Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Saudi Arabia arrests man over pilgrimage for Queen Elizabeth
(Associated Press)
Patriarch Kirill: attempts to build world order without relying on moral values led to fierce confrontation
(Interfax-Religion)
The diversity of the Ukrainian religious landscape scares Russia, - religious scholar
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Cornerstone Forum: Implications of Tunisia’s new constitution on religious freedom and associated rights, governance, and national and regional stability
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Tunisia: The evolution of individual rights and religious freedom following the Arab Spring movement in Tunisia
(Mehdi Mejri, Religious Freedom Institute)
Tunisia: Guests call out burkini ban at Tunisian hotels as discriminatory
(Layli Foroudi, Reuters)
Russia’s war in Ukraine the backdrop to Pope’s Kazakh visit
(Nicole Winfield and Kostya Manenkov, The Diplomat)
Nigerian President says government “will continue to support Church in freedom of worship”
(Jude Atemanke, ACI Africa)
Nigeria: Bishops call for good governance, assert Nigeria going through its darkest history
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Canada: Alberta in showdown with human rights chief in Islamophobia controversy
(The Canadian Press)
Korean archbishop calls for equality, consensus in education
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Myanmar junta desecrates another Catholic church
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesia: Bishop slams ‘intolerant policies’ in Indonesia’s Maluku
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Arrested Muslim boy, 8, gets bail a week after India violence
(Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)
India: Conflict of law and religion in Indian context
(Shekher Hattangadi, FB Independent)
Panel: Preventing genocide of Indian Muslims
(YouTube Video, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Cuban bishops decry "gender ideology" ahead of referendum on family
(La Croix International)
Kazakhstan: Jewish Rabbi upholds role of religions in promoting peace
(Benedict Mayaki and Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
Pope, China’s Xi in Kazakhstan ahead of Xi-Putin meeting
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Brazil: Court orders Christian channels to be deleted from YouTube for religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Duda Monteiro de Barros, Veja)
Brazil: 78.4% have already been victims of religious intolerance in terreiros, research shows (Portuguese)
(Tainá Andrade, Correio Braziliense)
Monday, 12 September 2022
Barclay on religious exemptions and hate speech
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Religion Watch, Volume 38 No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Southern Africa Regional Forum on Religion and Covid-19
(Eve de la Mothe Karoubi, Sustainable Development Solutions Network)
Canada, not U.S., to resettle some Afghan religious minorities
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
Mozambique’s jihadis spread into most populous province
(Alexandre Nhampossa, Associated Press)
Bangladesh leader: Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Pope heads to Kazakh interfaith congress, without patriarch
(Nicole Winfield and Kostya Manenkov, Associated Press)
China slams Italian media over article denouncing organ harvesting
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)
The geopolitics of Pope Francis’ trip to Kazakhstan – analysis
(Courtney Mares, Eurasia Review)
Two weeks in review, 29 August – 11 September
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
India: Places of Worship Act: Scales tilt in favour of claimant seeking change
(Apurva Vishwanath, The Indian Express)
Karnataka: 4 held for throwing slippers at mosque during Ganesh festival procession
(The Indian Express)
India: Plan to end Sikh-Christian 'conversion' rift in India
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
China targets religion on radio, TV and internet
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Muslims warn of serious repercussions due to constant desecration by Jewish fanatics of Al-Aqsa Mosque
(WAFA News Agency)
Seeking justice and peace for all in the Middle East
(World Council of Churches)
Australia: Act on China’s abuses in Xinjiang
(Human Rights Watch)
Brazil: By supporting Lula, Marina defends the secular state and speaks of "threat of threats" (Portuguese)
(Lucas Teixeira, UoL Rio de Janeiro)
Brazil: Lula says the church cannot have a political party, and Bolsonaro praises “the Christian majority” (Portuguese)
(Carolina Ferreira, CNN Brasil)
Ukrainian bishops back U.N. reports of citizens deported to Russia
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukraine: Controversy about property of Kyiv-Pechersk & Pochaiv Lavras
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Friday, 9 September 2022
Indonesia: Seminar on promoting and protecting human dignity in Balinese culture
(International Committee of the Red Cross)
Indonesian Christians decry stalled church project
(Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pope Francis mourns death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II
(Devin Watkins, Vatican News)
Patriarch Kirill calls Elizabeth II symbol of sustainability of centuries-old traditions for entire Europe
(Interfax-Religion)
Egypt’s burning churches
(Paul Marshall, Providence Mag)
Mexico: University student in Mexico could lose license to practice psychology for graduation speech
(ADF International)
Walsh on juridical post-liberalism and ius
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Half of Japan governing lawmakers tied to Unification Church
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)
From shoeboxes to war zones: How Samaritan’s Purse became a $1 billion humanitarian aid powerhouse
(Yonat Shimron, Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
At World Council of Churches gathering, Russian church keeps its membership
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Indian Christians and Sikhs pledge to work for harmony after church vandalism
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: Muslim domestic workers in India changing names out of fear
(Romita Saluja, Al Jazeera)
Eritrean government rounds up teens from church service
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law
(Weronika Strzyżyńska, The Guardian)
Iran: Rights groups slam death sentences for LGBTQ activists
(Shirin Shakib, Deutsche Welle)
The researchers conclude that the Russian military often intentionally destroys churches and religious buildings
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Kazakhstan: 75 Tabligh Jamaat adherents criminally convicted since 2015
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Casual vacancies in the ICJ: Law, Practice, and Policy
(Facundo Perez Aznar, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Ecocide: an ambiguous crime?
(Jérôme de Hemptinne, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
A critical reaction to Joost Pauwelyn and Krzysztof Pelc’s “The WTO Secretariat’s ‘Open Secret’: Unpacking the Controversy”
(Giorgio Sacerdoti, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Revisiting and further exploring the human right to leave
(Özlem Gürakar Skribeland, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Sudan: Mariam Ibraheem’s triumph over persecution in Sudan
(Deborah Laker, Religion Unplugged)
Cambodia threatens action against cult leaders
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Türkiye leading 'determined and far-reaching' anti-Daesh/ISIS operations
(Merve Aydogan, Anadolu Agency)
“Commitment to the search for unity” cornerstone of WCC, stressed at closing assembly press conference
(World Council of Churches)
WCC minute urges acknowledgement of Syriac-Aramaic genocide, which “must be named by the right name”
(World Council of Churches)
Kenya: Mombasa governor-elect extends olive hand to the church
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Russia: Criminal trial of six Muslims following Turkish theologian Said Nursi
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison since 1 January 2022
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Brazil: Lula promises a government for all in Brazil
(Elsy Fors Garzon, Prensa Latina)
Tajikistan: Authorities intensify war on Ismailis, other Muslims
(Eurasianet)
Forming bonds and bridging divides at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies
(Kaya, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth)
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
The UN Uyghur Report, one week later: Three lessons China may learn
(Kok Bayraq, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
UN Report on Xinjiang: The Bitter Winter Review
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China: ‘Our people are still trapped’: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses
(Helen Davidson, The Guardian)
China: Beijing hounds Chinese church seeking safety overseas
(Tassanee Vejpongsa and Dake Kang, Associated Press)
UN report on China’s abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide
(Jo Smith Finley, The Conversation)
Islamic NGOs say they endure systematic financial discrimination
(William Worley, Devex)
The role of religion in peacebuilding and development
(United Religions Initiative)
Hong Kong: Church congregation flees persecution in Hong Kong, now seeking protection from UN
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)
Ekins on some features of liberalism in a censorious age
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Weekly Highlight #220: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: New research on religion and COVID-19
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
IGE awarded $1.4 million grant from Templeton Religion Trust for catalyzing religious engagement networks worldwide
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Egypt demands Netflix, others adhere to ‘societal values’
(Associated Press)
New UK PM Truss is a true friend of Israel, Lapid says
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Chile: Keep pushing forward, Chilean bishops say after voters reject constitution
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenya: Show leadership to our divided nation, religious leaders to president-elect Ruto
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Kenyan archbishop urges citizens to accept verdict on presidential vote
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Israel’s African outpost: Inside Nairobi's Jewish community
(Robert Carle, Religion Unplugged)
Book review: Destroying ISIS
(Ralph L. DeFalco III, Law & Liberty)
New book: Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
(Michael Gordon, Macmillan)
New book: African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change
(Edited by Ezra Chitando, Ernst M. Conradie, Susan M. Kilonzo, Routledge)
Afghanistan: ISIS group targets religious minorities
(Eurasia Review)
Afghanistan: The Hazara community at risk of genocide in Afghanistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Pakistani evangelicals on the Afghan border: “There are converts hiding their identity”
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)
India: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi launches march to ‘unite India’
(Al Jazeera)
India: Prayers teaching moral values not confined to religion: Supreme Court
(Hindustan Times)
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