Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Pope Francis: Mary teaches us to pray with a heart open to God’s will
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
The ethics of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
(Catholic News Agency)
More than 500 hate crimes against Europe’s Christians recorded in 2019
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Abuse, racism and COVID-19: Advisory councils make recommendations to bishops
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)
Exorcisms and the popes: Stories from inside the Vatican
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Madhya Pradesh govt to table bill against ‘forced’ interfaith marriage
(Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times)
ICC hosts event with Hungary Helps Program
(International Christian Concern)
Pompeo skips Ankara, meets with Christian leader in final Turkey visit
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Pompeo takes religious-freedom agenda to Istanbul
(Jimmy Quinn, National Review)
Pompeo meets Orthodox spiritual leader in Istanbul
(Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Jericho entices tourists with Mount of the Temptation
(Taghreed Ali, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Weekly highlight #131: Mixed news on religious fronts: focus on Latin America, refugees
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
10th Circuit hears oral arguments in Colorado ban on discriminating against same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Leader of US Catholic bishops: Biden’s stances pose dilemma
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Travel ban to test Supreme Court view of presidential power
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
NY Court approves sale of Christian college campus to Yeshiva
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious youth in Europe calls for climate justice
(Facebook video, The World Student Christian Federation Europe Region)
Church leaders urge ‘difficult path’ of peace and dialogue in Peru
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rome’s traditionalists join protests over coronavirus restrictions
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Study finds religious freedom is an area of unity in a divided America
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
U of Illinois pledge to fight anti-Semitism came days after government launched anti-Semitism investigation into the school
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Evangelical reckoning begins
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
After religious liberty speech, Alito seems poised to kill off Scalia decision
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
The crisis of Israeli religious identity
(David Brofsky, Mosaic)
Pastor John MacArthur and California church closings: Why isn't this a national story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Why are some States opting for laws on freedom of religion for marriage (‘love jihad’)? | The Hindu In Focus podcast
(Jayant Sriram, The Hindu)
Spain’s bishops meet as religious freedom threatened in the country
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Justice Alito is right: Freedom of speech and religion face real threats
(Keith D. Stanglin, Newsweek Opinion)
Holy See denounces populism and violence against religions
(Vatican News)
Saudi Arabia has used the Muslim Brotherhood to exploit the religion of Islam
(Motasem A Dalloul, Middle East Monitor)
Constitutional grace: Securing the blessings of liberty through dignity and forgiveness
(William E. Thro, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The intersection of politics & religion
(Sydnee Gonzalez, The Daily Universe)
Catholicism and its disconnects: The most recent Papal encyclical highlights longstanding fault lines in contemporary Catholicism
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
The story behind BYU and Boise State football players joining hands to pray after their game
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT, 16-17 November 2020: Ministerial to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief 2020
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 17 November 2020 (5 PM GMT): The Question of Mass Atrocity Monitoring and Determination
(Lord Alton of Liverpool, Nadine Maenza, Aarif Abraham, Erin Farrell Rosenberg, Coalition for Genocide Response)
WEBINAR, 17 November 2020 (7PM EST): China’s Global Promotion of Buddhism
(A Conversation with Yoshiko Ashiwa and David L. Wank, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
OFFICIAL EVENT (ONLINE), 17 November 2020 (7 AM EST): NGO Component Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom or Belief
(Hosted by the Government of Poland, Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom)
Monday, 16 November 2020
French Catholics protest for end to lockdown on Mass
(Associated Press)
Al-Azhar to sue France over prophet cartoons
(Mhamed Sabry, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Honner v. France: Refusal to grant applicant contact rights in respect of child born to her ex-partner using assisted reproductive techniques: no violation of the Convention
(Press Release by the Registrar of the Court, The European Court of Human RIghts)
France insists it’s targeting Islamist extremism. But some foreign observers and French Muslims see a broader agenda.
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France
(Religions for Peace)
Islamist sit-in outside Pakistani capital targets France
(Associated Press)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 16-20 November 2020: Ministerial Hallway Track Registration
(First Freedom Foundation, Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom)
Photos of the week - 13 November 2020
(Jessi Dodge, Religion News Service)
Chaplain to death-row inmates says use of death penalty in U.S. must end
(Maurice Beaulieu, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
My child deserves First Amendment freedoms. Her school disagrees.
(Jennifer Booth, Real Clear Religion)
Looking back at 2020 voting: Here's five religion-news trends to think about – so far
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Albanian leader calls antisemitism ‘a threat’
(Jewish News)
‘Moved by Islamophobia’, Rajasthan youth applied for Islamic Studies MA in Kashmir, made history
(Azaan Javaid, The Print)
Maharashtra govt announces reopening of religious places from Monday
(Times Now News)
Diwali 2020: When is it and how is it celebrated?
(Al Jazeera)
In Photos: Celebrating Diwali 2020 during the pandemic
(Alexandra Radu, Religion Unplugged)
Australian Prime Minister and MPs mark community’s centenary at Parliament
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Top UN organizations discuss food security with BIC and grassroots actors at Social Forum
(Bahá’í International Community)
The European Court of Human Rights has started considering the case of eviction of the Crimean Diocese of the OCU from the church in Simferopol
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
In Kharkiv, people picket against Kremlin diplomats, demanding to put an end to the persecution of Baptists in Russia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
US judge allows Chabad to seize Russian financial assets in the US after Russia fails to return library
(Vos Iz Neias)
Chabad moves one step closer to recovering sanctions against Russia in attempt to repatriate library
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Falun Gong banned in Khakassia, "liquidation" threatened in the whole of Russia
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
In the occupied Crimea, another mosque attendant accused of ‘illegal missionary activity’
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A Shinto perspective on the relationship between natural rainforests and human life
(Yoshinobu Miyake, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
CCCC headed to Supreme Court of Canada on the Aga case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
WEBINAR, 16 November 2020 (12PM EST): Exposing Caste Discrimination in the United States
(A Conversation with Phillip Martin and Suraj Yengde, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
ZOOM MEETING, 16 November 2020 (1:00 PM EST ): "A Dialogue of Love: Interreligious Cooperation and Global Wellbeing" (John Paul II Lecture on Interfaith Understanding)
(Aza Karam, The Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue in conjuction with the John Paul II Center for Interfaith Dialogue at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 16 November 2020 (4 PM GMT): The Persecution of the Uighur Muslims in China – Where to Go From Now?
(Alistair Carmichael MP, Lord Alton of Liverpool, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Nury A. Turkel, Erin Farrell Rosenberg, Coalition for Genocide Response)
Case of Zagubnya and Tabachkova v. Ukraine (Jehovah's Witnesses assaulted by Orthodox priest)
(The European Court of Human RIghts)
International Black Clergy Conference brings people together across the African diaspora
(Pat McCaughan, Episcopal News Service)
International Day of Tolerance: Group tasks Nigerians to imbibe culture of acceptance, peace
(Amos Tauna, Daily Post NG)
Interreligious harmony councils to be established across Pakistan from December 2020: Ashrafi
(Fahad Shabbir, UrduPoint)
Push to legislate interfaith marriages sparks backlash in India
(Neeta Lal, The Diplomat)
Amy Coney Barrett sizes up 30-year-old precedent balancing religious freedom with rule of law
(Mark Satta, The Conversation)
Taoists deprived of temples, customs, and traditions
(Li Mingxuan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
(H.E. António Guterres, Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks from Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
(Angela Merkel, Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by Prof. Azza Karam
(Azza Karam, Religions for Peace)
Breaking silences: Women's voices interrupt a global narrative of terror
(Religions for Peace)
The G20 Interfaith Forum: Past and future
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14% in 2019, according to the FBI
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hate-crime killings set a record in 2019, FBI data reveals
(Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post)
USCIRF gravely concerned about the rise in blasphemy cases leading to mob violence in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Articles and publications of interest - 16 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious minority families in Mexico at imminent risk of being expelled
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Palestinians torn as Israel seeks Gulf tourists in Jerusalem
(Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Felony charges for statue vandals called ‘breakthrough moment for Catholics’
(Catholic News Service)
Moving past inshallah: What Muslims want to see in a Biden presidency
(Omar Suleiman, RNS Column: Islam Beyond Phobia)
How Biden swung the religious vote
(Gabby Orr, Politico)
Putin calls for preserving churches in the transferred territories of Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)
Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Armenians prepare to give up homes
(Neil Hauer, Al Jazeera)
Azerbaijanis desecrated cathedral in Shushi - Armenian Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – a modern voice in the news, defending ancient truths
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Sikhs and the 2021 Census: Gill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: ‘One in four’ Muslims experience Islamophobia in Labour Party
(Aina Khan, Al Jazeera)
In UK religion rather race is cause of more prejudice study shows
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Law and religion round-up – 15th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious freedom arguments give rise to executive order battle
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)
Trump or no Trump, religious authoritarianism is here to stay
(Katherine Stewart, The New York Times Opinion)
Bishop calls on UK government to protect prisoners during COVID second wave
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
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