Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 30 May 2022
AJC welcomes UN expert Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s action plan on combating antisemitism
(American Jewish Committee)
Canada: Eradicating doctrinally orthodox chaplains in the Canadian military
(Eric Patterson, World)
Canada: CAI and NCCM call on NHL to implement a lifelong ban of racist fans in aftermath of attacks on Nazem Kadri
(Canadian Arab Institute)
A tale of two genocide cases: International justice in Ukraine and Myanmar
(Juliette McIntyre and Adam Simpson, East Asia Forum)
$2M relic stolen, angel statue beheaded at Brooklyn church
(Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press)
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
(Associated Press)
Nigeria: Don’t vote based on religion, ethnicity, group urges Nigerians
(Godwin Isenyo, Punch)
Nigeria: Prelate of Nigeria Methodist church abducted in southeast
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Egypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years
(Associated Press)
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
(Peter Smith and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Tunisian court bans travel for Islamist party chief, others
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
China: UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)
US slams China’s effort to ‘manipulate’ UN envoy’s Xinjiang visit
(Al Jazeera)
Pope, Anglican, Scottish church leaders to pray in Africa
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
Virginia governor signs act broadly defining "religion" in civil rights laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
VA Gov. Youngkin signs bill enhancing religious freedom protections
(Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Washington's state employee vaccine mandate upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 30 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Does corporate America hold the keys to religious inclusion?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
The Nancy Pelosi communion conflict, explained
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Who’s winning the war for American public opinion: Israelis or Palestinians?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Modest warming in U.S. views on Israel and Palestinians
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center)
Mexico: Bishops in violence-wracked Mexico prioritize quest for peace
(La Croix International)
Mexico: Elder Gerrit W. Gong addresses an Inter-American interfaith forum in Mexico’s Senate Chambers
(Gustavo Ramos, Church News)
Nicaragua: The ways new donations from the Church will help health care in Nicaragua
(Mary Richards, Church News)
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media — 2 political scientists reviewed over 250,000 articles to find conclusive evidence
(Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen, Religion News Service)
Rabbi James Rudin’s memoir recounts the interfaith movement’s hits and misses
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Interfaith leaders join protest outside NRA meeting in Houston
(Katherine Keenan, Religion News Service)
Catholic-Jewish dialogue group visits Georgia, Alabama civil rights sites
(Samantha Smith, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When your job fills in for your faith, that’s a problem
(Carolyn Chen, The New York Times)
Russian Church calls the appointment of an LGBTQ+ representative as White House speaker a moral degradation
(Interfax-Religion)
Indian Muslim union ratifies several resolutions
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: When matters of faith are part of political agendas
(Kapil Sibal, The New Indian Express)
India: The truth behind Indian extremists’ anti-Muslim ‘great replacement theory’
(Charu Sudan Kasturi, The Guardian)
Facing a rise in religous repression in India and elsewhere in South Asia (Season 4 — Ep. 3)
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register)
Book review: Free Speech in a Divided Society
(Mark Movsesian, Law & Liberty)
New book: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
(Jacob Mchangama, Basic Books)
In Lisbon, KAICIID’s latest fellows cohorts graduate, join growing alumni network
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Christianity is not merely another identity
(Ismail Royer, First Things)
Caritas Philippines condemns bid to call off local polls
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong: Masses axed as Tiananmen memorials erased in Hong Kong
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Salt & Light in the Public Square: Summer, 2022. Volume 8, Issue 1.
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Kuyperianism for a New Age (with Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk)
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Sweden: Religious freedom deficit in Sweden
(Xin Ping, China Daily)
Asia and the making of modern American Evangelicalism: An interview with Helen Jin Kim
(Melissa Borja, Patheos)
Malaysia: Religious Minister warns TikTokers to stop dressing up their stand fans in prayer clothes
(Yap Wan Xiang, Says)
Fighting White Christian nationalism at #AHACON22
(Nicole Carr, The Humanist)
Pakistan: Another merciless killing of Ahmadi
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)
Bulgaria: The Pope to Bulgaria’s PM: Corruption is a disease and you can eradicate it
(Sofia News Agency)
Experts put the world on notice: There is a risk of genocide in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Orthodox Church of Lithuania seeks greater independence from Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's oldest Orthodox Church seeks independence, while the Lavra monastery is at risk
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mass intervention?: The joint statement of 41 states on Ukraine v. Russia
(Brian McGarry, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Russia has immunity against any military adventurism - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
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)
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