Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 4 October 2024
Russia: Wide-ranging blocking of religious-related websites
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Brunei: Training in interfaith dialogue needed among educated youths in Brunei – analysis
(Siti Mazidah Mohamad, Eurasia Review)
New Oxford/Dublin research: Public majorities worldwide support a democratic world government focused on global issues
(Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Tibet, monk sentenced to 18 months for sharing Dalai Lama teachings on WeChat
(Bitter Winter)
Challenges of sustainability and peace: For people and planet
(Abraham Skorka, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Pasquinelli and others v San Marino – The momentous competing interests of the community as a whole against healthcare workers refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
(Petra Järvinen and Ville Vikman, Strasbourg Observers)
School religion classes should be compulsory for all students, says Polish cardinal
(Notes from Poland)
Cambodia: Government announces new committee to organise Kathin in Khmer Krom
(The Phnom Penh Post)
An Olympian was suspended for expressing his faith. Was it fair?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Teenagers on what has shaped their political beliefs and values
(The New York Times)
North Korea: We cannot look away
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Bill signed: S. 3764 (USCIRF Reauthorization)
(The White House)
FoRB Podcast: The Russian World Narrative and the Russian Aggression in Ukraine
(Dmytro Vovk, Merilin Kiviorg, Catherine Wanner, Thomas Bremer, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Australia: Special envoy to combat Islamophobia
(Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Australia)
Australia: Hezbollah flags at protests shape as test of new hate-symbol laws
(Tom Crowley, ABC News Australia)
New Zealand: Religious freedom must safeguard every New Zealander
(Marcus Roberts, Indian Newslink)
Religious liberty on Royce Quad
(Michael Avi Helfand, Jewish Review of Books)
Secular group cries religious discrimination
(Courthouse News Service)
Westerville City Schools ends school day religious release time for students
(Allie Vugrincic, WOSU Public Media)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest September 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China is removing crosses from churches, replacing images of Christ with Xi Jinping
(Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency)
Indonesian govt calls on mosques to boost climate awareness efforts
(ANTARA)
India country update
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
India: Finalise draft rules under Freedom of Religion Act 1978 within six months: Gauhati High Court to Arunachal Pradesh Govt
(Udit Singh, LiveLaw)
At Jefferson’s Secular University, a talk about religion
(Mike Mather, UVA Today)
India: Religious leaders unite against hate, seek stronger laws
(Clarion India)
Central Asia’s war on hijab
(Niginakhon Saida and Svetlana Dzardanova, The Diplomat)
Police increase patrols at US places of worship amid attack on Israel and start of Jewish high holidays
(Josh Campbell, CNN)
Parents must be given right to opt 1st graders out of instruction on transgender issues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In North Carolina, sound of chainsaws brings hope as faith-based workers clear roads
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Latin American Church discusses protection and promotion of immigrants
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
British Jews adjusting to ‘new reality’ after year-long surge in antisemitism
(Aamna Mohdin and Neha Gohil, The Guardian)
Transnational aspects of Christian nationalism
(Marietta van der Tol, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Mexico: Church in Mexico calls on country’s new president to address high crime rate
(Diego López Colín, Catholic News Agency)
Academics say Britain is entering its first “atheist age”
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion Media Centre)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
A Jubilee policy agenda for the Brazilian G20 summit : Debt, climate, and tax
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum)
PA ministry warns of normalising Jewish presence as a fait accompli at Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Middle East Monitor)
Ghana: Faith and politics: Ghana’s election hinges on religious battle lines
(Kent Mensah, The Africa Report)
Cardinal Parolin decries wars, abortion, gender ideology, and repression in UN address
(Andrés Henríquez, Catholic News Agency)
Oklahoma freedom caucus supports Bibles in classroom initiative
(State of Oklahoma House of Representatives)
Justice Kavanaugh on the Court’s religious liberty jurisprudence
(Carrie Campbell Severino, National Review)
Virginia Anglican wrongly fired over pronouns vindicated in settlement
(Jeff Walton, Anglican Ink)
Welcome the stranger? How religion has influenced the immigration debate in Texas
(Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom)
Eastern European voters are more likely to care about candidates' religious beliefs, study finds
(Alessio Dell'Anna, Euro News)
Priest Andrei Rusu: Religion remains a pillar of European values
(IPN Press Agency)
Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France: Rethinking Boundaries, Inequities, and Faith in the Republic
(Carol A. Ferrara, Bloomsbury)
Romanian govt. backs Orthodox Church’s plan to set up school in France, social center in Italy
(Radu Dumitrescu, Romania-Insider.com)
KAICIID strengthens global footprint at UNGA: A strategic mission for peace and dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Monday, 30 September 2024
Former California man sentenced to 35 years in prison for attempting to murder two Jewish men leaving Los Angeles synagogues last year
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Canada: Trudeau condemns violent attack on women wearing hijabs
(Barron's)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 30 September 2024: 12th Annual Conference: Law, Religion and Work in Africa (Rabat, Morocco)
(The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Iraq: Religious freedom challenges in Iraq 10 years after ISIS’s genocide
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religion and foreign policy webinar: Muslim-American perspectives on U.S. foreign policy
(Council on Foreign Relations)
10 business skills that reinforce human rights
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Mexico: Displaced Mexican Baptists allowed to return home
(Ken Camp, Baptist Press)
Around the web - 30 September 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Prophetic libraries and books in ancient Israel
(Nathan Mastnjak, OUPblog: Religion)
South African archbishop Makgoba lashes government for education 'funding crisis'
(Ecumenical News)
Proselytizing the unhoused: Grants Pass v. Johnson and church-state separation
(Alex Santiago, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Podcast explores the BIC’s contributions to the discourse on global governance
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Essay series: Human rights and social ethics: Catholic and secular approaches
(Kristin E. Heyer, Thomas Massaro, and William O'Neill, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Center for Women, Faith & Leadership welcomes 5th Distance Learning cohort to the global multifaith fellowship
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Recent articles of interest - 30 September 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
West Virginia ban on churches incorporating violates 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In new lawsuit, religious nonprofit targets Johnson Amendment in order to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Women building global bridges across faith divides
(Hanna Seariac, Deseret News)
Afghanistan: groundbreaking move: Challenging gender persecution in Afghanistan at the ICJ
(Kyra Wigard, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Afghanistan: How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
(Dyan Mazurana and Sima Samar, The Conversation)
Israel: In a sacred time on the Jewish calendar, Israeli clerics ponder theology of Oct. 7 attack
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
India: Catholic groups in India support law weakening power of Islamic charity
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Baroness Warsi quits Conservatives in the Lords
(Joshua Nevett, BBC)
Law and religion roundup – 29th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Limits on anonymity
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Germany: CEC advances ecumenical cooperation in Hamburg
(Conference of European Churches)
Philippines urged to remove the word ‘divorce’ from marriage dissolution bill to enable passage
(Raissa Robles, South China Morning Post)
Indonesia launches Halal International Trust Organization in Japan
(ANTARA)
Iran: Religious issues and persecution – Monthly digest September
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Cuba: Independent religious leaders meet with European Union Delegation
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion
(John Fritze, CNN)
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill banning ‘captive audience,’ anti-union work meetings
(East Bay Times)
Inside Albania's planned Muslim microstate
(Abby Wilson, The Week)
Australia: Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Pakistani religion ministry formulating new regulations to oversee Umrah operations
(Saima Shabbir, Arab News)
How Americans can engage religious diversity in their communities
(Interfaith America)
Archons travel to Warsaw for conference of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)
(Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate)
The Constitutional Court has opened proceedings regarding the constitutionality of part one of Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine on Alternative (non-military) service
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
Saturday, 28 September 2024
EVENT, 28 September 2024 (17:00 CET): Youth, Intergenerational Dialogue, and Faith-Based Political Engagement (Brussels, Belgium)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Friday, 27 September 2024
Pope Francis tells wealthy Luxembourg to help developing countries
(Joshua McElwee and Marine Strauss, Reuters)
Pope travels to the heart of Europe to appeal for peace and to boost his dwindling flock
(Nicole Winfield and Raf Casert, Associated Press)
NIO minister Fleur Anderson praises community resilience after visiting arson attack Church
(Northern Ireland Office and Fleur Anderson MP, GOV.UK)
Vietnam: State-controlled religion and religious freedom in Vietnam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Position Paper in support of UN General Assembly Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage
(International Religious Freedom Roundtable)
Islamic Contract Law
(Ilias Bantekas, Jonathan G. Ercanbrack, Umar A. Oseni, and Ikram Ullah, Oxford University Press)
"Islamophobia is unjustifed fear of Muslims, Muslimness," explains Prof Ahmed Shaheed
(YouTube Video, Maktoob)
Georgia’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures raise fears of hate crimes in the conservative South Caucasus nation
(Sophiko Megrelidze and Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press)
Ethiopia: Thousands gather in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace
(Samuel Getachew, Associated Press)
Kazakhstan: Showman Nurtas Adambay fined for quoting Quran verses on social media
(Kazinform)
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