Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Azerbaijan: Imam's pre-trial imprisonment extended in treason case
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Extractive industries: Ethics, practice, and religious engagement
(Katherine Marshall, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.02.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Finland: Trial of Räsänen and Pohjola completed: decision comes at the end of March
(Matti Korhonen and Uusi Tie, Evangelical Focus)
Cuba: No response from Cuba regarding detained pastor
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)
Cuba begins public consultation on marriage equality law
(Associated Press)
UK: If the Government gets its conversion therapy ban wrong, mainstream Christianity would become illegal
(Matthew Roberts, Premier Christianity)
France: Safer and stronger communities in France
(Conference of European Churches)
European churches grapple with challenges of secularization
(World Council of Churches)
USCIRF mourns the passing of Patriarch Abune Antonios
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Weekly Highlight #193: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Tackling polarization through dialogue and collaboration
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
US State Department official addresses return to UN Human Rights Council
(Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post)
Migrant minors dispute pits Florida against Catholic Church
(Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press)
Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text
(Mariam Fam and Aysha Khan, Associated Press)
German dictionary changes definition of ‘Jew’ after outcry
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Judge told release of insurance info OK in clergy abuse case
(Associated Press)
US Ukrainian clergy, flocks show support amid Russia crisis
(Luis Anders Henao and Peter Smith, Associated Press)
#ItalyChurchToo: Abuse survivors demand Italy church inquiry
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Sri Lanka’s archbishop speaks out against activist’s arrest
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
Priest's suit for reinstatement dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Air Force officer gets injunction against required COVID vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Officer wins first-in-the-nation injunction against Air Force enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandate
(Thomas More Society)
Oklahoma bill would penalize teachers $10,000 for contradicting student religious beliefs
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Enrollment in US Catholic schools rebounds after sharp drop
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
Our spiritual leaders need to step up to heal our political divisions
(Simone Campbell, Religion News Service)
Mexico: In Oaxaca, Indigenous farmers mourn Catholic activist who championed their rights and rituals
(Magdalena Rojo, Religion News Service)
Ukraine: Program promotes dialogue, peace-building in Ukraine
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Dutch universities pause investigations into their ties with Jewish and Israeli groups
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canada: Sheridan supports the call to protect religious freedoms
(Sheridan Newsroom)
Canada: Catholic churches are rapidly disappearing in Quebec
(Alexis Gacon, La Croix International)
Oman’s Mufti urges respect for Muslims’ rights in India
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
New York Times Evangelicals
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Russia: Searches and arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses continue unabated
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.02.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Covering the Goyim Defense League: Does news about anti-Semitism inspire copycats?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Was the Washington Post take on supposed FGM in Washington state really a national story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
UK: Underfloor heating: “net zero” considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Wisdom Newsletter January 2022: Tributes to great religious leaders and thinkers
(The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Tennessee man sentenced to seven years for series of church arsons
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Religious discrimination in international employment law
(Lexology)
Human Rights Campaign condemns Virginia House of Delegates passage of discriminatory legislation
(Delphine Luneau, Human Rights Campaign)
Under Secretary Zeya’s remarks at the Eighth Meeting of United Nations Istanbul Process
(U.S. Department of State)
Rethinking politics with Augustine’s City of God
(John von Heyking, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Nigeria: Creating cohesive interreligious communities
(c, KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Bangladesh: Hefazat-e-Islam and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh
(Roshni Kapur, East Asia Forum)
Indian bishop, priests granted bail in sand mining case
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Islamophobia and the hijab ban in India: Q&A with Afreen Fatima
(Heraa Hashmi, Traversing Tradition)
India: If wearing of other religious symbols allowed, why not hijab, says counsel
(The Times of India)
India: What’s behind the escalating row over hijabs in India?
(Rushda Fathima Khan, Al Jazeera)
Philippines: 14 Muslim separatists surrender to Philippine govt
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
South Korea: UN reaches out to Chinese Christians stranded in South Korea
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Episcopalians help launch End Gun Violence Michigan to advocate gun safety laws
(Episcopal News Service)
DRC: Bishops criticize continuous killings in Ituiri
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Is there any point in the UN's World Day of Social Justice?
(Haifa Zangana, Middle East Monitor)
Aqsa Week goes global to spread love for Islam's holy site
(Middle East Monitor)
Case page: Young Israel of Tampa v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(Becket)
CEC Assembly in Estonia will focus on the theme “Under God’s blessing – shaping the future”
(Conference of European Churches)
‘This should never have happened to her’ – the story of Arzoo Raja
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
EVENT, 15 February 2022 (10:00 am PST): Community Storytelling for Policy Change - The Lasting Influence of Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and the 1992 LA Uprising
(Center for Religion and Civic Culture)
Monday, 14 February 2022
How Biden’s faith-based office has advanced his vow to heal the soul of the nation
(Chris Coons, Religion News Service)
Readout of Ambassador Hussain’s meetings with Presidents Ghazouani and Bazoum
(U.S. Department of State)
People gather in Scottsdale for protest against SatanCon despite request by Catholic bishop not to do so
(Kenneth Wong and Michael Edgecomb, Fox 10 Phoenix)
Uzbek Justice Ministry sounds alarm over divisive religious messaging
(Umida Hashimova, The Diplomat)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 14 February 2022: The Reality of International Legal Theory
(iCourts, the University of Copenhagen, and the European Society of International Law’s Interest Group on International Legal Theory and Philosophy)
NEW COURSE, 14-25 February 2022: Human Dignity in Legal Procedures (Spain)
(Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law)
Scores of congregations quit United Methodist Church over gay clergy, same-sex marriage
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Supreme Court rejects NYC teachers’ religious exemption appeal over vax mandate
(Jesse O'Neill, The New York Post)
Canadian government to be reviewed for its response to the Uyghur genocide
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Our Comedy of Errors? Hapless, misinformed, and zealous, we are living in a comedy of errors, and possibly a deadly one.
(William Schweiker, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
What counts as antisemitism? Biden nominee Deborah Lipstadt receives hearing on the topic.
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
What do students’ beliefs about God have to do with grades and going to college?
(Ilana Horwitz, The Conversation)
How to handle racist demonstrations - opinion
(Kenneth Lasson, The Jerusalem Post)
Eritrea: About the persecution of the Eritrean Orthodox Church
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Eritrea: The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church died after 15 years of house arrest
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Peru: Bishops weigh in to solve Peru's political problems
(La Croix International)
Racism in the media: Manufacturing hate
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Australia: Failure to protect religious freedom won’t be forgotten
(Jennifer Oriel, The Australian)
Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
(David Crary and Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Vaccine mandates: Many US faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
(David Crary and Peter Smith, Sight)
Are vaccine exemptions actually religious?
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Unvaccinated medical workers turn to religious exemptions
(Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press)
Israel: Arrests made as Israeli lawmaker visits East Jerusalem flashpoint
(Al Jazeera)
Israel: Kahana mulls allowing civil marriage in exchange for repealing Law of Return
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
As Iran talks stall, Israeli PM makes snap trip to Bahrain
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Pakistan: Man accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)
West Virginia school district investigating religious event
(Associated Press)
Court says South Carolina's ban on aid to private and religious schools was not discriminatory
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Relocation of Native American graves can proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 14 February 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
South Korea: Trump, Pence speak at global forum held in South Korea
(Associated Press)
In new Catholic numbers, an ‘imponderable’ movement shaping history
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Argentine Jesuit provincial says Francis has been ‘coopted’ by politics of hate
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China’s online religious restrictions to take effect after Beijing Olympics
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)
China destroying Buddhism, identity of Tibetans: Ling Rinpoche
(ANI)
Ukraine: Religion, language emerge as key fronts in Ukraine conflict
(Ricardo Marquina, Voice of America)
In Ukraine, young Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for another
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A rabbi decided to sponsor an Afghan refugee family. When he needed a hand, he brought in a mosque and a church.
(Sydney Page, The Washington Post)
Russia: Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison terms since 1 January
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Putin hears from head of Supreme Court about ruling favorable to Jehovah's Witnesses
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
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