Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 8 September 2023
Vietnam tries to force ethnic minority church members to recant faith
(Radio Free Asia)
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, “Religious Freedom and the Ecumenical Patriarchate”, presentation of the Religious Freedom Report by ACN International
(Orthodox Observer)
Nicaragua: Alumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
5 caught over financing ISIL members
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Thursday, 7 September 2023
WEBINAR, 7 September 2023 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Vietnam: Challenges and Opportunities for Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Schools in France send dozens of Muslim girls home for wearing abayas
(Al Jazeera)
G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) in Pune, India 2023
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
G20 Interfaith Forum kicks off in India
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
India: Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking curbs on religious conversions
(Matters India)
Taiwan hopes Pope's China engagement helps 'worsening' religious freedom
(Reuters)
Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism, but many members still partake in religious customs
(Pew Research Center)
China: Uyghur design director working in Turkey arrested in China during family visit
(Stockholm Center for Freedom)
ADL CEO says Elon Musk’s insinuation to sue over defamation is merely a ‘threat of a frivolous lawsuit’
(Jonathan Vanian, CNBC)
Church member's defamation suit dismissed on church autonomy grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Amid abaya ban, French school sends girl home for wearing kimono: Lawyer
(Al Jazeera)
France’s laicité in the name of secularism is really only supremacist legacy of colonialism
(Omar Suleiman, RNS Column: Islam Beyond Phobia)
French mayor tricks secularism law to keep angel statue
(Christian Network Europe)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 6 September 2023 (11AM ET): Building religious freedom for all: Combatting antisemitism and all forms of religious discrimination
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Myanmar: The brutal ‘Four Cuts’ strategy is causing untold suffering in Myanmar, yet the international community remains slow to react
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Canada: 'I am guilty': Plea by controversial pastor resolves all COVID-related charges
(Heather Rivers, The London Free Press)
The contested nature of religious liberty in today’s America
(Mark Valeri, OUPblog: Religion)
UN says Daesh/ISIS terror group continues to pose significant threat in conflict zones
(Firdevs Bulut Kartal, Anadolu Agency)
The UN and international coordination is key to countering terrorism: UK statement at the Security Council
(James Kariuki, GOV.UK)
Daesh almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year – UN experts
(Arab News)
US military calls for end of fighting in east Syria and warns it could lead to IS resurgence
(Associated Press)
US warns military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel hamper fight against terrorism in the volatile region
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Waterloo council votes to repeal gay conversion therapy ban after legal threat
(Hannah Fingerhut, Des Moines Register)
Iraq hangs 3 for Daesh-claimed blast that killed hundreds
(Arab News Pakistan)
Pope Francis’ visit underscores Mongolia’s religious freedom
(Bolor Lkhaajav, The Diplomat)
‘Hope is possible.’ Pope Francis joins religious leaders in Mongolia to promote harmony
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Vietnam: Ahead of Biden visit, US watchdog says Vietnam backsliding on religious freedoms
(Reuters)
Vietnam: USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom in Vietnam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
September 2023 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Bahrain touts 2 states at 67 lines, as Israel opens embassy in Manama
(Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post)
Latter-day Saint testifies of Jesus Christ at interfaith event in Mongolia hosted by Pope Francis
(Christine Rappleye, Church News)
B.C. school district cuts ties with summer camp over staff agreement that prohibits 'homosexual behaviour'
(Maryse Zeidler, CBC News)
Uganda: As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
(Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press)
How some Muslim and non-Muslim rappers alike embrace Islam’s greeting of peace
(Margarita Guillory and Jeta Luboteni, The Conversation)
Harvard Divinity School selects first Black woman as dean
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule
(Editors Abbas Aghdassi and Aaron Hughes)
Volume 1 (2023): Issue 1 (Jun 2023)
(Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule)
What good religion can do with Katherine Marshall
(State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance Foundation podcast: State of Belief)
CT Supreme Court upholds refusal to enforce ketubah in divorce action
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious organization lacks standing to challenge interpretation of state anti-discrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Who are Germany's Ahmadi community?
(Emmy Sasipornkarn and Warda Imran, Deutsche Welle)
EPPC amicus brief defends parents and children from gender ideology curriculum
(Ethics and Public Policy Center)
Recovering an American tradition
(Tal Fortgang, Law & Liberty)
Turkmenistan: Pensioner's pilgrimage departure blocked for five months
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Finnish Bible Trial shows what lies ahead under Scottish hate speech laws, says human rights lawyer
(ADF UK)
St. Michael le Belfrey, York (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Jewish president picks Muslim defense minister: Ukraine’s diverse leadership debunks Russia’s “Nazi” slurs
(Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council)
ECEN Assembly highlights Christian commitment to care for creation
(Conference of European Churches)
California AG says pro-life group can demonstrate at Fresno abortion clinic
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Indonesia: Uproar over plan to control Indonesia’s worship places
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Japan seeks court order to dissolve Unification Church
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Austrian police find pig's head hung on mosque door
(TRT World)
Video: Apostolic Nuncio to the EU: “Politics thrives on dialogue”
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Approaching equilibrium in free exercise of religion decisions in the federal courts
(Greg Sisk, Mirror of Justice Blog)
Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest August
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Catholic priest leaves Denmark because he feels “watched by the government”
(Christian Network Europe)
Cultural, Linguistic and Religious Identity and Care: recent developments in the case law
(Strasbourg Observers)
For Brazilian administrators, church and state aren’t so separate
(André Kanasiro, Spectrum Magazine)
Revoke religious broadcast privilege, FFRF urges Mayor Adams
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Guyana: Religious tolerance
(Guayana Chronicle)
Chile: A month of prayer for Chile, 50 years after the coup (Spanish)
(Conferencia Episcopal de Chile)
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
EVENT, 5-7 September 2023: Shaping World Peace and Sustainable Development through Interfaith Harmony (India)
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 4 September 2023
Hybrid neutrality as the deadlock: The Pope’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war
(Regina Elsner, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Pope insists Vatican-China relations are on track but says more work is needed
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan
(Nicole Winfield and Saruul Enkhbold, Associated Press)
Mongolian faith leaders join pope to stress world peace
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
EVENT, 4 September 2023 (2:30PM): Aston Cantlow v Wallbank – Lecture by Mark Hill KC (Warwickshire, England)
(Aston Law School)
EVENT, 4-6 September 2023: Freedom. Interreligious. Intercultural (Bologna)
(Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE))
EuARe 2023 - Keynote lectures
(YouTube Video, The European Academy of Religion)
Religion most popular “industry” in US South, new study
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
China objects to India’s G20 logo
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
India: UN experts alarmed by continuing abuses in Manipur
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
India: Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala
(Ziya Us Salam, The Hindu)
India: Religion that promotes inequality is as good as disease: Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on ‘Sanatana Dharma’ row
(Pathi Venkata Thadhagath, Hindustan Times)
Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega turns against the Jesuits
(Mary Anastasia O'Grady, The Wall Street Journal)
NJ battles Christian group blocking Jersey Shore beach on Sundays
(Deirdre Bardolf, New York Post)
State prosecutor makes final case to criminalise “insulting” Christian speech as Finnish Bible Trial concludes
(ADF International)
Pakistan: Mob attacks on Christian churches and homes in Pakistan set off by false implication, police say
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)
Coach who lost his job for praying on field kneels again in first game after years of legal battles
(Ed Komenda, Associated Press)
Around the web - 4 September 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Artificial intelligence and discrimination
(Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Iran’s proposed hijab law could amount to “gender apartheid”: UN experts
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Clashes erupt in Sweden’s third largest city after another Quran burning and at least 3 are detained
(Associated Press)
15 arrested in Sweden while trying to prevent Quran desecration
(Atila Altuntas, Anadolu Agency)
Germany's largest Hindu temple set to open in Berlin
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Online consultation paves path for freedom of religion or belief regional network launch in the western Balkans
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
Hindu organization lacks standing to challenge state's caste discrimination charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles and books of interest - 4 September 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Patriarch Bartholomew firmly denied the possibility of "reconsidering" the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
PAX peacebuilding organization continues to help churches in Ukraine
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
Thinking about the abaya, a garment causing new mosque-and-state conflicts in France
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
True or false: Angry Muslim parents in Maryland have joined the Religious Right?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
On the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
How Government should not do God
(Satvinder S Juss, Law & Religion UK)
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