Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 24 June 2022
New book: Human Dignity and Political Criticism
(Colin Bird, Cambridge University Press)
Book review: A vulnerable account of human dignity
(James Dominic Rooney, Law & Liberty)
Religious communities in the Holy Land remain united beyond the pandemic
(Nicolas Rouger, La Croix International)
A new chapter begins: Vienna’s diplomatic and religious community bids farewell to KAICIID
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Palestinian Arabs may face eviction from historic inns in Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
What Fulton did for religious freedom
(Mark Rienzi, First Things)
Is our God too small?
(James Christie, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Iran: Int’l conference to discuss ‘Religions and Playing Role in 3rd Millennium’
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
French election result may lead to more Islamophobia: Experts
(Alex Whiteman, Arab News)
Hazaras: Persecution denounced in the Italian Parliament
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter)
Divorced couple dispute over pre-embryos: one wants them destroyed, the other wants them implanted
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Regarding false media reporting on Israel and Dr Pillay
(World Council of Churches)
“Statelessness is about expulsion from the human community”
(World Council of Churches)
Eastern African religious leaders urge Democratic Republic of Congo to embrace dialogue as means to resolve grievances
(World Council of Churches)
Germany: Antisemitic mural removed from Documenta art show
(Stuart Braun, Deutsche Welle)
WCC acting general secretary shares assembly insights with Evangelical Church in Germany
(World Council of Churches)
German sex abuse lawsuit targets former Pope Benedict
(Reuters)
Tunisia: TV interview explores constructive role of religion in society
(Bahá’í World News Service)
BIC New York: Recasting humanity’s relationship with natural world
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Kirk calls first nuclear weapons treaty meeting “a glimmer of light and hope”
(The Church of Scotland)
UK: The sad and cynical spectacle of the draft British Bill of Rights
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
First Liberty files brief supporting religious minority persecuted by Chinese Communist Party
(First Liberty)
Interfaith leaders kick off a movement for reparations in Philadelphia
(Valerie Russ, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Faith story of Wegmans Food Markets
(John H. Garvey, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Thursday, 23 June 2022
EVENT, 20-23 June 2022: Fifth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion
(European Academy of Religion)
WEBINAR, 20-23 June 2022: Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 23 June 2022 (3PM ET): Human Rights Challenges in Mexico
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission)
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
State funds for students at religious schools? Supreme Court says ‘yes’ in Maine case – but consequences could go beyond
(Charles J. Russo, The Conversation)
Why religious schools just won big — again — in front of the Supreme Court
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
The Supreme Court tears a new hole in the wall separating church and state
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
No wonder Christian nationalists wanted these justices on the Supreme Court
(Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)
Court strikes down Maine’s ban on using public funds at religious schools
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Sotomayor vs. Roberts on religion, schools, and the First Amendment
(Damon Root, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Humanists outraged as Supreme Court attacks separation of church and state
(American Humanist Association)
Why the Supreme Court got it right in Maine voucher case
(Ilya Somin, NBC News)
How the fight over school prayer became a battle for the soul of the nation
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Justices say Maine school subsidy program unconstitutional
(Jimmy Hoover, Law360)
Exclusion of religious schooling from generally available school choice programs generally unconstitutional
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
The Supreme Court strikes another blow to the separation of church and state
(Elie Mystal, The Nation)
U.S. Supreme Court backs public money for religious schools
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Supreme Court: The First Amendment bans states from excluding religious schools from school-choice programs
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
In another victory for religious conservatives, the Supreme Court struck down Maine’s prohibition against funding religious schools
(Michael Bobelian, Forbes)
EVENT, 22-26 June 2022: The 10th World Meeting of Families
(Diocesi di Roma)
ONLINE EVENT, 22 June 2022 (7PM EEST): Professor Catherine Redgwell: "What role for general principles in the international legal order?"
(Athens PIL Discussion Group)
Breyer’s history of ‘strife’
(Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review)
The fall of the wall around religious education
(National Review)
Court’s excellent free-exercise ruling in Carson v. Makin
(Ed Whelan, National Review)
Another SCOTUS win for 'equal access,' whether most journalists realized this or not
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
A long awaited win for educational pluralism and religious freedom in Carson v. Makin
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Supreme Court upholds religious freedom for Maine families
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
SCOTUS ruling hints at why religious freedom means living with views we don’t like
(Neil Schoenherr, Washington University in St. Louis)
In blow to religious freedom, SCOTUS rules for the first time that a state’s tuition assistance program must fund religious education
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
2022 update: First Amendment sparks - and could bridge - divides
(Freedom Forum Institute)
Pope Francis: A world free of nuclear weapons is necessary and possible
(Vatican News)
Pope blasts violence in Mexico as he mourns 2 slain Jesuits
(Associated Press)
Australian state outlaws public displays of Nazi swastikas
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
SC medical ethics law prompts concerns re: LGBTQ healthcare
(James Pollard, Associated Press)
French court blocks Grenoble’s bid to allow full-body swimsuit
(Al Jazeera)
France rules against burkini swimwear for religious reasons
(Associated Press)
Maldives religious extremists disrupt Yoga Day event
(Associated Press)
Judgment: In the case of Abdullah Yalçın v. Turkey (no. 2)
(The European Court of Human Right)
The importance of water conservation
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Will La Luz Del Mundo persist with leader behind bars?
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Bhutan: Buddhist leader in Bhutan fully ordains 144 women, resuming ancient tradition
(Haley Barker, Religion News Service)
Kenya: Tribal tensions challenge Christian unity during Kenyan elections
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)
Kenya: We are not electing saints or angels, bishops caution against careless voting
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
African bishops call on world leaders to protect biodiversity
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bill de Blasio seeks forgiveness in bid for Orthodox votes in Borough Park
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An elite Christian college has become the latest battleground in America’s culture wars
(Jonathan Cohn, The Huffington Post)
Uzbekistan: "The authorities do not want us to exist"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
The future of religious arbitration in the U.S.
(Lee Ann Bambach, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
ECEN Assembly highlights Christian perspectives in addressing environmental challenges
(Conference of European Churches)
Afghanistan: 'No future for us,' say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Afghanistan: KAICIID’s Board of Directors’ statement on Attack against Sikh Temple in Afghanistan
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Nigeria’s religious-cleansing crisis is not due to climate change
(Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)
Nigeria: KAICIID Board of Directors condemns church attacks in Nigeria
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Football coach Joseph Kennedy talks about life after the Supreme Court ruling
(Jovan Tripkovic, Religion Unplugged)
US ‘forced labour’ law bans goods from China’s Xinjiang region
(Al Jazeera)
Podcast: Vincent Phillip Muñoz on the establishment of religion
(R. R. Reno, First Things)
Korean archbishop seeks dialogue to ease border tensions
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Tunisia’s Saied confirms no state religion in new charter
(Arab News)
Syria: Islamic State group claims Syria bus attack that killed 13
(Associated Press)
U of T grad Mukti Patel on studying religion and its role ‘in the everyday’
(Rahul Kalvapalle, University of Toronto)
India: In the world’s largest democracy, people of faith aren’t free
(David Curry, Religion News Service)
India: OIC human rights body denounces discriminations, rights violations against Indian Muslims
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Mali: Islamist militants kill 132 villagers in Mali weekend attacks, government says
(Reuters)
Belgium: Ghent decision overturned on appeal: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ shunning can be freely taught and practiced in Belgium
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Uganda: Bishops decry high cost of living
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Why protect religious conscience?
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Religious liberty in Italy after World War II
(Providence Mag)
Religious conversion, asylum law and the ECtHR case-law: M.A.M. v. Switzerland
(Christos Tsevas, Electronic Immigration Network)
Has American conservatism abandoned the Christian right?
(Bradley Onishi, Religion Dispatches)
UK: Reform of the Human Rights Act – The government’s lack of humanity
(Sam Fowles, Politics)
UK: Crucifixes, neck-chains and food hygiene: Kovalkovs
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: The Lady of Heaven, blasphemy and free speech
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Islamic marriage and the English legal system: Nikkah
(Tahir Khan, Lexology)
Podcast: Episode 5 – You, Coach Kennedy, are no Tim Tebow
(We Dissent)
Canada: The Government of Canada calls for applications to fill the new position of Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia
(The Government of Canada)
Canada: Privatization of Canada’s part-time prison chaplains hurting inmates of minority faiths: Report
(Omar Mosleh, Toronto Star)
2022 Update: First Amendment sparks — and could bridge — divides
(Freedom Forum)
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