Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Egypt: USCIRF welcomes Egypt’s release of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Afghanistan: Religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up
(France 24, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pakistan court questions extra marks for reciting Quran
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan’s top court grants bail to Christian facing blasphemy charge
(Catholic News Agency)
Eric Treene full interview
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)
China: Why religious freedom will be in the spotlight at the 2022 Olympics
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
China: Beijing Games’ corporate brand gamble: Human rights organizations accuse corporate sponsors of prioritizing profits over principles
(Phelim Kine, Politico)
China upholds 7-year jail term for Christian bookstore owner
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Religious freedom can teach us about strengthening American democracy
(Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, George W. Bush Presidential Center)
Business: A powerful force for supporting interfaith understanding and peace
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Germany: "Go for gender justice!" (in German)
(Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)
Taking your land (podcast)
(Stream of Conscience, Becket)
Federal court blocks compelled support for religion in S.C.
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Norway: Continuing Norwegian leadership on freedom of religion or belief
(Knox Thames, Blog of the London School of Economics)
Italian Episcopal Conference: Suggestions on some measures to deal with the covid emergency
(DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Judge dismisses challenge to religious exemption elimination
(Susan Haigh, Associated Press)
North Dakota bishops oppose UND gender inclusion policy
(James MacPherson, Associated Press)
James opens gubernatorial campaign with evangelical appeal
(Associated Press)
Italy: Rome church condemns swastika-draped casket at funeral
(Associated Press)
"Spiritual distress" from employer's vaccine mandate is not "irreparable injury"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan federal court denies employee’s attempt to stave off termination for failing to receive covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds
(Mikle S. Jew, The National Law Review)
Canada: Halifax council may write letter against Quebec religious symbol ban
(Pam Berman, CBC News)
Canadian preachers to push back on ban against gay conversion therapy
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Canada: Sault Taoist temple loses fight for tax-free designation
(Darren MacDonald, Northern Ontario)
New Mexico church official urges nuclear disarmament talks
(Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press)
Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists
(John Elwood, SCOTUSblog)
Kazakh president urges preventing merger of criminality, religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox bishop sides with Kazakhstani president
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Moscow church leader in Belarus echoes dictator's aspiration
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Belarus: UN appeal for fined conscientious objector
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Return of 'nuns' growing weed: A Rolling Stone puff piece on this emerging religious group
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
20 years later, the Boston Globe clergy sex abuse revelations show why journalism matters
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Ireland: COVID-19, mootness and restrictions on religious observance in Ireland: Ganley
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
India: Religion as a unifying force
(A Ravindra, Deccan Herald)
India's top court intervenes in hate speeches against Muslims
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
India: Naga Christians walk against Indian army abuse
(Nirendra Dev, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel: Religious services minister unveils government plan to reform conversion system
(The Times of Israel)
Israel liberalizes its kosher certification system
(Nicolas Rouger, La Croix International)
KAICIID fellows’ publications show how interreligious dialogue addresses issues in everyday life
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion
(James M. Dorsey, Modern Diplomacy)
Muslims in interfaith bonds are proliferating. Imams willing to marry them are not.
(Sara Badilini, Religion News Service)
UK: More than 100 student leaders back suspension of JNF UK schemes over chair’s ‘Islamophobia and bigotry’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Could Sabbath closure laws make a comeback?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
EU official says the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual antisemitism list has gone too far
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish charities among top funders of Islamophobia, says report by Muslim civil rights group
(Asaf Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Federal ruling paves way for Mississippi mosque construction project
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Syria: US commissioner condemns ‘destabilizing’ Turkey in light of recent strikes in Kobane
(Rudaw)
Biden administration planning lists of employees seeking ‘religious’ vaccine exemptions
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Japan: 'Unzen Hell' a reminder of Christian persecution
(Cristian Martini Grimaldi, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Philippines: More Filipino Catholic groups lend support to Robredo
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bangladesh: Tribal leaders seek justice over Catholic's death
(Stephan Uttom, Union of Catholic Asian News)
International law as true law: A new approach to a perennial problem
(Philip Allott, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Why the Catholic Church is losing Latin America
(Francis X. Rocca, Luciana Magalhaes, and Samantha Pearson, The Wall Street Journal)
Can Mormonism thrive as a global religion?
(The Economist)
Monday, 10 January 2022
The First Annual Forum on Law and Religion of the Southern Cone: Remarks from speakers and panelists
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
CALL FOR PAPERS, 10 January 2022: Digital persecution, an international interdisciplinary academic conference
(Open Doors UK, University of Birmingham, University of Roehampton)
Colombian woman dies by euthanasia after historic legal fight
(Samantha Schmidt and Diana Duran, The Washington Post)
Christian nationalism has deep roots in America, faith leaders say
(Alejandra Molina, The Washington Post)
January 6 a year later: Staying alert to Christian nationalism
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Have freedom of speech and religion fallen out of fashion?
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, The Washington Times)
U.S. undeterred by China sanctions on religious freedom officials -Blinken
(Reuters)
So what is new anti-semitism?
(Asher Maoz, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Omicron surge has churches feeling pandemic whiplash, with some suspending in-person worship
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Kazakh religious leaders call for peace
(Malo Tresca, La Croix International)
Kazakhstan: Evangelicals call for peace in Kazakhstan
(Christian Today)
Nigerian bishop who criticized government over Christian persecution called in for questioning: report
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Survey to show 'increase in direct attacks' on religious freedom worldwide amid COVID-19 pandemic
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
In Latin America, not only abortions but miscarriages can lead to jail time
(Megan Rivers-Moore, The Conversation)
Kenya: Muslim extremists kill six Christians in coastal Kenya
(Morning Star News)
Poland: Campaigners attack ‘shameful’ dismissal of Poland’s Jewish envoy
(Jewish News)
Polish official fired after calling Holocaust law ‘stupid’
(Associated Press)
Epiphanies of power and/or goodness: The epiphany of this January is at root about the profound need to civilize the nation.
(William Schweiker, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
The revolutionary joy of Desmond Tutu
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings - The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Hotel built around historic church opens in Indianapolis
(Associated Press)
Swiss court insists Vatican suspects can get a fair trial
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Bosnia: Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
(Radul Radovanovic, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 10 January 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israel to begin classifying non-Arab gentile citizens as ‘extended Jewish’
(Tal Schneider, The Times of Israel)
Israel’s national library sees Arabic site traffic boom
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century: Concentrated in Europe, Orthodox Christians have declined as a percentage of the global population, but Ethiopian community is highly observant and growing
(Pew Research Center)
Guinea-Bissau priest threatened after criticizing president
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cameroonian prelates hope African soccer tournament builds national unity
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Romania: Right-wing Romanian political party calls Holocaust education ‘minor topic,’ drawing sharp rebuke
(Marcel Gascón Barberá , Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jan 6th U.S. Capitol riot or return of Taliban: Which was the top 2021 religion-news story?
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)
Mantua, Italy, to get Jewish museum on burial site of 17th-century Kabbalist masters
(Giovanni Vigna, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘Antisemitism is not a game’: Why the Senate holdup on the antisemitism envoy matters
(Jacob Kornbluh, Forward)
Is the West becoming pagan again?
(Christopher Caldwell, The New York Times)
What conservative justices talk about when they talk about religious liberty
(Katherine Franke, The Nation)
Russian Orthodox Church against lifting moratorium on death penalty
(Interfax-Religion)
Plug-In: The top religion-beat stories of 2022? Here are some likely scenarios
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Two think pieces on changes in American religious life, with a few political twists
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
UK: COVID-19 and end of life care: AH
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 9th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Employment Tribunal says Christian nurse fired for wearing cross faced discrimination and harassment
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
France: Religious freedom – and why French assimilation fails while British multiculturalism works
(Imran Mulla, Conservative Home)
Saudi and Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond their borders
(James M. Dorsey, Algemeiner)
Ireland: Schools must allow children leave during religion class, says Atheist Ireland
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
China destroys second revered Tibetan statue in Sichuan
(Sangyal Kunchok, Radio Free Asia)
China: Airbnb questioned over Xinjiang business amid Uighur ‘genocide’
(Al Jazeera)
India: EC must curb rising misuse of religion in politics during polls: Mayawati
(Deccan Herald)
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