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Monday, 13 February 2023

Priest killed in Mexico, threats force concert to cancel
(Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 13 February 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Daesh kills 11, kidnaps 64 near Syria's Palmyra: SOHR
(Middle East Monitor)

Al-Azhar: Muslims’ support for Al-Aqsa Mosque based on religious beliefs
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Arab leaders warn Israeli actions threaten regional turmoil
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)

Indonesian university honors Vatican official for interfaith dialogue
(Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Two weeks in review, 30 January – 12 February
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Uyghurs languish in forced labor, re-education camps as Chinese governor preps European visit
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Saudi columnists bolster calls for reform of Muslim religious law – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

Pakistan: Sindh: Stifling minorities
(Tushar Ranjan Mohanty, South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR))

Australian PM reaffirms commitment to allow religious schools to hire staff based on faith
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

India: Kerala HC: Religion does not propagate terrorism; fundamentalists have distorted religion
(Sabrang)

Harvard alum petitions Supreme Court of India to legalize same-sex marriage
(Marina Qu, The Harvard Crimson)

Indian tax agents raid BBC offices in wake of Modi documentary
(Al Jazeera)

The freedom of religion or belief movement needs to be honest and talk about this
(Floyd Brobbel, The Christian Post)

Ethiopia news: President Sahle-Work cautions against using “race and religion” for political gain, calls it “crossing red line” after meeting with Orthodox Church leaders
(Addis Standard)

Rio de Janeiro: The fight against religious intolerance gains a strong ally, the Permanent Forum on Law and Religions (Portuguese)
(Blog Tais Paranhos)

Brazil: Report on growing cases of intolerance is released during the National Week to Combat Religious Intolerance (Portuguese)
(UNESCO)

Friday, 10 February 2023

Fidei Defensor
(Reverend Dr. Andrew Teal, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

IRF Summit 2023: Recordings available
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

Mexico’s Supreme Court decisions during the Cristero Rebellion
(Alejandro Díaz Domínguez, Journal of Church and State)

Religious conversion and citizenship: The rise of limbo between secular and Islamic citizenship in Malaysia
(Myengkyo Seo, Journal of Church and State)

Pope: Human trafficking 'disfigures dignity'
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)

Pope seeks release of Cubans arrested during 2021 protests
(Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press)

Let us honour the memory of Patriarch Antonios by bringing an end to the violations of the Eritrean regime
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Return the Lavra to its rightful owners. Basilian monks met with the chairman of the Ternopil Regional Council
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Head quarter Jehovah's Witnesses closed in Kherson
(Christian Network Europe)

Iran urged by HRWF to release 13 Ahmadis detained for 8 weeks
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Iran: “Christians are constantly watched as spies”
(Willy Fautré, Bitter Winter)

WCC general secretary offers reflections at Global Tolerance & Human Fraternity Summit in Abu Dhabi
(World Council of Churches)

Spain offers citizenship to freed Nicaraguan political prisoners
(Al Jazeera)

Demolition threatens 400-year-old chapel in India
(Basant Rawat, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indian gov’t withdraws appeal to hug cows on Valentine’s Day
(Associated Press)

Indian states asked to report on Christian persecution
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Russia: Fled fearing prosecution for preaching that war is "terrible"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

In synagogues and on the streets, Israel’s new ‘faithful left’ is making itself felt
(Deborah Danan, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Social media restricted in Ethiopia after church rift turns violent
(Reuters)

Nicaraguan Catholic bishop sentenced to decades in prison, citizenship stripped
(Ismael Lopez, Reuters)

Parliament of the World’s Religions welcomes faith leaders to Board of Trustees
(Religion News Service)

USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in Central Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

China: An idolatrous state tries to smother the church
(Eric Patterson, World)

Do Australian churches require buffer zones against protests?
(Madeleine Rose Jones, Spectator Australia)

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

International lawmakers call on social media giants to act against online antisemitism
(Omri Nahmias, The Jerusalem Post)

EU bishops demand release of clergy detained in Nicaragua
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Catholic priests in Nicaragua sentenced to decade behind bars
(Reuters)

Global Interfaith Monitor No. 8
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Holy See upholds OSCE efforts to combat rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe
(Vatican News)

USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in the Horn of Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

In fresh move in tax dispute with Vatican, Israel freezes Notre Dame hotel accounts
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)

Ukrainian ambassador condemns the congratulations of the head of the Polish Orthodox Church to Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Occupation "police officers" brag about "exposing" the Jehovah's Witnesses in the Kherson region
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Many Ukrainians are fleeing to the Greek Catholic Church in Lviv, which has a long and complex history in the Orthodox faith
(J. Eugene Clay, The Conversation)

Tibetan political prisoner and monk dies in Chinese custody
(Radio Free Asia)

Irreconcilable differences: Law, Religion, and Taiwan’s relationship with China
(André Laliberté, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

400 KAICIID-supported journalists promote peace in CAR
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Indonesia: Who are genuine Muslim moderates? Separating the wheat from the chaff – analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

Pakistan’s top rights group raises ‘alarm’ on religious freedom
(Al Jazeera)

Cardinal Hollerich demands the release of Bishop Rolando and the other detainees in Nicaragua
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Kenya: In new interview, Archbishop Muheria berates persistent political bickering, calls on government, opposition to deliver
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Cuba: Documented religious freedom violations more than double in 2022
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Suspected ISIS members arrested in Turkey - report
(The Jerusalem Post)

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon
(Al Jazeera)

Nicolás Maduro places his faith in the evangelical churches
(Florantonia Singer, El País)

Brazilian bishops' "holy indignation" over violence against Indigenous people
(Ivan Fernandes, La Croix International)

Brazil: Babalorixá assumes coordination of religious freedom in the ministry of Silvio de Almeida (Portuguese)
(Monica Bergamo, Politica Livre)

Brazil: Legal implications of the exercise of faith in Brazil (Portuguese)
(Gilberto Garcia, Migalhas)

Brazil: Government ordinance prohibiting religious contact with Yanomamis is unconstitutional (Portuguese)
(Leonardo Desideri, Gazeta do Povo)

Monday, 6 February 2023

Two more mosques were vandalised and set ablaze in a wave of Anti-Ahmadiyya hatred in Pakistan
(The European Times)

Hazara Committee in UK releases report on situation of community in Pakistan
(Myind.net)

The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws
(Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation)

Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions
(Nitya Rao, The Conversation)

India: Supreme Court seeks replies from 7 states on anti-conversion law
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)

Mumbai: Undeterred by Court, 'suspended' BJP MLA Raja Singh again calls for violence against Muslims
(Sukanya Shantha, The Wire)

India: Supreme Court issues notice on another petition filed by Teesta Setalvad's NGO CJP challenging anti-conversion laws of 5 more states
(Padmakshi Sharma, Livelaw.in)

Religious freedom ‘under assault’ across the world, leaders testify at summit
(Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency)

Myanmar: Two years after the Tatmadaw’s coup
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

The Muslim hijab: A tale of two moralities
(Ayesha Mahmood Malik, The Review of Religions)

Conclusion of the Religious Expert Examination of the Statute on Governance of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for the presence of ecclesiastical and canonical ties with the Moscow Patriarchate
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Almost 500 religious sites were destroyed in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

On religion and immigration in “Defeating the Dictators”
(Charles Dunst, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

United Nations: Men and boys to play active role to end FGM
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Global Law and Christianity: Discussion with the book Christianity and Global Law, by eds Rafael Domingo and John Witte, Jr
(Grzegorz J Blicharz, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty. by Edward A. David
(Michael Bradley, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Countering the Fiction of Neutrality: Pushing for Transparency?
(Cathérine Van de Graaf and Angelika Nußberger, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

TPNRD releases new report on Chinese religious diplomacy
(Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)

Pope, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders denounce anti-gay laws
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Photos of the week: Pope Francis in Africa; Candlemas
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Articles of interest - 6 February 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholics press for prison reform in post-Bolsonaro Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Brazil: Transcending divisions through a shared identity
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Outrage over far-right Israeli government has American Jewish leaders stewing
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Iran: Wife of imprisoned church leader released on bail
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Churches reach out with care and prayers in wake of powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria
(World Council of Churches)

Turkey arrests ISIS members allegedly targeting Istanbul synagogues
(David I. Klein, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Philippines: Ending clan wars crucial to sustaining peace
(Ana P. Santos and Jezreel Ines, Deutsche Welle)

Rights advocate Figel’ says ‘human dignity’ at root of freedoms
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Introductory Note: Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (December 1992)
(Heiner Bielefeldt and Michael Wiener, Audiovisual Library of International Law)

Diplomats, faith leaders urged to advance religious tolerance
(James Martone, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Church slams bid to tighten Japan's immigration law
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Conversion therapy bans: an ongoing threat to Biblical Christianity – Part 1
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)

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