Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
India's top lawyer rejects same-sex marriage petition
(Bijay Kumar Minj, UCA News)
New bill may stifle freedom of conscience, religion, Malta bishops warn
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
(Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press)
Does God want Christians to be a ‘good guy with a gun’?
(Jack Jenkins, Associated Press)
Being a good guy with a gun is what God wants, say 'sheepdog' evangelicals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Town settles lawsuit over nixed Orthodox Jewish expansion
(David Porter, Associated Press)
Michigan Catholic priest compared BLM to 9/11 attackers
(Associated Press)
Education Department rule insulates faith-based student groups at public universities from nondiscrimination requirements
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Press is right to ask: Why was that video about 'Hitler' offensive at a Christian college?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Catholicism, faith and soccer: Asking some questions about a Messi religion situation
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Religious bodies gang up against proposed abortion law
(Mike Kalumbi, Malawi 24)
Peace with Muslim countries will be the norm rather than an exception (Opinion)
(Sharon Bar-Li, Jewish News)
Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed for the High Holidays for the first time
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Disney, Google, Microsoft back trans rights amid fierce British debate
(Rachel Savage, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
English bishop urges Catholics to come back to churches
(Catholic News Agency)
Synagogue in Scotland nearly a century old named protected property
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Clarification of NSW COVID rules for churches- separate buildings
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australian Catholics say religious ed plan defies doctrine, while diocese defends curriculum
(Catholic News Agency)
Christianity’s global marriage problem
(Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Constitutional basic values and the religion clauses
(Alan Brownstein, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Ethical perspectives on Guantánamo Bay and the war on terror
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
New details revealed on Vatican aid for escaped POWs in World War II
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brazil’s president vetoes controversial tax forgiveness for churches
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canadian bishops to discuss pandemic’s future impact on Church
(Brian Dryden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Anti-racism: A reflection on the Islamic tradition
(Bharath Syal, Traversing Tradition)
John MacArthur’s COVID-disbelieving church loses round 1
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
High Holy Day services and gatherings: UK's COVID-19 checklist
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Creation Time 2020
(Eco-Congregation Scotland)
COVID-19 Coronavirus: legislation and guidance (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan’s new religion law promises limited change
(Eurasianet)
Bishops and President Kiir Meet in South Sudan
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Why Fortune 500 companies are becoming faith-friendly
(Brian J. Grim, G20 Interfaith Forum)
Disney’s Mulan Misstep: Literacy on religious freedom needed
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
China: Special Weekly FoRB Newsletter (08-14.09.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
On Taiwan, moral courage from the Czech Republic | Opinion
(Aaron Rhodes and Jianli Yang, Newsweek)
The Netherlands: Firework bombings targeted Amsterdam home flying an LGBT flag
(Janene Pieters, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Swedish Christian Council calls us to pray for Sweden (Swedish)
(Sveriges kristna råd)
CCME Lesbos Statement (with German subtitles)
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
China’s system of oppression in Xinjiang: How it developed and how to curb it
(James Millward and Dahlia Peterson, Brookings - Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World)
China’s expanding influence at the United Nations — and how the United States should react
(Jeffrey Feltman, Brookings)
USCIRF welcomes import ban against Xinjiang firms
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
US Commission: Vatican-China deal should focus on religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic mission sees covid-19 as latest challenge in an uphill vocation
(Claire Giangravé, The Washington Post)
Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy opens collection for Beirut
(Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche in Italia)
Catholic priest stabbed to death in Italy known for his care of ‘the least’
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Merkel slams anti-Semitism ‘disgrace’ on Jewish group’s 70th
(Geir Moulson, Associated Press)
Keep religion out of Turkey dispute, Germany says
(Andrew Rettman, EU Observer)
Attorneys mobilize to defend rights of religious groups in Russia
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB Digest (02-15.09.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Danish Jehovah's Witness returned to punishment cell
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker ‘Great Commission Baptists’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Prominent Southern Baptists are dropping ‘Southern’ name amid racial unrest
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Catholic bishops in California launch initiative to tackle racism
(Catholic News Agency)
Black Lives Matter co-founder denounces Pat Robertson for saying the movement is 'anti-God'
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
No race problem here: Despite summer of protests, many practicing Christians remain ambivalent
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Monday, 14 September 2020
Voices from Cuba: Alain Toledano Valiente
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Waiting for action: An interview with a victim of forced displacement in Mexico
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
No justice for post-9/11 discrimination
(Sahar Aziz & Braxton Haake, Al Jazeera)
Does religion have a place in the diverse marketplace of ideas?
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Chick-fil-A: No longer seeking lease at San Antonio airport
(Acacia Coronado, Associated Press)
Pope Francis comforts relatives of loved ones killed in nightclub stampede
(Catholic News Agency)
Man who went on vandalism spree at Louisiana Catholic church arrested
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Maiden Interfaith Studies and Engagement in Africa inaugurated
(Ghana News Agency)
Businessmen to contribute to peace-making, safety
(Shah Irfan Ahmed, The News International)
Imagining history without heroes and villains: What the Hebrew Bible can teach Americans about reckoning with the fallenness of our nation's founders
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter
(Hebah H. Farrag and Ann Gleig, The Conversation)
Jewish groups welcome EU court Attorney General’s opinion on kosher slaughter ban in Flanders and Wallonia which, he says, breaches EU’s freedom of religion
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)
Why Uganda has suspended hundreds of refugee aid agencies
(Cristiano D'Orsi, The Conversation)
Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians’ climate change denial
(Adrian Bardon, The Conversation)
25 years after UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women, Episcopalians revisit the Beijing platform, gender inequality
(Heather Beasley Doyle, Episcopal News Service)
EU Court of Justice Advocate General says ban on ritual slaughter is invalid
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fire destroys Moria refugee camp: another tragic wake-up call for the EU’s asylum policy
(Gemma Bird, The Conversation)
Report contends UAE-Bahrain-Israel deal could change status quo on Temple Mount
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israel normalisation may partition Al-Aqsa Mosque: Analysts
(Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera)
Articles of interest - 14 September 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A new book on belonging
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Kinship, Law and Politics: An Anatomy of Belonging (new book)
(Joseph E. David, Cambridge University Press)
An institutional history of religious freedom in Canada
(Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
Has Taiwanese public opinion on same-sex marriage changed?
(Timothy S. Rich and Isabel Eliassen, The Diplomat)
The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism: Eleven examples, eleven stories
(Jerusalem Post)
With Vatican FM in Belarus, pope urges respect for protests
(Associated Press)
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric backs early parliamentary elections
(Associated Press)
Pro-reform Iranian religious leader dies aged 83
(Associated Press)
Gen Z’s looking for religion. You’d be surprised where they find it
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News Faith)
Vatican urges return to in-person Mass as soon as possible
(Associated Press)
Is Islamophobia the 'last acceptable form of prejudice?'
(Basit Mahmood, Newsweek)
Belarusian Catholic leader receives partial explanation why he was refused entry
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Church politics enter into current situation in Belarus
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
What you can no longer say in Hong Kong
(Jin Wu and Elaine Yu, The New York Times)
New York Times considers free speech wars in Hong Kong, while ignoring religious issues
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance: to 19 September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The Weekly Round-up: Brexit and some judgments from the European Court
(UK Human Rights Blog)
Law and religion round-up – 13th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Prime minister's 'freedom of religion' envoy resigns
(Tablet)
Austria to triple its spending on Jewish community security
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Judge denies civil marriage to two women alleging his Christian beliefs (Spanish)
(El Tiempo)
Members of Colombian Congress rejects decision of a judge who denied marriage to two women in Cartagena (Spanish)
(Angel Ocampo Rodríguez, La FM)
Elders want Kikuyu, Kenya cultural centre set up to preserve traditions
(Alice Waithera, The Star)
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