Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Indigenous woman arrested for blocking wall construction back in court
(Alisa Reznick, Arizona Public Media)
Vatican announces ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ as motto for Holy Year 2025
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
UK: Prime Minister Appoints Deputy Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, GOV.UK)
UK: Lord Mann in ‘crisis meeting’ with BBC director general over antisemitism coverage
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Multicultural Britain needs to reform marriage
(Farhan Farani, The Times)
Australia: Religious groups query discrimination laws
(Maeve Bannister, Northern Beaches Review)
Report: Politicians use religion to restrict reproductive rights
(National Secular Society)
Christianity and the International Criminal Court
(Johan Van der Vyver, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Nicaraguan bishop uses the pulpit to have a go at the Ortega regime
(La Croix International)
Egypt's Bahá'í minority denied burial in Alexandria
(Martin Roux, La Croix International)
New book by a KAICIID fellow explores possibilities of pictorial art for interreligious dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Supreme Court questions Boston's refusal to fly Christian flag at City Hall
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Black church fund project gets $20M on MLK Day
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Town officials want to ban Chick-fil-A from NJ highway rest stop, citing CEO's views on marriage
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
India’s top court intervenes in hate speeches against Muslims
(Al Jazeera)
India: Why a Karnataka college’s hijab ban is an assault on the fundamental right to religion
(Umang Poddar, Scroll)
India: Majoritarian violence is slowly tearing India apart
(Apoorvanand, Al Jazeera)
Pastors among 9 Christians arrested, charged with 'illegal' conversions in India: watchdog
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
California drops Aztec prayers from ethnic studies curriculum after parents file suit
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Timor-Leste: Former priest to run for presidency
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan: Protest against abduction of Christian girls
(Ayyaz Gulzar, Union of Catholic Asian News)
CAIR welcomes nomination of first Muslim woman as federal judge
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Brownback starts group to fund candidates who back religious freedom
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Omicron is taking a toll on pagans, who depend on conferences for community
(Heather Greene, Religion News Service)
In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, Americans United urges SCOTUS to protect students’ religious freedom
(Liz Hayes, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Interfaith dialogue, technology, and the need for a new humanism
(Alessio Pecorario, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Indonesia sees spike in sexual abuse of children
(Konradus Epa and Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Praying for a victory: Packed Supreme Court takes up yet another Christian nationalist cause
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion Dispatches)
Tuesday, 18 January 2022
WEBINAR, 18 January 2022 (12PM ET): National Committee for Religious Freedom Launch Event
(National Committee for Religious Freedom)
Monday, 17 January 2022
Italy: Friendship between cardinal and politician cemented comeback of ‘Bologna school’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tibetan Muslims straddle faith and tradition in China and India
(Radio Free Asia)
Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead
(Jake Bleiberg, Eric Tucker And Michael Balsamo, Associated Press)
Don’t gaslight the Jews. We know exactly what happened yesterday in Colleyville.
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)
U.S. Jews to increase vigilance, training after Texas synagogue attack, experts say
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Texas synagogue hostage crisis: A case study in downplaying antisemitism
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
Manchester police arrest two teenagers in connection with Texas synagogue siege
(Ray Hanania, Arab News)
Hostages safe, invader dead as standoff at Dallas-area synagogue ends
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Michigan city council becomes first all-Muslim led government in US
(Arab News)
India: Hindu monk jailed after calling for ‘genocide’ of Muslims
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
India: Expert warns of impending ‘genocide’ of Muslims in India
(Al Jazeera)
India: Bishop rape ruling raises questions about role of church
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)
India: ‘Make in India’s’ Muslim marginalisation
(Christian Kurzydlowski, East Asia Forum)
India: 200 Hindu radicals attack Christians at house church in India
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Share of Americans who donated to religious organizations remains at all-time low: Gallup
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Protesters demonstrate against vaccine mandate in nation's capital: 'This is loving your neighbor'
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
President Nelson commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Jews and Muslims can walk a common path. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how.
(Eboo Patel and Joshua Stanton, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Statement in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Preaching the Dream: 5 important speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
African American Muslims among those targeted by anti-Muslim group
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Syria: Last Christian in Idlib recalls his community
(Mouneb Taim, Al-Monitor: Syrian Press)
Israeli ultra-Orthodox leaders push for children to get vaccinated
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: Israeli Press)
Libyan government's push to promote marriages faces backlash
(Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor: Libyan Press)
Turkish teen suicide revives secular-pious debate
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)
Northeast Syria’s experience signifies challenge of ending use of children in conflicts
(Nadia Al-Faour, Arab News)
China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: An open letter to United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Vietnam: IGE convenes training for lecturers at Vietnam's premier leadership development institute for government officials
(Institute for Global Engagement)
America must strengthen its commitment to religious pluralism
(Christopher Walsh, Deseret News)
American secularism is growing — and growing more complicated
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets
(Holly Meyer and Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press)
Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
(Associated Press)
Italian high court faults prosecutors in Vatican-linked case
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Virginia Governor creates commission to combat antisemitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California settles suit over Aztec prayer in ethnic studies curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
NY City Council member loses claim this his expulsion was because of hostility to his Christian anti-LGBT views
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 17 January 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Split en banc 9th Circuit denies review of refusal to enjoin school vaccine mandate that lacks religious exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine bars adjudication of some claims in dispute between church factions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
5 ways to observe UN World Interfaith Harmony Week 2022
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Philippine bishop rebukes Marcos supporters
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan: Protecting religious minorities, especially women: the commitment of Christian and Muslim leaders
(Agenzia Fides)
Pakistan: Christians demand direct voting for MPs
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Kazakhstan: Religion doesn’t play central role among youth in Kazakhstan, two new polls show
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Kazakhstan Catholics 'shocked' by January riots
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lankan Catholics seek justice for Easter attack victims
(Quintus Colombage, Union of Catholic Asian News)
UN: Taliban attempting to exclude women, girls from public life
(Al Jazeera)
Iran to reopen OIC representative office in Saudi Arabia
(Al Jazeera)
Ukrainian priests appeal for support as Russian threat grows
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Is Lebanon on the brink of civil religious war?
(The European Times)
Russian foreign minister injects religious dimension of Ukrainian issue
(Liudmila Troptsenko, Korrespondent, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.01.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Legal Journal Number 4 (17): January 2022 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Reviving Protestant natural law
(Jordan J. Ballor, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
#Abortion: The religious right meets TikTok
(Rachel Wagner, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
War & penance: What the Church can offer soldiers—and the rest of us.
(Philip G. Porter, Commonweal)
Germany: Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch leads Germany’s Jews into an uncertain future
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
No, religious freedom doesn’t send people to hell
(Russell Moore, Christianity Today)
Boston was right to refuse to fly Christian flag
(Rachel Laser and Brian Kaylor, Boston Globe)
Boston’s refusal to fly a Christian flag over city hall raises First Amendment questions
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
New podcast: Reformed Church in America split points to rising tensions in Calvin country
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Variations on old questions: What do U.S. churches believe on transgender issues?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Netherlands: Driving licences, colanders and Pastafarians: De Wilde
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Georgia: Failure to protect LGBT demonstrators from mob violence: Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Catholic agency calls for reform of UK asylum process after Channel death
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Law and religion round-up – 16th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
White evangelicals only U.S. group to say marriage, children should be priority, poll shows
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Australia: 'Profoundly disappointed' Serbian Orthodox Church calls on Australia to revoke Novak Djokovic's deportation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Poland: Threatening church means threatening Poland and cannot be tolerated, says Kaczyński
(Ben Koschalka, Notes from Poland)
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