Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 17 July 2020
Annicchino: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Scharffs: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Birdsall: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Judd Birdsall, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ventura: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Marco Ventura, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
CEC regrets decision over Hagia Sophia, engages with UNESCO and the European Institutions
(Naveen Qayyum, Communication Officer, Conference of European Churches)
Why the religion cases matter most
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
The Roberts Court attempts a compromise
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Explainer: What does 'Black Lives Matter' believe?
(Ben Johnson, Action Institute Power Blog)
The mindlessness of Bostock
(Steven D. Smith, Law & Liberty)
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHT #114: COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The Anti-Semitism we didn't see
(Jemele Hill, The Atlantic)
Baldassi & Others v. France: Article 10 protects the right to call for a boycott of goods from Israel
(Robert Wintemute, Strasbourg Observers)
Texas exempts religious private schools from reopening guidelines
(Tal Axelrod, The Hill)
Coronavirus updates: NM court upholds worship service limits, CA Gov tightens restrictions, U.S. Navy reverses policy
(Don Byrd, BJC Online)
Should churches be excluded from mask mandates?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Europe and the challenge of religious freedom
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
USCIRF releases report on the anti-cult movement and religious regulation in Russia and Central Asia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A far-right German activist will go to jail for insulting a Jewish leader
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dozens of gravestones vandalized in Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Singing in Church of England churches and cathedrals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
(Elana Schor and Jack Jenkins, Associated Press)
South Korean prosecutors question church leader
(Associated Press)
The declining state of religion in South Korea
(Religion News Service)
Canada must help reclaim Christendom's cathedral
(Susan Korah, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
UK Court of Appeal allows Shamima Begum’s appeal
(Marina Wheeler QC, UK Human Rights Blog)
UK environment bishop urges government to put climate change at heart of pandemic economic recovery
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Khyati Y. Joshi argues equal religious freedom in America is an optical illusion
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
A Protestant perspective on privatization and subsidiarity
(Jordan J. Ballor, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Harassiing grafiti at Saint-Martin Basilica
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination in Europe)
Thursday, 16 July 2020
China/ Spain: Forced to flee China due to religious persecution: the case of Li Jie
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Faith, hope and creative destruction: religious responses to COVID-19
(Donald E. Miller, Religion News Service)
Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land
(Dwanna L. McKay, The Conversation)
Legal expert: forced birth control of Uighur women is genocide – can China be put on trial?
(Ryszard Piotrowicz, The Conversation)
The Lhaka Honhat case of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: The long-awaited granting of 400,000 hectares under communal property rights
(Stéphanie de Moerloose and C. Ignacio de Casas, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
We have a story to tell: Indigenous scholars, activists speak up amid toppling of Serra statues
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Who is Junipero Serra and why are California protesters toppling statues of this saint?
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
(UN News)
Little Sisters decision is a win for religious liberty
(Justin Butterfield, The Hill)
Guest Commentary: Religious freedom carries the day at the Supreme Court
(Andrea Jones, Elko Daily Free Press)
Supreme Court rules on religious schools case: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(Alexa Barton, John Borkowski, Aleksandra Ostojc Rushing, JD Supra)
California churches sue Gavin Newsom, reigniting coronavirus religious liberty battle
(Nicholas Rowan, The Washington Examiner)
Abortion is a protected right in Spain. But the govt blocked a website that provides abortion info and pills.
(Shauna Blackmon and Lucía Benavides, The World)
The media’s jihad against Sweden’s no-lockdown policy ignores key facts – OpEd
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute)
What’s driving the decline of religion in America? Secular education
(Joseph Sunde, Action Institute Power Blog)
Articles of interest - 13 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion Photos of the Week - 10 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Humanitarian Islam: Fostering shared civilizational values to revitalize a rules-based international order
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Hong Kong, Religious Freedom and Catholic Responsibility
(Thomas F. Farr, National Catholic Register)
8 facts about religion and government in the United States
(Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Pompeo says human rights policy must prioritize property rights and religion
(Pranshu Verma, The New York Times)
Same-sex marriage: Religious ceremonies get go-ahead
(BBC News)
Protestantism’s troubling history with white supremacy in the US
(Tiffany Puett, The Conversation)
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB digest
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Orthodox fundamentalism threatens Russian Patriarchate and Kremlin
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
In Prison for Their Faith 2020 (PDF Report)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
India to allow Hindu pilgrims to Kashmir despite coronavirus risk
(Al Jazeera)
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Why Black Christians are bracing for a 'whitelash'
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Lahore interfaith leader slams hate campaign against minorities (videos)
(Asia News)
Counterpoint: Religious liberty scores a win at the Supreme Court, and it’s about time
(Erin Hawley, Inside Sources)
Clergy cannot get inmates' executions delayed because of COVID fears
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court denies Catholic priest's motion asking for delay of prisoner's execution
(Catholic News Agency)
Poway rabbi pleads guilty to fraud charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court decision on contraceptives called a win for religious freedom
(Long Island Catholic)
Rabbi wounded in synagogue shooting pleads guilty in tax fraud case
(Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service)
9th Circuit hears arguments in Hindu challenge to California curriculum standards
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Claims of anti-Hindu bias in California schools debated at Ninth Circuit
(Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service)
Christians sound alarm on religious freedom at 2020 Carolina Values Summit
(David Larson, North State Journal)
In Los Angeles, Catholic schools plan to resume in-person classes, while public schools go online
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Argentine archbishops under attack for establishing abuse reporting offices
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. judge permanently stops Georgia’s ‘heartbeat law’ from taking effect
(Catholic News Service)
The Supreme Court’s religious school decisions aren’t inconsistent
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
Religious liberty after Bostock and Our Lady of Guadalupe
(John McCormack, National Review)
Hasidim's arrival in Uman impossible this year - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's document
(Interfax-Religion)
Nigerian Christians praise Muslim group's call to government over Boko Haram's terror actions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Buckingham Palace writes to the United Synagogue for its 150th anniversary
(Jewish News)
Change of status of Hagia Sophia: ‘An attack on religious liberty’
(Marina Droujinina, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
USCIRF applauds Sudan’s repeal of apostasy law through passage of New Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
How Pompeo’s focus on religion could recast US rights policy
(Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor)
Turkey’s Generation Z turns against Erdogan
(Gonul Tol, Ayca Alemdaroglu, Foreign Policy)
Unhappy with Pentagon’s religious liberty guidance, lawmakers demand meeting with SECDEF
(Kent Miller, Military Times)
Born of bigotry, died in religious liberty: The Supreme Court ends the Blaine Amendments in empowering parental choice
(Charles J. Russo & William E. Thro, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The right of self-defense in Confucianism
(Ping-cheung Lo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Legal Spirits Episode 025: Supreme Court law and religion roundup
(Marc DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
The worlds most technologically sophisticated genocide is happening in Xinjiang
(Rayhan Asat and Yonah Diamond, Foreign Policy)
Episcopal leaders call death penalty ‘abhorrent to God’ as Trump administration resumes federal executions
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Government policy has left Muslim students feeling unable to speak up on campus
(Sariya Cheruvalilil-Contractor, The Conversation)
World Council of Churches publishes, 'Voices of Faith at the United Nations'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Removal of St Junipero Serra statues in the state – Statement of California Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Molla Sali v. Greece: a pyrrhic victory following just satisfaction judgment?
(Adiba Firmansyah, Strasbourg Observers)
COVID-19 reveals how ‘everything is Interconnected,’ says British Ambassador to the Holy See
(Heather Walker, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
COVID19 in Latin America at heart of prayer vigil organized by Sant’Egidio in Rome
(Deborah Catellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
America is in the grips of a fundamentalist revival—But it’s not Christian.
(David French, The Dispatch)
Saudi Arabia announces steep fines for hajj trespassers
(Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Racial justice and interfaith cooperation
(Eboo Patel, Inside Higher Ed)
Imams in Mombasa maintain that Mosques will remain closed
(Vincent Kejitan, The Standard)
Group seeks crackdown against Pakistan temple opponents
(UCA News)
Report calls for higher education to empower Muslim voices
(Mirage)
Why Buddhist monks collect alms and visit households even in times of social distancing
(Thomas Borchert, The Conversation)
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