Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 26 November 2021
Ex-leader urges Timor-Leste to adopt papal fraternity deal
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistani police arrest four for ‘blasphemy’ over mosque argument
(Al Jazeera)
In Pakistan, poverty drives forced conversions
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Christians face arrests, jail terms for church meetings and printing religious texts
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Xinjiang’s vanishing Christians
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Nigeria: Privatising religion
(Minabere Ibelema, Punch)
Lord Polak urges UK to ‘refuse to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
A shocking reversal: The US officially turns a blind eye to Nigeria’s endangered Christians
(Lela Gilbert, Providence Mag)
Reflections by Dr Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(YouTube Video, Institute of Development Studies)
Photos of the week: Christmas and Hanukkah preparations; large trial verdicts
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Leeds United and Kim Kardashian giving Afghan girls their ‘bend it like Beckham’ moment
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
‘Praying to the West’ offers look at America’s diverse Muslim communities
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis and Macron meet at the Vatican amid clergy abuse scandals in France
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Bangladesh sends hundreds more Rohingya refugees to island
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
ICC judges cut Muslim radical’s sentence in Timbuktu case
(Associated Press)
19 dead, 32 injured in Mexico pilgrimage bus crash
(Associated Press)
Number of priest suicides causing concern in Brazilian Church
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Some "missionaries" of an extremist organization banned in the Russia convicted in Saratov
(Interfax-Religion)
Activities of the organization of Ukrainian evangelicals
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Blasphemy laws remain an impediment to religious freedom worldwide
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
Russian Orthodox Church expects the Ukrainian authorities to "stop the persecution of the UOC-MP"
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Patriarch Kirill invited to Kazakhstan to Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
(Interfax-Religion)
Uzbekistan: Religious freedom survey, November 2021
(Mushfig Bayram and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)
India: Muslim body opposes demand for anti-blasphemy law
(The Hindu)
Modi’s growing crackdown on Bollywood
(Anchal Vohra, Foreign Policy)
How Zayed Award for Human Fraternity amplifies open-minded voices of all faiths and cultures – analysis
(Caline Malek, Arab News)
The story behind the new Our Lady of Arabia cathedral in Bahrain
(Catholic News Agency)
Christian-Muslim dialogue needs a foundation in everyday friendship, French Dominican says
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Robust human rights and religious liberty: Dr. Angela Wu Howard on legal philosophy, CEDAW, and Uyghur oppression
(David Rubinstein, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law)
Sri Lanka begins trial of 25 accused of plotting 2019 Easter bombings
(Uditha Jayasinghe, Reuters)
Bringing people of different faiths together to solve the world’s problems is a noble goal – but it’s hard to know what it achieves
(Katherine O'Lone and Julian Hargreaves, Sight)
Weekly Highlight #183: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Religion and conspiracy theories: It’s complicated
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Sulema Jahangir full interview
(YouTube Video, Tina Ramirez, Hardwired Global)
US delisting: Buhari govt has never been a religious violator, says MURIC
(Kayode Oyero, Punch)
Christian groups furious at Blinken for removing Nigeria from religious violence list
(Nahal Toosi, Politico)
In case with global implications, Finland puts Christians on trial for their faith
(Joy Pullmann, The Federalist)
India: Over 50 churches stop holding worship services after authorities impose ban on Christian gatherings
(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post)
“Overjoyed!”: Colombian Social Media star wins censorship case
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Ortega’s political prisoners, like my husband, denied Bibles, but their faith endures
(Berta Valle, Miami Herald Opinion)
Burghardt: Churches called to be agents of positive change
(The Lutheran World Federation)
Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate
(Alan Grabinsky, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Palestinian families face new Israeli demolition threat in Silwan
(Al Jazeera)
Israel to give Gaza Christians permits for Christmas holiday
(Associated Press)
Law and the Christian tradition in modern Russia
(Paul Valliere and Randall A. Poole, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The European Court condemns Russia for the enforced expulsion of two missionaries of the Church of Unification
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Krishna Society and Mikhail Frolov win their case against Russia by Strasbourg
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia loses pair of religious freedom cases at European rights court
(Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
Trial court applies recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of Jehovah's Witness
(Novaya Gazeta, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukrainian government official criticizes Russian behavior in Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Rabbi Lazar concerned that the pandemic sometimes considered a Jewish conspiracy
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: "I would like to believe" acquittal "is first of many"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Holiday musings from Brazil: Is it time for missionaries to leave indigenous tribes alone?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Australia: Religious bill winds back hard fought protections provided by states
(Anna Brown and Arthur Moses, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Australia: Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?
(Luke Beck, The Conversation)
Australia: The religious discrimination bill arrives
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australia: Schools can still expel LGBTQ+ kids. The Religious Discrimination Bill only makes it worse
(Liam Elphick and Alice Taylor, The Conversation)
The Nuba Mountains, Sudan's religious exception
(Augustine Passilly, La Croix International)
Canada: Brampton City Council passes motion endorsing all NCCM municipal recommendations
(Facebook, National Council of Canadian Muslims)
Monday, 22 November 2021
Although Ukrainian legislation does not distinguish between the religious majority and the minority, there is still a human factor, - expert opinion
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Australia: Faith leaders put pressure on Labor to support religious discrimination bill
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
Australia: Religious freedom bill misses heart of the problem
(Lyle Shelton, Spectator Australia)
Ashrafi terms US assessment of religious freedom in Pakistan ‘biased’
(Express Tribune)
Freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan: Minorities facing systematic discrimination, violence, claim speakers
(The International News)
Book review: The rule of laws: and the 4,000-year quest to order the world
(G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs)
Sudan’s military coup: lessons from Egypt and the wider region
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
UN committee passes resolution calling on Iran to eliminate religious discrimination
(Bahá’í International Community)
Globally, people find greatest meaning in family: Pew survey
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)
One dead, four injured in terrorist attack in Jerusalem's Old City
(Anna Ahronheim, Eliav Breuer , Jerusalem Post)
Bank shot: Influencing Kabul through Jeddah
(Knox Thames, Modern Diplomacy)
Humanists launch 10th Annual Freedom of Thought Report
(American Humanist Association)
Articles of interest - 22 November 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Catholics protest in Cameroon after military searches hospital for separatists
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Top Syrian bishop calls US, EU sanctions against the country ‘criminal’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kidnappers release 2 of 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti
(Harold Isaac, Associated Press)
Russian Supreme Court rules Jehovah's Witnesses should not be prosecuted for joint worship
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia)
Vladimir Putin awarded Holy Patriarch Kirill with the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrei The First Called
(The European Times)
Russian Orthodox Church denies U.S. claims of violations of religious freedom in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Filipino clergy 'can speak out against sinful politics'
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Filipino megachurch founder forced girls, into sex as it was 'God's will,' says US Justice Dept.
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Priti Patel urges all MPs to back Hamas proscribing after Jerusalem terror attack
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
Muslim mason sculpts shrines for Bangladesh’s Hindu dead
(Al Jazeera)
The uncertainties of the Catholic Church in El Salvador
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)
Are Uyghurs slowly disappearing from Xinjiang?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Friday, 19 November 2021
Bowing to protests, India’s Modi agrees to repeal farm laws
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
India: His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks on love and compassion in the context of disaster management
(Shyamal Sinha, The European Times)
Uniform civil code is a necessity, mandatorily required today: HC
(Jltendra Sarin, Hindustan Times)
Bengaluru Archbishop opposes govt's proposed anti-conversion bill
(Dev Discourse)
Yogi Adityanath says sacrifices of Sikh gurus saved religion in the country
(Hindustan Times)
Grattan on Friday: Morrison gives religious discrimination bill priority over national integrity commission
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
Australia: The debate about religious discrimination is back, so why do we keep hearing about religious ‘freedom’?
(Louise Richardson-Self, Elenie Poulos, and Sharri Lembryk, The Conversation)
Bringing people of different faiths together to solve the world’s problems is a noble goal – but it’s hard to know what it achieves
(Katherine O'Lone, Julian Hargreaves)
Ousted from power, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox lose the final word on what’s kosher
(Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post)
New Olympic guidelines open door for relaxed rules on trans athlete participation
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
USCIRF releases new policy update on preserving religious freedom in Sudan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Sudan: Judge dismisses church application for control of administrative affairs
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
Pakistan drops draft on chemical castration for rapists
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Pakistan: Religious groups seek amendment to sex change law
(S Khan, Deutsche Welle)
Pakistan again lifts ban, fourth so far, on China’s TikTok
(Associated Press)
Email Subscription
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies maintains a Law and Religion Headlines service covering news about freedom of religion or belief internationally. All interested may subscribe to this service, free of charge, using the link below.
Subscribe