Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 11 February 2022
Australia: ‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools
(Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, The Conversation)
Japan’s Shinto religion is going global and attracting online followers
(Kaitlyn Ugoretz, The Conversation)
Eritrean Orthodox patriarch dies after 16 years in detention
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
New academic journal will challenge notion that religions hate queer and trans people
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Conservative PAC sues Biden administration, targeting nuns, liberal Catholics in records request
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
The UAE is restoring Christian life in the Persian Gulf
(Knox Thames, Religion News Service)
Brazil: Protest in church by Black activists divides Catholics in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italy: Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning
(Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)
Italy: Church leaders condemn assisted suicide as Italy debates euthanasia
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican unveils new statue symbolizing plight of human trafficking
(YouTube Video, Currents News)
Where Biden stands with people of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
EU and UN halt funding for Kosovo project honoring Albanian Nazi collaborator
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch universities order staff to reveal their ties to Jewish and Israeli groups
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chile house of worship: How to foster prosperous cities
(Bahá’í World News Service)
One year in, Biden job approval down among Black Protestants, other Christians and religious ‘nones’
(Justin Nortey, Pew Research Center)
Russia: FSB detained four supporters of caliphate in Crimea
(Interfax-Religion)
Azerbaijan: State takes direct control of mosque leadership
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Ukraine: Rising tensions put Crimean Tatar Muslims at risk again
(Nils Adler, Al Jazeera)
Ukraine: Head of the UGCC discussed situation in Ukraine with Vatican officials
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian diplomat seeks pope's help
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Germany: ‘We are scapegoats’: Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle
(Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera)
Philippines: Examining local grievances and militant groups in the Southern Philippines
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Nepal: Pastor released on bail after a sentence to 2 years in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pakistan: Christian group demands release of jailed Pakistani Hindu
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan women protest India’s ban on headscarves in schools
(Associated Press)
S3, Ep. 11: Race and religious freedom (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Scientologists from around Europe participated in diverse Interfaith Harmony Week activities
(The European Times)
New book: Decolonizing Human Rights
(Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, Cambridge University Press)
Book review of Decolonizing Human Rights
(Firas Masri, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The search for Christian unity as a path to peace in Africa
(Kamboissoa Samboé, La Croix International)
Embracing electoral reform’s spiritual strengths
(Kaleb Nyquist, Fulcrum)
Parliament ED joins UN World Interfaith Harmony Week observance
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Disentangling DSM: Accounting for spirituality and wellbeing
(Arnie Saiki, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom lives his new name as a Muslim American
(Leocciano Callao, Religion Unplugged)
UK: Petition handed to Home Secretary to help Christian Pakistan girl
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)
UK: Only 30, Charlotte Nichols could soon be the UK Labour Party’s only Jewish woman in parliament
(Olivia Fletcher, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
UK: Despite 70 years as a monarch, Queen Elizabeth has had precious little time for the Jews
(Benjamin Ivry, Forward)
UK: COVID-19 legislation and guidance update, February
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: End the Persecution
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
The remarkable baroness: A review of Lela Gilbert’s Baroness Cox: Eyewitness to a broken world
(Paul Marshall, Providence Mag)
Is the ICJ at risk of providing cover for the alleged genocide in Myanmar?
(Marc Weller, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Argentina: Former Vatican prelate to face trial for sexual abuse in Argentina on Feb. 21
(Inés San Martín, Crux)
No safe space: Woke ideology threatens Midwest church’s Biblical counseling ministry
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)
As antisemitism rises in New York, local politicians share tools to fight it
(Julia Gergely, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Thursday, 10 February 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 February 2022 (12PM ET): The Olympics Boycott Series - Part 3: The New Threat to Religious Freedom in Hong Kong
(Hudson Institute)
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
WEBINAR, 9 February 2022 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Anti-Muslim Policies and Bias in Europe
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Angola: Prepare to enhance human dignity at the ballot, bishops urge
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
WEBINAR, 8-9 February 2022: 500 Years of Christianity and the Global Filipin@: Postcolonial Perspectives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 9 February 2022 (12PM ET): Christian nationalism and the January 6, 2021, insurrection
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Preventing targeted violence and protecting houses of worship with faith and community based approaches
(YouTube Video, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA))
Cuba: Video of "July 11 and the Faith Community's Leadership in Cuba" webinar
(YouTube Video, Outreach Aid to the Americas)
Weekly Highlight #192: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Fighting for the vulnerable, adapting rituals, and caring for the dead
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Egypt names first-ever Christian head of country’s top court
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Egypt: USCIRF Commissioner Sharon Kleinbaum advocates for Egyptian Reda Abdel Rahman through Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Polish IKEA manager who fired employee for homophobia acquitted of religious discrimination
(Notes from Poland)
Australia: Religious Discrimination Bill passes lower house along with SDA amendment
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: Government amendments to Religious Discrimination bills
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: The good and the bad of the religious discrimination bill: the Law Council’s verdict
(Tass Liveris, The Sydney Morning Herald)
China: The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: A business and human rights perspective
(Nadia Bernaz, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
South Korea: As Korea moves to deport ‘Mayflower’ church, Chinese Christians debate dodging the cross
(Apollos Bell and E. F. Gregory, Christianity Today)
New publications on Faith@Work
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Angela Wu Howard full interview (the dangers of government overreach and its impact on the freedom of religion)
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)
Greece: 3 face terror charges for arson attack on Greek Church group
(Associated Press)
Christian revival at school prompts student walkout in W.Va.
(Leah Willingham, Associated Press)
Biden’s pick to combat antisemitism finally gets hearing
(Kevin Freking, Associated Press)
Full committee hearing for Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt (video and PDF)
(Senate Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate)
Judge to consider secrecy of insurance records in abuse case
(Associated Press)
Arrest of parishioners for wrongful eviction did not violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenging Jehovah's Witness beliefs dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ukrainian religious leaders voice current concerns to lawmakers
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukraine: Odessa Rabbi Avraham Wolf urges Israel to support Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian archbishop: ‘If the pope comes to Ukraine, the war would end’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Laudato Si’ Movement wants East African oil pipeline stopped
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Turkey: Under Erdoğan, Turkish authorities are leading a revival of Jewish heritage
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Turkey: In this Turkish city, historic synagogues are seeing new life
(David I. Klein, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Brazil: A prominent German Holocaust denier is escaping arrest by hiding in Brazil
(Caleb Guedes-Reed, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
How Buddhism has changed the west for the better
(Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian)
Potential Supreme Court nominee faces questions on religious rights case
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Once again, why avoid religious questions in the 2017 Sutherland Springs church massacre?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
UK: The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2022
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Statement of the Standing Committee of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) on the proposal of President Macron to include a right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights (PDF)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Pakistan: Violent disrespect of Ahmadiyya Muslim graves in District Hafizabad Pakistan
(Robert Johnson, The European Times)
The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex
(James W. McCarty, Matthew A. Tapie, and Justin Bronson Barringer, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Teaching the virtues of climate responsibility
(Henry Kuo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Papua New Guinea: Citing ‘Christian values,’ Papua New Guinea abolishes the death penalty
(Death Penalty Information Center)
Nigeria: Bishops alarmed by frequent government borrowing
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Nigeria: Mubarak Bala appears in court for first time in 644 days
(Humanists International)
Nepal: Freedom of religion or belief in Nepal (February 2022) (PDF)
(https://appgfreedomofreligionorbelief.org/in-parliament/reports/, All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Former pope asks for forgiveness over child abuse scandal
(Al Jazeera)
India: Hindu pride and Muslim fears overshadow key Indian poll
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
In India, wearing hijab bars some Muslim students from class
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
India: Bishop and priests arrested in India over alleged illegal sand mining
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India
(Al Jazeera)
Naval chaplaincy appointee under fire for alleged Islamophobia, Christian nationalism
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Jordan: IGE’s Center for Women, Faith & Leadership hosts fellowship workshop in Amman, Jordan
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis adds to burdens of Afghan religious minorities
(Susan Korah, Convivium)
Canada: Advocating for legal/public policy changes
(Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
Canada: Quebec bishops lament government’s COVID vaccine passport for mass attendance
(Jonah McKeown, National Catholic Register)
Canada: It's time to de-polarize debates about religious freedom in Canada
(Cardus)
Canada: Public schools need to improve teaching about religion
(Cardus)
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