Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 20 September 2021
Indonesia retrieves most-wanted militant’s body from jungle
(Mohammad Taufan, Associated Press)
Automatic stay of suits in bankruptcy prevents state court defamation suit against diocese
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim women can move ahead with suit challenging NYPD arrest photo policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 20 September 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Faith-based adoption provider forced to sue NY officials second time for harassment over marriage views
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
India should share its ancient knowledge with the world: Dalai Lama
(NDtv)
France’s Notre Dame cathedral secured at last. Next: rebuild
(Associated Press)
Chile has a growing Muslim community – but few know about it
(Michael Vicente Perez and Matthew Ingalls, The Conversation)
Chile cardinal pushes politicians to honor ‘non-negotiable values’
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Quebec judge OKs class action against congregation for ‘spiritual abuse’
(Francois Gloutnay, Catholic News Service)
The Black church can depolarize religious freedom
(Justin Giboney, Deseret News Opinion)
Data suggests Trump’s evangelical voting bloc may grow stronger by 2024
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Major abortion case set for argument on Dec. 1
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Plug-In: As COVID-19 vaccine wars rage, press focuses on religious-exemption claims
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Iraq, call for bids: John Bunyan Fund for Freedom of Religion or Belief
(British Embassy Baghdad, UK Government)
Can Francis and ‘Super Mario’ position Europe between AUKUS and China?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘Binding promises in God’s presence’ bars abdication for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, biographer says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Law and religion round-up – 19th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religion Watch, Volume 36 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Humanists urge Supreme Court to protect reproductive rights in Mississippi abortion case
(American Humanist Association)
Whose religious freedom is at stake with Texas’s new abortion law?
(The Christian Century)
Moroccan Christians welcome end of a decade of Islamist government
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Colombia: Bishops decry violence against Afro-Colombians, indigenous people
(La Croix International)
Eastern African bishops' delegation visits Ethiopia to help restore peace
(La Croix International)
Friday, 17 September 2021
Transition to Indonesia at the IF20: Speech for closing ceremony (PDF)
(H. Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, G20 Interfaith Forum)
Constitution Day reminds us to safeguard the guarantee of No Religious Test
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Perspective: First Amendment Day is a reminder we get to have a say
(Karen Hansen, Freedom Forum Institute)
Church of Scientology celebrates 41 years rooted in Spain, “providing indispensable help to society”
(Juan Sanchez, The European Times)
EVENT, 17 September 2021 (3PM MDT): Constitution Day Lecture: Judge Thomas Griffith
(Brigham Young University)
Removing the obstacles to freedom of religion or belief in Africa
(Yunusa Nmadu, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Court to hear case on religious schools barred from Maine choice program
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Court date set for Finnish MP charged over Bible-Tweet
(ADF International)
UK would be ‘delighted and thrilled’ if pope attends Glasgow climate summit
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UK: The pitfalls of defining ‘Islamophobia’
(Wasiq Wasiq, Jewish News)
“Net zero”, church heating, and the consistory courts – III
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: More must be done to protect free speech
(Jeremiah Igunnubole, The Times)
Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
(Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press)
Muslim groups call for Hilton boycott over project in China
(Associated Press)
Syrian refugee pleads guilty in IS-inspired church bomb plot
(Associated Press)
US faith leaders recall Sikh’s bias killing post Sept. 11
(Anita Snow, Associated Press)
Cyprus recovers looted 18th century church doors from Japan
(Associated Press)
South Sudan church leaders frustrated by lack of progress in nuns’ murders
(Paul Jeffrey, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Draft of Cuba’s new family code opens door for gay marriage
(Associated Press)
Taliban seize women’s ministry building for use by religious police
(Jim Huylebroek, Wali Arian and Rick Gladstone, The New York Times)
Afghanistan: Pakistan braces for more 'Islamization' after Taliban victory
(S Khan, Deutsche Welle)
Kazakhstan: "It is not allowed to pray at any location unless it's approved"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
‘Who else is spying on me?’ Muslim Americans bring the fight against surveillance to the Supreme Court
(Sanya Mansoor, Time Magazine)
General applicability: An ambiguous concept after Fulton
(Patrick Hornbeck, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Blinken pledges US backing to expand Abraham Accords between Israel, Arab states
(Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel)
How the Lemon Test Soured the First Amendment (podcast)
(Stream of Conscience, Becket)
RFRA, We Love You (podcast)
(Stream of Conscience, Becket)
Queensland becomes fifth Australian state to legalise voluntary euthanasia
(Felicity Caldwell and Matt Dennien, Brisbane Times)
Catholics in Belarus welcome new archbishop amid continued repression
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Colombian social media star challenges censorship ruling in court
(Sofia Hörder, Christian Today)
Challenging abortion laws in Bangladesh: In need of a multi-pronged judicial strategy
(Psymhe Wadud, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies
(Holly Meyer, Associated Press)
Many faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Satanic Temple loses fight over city's revocation of display permit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Arkansas Supreme Court rejects inmate's complaint over withholding of Nation of Islam publications
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian aid groups ask U.N. panel to eliminate overseas orphanages and institutionalization
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
What is the Moon Festival? A scholar of Chinese religions explains
(Mario Poceski, Religion News)
India’s supreme court dismisses ‘forced conversion’ charge against caroling priest
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Guinean bishops express concerns after coup
(Catholic News Service)
Kenya's shelter for suspected witches
(Thelma Mwadzaya, Deutsche Welle)
Survey: Who Americans blame for insurrection depends on their faith
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Notorious case involving Jehovah's Witnesses finally ready for court
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Base booster or blasphemy? Bible-quoting pro-Trump billboard raises eyebrows in Georgia
(Heather Green, Religion News Service)
Trump is gone, but Muslim federal workers say reforms are still needed to protect their jobs
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Despite court rulings, South Dakota's Noem pushes for school prayer
(Steve Benen, MSNBC)
In Zimbabwe "no vax" means "no church"
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Angela Merkel's chancellorship and the influence of religion
(Delphine Nerbollier, La Croix International)
USCIRF releases factsheet on Laos’ Decree 315
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation
(Thomas Peipert, Associated Press)
Legal Journal Number 11 (16): September 2021 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
US Supreme Court blourt blocks execution, will weigh in on inmate’s religious-liberty claims
(Amy Howe, SCOTUS Blog)
Statement by President Biden on Yom Kippur
(The White House)
This Yom Kippur, many Jews will wash their hands of a certain injunction
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR PAPERS, due 15 September 2021: 2022 Church History Symposium--Latter-day Saints and Religious Liberty: Historical and Global Perspectives
(BYU Department of Church History and Doctrine and the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
What’s the law on vaccine exemptions? A religious liberty expert explains
(Douglas Laycock, The Conversation)
The danger of bringing religious zeal to the political realm
(Shadi Hamid, Deseret News Opinion)
Freedom of religion means freedom to say no to vaccines
(Noah Feldman, The Washington Post)
South Carolina joins Virginia freedom of religion fight on government-appointed clergymen
(SC Now)
India's new laws against 'love jihad' give Hindu conservatives power to halt weddings
(National Public Radio)
India: Govt. enacting drama, says Siddaramaiah
(The Hindu)
India general secretary says province high court shouldn't intervene in matters of religion
(The New Indian Express)
NYC must give teachers with religion exemptions non-classroom work, arbitrator finds
(Jen Chung, Gothamist)
FECRIS sentenced in Germany for defaming Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Jugement de Hambourg (Les Témoins de Jéhovah) - in French
(Press Release, FECRIS)
Why I can't sign the World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action
(Benoit Mayer, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Trump and his religion advisers launch new national faith advisory board
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Military attacks church in battle-ravaged Myanmar
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Post-Trump, Christian nationalists preach a theology of vaccine resistance
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Former US presidents, religious leaders launch organization to aid Afghan evacuees
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Blocked from serving their church, Catholic women push for female deacons
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Weekly Highlight #173: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Religious gatherings with old and new challenges
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
USCIRF releases new report on Houthi religious repression in Yemen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
G20 Interfaith Forum welcomes hundreds of religious leaders, policymakers and academics to tackle global challenges
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Is Christian ecumenism a model? G20 interfaith forum, Bologna 2021 (PDF)
(Christian Krieger, Conference of European Churches)
New website: Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe
(European Commission)
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