Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Kenya: “Is the Judiciary ready for its role in the forthcoming General Elections?” Catholic bishops query
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Russian leading anti-cultist calls Ukrainians “Nazis,” “Satanists,” and “cannibals”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FORB Digest (16-30.06.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Spain: Catalonia gathers religions and beliefs to send a Peace message
(The European Times)
SASCE project presented at Fifth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion
(The European Times)
Final sentences to prison terms for 20 Jehovah’s Witnesses since 1 January 2022
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
Canada: City of Toronto discriminatory no-beards rule forces out Sikh security guards
(Balpreet Singh, Baaz)
Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown
(Greg Torode, Reuters)
Bosnian Serb ruling party plans to pay religious officials
(Azem Kurtic, Balkan Insight)
A Nigerian priest: Freedom of religion not possible without security
(Aleteia)
The ‘global revolution of dignity' hurts human dignity
(Xin Ping, Global Times)
July 2022 Newsletter (including data sets related to religious freedom)
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Utah remains the beating heart of GOP Trump skepticism
(Phillip Bump, The Washington Post)
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
EVENT, 5-6 July 2022: International Ministerial Conference 2022
(UK FoRB Forum)
EVENT, 5 July 2022 (11:30AM in London): Freedom to Worship for All Algerians
(Jubilee Campaign)
EVENT, 5 July 2022 (12:45 in London): The impact of COVID-19 on International Freedom of Religion or Belief, and what can be learned from international responses.
(Freedom Declared Foundation)
Monday, 4 July 2022
UK fringe events go nationwide to support freedom of religion or belief
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Chief Rabbi Mirvis among the participants at religious freedom conference
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
International Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference 2022
(Archbishop Cranmer Blog)
Freedom of Religion or Belief: International Conference
(Fiona Bruce, UK Parliament)
The London blueprint for progress
(Knox Thames)
Freedom of religion and belief: we need action, not just talk
(Ruth Peacock, Religion Media Centre)
Briefing on London Ministerial
(Knox Thames)
Afghanistan: Taliban supreme leader addresses major gathering in Kabul
(Al Jazeera)
Afghan clerics’ assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Girls' education raised at Taliban's first national gathering since takeover
(Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters)
Saudi-Jewish relations prospering in wake of Abraham Accords- opinion
(Meyer H. May, The Jerusalem Post)
UK: Biblical view of sex and gender “worthy of respect” after all
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Canada: Memo: Niagara Regional Council should retain exemption from development charges for places of worship
(Andreae Sennyah and Brian Dijkema, Cardus)
Canada: On July 1, Canada's refugee resettlement system saving persecuted communities
(Knox Thames)
Virtual protecting places of worship forum
(YouTube Video, U.S. Department of Justice)
Pope Francis backs reconciliation process in Colombia
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
(Associated Press)
Vatican closes London property sale at a loss after scandal
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Zoroastrians confront depletion of their ancient faith
(David Crary, Associated Press)
India top court: Nupur Sharma must apologise for prophet remarks
(Al Jazeera)
India: Recognise ‘Sarna’ religion for Adivasis, we are not Hindu: Tribals from five states to GoI
(Free Press Kashmir)
Indiana Supreme Court weighs future of lawsuit between Archdiocese, gay teacher
(Brandon Smith, Indiana Public Media)
Court enforcement of divorce agreement involving acceptance of "gett" creates no free exercise problem
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC’s Tyler, others, discuss ‘structural aspects of bigotry’ – including religious intolerance – in new report
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Perspective: Performing the rituals of a religion does not make you a member of that faith
(Robert P. George, Deseret News)
Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching
(Daniel K. Williams, The Conversation)
Catholic leaders praise Supreme Court decision ending Remain in Mexico
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church leaders push to expand their peacekeeping role in Africa
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
For Conservative Christians, the end of Roe was a spiritual victory
(Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times)
When the Court takes away Lemon: What the praying coach ruling means for religious Americans
(Howard Slugh, Real Clear Religion)
Tajikistan: "We will no longer register any new Churches"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Dobbs symposium: The dangers of judicial cherry-picking
(Cari Jackson, SCOTUSblog)
NI: Reforming weddings law in Northern Ireland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Meet a Baha’i activist pushing for LGBTQ tolerance in his faith
(Iain Carlos, Religion Unplugged)
Freedom of religion or belief and the Sustainable Development Goals – Leaving no one behind statement
(Religions for Peace)
CAIR ‘concerned’ by State Department grant to promote atheistic movements in Muslim-majority regions of the world
(Ismail Allison, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Christian law students, professor win injunction against U. of Idaho ‘no contact’ orders
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Parliament statement on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
2022 IRF Summit: Addressing FoRB concerns at the G20 level
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Sri Lankan Church takes legal recourse for Easter attack victims
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Philippine Church hints at ‘principled cooperation’ with Marcos Jr.
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong’s religious freedom 'faces great danger'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Malaysia hosts the Southeast Asian Ulama Conference
(Twitter, Muslim World League)
Malaysia: Campaign launched to combat Islamophobia
(Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, Datuk Seri Ahmad Awang, and Datuk Wira Abdul Ghani Samsudin, New Straits Times)
Uganda: Muslim MPs, leaders condemn sale of pork near Muslim burials
(Godfrey Olukya, Anadolu Agency)
Forget Carson! Remember the Maine Human Rights Act.
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
No-contact order against law students (and professor) based on conversation about homosexuality and Bible likely unconstitutional, holds a federal district court.
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Churches in Africa, disability organizations condemn smuggling of disabled children for begging
(World Council of Churches)
Re-Post: Abortion, Religion, and the Accusation of Establishment
(John M. Breen, Mirror of Justice)
Podcast: Vouchers, prayers, and religion in American schools
(Michael Moreland, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center)
Tanzania: Government commits to cooperate with church in service delivery
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
The Egyptian initiative warns against deporting a Yemeni asylum seeker to his country because of his declaration of his conversion to Christianity, and expresses its fears that he will be in grave danger
(Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights)
Chinese government trains “auditors” to monitor online religious activity
(International Christian Concern)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly newsletter (16-30.06.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Coach Kennedy scores a win at the U.S. Supreme Court
(Ethan Tong and Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
What is the danger of religion to democracy?
(Moshe Taragin, The Jerusalem Post)
Nigerian Islamic court orders death by stoning for men convicted of homosexuality
(Ardo Hazzad, Reuters)
Syrian forces cracks down on Islamic State in Syrian desert
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor)
How the Catholic Church transformed American Jewish life
(Joshua Stanton, Religion News Service)
Pope toughens his tone on Ukraine war in speech to Orthodox delegation
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukrainian hackers attack website of Russian Orthodox Church's external relations dept
(Interfax-Religion)
CEC and COMECE presidents meet with EP President Metsola to discuss key European issues
(Conference of European Churches)
Norwegian anti-Islam extremist in car crash after burning Quran
(Voice of America)
EU Bishops: 'No such thing as a right to abortion'
(Vatican News)
Sunday, 3 July 2022
Friday, 1 July 2022
IRF Summit: Why it is the best of times and the worst of times for religious freedom
(Enes Kanter Freedom and Sam Brownback, The Hill)
IRF Summit: Swett: Religious freedom unifies parties (video)
(NTD)
IRF Summit: FRC's Center for Religious Liberty releases report on the extent of Western religious persecution
(Family Research Council)
IRF Summit: U.S. Secretary of State on religious freedom (video)
(Twitter, Antony Blinken)
IRF Summit: Religious freedom is the forgotten key to understanding the world’s human rights crises
(Katelynn Richardson, Washington Examiner)
IRF Summit: Religious freedom is ‘life or death’ in the trenches
(Jason Wright, Deseret News)
SEMINAR, 1-4 July 2022: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar: United Kingdom
(RFI's Center for Religious Freedom Education, Cumberland Lodge, and the Religious Liberty Initiative of Notre Dame University Law School)
Supreme Court lets vaccine mandate stand, tosses rulings on guns, abortion
(Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
U.S. Supreme Court nixes religious challenge to New York vaccine mandate
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Saudi Arabia: Antisemitism largely eliminated from textbooks in Saudi Arabia - report
(The Jerusalem Post)
US officials led by antisemitism envoy briefed on Saudi efforts to promote tolerance
(Arab News)
Lawsuit against McLean Bible Church, David Platt dismissed
(Bob Smietana, The Washington Post)
Legal Spirits Episode 042: Two blockbuster decisions at SCOTUS
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Iraqi Christians deserve to be seen as more than “other,” says Cardinal Louis Sako
(The American Foundation for Relief & Reconciliation in the Middle East (American FRRME))
Iraq: New report shows Iraqi Christians are suffering
(International Christian Concern)
UK: World's oldest Methodist church to allow gay marriage
(BBC News)
UK: Islamophobia has grown since 2017 London mosque van attack
(Daily Sabah)
UK Muslim doctor singled out at airport amid rising Islamophobia
(Daily Sabah)
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