Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 18 October 2024
Praying man breached abortion clinic safe zone
(BBC)
Court delivers “first known conviction of a ‘thoughtcrime’ in modern British history”
(Michael Curzon, The European Conservative)
Guilty: Army Vet convicted for praying silently near abortion facility
(ADF UK)
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate
(Sean Murphy, Associated Press)
The House of Lords debates humanist weddings again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Far-right leader who burned copies of Qur’an goes on trial in Sweden
(Miranda Bryant, The Guardian)
India: Muslims ‘in constant fear’ amid hate campaign in India’s Himachal Pradesh
(Samriddhi Sakunia, Al Jazeera)
China: Gansu, Association of Disciples member deprogrammed—to atheism
(Fang Yongrui, Bitter Winter)
China is building an anti-Semitic Leviathan
(Seth Mandel, Commentary)
Liberians react to Ghana’s anti-homosexuality bill
(New Dawn)
Liberia: Former LCC president calls on regional Christian community to combat unwholesome activities
(Willie N. Tokpah, Front Page Africa)
Gaza's cultural and religious heritage lies in ruins after a year of attacks by Israel
(Elis Gjevori, Middle East Eye)
‘Apocalyptic’: Israel destroys mosque, bombs market in southern Lebanon
(Al Jazeera)
French Senate speaker 'astounded' by Macron 'ignorance' on Israel
(AFP, Al-Monitor)
Iran: Christian converts held incommunicado month after re-arrest
(Article 18)
Australia: Not a g’day for religious freedom
(Amy Lewis, World)
Hopes for religious harmony come to life in the Muslim Vatican
(The Economist)
Christian realtor persecuted for ‘hate speech’ after posting Bible verses on Facebook
(Ashley Bateman, Federalist)
In Lithuania, university students build culture of peace through Thursdays in Black
(World Council of Churches)
Student and faculty engagement at Utah Valley University and University of Utah
(X, Office of International Religious Freedom)
Colombia: WCC welcomes extension of ceasefire, reaffirms importance of peace talks in Colombia
(World Council of Churches)
Uruguay: United across differences: How KAICIID's Fellows Programme is fostering dialogue in Uruguay
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Argentina: A sad outcome for the 37th Plurinational Gathering of LGBT in Jujuy (Spanish)
(Cuestion Entrerriana)
Christian Left gathers to confront ‘crisis of democracy’
(Sarah Carter, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way
(Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Hungary, UN expert Nazila Ghanea Reports on Discrimination and Religious Rights
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
WCC deeply concerned by escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula
(World Council of Churches)
Kazakhstan’s attempts ‘spiritual diplomacy’ amid challenging freedom of religion reports
(Xhoi Zajmi, Euractiv)
DOT penalizes Lufthansa $4 million for violating passengers’ civil rights
(U.S. Department of Transportation)
Principles of democracy: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
(Thum Ping Tjin, New Naratif)
Vietnam: Religions accompanying nation in development process
(Vietnam Plus)
In Spain, Islamic education is overlooked despite increasing demand and need for inclusivity in schools
(Bianca Carrera, The New Arab)
Hate crimes fell in California last year, but religion-based incidents increased sharply
(Public Policy Institute of California)
In Russia, Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger
(Reuters)
In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military handed over the property of five churches to local religious communities for safekeeping
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia: religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin
(International Campaign for Tibet)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Mongolia, the forgotten Soviet satellite
(Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
The Saudi religious discourse: Moderation in the face of extremism
(Mohammed Al-Sulami, Arab News)
Religious freedom and peacemaking
(Knox Thames, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ahead of the Trend Newsletter - 16 October 2024
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Local congregation cannot sue parent in property dispute after all its members were excommunicated
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
6th Circuit finds that employee's objections to Covid testing were not religious
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Georgia excludes students from state aid who choose to attend Christian college
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Deion Sanders is caught up in a religious freedom conflict — again
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty'
(Fiona Murphy, Religion News Service)
Religious school choice advocates envision next steps after significant wins
(Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)
Canadian crackdown on Israel-linked charities raises concerns in Jewish community
(Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Anti-Zionism as a protected belief: final judgment in Miller v University of Bristol
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church to mosque; England's new Cardinal; Last Christians of Gaza
(BBC Radio)
Foreign Office criticised for neglecting religious freedom
(Tablet)
RFBF is an official stakeholder in APPG FoRB
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Scottish bishops calling on government to respect right to life for the unborn
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
CEC congratulates Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on receiving the Schwarzkopf Europe Prize
(Conference of European Churches)
To end the scourge of human trafficking
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad
(Angelo Amante, Reuters)
Tribal nations, Catholic bishops among diverse coalition urging Supreme Court to protect Oak Flat
(Becket)
Communiqué from the meeting of the Joint Commission of Representatives of the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Bishops' Conference
(Polish Bishops' Conference)
How people in Turkey view societal conflicts and institutions in their country
(Laura Clancy, Jacob Poushter, Sofia Hernandez Ramones, Pew Research Center)
PC(USA) joins in friend of the court brief in support of religious liberty
(Mike Ferguson, Presbyterian News Service)
Catholic school principal in France fired for ‘breaching secularism’
(Caroline de Sury, OSV News)
A call to defend the legacy of pluralism and fraternity in times of global crisis (Spanish)
(Consejo Argentino para la Libertad Religiosa)
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
EVENT, 15 October 2024: 7th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom: Finding Common Ground for Religious Freedom (Dallas, TX, USA)
(DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)
EVENT, 15 October 2024 (5PM GMT+1): Diversity in the Spotlight: Challenges and Opportunities for a New Government Era (Cambridge, UK)
(Woolf Institute)
WEBINAR, 15 October 2024 (10AM ET): To End the Scourge of Human Trafficking
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
No civil court claim over publicizing religious court's statement that litigant refuses to appear in the religious court
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Monday, 14 October 2024
Remarks by President Biden during a call with Jewish faith leaders for High Holidays
(The White House)
Jan Figel’s call for dignity and religious freedom at the Faith and Freedom Summit IV
(INFO-TODAY.EU)
Australian archbishop urges rejection of ‘Equality Bill’ in New South Wales
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
From Japan to Africa: Women leading the struggle for religious freedom
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Religion Watch, ‘Volume 39 No. 11’ (France, Somalia, Australia, and more)
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
UN expert to visit Hungary to assess freedom of religion or belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
UK lawmakers to consider law to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill that carries warning from church leaders
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Man jailed over Facebook posts that called for the burning of mosques and murder of worshippers
(Tell MAMA)
New resources launched to support prayer and action on religious persecution
(The Church of England)
Scottish Government U-turn on bus passes for asylum seekers welcomed
(The Church of Scotland)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 28
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Articles of interest - 14 October 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
"Our democracy is only as strong as it is inclusive": RPL Webinar discusses media, religion, and the nation
(Religion and Public Life, Harvard Divinity School)
Summit of the Future: Charting a path toward peace grounded in a shared identity
(Bahá’í World News Service)
A Sri Lankan paradox: The COVID-19 pandemic and political change
(Katherine Marshall and Vinya Ariyaratne, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Bangladesh: Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security following attacks
(Julhas Alam and Al Emrun Garjon, Associated Press)
Attack on Catholics or TikTok trend? Democratic governor’s video sparks faith-based backlash
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Irish bishops call for more welcoming policy for immigrants
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Historic Prague synagogue used on Yom Kippur for the first time since the Holocaust
(Shira Li Bartov, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope Francis met with Volodymyr Zelensky
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Interview with Eric Roux, new elected Chair of the United Religions Initiative (URI)
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Right-wing populism and religion – The case of Brothers of Italy
(Luca Ozzano, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The law and politics of creation of the micro religious Bektashi state in Albania
(Kushtrim Istrefi and Luca Pasquet, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
New Jersey man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for breaking into Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University and destroying property
(U.S. Department of Justice)
India: Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan, The Guardian)
India: Religious nationalism or communalism in India?
(Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Saniya Khan, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Lawsuit settlement paves way for Mosque to be allowed in Washtenaw County township
(M Live)
Church leaders ask for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
(World Council of Churches)
Holy See and Burkina Faso sign Second Additional Protocol strengthening legal status of the Catholic Church
(Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Sudan: Christians arrested after fleeing conflict, others report being pressured to convert
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Definitions of ‘church’ and ‘association of churches’ must be updated to prevent abuse of special legal protections, study argues
(Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame)
Senegal lifts ban on religious symbols in schools as new academic year begins
(Shia Waves)
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