Law and Religion Headlines

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Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Are Democrats ‘spiritual’ and Republicans ‘religious’? It’s not that simple.
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)

Bishops call for the release of Anglophone ‘political prisoners’ in Cameroon
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholics globally credit pope for encyclical’s call to uphold human dignity
(Catholic News Service)

Catholics in Ireland ‘disappointed’ over new suspension of public worship
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Irish Church leaders say Brexit talks can’t threaten Good Friday Agreement
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Why Muslims experience more discrimination than other faith groups in America
(Samar Warsi, Deseret News Faith)

With Cuomo on warpath, Orthodox Jews worry that COVID-19 shutdown will backfire
(Ari Feldman, Forward)

Justices issue new orders from last week’s conference; Thomas criticizes same-sex marriage ruling
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Orthodox bishop of Kyrgyzstan urges citizens to pray for peace
(Interfax-Religion)

A 40-year history of People of Praise that many journalists might like to know
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Judge Barrett and Vice President Biden: One faith, two very different responses
(Nathan Berkeley & Therese Blume, Religious Freedom Institute)

Church of England statement on publication of IICSA report
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Archbishop Caccia’s statement at UN ministerial-level meeting on Central African Republic
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Erdogan decries Macron’s plan against ‘Islamist separatism’
(Al Jazeera)

Polish farmers tie up roads to protest animal protection law
(Associated Press)

Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation would be a major victory for the Christian legal movement
(Daniel Bennett, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Interfaith demonstrations across California demand release of incarcerated people amid COVID-19
(Alera Molina, Religion News Service)

Border Patrol agents raid faith-based immigrant aid camp for second time in two months
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

After Trump tweets about hymn singers' arrest, church plans another event
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Hindu nationalists see Muslim jihad everywhere in India
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo shuts down New York City yeshivas in virus hot spots
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

New book links the decline of religious authority to the end of empathy
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
(Mark Sherman, Religion News Service)

Systematic push back of ‘well behaving’ asylum seekers at the Polish border: M.K. and Others v. Poland
(Francesco Luigi Gatta, Strasbourg Observers)

Pope Francis: Rediscover the beauty of the rosary
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

The International Criminal Court Independent Expert Review: questions of accountability and culture
(Douglas Guilfoyle, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Senators reject claim Amy Coney Barrett 'too Christian' for Supreme Court
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis calls for shake-up of healthcare in wake of pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican City State makes masks compulsory outdoors
(Catholic News Agency)

Aid to the Church in Need providing aid to nuns in poverty during pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)

Dakota Access Pipeline protesters can move ahead on Free Speech, but not Free Exercise, claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Jersey COVID limits on indoor church services are upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic bishop in Missouri criticized for letter on voting
(Associated Press)

Danes summon Iran’s envoy over reports of illegal divorces
(Associated Press)

Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox over virus rules
(Associated Press)

Supreme Court wrestles with Muslims’ suit over no-fly list
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)

Hagia Sophia matters: Culture, human dignity and the legacies of empires
(Peter Petkoff, G20 Interfaith Forum)

Pakistani Christian acquitted of “blasphemy” after six years on death row
(Barnabas Fund)

USCIRF releases ritual slaughter factsheet highlighting range of restrictions across Europe
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Weekly Highlight #125: Emerging Research and Vaccination as a Public Good
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

“Law, Religion, and Coronavirus in the United States”: Adelaide Madera
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Prayer for peace
(Conference of European Churches)

Catholic foster care agency defends children and religious freedom
(John Bursch, Newsweek Opinion)

7 ways Belgium didn’t even follow its own euthanasia law
(Robert Clarke, MercatorNet)

China: Special Weekly FoRB Newsletter (29.09-06.10.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Domestic violence law signals hope for Kuwait’s women
(Rothna Begum, Human Rights Watch)

‘Toxic’: Online abuse drives women, girls from social media
(Al Jazeera)

Protect intersex persons’ rights, 34 States tell the United Nations
(The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)

Belgium’s De Sutter breaks new ground for transgender politicians
(Laurenz Gehrke, Politico)

Don’t queer Kenyans have a right to religion?
(Arya Karijo, Open Democracy)

Stuck between church, state and family – LGBTIQ people in Haiti
(Neish McLean and Daina Ruduša, Haitian Times)

Supreme Court questions if religious freedom law prohibits monetary damages
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News Politics)

Monday, 5 October 2020

Catholics offer prayers for the president, Justice Ginsburg at annual Red Mass
(Katie Bart, SCOTUSblog)

Articles of interest - 5 October 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Case preview: Justices to consider availability of money damages in religious freedom lawsuits
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

'Dictatorial': Turkey slams Macron's new Islamic separatism law
(Ragip Soylu, Middle East Eye)

Macron vows crackdown on ‘Islamist separatism’ in France
(Norimitsu Onishi and Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)

Religious news from around the web - October 5, 2020
(World Religion News)

Placing gender equality in the workplace at the forefront of social rights in Europe: equal pay and equal opportunities under the scrutiny of the European Committee of Social Rights.
(Maria Kotsoni, Strasbourg Observers)

Development, peacebuilding, and the Rohingya in Myanmar
(Mohammad Shahabuddin, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Christian Armenia under attack
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Missiles, rockets and accusations fly as Nagorno Karabakh flare-up burns into second week
(Aren Melikyan, Arzu Geybulla, Gul Tuysuz and Tim Lister, CNN World)

Iran’s delicate balancing act in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
(Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Canadian bill on assisted dying to be reintroduced Monday amid upcoming court deadline
(Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press)

Heterosexual couples to receive same recognition as same-sex counterparts in intestate succession in South Africa
(Zelda Venter, IOL)

Indian Christians demand police action against attackers
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Vietnam releases pastor after 4 years of prison
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Newcastle Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association’s food donation
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Baitul Futuh mosque region volunteers help local causes
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Assistant Pastor of church an “employee” for unfair dismissal claim
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

“Law, Religion, and Coronavirus in the United States”: Mary Anne Case
(Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Israeli police clash with mourners at rabbi’s funeral
(Associated Press)

Pakistani police say gunmen kill minority Ahmadi professor
(Riaz K, Associated Press)

Jewish sukkah rises at base of world’s tallest tower in UAE
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)

Mormon president calls on members to help end racism
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions
(Associated Press)

Pikeville schools respond to graduation prayers complaint
(Associated Press)

Bishops to vote for religious liberty chair, seven committee chairmen-elect
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Governor orders some NYC (religious) schools closed amid virus flare-up
(Associated Press)

Ukrainian authorities act against Russian harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

The threat to life and liberty from the United Nations’ abuse of human rights
(Grace Melton, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Religion and the Presidential election
(Steven K. Green, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Is the prochoice religious community a sleeping giant?
(Frederick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches)

China’s communist Christ
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)

Judging Judge Barrett and the separation of church and state
(Philip Hamburger, Newsweek Opinion)

Light and life for Christians in the midst of Iran’s darkness
(Lela Gilbert, Providence Mag)

New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 3 October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 4th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

US religious freedom commissioners raise red flags for Belarus treatment of religious bodies
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

How USAID translates the Executive Order on advancing international religious freedom into action
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Trans-Atlantic efforts advance freedom of religion
(Rehman Chishti and Knox Thames, Newsweek Opinion)

Department of Justice files statement of interest supporting Capitol Hill Baptist Church's efforts to practice its faith during COVID-19
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Archbishop of Bogotà laments threats to life in Colombia
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Two Catholic dioceses file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganzation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Camden latest Catholic diocese bankrupted by clergy abuse claims
(Josh Saul, Bloomberg)

9th Circuit upholds California's COVID restrictions on religious services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. appeals court upholds California’s coronavirus restrictions on churches
(Los Angeles Times)

Five cases of interest already on Supreme Court's docket as term opens
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cert. denied in appeal by Kim Davis who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court rejects bid by ex-Kentucky clerk who defied gay marriage ruling to block lawsuit
(John Kruzel, The Hill)

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