Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 20 December 2024
The Magico-Juridical Hypothesis
(Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 30
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Uganda: Museveni commends Catholic Church for mentoring youth
(Kenneth Kazibwe, Nile Post)
Incivility costs business $2.7 billion daily
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Free Exercise: Religion, the First Amendment, and the Making of America
(Chris Beneke, Oxford University Press)
As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in
(Julia Frankel, Associated Press)
Brazil: Church fights against gambling
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: The origins of antisemitism in Canada and why it has spiked
(Jerry Grafstein, Jewish News Syndicate)
Kyrgyzstan: Muslim's jail term increased, raids on Jehovah's Witness, Hare Krishna, Protestant events
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Protecting church from state
(Dave Yost, American Mind)
Colombia: Lessons learned from public policy in Colombia to identify violations of religious freedom
(John Fredy Osorio Cardona, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Mexico encourages citizens to drop off firearms at churches
(Agence France-Presse)
Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule
(Laila Bassam, John Davison, Maggie Michael and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)
Sister Helen Prejean on capital punishment, justice, and meeting victims' families
(Billy Binion, Reason)
WCC general secretary receives medal from Kazakhstan for interreligious dialogue
(World Council of Churches)
COMECE advocates for the unique contribution of Religious Education at the European Schools in latest position paper
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest December 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ban on legal gender recognition: the missed opportunity of the Y.T. v Bulgaria revision
(Marie-Hélène Ludwig and Arpi Avetisyan, Strasbourg Observers)
India: High Court judge criticised for controversial remarks towards Muslim community
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Malaysia issues religious decree against Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
(EU Reporter)
Religion and foreign policy webinar: The Pope and international relations
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Religious freedom advocates congratulate Rubio on nomination to lead US State Department, call for greater focus on religious prisoners of conscience
(ADF International)
Rabbi David Saperstein, 50 years later, still committed to lobbying for common ground
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
How the UK became ‘western capital’ for sharia courts
(The Times)
Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions
(Joshua McElwee, Reuters)
Georgia agrees to allow students who choose Christian college to receive financial aid
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Missouri man pleads guilty to federal civil rights and arson charges for setting fire to Mormon church
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Justice Department sues City of Brunswick, Georgia, for trying to close Christian resource center for homeless individuals
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Government restrictions on religion stayed at peak levels globally in 2022
(Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center)
Nepal: The door is now open to churches in Nepal
(Surendra Bajracharya, Christianity Today)
Niger: Amid social challenges, youth advance culture of peace
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Senegal’s religious actors and family welfare: Looking back, looking ahead
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
KAICIID and ASEAN-IPR strengthen partnership with the signing of MoU on peacebuilding and dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Uzbekistan: Restoration and reinvention: Breathing new life into Uzbekistan’s Islamic spaces
(Joseph Hammond, Religion Unplugged)
China: New crackdown on Yiguandao in Guangdong
(Zhao Zhangyong, Bitter Winter)
China: The macro consequences as religious trends in China unfold
(John Allen Jr., Word on Fire)
China: Daoism under Sinicization. 2. Sinicization in practice
(Karine Martin, Bitter Winter)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
The Supreme Court just took up its first religion case of the year. It could add 6 more
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
We studied 20 places around the world and found the most common diseases linked with voluntary assisted dying
(Eliana Close and James Downer, The Conversation)
How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam
(Loveday Morris, Meg Kelly, Imogen Piper, Souad Mekhennet and Koba Ryckewaert, The Washington Post)
Minnesota ignores Supreme Court, continues religious discrimination
(Charles J. Russo, Catholic World Report)
No fine for Bible text on taxi; German city drops penalty
(Christian Network Europe)
Nigeria: Christian mother of 5, Rhoda Jatau, fully acquitted of charges for “blasphemy”
(ADF International)
Nigeria: Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies
(Associated Press)
Hospital employee's vaccine objections were religious
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indiana Supreme Court lets preliminary injunction against abortion ban when it violates religious beliefs stand
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Law Commission: scoping financial remedies on divorce
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK Foreign Secretary writes to imprisoned Protestant pastor
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
King Charles III attends event at Catholic Church remembering Christians in Middle East
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada urged to fight antisemitism after second firebomb attack on Montreal synagogue
(Ari David Blaff, National Post)
Estonian university cuts ties with Israeli institution, drawing government rebuke
(Shira Li Bartov, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Occupied Ukraine: Masked, armed men in third raid on church's worship meetings
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Baker returns to court in religious freedom fight: ‘Not sacrificing her faith’
(Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)
Muslim school sues French politician for defamation
(Aymen Alami, Morocco World News)
The Supreme Court leads the way to a new phase regarding the transgender debate
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)
Monday, 16 December 2024
Indonesia inaugurates tunnel linking two iconic places of worship
(Shia News Association)
Fact Check: Sweden tightened laws on religious schools in 2022, did not ban them
(Reuters)
Canada: After religious symbols law, Quebec eyes ban on public prayer: Where the province is headed on secularism
(Antoni Nerestant, CBC News)
Canada: Policy brief: The risks of advance requests for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
(Rebecca Vachon and Andreae Seenyah, Cardus)
The religious rhetoric of COP29
(Kristian Noll, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Syria: Hoping for religious harmony, Christians in a Syrian town attend Mass
(Umit Bektas and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)
Syria: What will the fall of al-Assad mean for Syria’s ancient Christian community?
(Kevin Clarke, America)
Syria: Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
(Abby Sewell, Associated Press)
U.S. must insist on religious freedom in Syria
(Deseret News)
COP28: Reverent politics key to climate action
(Lynet Otieno, The Standard)
Faith, education, and the challenge facing America
(Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor)
Articles of interest - 16 December 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ohio could mandate public schools to allow third-party religious ed during school day
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Israel to shutter Ireland embassy, citing ‘antisemitic rhetoric of the Irish government’
(Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hungary secures exemption of Patriarch Kirill from 15th EU sanctions package
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Appointment of CNC Chair for Canterbury
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Law and religion roundup – 15th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Churches seek pathways to just peace in times of war
(Conference of European Churches)
Iran pauses controversial new dress code law
(BBC)
Iran releases songstress after brief arrest over concert without hijab
(Iran International)
Faith and fury: Rising anti-blasphemy extremism in Europe and its legal implications
(Merlina Herbach and Niki Siampakou, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism)
Spanish Interfaith Dialogue Commission opposed repeal of law protecting religious sentiments
(Orthodox Times)
Outrage as Minnesota Satanists given holiday display at State Capitol
(Andrew Stanton, Newsweek)
‘They said we were American spies’: Priests describe Russia’s crackdown on Evangelicals in occupied Ukraine
(Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN)
Epic in politics: benefits and detriments (Spanish)
(Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)
Technology, AI and social media - The three horsemen of contemporary atrocity crimes
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
SNAP work requirement did not violate free exercise rights of plaintiff's adult children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Friday, 13 December 2024
Religious freedom: Toward a pluralist understanding
(Jaclyn Neo, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Biden-Harris Administration releases first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate
(The White House)
The national strategy to combat Islamophobia is a huge step forward — for Sikhs, too
(Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)
Justices take up cases on religious tax exemption and California climate change mandate
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court to decide if serving the needy is religious
(Becket)
U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether serving those in need can be a religious activity
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Supreme Court takes up religion case for first time in nearly 2 years
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Most congregations avoid discussing politics, new study shows
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)
Nigeria: Church pushes back against attempts to legalize abortion
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Regulation of FoRB rights by organized crime in Mexico: A real although largely overlooked issue
(Teresa I. Flores, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Explained: India's controversial Places of Worship law
(BBC)
India: A temple reborn: Finding hope and harmony in Kashmir
(Zaffar Iqbal, Religion Unplugged)
German Rights Institute warns of rising anti-Muslim racism
(Middle East Monitor)
The loss and recovery of a place for faith in the public square
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
The Founders’ Gift: Free Exercise of Religion
(Thomas Farr, The Catholic Thing)
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