Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Head of Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster loses discrimination case against ex-Dublin Lord Mayor
(Seán McCárthaigh, Irish Mirror)
Australia: Labor waters down promised ‘hate speech’ bill
(Cath News)
“English Nationalism”, anti-Islamic views and the limits on philosophical belief: Thomas
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bishops to discuss difficulties in Crown Nominations Commission processes
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Church Safeguarding Panel: new chair appointed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
EVENT, 10 September 2024 (8AM GMT+2): Strengthening Partnerships and Human Rights (Brussels, Belgium)
(Fearghas O’Beara and Vasileios Alexandros Papakonstantinou, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Monday, 9 September 2024
Can schools stop students from praying?
(Frank S. Ravitch, The Conversation)
Around the web - 9 September 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
India: Protecting the hijab by law: Is it an essential religious practice?
(Divyansh Nautiyal, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
India: New Delhi to renew firecracker ban ahead of Diwali to combat pollution
(Reuters)
Without freedom there can be no progress
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
USCIRF releases report analyzing State Department CPC designations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Cuba: USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom conditions in Cuba
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
'Tsunami of anti-Semitism' stirs fears of dark days for Jews
(Nina Larson, AFP)
Free Exercise: America's story of religious liberty (movie trailer and screenings)
Ending persecution: Charting the path to global religious freedom (podcast on book release)
(Jeremy Barker and Knox Thames, Middle East File)
Global Religious Pluralities: How should we talk about religion today?
(James Walters, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Churches still have an 'important' role to play in Scottish Parliament business
(The Church of Scotland)
How the new 310 bus route became a culture war within a week
(Oliver Keens, The Standard)
Is the UK’s new atheist prime minister cause for caution?
(John Mac Ghlionn, Religion Unplugged)
Law and religion roundup – 8th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Floodlit churches – a recent judgment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mexico: Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 9 September 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s white Christian nationalism
(Tobin Miller Shearer, The Conversation)
U.S. must acknowledge and address religious persecution in Nigeria
(David K. Trimble, Real Clear Politics)
CEC-CCEE advances the revision of the Charta Oecumenica
(Conference of European Churches)
St. Isidore of Seville redux: Do faith-based charter schools have a future?
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on mission in Pakistan
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
China: Catholic priests from Fujian mobilized for “patriotic education” in Xinjiang
(Zeng Liqin, Bitter Winter)
Kenya: Govt directs prison administrators to allocate land to build churches, mosques
(Denzel Maina, Kenyans.co)
Sudanese archbishop pleads for peace, as humanitarian agencies warn of catastrophic hunger crisis
(World Council of Churches)
Ahmadis in Pakistan: Lawyer threatened with disbarment, four jailed with false blasphemy charges
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
UCLA failed Jewish students like me
(Yitzy Frankel, Real Clear Education)
White Protestants and Catholics support Trump, but voters in other U.S. religious groups prefer Harris
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)
‘Conversion therapy’ bans threaten religious freedom in 21 states
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Nigerian officials warn people off church's 'miracle' water
(Makuochi Okafor, BBC)
UN: From international hope to global disappointment (Spanish)
(Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)
Why the pope just criticized Ukraine
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Saturday, 7 September 2024
CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 7 September 2024: The Special Rapporteur's visit to Hungary; issues related to freedom of religion or belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Friday, 6 September 2024
Pope and imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque make joint call to fight violence, protect planet
(Nicole Winfield and Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
EVENT, 6 September 2024 (9AM CT): Louisiana Religious Freedom Summit (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
(Louisiana Religious Freedom Alliance)
Evaluating Indonesian Muslims’ engagement with China – analysis
(Xue Song, Eurasia Review)
China’s World Buddhist Forum aimed at boosting soft power: experts
(Dickey Kundol and Tenzin Dickyi, Radio Free Asia)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest August 16-31
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
How China’s boarding schools in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) are erasing a people’s identity: A Uyghur view
(Abdulhakim Idris, Bitter Winter)
WCC meets with Churches' Commission for Migrants to strengthen collaboration
(World Council of Churches)
Kenya: Religious leaders call for community inclusion in development
(Kenya News Agency)
Global institute convenes leaders in Kenya to reimagine a just economy
(World Council of Churches)
At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)
Archbishop Ieronymos and Greek Culture Minister discuss church-state relations and monument preservation
(Greek City Times)
Polish church defends religious teaching against new government curbs
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic Review)
Taking religion out of schools “removes inalienable part of Polishness”, warns president
(Notes from Poland)
Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications
(Edited by Ori Z Soltes and Rachel Stern, Fordham University Press)
Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
(David Sharp, Associated Press)
Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
(Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press)
11th Circuit: Barring use of PA system for pre-game prayers does not violate 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Rutgers task force report urges university to add caste discrimination ban
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
Rwanda: Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
U.S. secures deal with Nicaragua to release jailed Christians, political activists
(James Lynch, National Review)
Venezuela: Maduro declares Christmas in October amid Venezuela’s post-election strife
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)
British charity warns against “regressive” assisted suicide law as Dame Esther Rantzen calls for new vote
(Anglican Ink)
Starmer urged to reconvene cross-government group as united front in tackling Jew-hate
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Balancing free speech and religious sensitivities: Sokolovskiy
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Kyrgyzstan: Public discussion of latest repressive draft religion law
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Teaching the Ten Commandments and Bible in public schools is about race and history, not just the First Amendment
(Leslie Ribovich, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
India: Right to food: is eating what the state says a religious freedom issue?
(AJ Philip, Religion Unplugged)
Indonesian Muslims differ over airing call-to-prayer during papal Mass
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lanka approves burial and cremation rights bill
(Devdiscourse)
Parliament shoots down Arnhem mayor’s ban on Quran desecration
(NL Times)
Apache Stronghold heads to Supreme Court to save Oak Flat
(Becket Law)
End game nears for Hungarian church at odds with Orban
(Alexander Faludy, Balkan Insight)
Introducing: The Black Religious Liberty Curriculum
(Columbia Law School)
Black Visions of the Holy Land: African American Christian Engagement with Israel and Palestine
(Roger Baumann, Columbia University Press)
Places still available: Only training programme in Germany in “Journalism on Religion”
(University of Münster)
International religious freedom should be a priority for next president
(Max Primorac, Newsweek)
Thursday, 5 September 2024
WEBINAR, 5 September 2024 (6PM in Jerusalem): Peace-Makers Illuminating Human Dignity
(Shelagh Shalev, Praying Together in Jerusalem)
EVENT, 5 September 2024 (5:30PM ET): The Best and Surest Foundation? Faith and Democracy and the Legacy of the First Prayer in Congress (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
(American Philosophical Society)
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Opinion: Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education (Title IX's religious exemption)
(Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Pope Francis visits Indonesia amid rising religious intolerance
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
Pope Francis to Indonesians: ‘Interreligious dialogue fosters mutual respect’
(Devon Watkins, Religion Unplugged)
Pope calls world’s largest Muslim nation to fight extremism, foster tolerance
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 September 2024 (15:00 CEST): Consultation process of the new Charta Oecumenica
(Conference of European Churches)
Should churches endorse political candidates? New lawsuit reignites old debate
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Why a Catholic diocese in New Jersey is suing the U.S. government
(Rebecca Schneid, TIME)
Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
(Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)
The General v. the Pope opens a new front in Italy’s culture wars
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Challenges faced in building mosques in Italy
(Press TV)
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest August 16-31
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
“The Kremlin despises spiritual and human values and has no respect for any religion or faith,” - Volodymyr Zelensky
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Reflections and recommendations: Concluding the G20 Interfaith Forum 2024 in Brasilia
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Japan: Unification Church appeals against fine in Japan’s top court
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan: Political Injustice – the ongoing persecution of Ahmadi Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Commemorations and cultural heritage at 50 years of the partition of Cyprus
(Elizabeth H. Prodromou, The Aegean Monthly)
Eritrea: UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Honouring Eritrea’s missing voices
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
M.A. and others v. France: The ‘end demand’ model of regulating sex work goes to Strasbourg
(Dimitrios Kagiaros and Inga Thiemann, Strasbourg Observers)
Korean Americans are much more likely than people in South Korea to be Christian
(Kelsey Jo Starr and Kirsten Lesage, Pew Research Center)
Nicaragua: Religious groups affected by another mass cancellation of civil society organisations
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Supreme Court could preserve, or restrict, religious freedom in upcoming term
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Islamophobic state government video causes outrage in Germany
(Al Jazeera)
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