Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court expands protection for religious employers against discrimination claims
(Alex Polishuk and Meghan H. Hanson, The National Law Review)
India's Nagpur University makes religion field mandatory in forms again
(Sarfaraz Ahmed, Times of India)
PayPal launches “Believe”
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Corporate pledge: Promoting sustainable and innovative business through protecting workplace freedom of religion or belief
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
UAE is vocal about tolerance because religion has been hijacked: Al Otaiba
(Khaleej Times)
Imperial pieties: religion, the sanctification of whiteness, and the duplicity of the sacred
(Joseph Winters, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The Vatican and China Part I, the Mainland
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court ruling on the ministerial exception worries Catholic school teachers
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Hate crime charge added for Colorado man accused of running over Sikh store owner
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
State of the Bible: Left unread during the coronavirus pandemic
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
COVID-19 crisis provides opportunities and grace
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
Faith in the public square: US Supreme Court decisions impact religious principles, freedom
(Cheryl Magness, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
Gay rights, religion and what's wrong with principles
(Andrew Koppelman, The Hill Opinion)
Religious access to state programs affirmed
(Tom Strode, The Pathway)
Maryland hospitals allow religious visitation after HHS intervention
(Nicholas Rowan, The Washington Examiner)
2nd Circuit: Free speech and Free Exercise claims of Christian adoption agency can move forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian adoption agency’s legal fight back to trial court
(Associated Press)
EEOC sues airline over requiring pilot to attend religious AA program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC sues United Airlines for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Problem meeting parking requirements can be RLUIPA "substantial burden"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas AG says cities cannot restrict reopening of religious private schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Attorney General Ken Paxton issues guidance to religious private schools for fall reopenings
(Texas Attorney General)
Right test, wrong outcome: Avoiding misuse of the ministerial exception in faith-based schools
(Charles J. Russo & Allan G. Osborne, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Life, liberty, & vaccines: The clash between the coronavirus and religious freedom
(Sara Pullen Guercio, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
British Labour Party apologizes for defaming ex-staffers who spoke out on anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Where is the national news coverage of current surge of vandalism at Catholic churches?
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
British Jewish leader urges China to ‘immediately’ free Uyghur Muslims from camps
(Jewish News)
In Sweden, female priests now outnumber male ones
(AFP, Yahoo News)
Teachers at religious schools fear Supreme Court took away their civil rights
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Church accuses Montenegro of abusing talks on disputed law
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)
'Companies can't hide their head in the sand': Commerce Department warns of Chinese religious repression
(Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner)
In Ireland, protests spur push for hate-crime laws
(Alistair MacDonald and Paul Hannon, The Wall Street Journal)
When toppling monuments serves authoritarian ends
(Supriya Gandhi, When toppling monuments serves authoritarian ends: India's Hindu nationalists erect an imagined past on modern ruins)
COVID-19 and the destruction of a religious movement in South Korea
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Muslims and the myths in the immigration politics of the United States
(Sohail Wahedi, SSRN)
Remembering Rep. John Lewis as a man of faith who inspired others
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
(Joe McDonald, Associated Press)
New archbishop says Vatican courtship of China doesn’t imperil Taiwan
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Chinese Christians told to replace Christ with Mao or lose government support
(Catholic News Agency)
Freedom of religion and belief news: China special weekly FORB newsletter (12-19.07.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Australian lawmakers join 600+ from 30 countries calling for end to Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong
(Caden Pearson, The Epoch Times)
Poland has an anti-Semitism problem. Here’s how the Trump administration could help fight it.
(Ira N. Forman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Opinion)
Poland won’t let EU ‘force’ it into legalizing same-sex marriage, Justice Minister says
(Marcin Goclowski, Reuters)
Erdoğan and the Hagia Sophia: Nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(M. Hakan Yavuz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hagia Sophia, Islamism, and secularism in Turkey (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ahmet Kuru, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Turkey’s Hagia Sophia decision: A stone that hits no birds (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Jordanian PM says support for one-state solution possible if Israel annexes West Bank
(Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Jordan PM hints at support for one Israeli-Palestinian state
(Associated Press)
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
St. Junipero Serra could soon be removed from California county seal
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Christian adoption agency can sue NY for threatening closure over not placing kids with gay couples
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Church attacks explode with 'an unbridled, roaring fury'
(Tony Perkins, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Monday, 20 July 2020
Religion Photos of the Week - 17 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles of interest - 20 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
John Lewis, preaching politician and civil rights activist, dies at 80
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Religious faith was a lifelong constant for Rep. John Lewis
(Jay Reeves, Associated Press)
Pausing to consider the life and message of John Lewis
(Bill Turnbill, Faith Matters)
May his memory be a blessing: 4 lessons we can learn from civil rights hero John Lewis
(Mark Pelavin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights struggle
(Lawrence Burnley, The Conversation)
John Lewis: Love in Action (radio episode, last updated 26 January 2017)
(Interview by Krista Tippett, On Being)
‘Racism will not pass’…
(Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
John Paul II is already a saint – is it time to add 'the great' to this pope's title?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The art of the social contract
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial produces strong immune reponse
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial
(Pedro M Folegatti et al., The Lancet)
Law and religion round-up – 19th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
When reporting on race (and living as a Christian) there's so much that I don't know
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
To harass Hindu-Muslim couples, rightwing activists are now using their marriage documents
(Shiba Kurian, The Wire)
The Weekly Roundup: Shamima Begum, paedophile-hunters, and criminal justice
(Sam Sykes, UK Human Rights Blog)
A taste of unexpected Jewish-Muslim cooperation: Jews and Muslims fight together against European governments for the right to kosher meat slaughtering
(Yossi Aloni, Israel Today)
Church Law Society Newsletter Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro, No. 7/2020
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., English Version)
New Hong Kong law restricts religious freedom
(Communal News)
Sunday, 19 July 2020
Ban on worship and home bible sudies faces legal challenge
(Liberty Challenge)
California COVID-19 limits on worship services challenged
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
40,800 female births doomed in Vietnam every year
(Minh Nga, VN Express)
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Release: LGBTQ groups build momentum for the Equality Act
(Adam Peck, Center for American Progress)
Podcast: Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court
(Richochet)
Religious freedom is ‘foremost' in unalienable rights, US Commission Reports
(Matt Hadro, National Catholic Register)
Thanks, Justice Alito
(Joel Belz, World News Group)
Vatican indicates support to exhume babies at Irish home
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Evangelical churches sue California governor over ban on singing during services
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post)
Jesus statue beheaded at Catholic church in South Florida
(Associated Press)
If we're serious about protecting religious liberty, we need universal healthcare | Bruce Ledewitz
(Bruce Ledewitz, Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
Religious liberties and non-discrimination are not polar opposites
(Austin Dunlow, Technician Opinion)
Brazilian priest under fire after calling President Bolsonaro a ‘worthless bandit’
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tools for studying pandemic religion
(A. Trevor Sutton, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Pro-choice movement’s big win at Supreme Court might really have been a loss
(Mary Ziegler, The Conversation)
Pompeo says US should limit which human rights it defends
(Ben Fox, Associated Press)
Refusal to register the birth details of a child born abroad through surrogacy not in breach of the right to respect for private life, in so far as a legal parent-child relationship can be established through adoption
(Registrar of the Court, European Court of Human Rights Press Release)
Was Jesus white and should sacred art that depicts Him in that manner be scrapped?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
This week's podcast: Bari Weiss and the influence of woke orthodoxy at the New York Times
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Toppling history? A reflection on the debate about Confederate monuments and the enduring truths that ought to guide us
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Arson investigation after fire heavily damaged Nantes Cathedral
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination in Europe)
5th Circuit says fired employee's suit does not necessarily require deciding ecclesiastical questions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Spain accepts two religious freedom recommendations presented by the WEA at the UN Human Rights Council
(Evangelical Focus)
Radical Muslims protest Sudan’s abolishment of apostasy, other Islamist laws
(Morning Star News)
Baja California lawmakers reject same-sex marriage
(Mexico Daily News)
Most LGBT people in Ghana oppose legalization of same sex marriage
(Elvis Adjetey, About Africa Feeds)
Russian investigators pursue human trafficking charges over surrogate pregnancies
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, The Telegraph)
Religious liberty is important, but it's not enough
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Friday, 17 July 2020
Covid-19, Religion and FORB. Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Judd Birdsall, Francesco Di Lillo, Michael Mohallem, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
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