Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 29 October 2021
Gender equality: Change begins in the family, say Bahá’ís of South Africa
(Eurasia Review)
EVENT, 29 October 2021 (9AM CST): 4th Annual DFW Interfaith Summit
(DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)
Catholicism grows in Africa and Asia, plummets in Europe, report says
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
It's time to take an objective look at the role of Evangelical prison ministries
(Michael Hallett, Byron R. Johnson, Religious Freedom Institute)
Analysis of the critical race theory climate determined by the Black church and the Southern Baptist Convention
(Johari Jabir, The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Afghanistan and pandemic make for another somber Día de los Muertos
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Woman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country
(Ilan Ben Zion and Llazar Smini, Religion News Service)
How some ‘Jewitches’ are embracing both Judaism and witchcraft
(Heather Greene and Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Noam Chomsky says Scottish university newspaper shouldn’t apologize for article it deemed ‘antisemitic’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
October 2021 Newsletter
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
Why do the nations rage?
(Jonathan Chaplin, Comment)
EcoSikh joins interfaith effort ahead of COP26
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Prayer for kidnappers deeply rooted in mission group’s faith
(Peter Smith, Religion News Service)
In U.S., far more support than oppose separation of church and state
(Pew Research Center)
Poll: Most Americans support church-state separation; Christian nationalists differ
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Book explores how a diverse Jewish neighborhood responded to a horrific hate crime
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
NBA’s Enes Kanter targets China, Nike over Uyghur genocide
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Survey: One-third of Jewish college students have experienced antisemitism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
The division on Christian divorce in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Interfaith gathering pledges solidarity in Vietnam
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Catholics fight for religious freedom
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Apaches in federal court to save their sacred land
(Becket: Press Release)
USCIRF releases new report on religious minorities in Afghanistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF releases factsheet on China’s measures on the management of religious clergy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Italy nukes anti-Catholic "homophobia" bill
(Jules Gomes, Chuch Militant)
'Frightening time for Egyptian Christians': 17 Coptic Christians missing in Libya, fears over repeat ISIS attack
(Andrea Morris, CBN News)
Victorian Religious Exceptions Amendment Bill introduced
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
President Herzog asks for forgiveness at Kafr Kassem memorial ceremony
(Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post)
The National Prayer Breakfast of Ukraine brought together politicians, religious and public figures
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
The classifier of professions has expanded in the field of religious activity (Ukrainian)
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
New York state health care workers will no longer have religious exemption to Covid-19 vaccine mandate, court rules
(Rob Frehse, CNN)
Tensions rise in Indian state after attacks against Muslims
(Wasbir Hussain and Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
U.S. religious freedom chair: ‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’
(Raqib Hameed Naik, Aljazeera)
A Dalit family shares the discrimination, violence it faces in India
(Harshita Rathore, Religion Unplugged)
Christian student group: U of Nebraska-Lincoln discriminated
(Associated Press)
House subcommittees hold joint hearing on vaccine mandates and employee accommodations
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
S3, Ep. 02: Out of the shadows and into the courtroom: Religion in the execution chamber (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Katherine Marshall on Dr. Azza Karam
(YouTube Video, The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Israel’s decision to cancel cultural event upsets Catholic leaders
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why cricket in Pakistan is infused with religion and nationalism
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
US could hold key for the future of the Catholic Church
(Massimo Faggioli, Deutsche Welle)
IS bride sentence an important sign to Yazidis
(Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Visiting Israel, Congolese president faces billboards accusing him of antisemitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the occasion of International Religious Freedom Day
(The White House)
Texas Governor signs ban on transgender girls participating on female sports teams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Crimea: Four already jailed, 12 more to follow?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian religious leaders, political leaders debate whether religions have legal obligation to disclose data to Russia state department
(Religion Today)
The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia
(The Washington Post)
FJCR president estimates number of Russian Jews at 1 mln
(Interfax-Religion)
Jewish writer collects 4,000 tiny dreidels found by Eastern European treasure hunters
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Familiar, but newsworthy, trends: Catholicism grows in Africa and Asia, while Europe fades
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Quebec bishops deplore gutting of religious culture courses
(Juliette Paquier, La Croix International)
Vatican's Diwali greeting to Hindus stresses overcoming the scars of the pandemic
(La Croix International)
Vatican: Christians, Hindus can bring hope to those in despair
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Taiwan says Vatican relations ‘open and smooth’ despite reports of China pressure
(The Pillar)
Bangladesh’s deadly identity crisis
(Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
International Religious Freedom Day
(Twitter, U.S. Department of State)
2021–22 BYU Forum Speakers
(Martin Luther King III, Reverend Doctor Andrew Teal, William Barber II, Marilynne Robinson, James Fallows, Amy Chua, Brigham Young University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 October 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Targeted Sanctions - Implications for International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 27 October 2021 (3PM PT): Remaking the Human: Technoscience, Dignity and the Meaning of Progress
(Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University)
What Utah can teach the country about gay rights and religion
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks on anti-gay Bill in Ghana’s Parliament
(GhanaWeb)
Ghana lawyer: We’ve made religion more powerful than Ghana's Constitution
(Maurice Ampaw, GH Ghana News)
Religious freedom in pre-world war Japan
(Jolyon Thomas, Penn Today)
Review: John McWhorter argues that antiracism has become a religion of the American left
(Zaid Jilani, The New York Times)
'Why can't we study?' - Afghan girls still barred from school
(News24)
Nigerian Bishop warns politicians against using religion as tool, seeks quality Nigerian constitution
(Dennis Naku, Punch)
Weekly Highlight #179: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Supportive faith actor engagement - with noteworthy exceptions
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Cuban pastor faces ten-year prison sentence
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Freed from Islamist rule, Christian minorities in Morocco express hope
(International Christian Concern)
Namibia: Church calls for referendum on abortion
(All Africa)
Severe sentences draw renewed attention to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom violations in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Four more Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to very heavy prison terms
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Taiwan denies reports that China is asking Holy See to break ties
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wenzhou authorities detain Bishop Shao Zhumin again
(Asia News)
Nationalists want Hindu statue displayed in a Christian school in Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Korean missionary nuns held in Nepal on conversion charges
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
(John O'Connor, Associated Press)
In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace
(Hassan Barise, Associated Press)
Texas executions delayed over religious rights claims
(Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press)
Brooklyn Diocese fires music teacher after same-sex wedding
(Associated Press)
Canada: Program that stripped summer job funding for groups opposed to abortion upheld by Federal Court
(Adrian Humphreys, National Post)
Canadian court upholds job program funding limited to groups supporting abortion rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Home-based synagogue sues over zoning restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EEOC updates guidance on religious objections to COVID vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Annual State of Antisemitism in America Report
(American Jewish Committee)
Christian student group files suit over discrimination at University of Houston-Clear Lake
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Pacific islands in peril, churches’ leader stresses before climate change conference
(The European Times)
Is this a Kairos moment for the G20 to address inequalities?
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ethical and practical health challenges: Emerging from the COVID-19 crises
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Catholic charity welcomes Scotland’s pledge to combat effects of climate change
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ahead of presidential vote, Nicaraguan bishops say free elections not possible
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
African bishops demand end to 'land grabs' by private companies
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Three Philippine priests removed from ministry for seeking public office
(Catholic News Service)
Latter-day Saint leaders pay visit to Scottish Parliament
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News)
Tunisia closes TV station of president's political rival
(Deutsche Welle)
French leader's charm offensive at the Vatican
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)
A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Greece’s top court rules against ritual slaughter, following recent EU decision upholding bans
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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