Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 7 February 2022
Francis Collins on COVID-19 politics: ‘The culture war is literally killing people’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
India: Clothing and the right to religious freedom: Religious freedom is the hallmark of pluralism. While legitimate restrictions are to be accepted, irrational intrusion into religious notions should be averted.
(Kaleeswaram Raj, The New Indian Express)
India: Calls for atrocity crimes against Muslims in India
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
India: Protests continue over university students' dress code in India
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indian court reminds Hindu petitioner of ‘religious tolerance’
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
In India, the dangers of a homogenous public culture: To the extent that the hijab does not communicate a message of discrimination, inequality, or violence, what grounds allow the State, and State institutions, to ban it?
(Gautam Bhatia, Hindustan Times)
Health care provider pays $75,000 in ‘scrub skirt’ religious bias suit
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Cuba: ‘The Church was left without a place to worship’ – The story of Alain Toledano Valiente
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Vietnam country update
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UK: New podcast explores relationship between religion and media
(Bahá’í World News Service)
UK: Article 9 and the COVID-19 lockdown in England: Hussain again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 6th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Identifying the Yazidi genocide
(Knox Thames, Newsweek)
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Newsletter
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
Air Force ordered to pay more than $230M in church shooting
(Associated Press)
Pakistan: Hindu trader shot dead in Ghotki, was told to ‘go to India’ before being killed
(Hanif Samoon, The Friday Times)
Does European multiculturalism threaten women’s rights?
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)
Chinese Christian faces trial for prayers on Tiananmen anniversary
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: In Beijing, Olympic ideals coexist with authoritarian rule
(Tim Sullivan, Associated Press)
China: There is only one winner of the Winter Olympics 2022
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
China: What China is doing to its Christians is no game. We need to speak out during the Olympics
(David Landrum, Premier Christian News)
China: Guterres expects China to let UN rights chief visit Xinjiang
(Al Jazeera)
Brazilian bishops demand justice for Congolese youth beaten to death
(La Croix International)
Haiti: Catholic bishops warn of Haiti's "descent into hell"
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)
Iran: Celebrations at 60,000 mosques in Iran marking anniversary of Islamic revolution victory
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Italy: Stay close to people, pope tells Italian mayors
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians stay away from holy town
(Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan: Pastor slain at Pakistan church that commemorates Taliban suicide-bombers' 2013 killing of 127
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Abortion as a human Right: The fight for reproductive rights in Argentina and Poland
(Jaya Nayar, Harvard International Review)
Saudi Arabia: Will Saudi Arabia redefine its religion?
(A.S. Ibrahim, World)
Kenya: After moving out of their comfort zone, atheists in Kenya gain visibility
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
A dispatch from the post-religious future
(Daniel Johnson, Mosaic Magazine)
Overcoming disengagement
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Friday, 4 February 2022
Remarks by President Biden at the National Prayer Breakfast
(The White House)
In the future, let’s skip this breakfast
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Trump’s travel ban forever changed the lives of Muslims around the world
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, The Huffington Post)
‘Empty promises’: The US’s ‘Muslim ban’ still reverberates
(Jihan Abdalla, Al Jazeera)
China: Uyghur athlete is final torchbearer at Beijing Games
(Krystal Hu, Reuters)
Tibetans in India demonstrate against Beijing Olympics
(Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)
China: ‘Never again,’ for the Uyghurs: Jews around the world ramp up China protests as Beijing Olympics start
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China: The only winner of the 2022 Beijing Olympics will be the Chinese government
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)
China: IOC ‘have blood on their hands’ by opting for China for Winter Olympics
(Matt Majendie, Evening Standard)
Chinese exiles: Boycott Winter Olympics over Uighur ‘genocide’
(Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera)
China: Pastor Wang Yi, Early Rain Covenant Church
(International Christian Concern)
China: The ‘tea chat’ that involved 13 hours in prison – Pastor Timothy and increasing persecution in China
(Open Doors)
China: The CCP wages a second genocide—against Falun Gong
(Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)
Biden joins pope, imam in calling for ‘human fraternity’
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Biden joins Pope Francis, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, in marking day of human fraternity
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux)
Uzbekistan: More Muslims jailed, tortured, arrested
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)
Norway: An unfair decision against the Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
As anti-semitism grows, so does its dangers to everyone. Here's how you can fight against it - CNN
(Ryan Bergeron, CNN)
New book: Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam
(Edited by Peter Mandaville, Oxford University Press)
Iran: Special monthly news about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in January
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Joint statement ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
(Delegation of the European Union to the UN)
Justice Department, ICE and the FBI recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Iranian Christians protest against denial of right to education to converts and children
(Barnabas Fund)
Egyptian Christian sentenced to five years in prison over contempt of Islam: NGO
(Thaer Mansour, The New Arab)
UK: Christian barrister calls for College of Policing to adopt a 'Street Preacher's charter'
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
Finland: The courage of her convictions: An interview with Päivi Räsänen
(Jonathon Van Maren, The European Conservative)
Movsesian on courts’ responses to COVID restrictions
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Top human rights tweets of the week
(Marianne Dodson, Human Rights Watch)
Photos of the week: Lunar New Year, Pakistan priest killed
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
February 2022 Issue
(The Center for Religion and Media at NYU, The Revealer)
Suds in the sanctuary: breweries populate vacant US churches
(Kathryn Post, Associated Press)
Missouri governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement questioned
(Jim Salter, Associated Press)
Syria: IS leader blows up self, family as US attacks Syria hideout
(Ghaith Alsayed, Lolita C. Baldor, Bassem Mroue and Zeke Miller, Associated Press)
Church sues city over restricting homeless meal services
(Associated Press)
EU lawmakers urge scrutiny of Egypt’s human rights record
(Associated Press)
Court grants service members emergency relief in Navy SEAL 1 v. Biden
(Liberty Counsel)
Ohio law on disposal of tissue after abortion is enjoined
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
South Dakota Governor signs bill barring transgender women on women's sports teams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wajahat Ali recounts joy and pain of his Muslim immigrant upbringing in new book
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
India's anti-conversion laws fuel attacks on Christians
(Nimisha Jaiswal, Deutsche Welle)
India: Gauhati High Court upholds Assam law on madrassas
(Bikash Singh, Economic Times)
'India is not France,' say activists fighting to wear the hijab in schools
(TRTWorld)
India: Ancient Indian temples are designated ‘iconic,’ worrying preservationists
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
As workers seek to unionize, some clergy are filling a crucial role
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Romanian political figure praises antisemitic fascist leader on primetime TV
(Marcel Gascón Barberá , Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Yemen: UN panel describes ‘systematic’ persecution driving Jews out of Yemen; says 7 Jews remain
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Bulgarian media falsely accused a Jewish leader of embezzling public funds. Then he was hit with antisemitism.
(David I. Klein, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Ukraine: Muslims will defend Ukraine with more than prayers, - Mufti said Ismagilov
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian church leader stokes Ukrainian nationalism
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian Church to stay in Africa forever – exarch
(Interfax-Religion)
Lithuanian archbishop backs 'hard line of deterrence' against Russia
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russia-Ukraine: Resolving the world’s most dangerous conflict
(Mary Ellen O'Connell, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Russia: At Lenin's tomb
(Eugene Vodolazkin, First Things)
In reportage on Russia and Ukraine, don't neglect the importance of two rival churches
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Oregon church sues city that limited soup kitchen hours
(Neil Vigdor, The New York Times)
Amazon primes a Sunday work dilemma
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)
New book: Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
(Emily Greble, Oxford University Press)
Religion and wellbeing in the U.S.: update
(Frank Newport, Gallup)
Israel: Haredi MK lashed out at Bennett for putting nationality over religion
(The Jerusalem Post)
Biden said the killed ISIS leader persecuted Yazidis. Here’s what to know about the religious minority.
(Amy Cheng and Ellen Francis, The Washington Post)
Progressive nationalism
(John D. Wilsey, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Angola: Catholic Church in Angola to use its resources to strengthen democracy
(La Croix International)
Hong Kong: Pro-Beijing Hong Kong media criticises religious leaders and Falun Gong
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
South Korea: Refusing compulsory military service in South Korea
(YouTube Video, Al Jazeera)
White evangelicals less likely to favor amnesty for illegal immigrants, survey finds
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
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