{"id":62099,"date":"2018-06-18T15:06:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=62099"},"modified":"2018-09-05T09:53:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:53:31","slug":"some-news-on-the-religious-freedom-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/06\/some-news-on-the-religious-freedom-front.html","title":{"rendered":"Some news on the religious freedom front"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51305\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-24-at-10.52.32-PM.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51305\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-24-at-10.52.32-PM.png\" alt=\"dcp 666\" width=\"574\" height=\"768\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My wife took this photo of one of the participants at a recent BYU\/University of Jordan conference with her iPhone. He is seated in the Samir Shamma Theatre of the School of Law at the University of Jordan, located in Amman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Brigham Young University\u2019s very significant International Center for Law and Religion Studies (in connection with which I participated in a conference at the law school of the University of Jordan back in April) will be hosting its\u00a02018 Religious Freedom Annual Review:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/religiousfreedom.byu.edu\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/religiousfreedom.byu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The theme this year is \u201cReligious Freedom and the Common Good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of the gathering, I will be chairing a workshop on \u201cReligious Freedom Issues Facing American Muslims.\u201d \u00a0It will be held twice \u2014 once before lunch, from 11 AM to 11:45 AM, and once after lunch, from 2:45 PM until 3:30 PM. \u00a0The participants on the workshop panel, beside myself, will be:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Haroon Azar, Senior Fellow and Program Director, Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations<\/p>\n<p>Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law and Chancellor\u2019s Social Justice Scholar, Center for Security, Race, and Rights, Rutgers University Law School<\/p>\n<p>Ossama Bahloul, Resident Scholar, Islamic Center of Nashville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re certainly welcome to come to all or part of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Wheeler has called my attention to this encouraging story out of Africa from back in the middle of May:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaprimenews.com\/2018\/05\/14\/religion\/ramadan-church-in-nigeria-shares-bags-of-grains-to-hundreds-of-needy-muslims-idps-prays-for-peaceful-coexistence\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cRamadan \u2013 Church In Nigeria Shares Bags of Grains to Hundreds of Needy Muslims, IDPs \u2026.Prays For Peaceful Coexistence\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I believe that it was also Matthew Wheeler who drew my notice to this significant item:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/islam-isnt-holding-back-muslim-womens-education-heres-bigger-problem-974357\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cIslam Isn\u2019t Holding Back Muslim Women\u2019s Education \u2014 Here\u2019s the Bigger Problem\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a story out of China:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/jun\/6\/chinas-christian-persecution-highest-level-mao\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201c\u2018Human rights disaster\u2019: China\u2019s persecution of Christians at highest level since Mao:\u00a0Churches shuttered or razed completely, Bibles confiscated and believers sent to \u2018re-education\u2019 camps\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some rather chilling news from Ireland, where a secularist tyranny appears to be looming on the horizon:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2018\/06\/after-the-irish-debacle\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cAfter the Irish Debacle\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/ireland-catholic-hospitals-forced-provide-abortion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cPro-Choice Authoritarianism Is Coming to Ireland\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-44461824\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cIrish Catholic hospitals \u2018will have to perform abortions'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Americans should not be complacent, though. \u00a0Analogous trends can be observed here in the United States, too, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong data-iceapw=\"77\" data-iceapc=\"1\">No man is an island,<br>\nEntire of itself.<br>\nEach is a piece of the continent,<br>\nA part of the\u00a0main.<br>\nIf a\u00a0clod\u00a0be washed\u00a0away\u00a0by the sea,<br>\nEurope is the less.<br>\nAs well as if a promontory were.<br>\nAs well as if a manor of thine own<br>\nOr of thine friend\u2019s were.<br>\nEach man\u2019s death diminishes me,<br>\nFor I am involved in mankind.<br>\nTherefore, send not to know<br>\nFor whom the bell tolls,<br>\nIt tolls for thee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">John Donne (1624)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mercifully, though, there have been some recent victories for religious liberty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LetFreedomSpeak\/videos\/851208925086702\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a video<\/a> of the reaction of Jack Phillips to his vindication in the Supreme Court case <em>Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights<\/em> <em>Commission<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LetFreedomSpeak\/videos\/851208925086702\/<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Brigham Young University\u2019s very significant International Center for Law and Religion Studies (in connection with which I participated in a conference at the law school of the University of Jordan back in April) will be hosting its\u00a02018 Religious Freedom Annual Review: \u00a0 https:\/\/religiousfreedom.byu.edu \u00a0 The theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Some news on the religious freedom front<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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