Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 5 March 2021
Revisiting Jericho: The Biblical exegesis of violence in America and Israel
(Rachel Havrelock, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Faith and belief accommodation at work: More than the right thing to do
(Paul Lambert, Freedom Forum Institute)
IPDC: Three years of dialogue and cooperation in the Arab World
(The Interreligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World (IPDC), KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
5th Circuit hears oral arguments on enjoining health care anti-discrimination rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Panel asked to OK injunction against vacated anti-bias health care rule
(Sabrina Canfield, Courthouse News Service)
Bangladesh: Two Protestant churches targeted, attacked and ransacked
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)
Ahead of Pope visit, survivor recalls Iraq church massacre
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
Pope’s upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq
(Ramazan Kılınç, The Conversation)
RFI joins discussion hosted by Al-Rafidain Center for Dialogue on the Papal visit to Iraq
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Photos of the week: Francis in Iraq, unrest in Myanmar
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Regional and world church bodies urge respect for will of Myanmar people
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope honors massacre victims at Baghdad church
(Associated Press)
Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit
(Nicole Winfield and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
A timeline of disaster and displacement for Iraqi Christians
(Associated Press)
In Iraq, Pope condemns ‘murder, exile, terrorism, and oppression’ in name of religion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iraqi Christians in Germany have high hopes for Pope Francis' visit to their old home
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Pope’s planned visit to Iraq, amid pandemic, raises questions of timing
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)
Pope Francis in Iraq for 'difficult journey' to bolster Christians and peace
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Agriculture Department issues temporary reprieve for sacred Apache land after federal court rejected tribe’s religious freedom claim
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Angolan bishops warn of deteriorating social situation
(Catholic News Service)
Religious liberty hangs in the balance this summer
(Josh Hammer, Deseret News)
Draft laws on collaboration registered in the Parliament: religious organizations to be also penalized
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Extremism case opened against 5 members of Jehovah's Witnesses in Syktyvkar
(Interfax-Religion)
Disputed respite care for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys: A and B
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
We hope this review on Get refusal in the UK will lead to a mindset shift
(Gary Lesin-Davis, Jewish News)
Evangelicals are divided over the movement’s support for Donald Trump
(The Economist)
Orthodox and secular Israelis are fighting over Jewish conversion. Why?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A healthy secularity is possible: A response to Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley
(Nathaniel Peters, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Bishops voice concern over treatment of religion in Irish reopening plan
(Catholic News Agency)
Resolution to make the Bible Tennessee's official state book returns
(WBIR)
WEBINAR, 5 March 2021 (12PM EST): Understanding Religion and Populism
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
New religious service group formed to help community
(Cindy Skop, Daily Sun)
When Covid constraints come to church
(Don Hutchinson, Convivium)
Canada: Sean Murphy’s initiative to amend the Criminal Code
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
Religion, vaccines, medical ethics and just distribution – a Hindu perspective
(Brij Maharaj, Daily Maverick)
Anti-Muslim hatred has reached 'epidemic proportions' says UN rights expert, urging action by States
(UN News)
'Dragged in the street': Christian persecution in Tunisia still rampant decade after revolution
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)
UN Human Rights Council 46: UK statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief
(Rita French, Gov.UK)
What’s happening in Donbas? Analysis and forecast
(Sergei Garmash, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
United Kingdom/World: APPG launches commentary on the current state of FORB
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Synod may take over property of defunct church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Puzzling opinion dismisses suit against archdiocese and counselor on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justices affirm dismissal of suit claiming deacon’s relationship with man’s wife led to divorce
(David Yates, Southeast Texas Record)
Washington Supreme Court rejects facial challenge to discrimination exemption for non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Burned out with nowhere to go: Already combatting COVID, fires are displacing refugees across the globe
(Christina Tobias-Nahi, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
IGE cosponsors virtual event: Shahbaz Bhatti 10th Anniversary Commemoration
(Institute for Global Engagement)
AP photos: At a kosher food maker, a special Passover run
(Seth Wenig, Associated Press)
Swiss mull ‘burqa ban’ in vote centering on security, rights
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)
Refounding Chicago: ‘Chicago Católico’
(Milton Javier Bravo, Commonweal)
Bishops say pandemic relief bill must be passed without abortion funding
(Julie Asher, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How religious freedom’s PR crisis affects the Equality Act debate
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Women’s history month begins with the bashing of women from history
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Tajikistan: Independent imam jailed again
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
New podcast: Yes, cover RFRA; but Equality Act coverage has also been quiet on local stories
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
President Biden’s Executive Order on White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships renews a vital initiative with many challenges ahead
(Stanley Carlson-Thies, Religious Freedom Institute)
Is opposition to single parent and same-sex adoption compatible with judicial office?: Page
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
100 MPs and peers write to Bristol University over Professor David Miller
(Jewish News)
Attacks on minority women in Pakistan spark calls to reopen Canada's Office of Religious Freedoms closed by Liberals
(Zeenya Shah, National Post)
Indonesia says schools can’t make girls wear head scarves
(Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono, The New York Times)
Iranian Jewish leader tells US rabbi community freely observes its religion
(Gary Rosenblatt, The Times of Israel)
A Christian approach to corporate religious liberty
(Edward A. David, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Keeping the Uyghur culture alive in exile
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China counters Uighur criticism with attacks on women
(Cate Cadell, Daily Maverick)
New report highlights severe lack of religious freedom in China
(International Christian Concern)
Uyghur forced labor, coercion on an industrial scale exposed
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Islam, an optional subject in Catalonia's public schools (Spanish)
(Jaime Valásquez, Euronews)
The alliance between the extreme right and religious fundamentalism is consolidating in Spain (Spanish)
(Danilo Albin, Público)
Colombia: Bishops join the cry of the Church in Chocó, "scene of terror" (Spanish)
(Sofía Lobos, Vatican News)
Thursday, 4 March 2021
WEBINAR, 4-6 March 2021: Limitations of religious freedom in Europe/ Part 3
(Sigmund-Neumann-Institut für Freiheits- und Demokratieforschung e.V. Dresden & Uniwersytet Wroclawski)
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
“Solid jurisdictional basis”? The ICC’s fragile jurisdiction for crimes allegedly committed in Palestine
(Kai Ambos, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case
(Deutsche Welle)
Poland needs more courageous judges
(Magdalena Gwozdz-Pallokat, Deutsche Welle Opinion)
Dr. Seuss books pulled over racist images
(Deutsche Welle)
ECHR Webinars on Migration, Climate Change, European Consensus and Free Speech
(Kushtrim Istrefi, ECHR Blog)
Germany's Catholic Bishops aim to rewrite the Catechism: Will it lead to a schism from Rome?
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
'Joker Jesus' follows overt religious symbolism in Superman movies, sparks predictions for new 'Justice League'
(Jillian Cheney, Religion Unplugged)
Christian Solidarity International 'slave rescue' efforts face scrutiny
(Juliana Chan Erikson, Religion Unplugged)
Religious conscience and tall poppy syndrome
(Barry W. Bussey, Canaian Centre for Christian Charities: Intersection)
Fort Worth Episcopalians look to future while grieving loss of 12-year church-property battle
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Heavier sentences for Church of Almighty God members
(Li Mingxuan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Protestants in Turkey asked to spy on community
(Arab News)
USCIRF marks 10th anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti assassination
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Pastafarian loses court fight: BC man loses court fight to wear pirate hat in driver's license photo
(Colin Dacre, Castanet)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter on freedom of religion or belief (22-28.02.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Swiss Muslims denounce ‘burqa ban’ proposal as referendum nears
(Noele Illian, Aljazeera)
Religion and LGBT rights: Is compromise possible?
(Steve West, World)
Weekly highlight #145: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Continuing trends: Vaccine hesitancy, court battles, burials, holidays, and coping with uncertainty
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
School's refusal to allow modified graduation cap upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Virginia trial court rejects religious challenge to COVID-19 restrictions on churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CEC Theological Reflections: Communion in crisis: The Church during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Stavros Yangazoglou, Conference of European Churches)
Church and Peace comments on recent security policy decisions of the EU
(Church and Peace)
Churches stress enduring value of non-working Sunday (German)
(Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)
Benedict XVI addresses resignation conspiracy theories, Iraq, and Biden in new interview
(Catholic News Agency)
Biden mentions Our Lady of Guadalupe, shows rosary beads, in meeting with Mexican president
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Pro Choice Caucus calls on Biden to end Hyde Amendment
(Kate Scanlon, Catholic News Agency)
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