Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 8 July 2024
Articles of interest - 8 July 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nepal: Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
(Anne Mocko, The Conversation)
Uganda officially recognizes Muslim martyrs killed in the 1800s
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)
We don’t have to choose between the Enlightenment and religion
(Michael Reneau and Mustafa Akyol, The Dispatch)
Court decision protects religious rights of Jehovah's Witnesses to alternative service
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Malaysia: The rise of a new breed of Islamic preacher in Malaysia
(Vanitha Nadaraj, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Court rejects allegedly anti-Zionist professors' claims that university should have stopped Jewish professors from filing religious discrimination complaints against them
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
COMECE Youth Net annual contribution on digitalisation and family
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Systemic discrimination of intellectually disabled children: V.I. v. Moldova paves the way
(Eva Sevrin and Merel Vrancken, Strasbourg Observers)
China, “Strict governance of religion” imposed on Christians
(Zhang Chunhua, Bitter Winter)
Judge to hear Oregon mom's foster care denial case over religious beliefs
(16 KMTR News)
Towards indigenous sovereignty: Exploring rights and solidarity in self-governing territories
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints, a blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
Friday, 5 July 2024
Judge rejects Paxton’s ‘outrageous and intolerable’ efforts to close Annunciation House shelters
(Robert Moore, Cindy Ramirez, Texas Public Radio)
Infinite, finite, and definite dignity: Reflections on the Catholic Church’s Dignitas Infinita
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Dignitas Infinita. A theological commentary
(Antonio Autiero, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Developing Our Understanding of Human Dignity for the Digital Age
(Paolo Carozza, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Dignitas Infinita—Infinite Dignity. A Compendium of Catholic Ethics—and a Missed Chance
(Ingeborg G. Gabriel, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Infinite Love and the (In)dignity of Christ: Reflections on Francis’s Theology of Infinite Human Dignity from Infinite Divine Love
(Greg Marcar, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Theological Perspectives on the Document Dignitas Infinita
(Thomas Massaro, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Why Should Human Dignity Be Defined as Infinite? Brief Reflections on Dignitas Infinita
(Benedetta Vimercati, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
What Does Dignitas Infinita Say about Gender?
(Francisca Pérez-Madrid, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Christian to appeal over job tribunal ruling
(Dave Higgens and Hayley Coyle, BBC News)
Federal agencies distort truth, threaten religious freedom with gender ideology rules
(Robert E. Barron and Kevin C. Rhoades, OSV News)
India: Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children
(Biswajeet Banerjee and Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)
Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles
(Giovanna Dell’Orto and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
FBI investigates vandalism at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati
(Associated Press)
Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)
Alaska Supreme Court rejects facial challenge to law allowing state reimbursement to home schoolers for materials
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China accused the U.S. of defaming religious freedom report
(Prensa Latina)
A strange Belgian decision: Catholic bishops should pay damages for not allowing a woman to train as a deacon
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
Complexities abound in unending Ten Commandments disputes
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)
Ten Commandments legislation: Why is this still happening?
(Holly Hollman, Baptist News Global)
In UK, Muslims threaten electoral damage on Labour Party over support for Israel
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Biden administration under fire in Nigeria over religious freedom report
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jesuit Refugee Services says UK politicians ignoring plight of asylum seekers
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to divest from Israel bonds, denounces Christian Zionism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Update on Makin Review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Navigating belief, discrimination, employment and professional ethics: Ngole
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
It’s time for change in the Government’s relationship with faith communities
(Laura Marks, Jewish News)
France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges
(Sania Mahyou, Al Jazeera)
Kenya: ‘Politics in this country will have to change,’ says Nuncio Bert Van Megan after June 25 protests
(Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Syria: HRC56: Oral Statement during Interactive Dialogue with the COI on Syria
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Ghana: Orthodox Anglican Archbishop calls for effective cooperation between church and State
(Mildred Siabi-Mensah, Ghana News Agency)
Israel: New bill on funding religious councils raises concerns over revival of Rabbis Bill
(Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel)
The missing link between faith groups and government that Labour hopes to repair
(Ruth Peacock, Religion Media Centre)
US urges religious freedom on divided Cyprus, churches and mosques
(The National Herald)
The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
(Ellie Davis, Religion News Service)
Southern Baptists wade into the troubled waters of religious liberty – once again
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
A global snapshot of LGBTQ+ rights and setbacks, 55 years after Stonewall
(Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor)
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
In British elections, Muslim voters seek candidates who care about Gaza
(Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor)
China: Uyghurs in China: The most heavily jailed group in the world
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
China : Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest June 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: Court of Rome: Church of Almighty God members deserve the “highest form of protection” as refugees
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
Iraq - Ten years after the ISIS occupation: less than 50 Christian families have returned to Mosul
(Gianni Valente, Agenzia Fides)
Iraq: UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
(Abdulrahman Zeyad, Associated Press)
Brazilian Christian groups oppose bill punishing abortion similarly to homicide
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Thousands of faith leaders, union members, activists rally for poor
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Brazil congressman censures archbishop for defending indigenous land claims
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
CAR: Bishops in Central African Republic say country will rise from ‘scars of history’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
More than 10% of US Jews say they were frequently mistreated due to their religion, poll finds
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Law and religion roundup – 30th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religious freedom: New report paints a grim global picture
(Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)
Rising anti-semitism in the Anglosphere
(Melissa Langsam Braunstein, First Things)
‘Wake up’: Israel’s new consul general warns of ‘radical Muslim occupation’
(Jon Levine, New York Post)
Iran: Religious issues and persecution – Monthly digest June
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iran must end harassment of Narges Mohammadi and release all women human rights defenders: Independent experts
(United Nations)
Rituals honoring deceased ancestors vary widely in East and Southeast Asia
(Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research Center)
Same-sex marriage around the world
(Pew Research Center)
Cuba: Declaration of the Alliance of Christians of Cuba June 2024
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Reports of hate and bias incidents increase in Oregon
(Oregon Department of Justice)
BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review focuses on peacemaking
(Ethan Pack, The Daily Universe - BYU)
Civil religion as a gateway to Christian Nationalism
(Beau Underwood and Brian Kaylor, Sightings, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Japan: Religious freedom under siege
(FOREF Europe)
New threats to sacred sites and religious property
(Patrick E Reidy, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Egypt: Christians in Egypt say ebbing persecution enables them to build churches again
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Russia: Attacks on Christians and Jews in Dagestan worry Russia
(Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor)
Russia: To be a Jehovah’s Witness is a worse crime than to kidnap or rape
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Putin's ‘year of the family’ declaration blends Russian nationalism with the far-right rhetoric of the global pro-family movement
(Irina Smolevskaya, Religon Dispatches)
Moving beyond Russian and Armenian religious revanchism
(Taras Kuzio, Geopolitical Monitor)
Thailand: President of the WFB met the permanent observer of the Holy See and President of UNESCO African Committee of Memory of World
(The World Fellowship of Buddhists)
Thailand: Mr. Phallop Thaiaree, president of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (The WFB) along with WFB executives, met with H.E. Sarun Charoensuwan, Thai Ambassador to France, at the Thai Embassy in Paris.
(The World Fellowship of Buddhists)
Monday, 1 July 2024
Afghanistan: What to expect as Taliban joins third UN-held talks on Afghanistan in Qatar
(Osama Bin Javaid, Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan: With Doha III, U.N. risks being complicit in normalizing gender apartheid
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
VIRTUAL EVENT, July-August 2024: Summer School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar: Human Life, Purpose and Dignity
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Religious freedom for women is a key component to global peace, Latter-day Saint leader says
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
(Holly Meyer and Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Louisiana's ten commandments statute and the establishment clause
(Carl H. Esbeck, The Federalist Society)
Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state
(Andrew Silow-Carroll, Forward)
How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
(Sara Cline, Associated Press)
Philippines: ‘Trust and respect’ feeds interfaith rice growing success in the Philippines
(Daniel Dickinson, UN News)
Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
(Tyler Kingkade and Marissa Parra, NBC News)
Supreme confusion in Oklahoma issues: raised in state’s religious charter school case predestined to rise again
(Joshua Dunn, Education Next)
Singapore: Proposed workplace fairness legislation signals ethnic, religious discrimination unacceptable: Shanmugam
(Fabian Koh, Channel News Asia)
Texas Supreme Court sides with Christian judge who refuses to officiate gay weddings
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
US’s terrorist listing of European far-right group signals fears of rising threat − both abroad and at home
(Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation)
Around the web - 1 July 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Kentucky judge throws out Jewish mothers' lawsuit challenging the state's abortion ban
(Juliana Kim, NPR)
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