Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Laudato Si' inspires young Americans to faith-based climate action
(Dennis Sadowski, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Rewards for spying on 'illegal religious activities' in China
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Christians jailed, children detained in China
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
LatAm: Pope’s church vandalized, prelates face Covid and showdown in Venezuela
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Congo parliamentarians condemn political violence aimed at Catholic Church
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian foreign minister defends Russian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: special bimonthly digest (16-31.08.21)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Woman fined for bringing Jehovah's Witnesses book into Russia
(VRubtsovske.ru, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
European court intervenes in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Afghan judges can relocate to the UK
(The Law Society Gazette)
Public supports gov't religious reforms, liberalization - survey
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)
Beaten and humiliated by Hindu mobs for being a Muslim in India
(Geeta Pandey, BBC News)
Emerging Hindu Rashtra and its impact on Indian Muslims
(M. A. Muqtedar Khan and Rifat Binte Lutful, MDPI)
India setting up 'anti-terrorism squads' after Taliban's Afghanistan takeover
(Shuriah Niazi, Religion Unplugged)
Newly proposed South Africa economic plan respects religious rights and accommodations in healthcare
(Tshilidzi Marwala, The Daily Maverick)
Rediscovering the history of African Zionism and the Zion Christian Church in South Africa
(Glen Retief, The Daily Maverick)
USCIRF releases new factsheet on destruction of cemeteries
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 30 August 2021
Interview: Knox Thames on the U.S. efforts to advance religious freedom globally
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
Christianity, human rights, and dignity: Squaring the triangle
(Brett G. Scharffs, Andrea Pin, Dmytro Vovk, International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
India Congress leader: It’s our constitutional duty to help persecuted irrespective of religion
(The Times of India)
Attacks on Christians go unpunished in Indian state
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Gujarat to contest stay on conversion law
(Mahesh Langa, The Hindu)
Rahul Gandhi lashes out at government over ‘atrocities’ on tribals, Muslims
(The Times of India)
Governor: religion being used by some to perpetuate crisis in areas of Nigeria
(Motunrayo, Nigerian Eye)
Egypt to renovate shrines in major boost to religious tourism
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor)
Egypt lawyer proposes part-time marriage as 'solution' for divorced women
(Middle East Monitor)
Meet the legal advocacy group challenging Uganda’s Covid-19 ban on public worship
(Uganda Christian News)
Hungary: State Secretary Tristan Azbej to support Yazidi community at international forum
(Hungary Helps)
France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
(Hadi Mizban and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Taiwan: Tai Ji Men victim of administrative violence based on religion
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Iran: Prison sentences for Christian converts reduced
(Middle East Concern)
Ten children among the arrested in a Chinese home church raid
(Evangelical Focus)
China: Authorities to pay informants who report on 'illegal' Christian activities
(Asia News)
Feds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor
(Associated Press)
XVIII IAP General Assembly opened in Crete
(The European Times)
The situation of Christians in Africa
(The European Times)
Rivalry between judge, prosecutor underlies surreal twist in Vatican trial
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Afghanistan: Special FORB Newsletter (16-23 August 2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Plug-In: Is Afghanistan a religion story? If so, it may be the year's biggest religion story
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
US says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
(Kathy Gannon, Lolita C. Baldor, Tameem Akhgar and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
UN human rights official calls for Taliban to allow equal education for women and end child marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pope urges dialogue, fasting for Afghanistan, Italy’s bishops question US policy
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
More than 500 Orthodox churches to be built in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia moves to prohibit Ukrainian Orthodox church services in occupied Crimea
(Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
Russian authorities to check the construction of a closed "halal" village near Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Justice Ministry adds 4 Ukrainian and Latvian religious movements to list of groups undesirable in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Myanmar: Chin church leaders gather to re-consecrate their church after military’s occupation
(International Christian Concern)
How religion enables gender-based violence
(Tayo Oke, Punch)
Australia: Morrison does religion and politics — but you might not know where one stops and the other begins
(David Hardaker, Crikey)
Stop hate speech on social media to end violence, says South Sudan bishop
(La Croix International)
New book ‘God’s Diplomats’ unveils the secret history of Vatican diplomacy
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News)
God's Diplomats: Pope Francis, Vatican Diplomacy, and America's Armageddon
(Victor Gaetan, Rowman & Littlefield)
Black lives matter: Structural racism, bigotry, and inclusion
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Pastor investigated for offenses to Afro religions criticizes idolatry (Portuguese)
(G1 PE)
Friday, 27 August 2021
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate calls on Pope Francis to clarify comments on Torah and Jewish law
(Asaf Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israeli Supreme Court rules that Jews of Morocco are ineligible for Holocaust compensation
(Asaf Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Workers clear prayer notes out of the Western Wall ahead of Rosh Hashanah
(YouTube Video, Jewish News)
Israeli Religious Affairs Minister to advance women's Halacha study
(Jerusalem Post)
'Taliban do not represent Islam,' says top Bangladeshi sufi leader Syed Tayabul Bashar Maizbhandary
(Sidhant Sibal, WION)
International day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief, 22 August 2021
(United Nations)
Religious freedom and human rights in India: How democratic is the world’s largest democracy?
(Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Affairs)
Religion or belief: time off work in Great Britain
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
What do British Muslims really think of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan?
(Wasiq Wasiq, The Times of Israel)
South Africa: Legal provision for mandatory vaccination in the workplace
(Amanda Visser, News24)
Can an employer legally require its employees to be vaccinated in South Africa?
(Halton Cheadle and Glenda Gray, Daily Maverick)
Myanmar says Rohingya minority will get COVID-19 vaccine
(Associated Press)
Church leaders decry Supreme Court decision reinstating Remain in Mexico policy
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Peru Church leaders warn against ‘authoritarianism’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Malaysia: Paper vaccine offerings for the Hungry Ghost Festival
(Deutsche Welle)
How Western books about the Muslim world fuel war and retribution
(Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic)
New roundup of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Mixed religion marriage in Canada and Australia: A gift for the people of God
(Ray Temmerman, La Croix International)
Canada: Why the Supreme Court should leave Bill 21 alone
(Ed Whitcomb, Policy Options)
Canada: Health care without conscience is a dangerous contradiction
(Brian Bird, CBC News)
America’s international religious freedom policy must account for competing local definitions of religion and the common good
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Rabbi Lord Sacks to be honoured with new book about his life
(Jewish News)
India: Is a secularism-compliant Sharia militant Islam's antidote?
(Javed Anand, The Times of India)
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State?
(Kathy Gannon and Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press)
What I’m hearing from human rights defenders in Afghanistan
(Human Rights Defenders)
Can religion strengthen democracy?
(E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post Opinion)
Economists explain the Taliban: how religious unity contributes to collective action
(Anthony Gill, The Wall Street Journal)
The threat of ISKP in Afghanistan has been underestimated
(Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Al Jazeera)
Peace activist says Afghanistan should cause reevaluation of just war doctrine
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
ISIS-K are 'defined by violence, very little by ideology', says religious extremism expert
(Deutsche Welle)
Don't overlook how the Catholic Church has helped Afghanistan for years
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
So ... where are the hidden converts to Christianity in Afghanistan? Can reporters find them?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
August 21 & 22: Universal days of mourning
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Afghanistan: This is how theocracy shrivels
(David Brooks, The New York Times)
Coptic Christians singing on Cairo Metro spark controversy
(Mina Nader, The Jerusalem Post)
Photos of the Week: Haiti earthquake aftermath; Hindu Brahmin community
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Antisemitic and anti-Muslim content is flourishing on TikTok, report finds
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Nigeria needs religious understanding, not religious tolerance – ICIPH
(Sun News)
Guru Nanak’s followers can hold religious rituals at Swaminarayan Temple
(The News International)
North Korea's 'campaign to exterminate' Christians 'has been brutally effective' - report
(Julian Mann, Christian Today)
Harris says she raised human rights with Vietnam after criticism
(Jenny Leonard and Philip J. Heijmans, MSN.com)
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Actions not words: We need more than mere promises that the Taliban will respect human rights
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
What the Afghan government's collapse means for Christians, Muslims, refugees
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)
Afghanistan's Christians are turning off phones and going into hiding
(Kelsey Zorzi, The Hill)
Afghanistan: Religious minorities “at extreme risk of being targeted with deadly violence”
(ADF International)
What does the New York Times mean when it reports on 'religions leaders' in Afghanistan?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
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