Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 December 2021
Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
(Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)
Lebanese religious leaders stress unity after meeting with U.N. chief
(Doreen Abi Raad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Talitha Kum's call to action to heal the wounds of human trafficking
(Sister Gabriella Bottani, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Reassignment of popular teacher for wearing a hijab in classroom stirs outrage over Quebec law
(Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post)
TAU, German university to open joint interfaith studies center
(Jerusalem Post)
Christmas Eve in the dark: The Mexican government’s reluctance to proactively defend FoRB has established a culture of abuses and impunity that is deeply rooted within Mexican indigenous communities.
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
U.N. to establish a monitoring mechanism for Ethiopia
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Ordination of married gay man at Alabama cathedral renews conflict with diocese
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Youth Engagement with Religion and Faith in the 21st Century
(Religions for Peace)
US appoints new Tibet coordinator amid tensions with China
(Al Jazeera)
China: Freedom of religion or belief : Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Syria camps: Islamic State killed six people in al-Hol this month, says activist group
(Middle East Eye)
Sacred order in social order
(Bruce Riley Ashford, First Things)
Hanging offensive? Emory U., frat spar over student-placed Christmas wreath and garland
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Hungary helping embattled Christian communities in Mid-East, Africa
(John J. Metzler, World Tribune)
Egypt’s leading activist gets 5 years; 2 others get 4 years
(Associated Press)
United Arab Emirates to end censorship of cinematic releases
(Associated Press)
India: Religious conversion is silent invasion, shouldn't be allowed: Karnataka CM Bommai
(Deccan Herald)
Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple
(Associated Press)
Nonbelievers across Africa risk freedom and family support
(Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 20 December 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian organizations ask Supreme Court to stay OSHA private-employer vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justices field emergency requests on federal vaccine policies for workplaces, health care facilities
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
ADF asks Supreme Court to halt enforcement of unlawful vaccine mandate
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Shaping the AI transformation: The agency of religious and belief actors
(Center for Religious Studies, Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Editor’s picks 2021
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Chilean bishops assure president-elect of Church's mission to nation building
(La Croix International)
Spain: Newspaper forces reluctant Spanish bishops to face sex abuse crisis
(Valérie Demon, La Croix International)
Malawi: Listen to the cry of the people, bishops in Malawi tell government
(La Croix International)
How can education unite us rather than fragment us?
(Margarita Mooney Suarez, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Maintaining faith amid modern malaise: A conversation with Public Discourse contributing editor Devorah Goldman
(Devorah Goldman and Elayne Allen, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Judge forces Dutch lawmaker to remove tweets likening Holocaust to COVID-19 measures
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The trend against religious affiliation is a grave threat to the GOP. But don’t count on it to save democracy.
(Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)
Christian finance expert Dave Ramsey sued for religious discrimination
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Ukrainian evangelical preacher rebuffed in Russia
(Kubanskie Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: "Foreign agents", "undesirable organisations", and freedom of religion or belief
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
It’s easier to wear the hijab in Moscow than in St. Petersburg or Kazan, Muslim residents say
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
In England and Wales number of Christians falls to half the population, while in US similar pattern shows
(The European Times)
Christmas: a subversive legal history
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Victory as £16,000 fine for car park church ministry thrown out
(Christian Concern)
UK: Harry Miller’s win for free speech
(ADF UK)
"2022 will be a year of increased action."
(Fiona Bruce, Twitter)
Jewish National Fund UK chair: ‘Jews have no future in England’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: Fixsler
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Consultation: outdoor weddings and civil partnerships
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 19th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Australia: Religious freedom laws go under microscope
(Australian Associated Press)
Australia: Submission to Parliamentary committee on the Religious Discrimination Bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Aussie archbishop cites own illness in opposing draft euthanasia law
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How religious can your religious school actually be?
(Asma Uddin, Deseret News)
Satanic Temple holiday display to be installed at Illinois state capitol building
(Jon Jackson, Newsweek)
Religious minorities in Soviet Lithuania: Secret meetings in forests
(The Baltic Times)
Saudi Arabia: Yemeni man sentenced for apostasy
(Human Rights Watch)
Q&A with Daisy Khan: How she advances women's rights informed by Islam
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Muslim nations pledge to help unlock frozen Afghan assets
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
BIC New York: UN Calls on Iran to end religious discrimination
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Homeless get bah humbugged by city council
(Becket)
Two weeks in review, 6 – 19 December 2021
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
24 inmates awarded BA degree in pastoral ministry will serve NC prisons as ministers
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
"Russian House" was opened in a captured Mormon meeting house in the occupied Donetsk
(Institute for Religious Freedom)
Friday, 17 December 2021
Video: Catherine Wanner on religion in post-communist countries
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religion Watch, Volume 37 No. 1
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
At Canada’s top university, leading Jewish groups lose an antisemitism battle
(Arno Rosenfeld, Forward)
Canada: London Ont., looking at joining other cities’ support of legal challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21
(Sawyer Bogdan, Global News)
Rashad Hussain confirmed as first Muslim US religious freedom ambassador
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
USCIRF welcomes confirmation of a new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
CEC to enhance church voices in European institutions through advocacy
(Conference of European Churches)
Egyptian Christian activist Patrick George Zaki released pending trial
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Christian prisoners in North Korea are being beaten, tortured and starved - report
(Julian Mann, Christian Today)
Chinese couple lose their appeal against seven-year prison sentence for selling Christian literature
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
The real test for China and Iran - opinion
(Vas Shenoy, The Jerusalem Post)
Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
(Ellen Knickmeyer and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press)
If the US doesn't stand up for China's ethnic and religious minorities, who will?
(André Carson, CNN)
China: Faithful disobedience: Yet another emperor seeks to obliterate Christianity
(Daryl McCann, Spectator Australia)
European Parliament calls for immediate and unconditional release of Cuban pastor
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Germany: Frankfurt court strikes down censorship zone around abortion organisation
(ADF International)
“Faith for Rights” approach to promoting sustainable peace
(Knox Thames)
Holy Land Christian leaders want guarantees on protection
(The Iona Institute)
Azerbaijan to commemorate International Holocaust Day
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Ex-hostages doing well, have left Haiti, mission agency says
(Peter Smith and Christopher Sherman, Associated Press)
Court rejects group’s effort to regulate town green church
(Dave Collins, Associated Press)
Putin gives Pope birthday call, praises his global role
(Associated Press)
European Court of Human Rights: “Scientology cannot be banned in Russia”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
In Kashmir, closed mosque belies India’s religious freedom
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)
India: Don't exclude non-Hindus from auction process for shop leases in temple : Supreme Court directs AP govt authorities
(Mehal Jain, Live Law)
India: Christian school attacked by 300 Hindu nationalists in India
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent
(Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)
Lawsuit filed after U.S. military discriminates against company because of inspirational “dog tags”
(First Liberty)
5th Circuit denies en banc review in teacher qualified immunity case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Defense Authorization Act requires religious exemptions from COVID vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tribe sues claiming energy project violates its religious rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8th Circuit hears oral arguments in religious challenge to health care transgender anti-discrimination rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious hospitals argue for liberty in transgender mandate case
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Buddhist scholar Duncan Ryuken Williams wins prestigious Grawemeyer religion prize
(Shyamal Sinha, European Times)
Ukraine: Head of state meets with representatives of Ukrainian Council of Churches, signs law on military chaplains
(President of Ukraine)
Vatican Promotor of Justice holds ties to Italy’s most famous cold case
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope welcomes first group of asylum-seekers from Cyprus
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Argentina, Uruguay bishops fight push for euthanasia in their countries
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ethiopia’s Amhara region shattered after weeks of war
(Maria Gerth-Niculescu, Deutsche Welle)
Alluding to conflict with Russia, Ukraine’s Jewish president likens his nation to Jewish people
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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