Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 14 December 2020
Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law: A new key tool of CCP ideology
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Pandemic, disability, and worship practices: What next? he debates around in-person worship services callously neglect worshippers with disabilities
(Courtney Wilder, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Secular Constitutionalism: Introduction to the ICLRS Webinar, held December 7, 2020
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Christmas in China’s prison cells: Remembering Zhang Zhan and others over the festive period
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Facing a First Amendment fight, a small Minnesota town allows a White supremacist church
(Kim Bellware, The Washington Post)
What NIH chief Francis Collins wants religious leaders to know about the coronavirus vaccines
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Taking action together for children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
(Religions for Peace)
Trump calls COVID-19 vaccine 'a medical miracle,' but many religious people are skeptical
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Will U.S. push for international religious freedom continue under Biden?
(Susan Crabtree, Religion Unplugged)
Legal Spirits Episode 030: Supreme Court blocks NY’s covid restrictions on churches
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Court refuses to enjoin city's holiday display policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Street preacher planning protest lacks standing in TRO proceeding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court refuses to enjoin Kentucky limits on in-person religious school instruction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 14 December 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Austria's Constitutional Court strikes down assisted suicide ban; hijab ban for young girls
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban
(Agence France-Presse, Courthouse News Service)
Justice Department backs private schools in virus challenge
(Associated Press)
Man shouting slurs injures 1 during Hanukkah celebration
(Associated Press)
Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
(Michael Balsamo and Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press)
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Indonesian cleric turns himself in for COVID-19 violations
(Achmad Ibrahim and Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Legal Journal Number 2 (16): November 2020 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Latter-day Saint leaders congratulate President-elect Biden after Electoral College victory
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Rio inaugurates long-awaited Holocaust memorial with 72-foot-tall tower
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A Catholic tribute to Lord Sacks
(Sohrab Ahmari, First Things)
Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Biden should silence Islamophobes and amplify voices of democracy and human rights in the “Muslim world” (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Tuqa Nusairat, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
No going back: How Biden should engage global Muslim communities (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Shahed Amanullah, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
To repair trust and relationships, Biden must act boldly (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(M. Arsalan Suleman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Biden must end American support for Islam’s repression (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Nilay Saiya, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Rethinking public diplomacy: Engaging Muslim communities vs. groups who happen to be Muslim (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Shaarik Zafar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Biden Administration and Muslim world engagement (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Emile Nakhleh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Why the Biden Administration should stay out of the global “Muslim engagement” business (Responding to: Rethinking U.S. engagement with global Muslim communities)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Women’s human rights and U.S. relations with the Islamic world: Advice for the Biden Administration
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
U.S.A. challenges Russian stance in religious rights debate
(Krasnaya Vesna, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian president bids to change terms of religious rights debate
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Washington Post explores Joe Biden's faith, while embracing language of the Catholic left
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 19 December
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 13th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Faiths must work together to mend society
(Rabbi Alexander Goldberg and Jonathan Reynolds MP, Jewish News)
Belgian court reverses ban on houses of worship following Jewish petition
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arguments for religious ‘accommodation’ have become tyrannical
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
Religious news from around the web - December 14, 2020
(World Religion News)
IGE convenes timely webinar featuring models of Christian peacemaking at home and abroad
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Faith groups receiving federal grants will gain new protections before Trump leaves office
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)
Friday, 11 December 2020
Supreme Court rules feds can’t get off hook when violating religious liberty
(Becket: Press Release)
Religious Freedom Lately: love jihad in India, an anti-Semitic town and more
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
U.S. Supreme Court rules Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows monetary damages against federal officials
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
On Human Rights Day: Working for religious freedom for everyone, everywhere
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
Photos of the Week: Start of Hanukkah, Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR EVIDENCE, 11 December 2020: Independent Faith Engagement Review
(Gov.UK)
A new tool in the toolbox: The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Religious scholars to sensitise public on GBV
(The Express Tribune)
Why the Virgin of Guadalupe is more than a religious icon to Catholics in Mexico
(Rebecca Janzen, The Conversation)
USCIRF hearing on blasphemy laws and the violation of international religious freedom
(YouTube Video, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Supreme Court holds that RFRA authorizes damage actions against federal officials
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court backs Muslim men in case on no-fly list
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Supreme Court says Muslim men can sue FBI Agents in no-fly list case
(Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio)
Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Papal visit to Iraq will have geopolitical undertones
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Supreme Court rules that religious freedom law allows for monetary damages
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Rethinking religious violence
(Kali Handelman and Darryl Li, The Revealer)
Religious freedom as a universal message of Hanukkah
(Arsen Ostrovsky, Jewish News Syndicate)
Jehovah's Witness has spent more than two years in prison without trial
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Opinion analysis: Justices allow Muslim men placed on “no fly” list to sue FBI agents for money damages
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Welsh Government: guidance on singing over the Christmas period
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Labour formally lays out plan to tackle antisemitism in wake of EHRC report
(Jewish News)
Muslim men can sue FBI agents over ‘no-fly list’: US high court
(Al Jazeera)
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ release in Eritrea a rare sign of religious toleration
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Religious liberty, a right in the Cuban Revolution (Spanish)
(Lidia Caridad Valdés Navarrete, Guerrillero)
Young Chileans most likely to leave religion and question current leadership in Latin America (Spanish)
(Patricia Schüller Gamboa, La Nación)
Uzbekistan repatriates women and children linked to Islamic State in Syria
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
State Department removes Uzbekistan from “Special Watch List” for religious freedom violations
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Buddhist temple attacks rise as COVID-19 amplifies anti-Asian American bias
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
As COVID-19 surges, Catholics find new, socially distanced ways to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
With vaccines on the horizon, faith leaders could play a crucial role in promoting their use
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
This year, American Jews are taking Hanukkah outside
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
City approves conditional permit to allow use of church building by a Whites-only group
(Kay Jones and Leah Asmelash, CNN)
“Algeria urged to respect freedom of worship of non-Muslim communities”, FORB Roundtable Brussels-EU
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pope Francis offers support to beleaguered Christians of Syria and Iraq
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope defends Christian presence in Iraq, Syria
(Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
France says stance on radicalism distorted, not anti-Islam
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Egypt begins dismissing imams based on Brotherhood ties
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egyptian forces kill, arrest Islamist fighters in Sinai
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Set up court to prosecute ISIS for genocide, human rights advocates urge
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)
‘The time has come’ to abandon Hyde Amendment: House Democrat
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Study: 88% of colleges, universities restrict free speech in some form
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Ohio Christian schools sue over school closures: ‘Faith-based instruction is an act of worship’
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Spanish bishops decry ‘moral rupture’ as euthanasia law gains traction
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Spain’s Catholic bishops: Fast and pray against legalization of euthanasia
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Catholic high schools in Michigan sue over coronavirus order keeping them closed
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: ‘Even death trembles when a Christian prays’
(Catholic News Agency)
US bishops praise judge's decision to reinstate DACA, call for path to citizenship
(Catholic News Agency)
Belgium allows 15 people at Mass in ‘slight easing’ of public worship ban
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Council for Inclusive Capitalism launches partnership with Vatican
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Victoria's conversion therapy bill a 'dramatic overreach of the state'
(Catholic News Agency)
Indonesian Catholic bishops call for justice in local elections
(Catholic News Agency)
Only frequent church attendees avoided downward mental health trend in 2020
(Catholic News Agency)
Remember Syrians this Christmas
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
When COVID-19 and religious freedom intersect, political partisans rush to take sides
(Asma T. Uddin and Andrew Lewis, USA Today)
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