Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 9 August 2021
Unfair dismissal and religion again: Ferguson v Kintail Trustees
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 8th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
COVID-19: Church in Wales update for Alert Level Zero
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'Signs of times have never been clearer' says churches group after UN climate report rings alarm bells
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Vatican speaks out in 'killer robots' debate at UN raising weaponization of artificial intelligence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Religion Watch, Volume 36 No. 9
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Police in China's Shanxi detain nine Protestant house church members
(Qiao Long, Radio Free Asia)
Ukraine ombudsperson calls out Russia’s violations of religious rights in occupied Crimea
(Ukrinform)
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane attacks Maharashrtra govt over Ganeshotsav guidelines, says 'Hindu religion in danger'
(The Times of India)
Abandoned by the world, living in fear of the Taliban: India is the only hope for Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan
(Diksha Yadav, Yahoo News India)
Bhagwat’s call for Hindu-Muslim dialogue is welcome, but a shift in BJP’s politics is crucial
(Zakia Soman, The Wire)
What’s missing from popular discussions of today’s Christian nationalism?
(Katherine Stewart, Religion Dispatches)
‘Politics uses religion to serve interests’ - Pakistan
(The Tribune)
Eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan
(Haroon Janjua, The Guardian)
Pakistan’s Hindu temple ransacking has deep ideological roots
(Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The Diplomat)
Temple attacked in Pakistan returned to Hindus after repairs
(Associated Press)
Faith groups accuse GOP senators of ‘apparent anti-Muslim animus’ for stalling Biden nominee
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Did the Chief sneak a Smith workaround past the liberal Justices in Fulton?
(Caleb Acker, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
What can we learn from Indigenous Peoples about climate change?
(Myron J. Pereira, La Croix International)
China isn’t trying to dominate the Middle East
(Steven A. Cook and James Green, Foreign Affairs)
IGE conducts 2021 religion and rule of law training for Kachin church leaders in Myanmar
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Elijah interfaith interreligious training seminar features the Parliament's Global Ethic declaration
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Abortion just isn’t the motivating issue for evangelicals it once was
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)
As vaccine mandates spread, employers and colleges seek advice on religious exemptions
(Monique Parsons, Religion News Service)
In Moscow, Idaho, conservative ‘Christian Reconstructionists’ are thriving amid evangelical turmoil
(Crawford Gribben, Religion News Service)
Podcast: Belquis Ahmadi on the Taliban’s dramatic gains and the dire consequences
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Belarus regime crackdown on Orthodox church is altering prayers, purging clergy
(Felix Corley, Religion Unplugged)
Saudi Arabia opens Umrah pilgrimage to vaccinated foreigners
(Al Jazeera)
Christian member of Finnish Parliament faces prison for questioning support of gay pride parade
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Friday, 6 August 2021
Pakistan sends troops after Muslim mob attacked Hindu temple
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)
Mob attacks temple in Pakistan's Punjab, damages idols
(M. Zulqernain, Yahoo News India)
UK South Asians push for partition history in school curriculum
(Al Jazeera)
Faisalabad: another Christian girl kidnapped and converted to Islam (video)
(Shafique Khokhar, Asia News)
Cuban Christian given 72hrs to take down a Bible verse sign outside his house or face prison
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
New NPR ethics policy on human dignity: It's OK for journalists to demonstrate (sometimes)
(Kelly McBride, National Public Radio)
Perspective: Public schools need constitutional and religious literacy
(David Callaway, Freedom Forum Institute)
Taiwan: The fiscal persecution of Tai Ji Men, a mysterious case
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Resurgence of religion in politics - South Asia
(The News International)
USCIRF releases new report on Iran’s escalation of religious repression
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Munich condemned by Bavarian Admin Court for discriminating a member of Scientology
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Councillor Giulio Gandolfi thanked Say No to Drugs volunteers in Milano
(The European Times)
Prayer against Covid: They put on a mask of Japan's Goddess of Mercy
(The European Times)
LGBTQ advocates sue Tennessee over new anti-transgender bathroom law
(Devan Cole, CNN)
DOJ reports on 15 years of hate crime prosecutions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tennessee's 48-hour abortion waiting period is legal: court
(Joseph Choi, The Hill)
White House announces liaison to Jewish community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia to offer redress payments to some of its 'Stolen Generation'
(Colin PackhamRenju Jose, Reuters)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK Newsletter - 6 August 2021
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
NSW: Euthanasia law’s deadly loopholes
(Michael Kenny, Catholic Weekly)
Christian families in Vietnam 'refused' local aid because of their faith says charity
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
Argentine bishop’s death certificate to be changed to ‘murder’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Argentina makes history as first South American country to include ‘x’ gender on official IDs
(Brittany Valentine, Al Dia News)
Worship ban challenge filed in Uganda
(Anglican Link)
Photos of the Week: Lebanon blast anniversary; Olympic moments
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts and human rights practice
(Helen Duffy, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
What is going on in the fight over LGBTQ nondiscrimination and foster care?
(Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
N.Y. priests urged not to give religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
El Salvador’s cardinal says country living through ‘political earthquake’
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Welcome refugees, avoid politics at church, Latter-day Saint handbook update says
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Study finds the American mosque increasingly a melting pot of Islamic traditions
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Amid hesitation in African Anglican provinces, Kenya appoints first two women bishops
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Why file frivolous religious rights cases against COVID protections?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
How big tech targets faith groups for censorship
(Joshua D. Holdenried, Real Clear Religion)
The Justice Department declines to defend conscience rights
(Alexandra Desanctis, National Review)
Rural churches rescued from common fate of soviet era
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Secular atheism as a protected belief: Sleath v West Midlands Trains
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
There’s a religious revival going on in China – under the constant watch of the Communist Party
(Mario Poceski, The Conversation)
Is being trans a religion? Why the Christian right wants you to think so
(Chrissy Stroop, Religion Dispatches)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered
(Chris McDonnell, La Croix International)
"Fratelli tutti" from the perspective of Africa
(Ludovic Lado, La Croix International)
Islamic New Year: What you need to know
(Al Jazeera)
Responses to: Palestinian citizens and religious nationalism in Israel
(Arnon Degani, Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Nadeem Karkabi, Rami Zeedan, Lori Allen, Atalia Omer, Maha Nassar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Christian baker appeals ruling on gender transition cake
(Associated Press)
Union Gospel Mission seeks high court ruling on hiring case
(Associated Press)
Highlights: Recommendations to G20 leaders
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions
(Associated Press)
Biden administration announces key international religious freedom appointments
(Nathan Berkeley, Religious Freedom Institute)
Controversy over separation of state and religion in Japan rekindled after Shinto imperial rite
(The Japan Times)
The European Convention on Human Rights: A living instrument (August 2021)
(Council of Europe)
Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria (Updated 1 August 2021)
(European Court of Human Rights)
Guide on Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Right to an effective remedy (April 2021 update)
(European Court of Human Rights)
Key Cases of the European Court of Human Rights (1st and 2nd quarters 2021)
(European Court of Human Rights)
The burning of Canada’s churches
(Paul Tuns, The Wall Street Journal)
Why Supreme Court got it right in extending the wall
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the ‘my body, my choice’ slogan?
(Elizabeth Lanphier, The Conversation)
Understanding evangelicalism in America today
(Terry Shoemaker, The Conversation)
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Can faith engagement make a difference?
(Katherine Marshall, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
The American Mosque 2020: Growing and evolving. Report 2 of the US Mosque Survey 2020: Perspectives and activities
(Ishan Bagby, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding)
The American Mosque 2021: Growing and evolving. Report 1 of the US Mosque Survey 2020: Basic characteristics of the American mosque
(Ihsan Bagby, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding)
Women are becoming more involved in U.S. mosques
(Besheer Mohamd, Pew Research Center)
Ohio’s Yost joins other AGs attempting to overturn Roe v. Wade
(Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal)
Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy
(Shadi Hamid, Brookings)
Tunisia’s litmus test for Arab politics
(Hussein Ibish, Business Day)
China: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (16-31.07.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Vietnam: EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) denounces activists’ arrests
(Bilaterals)
Spanish Supreme Court rules divorced-and-remarried religion teacher must be reinstated
(Blanca Ruiz, Catholic News Agency)
Bangladesh church attacked twice by Buddhist radicals after weeks of threats: report
(Emily Wood, Christian Post)
Police encounter with Christian preachers a startling omen of things to come
(Scoop)
‘They cannot burn Jesus out of me’: Mozambique pastors minister to survivors of violent insurgency
(Stefani McDade, Christianity Today)
USCIRF commends targeted sanctions against religious freedom violators in Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
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