Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 29 October 2021
Victorian Religious Exceptions Amendment Bill introduced
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
President Herzog asks for forgiveness at Kafr Kassem memorial ceremony
(Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post)
The National Prayer Breakfast of Ukraine brought together politicians, religious and public figures
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
The classifier of professions has expanded in the field of religious activity (Ukrainian)
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
New York state health care workers will no longer have religious exemption to Covid-19 vaccine mandate, court rules
(Rob Frehse, CNN)
Tensions rise in Indian state after attacks against Muslims
(Wasbir Hussain and Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
U.S. religious freedom chair: ‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’
(Raqib Hameed Naik, Aljazeera)
A Dalit family shares the discrimination, violence it faces in India
(Harshita Rathore, Religion Unplugged)
Christian student group: U of Nebraska-Lincoln discriminated
(Associated Press)
House subcommittees hold joint hearing on vaccine mandates and employee accommodations
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
S3, Ep. 02: Out of the shadows and into the courtroom: Religion in the execution chamber (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Katherine Marshall on Dr. Azza Karam
(YouTube Video, The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Israel’s decision to cancel cultural event upsets Catholic leaders
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why cricket in Pakistan is infused with religion and nationalism
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
US could hold key for the future of the Catholic Church
(Massimo Faggioli, Deutsche Welle)
IS bride sentence an important sign to Yazidis
(Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Visiting Israel, Congolese president faces billboards accusing him of antisemitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the occasion of International Religious Freedom Day
(The White House)
Texas Governor signs ban on transgender girls participating on female sports teams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crimea: Four already jailed, 12 more to follow?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian religious leaders, political leaders debate whether religions have legal obligation to disclose data to Russia state department
(Religion Today)
The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia
(The Washington Post)
FJCR president estimates number of Russian Jews at 1 mln
(Interfax-Religion)
Jewish writer collects 4,000 tiny dreidels found by Eastern European treasure hunters
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Familiar, but newsworthy, trends: Catholicism grows in Africa and Asia, while Europe fades
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Quebec bishops deplore gutting of religious culture courses
(Juliette Paquier, La Croix International)
Vatican's Diwali greeting to Hindus stresses overcoming the scars of the pandemic
(La Croix International)
Vatican: Christians, Hindus can bring hope to those in despair
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Taiwan says Vatican relations ‘open and smooth’ despite reports of China pressure
(The Pillar)
Bangladesh’s deadly identity crisis
(Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
International Religious Freedom Day
(Twitter, U.S. Department of State)
2021–22 BYU Forum Speakers
(Martin Luther King III, Reverend Doctor Andrew Teal, William Barber II, Marilynne Robinson, James Fallows, Amy Chua, Brigham Young University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 October 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Targeted Sanctions - Implications for International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 27 October 2021 (3PM PT): Remaking the Human: Technoscience, Dignity and the Meaning of Progress
(Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University)
What Utah can teach the country about gay rights and religion
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks on anti-gay Bill in Ghana’s Parliament
(GhanaWeb)
Ghana lawyer: We’ve made religion more powerful than Ghana's Constitution
(Maurice Ampaw, GH Ghana News)
Religious freedom in pre-world war Japan
(Jolyon Thomas, Penn Today)
Review: John McWhorter argues that antiracism has become a religion of the American left
(Zaid Jilani, The New York Times)
'Why can't we study?' - Afghan girls still barred from school
(News24)
Nigerian Bishop warns politicians against using religion as tool, seeks quality Nigerian constitution
(Dennis Naku, Punch)
Weekly Highlight #179: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Supportive faith actor engagement - with noteworthy exceptions
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Cuban pastor faces ten-year prison sentence
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Freed from Islamist rule, Christian minorities in Morocco express hope
(International Christian Concern)
Namibia: Church calls for referendum on abortion
(All Africa)
Severe sentences draw renewed attention to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom violations in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Four more Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to very heavy prison terms
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Taiwan denies reports that China is asking Holy See to break ties
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wenzhou authorities detain Bishop Shao Zhumin again
(Asia News)
Nationalists want Hindu statue displayed in a Christian school in Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Korean missionary nuns held in Nepal on conversion charges
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
(John O'Connor, Associated Press)
In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace
(Hassan Barise, Associated Press)
Texas executions delayed over religious rights claims
(Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press)
Brooklyn Diocese fires music teacher after same-sex wedding
(Associated Press)
Canada: Program that stripped summer job funding for groups opposed to abortion upheld by Federal Court
(Adrian Humphreys, National Post)
Canadian court upholds job program funding limited to groups supporting abortion rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Home-based synagogue sues over zoning restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC updates guidance on religious objections to COVID vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Annual State of Antisemitism in America Report
(American Jewish Committee)
Christian student group files suit over discrimination at University of Houston-Clear Lake
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Pacific islands in peril, churches’ leader stresses before climate change conference
(The European Times)
Is this a Kairos moment for the G20 to address inequalities?
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ethical and practical health challenges: Emerging from the COVID-19 crises
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Catholic charity welcomes Scotland’s pledge to combat effects of climate change
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ahead of presidential vote, Nicaraguan bishops say free elections not possible
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
African bishops demand end to 'land grabs' by private companies
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Three Philippine priests removed from ministry for seeking public office
(Catholic News Service)
Latter-day Saint leaders pay visit to Scottish Parliament
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News)
Tunisia closes TV station of president's political rival
(Deutsche Welle)
French leader's charm offensive at the Vatican
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)
A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Greece’s top court rules against ritual slaughter, following recent EU decision upholding bans
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How one South Asian mother is fighting racism in a surprising way
(Reshma Gopaldas, She Knows)
Bioethicist claims allowing circumcision is sexist
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)
Lukashenko said it would be un-Christian to refuse to sell electricity to Lithuania and Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Don't neglect the Supreme Court's potentially weighty case on religious schools funding
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
International Religious Freedom Day: Not to be overlooked
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
Swedish education agency recommends exercise that has students argue the Holocaust never happened
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Resolution condemning Iranian persecution against Baha’is introduced in Congress
(Baha'i National Center, Yahoo News)
Algeria: Quash conviction of Christian convert prosecuted solely for religious belief
(Amnesty International)
A church without walls, behind walls: How Evangelicals are transforming American prisons
(Michael Hallett and Byron Johnson, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
72 religious institutions pledge to divest $4.2 billion from fossil fuels
(Venceslas Deblock, La Croix International)
DRC: Bishop denounces persecution of the Church
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Jurists: STF decision on Bible in schools violates religious freedom (Portuguese)
(Renato Souza, R7)
Catholic and Evangelical TV receive 40% of licenses in Bolsonaro administration (Portuguese)
(O Estado de S. Paulo, IstoÉ Dinheiro)
With an eye on evangelicals, the government wants to host a world summit on religion (Portuguese)
(Jamil Chade, UOL)
Catholic Church in Germany releases first climate protection report
(Catholic News Service)
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 26-27 October 2021: FP Digital Summit: Her Power 2021
(Foreign Policy)
Monday, 25 October 2021
Thousands of Islamists continue marching to Pakistan capital
(Babar Dogar, Associated Press)
Apaches ask appeals court to oppose transfer of Arizona land
(Anita Snow, Associated Press)
Most Honolulu COVID vaccine exemption requests cite religion
(Peter Boylan, Star Advertiser)
Pakistan told to release Christian charged with blasphemy
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Soaring costs found as impediment to justice for Pakistan's minorities
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pakistan judge: religious minorities free to practice their religions
(Karachi, Pakistan Today)
Russia: Igor Shmidt is the 30th Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to prison in 2021
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Moscow churches not shut down along with the city
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Morocco’s Essaouira: The tolerant city where things have always been done differently
(Ray Hartley and Greg Mills, The Daily Maverick: Opinionista)
Belgium: Court declares as unfounded false accusations about Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
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