Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 29 April 2022
Charles Malik, Christian diplomat
(Habib C. Malik, First Things)
Baylor University charters LGBTQ group
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)
What will the next chapter of Islam look like?
(Al Jazeera)
Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse investigation tops $1.7 million
(Anne Stych, Religion Unplugged)
Russians set up a recreation area at the Muslim cemetery in Bakhchisarai, - Denisova
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Putin targets Jehovah’s Witnesses because he assumes few will come to their defense
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Serbia’s Pedro Arrupe Integration House — providing unaccompanied refugee children the childhood they deserve
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Marjorie Taylor Greene showed that the most brutal anti-Catholicism can come from Catholics
(Bill McCormick, America: The Jesuit Review)
Marjorie Taylor Greene feuds with conservative Catholics over ‘Satan’ remarks
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
30 years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
(Richard Flory, Najuma Smith-Pollard, Religion News Service)
Jewish, Muslim groups voice concerns over Musk Twitter takeover
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
China seeks stricter control of religious groups' finances
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: USCIRF: Religious liberty situation worse, not better, in China
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Statement from Rahima Mahmut on #YomHashoah
(Twitter, Stop Uyghur Genocide)
Interview: China has more tools than ever to target Uyghurs abroad
(Reid Standish, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
China: Persecution of Christians in China growing under Xi Jinping
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Supreme Court can save religious liberty for football coaches, and for all Americans
(Mike Pence, Fox News)
The Supreme Court has an opportunity to affirm the religious liberty of our founding
(Mike Pompeo, American Center for Law and Justice)
See which national leaders have toured the Washington D.C. Temple, from the Supreme Court to Congress
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Perspective: The dark side of AI (Artificial intelligence holds promise, but also potential risks for religious freedom)
(Bonnie Glick and Kennedy Lee, Deseret News)
The decline of church-state separation
(Eric C. Miller, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Debate over sanctions against Moscow patriarchate
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Kazakhstan president greets bishops at first plenary meeting
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Kazakhstan: Six months after UN decision, no releases from sentences, no compensation
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
What is religion's role if powerful social media trends are endangering America?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Liberal integralism: Liberals, not conservatives, have truly melded church and state.
(Casey Chalk, The American Conservative)
Ramadan series tackle women’s issues and religion
(Eman Alhussein, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington)
The Christian’s call to civil disobedience?
(Jennifer Gray Woods, Adventist Review)
Egypt: 239 churches and places of worship legalised by government committee
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Egypt: End restrictions on religious rituals
(Human Rights Watch)
How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US
(Laura E. Alexander, Jane Hong, Karen Hooge Michalka, Luis A. Romero, The Conversation)
The decline of Catholicism in Latin America
(Marina E. Franco, Axios)
Religious liberty, government regulation, and the public square (podcast)
(Jennifer Mascott, Riocochet)
Strictly Legal: Satanic Temple loses defamation claim
(Jack Greiner, cincinnati.com)
Webinar: The ongoing assault on freedom of religion in Cuba: Update from CSW & Cuban faith leaders
(YouTube Video, Outreach Aid to the Americas)
More context needed in student's suit over right to wear shirt with anti-gay bible verse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Free exercise challenge to Washington vaccine mandate is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
11th Circuit hears oral arguments in city prayer vigil case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month, 2022
(Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House)
S3, Ep. 15: The coach is the loudspeaker and the field is his classroom: Recapping the arguments in Kennedy v. Bremerton
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
What Russia’s crimes in Ukraine reveal about the secular culture’s ethics
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff touts ‘critical’ interfaith collaboration
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Ukraine, the Vatican, and Vatican II: The war in Ukraine presents challenges for the Church.
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
Hispanic Catholic leaders emphasize bipartisanship in immigration reform
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mexico's bishops decry prevailing violence, impunity in the country
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)
Mexican Church leaders blame State for violence against women
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Harvard Crimson endorses BDS movement, while rejecting antisemitism, in potent symbol of campus sentiment about Israel
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Russian Foreign Ministry advised Washington to take care of religious freedoms in the United States
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church indicates interest in achievement of lasting peace in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Podcast: AP fails to connect religion dots in latest surge in homeschooling statistics
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
US support of global religious freedom must go beyond rhetoric
(Lena Abboud, The Hill)
Facing apocalypse: Climate, democracy and other last chances
(Catherine Keller, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The spiritual quest of identity politics (podcast)
(With Joshua Mitchell, hosted by Richard M. Reinsch II, Law & Liberty)
Morocco: Ramadan: 80 Moroccans arrested for publicly eating in Casablanca
(Oumaima Latrech, Morocco World News)
Fighting anti-Catholicism is what we do – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Belize: For popular Belize resort destination Islam is a family affair
(Joseph Hammond, Religion Unplugged)
Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa mosque, over 40 Palestinians injured
(Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan: Taliban supreme leader urges world to recognise ‘Islamic Emirate’
(Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan: At least 10 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque
(Al Jazeera)
Visit to Sudan highlights importance of strengthening solidarity with churches
(World Council of Churches)
The Constitution protects, not punishes, religious expression
(Richard W. Garnett and Joseph Graziano, Newsweek)
Pakistan: Religious freedoms and crematoriums: No rest for the dearly departed
(London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
What if the 9 Orthodox patriarchates got involved in the Ukraine-Russia war?
(Joseph Ghougassian, The Christian Post)
Atheist activist demands Fla. school districts ban the Bible for being ‘dangerous,' ‘obscene’
(Ian M. Giatti, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis: All countries should promote family-friendly policies
(x, Catholic News Agency)
Trump officials muzzled CDC on church covid guidance, emails confirm
(Dan Diamond, The Washington Post)
Individualized exemptions, vaccine mandates, and the new Free Exercise clause
(Zalman Rothschild, The Yale Law Journal)
In WWII, Japanese Americans’ faith came under suspicion and helped them survive their incarceration
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
VCs see promise in the religious metaverse—and a market of 6 billion people
(Jackson Fordyce, Fortune)
Humanists celebrate National Day of Reason Resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives
(American Humanist Association)
UK: Government appeals court decision to quash Holocaust memorial planning permission
(Adam Decker, Jewish News)
UK: 'We continue to make progress': Gov gives update on religious freedom review
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News)
British MPs slam Pakistan for its treatment of religious minorities
(Naomi Canton, The Times of India)
UK: Universal Periodic Review of Great Britain
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
UK: Smyth Review update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Poland: An old synagogue in Krakow could heal our social ills
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
Polish leader calls for Ukraine unity at Holocaust event
(Associated Press)
Nordic churches meet with WCC for a look at horizon of hope
(World Council of Churches)
Condoleezza Rice calls Ukrainians’ ‘fierce defense’ of their rights an ‘affirmation of freedom and its power’
(Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News)
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Iran: Worrying violations of religious freedom in Iran, Christians arrested
(Asia News)
EVENT, 28 April 2022: Free Expression Awards
(Freedom Forum)
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Coach Joe Kennedy goes to the Supreme Court and the media coverage gets a B+
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
The Supreme Court debates public prayer. So should we.
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
How much leeway should the Supreme Court give coaches to pray?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Supreme Court leans toward coach in case on school prayer
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Oral arguments at Supreme Court offer glimmer of hope for praying coach in First Amendment case against school district
(Sarah Parshall Perry, The Heritage Foundation)
Supreme Court considers high school football coach prayer case in ‘startling’ oral arguments
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
USCIRF releases 2022 annual report on international religious freedom
(Hannah Daniel, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
USCIRF: America’s watchdog on international religious freedom presents its 2022 report
(Lela Gilbert, Religion Unplugged)
Frederick A. Davie reappointed as USCIRF Commissioner
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
ADL audit finds antisemitic incidents in United States reached all-time high in 2021
(Anti-Defamation League)
Group reports record tally of antisemitic incidents in 2021
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
Waiver in plea agreement precludes appeal of ban on possessing antisemitic material
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. jump to new high, report says
(Omar Abdel-Baqui, The Wall Street Journal)
Antisemitic attacks in New York are at highest level in decades
(DNYUZ)
CEC President: “Pray and work for justice and truth, and keep the horizon of reconciliation and peace”
(Conference of European Churches)
Update from CEC General Secretary | 2023 CEC General Assembly
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
Switzerland: Pakistani Christian convert granted protection at Europe’s top court
(ADF International)
Myanmar: Persecution of Myanmar Christians 'akin to Rohingya'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong priest: China trying to control religion in Hong Kong
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
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