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Monday, 28 February 2022

Cuban denominational president detained
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

In Somaliland, COVID brings ‘cutters’ door to door for girls
(Cara Anna, Associated Press)

Iraq: Pope exhorts Iraqi Church leaders to promote interreligious dialogue
(La Croix International)

Iraq: Tight security as thousands make annual Iraq pilgrimage
(Associated Press)

Persecuted Christians have much to teach the Church: The West should look to the Near East to stay grounded in the faith.
(Robert Nicholson, The Wall Street Journal)

Articles of interest - 28 February 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian bishops seek fair deal for Dalit Christians, as discrimination battle extends as far as US
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pakistan: NCRC launches policy brief on forced conversions
(Myra Imran, The News International)

Nigeria: Religion should unite, not divide us - El-Rufai
(Peter Ibrahim, All Africa)

Exploring the nexus of religion and gender and sexual minorities
(Jason Klocek and Julia Schiwal, The United States Institute of Peace)

Dominican Republic: Catholic bishops in Dominican Republic highlight Church, society during independence day
(La Croix International)

Senegal: Muslim clerics in Senegal oppose toughening anti-gay law
(Charles Senghor, La Croix International)

Saudi Arabia allows vaccinated children under age 7 to enter Two Holy Mosques
(Tala Michel Issa, Al Arabiya)

Sri Lanka: Press briefing notes on Sri Lanka
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

No ASEAN country ranked free in global index
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Canada: The mission continues
(Ray Pennings, Convivium)

Jocelyne Cesari: Breaking new ground in the study of religion and politics
(Henry D. Brill, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Friday, 25 February 2022

What is Russia’s legal justification for using force against Ukraine?
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Putin is after more than land — he wants the religious soul of Ukraine
(Knox Thames, Religion News Service)

First Presidency statement on armed conflict
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Departing from protocol, pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Religion and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Photos of the week: Russia invades Ukraine, botched baptisms
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Dr. Felisa Tibbetts full interview (on human rights education)
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)

Iraq: The precarious circumstances of Iran's Christians
(Lela Gilbert, Newsweek)

Iraq’s beleaguered religious minority communities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

China: Pastor John Cao biography
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, House Committee on Foreign Affairs)

Church in Ukraine calls for prayer as Russia launches invasion
(Open Doors UK)

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: Putin is “destroying the basic principles of peace”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Russia: Patriarch Kirill congratulated Putin on Defender of the Fatherland Day
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia keeps punishing Evangelicals in Crimea
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Pakistan: Celebrating the life of Shahbaz Bhatti and continuing his legacy in the struggle for religious freedom in Pakistan
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

New Zealand: Mosque terror attacks: Muslims still at risk of being targets for violence, coronial hearing told
(Radio New Zealand)

Sudan: Church elder killed and religious buildings destroyed in Abyei attack
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

‘Pray for Ukraine’: Religious leaders call for peace and God’s protection
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Jocelyne Cesari offers new view of religion and nationalism, world affairs in latest book
(Jocelyne Cesari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

European prelates urge using religion for peace as Russia invades Ukraine
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Top Vatican official pleas for peace, negotiation in Ukraine crisis
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Declaring war on Ukraine, Russia’s Putin cites goal of ‘denazification’ of country with Jewish president
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The enigmatic role of anti-Semitism in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
(Katherine Kelaidis, Religion Dispatches)

Moscow church in Ukraine breaks with Putin
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Patriarch Kirill calls on conflict parties in Ukraine to avoid civilian casualties
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Metropolitan Onufry blesses to use the basements of churches in Kiev as bomb shelters
(Interfax-Religion)

Evangelical and ecumenical church groupings denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church
(Liz Cookman, Al Jazeera)

Russia attacks Ukraine: Why some experts insist Putin is motivated by religion
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

Why supporters of religious liberty should care about Ukraine
(Bob Smietana, The Washington Post)

Council at War: Russia, Ukraine and the UN Security Council
(Devika Hovell, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Ukraine: CEC together with global Christian organisations condemns assault, calls for peace, invites to prayer
(Conference of European Churches)

India: What does India's hijab ban row mean for the Muslim community?
(YouTube Video, Al Jazeera)

No, Putin isn't a defender of 'Christian values'
(Billy Binion, Reason)

Putin’s war on Ukraine and us all
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Eastern Orthodox spiritual leader condemns Russian invasion
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

WCC urges President Putin to stop war, restore peace to Ukraine
(World Council of Churches)

UCCRO appeal on Russia's military aggression against Ukraine
(Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations)

Tajikistan: USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel calls on Tajikistan to release Shamil Khakimov
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Attacked, harassed and ostracised: Christians in India continue to suffer as the country slides further still into ethno-religious nationalism
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

South Sudan: WCC expresses appreciation for peace-building efforts in South Sudan—but calls for better lives for the people
(World Council of Churches)

South Sudan: Peace talks still shaky, archbishop says asking for prayers
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Ukraine: WCC gravely concerned for people of Ukraine amid escalating tensions
(World Council of Churches)

Ukraine: Pope Francis decries ‘folly’ of war as tensions grow in Ukraine
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Ukrainian religious leaders seek peacemaking dialogue
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

For Ukraine’s Jews, the threat of war stirs memories of past horrors
(Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times)

Ukraine: How should Jews think about Ukraine?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Russia: How Putin is exploiting Orthodox rivalries in Ukraine
(Marguerite de Lasa, La Croix International)

Ukraine-Russia: NATO membership, human rights and peace
(Aaron Rhodes, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Mufti of Moscow backs Putin decision on East Ukraine regions
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Russia: Lavrov calls what's happening in eastern Ukraine an attack on Orthodoxy and on "everything that is Russian"
(Interfax-Religion)

Catholics in Poland, Western Ukraine welcome people fleeing threat of war
(Catholic News Service)

Russia is censured for religious freedom violations against Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Russia: ECHR rules Russia authorities violated Jehovah’s Witnesses freedom of religion and liberty
(Ananaya Agrawal, Jurist)

Russia: Approval of Putin voiced in Moscow church
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Two judgments in favour of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses against Russia
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Crimea: 23 fines under Russia's "anti-missionary" laws in 2021
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Donbas: Luhansk: Religious freedom survey, February 2022
(Felix Corley and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)

Not by counterterrorism alone: Root causes and the defeat of the Islamic State group
(Steven Heydemann, Brookings)

Myanmar: Military violence emboldens Myanmar's ethnic resistance
(Alex McBride, Foreign Policy)

Arab-Israelis, ultra-Orthodox, Palestinians shape future of Israeli tech
(Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Vatican statistics show global imbalance in ratio of Catholics per priest
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Evangelical Christian radio broadcaster details Orthodox rift amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, calls for Christian unity
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Biden enacts sanctions on Russia, vows to 'go further' if Putin continues 'invasion' of Ukraine
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Israeli gov’t ditches Mount of Olives park expansion plan amid outcry from Christian leaders
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

China: Panshi church raided and preacher arrested
(China Aid)

China: Court jails Christian pastor for eight years
(Eurasia Review)

Appeal Made For UNESCO To Ensure Protection Of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Historic Christian Sites
(Eurasia Review)

India: Persecution of Christians and religious minorities in India
(House of Commons Library, UK Parliament)

Indian bishops campaign for Dalit Christians' rights
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

South Korea: Buddhist monks accuse Korean govt of anti-Buddhist bias
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Iran: UN Special Rapporteur: Tehran arrested dozens of Christians in 2021
(Asia News)

Iran is squeezing Christians and other minorities out of the Middle East, researcher says
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Covenanting to live together
(Knox Thames, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Weekly Highlight #194: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Misinformation in Africa; declining church attendance
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Australia’s New South Wales state moves to ban the swastika
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

New book: The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement
(Edited By Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover, Routledge)

Algeria: Another Protestant place of worship under threat of closure in Algeria
(Evangelical Focus)

Israel: Muslim man, Mizrahi woman picked to serve as Supreme Court justices, both firsts
(The Times of Israel)

Bolivian bishops call for judicial reform after murders, rapists freed
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

U.N. wants faith groups to help work against plastic pollution
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Perspective: The sustaining power of faith in times of crisis
(Gérald Caussé, Deseret News)

From normalizing antisemitism to denying it - opinion
(Asaf Romirowsky, The Jerusalem Post)

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