Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 3 May 2024
Georgian lawmakers tussle in parliament after crackdown on foreign agent protesters
(Felix Light, Reuters)
Government to lift cap on faith school places
(Department for Education and The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP, GOV.UK)
Church of England welcomes opportunities to open Special Schools following Government announcement
(The Church of England)
Russia is suppressing the freedom of religion or belief in Ukraine: UK statement to OSCE
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Neil Holland, GOV.UK)
Consistory court considers organ donation, again
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Students occupy UK university campuses in protest against Gaza war
(Jewish News)
Anthony Julius chairs new group tackling campus antisemitism
(Michelle Rosenberg, Jewish News)
Challenging religious education in Northern Ireland: rights, curriculum and pluralism: JR87
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Sacred religious site case needs 29 judges to weigh in, Apache group says
(Jenna Greene, Reuters)
Building Army spiritual readiness - a key part of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps mission
(Bill Green, Jr., U.S. Army)
Algerian appeals court upholds pastor’s conviction for “illegal worshipping”
(ADF International)
At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
What the pro-Palestinian campus protests are really about
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)
Center for Countering Disinformation anticipates increased religious information conflicts on Easter
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Metropolitan Ionafan of Tulchyn, UOC MP, requests to be released to Russia, - Media
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Priorities for climate litigation at the European Court of Human Rights
(Lea Raible, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Latest issue of WCC interreligious journal focuses on gender justice
(World Council of Churches)
WCC, Christian Conference of Asia offer training in diakonia, sustainable development
(World Council of Churches)
Sudan: The forgotten war with no winners
(Nick Baines and Paul Swarbrick, The Church of England)
Mexico: 139 Protestant Christians are now living in an auditorium because the Mexican government has not done its job
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Jewish parents & schools asking appeals court to protect children with disabilities
(Becket)
Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades
(Christopher Ewing, The Conversation)
Opinion: Righteous attitudes, ideological purity tests, zero-sum thinking: How philanthropy stokes division
(Kristen Campbell, The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
House passes antisemitism bill with broad bipartisan support amid campus arrests
(Summer Concepcion, Megan Lebowitz and Rebecca Kaplan, NBC News)
Cap lifted on faith school places in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – April
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK's Prevent strategy linked to rights abuses in Indonesia
(Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye)
Navigating housing rights, education and religious freedom: Ghaoui
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Tories want Zelensky to protect religious freedom in Ukraine
(David Williamson, Express)
Ukraine: Two new conscientious objector jail terms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
USCIRF releases 2024 Annual Report with new recommendations for U.S. policy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
An Ohio pastor says he’s facing new pressure to end his 24-hour homelessness ministry
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
If you want to preserve religious freedom, teach your kids to value it
(Hanna Seariac, Deseret News)
UN Special Rapporteur advises law graduates to keep the pursuit of justice at the center of their lives
(Eleanor Lambert, The Daily Universe - BYU)
At ‘Seder in the Streets,’ protesters in Brooklyn denounce US support to Israel
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)
Australia: Christian schools in Australia are under attack
(Stephen McAlpine, Premier Christianity)
Australia: March on religious freedom
(Kojo Akomeah, Adventist Record)
Australia: Church liability for clergy abuse
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Religion & Global Affairs Newsletter - 29 April 2024
(Knox Thames)
Afghanistan: A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
(Associated Press)
South Asian groups work to break cultural, religious stigmas around domestic violence
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
Arizona pro-Palestinian protesters sue, argue authorities violated their religious freedom
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus
(Jacob Gurvis, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Democratic Republic of Congo: After his comments deemed "seditious": Cardinal Ambongo targeted by a prosecutor's investigation
(Dido Nsapu, Digital Congo)
CAIR calls on U.S. House to reject ‘one-sided, dishonest’ antisemitism proposals, stop ignoring anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Climate change and small island developing states
(Arthur Lyon Dahl, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
South Africa: Bishops decry state of targeted killings of clergy as another priest is gunned down in Pretoria
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
France, the new law to fight against “sectarian abuses” in the field of health, subject to the control of the Constitutional Council
(The European Times)
Biden Administration rule threatens religious liberty for thousands of students
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
Is European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief?
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Backwards steps on the enjoyment of rights – a matter of state intervention or of interference? Retrogressive measures before the European Court of Human Rights.
(Marion Sandner, Strasbourg Observers)
Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)
China: Uyghur spy turns to religion and lands in Xinjiang prison
(Shohret Hoshur, Radio Free Asia)
Canada: Leave to appeal filed at the Supreme Court of Canada on Bill 21 case
(Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
Azerbaijan named among religious freedom violators by religious liberty watchdog
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Mexican Baptists in Hidalgo forced from homes
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Indian court ensures tribal Christian gets proper burial
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Warsaw synagogue attacked at night with 3 firebombs, no injuries reported
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
75 Christian leaders urge president, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Accommodating teacher's anti-transgender beliefs created undue hardship for school under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Kenya: Amid ongoing government probe, a Christian university fights for its identity
(Tom Osanjo, Religion Unplugged)
Brazil: Cleric highlights Islam's commitment to human rights protection
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest April 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: A court sentenced the candidate for membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir
(SOVA, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Conflict-related sexual violence globally: from bad to worse
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)
Monday, 29 April 2024
Diverse coalition urges 29-judge appeals court to protect Oak Flat
(Becket)
House Reps want antisemitism monitors for college campuses
(Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed)
Israelis see antisemitism — and foreign interests — behind US campus protests
(Susan Greene, Religion Unplugged)
The European “cycle” of neutrality
(Matteo Corsalini, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ukraine’s church-state relationship may be changed significantly: interview with Dmytro Vovk
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
SBU declared suspicion of the Metropolitan of Svyatohirsk Lavra for the disclosure of Ukrainian AF positions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Speakers at religious liberty conference in Australia highlight the Savior’s 2 great commandments
(Trent Toone, Church News)
Canada: Renewed NDP push to end keffiyeh ban at Queen's Park fails
(CBC News)
Latter-day Saints celebrate religious freedom at events in Iowa, Missouri
(Trent Toone, Church News)
Religious liberty and the human good
(Robert P. George, National Review)
Around the web - 29 April 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Algerian Christians represent a source of peace for the country; let us preserve their freedom of worship!
(Thibault van den Bossche, European Centre for Law and Justice)
As many HBCUs thrive, faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
The end of Erdoğan’s Islamist-welfarist paradigm?
(Sultan Tepe, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Fostering peaceful coexistence between religions: A perspective from international law
(Nazanin Baradaran, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Egypt: Muslim extremists burn down Christian homes in southern Egypt ahead of Coptic Easter
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Amicus brief: Williams v. Washington
(Free Exercise Clinic, Yale Law School)
Amicus brief: Smith v. City of Atlantic City
(Free Exercise Clinic, Yale Law School)
Freedom of religion or belief in Belarus: IPPFORB launches advocacy letter expressing concern over Belarus's new law on religious organization activities
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
Thailand: Five-religion relationship workshop
(The World Fellowship of Buddhists)
Australia: Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney
(Keiran Smith, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 29 April 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Can secular health care institutions be trusted to make a moral brain death policy?
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)
Italian bishops warn populist pol evokes ‘darkest periods’ of history on disabilities
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Colombian bishops call day of prayer as part of ‘silent service’ for peace
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
No religion? At these faith-based retirement communities, no problem.
(Tammy LaGorce, The New York Times)
Uzbekistan: regime continues repeated arbitrary blocking of registration
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Church of England and trades union recognition
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion roundup – 28th April
(Frank Cranmer, Forum 18 News Service)
The world’s first Sikh court opens in London
(Liz Harris, Religion Media Centre)
Scottish bishops say assisted suicide bill ‘takes us down a dangerous spiral’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Christian leaders call on UK government to recognize Armenian Genocide
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The roots of forced migration: contravening international law
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
China: Religious issues and persecution – bimonthly digest April 15-29
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
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