Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 19 June 2023
UN Security Council adopt UK resolution on highlighting threats to freedom of religion
(Premier Christian News)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 19 June 2023 (8:30AM EDT): Twenty-first Building Bridges Seminar: God's Word and the Community of Faith: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
(Georgetown University and the Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University)
Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President
(UN News)
Around the web - 19 June 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Saturday, 17 June 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 17 June 2023 (11.00AM in London): The Changing Nature of Religion in Today's World
(LSE Festival)
Friday, 16 June 2023
Should the US temper its expectations of India?
(Husain Haqqani and Aparna Pande, The Hill)
America shouldn't ignore rights abuses in India
(Knox Thames)
India bishop applauds decision to repeal anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
WEBINAR, 16 June 2023 (12PM EDT): World Refugee Day with UNHCR: The Power of Inclusion in Developing Durable Solutions for Refugees
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Joint letter to US Secretary of State on his visit to China
(Freedom House)
Risks arise where art and activism intersect—but artists won’t be silenced
(Mina Loldj, Freedom House)
Who will succeed Shia Islam’s top man?
(The Economist)
Southern Baptists are arguing about the extent of male authority
(The Economist)
Between flames and the future: Seeking practical and sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(Safen Roy, South Asia Monitor)
New York to make Diwali school holiday in city
(Arul Louis, South Asia Monitor)
How TikTok influencers exploit ethnic divisions in Ethiopia
(Endalkachew Chala, Coda Media)
Abortion and faith after 1 year without Roe
(Bekah McNeel, Sojourners)
Catholic Pride month events face increasing backlash
(Michael J. O’Loughlin and Christopher Parker, America: The Jesuit Review)
Uganda suspends 13 police officers for torturing Muslim youths
(Daily Sabah)
‘Your car will be confiscated’: Iran women defy hijab law despite threats
(Feranak Amidi, BBC News)
Iran: The Shiraz Baha’i woman executed two days after her son
(Kian Sabeti, Iran Wire)
Supreme Court refuses to hear cases over church, school’s firing of religious leaders
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
New IPU report explores the place of religion and belief in parliament
(Inter-Parliamentary Union)
How people in 24 countries view same-sex marriage
(Jacob Poushter, Sneha Gubbala and Christine Huang, Pew Research Center)
The road best traveled: integrating faith (legally) into your company's culture
(Jeffrey D. Patton, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Congressman Frank Wolf | An interview with David Trimble | IRF Summit RFI Profiles
(YouTube Video, Religious Freedom Institute)
Mexico is officially the world’s most dangerous place to be a priest
(Kelsey Zorzi and Julio Pohl Garcia Prieto, The Hill)
New book: Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age
(Thomas C. Berg, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company)
Can the government fund religious schools?
(Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
USCIRF delegation travels to Kazakhstan to assess religious freedom conditions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
RFI’s Todd Huizinga speaks in Poland on global religious freedom trends
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls churches to pray and act to end conflicts and guard freedom
(Conference of European Churches)
As CEC General Assembly opens, Tallinn Mayor extends welcome: “Our doors and souls are open”
(Conference of European Churches)
Being European – A sociological assessment 2023 and beyond (pdf)
(Hartmut Rosa, Conference of European Churches)
'Perpetual Indulgence' versus religious conviction
(Nathaniel Hurd, Real Clear Religion)
Vietnam: Authorities attack Buddhist community during religious ceremony
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman is found guilty in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
Catholic bishops’ president calls for better border management, continued care for immigrants
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Pope joins with imam in making calls for peace before UN Security Council vote
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Oregon man pleads guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS
(U.S. Department of Justice)
UK dispatch: Parliament holds special debate on atrocities against Afghan Hazaras
(James Joseph, Jurist)
Belarus: Draft religion law "playing on formal appearance of legality"
(Olga Glace and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 15 June 2023
EVENT, 15 June 2023: 2023 Religious Freedom Annual Review: "Religious Communities: Worshipping, Serving, and Learning Together” (Provo, Utah)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
A Catholic priest from Belarus testified at the European Parliament
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
Belarusian Evangelicals fear growing isolation
(Ken Chitwood, Christianity Today)
Belarus: Detained, fined for sharing faith on streets
(Olga Glace and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Takeaways from the New Delhi G20 Interfaith Forum
(Maria Lucia Uribe, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
What is civil society?
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Tribal Christians protest in poll-bound Indian state
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
EVENT, 14-20 June 2023: Conference of European Churches (CEC) General Assembly
(Conference of European Churches)
USCIRF delegation travels to Vietnam to assess religious freedom conditions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Bosch #3 most faith-friendly workplace in Global Fortune 500
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Iran: ‘I didn’t know worshipping and praying in Jesus’ name was illegal’
(Article 18)
Faith-based lducation in Latin America and the Caribbean
(TJ D’Agostino, United States Agency for International Development (USAID))
Petition in Mexico demands religious freedom, protection of priests and churches
(David Ramos, National Catholic Register)
Around the web - 12 June 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
New book: The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America
(Cara Fitzpatrick, Hachette Book Group)
The changing nature of religion in today’s world
(Erin K. Wilson, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Razom US foundation will cooperate with Ukrainian religious leaders on humanitarian issues
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 12
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Panel makes ethics ruling against lawmaker who hid Bibles in Arizona House lounge
(Associated Press)
Court tells Catholic bookstore to litigate over religious organization exception to nondiscrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 12 June 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tennessee Human Rights Act does not require religious accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vatican court sentences eco-activists to prison for damaging art
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
From hospital, Pope pushes Europe’s conservatives on immigration, climate change
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Polish city throws children’s bubble party on top of Jewish graves
(Dinah Spritzer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The real story of New York's yeshivas
(Melissa Langsam Braunstein, Washington Examiner)
New book: Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society
(Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman and Ryan T. Cragun, NYU Press)
Family distraught as Muslim grave smashed and vandalised in Blackburn
(Shuiab Khan, The Lancashire Telegraph)
Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes
(The Church of Scotland)
Law and religion round-up – 11th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
DeSantis' Catholic faith goes under the media microscope before '24 presidential primaries
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Canada/US: A glimpse into a post-Christian future: Public support for killing the poor and disabled
(Charles C. Camosy, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Afghanistan: ‘Wedding or a funeral?’ Taliban bans music at Kabul wedding halls
(Al Jazeera)
Who are supportive to religious minorities in Bangladesh?
(Salim Mahmud, Dhaka Tribune)
Bangladesh Hindus live in fear after attacks
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Italy’s right-wing party prepares draft law to ban Muslim prayer spaces outside of mosques
(Ahmet Gencturk, Anadolu Agency)
Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
Hurt feelings, conscience, and freedom – Part 3
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
German government has “no sense of religion”, says Christian Democrat
(Christian Network Europe)
Muslim student sues German professor for insulting headscarf
(Anadolu Agency)
China: Attempt to distort and slander mosque renovation truly ill-intentioned, malicious
(Guo Tian, Global Times)
It’s the Karimov Era 2.0 for Muslims in Uzbekistan
(Madina Amin, The Diplomat)
Kenya: Muslims calls for implementation of laws to deal with religious misfits
(Rawlings Otieno, People Daily)
Israel: Religiosity and views on judicial reform are strongly correlated - study
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Asia/Pakistan - the path of legality to promote the rights of all citizens and work to combat any discrimination
(Agenzia Fides)
Remarks at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Stanford Law School
(Thomas B. Griffith, Stanford Law School)
Azerbaijan's Hoseyniyun: The prospects and challenges of a Caucasus Hezbollah
(Peyman Asadzade, Middle East Institute)
Legal Journal Number 8 (18): June (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Religion can help LGBTQ Mormons’ mental health, especially if they’re out of the closet
(Jana Riess, Religion News Service)
Senior ISIL member arrested in Istanbul
(Hurriyet Daily News)
German professor under fire for racist slurs against female Muslim student
(Mesut Zeyrek, Anadolu Agency)
Turkish headscarf-wearing figure skater aspires to break barriers
(Daily Sabah)
The Catholic Church profited from slavery — 'The 272' explains how
(Terry Gross, NPR)
Southern Baptists say no to women pastors, uphold expulsion of Saddleback megachurch
(Jason DeRose, npr)
We must not let Nigeria slide any further into failed statehood
(Ellis Heasley, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank
(Ben Giles, NPR)
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