Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 11 October 2021
Falling through the cracks: shining a light on adolescent girls in humanitarian emergencies
(Lindsay Stark, The Conversation)
Egypt’s criminalisation of minority free speech through blasphemy cases
(Mohamed Mandour, Coptic Solidarity)
The inconsistency of American feminism in the Muslim world
(Megan K. Stack, New Yorker)
United Nations: China denies allegations of organ harvesting
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Colombian nun held hostage in Mali since 2017 has been freed
(Premier Christian News)
Asia falls short on religious freedom, say Christian legal experts
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pelosi meets with the pope amid abortion debates
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
Adventist Church sees rate of growth tumble due to pandemic: Report
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
Afghan women have a long history of taking leadership and fighting for their rights
(Wazhmah Osman and Helena Zeweri, The Conversation)
Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Taliban's religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out
(Brent Swails and Clarissa Ward, CNN)
Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims
(Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press)
NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized over anti-LGBT views
(Bryan Anderson, Associated Press)
Germany: Cologne's mosques to play call to prayer on Fridays
(Deutsche Welle)
Germany’s largest mosque to broadcast call to prayer on Fridays
(Al Jazeera)
German city of Cologne permits broadcast of muezzin’s call
(Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 11 October 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Interfaith declaration on science and religion cooperation for environmental care
(Petar Gramatikov, The European Times)
Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria – the most liberal in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
(The European Times)
Philippine bishops congratulate journalist who won Nobel Peace Prize
(Catholic News Service)
How employers judge religious exemption requests
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Leading mayoral candidate in Rome apologizes for Holocaust comments decried as antisemitic
(Simone Somekh, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kazakhstan: New religious meeting restrictions now in senate
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Crucial question in all those newsworthy abortion debates: When does life begin?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Britain accuses UN of downplaying antisemitism as Durban vote passes
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)
Treating children for gender dysphoria: Bell v Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion round-up – 10th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The last casualty of 9/11: Speaking up for Muslim political prisoners
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
One year later, advocates pressure for charges to be dropped in toppling of Serra statue
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Russian Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to over four years in prison for his faith
(Jessica Mundie, Religion News Service)
Russia sanctioned for detaining a Scientologist
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Russia: Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, gets the Peace Nobel Prize
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia to meet in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
This is “Why, As a Muslim, I Defend Liberty”
(Mustafa Akyol, Cato Institute)
Law enforcement, faith leaders share ideas on safer communities, opposing hate
(Mike Freeman, San Diego Tribune)
Practicing Buddhists in Pakistan 'facing extinction'
(Dev Discourse)
When conscience is attacked, the ground beneath us shakes
(Brian Bird, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
The Texas heartbeat law and the pro-life movement after Roe
(Charles C. Camosy, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Alessandra Coppola: “Short-term policies to fight hate speech do not work”
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Reducing Middle East tensions potentially lessens sectarianism and opens doors for women – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)
Why we stand for religious liberty
(National Religious Broadcasters)
Why religious exemptions for vaccine mandates are more telling than we want to admit
(Ira BedzowContributo, Forbes)
India government leader: Conversion of Hindus for marriage is wrong
(The Times of India)
Sunday, 10 October 2021
ZOOM WEBINAR, 25 October 2021 (18:30-20:00 GMT+1): Gender Perspective at the ICC: Legal Principles and Institutional Impact
(Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, The Graduate Initiative Geneva)
Saturday, 9 October 2021
EVENT, 5-9 October 2021: Ecumenical Social Week
(Institute of Ecumenical Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University, Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine, Lviv City Council)
Friday, 8 October 2021
Palestinians reject Israeli ruling on Jewish prayer at Al-Aqsa
(Al Jazeera)
Israeli court ruling on major holy site angers Palestinians
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Turkey: METU Pride human rights defenders must be acquitted at upcoming trial
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Former Atlanta fire chief, fired for views on marriage, to aid other ‘cancel culture’ victims
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
Biden taps Joseph Donnelly, former U.S. senator and congressman, as Vatican envoy
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
UN Rapporteur warns of Islamophobia but acknowledges right to criticise Islam
(Barnabas Fund)
Madrid recovers its long-lost Muslim identity – analysis
(Eurasia Review)
How little Lithuania dragged the EU into its showdown with China
(Stuart Lau, Politico)
Ten more students of Baptist school in Kaduna released after 75 days
(Evangelical Focus)
Ireland: Pro Life Campaign marks anniversary of abortion law with nationwide billboard campaign
(The Iona Institute)
Legal Spirits Episode 037 (podcast): The NY COVID vaccine mandates and religious exemptions
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
If you want reproductive freedom, work for church-state separation
(Rachel Laser, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Photos of the Week: Desmond Tutu turns 90; French church sex abuse scandal
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Biden restores Bears Ears, other monuments cut by Trump
(Matthew Daly, Associated Press)
Colorado woman who won’t get vaccinated denied transplant
(Patty Nieberg, Thomas Peipert and Colleen Slevin, Associated Press)
Vatican: Pope Francis not going to UN climate summit
(Associated Press)
Catholic bishops urge Missouri leaders to end executions
(Jim Salter, Associated Press)
Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban
(Tierney Sneed, CNN)
Quebec judge muses on the meaning of religion while ruling that Taoist Tai chi centres are tax exempt
(Tom Blackwell, Windsor Star)
Is Tai Chi to be regarded as a religion in Canada? Institut de taoïsme Fung Loy Kok
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Canadian court says tai chi institute is a religious institution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police officer who prayed outside abortion clinic sues over suspension from duty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Woman required to remove hijab loses suit against security guard and county
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A culture of peace and our responsibility
(The European Times)
Poland’s president urges EU to stop Belarus migrant ‘push’
(Associated Press)
Merkel says Church must tackle abuse crisis to ‘remain credible’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Merkel meets pope and receives farewell tribute from Draghi
(Associated Press)
Head of Scottish Catholic development agency ‘gutted’ Pope not attending COP26
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Campaign calls for Scottish Parliament to tackle anti-Catholicism in soccer
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A new glossary includes “el lobby judio” and other antisemitic Spanish terms to avoid
(Anna Kaufman, Forward)
What science can tell us about the benefits of religion
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post)
Pentecostals in Russian-occupied territory guilty under anti-evangelism law
(Statia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
More Baptists from Caucasus violate anti-evangelism law
(Kavkaz Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Court in St. Petersburg fines man for justifying terror attack in New Zealand
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: From sexual abuse in France’s Catholic Church to Russia’s Orthodox Church
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Hospitals’ case for conscience protection
(Jordan Buzza, National Catholic Register)
Faith schools and safeguarding: R (Khalsa Academies Trust Ltd)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Pope Francis expresses 'shame' after report of clerical sexual abuse in France
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
French Church and state at odds over sex abuse confessions
(Associated Press)
She’s 51, a mother and a devout Catholic. She plans to die by euthanasia on Sunday
(Samantha Schmidt and Diana Durán, Washington Post)
‘Truth and Healing Commission’ could help Native American communities traumatized by government-run boarding schools that tried to destroy Indian culture
(David R. M. Beck, Religion News Service)
Pope calls on all religions to "defuse the temptation to fundamentalism"
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)
Central Asia gets new Catholic bishops' conference
(La Croix International)
USCIRF Conversation: Update on at-risk religious communities in Afghanistan
(Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczy, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Afghanistan: UN Chief condemns ‘horrific’ attack at Kunduz mosque
(Eurasia Review)
UN: International engagement with Afghanistan must depend on respect for religious minorities
(ADF International)
Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility for Afghan mosque bombing, says suicide bomber targeted Shiite Hazaras
(Associated Press)
US and Taliban set for talks in Doha
(Deutsche Welle)
Tajikistan: Prisoner of conscience barred from attending only son's funeral
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Thursday, 7 October 2021
EVENT, 4-7 October 2021: Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue
(Religions for Peace)
VIRTUAL EVENT, September-October 2021: Voices of Hispanic and Latin American Faith Freedom
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
WEBINAR, 6 October 2021 (1PM ET): Vaccines and Workplace Religious Accommodation
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Iran: Third church leader released on bail
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Iran: News about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in September
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
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