Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 21 February 2022
Why Christians must pursue biblically defined justice
(Jason Thacker, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Sri Lankan cardinal loses faith in Easter attack probe
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesian mosques told to keep the noise down
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
How a trial in Finland could have worldwide effects on government persecution of religion
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
Spain’s Catholic bishops ask law firm to open independent audit on clerical sex abuse
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Belgian Constitutional Court fails to uphold health care providers’ right to uphold the right to life
(ADF International)
France: Court cases call for removal of religious statues in France
(Pierluigi Zoccatelli, Bitter Winter)
France: Eric Zemmour contre le port des signes religieux en public
(Evangéliques.info)
L’année 2022 sera cruciale pour les Juifs d’Europe
(Daniel Höltgen, Euractiv)
Saturday, 19 February 2022
Jan Figel: Religious minorities face many types of social and religious discrimination in Pakistan[Interview]
(The European Times)
Friday, 18 February 2022
Avci v Denmark: The Expulsion of Settled Migrants and the Pitfalls of Process-based Review in Strasbourg
(Harriet Ní Chinnéide, Strasbourg Observers)
Savran v. Denmark: application of articles 3 and 8 ECHR against the removal of mentally ill foreigners
(Ellen Vandennieuwenhuysen, Strasbourg Observers)
CALL FOR ESSAYS: abstracts due 18 February 2022: Thinking the Unthinkable: Beyond International Law’s Imaginaries
(The Women in International Law Network (WILNET))
Poll: Best and Worst ECtHR Judgment and Best Separate Opinion of 2021
(Strasbourg Observers)
A Lost Opportunity for Border Justice at the European Court of Human Rights
(Itamar Mann, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
The International Court of Justice's 2022 Reparations Judgment in DRC v. Uganda: 'Global Sums' as the New Device for Human Rights-Based Inter-State Disputes
(Diane Desierto, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Uganda: Catholics in Uganda losing donated land due to lack of documentation
(Tonny Onyulo, Catholic News Service)
Ireland: The case against commercial surrogacy
(The Iona Institute)
Italy’s constitutional court blocks physician-assisted suicide referendum
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Greek farm protests are a sign of Europe’s inflation anxiety
(Costas Kantouris and Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press)
Greece: Activists convicted of ‘falsely accusing’ Greek bishop of hate speech
(Helena Smith, The Guardian)
Why Hindus should celebrate Black History Month
(Murali Balaji, Religion News Service)
Americans support religious freedom — as long as it’s convenient for everyone
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)
Black seminary grads, with debt higher than others, cope with money and ministry
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
A 300-year-old church hopes to connect with spiritual but not religious neighbors
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Bystander training is a first step toward stopping hate against Asians, Pacific Islanders
(Pat Mccaughan, Episcopal News Service)
Massachusetts received 385 reports of hate crimes in 2020
(Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press)
German police: Antisemitism one reason man killed own family
(Associated Press)
Dozens of hard seltzers could get the boot under Utah law
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)
Families sue W.Va. school district over Christian assembly
(Leah Willingham, Associated Press)
Hungary: Bolsonaro and Orban stress shared migration views
(Justin Spike, Associated Press)
France: Far-right French candidate makes taboo term his mantra
(Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)
Vatican: Cardinal Becciu laments ‘humiliation’ after police raids tied to Vatican financial trial
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Vatican: Lawyers: papal decrees violated fraud suspects’ human rights
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Vatican spy story takes center stage as fraud trial resumes
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Palestine: Fear is a bad teacher: ‘The politics of persecution’
(David Neuhaus, Commonweal)
Colombia: Ahead of national elections, Colombian bishops call for strengthening democracy
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Colombia: Church in Colombia only voice for the people as armed factions battle
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: Toronto interfaith group issues call to action for faith leaders to participate in Interfaith Harmony Week
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Canadian religious groups speak out on immigration detention
(Victoria Strang, Human Rights Watch)
Canada: COVID restriction protests affecting Church in Canada
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Liberals need not choose between sexual abuse survivors and the religious minority communities that failed them
(Afzal Upal, Religion Dispatches)
Rural Africans ignored in deals between EU, African Union, letter says
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Atheist group sues West Virginia school district over ‘mandated’ Christian assembly
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
India: Controversy over hijab at India's educational institutions
(Deutsche Welle)
Bosnia: The Lev Tahor Hasidic sect is bouncing around the Balkans, attracting attention wherever they go
(David I. Klein, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arizona Jews sue to stop the state from executing people with Zyklon B, which the Nazis used to gas Jews
(Nicole Raz and Mala Blomquist, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish federations umbrella group removes gun control and LGBTQ advocacy from policy priority list
(Ron Kampeas, Forward)
Mayor Eric Adams sounds off on recent antisemitic attacks: ‘We won’t let this vicious hatred go unanswered in our city’
(Lisa Rozner, CBS New York)
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
(Rita D. Sherma, The Conversation)
Russia: Prosecution spells out specific charges against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Putin instructs not to allow the use of Internet to incite religious hatred
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: New trial imminent for Muslim prisoner of conscience?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
China: IRF Ambassador statement on Bishop James Su Zhimin
(Twitter, Rashad Hussain)
China: Tom Farr discusses China's religious freedom violations on "Conversations with Consequences"
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Iraq: RFI's Middle East Director and Vice President for Public Policy lead religious freedom trainings in Iraq
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Zambia's president praises Catholic social action
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Bolivia: Stop manipulation of justice, Bolivian bishops tell govt leaders
(La Croix International)
Ukraine: "No need to panic, we must all be together" - Chief Rabbi Moshe Asman on the threat of war
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine: Members of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations prayed for peace in Ukraine in Saint-Sophia Cathedral
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Holy See urges nations to avoid horrors of conflict in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Christian millionaires say they're motivated by faith and patriotism to pay more taxes
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
Across US, $89 million of taxpayer money goes to Christian abortion alternative programs
(Steve Rabey, Religion Unplugged)
India: How India is working to squash religious freedom and deny human dignity
(Ismail Allison, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Unbelief, the opiate of the masses
(Kurt Hofer, First Things)
Gail Halvorsen, Berlin airlift’s ‘Candy Bomber’ and Mormon icon, dies at 101
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Scholar urges avoiding sectarianism, religious biases
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Algeria: First hijab-wearing anchor in Algeria’s TV
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Nigeria: WCC expresses deep concern over worsening security situation in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)
Nigeria: USCIRF Commissioner Tony Perkins calls for Leah Sharibu’s freedom on abduction anniversary
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Filipino clergymen invoke patriotism for clean polls
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
The Philippines: WCC deputy general secretary: “respect and uphold the human rights of the Filipino people”
(World Council of Churches)
Religious liberty is not “Christian Nationalism”
(Andrew T. Walker, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Here we go again: What ails U.S. evangelicalism and where is this movement headed?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Turkey: On the ground helping Uyghur Muslim refugees in Turkey
(Jewish News)
Northern Ireland’s kosher meat crisis: ‘We’re clinging to existence’
(Amanda Ferguson, Jewish News)
UK: Religious persecution is ramping up worldwide—we must secure safe routes for refugees
(Tim Farron, Politics)
UK: Kenneth Ferguson: My battle with The Robertson Trust
(YouTube Video, The Christian Institute)
Is religious freedom important for Biden's Asia diplomacy?
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Comparing religious states to secular states
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
BIC New York: Equality of women and men necessary for response to climate crises
(Bahá’í World News Service)
India: Statue of Jesus removed in southern India
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Myanmar: Churches remain prime targets in conflict-torn Myanmar
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Lebanese religious take on roles as relief, social workers
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)
US military has approved religious exemptions to vaccine mandate for 15 service members out of 16,000 requests
(Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN)
Is Thailand’s Buddhist Sangha undergoing a political sea change?
(Christian Kurzydlowski, The Diplomat)
India: Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka government
(The New Indian Express)
Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Panel of faith leaders focuses on opportunities for democratic renewal
(Presbyterian News Service)
Virginia House passes bill to exempt religious organizations from nondiscrimination laws
(Brooke Migdon, The Hill)
Australia: Why Dominic Perrottet must tackle religious discrimination issue
(Katrina Grace Kelly, The Australian)
Nepal: Religious freedom threatened in Nepal, says report
(Francis Martin, Church Times)
Peru: First Lady of the nation and representative of the Church of Jesus Christ and Interreligious Council participate in "Heroes" (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Cuba: Elder Ulisses Soares meets with the Cuban Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Guatemala: Celebrating the 72nd Anniversary of "World Religion Day" (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
First Five Now: Free speech from Socrates to social media
(YouTube Video, Freedom Forum)
CatholicVote files suit to get information on Catholic agencies ‘facilitating a record surge in illegal immigration’
(Rhina Guidos, America: The Jesuit Review)
Nebraska city council extends equal protection to include sexual orientation, gender, while federal law stalls
(Brooke Migdon, The Hill)
New academic journal will challenge notion that religions hate queer and trans people
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Azerbaijan set to expand state control of religion
(Ulkar Natiqqizi, Eurasianet)
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