Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
The power of corporate governance to combat modern slavery
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum)
COMECE participates in Article 17 TFEU Seminar on Housing in the EU (Video)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Kirill wishes to improve relations with the Catholic Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Delhi High Court upholds army decision to dismiss Christian lieutenant for refusing to participate in Hindu rituals
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Jefferson County residents sue to remove massive Ten Commandments monument from courthouse lawn
(American Civil Liberties Union)
How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.? (video)
(YouTube Video, Pew Research Center)
Monday, 9 June 2025
How the global religious landscape changed from 2010 to 2020
(Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski, Yunping Tong, Stephanie Kramer, Anne Shi and Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center)
Vicky Hartzler elected chair of bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Asif Mahmood elected vice chair
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The President and (not his) religion
(Dmytro Vovk, Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University)
The Bulletin Podcast: Uyghur persecution
(Knox Thames)
EEOC sues CEMEX Construction Materials Florida for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
“Otto per Mille”: The Catholic Church vs the Italian Government on religious tax
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
Ministerial exception doctrine applies to Title VII claim of business prof at Christian university
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 9 June 2025
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Syria's top religious body bans revenge killings
(Hurriyet Daily News)
Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue
(Associated Press)
Americans are divided over religious freedom. The Supreme Court? Not as much
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
NY mayoral candidates address sanctuary, Trump and religious hatred at interfaith forum
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)
Statement from Archbishop John Sherrington on the upcoming Third Reading of the Assisted Suicide Bill
(The Archdiocese of Birmingham)
FBI, DHS issue warning of ‘elevated threat’ to Jewish and Israeli communities
(Grace Gilson, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
American pope is a reminder: religious freedom includes the freedom to believe nothing at all
(Katherine McKerall, Real Clear Religion)
Viktor Yelensky informed U.S. congressmen about violations of believers' rights in the temporarily occupied territories
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Index, religious slaughter
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pakistan: A Conspiracy to Grab the Land
(Human Rights Watch)
Israel’s political battle over the drafting of yeshiva students
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
The Supreme Court corrects Wisconsin on religious freedom
(Frank DeVito, First Things)
Thailand honors anti-human trafficking Catholic nun
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
African churches consult on decolonization, reparations
(World Council of Churches)
Is the EU trying to change human nature? US diplomat Todd Huizinga speaks out in new CNE podcast
(Evert van Vlastuin, Christian Network Europe)
Iran: Christian converts sentenced to 12 years in prison for bringing Bibles into Iran
(Article 18)
Report finds 420+ church-led projects supporting vulnerable people in Bristol
(Good Faith Partnership)
Church in Mexico supporting families of the ‘disappeared’
(Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Vatican News)
Japan: Religious corporation sales rising in Japan amid tax evasion concerns
(Chunichi Shimbun, Japan Times)
Sydney cleric being sued for alleged antisemitism says case is an existential battle ‘between Islam and unbelievers’
(Ben Doherty, The Guardian)
Uganda: Spread wealth creation gospel, Museveni tells religious leaders
(Kenneth Kazibwe, Nile Post)
Is secular-religious party competition moving online? Digital religious profiles of candidates running for the European Parliament
(Eva-Maria Euchner, David Schweizer, Daniela Braun, Frontiers in Political Science)
IA governor signs bill protecting student ‘released time’ for religious instruction
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
From Fear to Violence: Religious Attacks in Sri Lanka
(National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka)
Brazil: Evangelicals advance and Afro-Brazilian religions triple in the country (Portuguese)
(Alícia Bernardes, Correio Braziliense)
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Religious preschools push to prevent kids from opting out of church
(Monique Merrill, Courthouse News Service)
Kaine statement on Trump Administration’s revival of travel ban policy
(Tim Kaine, U.S. Senate)
Friday, 6 June 2025
Opinion: Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm’n.
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Supreme Court protects Catholic Charities’ mission to serve
(Becket)
Supreme Court sides with Catholic social ministry over tax exemption
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Justices back Catholic groups' religious tax exemption claim
(Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
Supreme Court sides with Catholic Charities in case about tax exemptions and religion
(Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
(Mari Yamaguchi, Mayuko Ono, and Foster Klug, Religion News Service)
Array of rainbows and religions marks WorldPride interfaith service in DC
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court backs Catholic Charities in tax exemption case
(Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
Druid Fellowship’s first millennial leader aims to modernize pagan church
(Heather Greene, Religion News Service)
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions
(Charles J. Russo, The Conversation)
Berliners are rediscovering their faith outdoors through local pilgrimages
(Elissa Mardiney, Religion News Service)
9th Circuit hears oral arguments over religious exemptions from Washington antidiscrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
For religious minorities in India, even tragedies turn into trials
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Jersey Shore firefighter wins court battle over growing beard on religious grounds
(NJ.com)
Religious freedom in Russia continues to decline, say experts
(Gina Christian, OSV News)
When Dharma meets Dobbs: Navigating abortion through the Hindu-American lens
(Sai Santosh Kumar Kolluru, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The tension in India between free speech and religion
(Vishal Arora, Religion Unplugged)
Local faith leaders condemn recent ICE raids at South Park restaurants
(Tony Shin, Fox 5 News)
Pakistan: End cyclical harassment and persecution of minority Ahmadiyya community
(Amnesty International)
New wave of violence targets Pakistan’s Ahmadi community
(Jamaima Afridi, Religion Unplugged)
Korean bishops urge President Lee to promote unity, peace
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hamas condemns incursion by Israeli settlers into al-Aqsa Mosque
(Press TV)
Faith communities share innovative solutions in World Hunger Day webinar
(World Council of Churches)
Religious communities confront menstrual stigma in international webinar
(World Council of Churches)
Churches urge commitment to Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
(World Council of Churches)
No respite: The systematic suppression of freedom of religion or belief in Cuba
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Quran burned outside mosque in France's Lyon
(Daily Sabah)
A dangerous breach: Church, state, and the moral erosion of Armenian democracy
(Asbarez)
Halal slaughter, stunning and religious freedom: Animal sacrifice laws in the UK and Netherlands
(Al Hakam)
NGOs hold annual protest vigil outside Eritrean Embassy in London
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Political Islam in Europe: Balancing freedom of belief and democratic integrity
(Atalayar)
Danish PM seeks to extend religious full-face veil ban to educational institutions
(Lauren Walker, Euronews)
Analysts: Trump’s action on Harvard, Columbia could have implications for religious groups
(Kate Scanlon, OSV News)
BJC condemns new travel ban as ‘state-sanctioned discrimination’
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Thursday, 5 June 2025
WEBINAR, 5 June 2025: Religious Freedom Conditions in Azerbaijan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 5 June 2025: The future of EU security and defence
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Egypt says the sovereignty of a famous monastery is assured
(Associated Press)
EVENT, 4 June 2025: Religious education: fit for present and future? The role of Religion in the formation of young generations at the European Schools (Brussels)
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
WEBINAR, 4 June 2025: Comparative Approaches to Law and Religion: Methods and Epistemologies of Comparative Legal Analysis
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
What’s at stake for St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai, and why does it matter for international religious freedom?
(ekathimerini)
In Brazil, court rules in favor of Seventh-day Adventist judoka
(Larissa Zanardi, Adventist Review)
Iran urges Kenya to embrace 'religious democracy' at Khomeini anniversary
(James Wanzala, Standard Media)
The Supreme Court just rejected a religion case. At least 2 of the justices aren’t happy about it
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
‘We don’t get to discriminate’: How a Raleigh ministry decided to help resettle Afrikaners
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Deadlocked Supreme Court won’t allow nation’s first public religious charter school
(Josh Gerstein and Juan Perez, Politco)
Canada: Should ayahuasca be made legal? A N.S. religious freedom case tests that argument
(Richard Cuthbertson, CBC News)
Secularism in Quebec schools: Experts calls for dialogue and diversity
(Martin LaSalle, Université de Montréal)
US defense chief Hegseth leads Christian prayer service at Pentagon
(Reuters)
Residents sue city of Quincy to stop plan for religious statues on public building
(ACLU)
Defend our secular Constitution against the introduction of Islamic banking
(Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, Ghana Web)
Churches together for peace: CEC releases 2024 Annual Report
(Conference of European Churches)
CEC Governing Board steers programmatic direction in Cluj meeting
(Conference of European Churches)
'All Jewish Americans are questioning their security' after violent antisemitic attacks
(Kayla Epstein, BBC News)
Australia extends license for nation’s biggest fossil fuel project
(Annabel Hennessy, Human Rights Watch)
Churches Together for Peace: Annual Report 2024
(Conference of European Churches)
Sam Brownback religious freedom under attack
(YouTube Video, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Triple threat: Mali Christians caught between government repression, censorship and extremist attacks
(Obianuju Mbah, Christian Today)
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