Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 30 October 2020
Religious school, parents argue mask mandates deny educational, spiritual opportunities
(Megan Banta, Lansing State Journal)
Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination
(John Corvino, Ryan T. Anderson, and Sherif Girgis, Oxford University Press)
Sri Lankan pastor forced to close church amid escalating threats from Buddhist monks, police
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)
Scottish Bill would criminalize ‘hate speech’ in private homes
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Egypt says freedom of expression "stops" when Muslims offended
(Reuters)
Indigenous group refuses to leave Church-owned property in Argentina
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Irish leader meets with Catholic archbishops to discuss COVID restrictions
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Salvadoran diocese calls for dialogue in increased border militarization
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When pastors go into politics: Who are the religious leaders running for Congress?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Protect religion's place in the public square
(Ismail Royer, Real Clear Religion)
Appeals court rebuffs Jehovah's Witnesses
(SarInform, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Four Jehovah's Witnesses fail to erase criminal record
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill condemns Nice attack disguised by religious slogans
(Interfax-Religion)
Kremlin comments on Chechen authorities' plans to pay 100,000 rubles for naming newborns after Prophet Muhammad
(Interfax-Religion)
Religious affiliation in Russia in no way criterion for appointment, election to state posts - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Magazine similar to France's Charlie Hebdo impossible in Russia - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov describes his words addressed to Macron as gesture of Muslim, not politician
(Interfax-Religion)
Georgia: Religious freedom survey, October 2020
(Mariam Gavtadze, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, and Eka Chitanava, Tolerance and Diversity Institute, Forum 18 News Service)
Heroes and villains of the Labour antisemitism row
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
‘Religious equality’ is transforming American law
(Zalman Rothschild, The Atlantic)
Religion and secularism: A misleading dichotomy
(Sana Shah, Kashmir Observer)
Indian tribe loses Free Exercise claim in suit over handling of human remains at Alamo
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
9th Circuit: No qualified immunity for refusing inmate's religious diet request
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
1st Circuit upholds Maine's exclusion of sectarian schools from tuition reimbursement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Maine’s ban on tuition reimbursement to religious schools upheld
(Thomas F. Harrison, Courthouse News Service)
European Court rules on Jehovah's Witness right to payment for surgery without blood transfusion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Europe’s top court rules for Jehovah’s Witness child in medical-bias case
(Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
Muslim Americans aim for high turnout, new influence in 2020
(Mariam Fam and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Tens of thousands protest in Bangladesh over French cartoons
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Mahathir says remarks on French attacks taken out of context
(Associated Press)
Boycotts of French goods launched in Kuwait, Qatar over prophet cartoons
(Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
As anger rises, Muslims protest French cartoons
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
New Zealand on ‘dangerous path’ with legalized euthanasia, ethicist says
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Meet the highest ranking Latter-day Saint in the Trump administration
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Germany says the repression of religion is on the rise worldwide
(TRT World)
German President Steinmeier cautions against 'hate and xenophobia' after Nice attack
(Rosalia Romaniec, Rebecca Staudenmaier, Deutsche Welle)
Anger towards Emmanuel Macron grows in Muslim world
(Michael Safi, Redwan Ahmed, Akhtar Mohammad Makoii, and Shah Meer Baloch, The Guardian)
Religious extremist organizations trying to strengthen their positions in Russia using migrants
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian mufti condemns attacks on innocent people, calls on Muslims to be above those who slander Islam
(Interfax-Religion)
New podcast: How do New York Times editors handle 'real' news when it's linked to religion?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
RFI’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team supports a second lawsuit by Orthodox Jews against NY Governor Cuomo
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Disputed burial and the Senior Courts Act 1981: Ganoun
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Thomas Schirrmacher will be next head of World Evangelical Alliance
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Free speakers, restrained hearers: Blasphemy’s legal evolution
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Disney and A&E history channel asked not to spread weird conspiracy theories
(CESNUR – Center for Studies on New Religions)
Freedom of conscience on trial: Ashers Bakery case before top European court
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
China's treatment of Uighurs 'biggest threat to religious freedom': Pompeo
(James Massola, The Sydney Morning Herald)
In Tibet, China preaches the material over the spiritual
(Yew Lun Tian, Reuters)
Cardus event examines state control of churches in China
(Religious Freedom Institute)
US official says UN has ‘lack of curiosity’ on Xinjiang
(Associated Press)
How MAiD expansion mangles medicine
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Sweden’s Foreign Minister meets Baha’is to express concern over human rights violations in Iran and Yemen
(Bahá’í International Community)
IGE Global Horizons: October 2020
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Vietnam to publish IGE’s seminal volume on “Religion and Security”
(Institute for Global Engagement)
On voting: “For the sake of your neighbour…”
(James Christie, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
In New York Jewish communities, similarities to Israel's virus struggle
(Adam Lucente, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
USCIRF welcomes legal reform efforts in Uzbekistan, urges conformity with international standards
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Uzbekistan: Trial postponed, home raided to pressure human rights defender
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Americans are broadly supportive of a variety of LGBTQ rights
(PRRI)
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
International religious freedom should remain above the partisan fray
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Case preview: Court will tackle dispute involving religious foster-care agency, LGBTQ rights
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Religious Freedom in Focus, Volume 88 - October 2020
(The United States Department of Justice)
#IStandWithFrance trends in India amid outrage in Muslim world
(Al Jazeera)
Foundations and fruits of religious freedom
(Elder Ulisses Soares, Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Presiding Bishop and Albany bishop reach accord in disciplinary matter
(Episcopal News Service)
Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons
(Mostafa Salem, Pierre Bairin, Chris Liakos, Nadine Schmidt, and Sarah Dean, CNN)
Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes Washington DC Archbishop Gregory
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)
'I will do my job without any fear or favor,' Justice Amy Coney Barrett says after Senate confirmation
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Religious bodies flay display of caricatures
(Dawn)
In our opinion: Want humanity to flourish? Promote religious freedom
(The Editorial Board, Deseret News Opinion)
G20 Interfaith Forum advocates political space for faith leaders
(Asad Mirza, Kashmir Images)
Viktor Orbán’s use and misuse of religion serves as a warning to Western democracies
(Garret Martin and Carolyn Gallaher, The Conversation)
USCIRF troubled by Russia’s ongoing imprisonment of Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Jailed for holding a Christian funeral in communist Laos
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Chile church attacks reflect growing Latam wave of anti-Christian violence
(Ines San Martin, Angelus News)
Wales lockdown isn’t only absurd; it denies freedom of religion
(Archbishop Cranmer)
Russia: Persecution against religious organizations and believers, monitoring by Sova Center
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Dennis Christensen again denied early release
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets online with German EU Presidency
(Presss Release, COMECE: The Catholic Church in the European Union)
Atheists say BBI team in Kenya disregarded their grievances
(Japheth Ogila, The Standard)
Court refuses to dismiss indictment in Tree of Life Synagogue case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious claim to cancel Social Security participation fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
University student government court orders reinstatement of Student Senate president ousted for religious views
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
4th Circuit hears oral arguments in conversion therapy ban challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Opponent of conversion-therapy ban faces uphill battle at Fourth Circuit
(Brad Kutner, Courthouse News Service)
Hillsong Church launching Atlanta branch with first-ever African-American lead pastors
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Opinion: The partisan marriage gap is bigger than ever
(Wendy Wang, The Hill - Opinion)
The COVID-19 pandemic could be an opportunity to save North Korean lives, if Moon Jae-In takes action
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Education is both the victim and the best weapon in Central Sahel conflict
(Craig Bailie, The Conversation)
The soul of the nation? A campaign slogan raises interesting questions about what, exactly, we're all fighting for
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
The precariousness of care: Attending to each other and our communities is costly, messy, exhausting — and vital
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
A legal perversion of justice: Breonna Taylor's death and the lawlessness of law and order
(Wil Gafney, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
The communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the ‘storm’ of Covid-19
(Enrica Martinelli, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136
(Riaz Khan, Associated Press)
Pakistani clerics give approval to Hindu temple construction
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Algeria’s PM to inaugurate landmark mosque in Algiers
(Aomar Ouali, Associated Press)
Albania hosts online Balkan anti-Semitism forum
(Llazar Semini, Associated Press)
Hundreds of Muslims hold anti-France protest in Bangladesh
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Turkish leaders condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Erdogan
(Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Lawsuit demands California museum forfeit Thai religious artifacts
(Associated Press)
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