Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 27 June 2022
Pondering the temptation to power in wake of historic Roe v. Wade ruling
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cameroon: Archbishop says peace a prerequisite for justice in Cameroon
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Indonesia criminal code update risks backsliding on freedoms
(Eva Kusuma Sundari, The Diplomat)
Indonesia's Islamic school helping people with psychological disorders and addiction
(Andreas Pamungkas and Yusuf Pamuncak, Deutsche Welle)
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Portugal: Porto Jewish community calls Portugal’s criminal probe into its actions ‘Holocaust against families’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too
(Asifa Quraishi-Landes, San Francisco Chronicle)
What 6 American religious subgroups think about abortion
(Myrian Garcia, Religion Unplugged)
July Synod: plans for “net zero carbon” by 2030
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Flags and flagpoles: consistory court considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 26th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Kosher food in Belfast ‘limited’ but no one is ‘starving’, says community leader
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Restricting public worship during covid: The response of courts across the globe
(Mark Movsesian, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
With charity and firmness: On the overturning of Roe
(R.J. Snell, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Russian diplomats continue to help Moscow Patriarchate get backing of ancient but small Orthodox Patriarchates
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Patriarch Kirill urges not to doubt the correctness of Russian way
(Interfax-Religion)
Auschwitz Museum says it’s a target of Russian propaganda
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Saudi religious soft power diplomacy eyes Washington and Jerusalem first and foremost – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Black churches have mixed reactions as the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
UN, world leaders condemn US Supreme Court ruling on abortion
(Al Jazeera)
France in Focus (on laicite)
(Al Jazeera)
What comes after Roe
(Gerard V. Bradley, First Things)
India: Christians condemn article defaming India's first layman saint
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s resolution about the alleged mistreatment of minorities in India
(Priyali Prakash, The Hindu)
Asian Catholics urged to tackle deforestation before it's too late
(Fabian Antony, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks call for new constitution
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bangladesh Church kept away from drafting education policy
(Stephan Uttom Rozario, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Dahmash Mosque faces Judaisation risk
(Middle East Monitor)
Risks of Muslim genocide: MEMO in conversation with Dr Gregory Stanton
(Middle East Monitor)
Court packing threats intensify in the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions
(t, First Liberty)
Churches can lead the way in teaching and example as Roe reversed in Dobbs
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
How to talk to your church about the Dobbs Supreme Court decision
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Belgium: State and religion in Belgium: the slap of the European Court
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Humanists condemn anti-abortion Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
(American Humanist Association)
Supreme Court overturns abortion rights; Americans United readying religious freedom litigation
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Nigeria: Church plan to mobilize voter registration ahead of 2023 election
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
WCC shares greetings with World Student Christian Federation General Assembly
(World Council of Churches)
African faiths launch climate change justice network
(World Council of Churches)
From Rabbi Michael Simon (Temple Beth Kodesh) on abortion, Judaism, and religious exemptions
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
USCCB statement on U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Countries with bad record on persecution request to attend UK religious freedom summit
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News)
FoRB Conference will help champions of religious freedom to build a coalition
(Lianne Kolirin, Religion Media Centre)
They cite the same Bible and evoke the same Jesus. But these two Christians are on opposite sides of the abortion debate
(John Blake, CNN)
Australia: ACT discrimination law reforms narrow religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Turkey: Arrests in Istanbul as LGBTQ marchers try to defy Pride ban
(Associated Press)
Turkey: Islam and Friday prayers in Turkish prisons: Abdullah Yalçın
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Around the web - 27 June 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Supreme Court ruling proves once again that religion and education are inseparable
(Auguste Meyrat, The Federalist)
Split appeals court advances transfer of sacred Apache site to copper miners
(Barbara Grzincic, Reuters)
Federal appeals court greenlights destruction of native sacred land
(Becket)
Gen Z and trends in religious faith and practice: Looking at 2021 and beyond
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)
Religious schools may face another hurdle to state tuition
(David Sharp, Associated Press)
Another challenge to school district's vaccine mandate fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Department of Interior report includes role of religious institutions in Indian Boarding School policies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
7th Circuit denies preliminary injunction to doctor fired for refusing vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Employees' religious objections to apron logo may support Title VII claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Perspective: The Carson v. Makin decision won’t increase religious strife. It will reduce it
(Ilya Somin, Deseret News)
Why were these churches raided by the FBI?
(Collin Leonard, Deseret News)
Protecting religious freedom within medicine
(Eric Patterson, World)
Power imbalances and abuse dynamics in Christian conciliation
(Daniel Teater, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Barr: Public schools are now so hostile to Christians, they’re unconstitutional
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
On abortion, Muslim Americans say Islamic history is ‘on the side of mercy’
(Alejandra Molina, The Washington Post)
Friday, 24 June 2022
Religious arguments and political goals behind the Russian-Ukrainian war
(Dmytro Vovk, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The government deems the attempts to ban activities of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine "unfounded"
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Patriarch Kirill builds on Putin’s attack on Leninism to promote idea of restoring Orthodoxy as Russia’s state church – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Only sermons agreed with the occupiers are allowed in Crimean mosques — State Service for ethnic policy
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia, Ukraine, and the Orthodox church: Where religion meets geopolitics and war
(Engjellushe Morina and Andrew Wilson, The European Council on Foreign Relations)
EVENT, 24 June 2022 (12PM ET): Is Our Foreign Policy Good? American Moral Absolutism and the China Challenge
(Faith & Law)
Weekly Highlight #210: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Government support for and restrictions on religious practice; COVID-19, mental health, and gender-based violence
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Opinion: Carson v. Makin (PDF)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
A bad day at the Supreme Court – and a vow to keep fighting
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
The death of separationism and the life of school choice
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
Supreme Court's religious school ruling signals 'dangerous road' for LGBTQ rights, advocates say
(Zachary Schermele, NBC News)
A pro-religion Court: What the 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority’s latest ruling means
(Ian Prasad Philbrick, The New York Times)
Is SCOTUS decision in Carson another crack in the ‘wall’?
(Adeline Von Drehle, Real Clear Politics)
A good week for religious freedom
(Richard W. Garnett, The Wall Street Journal)
Video clip of Eric Rassbach on the Supreme Court's ruling on aid to religious schools
(C-SPAN)
SCOTUS puts government back in the business of funding religious education
(Khyati Y. Joshi, RNS Column: Living Religion)
Pakistan: Afghan Christians find new hope in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Iraq parliament swears in new members after walkout of 73
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Pope orders online release of WWII-era Pius XII Jewish files
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
India: Evangelicals warns about the violation of minorities’ rights in India
(Evangelical Focus)
Kashmir Hindus in mourning after wave of killings
(Channi Anand, Associated Press)
Restoring the Founders’ vision of religion
(Frank DeVito, The American Conservative)
Native American leaders push for boarding school commission
(Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press)
Report from the Capital - Summer 2022 Issue
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
After $2 million Brooklyn church robbery, houses of worship evaluate theft risk
(Riley Farrell, Religion News Service)
Brazil: World Rainforest Day (PDF)
(Religions for Peace)
Brazilian rabbi goes viral for paying Jewish tribute to journalist and expert killed in the Amazon
(Marcus M. Gilban, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US envoy to combat anti-Semitism to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel
(Al Jazeera)
US antisemitism envoy to visit Saudi Arabia in first trip abroad
(Middle East Eye)
Saudi Islamic university achieves second world record with 170 nationalities on campus
(Zaid Khashogji, Arab News)
Kazakhstan: Religious freedom survey, June 2022
(Felix Corley and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)
Nigeria: Court challenge tests authority of Islamic religious law in Nigeria
(Hamza Ibrahim, Reuters)
Nigeria must not allow religious war –Bishop Hammawa
(Sun News)
Nigeria: Christian massacres in Nigeria a top topic at global religious freedom summit
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
What's news? Attacks on Christians in Nigeria provide an important case study
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Nothing was usual about that Pentecost massacre in Nigeria
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged)
Theologies and practices of religious pluralism
(The European Times)
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