Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 28 March 2022
The big idea: do we still need religion?
(Robin Dunbar, The Guardian)
Democracy vs. theocracy
(Mark Tooley, Firebrand Magazine)
The Australia School
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Another Pastor arrested in Ukraine as hunt for clerics on Russian 'blacklist' continues
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)
Friday, 25 March 2022
Applying RLUIPA, Supreme Court rules 8-1 in favor of condemned Texas inmate seeking religious touching in execution chamber
(Sentencing Law and Policy)
Supreme Court says pastor should be allowed to pray audibly and lay hands on prisoner being executed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court issues stay, favoring Navy, in Navy Seals COVID vaccination religious exemption case
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)
Religious liberty win at the Supreme Court, U.S. to welcome Ukrainian refugees, and Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings
(Brent Leatherwood and Lindsay Nicolet, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
U.S. Supreme Court rules 8-1 in favor of death row inmate requesting permission for spiritual advisor to lay hands, pray audibly with him in execution chamber
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Supreme Court rules in favor of death row inmate raising religious freedom concerns
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Supreme Court says Texas death row inmate can have spiritual adviser ‘lay hands’ and pray aloud during his execution
(Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN)
High court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Court bars Texas from executing inmate unless it allows pastor’s touch and audible prayer
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Surrogacy deprives from citizenship in S.-H. v. Poland
(Sarah Ganty, Strasbourg Observers)
UK: Glasgow’s museum of religion has been saved from closure – here’s why it’s important for multicultural Britain
(Rina Arya, The Conversation)
Freedom of religion or belief in sharp decline in Asia, a European Parliament report says
(The European Times)
Slovaks condemn WWII Jews deportation to Nazi death camps
(Associated Press)
Brazil: Religious freedom provides the architecture diverse societies need to be healthy, Elder Soares says
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Brazil: Bolsonaro’s education minister accused of doing bidding of Brazilian evangelicals
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 25 March 2022: Multi-Religious Humanitarian Fund
(Religions for Peace)
A time of reckoning? Russia and the Council of Europe
(Philip Leach, Strasbourg Observers)
The legal death of free speech in Russia
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
An audacious shortcut: The European Court of Human Rights' new approach to French “Wrongful Life” Cases
(Daniel Krotov and Yannick Schoog, Strasbourg Observers)
Russia: Freemasonry in Russia and the war in Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ukraine-Russia: Foes and friends of Ukraine among religious leaders in Russia
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Bangladesh: Comment 228 – Genocide in Bangladesh – The politics of disinformation
(Paulo Casaca, South Asia Democratic Forum)
Supreme Court declines religious liberty case, but 1 Justice hints at potential outcome in future cases like it
(Sarah Parshall Perry, The Heritage Foundation)
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson says her faith sustains her but won't impede judgments
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Perspective: How the Supreme Court could rule on key religious rights questions this term
(Kevin Goldberg, Freedom Forum)
Algeria: Senior Christian leaders in Algeria face prison as rights decline continues
(Miles P. J. Windsor, Newsweek)
Photos of the week: Persian New Year, Israeli rabbi funerals
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
All-year daylight saving time threatens Jews’ morning prayer
(Michelle Chabin, Associated Press)
3 US Muslims sue over religious questioning by officers
(Associated Press)
Sheriff: Man shot by deputies after killing worker at mosque
(Associated Press)
No RLUIPA or free exercise violation in denying sewer service to proposed church building
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mandatory LGBTQ anti-discrimination training did not violate Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
DHS issues new Interim Final Rule on asylum application procedures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan city violated RLUIPA in applying special requirements on places of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Why these BYU law professors urge confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: Religious liberty roundup from day three
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Arizona Legislature approves 15-week abortion ban
(Bob Christie, Religion News Service)
When Putin says Russia and Ukraine share one faith, he’s leaving out a lot of the story
(Kathryn David, Religion News Service)
Pope’s peace prayer for Ukraine recalls Fatima prophecy
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
The last Shakers
(Séan Alonzo Harris, Deseret News)
Chechen and Tatar Muslims take up arms to fight for Ukraine
(Monir Ghaedi, Deutsche Welle)
American Jews ignore a far-right Jewish presidential candidate at their peril
(Brad Rothschild, Forward Opinion)
In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Honoring the legacy of Madeleine Albright
(Eric Patterson, Religious Freedom Institute)
Madeleine Albright, trailblazing Secretary of State, dies
(Katie Reilly, Time)
In Cameroon, local Caritas puts Pope’s environmental message to work
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican releases guidelines for intercultural ministry for migrants
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Reactionary white Buddhists have joined the fight against critical race theory
(Ann Gleig, Religion Dispatches)
Russian Lutherans adopt survival positions
(Institute of Religion and Politics, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Podcast: What parents (and journalists) can learn from LGBTQ debates at Calvin
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
No longer a Ukraine news sidebar: Pope Francis asks if combat can ever be moral
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
After a month of Russian aggression, Metropolitan Epifaniy once again called on the UOC-MP to join the OCU
(r, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
United voices in U.S. Senate introduce legislation for USCIRF reauthorization
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
The travail of international religious freedom, and of US leadership
(Tom Farr, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Book review: Forgetting the Fall
(Brian A. Smith, Law & Liberty)
Lebanon: Maronite patriarch advocates for Lebanon's neutrality
(La Croix International)
International Women’s Day invites reflection on women’s role in interreligious dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Longtime professor claims he was fired from Christian university for hosting gay speaker
(Cheryl Mann Bacon, Religion Unplugged)
A message regarding the situation in Ukraine by Rissho Kosei-Kai
(Religions for Peace)
Youngkin calls being Va. governor ‘absolute affirmation of my faith’ at Liberty University talk
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
A call for help, the call of the global ethic
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Crimean Tatars: Eight years of anything but marginal resistance
(Maksym Vishchyk, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iranian envoy underlines using Muslim world capacities to counter Islamophobia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Armenia PM congratulates leader of Islamic Revolution, Iran’s President on Nowruz
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Timor-Leste's Catholic university launches first courses
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesia: Jakarta govt provides more funds to renovate churches
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Statement of the Christian Group on Migration on the arrival of refugees from Ukraine
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Letter to Patriarch Kirill Addressing the Situation in Ukraine
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Kenya: RSCK urges bishops to institutionalize the fight against human trafficking
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Agreement on the moral authority of original meaning
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)
FYF speech – UK Parliament, APPG for Yezidis
(Free Yezidi Foundation)
Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Emerging Shrine a symbol of peace and service to humanity
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Threats to religious freedom and to women go hand in hand
(Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global)
India: Amnesty calls denial of bail to Muslim activist ‘big blow’
(Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)
India: Hijab bans in India: Where communalism and patriarchy intersect
(Sanya Dhingra, Al Jazeera)
India: Muslim activist recounts two ‘painful’ years in jail
(Zafar Aafaq, Al Jazeera)
Indian journalists demand halt to hatred against Muslims
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Asia/Pakistan - Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom
(Agenzia Fides)
#RNA2022: Nation's religion writers convene — in person — for annual conference
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Primeiro Simpósio Brasileiro De Liberdade Religiosa
(Centro Brasileiro de Estudos em Direito e Religião, Brasil; e Centro Internacional de Estudos de Direito e Religião, J. Reuben Clark Law School,Brigham Young University, EUA)
Ukraine: Religion in plain sight?
(William Schweiker, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Thursday, 24 March 2022
EVENT, 24-25 March 2022: Beyond “Defensive Crouch,” Religious Freedom
(Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2022 (12:30PM EDT): We God’s People: A Book Launch Event
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 24 March 2022 (16:30 CET): "But let justice roll on like a river" (EU mandatory due diligence legislation)
(COMECE, CIDSE and Iglesias y Minería)
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Interim measures by the European Court of Human Rights in the Ukrainian conflict: United against the Russian aggression
(Aurélie Van Baelen, Strasbourg Observers)
Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: Religious liberty roundup from day two
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Why faith is in the spotlight during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
At confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on faith
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
WEBINAR, 23 March 2022 (2PM ET): Corporate Chaplaincy
(Chaplaincy Innovation Lab)
Will Putin’s unfortunate war against Ukraine have the unexpected “side effect” of leading to the creation of a single autocephalous Church in the country?
(Luigi Sandri, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
CEC president regrets Ukraine war, highlights Christian gospel for peace
(Conference of European Churches)
CEC–CCEE Joint Committee appeals for an end to war in Ukraine
(Conference of European Churches)
Alito, Thomas: Supreme Court should let religious employers discriminate against those with different beliefs
(Alison Durkee, Forbes)
Indiana and Utah governors veto bans of transgender females on sports teams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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