Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Israeli government advances ground-breaking reform for private kosher certification
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Controversial cleric’s ‘modesty call’ to Turkish volleyball team bounces back at him
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Only half of American households donated to charity in 2018, a 2 decade low: report
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Christian group cautiously optimistic after Sudanese gov’t allows building of Orthodox Church
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)
Saving church properties in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pope must not allow himself to be propaganda tool for North Korea
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Take that, Benedict XVI: Pope Francis decides Latin Mass is too divisive to embrace
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
It's not about Latin
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)
Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany
(Catholic News Agency)
India court upholds lower court order against IMA president for ‘using platform to propagate religion’
(The Indian Express)
Muslim peoples from Russia in Turkey becoming more active, attracting more attention – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review Opinion)
Survey: Vaccine hesitancy declines among faith groups, spurred partly by religious appeals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
A pastor's take: Why religion won't fix vaccine hesitancy in Tennessee | Opinion
(Susan Thistlethwaite, Tennessean)
Lonely no more: Questioning Christians find belonging on TikTok
(Renée Roden, Religion News Service)
Mary, mother of Jesus, returns as an icon for pop stars and social justice warriors
(Whitney Bauck, Religion News Service)
Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
(David Crary, Religion News Service)
Reparations bill gains momentum as an interfaith cause
(Adelle M Banks, Religion News Service)
Nigerian official: Religion and ethnicity not Nigeria’s problem, it’s the people
(Nigerian Eye)
Venezuelan president rejects Vatican letter calling for dialogue
(Walter Sanchez Silva, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican says 5th Catholic bishop consecrated under China agreement
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican Increasing ‘Liquid’ Assets As It Faces Financial Impact Of Pandemic
(Hannah Brockhaus, Eurasia Review)
Church bells rings in Norway on 10-year anniversary of Utøya attack
(World Council of Churches)
Weekly Highlight #166: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Continue to Multiply
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Haiti’s evangelical leaders feel pressure after one of their own arrested in president’s killing
(Anthony Faiola and Widlore Merancourt, The Washington Post)
Free Exercise challenges to Illinois COVID orders dismissed as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
It is time for the EU to question the GSP+ status granted to Pakistan
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Exploring connection between organized religion and systematic racism in America
(ABC 7 New York)
USCIRF praises additional humanitarian assistance to Iraqis displaced by ISIS
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Connecticut awards security grants to 97 groups, churches
(Associated Press)
Tunisia opens corruption probes of leading Islamist party
(Associated Press)
US ramps up pressure on Poland over Holocaust restitution
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
German woman indicted over her time with IS in Syria
(Associated Press)
Plaintiffs propose replacing Bible with Book of Faith
(Associated Press)
Study: Only half of American households donate to charity
(Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press)
Catholic hospital in India attacked by mob
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fifth Chinese bishop ordained with both government, papal approval
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Abortion in Northern Ireland threatens peace process, bishops say
(Michael Kelly, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How you view organized religion may depend on your political party
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
How can China avoid demographic disaster? Return to religion
(Fuxian Yi and W. Bradford Wilcox, Deseret News)
National sins & miseries
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' favored religion and Trump
(Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Muslim countries can rely on Russia's support in tackling regional crises – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)
Donbas: Luhansk: More Christian texts "extremist", Catholic priests banned
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Future scenarios emerge as the media debate the health of U.S. Mainline Protestantism
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
COVID-19 legislation and guidance: update to 31 July
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Maine church asks Supreme Court to block state from enforcing Covid restrictions due to Delta
(Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
Could cohabitation rights solve the issue of unregistered religious marriages?
(Russell Sandberg, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Churches and mosques in South Sudan boost women's participation
(Augustine Passilly, La Croix International)
WEBINAR, 28 July 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF & TLHRC Hearing: Ending Genocide: Accountability for Perpetrators
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 28 July 2021, (9AM New York/3PM Brussels): A Digital Revolution? Ethical Implications and Interreligious Engagement
(EU & International Affairs office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the G20 Interfaith Forum, Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit Webinar Series)
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
WEBINAR, 27 July 2021 (6PM in Amsterdam): Intersectionality of Policy, Gender and Religion
(The G20 Interfaith Forum)
EVENT, 27 July 2021 (11AM Brussels): Panel debate: Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, and the persecution of minority groups.
(Press Club Brussels Europe)
Monday, 26 July 2021
Happy Eid al-Adha Mubarak
(Religions for Peace)
Photos of the Week: Eid al-Adha; Haitian president funeral
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Muslims mark Eid al-Adha holiday in pandemic’s shadow
(Mariam Fam, Religion News Service)
Indonesian Muslims mark grim Eid amid devastating virus wave
(Niniek Karmini, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court misses critical opportunity to offer guidance in clash of SOGI laws and religious liberty
(Nathan Berkeley, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
‘The Last Acceptable Prejudice’
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Poway synagogue attacker pleads guilty, faces additional federal charges
(Press Release, Religious Freedom Institute)
In Japan, Greek-influenced Olympics meet another kind of pagan heritage
(Heather Greene Share Tweet, Religion News Service)
Photos of the Week (July 2, 2021): Mass with puppets, temple rededication
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
On Tisha B’av, the meaning of Tree of Life revealed
(Beth Kissileff Share Tweet, Religion News Service Opinion)
American support for same-sex marriage continues to increase, even as religious conservatives battle LGBTQ community on other fronts
(Mark Wingfield, Baptist News Global)
Living in exile: “I am not less than any other human. I just want to be heard and seen”
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Christian student clubs triumph against religious discrimination
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Young Muslim women in Ghana feel stereotyped and judged: why it matters
(Barbara Crossouard, Christine Abu-Yeboah, Eric Ananga, Máiréad Dunne, and Vincent Adzahlie-Mensah, The Conversation)
Young people as partners for educational transformation
(Scherto Gill, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Religion, humanitarianism, and G20 policy initiatives: Promoting freedom of religion or belief (FoRB)
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
With more than a million children orphaned by COVID-19, faith-based groups look to mobilize support
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Episcopal News Service)
Potentialities and pitfalls of pluralism
(Institute for Global Engagement, Review of Faith & International Affairs)
What religious freedoms do you actually have?
(Anna Bryner, Brady Earley, and Daniel Frost, Deseret News)
9th Circuit: COVID closure of private schools may have violated due process rights of parents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit: Church has standing to challenge Washington abortion coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit rules in favor of Seattle-area church forced to pay for abortions
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Articles of interest - 26 July 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Food ordinance does not violate rights of Christians distributing sandwiches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
US churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native schools
(Associated Press)
28 abducted Baptist school students freed in Nigeria
(Ibrahim Garba and Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)
Police: IS sympathizers behind attempt on ex-Maldives leader
(Mohamed Sharuhaan, Associated Press)
BJC-led coalition urges President Biden to protect sacred Oak Flat from devastating mining operations
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Responding to: Religion and the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia
(Tricia Redeker Hepner, Mohammed Girma, and Khataza H. Gondwe, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Responding to: U.S. religious freedom and LGBTQ rights
(Amy J. Sepinwall, Laura Lane-Steele, Kyle Velte, Emily Kazyak and Kelsy Burke, Richard W. Garnett, Michael Vazquez, Jeremiah J. Castle and Kyla K. Stepp, Andrew Koppelman, Linda C. McClain, Michael Wear, Marci Hamilton, Chai Feldblum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Water a potential new focus of US/Vatican partnerships, Biden official says
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
French bishops call out Holocaust comparison from anti-vaxxers
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why faith leaders are calling on Congress to tackle immigration reform
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
The world’s largest Muslim organization just honored Evangelicals
(Paul Marshall, Religion Unplugged)
Don’t rain on Fulton’s parade: Religious freedom is winning at the Supreme Court
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Orthodox believers defy government to honor royal saints
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Belarusian politician raises Orthodox church issue
(Anna Sedova, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian foreign minister blames U.S.A. for Ukrainian church problems
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Law and religion round-up – 25th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Enmity and neglect take toll on Serb churches in Kosovo
(Serbeze Haxhiaj, Balkan Insight)
Slave labor shames India's claims of progressive development
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)
For most of India’s Hindus, religious and national identities are closely linked
(Manolo Corichi and Jonathan Evans, Pew Research Center)
'Larger public interest': HC rejects plea to allow Parsi final rites of COVID-19 victims
(Akhil Oka, Republic World)
Pakistan’s pyrrhic victory in Afghanistan
(Husain Haqqani, Foreign Affairs)
Can Iran save Afghanistan's Shiites and help China, Russia prevent war next door?
(Tom O'Connor, Newsweek)
Afghanistan’s religious minorities after the US withdraws
(Abijah Crawford, Providence Mag)
‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan
(Al Jazeera)
'Non-Orthodox Jews are our brothers' - Matan Kahana
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
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