Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Malawi president, an ordained church minister, visits World Council of Churches in Geneva
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egypt: Institutional erasure: Legal pluralism in colonial Egypt
(Samy A. Ayoub, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Pope has profound understanding of social issues in Africa, says visiting Zambian president
(La Croix International)
How a gay man from Singapore found acceptance in Australia
(Ali MC, Al Jazeera)
Join the Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals database
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Pakistan: Blasphemy, forced conversions, education system: the weak points for the rights of religious minorities
(Agenzia Fides)
Monday, 21 February 2022
Pakistan: Jan Figel’s views on religious freedom (Part I)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pakistan: Former EU FoRB Special Envoy Jan Figel’s views on religious freedom (Part II)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pakistan: What vision Pakistan has conjured for religious freedom by scraping the Protection of the Rights of Religious Minorities Bill
(Qamar Rafiq, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Colombia’s highest court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks
(Manuel Rueda, Associated Press)
Israel: 60 percent of Israelis hide their religion when traveling abroad, study finds
(Dan Lavie, Jewish News Syndicate)
Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Iran: The religious-ideological reason Iran calls for Israel's destruction
(Udi Evental, The Jerusalem Post)
As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women’s rights
(Isabel Debre and Malak Harb, Associated Press)
China: Human rights? China won that Winter Olympics battle. Almost.
(John Leicester, Associated Press)
China: A threat to justice everywhere: Persecution of Uyghurs demands an international response.
(Elizabeth M. Lynch, Commonweal)
India: Religious practice will have to be essential to faith: Government tells High Court
(Deccan Herald)
India: High court plea bid to make hijab must for all Muslim women: Karnataka
(Vasantha Kumar, The Times of India)
Indian Christians hesitate to take stand in hijab row
(John Dayal, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Uttar Pradesh: India's Muslim victims of hate crimes live in fear
(BBC News)
Indian archbishop calls for protection of Christians
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Government officials in India destroy Jesus statue after Hindu nationalists object
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
India: Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 21 February 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Tunisian evangelicals among signatories of first National Charter for Peaceful Coexistence
(Evangelical Focus)
Cameroon bishops warn ‘those who take the sword will perish by the sword’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: Montreal’s Holocaust Museum relocating to new $80 million site in historic Jewish quarter by 2025
(Caleb Guedes-Reed, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Canada: They’re targeted by Canada’s far-right. So why did they join the ‘freedom convoy’?
(Pallavi Pundir, VICE)
Canadian trucker protests echo U.S. Christian nationalism? Press says 'yes'
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Russia: Putin claims Orthodox church threatened by Ukrainian government
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: How Putin turned religion’s ‘sharp power’ against Ukraine
(Peter Mandaville, The United States Institute of Peace)
Russia: How Putin’s politics threaten the Church’s witness
(Russell Moore, Christianity Today)
Russia: The strange Russian war against Reiki
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Ukraine: Thinking about Orthodox history and the complex West vs. East divisions in Ukraine
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Nigeria's worsening security is of deep concern to world churches body
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Egypt: Al-Azhar reacts to undermining miracle of Prophet’s Mi’raj
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Egypt moves to ban journalists from discussing religion after talk show host cast doubt on Quran story
(Thaer Mansour, The New Arab)
Malaysia: Race and religion dominated political coalitions’ strategy during Melaka polls, says group
(Ashman Adam, Malay Mail)
“What has Christianity to do with Criminal Law?”
(Peter Wosnik, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Journalism fellowship and policy forum bring dialogue to Arab region media
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
New E-learning course will support the engagement of faith actors in advancing the SDGs
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Mexican diocese laments murders, attempts to silence, journalists
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)
Nagorno-Karabakh: Human rights activist asks UNESCO to ensure protection of Nagorno-Karabakh’s historic Christian sites
(Catholic News Agency)
UAE: Dubai Expo: Chance for change in Middle East and North Africa
(Maghie Ghali, Al Jazeera)
Bahrain: British MP Criticizes London, Washington’s Indifference to Rights Violations in Bahrain
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Sri Lankan cardinal loses faith in Easter attack probe
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Indonesian mosques told to keep the noise down
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
How a trial in Finland could have worldwide effects on government persecution of religion
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
Saturday, 19 February 2022
Jan Figel: Religious minorities face many types of social and religious discrimination in Pakistan[Interview]
(The European Times)
Friday, 18 February 2022
A Lost Opportunity for Border Justice at the European Court of Human Rights
(Itamar Mann, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
The International Court of Justice's 2022 Reparations Judgment in DRC v. Uganda: 'Global Sums' as the New Device for Human Rights-Based Inter-State Disputes
(Diane Desierto, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Uganda: Catholics in Uganda losing donated land due to lack of documentation
(Tonny Onyulo, Catholic News Service)
Hungary: Bolsonaro and Orban stress shared migration views
(Justin Spike, Associated Press)
Vatican: Cardinal Becciu laments ‘humiliation’ after police raids tied to Vatican financial trial
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Vatican: Lawyers: papal decrees violated fraud suspects’ human rights
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Vatican spy story takes center stage as fraud trial resumes
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Palestine: Fear is a bad teacher: ‘The politics of persecution’
(David Neuhaus, Commonweal)
Colombia: Ahead of national elections, Colombian bishops call for strengthening democracy
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Colombia: Church in Colombia only voice for the people as armed factions battle
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: Toronto interfaith group issues call to action for faith leaders to participate in Interfaith Harmony Week
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Canadian religious groups speak out on immigration detention
(Victoria Strang, Human Rights Watch)
Canada: COVID restriction protests affecting Church in Canada
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Liberals need not choose between sexual abuse survivors and the religious minority communities that failed them
(Afzal Upal, Religion Dispatches)
Rural Africans ignored in deals between EU, African Union, letter says
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: Controversy over hijab at India's educational institutions
(Deutsche Welle)
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
(Rita D. Sherma, The Conversation)
Russia: Prosecution spells out specific charges against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Putin instructs not to allow the use of Internet to incite religious hatred
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: New trial imminent for Muslim prisoner of conscience?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
China: IRF Ambassador statement on Bishop James Su Zhimin
(Twitter, Rashad Hussain)
China: Tom Farr discusses China's religious freedom violations on "Conversations with Consequences"
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Iraq: RFI's Middle East Director and Vice President for Public Policy lead religious freedom trainings in Iraq
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Zambia's president praises Catholic social action
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Bolivia: Stop manipulation of justice, Bolivian bishops tell govt leaders
(La Croix International)
Ukraine: "No need to panic, we must all be together" - Chief Rabbi Moshe Asman on the threat of war
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine: Members of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations prayed for peace in Ukraine in Saint-Sophia Cathedral
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Holy See urges nations to avoid horrors of conflict in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
India: How India is working to squash religious freedom and deny human dignity
(Ismail Allison, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Unbelief, the opiate of the masses
(Kurt Hofer, First Things)
Scholar urges avoiding sectarianism, religious biases
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Algeria: First hijab-wearing anchor in Algeria’s TV
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Nigeria: WCC expresses deep concern over worsening security situation in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)
Nigeria: USCIRF Commissioner Tony Perkins calls for Leah Sharibu’s freedom on abduction anniversary
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Filipino clergymen invoke patriotism for clean polls
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
The Philippines: WCC deputy general secretary: “respect and uphold the human rights of the Filipino people”
(World Council of Churches)
Turkey: On the ground helping Uyghur Muslim refugees in Turkey
(Jewish News)
Is religious freedom important for Biden's Asia diplomacy?
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: Statue of Jesus removed in southern India
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Myanmar: Churches remain prime targets in conflict-torn Myanmar
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Lebanese religious take on roles as relief, social workers
(Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service)
Is Thailand’s Buddhist Sangha undergoing a political sea change?
(Christian Kurzydlowski, The Diplomat)
India: Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka government
(The New Indian Express)
Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Australia: Why Dominic Perrottet must tackle religious discrimination issue
(Katrina Grace Kelly, The Australian)
Nepal: Religious freedom threatened in Nepal, says report
(Francis Martin, Church Times)
Peru: First Lady of the nation and representative of the Church of Jesus Christ and Interreligious Council participate in "Heroes" (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Cuba: Elder Ulisses Soares meets with the Cuban Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Guatemala: Celebrating the 72nd Anniversary of "World Religion Day" (Spanish)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Azerbaijan set to expand state control of religion
(Ulkar Natiqqizi, Eurasianet)
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