Law and Religion Headlines

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Monday, 17 January 2022

Northeast Syria’s experience signifies challenge of ending use of children in conflicts
(Nadia Al-Faour, Arab News)

China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: An open letter to United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres 
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Vietnam: IGE convenes training for lecturers at Vietnam's premier leadership development institute for government officials
(Institute for Global Engagement)

America must strengthen its commitment to religious pluralism
(Christopher Walsh, Deseret News)

American secularism is growing — and growing more complicated
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets
(Holly Meyer and Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press)

Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
(Associated Press)

Italian high court faults prosecutors in Vatican-linked case
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Virginia Governor creates commission to combat antisemitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California settles suit over Aztec prayer in ethnic studies curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NY City Council member loses claim this his expulsion was because of hostility to his Christian anti-LGBT views
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 17 January 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Split en banc 9th Circuit denies review of refusal to enjoin school vaccine mandate that lacks religious exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine bars adjudication of some claims in dispute between church factions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

5 ways to observe UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2022
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Philippine bishop rebukes Marcos supporters
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan: Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders
(Agenzia Fides)

Pakistan: Christians demand direct voting for MPs
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Kazakhstan: Religion doesn’t play central role among youth in Kazakhstan, two new polls show
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

Kazakhstan Catholics 'shocked' by January riots
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sri Lankan Catholics seek justice for Easter attack victims
(Quintus Colombage, Union of Catholic Asian News)

UN: Taliban attempting to exclude women, girls from public life
(Al Jazeera)

Iran to reopen OIC representative office in Saudi Arabia
(Al Jazeera)

Ukrainian priests appeal for support as Russian threat grows
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Is Lebanon on the brink of civil religious war?
(The European Times)

Russian foreign minister injects religious dimension of Ukrainian issue
(Liudmila Troptsenko, Korrespondent, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.01.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Legal Journal Number 4 (17): January 2022 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Reviving Protestant natural law
(Jordan J. Ballor, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

#Abortion: The religious right meets TikTok
(Rachel Wagner, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

War & penance: What the Church can offer soldiers—and the rest of us.
(Philip G. Porter, Commonweal)

Germany: Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch leads Germany’s Jews into an uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

No, religious freedom doesn’t send people to hell
(Russell Moore, Christianity Today)

Boston was right to refuse to fly Christian flag
(Rachel Laser and Brian Kaylor, Boston Globe)

Boston’s refusal to fly a Christian flag over city hall raises First Amendment questions
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

New podcast: Reformed Church in America split points to rising tensions in Calvin country
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Variations on old questions: What do U.S. churches believe on transgender issues?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Netherlands: Driving licences, colanders and Pastafarians: De Wilde
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Georgia: Failure to protect LGBT demonstrators from mob violence: Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Catholic agency calls for reform of UK asylum process after Channel death
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Law and religion round-up – 16th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

White evangelicals only U.S. group to say marriage, children should be priority, poll shows
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Australia: 'Profoundly disappointed' Serbian Orthodox Church calls on Australia to revoke Novak Djokovic's deportation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Poland: Threatening church means threatening Poland and cannot be tolerated, says Kaczyński
(Ben Koschalka, Notes from Poland)

Myanmar: Catholic Church in Kayah State attacked as fighting intensifies
(International Christian Concern)

New book: The Universe Is on Our Side: Restoring Faith in American Public Life
(Bruce Ledewitz, Oxford University Press)

Frankly Speaking: ‘I was attacked during the 2016 campaign simply because I was Muslim,’ says former Hillary Clinton staffer Huma Abedin
(Frank Kane, Arab News)

Two weeks in review, 3 – 16 January 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Friday, 14 January 2022

A Proclamation on Religious Freedom Day, 2022
(Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House)

Supreme Court to hear case of praying ex-football coach
(Associated Press)

U.S. Supreme Court to hear dispute over football coach's on-field prayers
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)

Indonesia: Discrimination holds back religious minority children
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, partner gets 15
(Channel News Asia)

Indonesian district to demolish Ahmadi house of worship
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesian Muslim cleric gets 5 months for Bible bashing
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Nigeria: ‘We all weep for these victims’: Nigerian cardinal responds after gunmen kill 200 people
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Austria’s Catholic Church reports decline in membership, rise in income
(Catholic News Agency)

Turkish Netflix series turns cameras on pogroms, hidden Greeks
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

Iran calls for US to unfreeze Afghan funds amid humanitarian crisis
(Al-Monitor: Iran)

Poverty forces Syrian children to skip school, collect ordnance
(Mouneb Taim, Al-Monitor: Syria)

American families fall deeper into debt as prices rise, median incomes slide: study
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Less than 10% of Evangelicals want shorter sermons; 30% want more in-depth teaching: survey
(Micheal Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Israel: Jerusalem church leader: Israeli radicals threatening Christian presence in Old City
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Afghanistan: Catholic refugees from Afghanistan in ‘purgatory’ waiting for visas
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

Financial woes drive more Thais to suicide
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Politics, society and creed in the Arab world
(Mohamed Chtatou, The Times of Israel)

United States: Expect a momentous year ahead for the Supreme Court
(Erwin Chemerinsky, ABA Journal)

Scholar: America is still reacting to the religious right, in more ways than one
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Catholic leaders need to start listening to those who have left religion behind
(America: The Jesuit Review)

As COVID cases surge, religious leaders say faith is no barrier to getting vaccine
(Nicolette White, New Jersey Herald)

Parliament of the World Religions: Statement on Dharam Sansad and hate speech
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Appeal sought in ruling against photographer who refused to shoot same-sex weddings
(Brooke Migdon, The Hill)

N.Y. wedding photographer to appeal court ruling compelling gay-wedding photoshoots
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Religious freedom at home—but not abroad
(Knox Thames)

Sudan: Interference in Church affairs continues under military rule
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Indigenous Mormons struggle to balance pride in the faith with LDS history
(Diana Kruzman, Religion News Service)

Spain: Christian message for Christmas censored in Barcelona
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Spain: Sex-education guides mock Virgin Mary and violate religious freedom
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Syrians dig for Islamic State left-behinds in eastern desert
(Al-Monitor)

Photos of the week: NYC deadly fire, Orthodox Christian New Year
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

On Jewish Earth Day, more Jewish groups take climate action
(Yonat Shimron, Associated Press)

India: Thousands gather at Hindu festival in India as virus surges
(Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press)

India: J&K parties, religious bodies hit out at govt for 'Surya Namaskar' order
(Hakeem Irfan Rashid, Economic Times)

India: Catholic religious question silence of Indian Church on violence
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Belgium: Victims seek definitive European ruling on Vatican immunity
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Polish diocese apologizes for asking if abuse victim is gay
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Court dismisses Louisiana pastor’s virus restrictions suit
(Kevin McGill, Associated Press)

7th Circuit: Church's suit against rescinded COVID order is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Air Force officer asks Federal Court for relief from compulsory COVID-19 vaccines
(Thomas More Society)

6th Circuit tells district court to reconsider injunction denial against school mask order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Boston lawyers head to Washington for match up on cross flag at City Hall
(Thomas F. Harrison, Courthouse News Service)

S3, Ep. 08: Flying the flag and Christian nationalism: Previewing Shurtleff v. Boston (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

France: Sammy Ghozlan, président du BNVCA: "Il est inconcevable et inadmissible que la France octroie l’asile aux époux Filali qui appellent à la haine"
(YouTube Video, Maghreb Intelligence)

France: FILALIGATE: Exclusive interview with President of the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Antisemitism
(The European Times)

King’s last full year of life: Protest, praise, ire, incarceration
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Black faith leaders’ proud legacy on civil rights should include LGBTQ rights
(Sabrina E. Dent, Religion News Service)

New book examines the religious lives of people without homes
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Stay of removal issued for three immigrants who resided in ‘sanctuary’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Guatemala: Bishops condemn conflict between two Guatemalan indigenous communities
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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