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Friday, 1 April 2022

UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to 2-month truce
(Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)

Ukraine war casts shadow over Ramadan amid soaring prices
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)

Photos of the week: Indigenous delegation at Vatican, Ramadan preparations
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Kashmir: After ban, Friday prayers resume at Kashmir’s grand mosque in time for Ramadan
(Arif Nazir and Syed Shahriyar, Religion Unplugged)

Pope makes historic apology to Indigenous for Canada abuses
(Arab News)

Israeli settlers and police seize part of historic hotel in East Jerusalem's Old City
(Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye)

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox parties may offer Israeli government political safety net
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iran: Special monthly – News about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in March (01 April 2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Weekly Highlight #199: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Assessing longer-term COVID-19 emergency impact
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Libyan church seeks to appeal court eviction notice
(International Christian Concern)

India: Christians in India unable to share their faith as another anti-conversion law passed
(Sophie Drew, Premier Christian News)

Indian youth gathering promotes interfaith harmony
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

India: Pastor murdered in Chhattisgarh
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Nicaragua: Police harass Bishop Rolando José Álvarez in San Benito
(The LA News)

Cuba: Pastor cubano es forzado al exilio bajo amenazas de prisión
(Camila Acosta, Cuba Net)

IGE Global Horizons: March 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Algeria: Freedom of religion or belief – Report to the UPR 41st session
(World Evangelical Alliance)

Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Ukrainian archbishop: Minority faiths at risk if Russia wins
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)

Iraqi cleric steps back, asks rivals to try form government
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Group uses dialogue to help persecuted Christians in Pakistan, other countries
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sri Lankan bishops urge political unity amid economic crisis
(Krishan Francis, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Uzbekistan: Police: "Law prohibits holding prayers in public place"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

The U.S. role in combating global Islamophobia
(Engy Abdelkader, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Colombia: No end in sight to church vandalism in Colombia
(La Croix International)

Jordan: KAICIID hosts three simultaneous events in Jordan with women and peace at the centre
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Ukrainian hesitation on bill in parliament
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Religious buildings suffer from war
(InVictory, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Ukrainian church spokesman commends bill in parliament
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The Jewish community denies the statement of the Ministry of Defense representative of the Russian Federation about weapons in Ukrainian synagogues
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

As bombs fall, Muslims in Ukraine face difficult Ramadan
(Liz Cookman, Al Jazeera)

Update on ECtHR interim measures concerning Russia and Ukraine
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Nigeria: CAN urges prayers for peace in the wake of deadly train attack
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

On climate: To save the human planet, ally with human faith
(Tegan Blaine, Chris Collins, Mona Hein, Palwasha L. Kakar, The United States Institute of Peace)

Enhancing cooperation & representation among ICL actors through intersectional approaches
(YouTube Video, Emergent Justice Collective)

Hong Kong: Transcript: The Olympics boycott series - Part 3: The new threat to religious freedom in Hong Kong
(Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)

In China, Christian human rights activist faces mistreatment, fabricated charges, supporters say
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

China: Special bimonthly FORB – Freedom of religion or belief (16-31.03.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Recognizing warning signs on the path to genocide
(Jeremy Barker, Providence Mag)

Malta: Facing declining Mass attendance, Malta’s Catholics hope papal visit will revitalize the faith
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Azerbaijan’s churches explain their evangelism
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Indonesian Islamists told to respect non-Muslims at Ramadan
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Israel defense chief, Jordan’s king discuss Ramadan calm
(Associated Press)

Gulf states plan Yemen talks without Houthi rebels present
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition to halt military offensive
(Deutsche Welle)

Indigenous peoples across the globe are uniquely equipped to deal with the climate crisis - so why are we being left out of these conversations?
(Janine Mohamed, Pat Anderson, and Veronica Matthews, The Conversation)

The Patriarch who's in lockstep with Putin
(Stephen Minas, EUobserver)

Putin recruits ‘Muslims’ for his war in Ukraine
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)

A spiritual defense of the war in Ukraine? Putin’s patriarch is trying
(Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times)

India: Unhappy with her interfaith relationship, girl's family tries to kidnap her from court premises
(Sonali Mishra, The Times of India)

India: Christians accused of religious conversion in India
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

India: Two pastors jailed in central India
(International Christian Concern)

India: Justice Thomas speaks on freedom of religion
(India Education Diary)

Education for assimilation: The lasting consequences of Indian boarding schools in Canada and the United States
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

The Australia School and politico-theological inquiry: Joel Harrison responds
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Afghanistan: Taliban reversal on girls' education ignites world's anger
(Lynne O'Donnell, Foreign Policy)

Afghanistan: The Taliban is holding girls’ education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?
(Sippi Azarbaijani Moghaddam, The Conversation)

Afghanistan: A holistic response to forced migration
(Lizzi Joyner, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

China’s Afghan ambitions on show at multinational meetings
(Associated Press)

Orthodox patriarch denounces ‘atrocious invasion’ of Ukraine
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Pope Francis pleads for world to erase war before it erases human history
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

The head of the North Caucasus' Muslims considers negotiations with Ukraine pointless
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian church reacts to bill in Ukrainian parliament
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

28 communities have left the UOC-MP to join the OCU since the beginning of the war
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The Russian Christians boldly issuing anti-war appeals
(April L. French and Mark R. Elliott, Religion Unplugged)

Jordan king: Israel must respect Muslim rights at Al-Aqsa
(Al Jazeera)

The time is ripe for a clergy abuse inquiry in Latin America
(Adalberto Méndez López, Al Jazeera)

Russia and the European human rights system: Doing the right thing … but for the right legal reason?
(Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Philippines: Church help sought for volcano evacuees in Philippines
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Taiwan: Belgian priests get Taiwanese citizenship for supporting poor
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Ghana: Continental plenary of Bishops to discuss insecurity in Africa
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Burundi: Country’s reconciliation dominate president’s talk with Pope Francis
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Egypt: Pope mourns Cardinal Antonios Naguib, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria of Copts
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Adventist mission sends emergency funds to Ukraine
(Andrew McChesney, Adventist News Network)

Palestinian gunman kills 5 in 3rd attack in Israel in a week
(Ilan Ben Zion, Religion News Service)

Bride trafficking along the China-Pakistan economic corridor
(Madiha Afzal, Brookings Institution)

Ethiopia’s war in Tigray risks wiping out centuries of the world’s history
(Hagos Abrha Abay, The Conversation)

With all eyes on Ukraine, Latin American dictators attack religious freedom
(Teo Babún, Washington Examiner)

Russian-controlled Crimea orders law to ban Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(The Jerusalem Post)

Cuba: ‘A new front’ in the pursuit of justice in Cuba
(Anna Lee Stangl, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Russia sentences two Crimean Tatars to 17 and 13 years for talking about their faith
(Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)

Iran bans women from stadiums, again
(Asia News)

Religion and nationalism in global perspective (plus responses)
(Nora Fisher Onar, Mona Oraby, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Candace Lukasik, Philip W. Barker, Michael J. Walsh, Scott W. Hibbard, Shaunna Rodrigues, Katherine Kelaidis, Brian Haggard, Landon Schnabel, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Two stories of emergent agency from faith groups in COVID-19
(Olivia Wilkinson, Katherine Marshall, James Huff, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Russian Defense Ministry accuses Ukrainian troops of attempt to stash ammo in Uman synagogue
(Interfax-Religion)

Intra-faith standoff possible in Ukraine if bill banning Russian-based religious organizations adopted - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow extremely negatively views Ukrainian bill banning activities of Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

The Russian Orthodox Church’s empire of media
(Jacob Lassin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Orthodox leaders in Ukraine shifting allegiance from Moscow to Kyiv lest they appear ‘collaborators and agents of Russia’
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

FEET executive committee statement against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The EU ban of RT and Sputnik: Concerns regarding freedom of expression
(Igor Popović, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Religious mobilization in Ukraine
(Denis Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko, The United States Institute of Peace)

WCC convenes roundtable on Ukraine, calls for diplomacy instead of threats, dialogue instead of confrontation
(World Council of Churches)

America/Brazil - Fight against human trafficking: joint commitment of the Church and social organizations
(Agenzia Fides)

Myanmar onslaught drags on as world watches Ukraine
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Myanmar junta has destroyed over 100 Buddhist monasteries, Christian churches – report
(Craig C. Lewis, Buddhistdoor Global)

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve Buddhas
(Samya Kullab, Religion News Service)

Earliest mention of ‘Yahweh’ found in archaeological dump
(Jerry Pattengale, Religion News Service)

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