Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Ukraine: Polish bishops condemn attacks directed against civilians
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Pope Francis holds video call with Russian Patriarch Kirill
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A Texas pastor wants Evangelicals to forge ties with Muslims and Jews. Will they listen?
(Chris Moody, Religion Unplugged)
Russia ordered to suspend its military operations in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
D.C. Jewish community providing aid to Ukrainian refugees
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
ICJ indicates provisional measures against Russia, in a near total win for Ukraine; Russia expelled from the Council of Europe
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Bangladeshi politician's call for veils at schools criticized
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Cambodia honors French bishop for social development
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Saudi Arabia: Islamic forum urges int’l bodies to address mass execution in Saudi Arabia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Libya: Concern for members of the Tanweer Movement
(Humanists International)
Kenya: Churches to resume full capacity as interfaith council lifts restrictions
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Zambia: Jesuit institution lauds President Hichilema’s reformist address
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Rwanda: “Assess emerging needs to shape future interventions,” CARITAS Africa urges
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Sri Lanka cardinal calls on world to pressure govt to investigate 2019 church attacks
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Global conferences: Fostering a culture of peace, contributing to social betterment
(Bahá’í World News Service)
UK: Lords move to overturn "Unjustifiable" government decision to end at-home abortion services
(Noa Hoffman, Politics Home)
UK: Evangelicals have experienced 'hostile' backlash for opposition to gay conversion therapy ban
(Julian Mann, Christian Today)
WCC will share regional prayers in lead-up to UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(World Council of Churches)
European churches focus on wellbeing of digitalized societies and workplaces
(Conference of European Churches)
He stood up to radical Islam. Now he targets the left’s forgiveness (paywall)
(Gaby Levin, Haaretz)
Weekly Highlight #197: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Faith and COVID-19: Resource repository
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Ukraine appoints mission of experts following invocation of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism
(The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
WEBINAR, 15 March 2022 (1PM CET): The Expendable and Targeted Communities: Religious or Belief Minorities at Risk. Session Two: the UN Special Rapporteur’s new report on conflict & instability & the situation of religious minorities in Iraq & Myanmar
(International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the U. S. Mission to the United Nations)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 March 2022 (8AM EDT): Religious Leaders Contending with the Common Enemy of COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 14 March 2022
ESSAY CONTEST, 14 March 2022: Annual Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest (High School)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The madness of war and the weapons of the Spirit: The Catholic Church and peace for Ukraine
(Andrea Pin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Iran: Database of Baha’i prisoners
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Now is the time to increase global efforts
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Building bridges between gender equality and religious freedom
(Shirin Taber, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Law-and-religion news stories from around the web - 14 March 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Announcing the Sixth Biennial Colloquium in Law & Religion (Fall 2022)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Ukraine’s only woman rabbi among the many Jews fleeing war
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Iran suspends talks with Saudi after mass execution
(Amir Vahdat, Associated Press)
Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)
Vatican in ‘pain’ at Nicaragua expulsion of papal nuncio
(Associated Press)
Defamation suit dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 14 March 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
With war in Ukraine, Pope Francis’ yearslong outreach to Kirill appears to be in ruins
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
US Jews furiously raise money, send delegations to help Ukraine
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, ‘reconsider’ comments on Ukraine
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Russian Orthodox parishes in Europe pressured from both sides as war rages in Ukraine
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Evangelical scientist Katharine Hayhoe finds hope in United Nations’ climate report
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Evangelicalism isn’t dying, and Catholics are going Republican
(Jana Riess, Religion News Service)
Study: Atheists who are women, Republicans or Southerners more likely to hide beliefs
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
The history of lynching is more heartbreaking than you think
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
East Timor bishops object to use of Church symbols in presidential campaigns
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How Pope Francis could lead a ‘soft power’ push on Ukraine
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Puerto Rico religious leaders welcome long-awaited debt restructuring plan
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
There goes that Ryan Burge guy, again: Myths about evangelicals, Catholics and others
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
One of the central religion-beat issues of our day: What is 'Christian nationalism'?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
In rare show of unity, all 25 Jewish House Democrats blast Amnesty director’s comments on Israel
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Yeshiva, they can: New N.Y. regulations requiring private school students to learn the basics must be enforced
(Editorial Board, New York Daily News)
Cornel West sees a spiritual decay in the culture
(Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker)
Russia shells mosque housing 80 civilians in Mariupol: Ukraine
(Al Jazeera)
Russia’s unjust attack and Ukraine’s just war
(Jakub Grygiel, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
AUCCRO calls on Belarusian religious leaders not to allow their army to be involved in the war against Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
India: How Sikhs became a new target of India’s right wing and voted No to BJP
(Midhat Fatimah, Religion Unplugged)
India: Hands off her hijab
(Avni Aghi, The McGill International Review)
India: Charity warns than election win in India battleground could escalate trouble for Christians
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)
Putin’s war on Ukrainian children
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Navy SEALs ask Supreme Court to end vaccine exemption punishment
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Faith for Earth Dialogue at UNEA highlights Parliament's interfaith climate action
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
At war: When do states supporting Ukraine or Russia become parties to the conflict and what would that mean?
(Alexander Wentker, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Two weeks in review, 28 February – 13 March 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Russian troops liberate monastery in Nikolskoye occupied by Aidar nationalist battalion militants
(Interfax-Religion)
Specialized Ministries Pre-assembly shared commitment to compassion, peace and justice
(World Council of Churches)
Legal Journal Number 5 (17): February/March 2022 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Head of Ukrainian church relies on intercession of St. Michael
(Website of P.Ts.U., Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Chilean bishops extend support for new left-leaning president
(La Croix International)
Myanmar: Two shot dead in military raid on Myanmar Catholic village
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
South Korea: Scholar’s new book studies life of Muslims in South Korea
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Ukraine invasion splits Orthodox Church, isolates Russian patriarch
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
ACLJ files brief with Supreme Court defending religious liberty and a football coach's right to pray privately after games
(Laura Hernandez, American Center for Law and Justice)
Portuguese Jewish community suspends Sephardic certification effort following rabbi’s arrest
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pakistan: Zoroastrianism & Buddhism added in SNC along with five other religions
(Ayesha Areej, The Academia - Pakistan's Premier Education Magazine)
Islamic finance and lived religion in Denmark and Norway
(The Peace Research Institute Oslo)
Nigeria: We must use religion to help our people – Osinbajo
(Muideen Olaniyi, Daily Trust)
Indonesia: Religious Ministry spokesperson responds to blasphemy allegations
(Tempo)
Report on Countering Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred to Eliminate Discrimination and Intolerance Based on Religion or Belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Leaders of Turkey, Greece hold talks in rare meeting
(Associated Press)
Turkey, Armenia hold 'constructive' talks on mending ties
(Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)
Azerbaijan: State appointment of all imams now in law
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
1st German Catholic diocese allows women to perform baptisms
(Associated Press)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 13th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Friday, 11 March 2022
Army grants first religious waiver for soldier seeking coronavirus vaccine exemption
(Corey Dickstein, Stars and Stripes)
Pentagon asks Supreme Court to lift injunction barring vaccine mandate for military personnel, plus developments in other vaccine mandate cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Houses of worship, nonprofits to see more federal security funding in spending bill
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Saudi blogger reported freed after decade in prison
(Associated Press)
Saudi Arabia: Release of Raif Badawi an overdue and a necessary step for Saudi Arabia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Guatemala Congress bans same-sex marriage
(BBC News)
Guatemala Foreign Affairs: ‘Let us unite in a common pro-life and pro- family cause’
(Javier Bolaños, Evangelical Focus)
WEBINAR, 11 March 2022 (9AM EST): Faith and the COVID-19 Pandemic at Two Years: A Retrospective
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 11 March 2022 (2PM CET): The Expendable and Targeted Communities: Religious or Belief Minorities at Risk. Session One: recommendations from the Forum on Minority Issues & the situation of minorities in Xinjiang, Afghanistan & Nigeria
(International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the U. S. Mission to the United Nations)
Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout ‘God’s law,’ but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn’t work
(Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation)
The religious battle for Ukraine
(Knox Thames)
WEBINAR, 17 March 2022 (12PM EDT): Cathonomics: Can Catholic social thought provide the basis for a more just economic paradigm?
(A Conversation with Anthony M. Annett, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
China: Church of Almighty God persecution continues to increase
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Chile's first gay couple weds as same sex marriage law takes effect
(Fabian Cambero, Reuters)
Iraq: 20-year-old girl who converted to Christianity murdered after Tik Tok Video
(Premier Christian News)
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