Associated Press)
Certiorari denied in church's challenge to Colorado COVID restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit hears oral arguments on reinstatement of doctor who refuses vaccination on religious grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Doctor meets 7th Cir. skepticism in bid for vaccine exemption
(Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law)
Suit challenges California group's ethnic studies curriculum as antisemitic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Louisiana Legislature passes ‘fix’ to make it easier for sex abuse victims to sue
(Julie O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator)
Louisiana legislature clarifies child sex-abuse look-back window
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Parents can move ahead with challenge to school's transgender transition policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
COVID testing requirement survives Free Exercise challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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