Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 19 January 2024
Denial of vaccine mandate exemption for nurse is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Polish bishops seek dialogue with Tusk government
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet)
Vietnam: Diversity of festivals demonstrates freedom of religion in Việt Nam
(Việt Nam News)
Pope meets Vietnam political delegation, wants to visit the country
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Pope Francis meets with President of Colombia
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
Religious liberty is fundamental to diversity
(Mark Rienzi, Real Clear Policy)
Estonia tells its top Russian Orthodox clergyman to leave the country
(Reuters)
Bishops warn of 'top five threats' to America's Christians
(Benjamin Lynch, Newsweek)
Anti-Christian persecution on the rise according to Open Doors
(Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News)
In South America’s ‘Lithium Triangle,’ Indigenous people defend sacred sites
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
Tree of Life synagogue demolition begins ahead of rebuilding site of deadly antisemitic attack
(Gene Puksar and Brooke Schultz, AP News)
Haiti: 6 nuns have been kidnapped in Haiti while they were traveling on a bus, religious leaders say
(Associated Press)
Muslim and Arab American voters part ways with President Biden over his foreign policy
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)
'Disturbing and sad': Catholic and Church of Ireland bishops respond to Roscrea protests
(Ellen Gough, Tipperary Live)
Maccabi Haifa to play Belgian soccer club in front of empty stadium due to safety concerns amid Israel-Hamas war
(Jacob Gurvis, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Trump voters in Iowa weren't just evangelical; they were Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran too
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Handy religion info for political-desk files: Iowa is not a very evangelical state
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)
3 new year’s resolutions regarding the importance of religious freedom
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Lawmakers take on court rulings that apply sex discrimination rules to religious schools, churches
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
WCC urges World Economic Forum to consider longer-term good of all people
(World Council of Churches)
The ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, notably the case of Mr Ding Yuande
(European Parliament)
DRC: Bishops warn country in danger, decry elections as fraudulent and full of violence
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Kenya: government withdraws all teachers from a Catholic sponsored school after protest
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Around 4 in 10 Americans have become more spiritual over time; fewer have become more religious
(Pew Research Center)
Why fighting porn is getting more attention in European politics
(Lennart Nijenhuis, Christian Network Europe)
Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany: An organisation supporting the terrorist entity Hamas does not enjoy protection under the ECHR
(Tommaso Virgili, Strasbourg Observers)
Ghana’s SDA petitions for election date change: A test of democracy and religious freedom
(Ebenezer Mensah, BNN)
Sudan: Evangelical Church set on fire by Rapid Support Forces in Wad Madani
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Africa’s six Anglican women bishops meet and issue call to combat Africa’s ‘triple threat’
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Women and children who went to live with IS in Syria are being brought home
(Eleanora Kulenbekova and Daniel Wittenberg, BBC News)
Ecumenical Patriarchate takes active role in Davos meeting on peace in Ukraine
(Orthodox Times)
Occupied Ukraine: "If they took Russian citizenship, they could return to Donetsk"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Dissenting voices: Unveiling complexity in the Russian Orthodox Church’s stance on the Ukraine conflict
(Evgeniia Muzychenko, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest Jan 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Religious leaders to mark MLK Day with early start for 2024 voter mobilization
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Thursday, 18 January 2024
VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 January 2024 (9AM ET): Religious Actors and Peacebuilding in Ukraine
(Denys Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Andrii Kryshtal, Catherine Wanner, Nicholas Danysenko, and Mary Glantz, The United States Institute of Peace)
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Around 130 Mennonites, calling for Gaza cease-fire, arrested on Capitol Hill
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)
Understanding the contested religious histories behind the Gaza War
(James Walters, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Faith-based social services in Czech Republic torn between tradition and secularism
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
January/February 2024
(Liberty Magazine)
Iran: Baha’i mother and sons sentenced to jail in Iran
(Iran Wire)
The interrelationship between freedom of thought, conscience, and religion and the rule of law
(Jessica Giles, Journal of Law and Religion)
Status between law and religion: Introduction
(Timothy Lubin, Journal of Law and Religion)
Life at the margins: religious minorities, status, and the state
(Mona Oraby, Journal of Law and Religion)
Religious freedom and sacred lands
(Sonia Sikka, Journal of Law and Religion)
China: Fueling online antisemitism is China’s new tool against the West
(Josh Rogin, The Washington Post)
Why Pope Francis and others want to ban surrogacy
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Hundreds pack Los Angeles church as exiled bishop, priest speak against Nicaragua regime
(Theresa Cisneros, Catholic News Agency)
Turkish security forces nab 22 Daesh suspects
(Daily Sabah)
Becket releases its fifth edition of the Religious Freedom Index
(Becket Law)
Jehovah’s Witnesses go to trial against Norway after state registration is revoked
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
New US Bishops’ report identifies 5 top areas of religious liberty concerns
(Kate Scanlon, OSV News)
Emhoff will discuss antisemitism and gender equity at World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland
(Darlene Superville, Associated Press)
School did not violate Title VII in denying religious exemption to covid rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dozens of Black churches receive total of $4 million for historic preservation
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Christian teachers reinstated after being placed on leave for refusing to conceal child gender issues from parents
(Ari Blaff, National Review)
Religious freedom is under attack
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
Dozens of priests arrested in 2023 as authoritarian regimes crack down on Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia, TV channel of an Orthodox oligarch under EU sanctions
(Ievgeniia Gidulianova with Willy Fautré, Bitter Winter)
Anti-Catholicism spreading in Moscow and Minsk – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Russia: Criminal case for repeat "discreditation"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
“Sufficient interest” in faculty petitions
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Gender-critical” views as a protected belief – again: Meade
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Canada: disclosure of personal religious records: Vabuolas
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Canada: After days of confusion, Trudeau government says it will abide by ICJ on genocide case against Israel
(Evan Dyer, CBC News)
Almost two-thirds of Americans approve pro-life sidewalk counselors at abortion clinics, poll finds
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Ecuadorian bishops plead for peace, harmony amid rising gang violence
(La Croix International)
Jerusalem: France reaffirms its mandate to protect Christians
(InfoChrétienne)
The rising tide of discrimination in the Western Balkans
(G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Bangladeshi Islamists oppose transgender protection law
(Emran Hossain, Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Modi’s promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India’s election
(Sheikh Saaliq and Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press)
India: In new temple to Lord Ram, the Indian city of Ayodhya hopes to shed a disturbing history
(Richa Karmarkar and Yashraj Sharma, Religion News Service)
Nicaragua expels Catholic Bishop Alvarez, priests amid crackdown
(Reuters)
Religious leaders meet with EU to weigh situation in the Middle East
(Conference of European Churches)
Newest NATO member escalates prosecution of Christians to Supreme Court
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
CA church, preschool again free to serve children as part of food program
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Supreme Court stays out of fight over transgender student bathroom access
(Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
Irish Medical Council strips directive banning ‘deliberate killing’ of patients
(Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency)
Australia: Should Australian parliaments axe the Lord’s Prayer? In Victoria it’s up for debate
(Benita Kolovos, The Guardian)
Turks do not trust country’s religious directorate, cults : study
(Turkish Minute)
Malaysia charges two with ‘wounding religious feelings’ in now-banned film
(Al Jazeera)
Rights groups call for us to designate Nigeria for religious freedom violations
(Timothy Obiezu, Voice of America)
The Brussels-led pathologization of speech
(Frederick Attenborough, The European Conservative)
Religion Watch, Volume 39 No. 2
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Two weeks in review, 1–14 January
(Justina Uriburu, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Legal Journal Number 4 (19): January (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Social action of minority religious confessions in Spain (Spanish)
(Sebastián Mora Rosado, Guillermo Fernández Maillo, José Antonio López-Ruiz, Agustín Blanco Martín, Observatorio del pluralismo religioso en España)
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
EVENT, 16 January 2024 (12PM ET): The State of Religious Freedom in America (Washington, DC, USA)
(Os Guiness, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Eric Patterson, Montse Alvarado, Religious Freedom Institute)
Monday, 15 January 2024
MLK’s dream for America recalled in celebrations held across the US
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
Law, religion, and decolonization
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religion and law in Ireland’s post-colonial nation-building
(David Kenny and Peter McCarthy, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The Orthodox Church and Moscow’s colonial policies in Siberia
(Stanislav Panin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Spiritual decolonization, national security, and religious freedom: Squaring a triangle in the case of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Andriy Fert and Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Decolonizing the Indonesian penal code
(Dicky Sofjan, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Communist law and the protection of religious freedom in Poland
(Piotr Szymaniec, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Portuguese colonization, Catholic faith, and the relativization of secularism in the jurisprudence of Brazil’s Supreme Court
(Ana Cristina Melo de Pontes Botelho, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Is homocolonialism a sound argument to advance human rights for LGBTQ+ people?
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
A proclamation on Religious Freedom Day, 2024
(The White House)
Atheists still have concerns about denial of care rule
(American Atheists)
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