Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 1 November 2021
Russian Orthodox Church calls on G20 countries to drop differences over pandemic challenges
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB digest (16-31.10.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and vice-president of the European Commission discussed areas of cooperation
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
The Interfaith working group is developing a manual on responding to domestic violence
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Israel declines to sign UN statement on China’s treatment of Uyghurs
(Jewish News)
Bangladesh: No repeat of attacks on Hindu religious sites, govt reassures int’l community
(Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, Dhaka Tribune)
Zimbabwe: ‘We are protected by prayers’: the sects hampering southern Africa’s vaccine rollout
(Nyasha Chingono, The Guardian)
Venezuelan bishops want progressive measures as schools re-open
(La Croix International)
Religious landscape and response in Venezuela (PDF)
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)
Promoting positive peace, protecting religious sites
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
U.S. missionaries have long tried to convert the ‘unreached’ in the Amazon. Now Indigenous groups are fighting back.
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)
World religious leaders make recommendations to G20 Summit
(Amy Griffin, The Daily Universe)
Papal vision of universal kinship is based on faith, cardinal says
(Cindy Wooden, The Pilot)
Friday, 29 October 2021
South Korean President Moon tells pope a visit to North would help peace in Koreas
(Nicole Winfield and Tong-Hyung Kim, Associated Press)
Pope, Biden hold unprecedentedly long meeting at the Vatican
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Biden: Pope called me a ‘good Catholic,’ said to ‘keep receiving Communion’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Pope to UN conference: Don’t waste chance to save the planet
(Religion News Service)
Photos of the Week: Biden meets Francis and folk saint Maximon
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Gender equality: Change begins in the family, say Bahá’ís of South Africa
(Eurasia Review)
Catholicism grows in Africa and Asia, plummets in Europe, report says
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
Afghanistan and pandemic make for another somber Día de los Muertos
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Woman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country
(Ilan Ben Zion and Llazar Smini, Religion News Service)
Why do the nations rage?
(Jonathan Chaplin, Comment)
Prayer for kidnappers deeply rooted in mission group’s faith
(Peter Smith, Religion News Service)
NBA’s Enes Kanter targets China, Nike over Uyghur genocide
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)
The division on Christian divorce in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Interfaith gathering pledges solidarity in Vietnam
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Catholics fight for religious freedom
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
USCIRF releases new report on religious minorities in Afghanistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF releases factsheet on China’s measures on the management of religious clergy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
'Frightening time for Egyptian Christians': 17 Coptic Christians missing in Libya, fears over repeat ISIS attack
(Andrea Morris, CBN News)
Victorian Religious Exceptions Amendment Bill introduced
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
President Herzog asks for forgiveness at Kafr Kassem memorial ceremony
(Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post)
The National Prayer Breakfast of Ukraine brought together politicians, religious and public figures
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
The classifier of professions has expanded in the field of religious activity (Ukrainian)
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)
Tensions rise in Indian state after attacks against Muslims
(Wasbir Hussain and Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
U.S. religious freedom chair: ‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’
(Raqib Hameed Naik, Aljazeera)
A Dalit family shares the discrimination, violence it faces in India
(Harshita Rathore, Religion Unplugged)
Katherine Marshall on Dr. Azza Karam
(YouTube Video, The Elijah Interfaith Institute)
Israel’s decision to cancel cultural event upsets Catholic leaders
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why cricket in Pakistan is infused with religion and nationalism
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)
IS bride sentence an important sign to Yazidis
(Matthias von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
Visiting Israel, Congolese president faces billboards accusing him of antisemitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Crimea: Four already jailed, 12 more to follow?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian religious leaders, political leaders debate whether religions have legal obligation to disclose data to Russia state department
(Religion Today)
The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia
(The Washington Post)
FJCR president estimates number of Russian Jews at 1 mln
(Interfax-Religion)
Familiar, but newsworthy, trends: Catholicism grows in Africa and Asia, while Europe fades
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Quebec bishops deplore gutting of religious culture courses
(Juliette Paquier, La Croix International)
Vatican's Diwali greeting to Hindus stresses overcoming the scars of the pandemic
(La Croix International)
Vatican: Christians, Hindus can bring hope to those in despair
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Taiwan says Vatican relations ‘open and smooth’ despite reports of China pressure
(The Pillar)
Bangladesh’s deadly identity crisis
(Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy)
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks on anti-gay Bill in Ghana’s Parliament
(GhanaWeb)
Ghana lawyer: We’ve made religion more powerful than Ghana's Constitution
(Maurice Ampaw, GH Ghana News)
Religious freedom in pre-world war Japan
(Jolyon Thomas, Penn Today)
'Why can't we study?' - Afghan girls still barred from school
(News24)
Nigerian Bishop warns politicians against using religion as tool, seeks quality Nigerian constitution
(Dennis Naku, Punch)
Weekly Highlight #179: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Supportive faith actor engagement - with noteworthy exceptions
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Cuban pastor faces ten-year prison sentence
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Freed from Islamist rule, Christian minorities in Morocco express hope
(International Christian Concern)
Namibia: Church calls for referendum on abortion
(All Africa)
Severe sentences draw renewed attention to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom violations in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Four more Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to very heavy prison terms
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Taiwan denies reports that China is asking Holy See to break ties
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Wenzhou authorities detain Bishop Shao Zhumin again
(Asia News)
Nationalists want Hindu statue displayed in a Christian school in Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Korean missionary nuns held in Nepal on conversion charges
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Bill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
(John O'Connor, Associated Press)
In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace
(Hassan Barise, Associated Press)
Canada: Program that stripped summer job funding for groups opposed to abortion upheld by Federal Court
(Adrian Humphreys, National Post)
Canadian court upholds job program funding limited to groups supporting abortion rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pacific islands in peril, churches’ leader stresses before climate change conference
(The European Times)
Is this a Kairos moment for the G20 to address inequalities?
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ethical and practical health challenges: Emerging from the COVID-19 crises
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ahead of presidential vote, Nicaraguan bishops say free elections not possible
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
African bishops demand end to 'land grabs' by private companies
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Three Philippine priests removed from ministry for seeking public office
(Catholic News Service)
Tunisia closes TV station of president's political rival
(Deutsche Welle)
International Religious Freedom Day: Not to be overlooked
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
Algeria: Quash conviction of Christian convert prosecuted solely for religious belief
(Amnesty International)
72 religious institutions pledge to divest $4.2 billion from fossil fuels
(Venceslas Deblock, La Croix International)
DRC: Bishop denounces persecution of the Church
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Jurists: STF decision on Bible in schools violates religious freedom (Portuguese)
(Renato Souza, R7)
Catholic and Evangelical TV receive 40% of licenses in Bolsonaro administration (Portuguese)
(O Estado de S. Paulo, IstoÉ Dinheiro)
With an eye on evangelicals, the government wants to host a world summit on religion (Portuguese)
(Jamil Chade, UOL)
Monday, 25 October 2021
Thousands of Islamists continue marching to Pakistan capital
(Babar Dogar, Associated Press)
Pakistan told to release Christian charged with blasphemy
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Soaring costs found as impediment to justice for Pakistan's minorities
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pakistan judge: religious minorities free to practice their religions
(Karachi, Pakistan Today)
Russia: Igor Shmidt is the 30th Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to prison in 2021
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Moscow churches not shut down along with the city
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Morocco’s Essaouira: The tolerant city where things have always been done differently
(Ray Hartley and Greg Mills, The Daily Maverick: Opinionista)
Facebook failing to check hate speech, fake news in India: Report
(Al Jazeera)
India: Christians submit memorandum against move to conduct survey of churches
(The Hindu)
Conversion law: UP says community interest over individual’s
(Asad Rehman, The Indian Express)
Afghan Muslims are asking questions. These Christians are ready to answer.
(Stefani McDade, Christianity Today)
Nurturing and sustaining facilitator networks: Key considerations for support organizations
(Ruben Grangaard and Carlisle Levine, United States Institute for Peace)
2021 Women Building Peace Award recipient: Josephine Ekiru
(United States Institute for Peace)
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