Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 28 February 2022
UK: 49 rabbis urge Boris Johnson u-turn on Bill ‘punishing’ asylum seekers
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Leeds peace conference promotes interfaith harmony
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Newsletter - March 2022
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
UK: February news from the Equality and Human Rights Commission
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
UK: More than 80 faith leaders concerned Policing Bill could have 'chilling effect' on prayer vigils and street preaching
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News)
UK: Tribunal to hear appeal of Christian school worker who questioned sex ed and trans ideology
(Christian Today)
UK: Ecclesiastical court judgments, February (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 27th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistan: NCRC launches policy brief on forced conversions
(Myra Imran, The News International)
Discrimination between Muslim prisoners' kufis and Jewish prisoners' yarmulkes is unconstitutional
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)
Nigeria: Religion should unite, not divide us - El-Rufai
(Peter Ibrahim, All Africa)
Exploring the nexus of religion and gender and sexual minorities
(Jason Klocek and Julia Schiwal, The United States Institute of Peace)
Religious freedom in America
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)
New book: The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom
(Edited by Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Edward Green, University of Pennsylvania Press)
The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom: An overview by the editors
(Jeffrey Edward Green and Heather J. Sharkey, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Dominican Republic: Catholic bishops in Dominican Republic highlight Church, society during independence day
(La Croix International)
Senegal: Muslim clerics in Senegal oppose toughening anti-gay law
(Charles Senghor, La Croix International)
Catholic school parents ask D.C. mayor to drop mask mandate for religious schools
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Saudi Arabia allows vaccinated children under age 7 to enter Two Holy Mosques
(Tala Michel Issa, Al Arabiya)
Sri Lanka: Press briefing notes on Sri Lanka
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
No ASEAN country ranked free in global index
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Canada: The mission continues
(Ray Pennings, Convivium)
The UK’s Human Rights Act explained
(Hannah Shewan Stevens, Each Other)
Conscientious objection to vaccinations against covid?
(Grégor Puppinck, The European Centre for Law and Justice)
Jocelyne Cesari: Breaking new ground in the study of religion and politics
(Henry D. Brill, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Vermont family, Diocese of Burlington sue over denial of tuition benefit
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Saturday, 26 February 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 26 February 2022 (9:30AM EST): Religious activism and political change; political activism and religious change
(Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College)
Friday, 25 February 2022
‘A religious politician’: Head of US Ukrainian Orthodox Church slams Moscow Patriarch Kirill, Putin
(Lew Nescott Jr., Religion News Service)
Residents of Chicago’s Ukrainian Village rally on steps of church as Russia invades Ukraine
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Prominent Christian leaders and groups face reckoning over praise for Putin
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
EVENT, 25 to 27 February 2022: European Regional Pre-Assembly for WCC 11th Assembly
(Conference of European Churches and World Council of Churches, Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 February 2022 (1PM CT): Philosophy & Religion Forum for Spring 2022 Features Three Online Presentations
(Aness Kim Webster, Kurt Blankschaen, Sheldon Solomon, The University of Southern Mississippi)
What is Russia’s legal justification for using force against Ukraine?
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Putin is after more than land — he wants the religious soul of Ukraine
(Knox Thames, Religion News Service)
First Presidency statement on armed conflict
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departing from protocol, pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Religion and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Photos of the week: Russia invades Ukraine, botched baptisms
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Dr. Felisa Tibbetts full interview (on human rights education)
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)
Iraq: The precarious circumstances of Iran's Christians
(Lela Gilbert, Newsweek)
Iraq’s beleaguered religious minority communities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
China: Pastor John Cao biography
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
Church in Ukraine calls for prayer as Russia launches invasion
(Open Doors UK)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: Putin is “destroying the basic principles of peace”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Russia: Patriarch Kirill congratulated Putin on Defender of the Fatherland Day
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia keeps punishing Evangelicals in Crimea
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
Pakistan: Celebrating the life of Shahbaz Bhatti and continuing his legacy in the struggle for religious freedom in Pakistan
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
New Zealand: Mosque terror attacks: Muslims still at risk of being targets for violence, coronial hearing told
(Radio New Zealand)
Sudan: Church elder killed and religious buildings destroyed in Abyei attack
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Americans United: Kennedy’s attorneys present deceitful narrative to Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Archdiocese sues insurers over sexual abuse coverage
(Associated Press)
Preacher can move ahead with selective enforcement challenge to U.S. Capitol demonstration limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Americans United applauds nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
New lawsuit challenges CT repeal of religious exemption for school vaccines
(Julia Bergman, CT Insider)
‘Pray for Ukraine’: Religious leaders call for peace and God’s protection
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Jocelyne Cesari offers new view of religion and nationalism, world affairs in latest book
(Jocelyne Cesari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith communities see urgent challenges and opportunities as children lose parents and caregivers to COVID-19
(Gerard J. McGlone and Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
European prelates urge using religion for peace as Russia invades Ukraine
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Vatican official pleas for peace, negotiation in Ukraine crisis
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Do schools respect student-athletes’ modesty and religious freedom? Resolution encourages uniform accommodations
(Bridger Beal-Cvetko, Deseret News)
Declaring war on Ukraine, Russia’s Putin cites goal of ‘denazification’ of country with Jewish president
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The enigmatic role of anti-Semitism in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
(Katherine Kelaidis, Religion Dispatches)
Colleyville, Texas, is among dozens of U.S. cities blanketed with antisemitic flyers
(Rachel Treisman, National Public Radio)
Moscow church in Ukraine breaks with Putin
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill calls on conflict parties in Ukraine to avoid civilian casualties
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Metropolitan Onufry blesses to use the basements of churches in Kiev as bomb shelters
(Interfax-Religion)
Podcast: What's the SCOTUS story? New Colorado case focuses on free speech, not religious liberty
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
RFI’s Islam team joins Supreme Court brief supporting Quaker prisoners
(Ismail Royer, Religious Freedom Institute)
Evangelical and ecumenical church groupings denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church
(Liz Cookman, Al Jazeera)
7 ways the Biden Administration advanced religious liberty during its first year
(Maggie Siddiqi, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Lucía Falcón Palomar, https://www.americanprogress.org/article/7-ways-the-biden-administration-advanced-religious-liberty-during-its-first-year/)
Russia attacks Ukraine: Why some experts insist Putin is motivated by religion
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Why supporters of religious liberty should care about Ukraine
(Bob Smietana, The Washington Post)
Council at War: Russia, Ukraine and the UN Security Council
(Devika Hovell, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
The religion of secularism reexamined
(Leigh Eric Schmidt, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Ukraine: CEC together with global Christian organisations condemns assault, calls for peace, invites to prayer
(Conference of European Churches)
India: What does India's hijab ban row mean for the Muslim community?
(YouTube Video, Al Jazeera)
No, Putin isn't a defender of 'Christian values'
(Billy Binion, Reason)
Putin’s war on Ukraine and us all
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Eastern Orthodox spiritual leader condemns Russian invasion
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
WCC urges President Putin to stop war, restore peace to Ukraine
(World Council of Churches)
Cardinal Hollerich’s statement on the situation in Ukraine and in Europe
(The Catholic Church in the European Union)
UCCRO appeal on Russia's military aggression against Ukraine
(Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations)
Tajikistan: USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel calls on Tajikistan to release Shamil Khakimov
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Church Reporter, Vol. 7/2, 19 February 2022 - 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)
Kosovo: Religious communities in Kosovo urge lawmakers not to legalise same-sex marriage
(Željko Trkanjec, Euractiv)
Italy: Bishops, mayors say Europe can’t ignore Mediterranean region
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italy: Mediterranean summit says cities can be instruments of peace, understanding
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
France: A secular look at the contours of religious tolerance
(Élise Descamps, La Croix International)
UK: Liverpool mosque wins community outreach award
(Harun Nasrullah, Muslim News)
UK: Baptismal fonts – wanted, unwanted and re-discovered
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CEC president calls for peace in Ukraine at the European Regional Pre-Assembly
(Conference of European Churches)
Attacked, harassed and ostracised: Christians in India continue to suffer as the country slides further still into ethno-religious nationalism
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Thursday, 24 February 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 20-24 February 2022: Week of Neighbours: Strengthening interreligious relations between faith-based actors working with and for migrants and refugees in Europe
(A World of Neighbours)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 24 February 2022 (14.00 CET): Climate change and FORB: Protecting our environment and needs of all
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 24 February 2022 (12:10PM ET): Faith & Native Communities: Fighting for freedom of/from religion
(The Law, Rights, and Religion Project, Columbia Law School)
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
South Sudan: WCC expresses appreciation for peace-building efforts in South Sudan—but calls for better lives for the people
(World Council of Churches)
South Sudan: Peace talks still shaky, archbishop says asking for prayers
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Ukraine: WCC gravely concerned for people of Ukraine amid escalating tensions
(World Council of Churches)
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