Law and Religion Headlines

Ethnic Kazakh Imam sentenced to 23 years for “reciting the Quran inappropriately”
(Ma Guangyao, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

‘Do we not have any rights?’ Indian Muslims’ fear after Assam evictions
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman, The Guardian)

Karnataka govt's move to carry out surveys of churches, missionaries 'unnecessary': Archbishop Rev Dr Peter Machado
(City Today)

In remote Himalayan India, Buddhist monks and Indigenous tribe fight government hydropower projects
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)

Why the Senate must fast-track Biden’s nominee on religious freedom
(David Curry, Religion News Service)

USCIRF releases new report about persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The rise and fall of Christian Ireland
(YouTube Video, The Iona Institute)

China: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.10.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Notorious gang kidnapped U.S., Canadian missionaries in Haiti, official says
(Caroline Radnofsky and Suzanne Ciechalski, NBC News)

Lifting up the voices of female survivors of clergy sexual abuse
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The role of faith-based organizations in responding to Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)

Yemen’s Houthis accused of committing ‘genocide’ with blockade on key district
(Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, The Times of Israel)

Swedish foreign minister visits Israel in major step toward rebuilding ties
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)

Photos of the Week: Durga festivals and the cult of Maria Lionza
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Jackson County settles COVID-19 rules lawsuit with church
(Associated Press)

Jill Biden says SC ‘prayer partner’ helped change her life
(Darlene Superville, Associated Press)

Taliban says Afghan girls will return to secondary schools soon
(Al Jazeera)

Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan
(Associated Press)

Japan’s premier sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)

Catholic Charities to issue Fort Wayne community ID cards
(Associated Press)

Afghan Taliban’s victory boosts Pakistan’s radicals
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

Rights watchdog faults Malta for abortion, journalist safety
(Kevin Schembri Orland, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 18 October 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Military, federal employees and civilian contractors sue Biden [vaccine exemptions]
(Liberty Counsel)

Americans United and Lambda Legal sue U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services for funding LGBTQ discrimination in refugee foster care program
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reinstate District Court's injunction against Texas abortion law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Scientologist acknowledges 30th Anniversary of ODIHR while exposing religious hatred by Germany
(Robert Johnson, The European Times)

Creating a faith freedom nation
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Holding them to their word: ‘Meatpacking America’
(Maia Silber, Commonweal)

Germany marks 80th anniversary of first Jewish deportations
(Deutsche Welle)

Ukraine Jews find cause to celebrate despite country’s challenges
(Larry Luxner, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Riding with pride: How a Manitoba motorcycle club is changing perceptions of the Sikh faith
(Prabhjot Singh Lotey, CBC News)

Police kept priest from saying Last Rites for stabbed politician. News story? (Yes, in UK)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Progressive Catholic cardinal of Washington, D.C., pours praise on America's embattled press
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Nazir-Ali's move to Catholicism seen as 'significant' in 'evangelical resistance' to secular Anglican progressivism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

CCTV use by churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 17th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ex-VP Mike Pence backs football coach blocked from praying on 50-yard line in Supreme Court case
(Alex Swoyer, Washington Times)

Jordan: Radio series on a coherent life inspires hope and action
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Centenary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s passing: Artistic works mark historic occasion
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Religious extremists in South Asia are a threat to regional stability – OpEd
(Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)

“Religion can be a force for de-escalating tensions and improving understanding”
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Poland sees significant drop in seminary admissions
(Malo Tresca, La Croix International)

Don't leave the poor behind, pope asks of governments, politicians
(La Croix International)

Legal Journal Number 1 (17): October 2021 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

In Hungary’s heartland, Orban faces a unified challenge to his rule
(Andrew Higgins and Benjamin Novak, The New York Times)

Social distancing at Mecca’s Grand Mosque dropped
(Al Jazeera)

When Indonesia's blasphemy law turns blasphemous
(Siktus Harson, Union of Catholic Asian News)

The rise of the religious “nones" (podcast)
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)

Nigerian governor: Religion shouldn't be causing violence
(Nigerian Eye)

Sunday, 17 October 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT, 17-18 October 2021: Parliament of the World's Religions
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Friday, 15 October 2021

China crackdown on Apple store hits holy book apps, Audible
(Matt O'Brien, Associated Press)

Berlin 1936. Beijing 2022. Must China's Uighurs play the role Jews did in Hitler Olympics?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Religion and the G-20: With faith, we can move mountains
(Ronald A. Rasband, The Hill - Opinion)

APPLICATIONS OPEN (deadline 15 October 2021): Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2022: “Christ’s Love (Re)moves Borders”
(World Council of Churches)

There are no opposing views of the Holocaust
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

WEBINAR, 15 October 2021 (12:30PM EDT): The Body and Religiously Motivated Social Action: A Global Look at Religion and Political Transformation
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Afghanistan: Suicide attack hits Kandahar mosque during prayers
(BBC News)

USCIRF strongly condemns terrorist attacks on Shi’a mosques in Afghanistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military
(Nu Nu Lusan and Emily Fishbein, Al Jazeera)

Tajikistan’s inhumane treatment of religious prisoner indicative of deteriorating religious freedom conditions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death
(Joseph Lee, BBC News)

UK: Oxford University spoke out against violent removal of pro-life stand at students fair
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

High Court rules out 28 identical divorce petitions
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Scotland: LGBT activists get word ‘mother’ axed from government policies
(Marc Horne, The Times)

Protecting LGBT staff at Jaguar Land Rover from harassment
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Saying goodbye to the transgender debate
(Helen Dale, Law & Liberty)

Chile: Protestant and Catholic churches destroyed in arson attacks
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Mexico: family from indigenous community ejected from their home for planting a church
(Zara Sarvarian, Open Doors UK)

Serbian lawyer becomes Balkans' first winner of UNHCR refugee award
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

The sleeper SCOTUS case that threatens the separation of church and state
(Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic)

Law, religion, and the covid crisis
(Mark Movsesian)

Russia: A 29th Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to a prison term in 2021
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief Special bimonthly FORB digest (01-15.10.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

A Ukrainian blogger under threat of extradition in the EU
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Stafford County settles federal discrimination lawsuit, allows Muslim cemetery in Fredericksburg
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)

EVENT, 17 October 2021 (2PM ET): Lecture for the Order of Malta: “Understanding the Right to Religious Freedom Under the U.S. Constitution”
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Belgium: Arson at St. Remy's church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Italy: Church in Badia vandalised multiple times
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Ireland: Desecration of graves at St. Mary's church in Wexford
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Protests erupt in Bangladesh amid Muslim-Hindu tensions
(Associated Press)

France pays tribute to teacher beheaded by radical Islamist
(Associated Press)

Hungary’s ‘last’ Roma fortuneteller preserves traditions
(Justin Spike, Associated Press)

Lawsuit dropped after Muslim cemetery in Virginia approved
(Associated Press)

Mali’s Timbuktu fears jihadis as France reduces troops
(Baba Ahmed, Associated Press)

Michigan inmates win right to kosher meat, cheesecake
(Ed White, Associated Press)

Dismissal of civil action on grounds of Holy See’s jurisdictional immunity did not violate Convention
(European Court of Human Rights)

Wyoming Supreme Court rejects nun's claim that she was engaged in ritual of mortification
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NY court grants preliminary injunction for health care workers
(Liberty Counsel)

6th Circuit: RLUIPA requires more than vegan Sabbath and holiday meals for Jewish inmates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Connecticut pro-life pregnancy center fights to protect free speech
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

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