Law and Religion Headlines

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Monday, 27 December 2021

India: Those who underwent religious conversion should be brought back to Hinduism: MP Tejasvi Surya
(Kiran Parashar, The Indian Express)

India: FIR against Hindu religious leader for derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi
(Deccan Herald)

Gaza at Christmas: a bleak outlook
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

China: Beijing bans online religious activities without government go-ahead
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

China: Intel apologizes for asking suppliers to avoid Xinjiang
(Joe M, Associated Press)

China denounces US law on Xinjiang imports
(Associated Press)

China: “Christmas is forbidden, it’s a Western celebration”
(Liang Jianguo, Bitter Winter)

‘Don’t worry, this is a Catholic house’ (on the religious community and immigration)
(Louise Zwick, Commonweal)

Healing the land: Justice needs more than just what is due.
(Daniel Philpott, Comment)

American Christianity is, alas, political
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

Russia: FJCR considers departure from traditional values the main reason for demographic decline of Jewish population after the war
(Interfax-Religion)

UK: Law and religion round-up – 26th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Boxing Day Quiz 2021
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: 70 percent of JLM members polled say Labour now ‘a safe space’ for Jews
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Serbia: Working hard to offer a bright future for Serbia’s marginalised communities
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

English cardinal: Don’t close churches again over COVID
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Italy: To understand Catholicism, you need to get Italy
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In Italy’s presidential sweepstakes, Pope conspicuous by his absence
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope decries Italy’s ‘demographic winter’ of falling birth rates, family size
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukraine: We categorically reject the attempts of the Russian Orthodox Church to influence the development of relations between Ukraine and the Vatican, - ambassador Yurash
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Biden signs the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Photos of the week: Winter solstice, Christmas preparations
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

‘Realistic hope’ needed as Canadian church weighs pandemic’s toll, primate says
(Matt Gardner, Anglican Journal)

Sunday, 26 December 2021

People of Myanmar face unprecendented crisis in 2022, the U.N. warns
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Friday, 24 December 2021

What capitalism can learn from the religions of the world
(Atul K. Shah, The Conversation)

Infection spike puts churches in a Christmas quandary
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Why secular society desperately needs the recognition of religious holidays
(Bruce Ledewitz, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Turkish lira hits turbulence as Erdogan cites Islam as reason for monetary policy
(Deutsche Welle)

Bottom-up hope: Local governments bolster religious pluralism in Turkey
(Aykan Erdemir and Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir, Providence Mag)

Turkey: AP Photos: Whirling dervish ritual honors Sufi mystic poet
(Francisco Seco, Associated Press)

Elevating the UK’s leadership on defending religious freedom
(Knox Thames, The Royal United Services Institute)

UK: Why did Facebook 'kill' charity's petition drive against the forced marriage of Christian women and girls?
(Shannon Mullen, Catholic News Agency)

UK: December 2021 newsletter
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Church of England: Last minute resources for Christmas
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Jehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusions for 16- and 17-year-olds: E & F
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Christian women's shelter won't be forced to admit trans-identified males, federal judge rules
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

The case that's testing the Supreme Court's boundaries on church and state
(John A. Ragosta, The Hill - Opinion)

China imposes sanctions on USCIRF officials over Xinjiang
(Associated Press, Religion News Service)

USCIRF condemns the Chinese government’s additional sanctions on USCIRF commissioners
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

China imposes sanctions on US officials over Xinjiang
(Associated Press)

China bans entry to 4 US religious freedom advisors in retort to Xinjiang sanctions
(Radio Free Asia)

Religious freedom commissioners targeted by China, "will not be silenced'
(Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews)

Beijing bans online religious activities without government go-ahead
(Asia News)

Christian pastors told to preach in sermons confidence in the Party and Xi Jinping
(Zhang Chunhua, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China’s latest crackdown on religion bans foreigners from spreading church and spiritual content online
(Amber Wang, South China Morning Post)

Uyghurs call out slow US response to genocide in China
(Rose Wagner, Courthouse News Service)

Should your taxes fund religious schools? Why SCOTUS might say yes
(History News Network)

Pakistan article 7 of 7: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan - “I Am Not Charlie” (with links to articles 1 through 6)
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Karnataka's Anti- Conversion Bill: Freedom of religion tested like never before
(Ratika Rana, The Logical Indian)

Anti-conversion Bill leaves wide scope for legal action
(The Hindu)

How Ohio’s Indigenous sacred sites became a religious flashpoint
(Diana Kruzman, Religion News Service)

Christians, religiously unaffiliated differ on whether most things in society can be divided into good, evil
(Jacob Ausubel, Pew Research Center)

White evangelicals more likely than other Christians to say people should prioritize marriage, procreation
(Stephanie Kramer, Pew Research Center)

A billionaire and the tech industry are trying to shape LGBTQ rights in deeply Mormon Utah
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

She escaped child marriage twice. Now she’s trying to save other girls from pandemic suitors.
(Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post)

Series: Women's evolving influence in male-led faiths
(Religion News Service)

As-Salt, Jordan: The Middle East's city of tolerance and generosity
(Marta Vidal, BBC)

USCIRF concerned by Russian prosecution of International Memorial Society
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Top 3 RFBF stories from 2021 for Christmas
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Italy: Nativiy scene vandalised In Fiumicino
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Spain: Baby Jesus from Nativity scene decapitated and broken
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Québec’s Bill 21: Secularism or religious freedom? – OpEd
(Bruce Mabley, Eurasia Review)

Canada: Letter published in Canadian medical journal leads to apologies and calls for a retraction
(Michael Lee, CTV News)

Canada: Don’t use an instrument of oppression as a symbol of diversity and inclusion
(Sherif Emil, Canadian Medical Association Journal)

Joy to the suffering world
(Knox Thames, Baptist News Global)

Hungary’s PM denounced in Bosnia for anti-Muslim rhetoric
(Amer Cohadzic, Associated Press)

United Methodists to join in plan for Boy Scouts bankruptcy
(Associated Press)

Ex-doctor accused of terrorist threat against Mormon church
(Associated Press)

Abuse victim's claim against the Vatican dismissed under FSIA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

7th Circuit now says Wisconsin wrongly denied school bus aid to Catholic school students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judgment Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group and Others v. Georgia - unprecedented violence against LGBT demonstrators
(European Court of Human Rights)

EU making efforts to amend Bosnian genocide denial law implemented by Austrian diplomat
(Arab News)

Biden is paving the way for a dangerous ideology
(Dalia Al-Aqidi, Arab News)

Haiti's Catholic bishops launch cry of alarm before Christmas
(Céline Hoyeau, La Croix International)

Plans move forward for 2022 pope, Russian patriarch meeting
(Nicole Winfield and Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)

We could use a little more Hinduism in our approach to climate change
(Gopal D. Patel and Murali Balaji, Religion News Service)

Let’s treat religious liberty like conscientious objection
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

CAR: Cardinal warns against Russia’s growing influence in Central African Republic
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jerusalem churches unite to preserve one of the world’s oldest Christian communities
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

An American Muslim leader said Zionist Jews can’t be trusted allies. Jews and Muslims who work together know better.
(Yehuda Kurtzer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The wounds politics cannot heal: Politics is a false god, and a weak god as well.
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)

Keeping the Faith column: Islamophobia has forced American Muslim community to evolve
(Horsed Noah, The Columbus Dispatch)

Muslims celebrating Christmas: Why the “petty” is powerful
(Shaykha Shazia Ahmed, Muslim Matters)

Public division over Covid-19 no less dangerous than virus itself - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Donbas: Luhansk: Christmas saved for parishes not allowed a priest
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Religion's impact on global migrant crisis: RNS concludes that it's Gordian Knot complicated
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Stand strong now, with the God-given weapon of Truth
(Thomas Farr, Legatus)

Russia, the Church of Scientology and the ECtHR – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

All needed at table, including groups like KKK to tackle racism and save planet, says world churches' leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Singapore welcomes first Jewish Museum
(Jewish News)

Black Gen Zers trust organized religion more than other ethnic groups of same age
(Paul Bond, Newsweek)

Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions
(BBC News)

Court orders FIR to be lodged against Salman Khurshid for comments in his book on Hindu religion
(Tribune India)

Kashmir's oldest church built in 1896 to reopen for Christmas
(Syed Shahriyar, Religion Unplugged)

Qatar: Soccer's World Cup triggers religious conflicts in Qatar over alcohol consumption, LGBTQ rights
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

Part-time preaching: Few churches can fully support their ministers today
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

Zemmour: French Jews slam far-right Jewish presidential hopeful
(Alexander Durie, Al Jazeera)

It’s time for the West to engage with the Taliban
(Michael E. O’Hanlon, Rory Stewart, and Obaid Younossi, Brookings)

Monday, 20 December 2021

Across US, houses of worship struggle to rebuild attendance
(David Crary, Associated Press)

How do we break the cycle of religious violence in South Asia?
(Sunita Viswanath, Religion Dispatches)

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