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Monday, 9 May 2022

Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Muslim and Jewish groups express concern over Musk takeover of Twitter
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)

Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation
(Filippo Menczer, The Conversation)

Pakistan: Bishop's suicide helped fight blasphemy law in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistanis need to speak up against growing religious intolerance: Moot
(The Nation)

Photos of the week: SCOTUS leak, Eid al-Fitr
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Thailand: Police in Thailand arrest leader of corpse-worshipping cult
(Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press)

Afghanistan: Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

Anglicans take on global ‘plastic pandemic’ at the UN
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Iran: 10-year sentence for Iranian-Armenian for ‘disturbing’ Christian teaching
(Article 18)

French Guyana: Evangelical pastor killed in French Guyana
(Evangelical Focus)

WCC, United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, NY Board of Rabbis sign joint appeal for climate-responsible finance as a moral imperative towards children
(World Council of Churches)

Indonesia: Police in Indonesia’s West Java charge man with blasphemy for desecrating Quran
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Indonesia deports Russians for naked photo shoot
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Two weeks in review, 26 April – 7 May 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Iraq: Sinjar becomes latest flashpoint for Iran-Turkey tensions in Iraq
(Al-Monitor)

Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute
(Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia: UN rights chief denounces Christian-Muslim violence in Ethiopia
(Al Jazeera)

Cambodia: Justice key to ensuring peace in Cambodia, says Catholic nun
(La Croix International)

Cambodia: Church helps Cambodian workers to tackle harassment
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Turkish FM Cavusoglu to visit Israel this month
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

What's God got to do with it? How religion fuels the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 1. Is There Religion in China?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 2. In Search of Confucius
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 3. For Heaven’s Sake
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 4. The “Official Religion of Imperial China”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

India: Govt to reconsider minority tag for Hindus in some states
(Hindustan Times)

India: Protests in New Delhi halt demolition in Muslim neighborhood
(Associated Press)

India: Demolition in Shaheen Bagh halted after residents protest
(Al Jazeera)

Turkey: Islamic preacher critical of Turkey’s AKP gov’t detained by police
(Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF))

Liberia: Lusinee Kamara launches nat'l Muslim council membership drive
(All Africa)

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning. 5. Is Shunning “Illegal”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

America/Colombia - Bishops meet presidential candidates: continue to work for the common good, integral development and work
(Agenzia Fides)

Chilean government contemplating investigation into clerical abuse
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

GBV in Bangladesh: What roles can faith-inspired and secular actors play?
(Sarah Thompson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Articles of interest - 9 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Taiwan: The Tai Men Case comes from Taiwan to Brussels-EU
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Egypt: Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian troops in Sinai
(Reuters)

King of Morocco expresses condolences to family of Simon Levy
(The Jerusalem Post)

The Head of the UGCC on Day 73 of the War: Feeding the hungry has become one of this war’s greatest humanitarian challenges
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Explainer: Religious liberty in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries
(Jordan Wootten, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)

Patriarch Kirill describes Russia as self-sufficient country which doesn't want to harm anyone
(Interfax-Religion)

Russians damaged at least 92 religious buildings in Ukraine, - Lyudmila Denisova
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russian rockets strike Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, culture minister says
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)

What’s the future of Catholic-Russian Orthodox relations?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 6 May 2022

Tel Aviv’s war on Muslim, Christian rights in Jerusalem
(Najla M. Shahwan, Daily Sabah)

Perspective: Have we gone from ‘never forget’ to ‘never remember’?
(Ari Blaff, Deseret News)

Israeli police enter tense holy site as Jewish visits resume
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)

Russia to hold consultations with Hamas on situation around Al-Aqsa
(Interfax-Religion)

Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop
(Natacha Pisarenko and Almudena Calatrava, AP News)

Democratic Republic of Congo: A nun built a hydroelectric plant that's providing free power to a town in Africa. Here’s how
(World Economic Forum)

You are my other me: The importance of educating the Mexican women of the future
(Emily Featherstone, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Cuba: The new Cuban legislation on the family is ‘harmful for families and the nation’
(Daniel Hofkamp, Evangelical Focus)

Cuban Zersetzung: The disruptive Stasi tactics employed by the Cuban government to disintegrate church life in Cuba
(Freya Vickery, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Canada: Memo: Redefining chaplaincy
(Michael Van Pelt, with Andrew Bennett, Andreae Sennyah, Cardus)

Canada: Euthanasia is a runaway train in Canada. It’s time to hit the brakes.
(Brian Bird, National Post)

Canada: Sidelined by election, anti-Islamophobia bill promised by NDP, Liberals
(Jennifer Bieman, London Free Press)

Remember Afghanistan’s Hazaras
(Knox Thames, The Diplomat)

Iran: Second Iranian Christian woman began prison sentence on Easter Saturday
(Article 18)

Iran: No place for converts: Iran's persecuted Christians struggle to keep the faith
(Michael Scollon, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Chinese court summons Christian pastor for ‘illegal’ religious acts
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Tunisia: Amid political turmoil, Tunisian Church faces questions of unity
(Kevin Zeller, Mission Network News)

Death doesn’t stop persecuted churches from multiplying in South Asia
(Sue Sprenkle, International Mission Board)

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro calls defending the unborn a 'mission from God'
(Life Site News)

Beauty ban: Turkmenistan puts severe restrictions on women's appearance, ability to travel
(Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Sudan: Mohaned Elnour full interview (on human rights)
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)

Turkey: a ‘church with open doors’ in an Islamic society
(Aid to the Church in Need)

Cardinal: Pope OK’d spending 1M euros to free kidnapped nun
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Nigerian president: ‘Fratelli Tutti’ good road map for West African peace
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New video: Generosity leads to global impact
(Institute for Global Engagement)

IGE Global Horizons | April 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Scientology says World Press Freedom Day must protect media but also religion from biased hurtful lies
(The European Times)

Homophobia: Africa’s moral blind spot
(Tafi Mhaka, Al Jazeera)

The Society: Scientific Journal of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Italian)
(Religions for Peace)

Religion News Association names new executive director
(Religion News Service)

Cameroon: Ethnic clashes in Cameroon aren’t about religion
(R. Maxwell Bone, Foreign Policy)

Australia: Bid to have satanism classes in Queensland government schools dismissed as a ‘stunt’
(The Guardian)

India: Many times over, Haryana's BJP govt has shown it stands with the extremist Hindu right
(Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, The Wire)

WCC, Religions for Peace will release joint message on statelessness: “Belonging—Affirmations for Faith Leaders’
(World Council of Churches)

WCC joins online event to share initiatives protecting children from the climate crisis
(World Council of Churches)

South Sudan: church leaders vow to enhance spiritual renewal in a bid to bring peace
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Mozambique: Bishop appeals for aid in the troubled Cabo Delgado Province
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Crimean "Mufti" declared Kherson "Russian" and announced the "establishment of ties" with the Muslims of the occupied regions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine: A bill on sanctions against Patriarch and hierarchs of ROС submitted to Parliament
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Ukraine: Is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate on the side of Moscow or Kyiv?
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

What a cathedral and a massive military parade show about Putin’s Russia
(Lena Surzhko Harned, Religion News Service)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church says bans on its activities imposed by local authorities have no legal force
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: First known criminal investigation for opposing Ukraine war on explicitly religious grounds
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Patriarch Kirill calls on believers to pray for Russia to be protected from external, internal enemies
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: How the Russian Orthodox Church enabled Putin’s war on Ukraine
(Viktor Yelenskyi, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Religious opposition to war in Ukraine – prosecutions and detentions
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is concerned about Pope Francis' statements about the war in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Cape Town: Worship exempt from noise rules
(Kaylynne Bantom, People's Post)

Malaysian writer faces blasphemy probe for Facebook post
(Mong Palatino, Global Voices Advox)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (16–30.04.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Iraq: Yazidis in Iraq displaced again, international community ignores fighting
(Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post)

Israel: Muslim party may resume membership in Israeli coalition
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor)

Jerusalem: KAICIID Board of Directors calls for peace, tolerance and understanding in Jerusalem
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Hamas warns Zionists of crossing ‘red lines’ at Al-Aqsa Mosque
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Official condemns hoisting Israeli flag at Ibrahimi Mosque
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

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