Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 30 October 2023
Centering the Black Muslimah: Interrogating Gendered, Anti-Black Islamophobia
(Rabiat Akande, SSRN)
Gender Equality and the Scope of Religious Freedom in S.A.S. v. France
(Ilias Trispiotis, SSRN)
Resisting hate: A French garden project advocates for peace (video)
(Deutsche Welle)
West Virginia school system mandates religious training following revival assembly lawsuit
(Leah Willi, Associated Press)
In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred
(Sam Mednick, Associated Press)
India police detain man as suspect in explosion that killed 3 people at Jehovah’s Witness gathering
(Associated Press)
US officials to meet Jewish leaders as anti-Semitism surges on campuses
(Al Jazeera)
Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war
(Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Islamic State group claims responsibility for an explosion in Afghanistan, killing 4
(Associated Press)
Threats to kill Jewish students at Cornell prompt police to monitor kosher dining hall
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Satanic Temple lacks standing to challenge Indiana abortion ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 30 October 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together for centuries—and several were recently killed in a historic church
(Christine Shepardson, Religion News Service)
ISW explains why Putin assembled Russia's Orthodox, Rabbis, and Muftis
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Sierra Leone: Caritas in Sierra Leone calls for national "health emergency" to combat synthetic marijuana abuse
(La Croix International)
Ukrainian religious leaders on navigating Russia-Ukraine war (video)
(C-SPAN)
Russia blames Ukraine for antisemitic riot at airport in Dagestan
(Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth, The Guardian)
Examples of conscience, justice, and religious liberty issues in California
(Hans Noot, Bitter Winter)
Vietnam: Official calls for constructive dialogue on religious issues between Vietnam, US
(Vietnam Plus)
Moldova president says church must work for European integration
(Alexander Tanas, Reuters)
Guatemala commemorates International Religious Freedom Day
(GT News)
Positive Biden Administration policy on engaging with religious communities
(Stanley Carlson-Thies, Center for Public Justice)
Sunday, 29 October 2023
CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 29 October 2023: Advocacy of Hatred Based on Religion or Belief - Transformative Responses
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Saturday, 28 October 2023
Israel: Arab Israeli Christians share an ‘identity crisis’ and prayers for peace
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)
The unfulfilled promise of the International Religious Freedom Act
(Thomas F. Farr, Real Clear Politics)
Sweden: Report: Quran-burning protester is ordered to leave Sweden but deportation on hold for now
(Associated Press)
Canada: Statement regarding health Canada's fourth annual report on MAiD deaths
(Cardus)
Air Canada apologizes after British MP questioned 'because his name is Mohammad'
(Brishti Basu, CBC News)
China: IRFBA Chair’s statement on Uyghur religious prisoner of conscience, Dr. Gulshan Abbas
(U.S. Department of State)
Building on 25 years of religious freedom advocacy
(Knox Thames and Peter Mandaville, Religion News Service)
West Virginia school settles suit over religious activities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that’s part of a system some see as forced assimilation
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)
Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
(Arie Perliger, The Conversation)
OK Supreme Court: Church autonomy doctrine requires dispute over disaffiliation to be dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Justice Department secures agreement requiring New York village to end discrimination against Orthodox Jewish residents
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Baptist leader, Rep. Maxwell Frost urge Christians to reject Christian nationalism
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment
(Charles J. Russo, Religion News Service)
US Jews fracture over support for Israeli retaliation
(Yonat Shimron, Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religious objection to vaccination: Re WSP (A Child)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Officers investigate more “thoughtcrimes” amidst widespread criticism of “woke policing”
(ADF UK)
Indi Gregory: European judges reject appeal over ill baby's case
(Dan Martin, BBC News)
India: Church welcomes relaxation of hijab ban in Indian state
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel-Gaza: Bucks faith leaders unite against violence
(Louise Parry and Amy Holmes, BBC News)
India: TPNRD Releases new report on Indian religious diplomacy
(Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
Iran: Twenty-six Baha’is in Iran sentenced to 126 years in prison as 10 Baha’i women arrested in Isfahan, and 3 Baha'is in Yazd
(Bahá’í International Community)
Türkiye: Antisemitism rises in Turkey during Israel-Hamas war
(Pelin Ünker, Deutsche Welle)
Biden on 5th anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Hamas invasion is ‘deepening the wound’ of antisemitism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Religious persecution is threat to U.S. national security, experts tell Congress
(Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency)
Our right to religious freedom requires ceaseless defense
(Mike Lee, Deseret News)
Kyrgyzstan: Six-month jail term for questioning official religious policy
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
303 Creative v. Elenis, Groff v. DeJoy and the difference a sentence can make
(Mark Satta, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Report highlights Christian perspectives on religious freedom
(Conference of European Churches)
A united pursuit in difficult times: MJLC and EuLeMa convene in Sevilla for groundbreaking show of Muslim-Jewish solidarity
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Indonesia: The dilemma of political involvement among Muslim theologians in Indonesia
(Norshahril Saat and Ahmad Muhajir, Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS))
WCC general secretary meets with new executive director of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(World Council of Churches)
SoHO Regulation: COMECE releases Position Paper ahead of final trilogue negotiation
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Antisemitism in Europe reaching levels unseen in decades, says top Rabbi
(Maria Psara, Euronews)
Russia: A Jehovah’s Witness deprived of his citizenship and deported
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
France: Religious leaders in France are surprisingly nuanced when it comes to euthanasia
(Christian Network Europe)
From California to Maine, some states really seem to dislike religious education
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
Supreme court roundup: 12 pending cases that could impact religious freedom
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in public schools
(Frank S. Ravitch, The Conversation)
The Christian nationalism of Speaker Mike Johnson
(Andrew Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry, Time)
Belarusian group warns of new religious controls
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Church Times)
Japan, religion, and the dissolution of the Unification Church: A conversation
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
States must counter discrimination based on religion or belief at all levels: UN expert
(Devdiscourse)
Baldwin introduces resolution calling for end to religious and political persecution in India
(Tammy Baldwin, Member of Congress)
Argentina takes next step in officially honoring evangelicals. They want more.
(Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
The treasure of religious freedom
(Eric Patterson, World)
Brazil: Why is the Brazilian State secular? (Portuguese)
(Coordenação, Estratégia Concursos)
Portugal: Human Rights: Holy See warned of the “painful reality” of “lack of religious freedom, wars and violence” (Portuguese)
(CB, ECCLESIA Agency)
Brazil: District Day to Combat Religious Intolerance: event reflects on the right to freedom of belief (Portuguese)
(Ana Beatriz Cabral Cavalcante, Agência de Notícias UniCEUB)
Friday, 27 October 2023
Threats to American democracy ahead of an unprecedented presidential election
(PRRI)
Countries should back ICC investigation on Israel-Palestine
(Balkees Jarrah)
Bringing light without God: Humanist chaplain Anthony Cruz Pantojas
(Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt, Religion News Service)
Christians in Pakistan are struggling to survive barbaric persecution
(David Curry, Religion News Service)
In the Hindu diaspora, dancers and feminists celebrate the modern cultural significance of Navaratri
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
Hijab-wearing woman faces suspected racist attack in UK's Yorkshire
(Daily Sabah)
Thursday, 26 October 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 26 October 2023 (9AM CST): RPLP Fellows Meeting: The Born Again Dyula: Between Religious Conversion and Ethnic Allegiance in Cote-d’Ivoire
(Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University)
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 26 October 2023: What can we learn about bridging divides in America today?
(BYU Law, The University of Utah, Equality Utah, 1st Amendment Partnership, Fairness For All Initiative, Braver Angels, Tolerance Means Dialogues)
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
COMECE President assures Jerusalem Patriarch of EU Bishops’ closeness and support
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews are supporting Israel’s war efforts - here's how
(MAARIV, The Jerusalem Post)
Hearing wrap up: Biden administration must increase efforts to protect religious freedoms globally
(Committee On Oversight and Accountability, U.S. House of Representatives)
On key anniversary, religious freedom more important than ever
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
USCIRF condemns Nicaragua’s expulsion of arbitrarily detained priests
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The evil of holy wars
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Italy: Milan’s Jews on high alert after death threats written in nightclub and chanted at pro-Palestinian rally
(Orge Castellano, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
As Pope Francis calls for another day of fasting and prayer for peace in Middle East, faith leaders respond
(Christine Rousselle, Fox News)
Interfaith potluck aimed to soothe tensions over Israel-Hamas war
(Larry Seward, CBS News)
Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
(Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press)
Antisemitic incidents have spiked in New York since Hamas attack on Israel, new data shows
(Luke Tress, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkish police arrest 33 Daesh/ISIS terror suspects
(Muhammed Nuri Erdogan, Anadolu Agency)
FFRF calls out Miss. school district for promoting religion
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Vatican summit tackles women’s ordination with a nod from Pope Francis
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Archbishop Welby, patriarchs of Jerusalem urge ceasefire, condemn church bombing
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Oklahoma attorney general sues to stop US’s first public religious school
(Sean Murphy, Religion News Service)
A Detroit synagogue president was fatally stabbed outside her home. Police don’t have a motive
(Associated Press)
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