Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 19 March 2021
Federal Court upholds California’s COVID-related restrictions on singing, chanting in religious worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The four “sons” of Myanmar united in anti-military nationalism (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(By: Chosein Yamahata, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Buddhist morality in Myanmar: Religious nationalism and solidarity after the coup (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(Mon Mon Myat, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A coup can’t destroy an ideology: The future of Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(Andrea Malji, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Myanmar Buddhism under perpetual siege: Reactions to the coup on Facebook (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(Esther Tenberg, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Myanmar’s coup has led many to rethink their previous exclusion of the Rohingya (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(Ronan Lee, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Symbols in the street: Community self-defense in Burma (Responding to: Buddhism, ethnicity, and nationalism in the Myanmar coup)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pakistan: A rising women’s movement confronts a new backlash: To build justice and peace in a nation vital to security, feminism needs a religious message.
(Aleena Khan, United States Institute of Peace)
Hundreds of Christian families face eviction from their homes in Pakistan
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic bishops meet with U.S. Treasury head to discuss COVID economic crisis
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christianity’s role in thwarting conspiracies — and why it isn’t working now
(Kennedy Lee, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Memorial to Holocaust victims unveiled at Israeli embassy in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Local news? Tricycle's Western Buddhism essay shows how religions adapt to new environs
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Registration of marriages – latest GRO advice for authorised persons
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Registration of marriages – GRO advice for clergy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Series of online events held by students to promote coexistence
(Jewish News)
Religion retains hold on Australian politics in 'soft theocracy'
(Max Wallace, Independent Australia)
New laws strengthen protections around freedom of speech in Australian universities
(Rebecca Zhu, The Epoch Times)
9th Circuit: Football coach's post-game prayers violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
High school football coach who prayed after games loses appeal -U.S. appeals court
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)
Opinion: After Atlanta-area shooting, Christians must rethink purity culture that puts the blame on women
(Katelyn Beaty, The Washington Post Opinion)
Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it’s not a hate crime
(Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation)
Fairfax County parents and interfaith communities demand school closures for major religious holidays
(Ayesha Khan, Fox5)
Workshop on ‘interfaith harmony’: ‘No concept of religious minorities in democratic dispensation'
(Imdad Soomro, The News International)
For nature's sake: A moral compass for the SDGs
(Arthur Lyon Dahl, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
A New Yorker documentary in virtual reality: Reeducated inside Xinjiang’s secret detention camps.
(Sam Wolson, The New Yorker)
China scrubs evidence of Xinjiang clampdown amid ‘genocide’ debate
(Eva Dou and Lily Kuo, The Washington Post)
China accuses outspoken scholar on Xinjiang of fabrication
(Sam McNeil, Associated Press)
US Congress re-introduces bipartisan bill to stop organ harvesting in China
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Global religious leaders and Director General of WHO stress urgency in vaccine equity in high-level dialogue
(Religions for Peace)
Address of His Holiness Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji at the High Level Dialogue on Multi-Religious Response to Covid-19
(His Holiness Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji, Religions for Peace)
Myanmar coup: The international shockwaves have just begun: The military’s power grab is fueling refugee flows, border conflict, transnational crime and threats to investment.
(Jason Tower, United States Institute of Peace)
Faith leaders get COVID-19 shots to show trust in vaccines at White House event
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Senate hearing on Equality Act shows division among faith groups
(Meagan Clark, Religion Unplugged)
Court rejects claims of discrimination against Yemeni family members of US citizens
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York's repeal of religious exemption from vaccination requirement is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
8th Circuit: street preacher did not show entitlement to preliminary injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Turkmenistan: 8 conscientious objectors jailed in 2021, UN special procedures ignored
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia intensifies persecution for reading the Bible in occupied Crimea
(Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
Russia: Special bimonthly newsletter on freedom of religion or belief (01-15.03.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Belgium: The Ghent Jehovah’s Witnesses decision: dangers for religious liberty
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Indonesian Muslim body clears AstraZeneca use in emergency
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Turkey asks Brotherhood TVs to dim criticism of Egypt
(Suzan Fraser and Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset
(Laurie Kellman, Associated Press)
State legislatures advance RFRA, other religious freedom legislation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Arkansas House panel advances health care objections bill
(Associated Press)
50 years of BYU Law School: An inside look at the charge to teach laws of man in the light of God’s laws
(Jason Swensen, Church News)
Weddings in England: “Step 2” relaxation of lockdown
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Gay MK ‘worried, anxious and frightened’ election will give hate a foothold
(Nathan Jeffay, Jewish News)
Should Church and State be separated?
(Cook Islands News)
The reckoning of religious studies and colonialism
(Laura Ammon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Human Struggle: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
(Mona Siddiqui, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Catholic opinions on Johnson & Johnson vaccine highlight debate between hardliners on abortion and others in the church
(The Conversation)
Spain’s bishops decry decision to legalize euthanasia
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spain approves euthanasia law and becomes the fifth country in the world to regulate it (Spanish)
(Emilio de Benito, El Pais)
Bogota mayor Claudia López speaks out on gay marriage after Vatican statement (Spanish)
(El Tiempo)
Thursday, 18 March 2021
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 March 2021 (12PM EST): The Tyranny of Choice and the Interpretation of Standards: Why the European Court of Human Rights Uses Consensus
(Daniel Peat, Anne van Aake, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, NYU Journal of International Law & Politics)
WEBINAR, 18 March 2021 (4PM Eastern): The Diakonia Project: Religious Faith in Action
(Diakonia Project, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
WEBINAR, 18 March 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Reflections on Faith and Secularity in Our Global Secular Age: A Conversation with Fr. Tomáš Halík
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
U.S. Protestant pastors see gender change as Immoral
(Aaron Earls, Lifeway Research)
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Law, Religion, and Freedom: Conceptualizing a Common Right: A new book considers issues critical to our times
(Donlu Thayer, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Drowning migrants, the Human Rights Committee, and extraterritorial human rights obligations
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
The ethics of leadership and the ethics of teaching
(Kevin L. Flannery, First Things)
Conference ECHR - Beyond a Treaty
(Kushtrim Istrefi, ECHR Blog)
Vatican reiterates Church's ban on blessing same-sex couples
(Loup Besmond de Senneville and Malo Tresca, La Croix International)
Re B: soldiers and the criminal process in Northern Ireland
(Anurag Deb, UK Human Rights Blog)
The Holy See publishes most transparent budget ever
(Vincent de Féligonde, La Croix International)
USCIRF releases new report about Shari’a and LGBTI persons
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Zoe's prayer, Jeremiah's question, and the unbearable burden of being: Empathy and Education
(James Christie, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
China: Special Bimonthly newsletter on freedom of religion or belief (01.03 -15.03.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
3rd Circuit: State legislators have immunity in suit by Islamic group over blocking its land purchase
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Poland: 4 churchmen allegedly didn’t report sex abuse claims
(Associated Press)
Poland monitors Christianophobia
(fsspx.news)
Fears new laws overhauling UK justice system could threaten free speech
(Flora Thompson, Evening Standard)
Same-sex union blessings ban upsets gay Catholics in Asia
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Jesuits in US pledge $100M for racial reconciliation
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Bolivian bishops protest arrest of former president
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops support measure to protect faith-based foster agencies
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
California curriculum accuses Christians of ‘theocide,’ encourages chanting to pagan gods
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)
California ethnic studies debate: Whose stories get told?
(Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press)
Moscow Jewish museum organizes an exhibition about the Holocaust in PACE
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkmenistan: Police detain, threaten, swear at Muslims
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Coronavirus and ecclesiastical law – II
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
California bill proposes removing cops who express religious or conservative beliefs
(Gabe Kaminsky, The Federalist)
From right to faith to peace for all: India must support Faith for Rights
(Upendra Baxi, The Indian Express)
Christians asked to vote for secularism in eastern India
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lanka to take time to consider proposed ban on burqa
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press)
Budinova and Chaprazov v Bulgaria – A guide to public statements degrading minorities
(Emma Várnagy, ECHR Blog)
Mediation with Marina Wheeler QC on Law Pod UK
(Emma-Louise Fenelon, UK Human Rights Blog)
Why children are prime targets of armed groups in northern Nigeria
(Hakeem Onapajo, The Conversation)
Forced marriages, sex slavery on the rise for Christian women around the globe: Report
(John Paluska, Christian Headlines)
Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border
(Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service)
Patrick: The saint who knew what it was like to be a slave
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
How the Irish built Catholic America
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Questions continue over decree ending private Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica
(Catholic News Agency)
Dead Sea Scrolls unearthed by Israeli archaeologists in desert cave
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Hamas appoints woman in its politburo for first time in its history
(Rasha Abou Jalal, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Christian mass shooter Robert Long was tired of ‘temptation’ posed by massage parlors: police
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Will Asian cultures be included in the Vatican's fraternity efforts?
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)
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