Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
India: Dalit woman is youngest mayor of India's fourth largest city, Chennai
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Black and Asian refugees fleeing Ukraine face additional barriers, discrimination
(Mark Wingfield, Baptist News Global)
India’s Hindu nationalist party faces test in state polls
(Krutika Pathi And Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Missouri House OKs guns on buses, in churches
(Associated Press)
Michigan announces 1st charges in Boy Scouts investigation
(David Eggert, Associated Press)
Kansas teacher sues district over preferred pronouns policy
(Margaret Stafford, Associated Press)
US tells China: Give UN rights chief wide access in Xinjiang
(Associated Press)
Israel, Turkey vow to heal rift despite sharp differences
(Burhan Ozbilici and Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Religious runner exalts in victory on athletes’ expression
(Patrick Orsagos and Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press)
Moscow patriarch stokes Orthodox tensions with war remarks
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Amid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with support
(Travis Loller, Associated Press)
New York governor, clergy and ambassadors join Orthodox leaders to pray for Ukraine
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Top Vatican diplomat has phone call with Russian foreign minister
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin spoke to white nationalists a week after she asked a rabbi if she could help fight antisemitism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israel to allow 25,000 non-Jewish Ukrainian immigrants to stay
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Is David French a Christian nationalist? Manufacturing Christian nationalism
(Mark David Hill, Providence Mag)
Patriarch Kirill accuses neighbors of Russia, Ukraine of trying to divide countries' people by lies
(Interfax-Religion)
Belarus: Soldiers' mothers detained for prayers for end to war on Ukraine
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Stories about Ukrainian Jews? Try a 1,000-year history, the Pale of Settlement and a global diaspora
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Vatican 'Synod on Synodality': Why the press has largely ignored this big Catholic story
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Rabbi Lord Sacks digital archive launched
(Jewish News)
UK: Church leaders in Lancaster and Morecambe among those to sign government letter opposing ‘conversion therapy’ ban
(Gayle Rouncivell, Lancaster Guardian)
UK: Stop Uyghur Genocide group urges community to lobby MPs
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
UK: Citing the Uyghurs, House of Lords says 'no' to commerce with genocidal states
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
UK: COVID-19: Guidance from the Church in Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Eastern Orthodoxy's estrangement from democracy after the end of communism
(Aristotle Papanikolaou, McGrath Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame)
EEOC issues updated guidance regarding religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine requirements
(Aimee Bierman and Tracy Thomas Boland, JD Supra)
Christians and the University of Austin
(John Nunes, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
South Korea: Anti-discrimination law continues to divide South Korea's faith groups
(Nicolas Rocca, La Croix International)
Brazil's bishops denounce mining projects in indigenous areas
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)
Network for Dialogue publishes new policy brief series on refugee integration
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Paranoid politics and scapegoating Jews and Muslims – OpEd
(Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)
The Council of Churches asks international organizations to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, - statement of the AUCCRO
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Honduras: Christian medical mission Predisan transforms health care for region of Honduras
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)
Statement of the Religions for Peace World Council on International Women’s Day
(Religions for Peace)
Needed: An ecumenical reset
(George Weigel, First Things)
The role of religion in Russia’s war on Ukraine
(John P. Burgess, First Things)
Constitutional convention necessary to reclaim America, Santorum tells Christian broadcasters
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Russia’s recognition of the ‘Separatist Republics’ in Ukraine was manifestly unlawful
(Marc Weller, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Mercenary or combatant? Ukraine’s international legion of territorial defense under international humanitarian law
(Ilya Nuzov, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Volume 12, Number 1, February 2022 Special Issue: Gender Equality in Abrahamic Circumcision: Why or Why Not?
(Global Discourse)
Myanmar: Catholic church damaged in airstrike by Myanmar military
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Canada: Our inner guide: Protecting freedom of conscience
(Cardus)
Canada: Reasonable limits: How far does religious freedom go in Canada?
(Dwight Newman, Cardus)
Canada: Needs improvement: How public schools teach about religion
(Andrew Bennett, Cardus)
Canada: "And yet..." Regarding Canada Bill C-229, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (banning symbols of hate)
(James Christie, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Canada: Memo: Hamilton Bill 21 challenge
(Brian Dijkema, Cardus)
Canada: Hamilton joins other municipalities in condemning Quebec's Bill 21
(Kevin Werner, The Hamilton Spectator)
Canada: Let's depolarize debates about religious freedom in Canada
(Andrew Bennett and Mike Farwell, Cardus)
French EU Presidency: CEC and COMECE meet with Ambassador Leglise-Costa
(Conference of European Churches)
France: 4 convicted in Islamic State killing of French priest
(Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press)
Montenegro: CEC promotes safe and strong faith communities in Montenegro
(Conference of European Churches)
Portuguese churches receive training to ensure safe and strong communities
(Conference of European Churches)
Germany: Ukrainian Catholics in Germany overcome despair and swing into action
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Germany: Urgent appeal against the deportation of an Ahmadi to Pakistan
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ireland: The review of the operation of Ireland’s abortion law, and more
(The Iona Institute)
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
WEBINAR, 8 March 2022 (10:30 AM ET): Women’s Roles in Advancing International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 7 March 2022
‘Turn the clock forward on women’s rights’: UN chief’s International Women’s Day message
(United Nations)
Humanity is at a tipping point
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Remote work increases the need for freedom of religion and belief
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
United Methodist Church postpones meeting to discuss split over LGBTQ inclusion for third time
(Emily McFarlan Miller, The Washington Post)
Church Reporter, Vol. 7/3, 6 March 2022 (issue devoted to the war against Ukraine) - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
Defending religion in Ukraine – Russia's Putin distorts shared Christian roots to justify war
(Knox Thames, Fox News)
Religious Confession and Evidential Privilege in the 21st Century (20% discount)
(Mark Hill QC and A. Keith Thompson, eds., Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd)
Russia-Ukraine: War crimes in Ukraine
(Aaron Rhodes, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Address of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia about the war in Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russian church leader appears to blame gay pride parades for Ukraine war
(The Moscow Times)
Russian religious leaders and movements to be sanctioned – Black List 1
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
The religious factor in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict - Analysis (Italian)
(Antonello De Oto, Formiche)
The Patriarch’s complicity in the invasion of Ukraine
(Igumen Vladimir (Tobin), Orthodoxy in Dialogue)
Lviv eparchy of UOC-MP demands Archieparchy Sobor (Council) to declare an independance from Moscow
(DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Australia: Law and Religion elective for later year Law students
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Iraq: A new test for Iraq’s democracy and stability
(Knox Thames, The United States Institute of Peace)
Iran: Case closed: Christians’ house-church worship was not ‘action against national security’
(Article 18)
USCCB supports praying football coach in Supreme Court case
(Katie Yoder, National Catholic Register)
Sudan: Church building locked, leaders arrested in Sudan
(Morning Star News)
Will Ukraine's Christians lose their religious freedoms if Russia wins the war?
(Ben Cohen, Christian Today)
AP photos: Lviv residents seek comfort in Sunday service
(Bernat Armangué, Associated Press)
Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear
(Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Associated Press)
Pakistan: Death toll climbs to 63 in deadly Pakistan IS mosque attack
(Kathy Gannon and Riaz Khan, Associated Press)
Pakistan: KAICIID Board of Directors condemns bombing of Pakistani mosque
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Pakistan: Ayatollah Sistani denounces terrorist blast in Peshawar Mosque
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Pakistan: CSW calls for increased protections for Shia community after suicide bomb attack
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Local churches shun Vatican’s moderate stance on Russia
(Associated Press)
Articles of Interest - 7 March 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Code enforcement against Buddhist temple did not violate Free Exercise clause or RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s Russia
(Lena Surzhko Harned, Religion News Service)
Members of the Church in Europe provide relief and help to refugees
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Ukrainians are streaming out of the country. What are faith-based organizations doing to help?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
CWFL welcomes 25 women of faith leaders to 2022 Fellowship Program
(Institute for Global Engagement)
In emotional appeal to US Jewish leaders, Zelensky calls Russian invasion ‘pure Nazism’
(Ron Kampeas and Asaf Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Long bus rides, temporary shelters and lots of phone calls: Inside the Jewish response to the mounting refugee crisis in Poland
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘Arbitrary, unscientific, and irrational’: D.C. families seek exception to mask mandate in Catholic schools
(Jack Butler, National Review)
The religious roots of Ukrainian resistance
(George Weigel, Catholic World Report)
Moscow church portrays itself as victim in wartime conditions
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Government can invoke state secrets privilege in lawsuit alleging unlawful surveillance
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Question for New York Times scribes and others: Did Vladimir Putin dream up the Kievan Rus?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Plug-In: Seeking Russia-Ukraine war input? Here are some religious perspectives
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
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