Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
11th Circuit rejects nuclear protesters' RFRA defense
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Free Exercise challenge to mandate for masks on public transit is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Conspiracies about a ‘catastrophic takeover’ by Jews have long been an American problem
(Jonathan D. Sarna, Religion News Service)
The impossible politics of church-state partnerships
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Why Bibles are disappearing from hotel nightstands
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate
(Alan Grabinsky, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Palestinian families face new Israeli demolition threat in Silwan
(Al Jazeera)
Israel to give Gaza Christians permits for Christmas holiday
(Associated Press)
Thomas Jefferson statue removed from New York City Hall
(Zachary Evans, National Review)
Religious employers shouldn't have to violate their convictions on gender ideology
(Shannon O. Royce, Real Clear Religion)
How religious liberty was distorted in the age of COVID-19
(Andrew Koppelman, The Hill - Opinion)
The head of Belarusian Orthodox Church urged to treat migrants as "aliens"
(Interfax-Religion)
Law and the Christian tradition in modern Russia
(Paul Valliere and Randall A. Poole, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The European Court condemns Russia for the enforced expulsion of two missionaries of the Church of Unification
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Krishna Society and Mikhail Frolov win their case against Russia by Strasbourg
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia loses pair of religious freedom cases at European rights court
(Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
Trial court applies recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of Jehovah's Witness
(Novaya Gazeta, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukrainian government official criticizes Russian behavior in Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Rabbi Lazar concerned that the pandemic sometimes considered a Jewish conspiracy
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: "I would like to believe" acquittal "is first of many"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Holiday musings from Brazil: Is it time for missionaries to leave indigenous tribes alone?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Coverage of the Arlene's Flowers story may be over, but many more cases are on the way
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Ideas have consequences: The Mayflower Compact (1620) vs. The 1619 Project
(Eric Patterson, World News Group)
Italian politician apologizes for referring to Holocaust survivor by her Auschwitz tattoo number
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The history of national flags in churches
(Miles Smith, First Things)
Federal lawsuit accuses Wilmington Fire Dept. of years of racial, religious discrimination
(Amanda Fries, Delaware News Journal)
Religious Liberty Initiative files amicus brief in Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
Hope ‘renewed in a just God’: Faith leaders react to guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery murder
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Australia: Religious bill winds back hard fought protections provided by states
(Anna Brown and Arthur Moses, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Australia: Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?
(Luke Beck, The Conversation)
Australia: The religious discrimination bill arrives
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: Schools can still expel LGBTQ+ kids. The Religious Discrimination Bill only makes it worse
(Liam Elphick and Alice Taylor, The Conversation)
The Nuba Mountains, Sudan's religious exception
(Augustine Passilly, La Croix International)
Canada: Brampton City Council passes motion endorsing all NCCM municipal recommendations
(Facebook, National Council of Canadian Muslims)
In case with global implications, Finland puts Christians on trial for their faith
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
EVENT, 23 November 2021 (7.30PM): Ireland and the Church: where we’ve come from, where we’re going
(The Iona Institute)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22-23 November 2021: Transforming Education: Ethics Education For Learning To Live Together
(Arigatou International)
WEBINAR, 23 November 2021 (12:00 GMT/19:00 Bangkok): SEAFORB Webinar 2--International Initiatives Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference)
Monday, 22 November 2021
Although Ukrainian legislation does not distinguish between the religious majority and the minority, there is still a human factor, - expert opinion
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Australia: Faith leaders put pressure on Labor to support religious discrimination bill
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Australia: Religious freedom bill misses heart of the problem
(Lyle Shelton, Spectator Australia)
What happens if Roe falls? An interview with Ross Douthat
(Ross Douthat and Daniel E. Burns, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Roe v. Wade is already weakened — will this supreme court deal the final blow?
(Kenneth Pybus, Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)
Pulpit panic: Half of Protestant clerics looking for exits, survey reports
(Mark Kellner, The Washington Times)
Ashrafi terms US assessment of religious freedom in Pakistan ‘biased’
(Express Tribune)
Freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan: Minorities facing systematic discrimination, violence, claim speakers
(The International News)
Book review: The rule of laws: and the 4,000-year quest to order the world
(G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs)
Sudan’s military coup: lessons from Egypt and the wider region
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
UN committee passes resolution calling on Iran to eliminate religious discrimination
(Bahá’í International Community)
Globally, people find greatest meaning in family: Pew survey
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
One dead, four injured in terrorist attack in Jerusalem's Old City
(Anna Ahronheim, Eliav Breuer , Jerusalem Post)
Missionaries seen as asset, but sometimes headache, by US
(France 24)
Bank shot: Influencing Kabul through Jeddah
(Knox Thames, Modern Diplomacy)
Neither liberal nor conservative but American
(Knox Thames, Liberty Magazine)
An open letter to the students of Archbishop Riordan High School
(Salvatore J. Cordileone, First Things)
Lukashenko assails EU for refusing to hold talks on migrants
(Monika Scislowska and Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
141 amicus briefs filed in Mississippi abortion law case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Humanists launch 10th Annual Freedom of Thought Report
(American Humanist Association)
Articles of interest - 22 November 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Magistrate recommends dismissing religious objections to school's teaching transgender understanding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
RFRA defense precluded in prosecution of tribal member for violating closure order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Case page: John Doe, et al. v. San Diego Unified School District, et al.
(Thomas More Society)
Catholics protest in Cameroon after military searches hospital for separatists
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Syrian bishop calls US, EU sanctions against the country ‘criminal’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kidnappers release 2 of 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti
(Harold Isaac, Associated Press)
How Democrats and Republicans feel about religious exemptions to vaccine mandates
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
A quarter of European Jewish community leaders say they’ve considered emigrating amid concerns about growing antisemitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Fighting antisemitism by protecting religious liberty
(Josh Blackman, Howard Slugh and Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin, The Heritage Foundation)
Catholic progressives and the culture war
(George Weigel, First Things)
The growing battle over ‘woke religion’
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Russian Supreme Court rules Jehovah's Witnesses should not be prosecuted for joint worship
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia)
Vladimir Putin awarded Holy Patriarch Kirill with the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrei The First Called
(The European Times)
Russian Orthodox Church denies U.S. claims of violations of religious freedom in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Complex doctrinal story or mere politics? Hmmm ... What shaped news about U.S. bishops?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Minichurches and burned-out pastors – four crucial COVID-19 trends to follow
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Filipino clergy 'can speak out against sinful politics'
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Filipino megachurch founder forced girls, into sex as it was 'God's will,' says US Justice Dept.
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
6th Circuit tosses Black minister's hostile environment case against church
(Nate Raymond, Reuters)
Why is France so afraid of God? How the country came to view religion as a threat to national identity
(Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic)
High-rises threaten to cast long shadow over UK’s oldest synagogue
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
The West has much to learn from persecuted Christians, says historian Tom Holland
(Christian Today)
Law and religion round-up – 21st November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Rabbi Sacks posthumously awarded lifetime achievement award at London dinner
(Justin Cohen, Jewish News)
Priti Patel urges all MPs to back Hamas proscribing after Jerusalem terror attack
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Family to challenge law requiring Christian RE and worship in NI schools
(Politics)
Both Republicans and Democrats prioritize family, but they differ over other sources of meaning in life
(Laura Silver and Patrick Van Kessel, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
One country, one religion?
(David Boaz, Cato Institute)
Muslim mason sculpts shrines for Bangladesh’s Hindu dead
(Al Jazeera)
The uncertainties of the Catholic Church in El Salvador
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)
Two weeks in review, 8 – 21 November 2021
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Are Uyghurs slowly disappearing from Xinjiang?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
For Albany Episcopalians, marriage equality is a small step toward full LGBTQ+ inclusion
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
German pastor fined for sheltering Iranian refugee in church: 'That is my faith'
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)
Saturday, 20 November 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 20 November 2021: Governments’ Legal Responses and Judicial Reactions during a Global Pandemic: Litigating Religious Freedom in the Time of COVID-19
(Journal of Church & States, Oxford Academic)
EVENT, 20 November 2021 (18:00 GMT): Interfaith Week Celebration - a concert of music, prayer & short talks
(All Faiths Network UK)
Friday, 19 November 2021
Florist who refused same-sex wedding job settles with couple
(Associated Press)
Bowing to protests, India’s Modi agrees to repeal farm laws
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Florist who refused to create arrangement for same-sex wedding drops Supreme Court petition
(Caroline Downey, National Review)
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