Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 23 March 2024
Hong Kong diocese says no risk to confession with security law
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
DR Congo’s reinstatement of death penalty faces fierce Church opposition
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Italian prelate condemns growth of weapons in Europe, calls for peace
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kosher food being ‘targeted by racists’, says Government’s antisemitism adviser
(Jewish News)
Survey for initial response to Jay report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
A profile of practising Christians in Northern Ireland
(Angelo Bottone, The Iona Institute)
Dean Richard Peers CDM decision
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Documentary shows Christian revival in Africa, Brazil; aims to spark religious interest
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Jewish students, leaders demand tracking system for antisemitism incidents on college campuses
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Indonesian court scraps defamation laws
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Vietnam jails Khmer Krom Buddhists
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
4 insights for healthy engagement in the public square
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Supreme Court decision on FBI “No Fly List” is positive for religious liberty cases
(Ethan Tong and Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
New podcast episode: Standing up for Jewish communities
(Jeremy Dys and Ryan Gardner, First Liberty)
Globally restrictions on religion at 14-year high - what can be done?
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Sacred support: Eastern Orthodox churches back Jewish school in court battle
(Becket)
Cuba: UN Working Group rules that detention of Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo is arbitrary
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Taiwan: “What kind of justice?”: Transitional justice and freedom from discrimination in the Tai Ji Men case
(Michele Olzi, Bitter Winter)
India court effectively bans madrasas in big state before election
(Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das, Reuters)
India: Assam Govt suspends land sale NOCs for interfaith transactions
(The Economic Times)
Supreme Court Justice right to warn of dangers in dismissing jurors for their faith
(Jordan Lorence, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Terrorism threat against Denmark has increased, security service says
(Louise Rasmussen, Reuters)
Australia: Challenges to religious freedom: Conversion practices law passed, ALRC report released
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: More issues with the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: Religious leaders revolt over school reforms
(Natasha Bita, Joe Kelly, and Dennis Shanahan, The Australian)
Australia: Shift in religious identity reflected in regions as Christianity declines, faiths such as Sikhism grow
(Sophie Holder and Elyse Armanini, ABC News Australia)
Nicaragua: “Tourism yes, processions no”, the policy imposed by Rosario Murillo during Holy Week (Spanish)
(100% Noticias)
Guinea-Bissau: Religious intolerance is increasing in Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese)
(Djariatú Baldé DW, Deutsche Welle)
Mozambique: Religious leaders trained in matters of religious freedom and worship (Portuguese)
(Hermínio José, Vatican News)
“We have to ask ourselves what society we long for to explain why we must defend the right to religious freedom,” Hatim Azahri (Spanish)
(Ajuntament de Barcelona)
Thursday, 21 March 2024
VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 March 2024 (10:30AM ET): The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
(Yolanda van der Vyver, M. Christian Green, Terri Montague, Heleen du Toit, Carin Smuts, Marianne de Klerk, Alexander Ehlers, Brendan Hart, Yasmin Mayat, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
EVENT, 21 March 2024 (3PM CT): Religion and Politics after January 6 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
(Tracy Fessenden, Abram Van Engen, Mark Valeri, Washington University in St. Louis)
WEBINAR, 21 March 2024 (10AM MDT): What is Gender Equality?
(G20 Interfaith Forum and International Acdemy for Multicultural Cooperation)
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Statement by Annette Lantos on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Hungary
(The Lantos Foundation)
Judgment concerning Türkiye
(The European Court of Human Rights)
Australia: Should an employer's religious views influence a dismissal decision?
(Paulinet Tamaray, HCAMag)
Australia: Future of Anthony Albanese’s religious discrimination legislation is in Peter Dutton’s hands
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Australia: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese eyes up religious discrimination protections igniting fierce debate
(Georgia Roberts, ABC News Australia)
The 2023 Gender Report
(Open Doors)
Militant secular worldviews as state religions
(Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, International Institute for Religious Freedom)
Egypt criticised for amnesty given to Daesh militants, while political prisoners languish in jail
(Middle East Monitor)
Canadian Jewish agencies sue over government rules they say have curbed kosher meat production
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canada: You can co-exist as Indigenous, Christian speakers share
(Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register)
Canada: Minority communities in Canada’s Quebec slam ‘discriminatory’ secularism law: ‘I feel alienated’
(Sonia Sarkar, South China Morning Post)
Chaplain confidentiality: “Go tell it to the chaplain”
(Paul Stamps, U.S. Army)
Bangladesh: Proposal for blasphemy law raises eyebrows in Bangladesh
(Emran Hossain, Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest March 01 -15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: Wangfenggang Christian church in Huainan receives notice of cross removal
(China Aid)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 21
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
March/April 2024 Issue
(various, Liberty Magazine)
Exploring religion and economic development
(Iona C. Hine, Cambridge Interfaith Programme)
Vatican cardinal hints at possible rethink on two-state solution in Middle East
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistan: Marital rape and Islamic principles: a delicate balance
(Muhammad Majid Bashir, The Express Tribune)
Pakistan: Islamabad forum stresses Muslim world unity to confront Islamophobia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Conversion therapy ban of religious activities looms in the British Isles
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Can religious employees challenge mandated DEI trainings?
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
The growing cost of standing up for human rights in Nicaragua and Cuba
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
‘A few, but very necessary, minutes to devote to interim measures’: further transparency as a resilience strategy?
(Ezgi Özlü, Strasbourg Observers)
Religious accommodation in the workplace
(Bloomberg Law)
Religious freedom, cultural norms, and women's Islamic attire: An open letter to the Muslim community in Monfalcone, Italy
(Piermauro Catarinella, Suhardi Kram, Aziz Bin Hashim, Omar Colombo, Journal of Islamic Philanthropy & Social Finance)
Settlement affirms VA religious groups free to operate according to beliefs
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Ohio religious leaders must denounce political violence, help secure fair elections
(Alex Braver, Amariah McIntosh and Horsed Noah, The Columbus Dispath)
Law firm beats COVID vax refuser's religious bias, ADA suit
(Emmy Freedman, Law360)
Unvaccinated employee awarded unemployment benefits after denial of religious exemption
(New England Biz Law)
Opinion: Michaelia Cash: Religious schools can be sued for acting in good faith, in Albo Government’s proposed reforms
(Michaelia Cash, The West Australian)
Religious accommodation in the workplace
(Bloomberg Law)
The West must call out attacks on religious freedom in Ukraine
(Robert Amsterdam, Comment Central)
8 in 10 Americans say religion is losing influence in public life
(Michael Rotolo, Gregory A. Smith, and Johnathan Evans, Pew Research Center)
Supreme Court rejects appeal from parents who lost custody of trans teen
(Maureen Groppe and Kristine Phillips, USA Today)
Challenging Nigeria university bans against Christian fellowship on campus
(ADF International)
Religious charities, schools in Virginia can require employees to align with their beliefs: ADF
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Belgium: Does religious freedom trump animal welfare?
(Peter Singer, Bangkok Post)
The court in Chuvashia announced the verdict for faith to one of the oldest prisoners of conscience. Yuriy Yuskov was sentenced to 5 years suspended.
(Jehovah's Witnesses - Russia)
Russia/Ukraine: A decade of suppressing non-Russian identities in occupied Crimea
(Amnesty International)
The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
(Taylar Dawn Stegner, Grist)
Women’s rights activists and right-wing groups face off at CSW
(Stephanie Fillion, Devex)
Sierra Leone's first lady gets personal about child marriage
(Anna Gawel, Devex)
Beyond God and atheism
(Philip Goff, OUPblog: Religion)
Church Reporter, Vol. 9, 15 March 2024 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society (PDF)
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera, Záboj Horák, et al., eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
(New Book) Religion and Contract Law in Islam: From Medieval Trade to Global Finance
(Valentino Cattelan, Routledge (ICLARS Series on Law and Religion))
What are we teaching our students?
(Daniel Philpott, The Irish Rover)
France becomes first country to enshrine abortion in constitution: 'Guaranteed freedom'
(Jon Brown, The Christian Post)
Churches affirm their role in shaping Europe’s future ahead of EU elections
(Conference of European Churches)
Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today
(Deepa Bharath and Terry Tang, Associated Press)
Algeria scolds television stations for Ramadan advertising blitz and immoral programming
(Associated Press)
Conference in Paris reflects on cooperation between churches and political actors
(Conference of European Churches)
Colombia: District Religious Liberty Committee elected its new board of directors (Spanish)
(Secretaria del Gobierno)
Monday, 18 March 2024
Poland to audit state funding for religious groups – “in particular Catholic church” – under former government
(Notes from Poland)
UN experts warn Islamophobia rising to “alarming levels”
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
USCIRF calls attention to prevalence of anti-Muslim hate around the world
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Somalia's Syl hotel attacked by al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu
(George Wright and Ian Wafula, BBC News)
Chora Church, a famed Christian icon, to be reopened as a Mosque
(Engy Magdy, The Tablet)
Sweden won't help citizens held in Daesh camps return: FM
(Middle East Monitor)
8 in 10 Americans say religion is losing influence in public life
(Michael Rotolo, Gregory A. Smith, and Johnathan Evans, Pew Research Center)
Joint statement on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the Syrian uprising
(U.S. Department of State)
5 facts about religion and Americans’ views of Donald Trump
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)
Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan
(Corey Williams, Giovanna Dell’Orto, Mariam Fam and Darren Sands, Associated Press)
Custody order barring father from taking child to his church upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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